Modern Jesus by Portugal. The Man (NEW Official Video!)

I love Portugal. The Man. That is all.

Hopeless Wanderer by Mumford & Sons (OFFICIAL VIDEO Featuring Jason Bateman, Jason Sudeikis, Ed Helms & Will Forte)

Being able to make fun of yourself is a virtue.

After seeing Mumford & Sons live for my 1st time at Sasquatch in May (their encore cover of Fleetwood Mac's The Chain with special guests Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros was my favorite moment of the weekend) & just now finally getting a chance to watch their hilarious new video for Hopeless Wanderer, I'm officially a Mumford fan. They're quality sh*t!

Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros @ Hollywood Bowl - 8/4/13

Nothing beats spending a gorgeous summer night at a concert at Hollywood Bowl & this past Sunday night was no exception. The only show I'd seen at the Bowl so far this summer was Bjork in June &, because that was a specialty lease event, I wasn't able to bring my own booze into the venue (1 of my favorite features of Hollywood Bowl). Bjork was incredible so it didn't matter but I was extra stoked to finally attend a regular Bowl show so I could enjoy some BYOW(ine) action!

And the icing on the cake (or wine!) was that Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros put on an absolutely FANTASTIC show! Alexander Ebert (who I used to think WAS Ed Sharpe), Jade Castrinos & their 10-man band have on-stage dynamics amongst themselves &, even more uniquely, with the audience like no other band I've seen. They pull people up onto stage, they give microphones to random people who can just belt out a few lines of a song if they please, they dance around in the crowd, they walk around barefoot, they act like they don't know what song they're going to play next because everything is SO spur of the moment (whether that's real or not, I don't care...lol) & they just reel the audience in. It's REALLY good stuff :)

AMERICANARAMA Featuring Bob Dylan, My Morning Jacket, Wilco & Ryan Bingham @ Verizon Wireless Amphitheater - 8/3/13

My Morning Jacket, Wilco, Ryan Bingham & Bob Dylan all played the same show & it was UNREAL!!!

Americanarama was my 1st show ever at Verizon Wireless Amphitheater & I must admit, despite it being quite a trek to get from Santa Monica down to Irvine on a Saturday afternoon (& it also being totally exhausting to spend 5 hours at an intensely amazing show then have to drive back!), I liked the venue a lot more than I expected to!

It didn't hurt that my concert buddy, Andrea, encouraged me to be brave & sneak into WAY better seats for pretty much the entire show. I checked out our Loge 5 seats for part of Wilco's set only & realized being even smack dab in the middle of the venue was still too far away compared to sitting right up front in the Orchestra section which we did for all of MMJ's set as well as all of Bob's.

MMJ & Wilco both KILLED IT & getting to see Bob Dylan, a living LEGEND, definitely was cool but I have to admit, after about 3-4 songs, everything started to sound the same. Bob's still got mad harmonica & piano playing skills but his voice is all gravel.

Regardless, the performances, collaborations (most especially MMJ joining Wilco for their encore to cover Neil Young's Cinnamon Girl), the special guests, Jackson Browne (who performed with both MMJ & Wilco) & the 1 & only Nancy Sinatra (who covered Cher's Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down) with Wilco then followed it up with a RAD rendition of These Boots Are Made For Walkin'...be sure to check out my video below!!) & the overall experience were all TOP notch :)

Monkey Riches by Animal Collective (NEW OFFICIAL VIDEO!)

Animal Collective is always so weird but I appreciate their consistency :) I'm stoked to see them again at Treasure Island Music Festival in October!!

San Francisco by The Mowgli's

I'm gonna lose my head in San Francisco at Outside Lands in only 1 short week! I'm getting SO excited!!! NIN!!!

I Can't Go For That (No Can Do) by Hall & Oates + RAD Cover by Nicki Bluhm & The Gramblers

I can't wait to see Hall & Oates perform this little gem on Day 3 of Outside Lands in SF next weekend!



This awesome cover by Nicki Bluhm & The Gramblers restored my love for the track: