Through The Roots Live at Cervantes’ Masterpiece Ballroom, Denver, CO
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Tribal Seeds Live at Cervantes’ Masterpiece Ballroom, Denver, CO
Tribal Seeds’ New Single – ”Did Wrong”
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The Dead Weather, Rome, The Raconteurs, The White Stripes. As music fans I’m not going to tell you what music to like or dislike, but if you have never heard of any of the bands/ projects I just noted you need to check yourself. Jack White has been making music as a member of these entities for at least a decade. Most recently he has formed a new band, well actually two and put out his first solo offering called ‘Blunderbuss’. I’m sure most of you have this record already, but for those who do not it’s time to go to music church with one of the best artists making music today.
This record makes a lot of sense. I guess that’s a weird thing to say about Jack White and his music, but it does. He has explored the realm of rock duo shredding on drums and guitar with the White Stripes. He has formed a great blues/ rock and roll band in the Raconteurs and tried his hand at drums in The Dead Weather. He even created a film score to a film that doesn’t exist with Danger Mouse. With this new solo record a lot of it sounds like how Jack himself has wanted to sound for a while. A record all his own that sounds like it was one part written in his studio while experimenting with awesome sounds and one part written on his porch in Nashville, TN.
Jack is currently on tour with two bands. What? At his recent Webster Hall show which was streamed live on youtube (say thank you, because I worked my ass off on it) he played his first set with an all female band called The Peacocks and then closed out the show with an all male band called Los Buzzardos. I don’t think anyone has ever done that before and I’m sure there will be some skeptics, but having watched the show I think it worked perfectly. He weaved in and out of covers from his past bands and crushed the new material like he’d been playing it for years. My favorite song on the new record is called ‘Sixteen Saltines’ it is by far the most rocking compared to a tune like ‘Blunderbuss’.
He opened the show with my favorite White Stripes song called ‘Dead Leaves and The Dirty Ground’.
In my opinion it was the best way to open when was about to be a two hour marathon of hits. His catalog is so complex and has so much depth with any different styles of music playing a piano tune and then rocking out to say ‘Seven Nation Army’ to close the show made total sense. The songs work and as a whole the album “Blunderbuss” makes so much musical sense to me. One track that stands out for me that I can’t get out of my head is called ‘Love Interruption’. On first listen I thought it was a simple, bubbly love song while instead it actually an incredibly dark and deep love song. It’s a stand out for me because melodically I think the song is genius and lyrically is on the level with some of Jack’s best material.
As I said before Jack closed the show with the punch of The Raconteurs ‘Carolina Drama’, ‘Seven Nation Army’, and a Leadbelly cover called ‘Goodnight Irene’. It was awesome to see that he still acknowledges the music that has got him to this point in his amazing career. Jack is currently touring with both The Peacocks and Los Buzzardos although each band is not playing every night of the tour. He is going to be at the Wiltern for two nights in LA at the end of this month. I’m pretty sure it sold out faster than it took me to write this sentence, but if you’re lucky enough to have tickets (I do, tee hee hee) then I’ll see you there. Tour dates are here if you want to have a look at where else you might be able to catch a glimpse of one of the truest troubadours of the 21st century. The set list below is what Jack has been playing most nights of the tour or at least an abbreviation of that. This set is from the Webster Hall show. He doesn’t play with a set list so its hard to tell what you are going to get. He hasn’t played many dates yet but this set list should give you an idea of why you should pay big money to see this live.
Set 1: The Peacocks
Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground
(The White Stripes song)
10. Take Me With You When You Go
Set 2: Los Buzzardos
As always here is the last track from Jack Whites most recent solo release. It’s incredible.
13 Take Me with You When You Go
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By: Steve Rippin | Beat-Play Ambassador Los Angeles | @stevewithMWL|Music Without Labels & Beat-Play, LLC
The Unified Field ft. Alex Grey Live at Cervantes’ Masterpiece Ballroom, Denver, CO
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UmConscious Live at Cervantes’ Masterpiece Ballroom, Denver, CO
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Shortly after New Year’s I found myself on the beach in San Diego, also the home of Music Without Labels & Beat-Play! I’d been working with MWL from NYC and had continued to do so when I decided to start traveling late last year. When I arrived in California a few months into 2o12 opportunities and ideas to start a video project for the site quickly presented themselves. MWL photographer Shane Suski and I went to film school together in NYC and with the help of all the guys that run the site we were able to team up and launch MWL Live. Everything began falling into place. I didn’t know then what amazing things MWL Live would be able to do!
MWL Live is a video program dedicated to providing fans with the support and coverage they need to stay on top of today’s independent music scene. MWL Live is where you can find exclusive video interviews and live video coverage of the best shows around. The program is new and we need to get the word out about what we’re doing! What better way to reach the fans and get coverage of bands than to tour like one! The MWL Live team is headed out on a cross-country tour and I am determined to make you a dedicated viewer!
The tour has been a ton of work! Directions, accommodations, calculations, scheduling interviews, shooting, budgeting, editing videos, press credentials, t-shirts, spreadsheets, equipment, consent forms, millions of emails! Thank god for Google Docs, seriously… I was gonna say thank the universe, because that’s more my style but I think Google might actually be the universe. Anyway, when we had the idea of touring like an independent band I had no idea how much work it really is running an entire tour by yourself! We were ready to abandon our possessions and take on the task but we needed funds! We ran a Kickstarter campaign and thanks to all of our backers, and social networking, we reached our goal and the MWL Live Tour was official!
A very special thanks to Kickstarter backers Kaitlyn Suski, Dana Pscolkoski, Kevin Grimes, Amanda White, Britt Freeman, Janna Kelley, Rebecca Illowiecki, Joseph Szala, Amanda Scott, Jamie Joong and Florence Valente!
We are traveling over 11,000 miles in approximately 112 days! We are headed to some of the summer’s hottest summer shows and festivals. We have packed the car, mapped out the route and are working around the clock to make sure everything runs as smoothly as possible! We will be posting tons of videos this summer and you can be there with us everywhere we go! Join Shane and myself as we drive from state to state camping, interviewing bands, going to festivals, visiting friends, exploring and going to tons of shows and events!
May through September we’ll be everywhere from San Diego to Portland, Seattle to Denver, Houston to New Orleans, Charlotte to Philly, New York to Rapid City and we will be uploading videos almost everyday! Travel with us documentary style as we leave sunny California venture up the west coast, camp with us in the Redwoods, drive through the Rocky Mountains through Amarillo to fish in the Gulf of Mexico. You can ride bikes with us through New York City, see our countries founders at Mount Rushmore and get exclusive concert footage and video interviews every step of the way! Click the map for more details!
We’re still waiting on confirmations from some festivals and shows that are happening a little further into the future but the tour can’t wait! We’re starting the tour here in San Diego bringing you interviews with Vintage Trouble, Carina Round, Turbo Fruits, Waters and more! We arrive in LA just in time to see Washed Out then we continue up the coast and on the tour goes! More artists and locations will be announced soon! You can visit the MWL Live Blog for a sneak peak at interviews to come, previews, festival coverage and more! Add the MWL Live Facebook and stay posted! We’ve all got a lot to look forward to!
In the meantime check out some of the videos we’ve done so far and let us know if you’re on the route! Be a part of the tour! Know great bands along that deserve to be heard? We’d love to visit you while we’re on the road! There will be opportunities for you to interact, to get sweet gear [stickers, USB's full of behind the scenes footage and limited edition tour t-shirts], and to have your questions asked on MWL Live! Get involved now and guarantee yourself a summer full of entertainment!
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The Black Seeds Live at The Fox Theater, Boulder, CO
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