Archive for May, 2020

Our Amps May Be Silent

We have long worked to build a community where all feel welcome, a place to come together, focusing on what binds us rather than what divides us. As we struggle to understand what the future of live music will look like, we recognize our concerns come from a place of great privilege. Our amps may be silent, but our voices are not. Equality must not be political. We need change.  Equal Justice Initiative | Campaign …

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Ryan Stasik Presents 2020 E-Golden Ticket Winners.

The winners of the 2020 E-Golden Ticket are in! Signed Drum Heads: Tyler Loeb and Shaun McGuire. Signed Anchor Drops Redux CDs: Bill Mottice, Stephanie Posgay, and Matthew Arend. Signed Hall of Fame 2017 Vinyl: Michael Titcomb, Ben Loomis, and Alaina Jaster. Quarantine care kits from the UMHQ: Lacey Defazio, Jess Ferguson, Erik Melville, and Alex Harris. Guestlist for 5 shows for you and a guest: Blake Phillips, Sean Palmacci, and James Clayton. Guestlist for …

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New Doom Flamingo EP Premiere Through Relix

Our friends at Relix are premiering the new Doom Flamingo EP. Follow the link below to enjoy: relix.com/blogs/album_premieres/detail/premiere-doom-flamingos-doom-ep ### May 8, 2020 Ryan Stasik’s alter ego is back with a new EP dropping May 22nd. You have been warned. “Monsters are real, and ghosts are real too. They live inside us, and sometimes, they win.” – Stephen King The Doom EP is just as it sounds; our first of many explorations into all things that …

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Summer Camp Virtual Festival + UM’s Golden Ticket

Summer Camp Virtual Festival: A 20 Year Retrospective is coming to a streaming platform near you. Presented with Live From Out There, the event will feature live music, throwback performances, interviews, workshops, panel discussions, giveaways, and more. While we are bummed we will not be getting together at Three Sisters Park this Memorial Day Weekend, those of us involved with the festival felt the need to honor tradition and provide you with the celebration you …

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Quarantine Comes Alive

We are excited to announce that on Saturday, May 30th, Brendan and Joel will be participating in Quarantine Comes Alive. Live For Live Music has teamed up with the PLUS1 COVID-19 Relief Fund and nugs.tv to present a one day virtual music festival. This donation-based event will directly benefit the participating musicians as well as Sweet Relief, MusiCares, Center for Disaster Philanthropy, World Central Kitchen, Partners In Health, Trans Lifeline, Backline, and local organizations helping …

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E-Golden Ticket 2020

  The E-Golden Ticket has sold out!

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This Week’s Streams

In lieu of this week’s regular streams, Joel, Brendan, and more of UM will be performing from the comfort of their homes as part of Virtual Summer Camp. UM “headlines” Friday, but tune in all weekend for as make new memories and revisit classic archival ones. www.umphreys.com/2020/05/summer-camp-virtual-festival

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Umphrey’s Mondays

For those of you wondering, we thought we would give our weekly Monday spot to some up-and-comers. Feel free to dive Into The Vault for an ever growing collection of classic UM shows. https://www.umphreys.com/2020/05/into-the-vault ### May 4, 2020 The first May offering for Umphrey’s Mondays comes from a swing through the Midwest in November of 2017. For those who don’t want to be surpirsed, the setlist can be viewed here: https://allthings.umphreys.com/setlists/?date=2017-11-02 Rage. Rest. Repeat. Repeat. …

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Joel Bowl 2020

6:00 pm PT / 9:00 pm ET The fans have spoken. Wednesday night’s Live from the Living Room session of solo keyboards from Joel will be #JoelBowl2020, a mostly fan-curated set of music highlighting some solo fan favorites and of course a couple rarities and debuts. If you didn’t get to vote on any of Joel’s Twitter polls this week, you will get a chance to have your say with a few live votes during …

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30db Unreleased Track

In early 2006, after going through similar hardships , Jeff Austin and Brendan Bayliss teamed up to perform some side gigs, mostly for their own entertainment. After writing and performing many original tunes, the two decided to put together a full band and hit the studio. On May 11, 2010, 30db released their first and only album titled “One Man Show,” followed by a quick live show jaunt through the midwest. Jeff’s family and Brendan …

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It’s Friday, #WineNot?

### April 24, 2020 As we continue to quarantine, Brendan and Annie continue to bring us Wine Not. Because? Why not. And for those of you who want to play along, feel free to download your own set of #winenot Bingo Cards, made by fan Kat Forbert! (Right-click to save.) Cheers. ### April 3, 2020 #winenot is moving to Youtube. Brendan Bayliss coming at you live in his pajamas, tonight. Tune in via UM’s YouTube …

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