King Gizzard obliged a metal-thirsty crowd by ripping three loud songs late in their set at 013 Poppodium, including the debut of “Gila Monster.” Photo by Javier Serna

King Gizz brings Tilburg, Netherlands crowd to swirling but unified bounce

March 05, 2023 in blog post, live events

King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard hit its stride three shows into their March tour of Europe and the U.K. The band fed off the energy of a mosh-happy, metal-thirsty Dutch crowd that was rewarded with the debut of “Gila Monster.”

King Gizzard's 'Magma' melts former gas storage facility in Amsterdam

March 04, 2023 in blog post, live events

King Gizzard continued their European tour in Amsterdam on March 3, at circular former gas storage facility that has a beautiful second life as a concert venue. Part of the crowd at Amsterdam’s Gashouder sat down and “rowed the boat” when the band teased “Dripping Tap,” during “Mr. Beat.”

King Gizzard launches tour at Paris Zenith-La Villette

March 03, 2023 in live events, blog post

PARIS — King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard opened their March tour of Europe with “Rattlesnake,” at the Zenith on March 2.

MINNEAPOLIS: Buffalo Galaxy gets opening nod for Dogs in a Pile

March 02, 2023 in live events, blog post, interviews

Buffalo Galaxy guitarist/singer Johnny Kovarik chatted with Jam in the Stream ahead of his band’s opening gig for N.J.-based Dogs in a Pile at 7th Street Entry in downtown Minneapolis.

Circles Around The Sun keyboardist Adam MacDougall at the Turf Club last March. The band returns to St. Paul, Minn., March 15, part of a tour that also hits cities in Ohio, Michigan, Illinois and Wisconsin. Photo by Javier Serna

Circles Around The Sun kicks off 9-show Midwest tour March 8 in Cleveland

February 18, 2023 in blog post

I’ll never forget the first time I saw this band play in person — a Phish after party in Chicago, following the Saturday show of Phish’s 2017 Northerly Island run. Casal had a way of stretching out an idea in such a tasteful and exploratory way, and the band used its spacey, soul-driven instrumentals to express emotions with notes instead of words.

Ramblings on Phish's summer tour schedule

February 16, 2023 in blog post

WARNING: This post is written by a Phish nerd, taking a closer look at the band’s recently announced summer tour schedule. That includes a few words on the band’s 7-night run at Madison Square Garden, where as many as 16 shows were rumored (to one-up Harry Styles’ 15 sellouts last summer, or so that wicked rumor went).

The room filled in for Jon Sullivan Band at the Hook & Ladder Theater in Minneapolis Feb. 10.
Photo by Rachel Bulow

Jon Sullivan Band and Kind Country Band combine for powerful night at Hook & Ladder

February 15, 2023 in blog post, live events, interviews

In a co-headlined bill, singer Jon Sullivan delivered Max Graham’s vocals for Kind Country Band, keeping the memory of the late mandolinist alive, at the Hook & Ladder Theater in Minneapolis Feb. 10, 2023. Jam in the Stream quotes Sullivan, bassist Nick Spielman and Kind Country fiddler Chris Forsberg from interviews.

Feed the Dog. Photo courtesy of Ty Hellbach

Inaugural Ice Dance heats up cold Wisconsin resort

February 08, 2023 in blog post, live events

It’s taken me a couple of days to recover from what was the first Ice Dance Music Festival at Heidel House Hotel & Conference Center in Green Lake, Wis.

Would do again.

Up here in the cold, frozen tundra, we’re always looking for fun shit to do come late winter that doesn’t necessarily involve plane tickets south (one day, Phish Mexico, one day).

Billy Strings shows up at Denver after party, shreds

February 07, 2023 in blog post, live events

After his Saturday night show (the third and final show of a three-night run at 1st Bank Center), Billy showed up unannounced at Knew Conscious, an intimate 450-person music venue/art gallery/club to sit in with a lineup billed with guitarist Ross James (Terrapin Family Band) and banjoist Andy Thorn of Leftover Salmon and their Electric Dead Grass project featuring bass player Garrett Sayers (The Motet) and drummer Mark Levy (Circles Around the Sun). They jammed until about 4 in the morning — the stuff of my dreams.

Welcome

February 02, 2023 in blog post

Read all about why I started this page, and what I intend to do with it — largely journalism focused on psychedelic music, and it’s intersection with art and nature.