We’ve been tracking the evolution at Northerly Island since before it was even a project.  Now, in addition to the cool artists renderings, some photos are starting to emerge that give an idea of just how dramatic the “new” venue configuration will be. This is great, since in the time since news broke of Phish [...]

Umphrey’s McGee front men played a set in-between two sets of Barn favorites Zmick at the Cubby Bear. The show was billed as a Summer Camp Festival warm-up. Setlist (via thebort) Brendan Bayliss & Jake Cinninger Cubby Bear Wrigleyville Thursday, May 9th, 2013 One Set: Puppet String > No Comment, The Linear > Glory, August [...]

Much attention has been given to a Chicago weekend that featured both UMBowl IV and an unpublicized fan-organized  (Bill Graham for a day) Umphrey’s show at Lincoln Hall on Saturday.  But half of the band also appeared at a Thursday pre-party at Abbey Pub as a part of the fifth installment of the ongoing Full [...]

Cantina Band Daft Punk’s Get Lucky Warrior Marching In To Battle We’re putting Umphrey’s Visual Setlists and on temporary hold until we can process the awesome amount of new and refined data contained at allthings.umphreys.com, but we’ll but we’ll continue to post setlists here for convenience until we get it straightened out. Friday, April 26th, [...]

They dropped a hint via this clever VINE a few days ago. But on the morning of their much anticipated Chicago UMBowl IV event, Umphreys McGee clued fans in to their next city gig.  On Saturday, August 17th, they will play a double bill with STS9 which is promised for “For Your Mind-Expanding Musical Enjoyment” [...]

With the NCAA tournament starting up again, the blogosphere has been lit up with brackets of all sorts and our corner of the music world is not immune.  I was intrigued with the drama and thrilling upsets last year’s tournaments, but there’s even more this March.  Here’s five jamband brackets, some thoughts on how last [...]

Buzzfeed recently reported on a curious feature that Google offers as a part of its Google Drive (formerly Google Docs) product.  Many spreadsheet jockeys have been known to start a series in the first two cells of a worksheet (e.g. Days Of The Week, Months of the Year, etc.) and use the autofill feature to [...]

It was with certain amount of amusement, and shameful delight, that I watched the “reviews” roll in for the Umphrey’s McGee “Chicago tourist anthem” last spring.  Admittedly I was excited to hear a band that I liked pay tribute to the city I love, but the final product was a bit of a head-scratcher. It [...]

We’re putting Umphrey’s Visual Setlists and on temporary hold until we can process the awesome amount of new and refined data contained at allthings.umphreys.com, but we’ll but we’ll continue to post setlists here for convenience until we get it straightened out. 03.07.2013 Belly Up Aspen, Aspen, CO, USA Set 1: Drink My Drank > Push the Pig, Domino Theory, Bridgeless > Day Nurse, Loose Ends > Out Of Order, Go [...]

We’re putting Umphrey’s Visual Setlists and on temporary hold until we can process the awesome amount of new and refined data contained at allthings.umphreys.com, but we’ll but we’ll continue to post setlists here for convenience until we get it straightened out. 03.06.2013 Belly Up Aspen, Aspen, CO, USA Set 1: There’s No Crying In Mexico -> Bright Lights, Big City, Phil’s Farm > Wellwishers, #5 > Alex’s House, Comma [...]