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Camp Bisco 09′

{ August 23, 2009 @ 10:35 pm } · { Audio, Disco Biscuits, Festivals }
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With summer coming to a close, let’s look back again at some of the great summer music festival action this year. Here, we have the Disco Biscuits 3-set show from the final day of Camp Bisco 8. Widely regarded as the best Bisco showing of the weekend, this show featured a 1st set billed as “Tractorbeam Vs. The Perfume”. The band alternates between their two alter egos throughout the set, showcasing their unique and various styles and really starting things off with a bang. The second two sets are straight dirty, thow-down, ragin’ dance party bisco, what Camp is all about.

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The Disco Biscuits
7/18/09
Camp Bisco 8 ~ Indian Lookout Country Club
Mariaville, NY

Set 1
M.E.M.P.H.I.S.(1,3)>
Rock Candy (2)
Frog Legs (1,4)
Run Like Hell (2)>
News From Nowhere(1,5) >
Run Like Hell (2)
Once The Fiddler Paid (1,6)
Sound One (1,7)

Set 2
Sister Judy’s Soul Shack
Caves Of The East >
Park Avenue >
Caterpillar (8) >
And The Ladies Were The Rest Of The Night (9) >
Save The Robots (10)

Set 3
Intro
Save The Robots (10) >
Hope (8,11) >
Pilin’ It Higher >
Sabre Dance
Basis For A Day
Meditation >
Hot Air Balloon (12)

Encore
The Very Moon >
Mr. Don

(1) Perfume version,
(2) Tractorbeam version
(3) Hip hop style, with Little Lai & Things Done Changed (Notorious B.I.G.) lyrics
(4) Devo style
(5) Techno style
(6) Bossa Nova style
(7) Honky Tonk style, with Dr. Sam Altman replacing Allen on drums
(8) Unfinished
(9) Inverted
(10) Dyslexic
(11) with KJ Sawka replacing Allen on drums
(12) Ending only, completes 7/17/09 version

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Disco Biscuits: Fall Tour Dates and ‘Planet Anthem’

{ July 30, 2009 @ 9:54 am } · { Audio, Disco Biscuits, Upcoming Shows }
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Today, the Disco Biscuits announced a massive fall tour (see below) and the details of their highly anticipated album release via their website and a fanclub email. The new album is titled ‘Planet Anthem’ and will be released over the next few months in a series of EPs. The first two tracks have been offered up for free download here, or via these links:

Track 1 Download – Konkrete
Track 2 Download – You and I

Camp Bisco 8

Camp Bisco 8

The Disco Biscuits Fall Tour 2009

09.12 Sat Starland Ballroom – Sayreville, NJ
09.13 Sun Starland Ballroom – Sayreville, NJ
09.17 Thurs George’s Majestic – Fayetteville, AR
09.18 Fri Palladium Ballroom – Dallas, TX
09.19 Sat Stubb’s – Austin, TX
09.22 Tues Jupiters – Tuscaloosa, AL (with Two Fresh)
09.23 Wed The Lyric Theatre – Oxford, MS (with Two Fresh)
09.24 Thurs TBD – Nashville, TN
09.25 Fri Tabernacle – Atlanta, GA (with Infected Mushroom (Live Band) and Two Fresh)
09.26 Sat Tennessee Theatre – Knoxville, TN (with Infected Mushroom (Live Band))
09.27 Sun The Fillmore – Charlotte, NC (with Chronicles of the Landsquid)
09.30 Wed Legend’s Music Hall – Boone, NC
10.01 Thurs The National – Richmond, VA
10.02 Fri 9:30 Club – Washington, DC
10.03 Sat 9:30 Club – Washington, DC
10.04 Sun The State Theatre – State College, PA
10.07 Wed Higher Ground – Burlington, VT
10.08 Thurs Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom – Hampton Beach, NH
10.09 Fri Calvin Theatre – Northampton, MA
10.10 Sat Calvin Theatre – Northampton, MA
10.28 Wed Kalamazoo State Theatre – Kalamazoo, MI (with Orchard Lounge)
10.29 Thurs University Theatre – Madison, WI (with Orchard Lounge)
10.30 Fri First Avenue – Minneapolis, MN (with Orchard Lounge)
10.31 Sat Auditorium Theatre – Chicago, IL (with The Glitch Mob, Holy Fuck and Orchard Lounge)
11.01 Sun The Canopy Club – Urbana, IL (with Orchard Lounge)
11.18 Wed Wave House San Diego – San Diego, CA (with BLVD)
11.19 Thurs House of Blues – Los Angeles, CA (with BLVD)
11.20 Fri The Fillmore – San Francisco, CA (with BLVD)
11.21 Sat The Fillmore – San Francisco, CA (with BLVD)
11.22 Sun The Catalyst – Santa Cruz, CA (with BLVD)
12.10 – 12.14 Caribbean Holidaze – Runaway Bay, Jamaica

Bisco Inferno

{ June 26, 2009 @ 11:58 am } · { Audio, Disco Biscuits }
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It’s Friday so let’s get down and dirty with some Bisco. In case you weren’t paying attention, the TranceFusion all-stars threw a serious summer kick-off party at Red Rocks on May 30th – the so-called Bisco Inferno mini-festival. The biscuits headlined with a 2 set show featuring new and old favorites side by side. The show is definitely down and dirty Bisco, straight Untz throughout with some great 2nd set jam sequences and segues.

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Set I
Intro
Rock Candy >
Strobelights and Martinis >
I-Man >
Strobelights and Martinis >
Crickets (1) >
Sound One
Uber Glue >
Sabre Dance

Set II
Intro
M80
Park Avenue (2)
Caterpillar >
And The Ladies Were The Rest Of The Night (1) >
I-Man >
Orch Theme >
Caterpillar
Mirrors >
I-Man

Encore
White Chicks & Gang Signs (2)
The City >
Svenghali

(1) inverted
(2) 1st time played

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Bisco Inferno 09'

Bisco Inferno 09'

The Disco Biscuits – 4/18/09 – Philadelphia, PA

{ April 20, 2009 @ 6:11 pm } · { Disco Biscuits, Show Reviews }
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The Disco Biscuits

04/18/09

The Electric Factory

Philadelphia, PA

Set I: 42, The Very Moon> Orch Theme> Svenghali

Set II: Mirrors, Shelby Rose> The City> Shelby Rose, Hot Air Balloon> The Great Abyss> Hot Air Balloon

Set III: Once The Fiddler Paid, Rivers, And The Ladies Were The Rest Of The Night> Gangster> And The Ladies Were The Rest Of The Night, The Tunnel, Triumph> 7-11

Encore: Rainbow Song

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The Biscuits came home to Philly for the weekend and really came to play. After canceling the last four shows of their highly anticipated California run, they band decided to give back to the fans with 3 sets of music each night at the E-Fac this weekend. A re-cap of some of the highlights from night 2…

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Set 1 was fun but definitely a bit restrained as the band and crowd were all aware that we were in for a long evening. 42 was a great way to open the show and always a welcome first set addition. The highlight of the set had to be the Svenghali closer which finally got things kicked into full gear.

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The second set started out with the new track – ‘Mirrors’ – and Boom!, they dropped into ‘Shelby Rose’. This is where the show really took off in my opinion. The recent go to  sandwich of Shelby>The City>Shelby was undoubtedly a highlight of the whole night. The band had the audience take over on vocal duties on the ‘Oh, Oh, Oh!’ chant, saying that ‘the new album wouldn’t be complete without the fans taking part’. My guess is they may have recorded the sing along for later mixing down on the soon to be released album cut of ‘The City’.

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The ‘Shelby’ sequence was immediately followed by the old-school fan favorite Hot Air Balloon made up into another tasty sandwich with an ‘Abyss’ in the middle. This segment was one of the most inspired of the evening and really got people dancing. The second set stretched long and the band just kept taking it higher and higher – really top notch playing all around, especially Barber.

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The third set started off a bit slower but things picked back into high gear with the always welcome appearance of ‘Ladies’. While Ladies was great, the absolute highlight of the show for me was ‘The Tunnel’ off of Senor Boombox gettign a rare live performance. It was executed beautifully and was a great contrast to some of the new songs and go-to-songs like Shelby, City, 42, Ladies, etc. The set-closing Triumph>7-11 was straight rage and straight fire, absolute blast. After a quick and quirky Rainbow Song encore, the band took a bow and the crowd spilled back out into to the beautiful Philadelphia spring night, no doubt satisfied with the bust-out filled, 3 set, 5+ hour throw down like only the Disco Biscuits at the E Factory can deliver.

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NYC Weekend Music Round-Up

{ April 17, 2009 @ 10:48 am } · { Disco Biscuits, Upcoming Shows }
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Things cool down a bit in terms of live music in NYC this weekend but there is still some great shows to catch:

Friday 4/17/09
Acid Mothers Temple/Sonic Suicide Squad @ Mercury Lounge
Flying Lotus and Kode 9 @ The Natural History Museum

Saturday 4/18/09
Steve Kimock Crazy Engine @ B.B. King’s Blues Club
The Cyril Neville Band @ Sullivan Hall

The real happening place this weekend is The Electric Factory in Philadelphia where The Disco Biscuits will be laying down 6 SETS this weekend, 3 each night, on Friday and Saturday. Look for a first-hand review of the Saturday show in the coming days!

The Disco Biscuits

The Disco Biscuits

YouTube Monday

{ April 6, 2009 @ 8:50 am } · { Disco Biscuits, Grateful Dead, Phish, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Video }
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YouTube is fun, and we all need a little fun on Mondays…

Anthony Kiedis and guitarist John Frusciante from the Red Hot Chili Peppers doing ‘Under the Bridge’ acoustic in Amsterdam 1992:

The Disco Biscuits raging out to M.E.M.P.H.I.S at the dirty ol’ E-Fac, 12/30/06:

A hilarious interview between Al Franken and Brent Mydland, Halloween 1980:

Phish – Tweezer Reprise – 4/3/1998 – The Island Tour:

Lastly, this tear-jerking So Many Roads from 6-26-94:

Summertime And The Living Is Easy

{ April 2, 2009 @ 10:36 pm } · { Allman Brothers, Disco Biscuits, Festivals, Upcoming Shows, WSP }
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Some recent additions to what is shaping up to be one of the most jam-packed summer concert seasons ever:

The Gathering Of The Vibes festival, held July 23-26 in Bridgeport, CT, added Crosby, Stills, and Nash to the already stellar line-up as the closing act on Sunday. If you haven’t been, this festival is deadhead heaven and, in this blogger’s opinon, the highlight of the Northeast festival season.

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Gathering of the Vibes 2008

The Allman Brothers Band and Widespread panic announced a co-headlining tour for August and October of 2009. Thic tour promises to deliver a slew of guest appearances and cross-pollination between the bands. I can only imagine adding Jimmy Herring to the ABB arsenal to form a Haynes-Trucks-Herring trifecta.

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Jimmy Herring w/ ABB

The Disco Biscuits announced the first round of artists that will appear at this summer’s Camp Bisco 8, held July 16-18 in Mariaville, NY, including Nas and Damian ‘Jr. Gong’ Marley, STS9, Shpongle, Younger Brother, EOTO, OL, and many many more. The electronica-heavy festival continues to diversify its offering and keep things interesting.

The Disco Biscuits

The Disco Biscuits

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