As usual, we've been busy here at the State of Mind HQ. We're getting ready to bring in the New Year right (seeing live music multiple days in a row, and straight on through until the wee hours of the morning on the first day of 2009), and we've been busy reflecting on all the great music of 2008.
To celebrate, we had to get State-of-Mind on it. That means we're having a section for our writers/enthusiasts to voice their opinions on their favorite albums and blab about some of their favorite experiences of the year. But we have to go a bit further, too. Just like your favorite band does. Or a band you sort of like that is trying really hard.
So… we also asked some musicians and industry people that we've worked with to share their favorite music moments of the year. People seem to enjoy that, plus, shit, maybe we'll score a few brownie points. And since we've always tried to make State of Mind about community, just like the experience of seeing music and sharing music is, we invited a bunch of our friends over on a recent Sunday to tell us some of their favorite albums of the year. We fed people mimosas and rummy hot mulled cider and put them in front of a camera under the great direction of Scot MacMillan and Matt Bushlow. You couldn't write this music geekology.
The full-length video, as well as our staff and our industry/artists lists will be up very soon. The video will be about 25 minutes long, and fantastic. For the time being, here's the teaser:
new to state of mind
Shows: moe.
Shows: Yonder Mountain String Band
Shows: Grand Point North 2014
Shows: Catskill Chill 2014
Shows: moe.down 15
Shows: Gov't Mule
Shows: Umphrey's McGee
Shows: Newport Folk Festival 2014
Shows: Widespread Panic
Albums: Phish - Fuego
Shows: moe.
Shows: Yonder Mountain String Band
Shows: Grand Point North 2014
Shows: Catskill Chill 2014
Shows: moe.down 15
Shows: Gov't Mule
Shows: Umphrey's McGee
Shows: Newport Folk Festival 2014
Shows: Widespread Panic
Albums: Phish - Fuego
random awesomeness
Shows: Umphrey's McGee
Shows: moe.
Shows: Mike Gordon and Ramble Dove: Honky Tonk the Vote
Shows: The Allman Brothers
Blog: Video: Crosby Stills Nash & Young - "Down By the River"
Shows: The Slip
Blog: Big Light performing "Piece Together Wings"
Blog: Radiohead Make Camera-Free Video
Features: Conversation with Rob Derhak of moe.
Blog: Video: The Bottle Rockets w/Jeff Tweedy "Walk On"
Shows: Umphrey's McGee
Shows: moe.
Shows: Mike Gordon and Ramble Dove: Honky Tonk the Vote
Shows: The Allman Brothers
Blog: Video: Crosby Stills Nash & Young - "Down By the River"
Shows: The Slip
Blog: Big Light performing "Piece Together Wings"
Blog: Radiohead Make Camera-Free Video
Features: Conversation with Rob Derhak of moe.
Blog: Video: The Bottle Rockets w/Jeff Tweedy "Walk On"