The Alpine run were the only shows I actually saw in person for the first leg of the summer tour. While this wasn’t the craziest show ever, it was still a pretty good ride.
I: Punch You in the Eye, Runaway Jim, Stash*, Ya Mar, Bathtub Gin*, Kill Devil Falls, Train Song, Farmhouse, Sparkle, Run Like [...]
I: Backwards Down the Number Line, AC/DC Bag, Limb by Limb*, Moma Dance, Water in the Sky, Split Open and Melt**, Lawnboy, The Wedge, Stealing Time From the Faulty Plan, The Connection, Ocelot, Wading in the Velvet Sea, Fluffhead
II: A Song I Heard the Ocean Sing**, Drowned*, Twist*, Let Me Lie, Tweezer* -> 2001, Suzy [...]
Phish’s highly anticipated Bonnaroo sets have now come and gone, pretty much according to how everybody expected them to go. For the most part, the band played two pretty straightforward shows – lots of songs popular among casual fans, a well-known guest, and the jamming was not exceedingly exploratory. Still, the shows were pretty solid, [...]
If you’ve been reading, you’ll know that I have made it clear I won’t be able to do complete reviews for every show. But, I have been listening to pretty much all of the tour, so I just wanted to offer a quick roundup of this stretch. For my money, Camden is hands down the [...]
Just two days following the very well received night one of the Jones Beach run, the Internets have been somewhat quiet regarding the second night. I guess it was inevitable that expectations would be inflated after the first night, and probably weren’t quite met by this show. Here’s a quick review:
I: Grind, The Divided Sky, [...]
Well, I’m not planning on doing a full review of every show this summer, but after catching the instantly legendary phishtube broadcast, I feel compelled to opine on this one. Surely the legal dept. at Phish and Co. won’t let this go on all tour, but one dedicated fan was able to bring Phish outside [...]
Well, the highly anticipated tour opener is in the books. Does it stand up to the hype?
I: Star Spangled Banner, Sample in a Jar, Moma Dance, Chalkdust Torture, Ocelot, Stash*, Bouncing Around the Room, Poor Heart, Limb by Limb, Wading in the Velvet Sea, Down With Disease, Destiny Unbound, Character Zero
II: Tweezer, Light, Bathtub Gin, [...]
