Pretty Lights: New Single

Pretty Lights - We Must Go On (official music video) from Pretty Lights Music on Vimeo.

Free Download Pretty Lights Single "We Must Go On"

Alabama Shakes

Hailing from Athens, AL the Alabama Shakes are a great upcoming rock band really worth giving a listen. In fact the group was named Best New Band of 2011 by Paste Magazine (View Full Article). Check out the track "Hold On" from their debut album titled 'Boys and Girls' which is set to be released internationally on April 9th and in the United States on April 10th.

Listen to the Alabama Shakes interview on NPR

Phish 1997

Phish 

12.11.1997 

Rochester War Memorial, Rochester, NY

Set 1: Punch You in the Eye, Down With Disease¹ > Maze, Dirt, Limb By Limb, Loving Cup,Rocky TopSet 2: Drowned > Roses are Free² > Big Black Furry Creature from Mars³, Ghost > Down With Disease⁴, Johnny B GoodeEncore: Waste¹Unfinished²Ween cover; First time played³Towards song's end, Trey puts down his guitar and runs in circles around the stage⁴Ending only, completing song from first set

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Phish.net gave this show a 4.6/5 rating

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Zeds Dead

Dallas Presale Tickets

Waka Winter Classic Dallas, TX

It's that time of year for the best bands in the DFW area to compete for a slot at the Wakarusa 2012 Festival featuring headlining artists like Pretty Lights, The Avett Brothers, and Slightly Stoopid. Come vote for your favorite act at 2826 Arnetic in Deep Ellum. The cover is only $5.

Last year Ugly Lion won the contest and this year was extended a spot on the Wakarusa line-up. Some exciting things for Dallas music going on. Old venues have reemerged and new ones have be bringing in better acts on a consistant basis, so come out and support the local music scene. I don't care who you vote for the electronic fans will likely prefer ishi, jamband fans Fatty Lumpkin, or reggae artists Kapow. Also, one band that really brings the heat is Gravity Feed. You get the point. Just got support the DFW live music scene, take some time out of your night to check it out. Doors open at 7.

Dallas, TX Music Update: Boombox & Ishi Feb. 16

Ishi

dfdubreport.com photo

Thursday Feb. 16 @ Trees: Buy Ticketes Here

Wakarusa Part 1 Preview

WAKARUSA 2012

Part 1 of 3 Line-up Announcements

I know that the first three line-up announcements have been made, I will post up music from the remaining artists as soon as possible. 

Pretty Lights

Edward Sharpe

Beats Antique

Railroad Earth

 Booked for two sets at Waka.

SOJA

Futurebirds

Paper Diamond

Govinda

Govinda Podcast from the Untz: Listen Here

RJD2

This is a fucking real DJ that deserves even more attention.

"Work with limited resources ya know what I mean? It's four turntables and records, ya know I don't have a lot of fancy computer shit or whatever. But at least I hope, I hope that it's trying to make something from a point of view that people know understand, ya know, cause most the people they come they DJ or their friend DJs or some shit, hopefully they learn to understand the concept at least"

-RJD2

(Full RJD2 article in Lights All Night Preview)

1976 by i am rjd2

Smoke & Mirrors by i am rjd2

Assembly of Dust

Go ahead and watch this Assembly of Dust video of "Harrower

Lights All Night Recap

Full review of Lights All Night on http://www.theotherperspective.net/author/andrew-mcconnell/ this coming monday.

Fatty Lumpkin

Denton, TX finest Fatty Lumpkin with a new video featuring a live "Fred Berry" jam.

True Romance by user828513

Fatty Lumpkin covering of Stevie Wonder's "Boogie on Reggae Woman. 

Big Gigantic: Nocturnal Album

DOWNLOAD OF THE DAY

Their best album to date, you must give this one a listen

Big Gigantic - Nocturnal by BigGigantic

Zeds Dead

Zeds Dead NYE Set @ Lights All Night from DubEra.com on Vimeo.

Zeds Dead mix for Rob Da Bank's show on BBC1 2011/12/2 by zedsdead

Download Zeds Dead 2011/12/2 

Jay Fresh: Free Downloads

If you want some hip-hop with some lyrical rhetoric you gotta give Jay Fresh a listen. He has been working with several amazing artists such as Supervision and touring alongside Pretty Lights Music Label artist Michal Menert. In fact he recently threw down with Live Music Daily's friend wiZard a bunch these past few months. Menert, Jay Fresh, and WiZard just took OKC by storm at the Nova Cafe about a week ago (see video below). We will continue posting Jay Fresh's material, because he's not going anywhere, people are gonna catch onto this. 

The Delta Project | Jay Fresh Vs Pretty Lights by thejayfresco

Jay Fresh by thejayfresco

Lotus: Winter Tour 2012

Dallas fans CLICK HERE get your tickets to see 

Lotus Live at Trees Friday Feb. 24

More Winter Tour Dates

Lotus - Lotus (released 2011-09-13) by lotusvibes

Emancipator: Song of the Day

This one came out about a month ago, but I still thought it would be worth posting. A must listen Emancipator throws down on this one. Enjoy the free download.

Phish: Madison Square Garden NYE

All Photos by Mary Wallace Hannon

I: AC/DC Bag > Wolfman’s Brother, Scent of a Mule, Stealing Time From the Faulty Plan, Lawn Boy, Gotta Jibboo, Farmhouse, Pebbles and Marbles, Ocelot, Fluffhead

II: Party Time, Light > Golden Age, Theme From the Bottom, Heavy Things, Ghost, Sneakin’ Sally through the Alley > 46 Days, Suzy Greenberg

III: Cavern, Steam* > Auld Lang Syne > Down with Disease*, The Wedge, Alaska, Wading in the Velvet Sea, First Tube

E: Slave to the Traffic Light

Widespread Panic: NYE Charlotte, NC

Photo by William Hughes

Download Widespread Panic 12/31 Charlotte, NC 12/31/11 Time Warner Cable Arena, Charlotte, NC

1: Chilly Water > Jam > Imitation Leather Shoes > Mr. Soul, Cotton Was King, Shut Up And Drive, Walkin' (For Your Love), Saint Ex > Slippin' Into Darkness* > Bust It Big** > Chest Fever***

2: Henry Parsons Died, Quarter Tank Of Gasoline, Coach, L.a.****, Degenerate*****, C. Brown******, Blue Indian******, Ain't Life Grand******

3: Tall Boy**, Love And Happiness**, Tail Dragger**, Space Wrangler > Papa's Home > Jam > Drums > Papa's Home, Machine > Barstools and Dreamers, Pigeons, Up All Night**, On Your Way Down**, You Should Be Glad***

E: Disco > Surprise Valley > Pilgrims > Surprise Valley > Climb To Safety

* with Steve Lopez on percussion, The MegaBlasters on horns ** with The MegaBlasters on horns *** with John Keane on guitar, The MegaBlasters on horns **** with Randall Bramblett on saxophone ***** with John Keane on guitar ****** with John Keane on pedal steel [Set 2 acoustic; New Years Eve countdown by Steve Lopez before 'Tall Boy'; Last 'Love And Happiness' - 10/13/07, 311 shows] Setlist from everydaycompanion.com

Lights All Night: What A Weekend

Zed's Dead ringing in 2012

Photo by Josh Smith

       Well everyone knows that Lights All Night was everything everyone expected and more. The Dallas Convention Center came to life for two nights of top notch electronic music as old and new friends gathered to share a unique New Year's experience that will linger in our minds until we can get more next New Year's.
      At festivals I have found myself often drawn to follow the  massive crowds to watch the staple headlining main acts. This year having seen many of the headliners I tried to venture off to see other bands I have been listening to for months, but which I haven't had the opportunity to see live in Dallas. I'll be giving a thorough review of the Lights All Night festival in roughly a week or so because I'll be trekking to the funkiest city in the country to watch Alabama win a National Championship and I need some time to speak with some artists to include interviews in my coverage. Yes, please do check back because I will doing some lengthy interview work particularly with those artists hailing from the great state of Texas (hint... hint... The Nadis Warriors). 

      The interview coverage will be posted as a preview on this site and a full version will appear on TheOtherPerspective.net . This is the same site that featured my coverage of the Lights All Night Preview. For those wondering, yes I did check out those main headliners, but I spent a good deal of time listening to the artists who are just on the verge of really exploding such as Paper Diamond and Govinda.

I will also be posting other New Year's downloads and coverage from bands like Phish and Widespread Panic this afternoon.

More Lights All Night related material will be posted in several hours along with the regular free music downloads provided daily on the site. I'll start by throwing in some Big Gigantic, they killed it on the first night of LAN at the Groove Hall. First though, check out the Paper Diamond clip, he drew a great crowd before Big G.

Killer Big G Opening Jam

Big Gigantic kills this one, watch in 1080p

FREE Download "I Need A Dollar" (Remix) by Big Gigantic

The World Is Yours by BigGigantic

Download "The World Is Yours" by Big Gigantic 

Notorious Thugs (Big Gigantic Remix) by BigGigantic