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THE CONCH WINS JAMMY FOR BEST STUDIO ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Posted: May 8, 2008Vinnie was on hand at the 7th annual Jammy Awards at the WaMu Theater at Madison Square Garden last night to accept the award on behalf of all of moe. for Best Studio Album.
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WHAT'S BETTER THAN A MOE. SHOW?
Posted: May 7, 2008
Two free New York State moe. shows!
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FIRST BANDS FOR MOE.DOWN 9 ANNOUNCED
Posted: May 6, 2008moe. is pleased to welcome its first eight bands to the moe.down lineup:
Sparrow Quartet featuring Abigail Washburn and Bela Fleck
The Presidents of the United States of America
Fishbone
Cornmeal
The Brew
The PMG
The Macpodz
Lynch
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DATES ANNOUNCED FOR JIM'S SIDE PROJECT
Posted: May 1, 2008Willie Waldman Project & Gent Treadly featuring Jim Loughlin and others embarks on a Spring Tour. more
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MOE. TO KICK OFF 49TH ANNUAL THREE RIVERS ARTS FESTIVAL IN PITTSBURGH
Posted: Apr 29, 2008moe. kicks off the 49th annual Three Rivers Arts Festival with their epic, jam-based sounds on Friday, June 6, 2008, with special guest Teddy Thompson on the Festival Main Stage. Thompson opens at 6:30 pm; moe. performs at 7:30 pm. All Three Rivers Arts Festival Main Stage performances are free and open to the public.
"In 2006, moe. performed at the Festival to crowds of around 8,000 people," said Festival Executive Director, Elizabeth Reiss. "Their infectious energy and great stage presentation make them an obvious choice for the opening night of the Festival."
Singer-songwriter Teddy Thompson, whose work was featured on the Brokeback Mountain soundtrack, will join moe. at the Festival. Thompson, whose parents are British folk-rock legends Richard and Linda Thompson, released his third solo studio album in 2007.
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MOE. ANNOUNCE LIMITED EDITION WARTS & ALL VOLUME 6 RELEASE, PLUS NEW ARCHIVAL SERIES
Posted: Apr 15, 2008moe. will release its sixth edition of the WARTS & ALL series, Tuesday, May 27, 2008. WARTS & ALL Volume 6 was recorded on January 28, 2007 at Liberty Hall in Lawrence, KS.
A complete track listing is below. The concerts for the WARTS & ALL releases are chosen by the band and include an entire show without edits or overdubs. moe. guitarist Chuck Garvey provides unique artwork for each WARTS & ALL release.
In September, moe. will release the first edition of DR. STAN'S PICKS. This new series of live archival releases is selected by moe. archivist Dr. Stan Lobitz.
Like moe.'s last three studio albums, STICKS & STONES, THE CONCH and WORMWOOD, the WARTS & ALL and the DR. STAN'S PICKS series are released on the band's own label, Fatboy Records. Physical releases are distributed by KOCH Entertainment.
"In the last year," says manager Jon Topper, "I have watched two long-standing independent record stores in Buffalo, NY close: Home of the Hits and New World Records - not to mention Tower Records nationwide. With fewer stores and larger retail giving less room to product, we have decided to make our archival albums' physical releases special collector items - which is unique."
Moving forward, moe. will no longer manufacture additional copies of the previous WARTS & ALL releases. Both WARTS & ALL and DR. STAN'S PICKS will be limited editions with a release of 25,000 copies, although they will be available digitally indefinitely. The packaging is high quality, display worthy digipaks made of recycled paper with vegetable-based inks.
"moe. does what it can to be environmentally conscious - whether with vegetable-based inks or reducing waste on our tour bus," says guitarist Al Schnier. "This tour we no longer have bottled water on our rider. We have obtained stainless steel bottles and plan to utilize a water filtration system to reduce our plastic dependency."
Warts & All Volume 6 Track Listing
CD One
Intro
Captain America
It
Bring It Back Home
Lost Along the Way
Jazz Wank >
CD Two
Rebubula
Spine Of A Dog>
Dr. Graffenberg>
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Four
Head>
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GLEN ALLEN, VA SHOW ANNOUNCED
Posted: Apr 15, 2008moe. and the Disco Biscuits will co-headline a show this June at the Innsbrook After Hours in Glen Allen, VA - tickets on sale now!
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PIER REVUE TICKET INFO
Posted: Apr 10, 2008BUY TICKETS FOR 7/12 HERE
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MOE. ADDED TO DUNEGRASS FESTIVAL
Posted: Apr 9, 2008moe. has been added to the 2-day Sleeping Bear Dunegrass & Blues Fest in August. Early Bird tickets on sale now! more
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PIER REVUE FEATURING TWO NIGHTS WITH MOE.
Posted: Apr 8, 2008moe. will appear for two evenings on Saturday and Sunday, July 12 & 13, on the Maine State Pier located next to Casco Bay Lines ferry terminal off of Commercial Street in Portland’s historic Old Port district. moe. will play two full sets of music each night.
Special guests Ryan Montbleau band and Hot Day at the Zoo will join moe. Sunday July 13. Proceeds from Pier Revue will benefit local homeless services agency Preble Street.
Pre-sale tickets through moe.ticketing will be available beginning April 9th at 10am. General on-sale begins at 10am on Friday, April 11. Tickets will be available without service charges for all in-person purchases at the Cumberland County Civic Center Box Office located at One Civic Center Sq. in downtown Portland (Open M-F 9:30AM - 5PM). Tickets may also be purchased at all Ticketmaster locations, by phone by calling (207) 775-3331 and online at ticketmaster.com. Children under 10 accompanied by an adult will be admitted free of charge. Gates will open at 5PM each evening. A variety of reasonably priced foods and beverages will be available on the Maine State Pier, including beer for those 21 years of age and older presenting a valid ID. Local Brewer and Portland pub fixture Gritty McDuff's is the official beer sponsor of the 2008 Pier Revue.
ABOUT PREBLE STREET
Preble Street’s mission is to provide accessible barrier-free services to empower people experiencing problems with homelessness, housing, hunger and poverty, and to advocate for solutions to these problems.
Preble Street is about passionate and generous people who believe that families living in poverty should not have to go hungry, that women should not have to be on the street when they are tired or sick or cold, that youth who have no home should not have to live in fear and danger. And most of all, Preble Street is about the courageous people who overcome unimaginably difficult circumstances/disabilities, abuse, unemployment, addictions, isolation, and language barriers to find a way to care for themselves and their family.
While striving to meet immediate needs for food, shelter, clothing, health care and employment for thousands of youth, adults and families Preble Street has distinguished itself for its comprehensive and collaborative approach to helping the homeless and low- income community, to finding solutions and ending the tragedy of homelessness.
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MOE. HITS ATLANTA THIS SUMMER
Posted: Apr 7, 2008moe. will play the Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre at Encore Park in Alpharetta, GA on 6/21 with Special Guest Keller Williams. Pre-sale date to be announced soon. more
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MOE. NOMINATED FOR TWO JAMMYS
Posted: Apr 7, 2008moe. is up for 2 Jammy awards this year: Best Studio Album "The Conch" and Best
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GOVERNORS ISLAND TICKETS ON SALE NOW
Posted: Apr 4, 2008Tickets for moe.'s 6/15 show at Governors Island are ON SALE NOW through Ticketweb.
Your ticket purchase for moe. at Governors Island gives you the opportunity to purchase tickets for the Highline show the following night while supplies last (limit cannot exceed the number of tickets you bought for Governors Island).
By purchasing Governors Island tickets, you are NOT guaranteed tickets to the show at Highline Ballroom. Buy early for your best chance.
If you do purchase tickets for the Highline Ballroom show, be aware that both sets of tickets will be fulfilled in the same manner - if you choose mail as the delivery option, both sets of tickets will be sent to you. If you choose will-call, your tickets will be held at each respective venue for the separate shows.
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MOE.DOWN 9 EARLYBIRD TICKETS ON SALE TODAY
Posted: Apr 4, 2008
Limited $90 Early Bird tickets ON SALE NOW!
moe. is excited to announce their return to the mountain August 29 - August 31 for the 9th Annual moe.down festival!
For those of you unfamiliar with the festival, moe.down is a 3-day music and camping extravaganza hosted by the band at the Snowridge Ski Mountain in Turin, NY. The band plays all three nights, as well as a Saturday day set, and will be joined by a myriad of other bands (lineup to follow soon). more -
DOUBLE-HAPPINESS IN NEW YORK
Posted: Mar 28, 2008moe. is pleased to announce that they will play a show on New York's historic Governors Island this June.
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MOE. JOINS LINEUP OF MILE HIGH MUSIC FESTIVAL
Posted: Mar 20, 2008moe. is pleased to be a part of the first Mile High Music Festival, scheduled to take place July 19-20 at Dick's Sporting Goods Park in Commerce City, Colorado.
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VOLUNTEER OR REGISTER TO VOTE WITH HEADCOUNT
Posted: Mar 19, 2008
The non-partisan voter registration organization HeadCount has become an integral part of the moe. family over the last few years. Al serves on the board of directors and many of our friends, fans and fellow musicians have joined forces to make HeadCount a true grassroots success story. With the presidential election on the horizon, HeadCount is gearing up to register up to 200,000 voters. If you would like to volunteer for HeadCount at concerts, or register to vote on-line, please visit www.headcount.org. While you are there, check out a documentary video clip featuring Al and many other familiar faces. more -
SUMMER TOUR NEWS
Posted: Mar 10, 2008This summer, moe. will embark on one of its biggest summer tours to date. The band intends to spend most of June and July on the road. The tour will begin at Summer Camp and wind down in early August. moe. will finish out the summer at moe.down 9 in Turin, NY.
After moe.down, moe. will not be playing any more shows for some time. The band is taking a break with the intent of returning again in 2009. Summer tour dates will be announced as they are confirmed. -
SUMMERCAMP ANNOUNCES THE NEW PORNOGRAPHERS AND MORE
Posted: Mar 10, 2008The New Pornographers, Girl Talk, Mifune, The PMG, Sub-ID and Waterstreet have been added to the Summer Camp bill.
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O.A.R., THE ROOTS ON TAP FOR SUMMER CAMP
Posted: Feb 27, 2008O.A.R. and The Roots will join moe., Umphrey's McGee, The Flaming Lips, STS9 (Sound Tribe Sector 9), George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic, G Love & Special Sauce, Tea Leaf Green, Clutch, Blind Melon and more for Summer Camp 2008. The festival will once again be held at Three Sister's Park in Chillicothe, IL May 23, 24, and 25. Stay tuned for more details!
Early Advance tickets have sold out. Advance tickets are now available until they sell out or April 20.
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"TALES FROM THE MOE.REPUBLIC" UP FOR PULITZER PRIZE
Posted: Feb 7, 2008The news keeps getting better from the moe.Republic. "Tales from the moe.Republic," the exciting and hilarious book by Rob's brother John, has been accepted in the competition for this year's Pulitzer Prize in fiction. Congratulations and best of luck to John. The book is available at Borders, can be ordered through your local bookseller, or Amazon. Signed editions available directly from the author at moe.Republic.com. Keep eyes on the prize and buy a copy today!
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MOE. TO RELEASE STICKS AND STONES JANUARY 22, 2008 ON FATBOY RECORDS
Posted: Nov 29, 2007STICKS AND STONES, the stellar new album from moe., features eight new songs that have never been performed live and two previously unreleased songs. Produced by the band and John Siket (Dave Matthews Band, Dispatch, Yo La Tango), who worked with the band on several of their critically acclaimed records, including DITHER (2001), STICKS AND STONES follows moe.'s release THE CONCH by just a year and will be released on moe.'s record label Fatboy Records on Tuesday, January 22, 2008. The album will also be available in limited edition vinyl; a first for moe. in this format.
STICKS AND STONES is a departure from the unique recording process moe. used on WORMWOOD (2003) and THE CONCH (2007) in which live rhythm tracks were combined with studio overdubs. Excluding "Conviction Song" and "All Roads Lead To Home", STICKS AND STONES was written entirely during the recording sessions. moe. formed in 1990 and this is the first time they have recorded an album of unheard, new material.
"The material differs quite a bit from THE CONCH and WORMWOOD which were largely cultivated from songs nurtured through live improvisation," says guitarist Al Schnier. "The songs that comprise STICKS AND STONES are much more straight, like many classic songs in the moe. canon, and have a roots rock quality to them, as opposed to the more progressive rock element of THE CONCH."
The usual moe. songwriting process starts by one band member bringing in the core of a song, the band learns and arranges it. The song is then performed live for at least a year. It morphs through many tweaks and edits and then one day it finally gets recorded. Not so on STICKS AND STONES.
moe. rented an old church in the mountains of New England and brought their own recording gear. The idea was to create a unique, comfortable situation that was conducive to creativity.
"We wrote & recorded the bulk of the album in about three weeks," says Schnier. "The songwriting was largely collaborative, whereas in the past it had been much more singular."
"When you work on something for a few years it ends up getting compromised from its original intent," adds bassist Rob Derhak. "Think of Van Gogh painting sunflowers for two years and everyone adding their opinions until the next thing you know he's painted dolphins, that's not to say that the dolphins aren't great, but they aren't sunflowers."
"The excitement for us is that we pulled it out of thin air while still working on the arrangements," says guitarist Chuck Garvey. "This album is very raw and not over thought. It's made up of our first instincts - which is not what you get when you play songs for a year or two and then record them."
Taking the songs to album first, rather than taking them right on the road, allows us to hear moe. for the first time before the material develops into Olympian jam classics. The band's influences are apparent, and yet moe.'s sound has matured over the past seventeen years into their own uniquely distilled fine mash.
With ten songs clocking in at just under forty-one minutes, STICKS AND STONES is moe.'s most concise recording to date. Various overdubs and final mixing were done at the world-renowned Allaire Studios in the Catskills. Mastering was handled by the legendary and Grammy Award winning Bob Ludwig (Led Zeppelin, The Rolling Stones, Beck, Pearl Jam).
Guest musicians include Cornmeal's Allie Kral playing violin and viola on "Cathedral", "Conviction Song", "September" and "Raise A Glass". Emilio China also played violin on "Cathedral". Friends Umphrey's McGee added backing vocals to "Raise A Glass", and Swampadelica's Nadine LaFond lends additional vocals on several songs.
"The exciting thing for us now, is that we have to relearn the songs from STICKS AND STONES to play them live!" says Garvey. "Maybe they'll sound nothing like the record by the end of the tour."
"Most bands make a record and then they have to figure out how to play it live," says Derhak. "We've never done that. It's a huge departure for us."
Following their New Year's Eve performance at Radio City Music Hall (for the second year in a row), the band will tour this Winter in support of STICKS AND STONES, beginning January 17 in San Francisco. -
VEGOOSE WEBCAST ARCHIVES
Posted: Nov 24, 2007moe.'s archived performance and other cool Vegoose content is now available exclusively in the AT&T Vegoose blue room.
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EXCLUSIVE RHAPSODY INTERVIEW WITH MOE.
Posted: Nov 23, 2007Check out an exclusive Rhapsody interview with Al and Rob from Vegas as they speak candidly about the band’s evolving musical influences, the festival circuit, their nearly 17-year career, and their love for the culture of Sin City and the fantasies it breeds. Info on the Rhapsody Blog as well!
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"TALES FROM THE MOE.REPUBLIC" STRIKES DEAL WITH BORDERS BOOKS
Posted: Oct 22, 2007We're happy to report that Borders Books has
officially announced that they will carry 'Tales from the moe.Republic' in their bookstores.
Rob Derhak's brother John's surprisingly imaginative and hilarious debut novel is filled with misadventure,haunting tales, cosmic high jinks, and unforgettable characters; part folktale, part comic travelogue, a hundred percent old Yankee humor.
For more information, please visit brother John's myspace page or www.moerepublic.org/
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FUTURE SNOE.DOWN PLANS....
Posted: Oct 8, 2007Due to extensive and on-going construction up in Lake Placid, we regret to announce that there will not be a snoe.down festival held in 2008. Never fear, we are already cooking up ideas for a rockin' snoe.down in 2009 and will keep you informed!
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MOE.'S LOLLAPALOOZA RECORDINGS ON iTUNES
Posted: Sep 25, 2007moe.’s 2007 Lollapalooza recordings are now available on iTunes. Get your recordings here now!
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THANKS FOR A GREAT MOE.DOWN!
Posted: Sep 5, 2007We'd like to take this opportunity to thank all of the bands, Eastern Artist Productions, The Snow Ridge Ski Resort and of course, the fans, for making this another moe.down to remember. Stay tuned for photos, videos and other highlights from the festival. Missed moe.down 8? Take a look at our moe.down promo video from past moe.downs and make a plan to catch moe.down 9 next year!
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WEAR YOUR MOE. MUSIC
Posted: Aug 3, 2007Al, Rob, and Chuck have donated several strings for the Wear Your Music charity project with all proceeds going to Headcount.
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AL AND CHUCK FEATURED IN MODERN GUITARS
Posted: May 14, 2007Check out Brian D. Holland's feature interview with Al and Chuck on the front page of the online magazine, Modern Guitars.
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VINNIE AND JIM FEATURED IN DRUM! Magazine
Posted: May 6, 2007Check out this months DRUM! magazine for a feature article about Vinnie and Jim.
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ROB IN BASS PLAYER MAGAZINE
Posted: May 1, 2007Rob profiled in May issue of Bass Player magazine, check it out.
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AL AND CHUCK FEATURED IN THE JUNE ISSUE OF GUITAR WORLD
Posted: Apr 18, 2007Check out guitarworld.com for a bonus video segment on Chuck and Al.
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"Tales from the moe. Republic"
Posted: Mar 29, 2007Is Rob's brother John's first novel. His new, exciting, & hilarious book about life at the moe.Republic Hotel. Band and Author signed copies are available now for pre-sale at Johns MySpace page or at moerepublic.org.
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THANK YOU!
Posted: Mar 27, 2007moe. would like to thank Great Northeast Productions, the crew, and especially the bands that played and the fans who came to snoe.down 2007. Also a heartfelt thanks to the people of Lake Placid. It was a wonderful weekend, more details to come soon.
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ROB FEATURED IN STATE OF MIND MAGAZINE
Posted: Feb 26, 2007Check out the article about Rob in the latest issue of State of Mind magazine .
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CHECK OUT CHUCK ON YOUTUBE
Posted: Feb 19, 2007Watch Chuck perform Where Does the Time Go in the studio of 89.7 WNKU and don't forget to support independent radio in your town! more
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AL AND CHUCK NAMED TWO OF THE TOP 20 NEW GUITAR GODS BY ROLLING STONE
Posted: Feb 19, 2007Both Al and Chuck make the list of New Guitar Gods in the February 22 issue of Rolling Stone!
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WELCOME TO THE NEW AND IMPROVED MOE.ORG
Posted: Feb 8, 2007Keep in touch, more to come...
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THE CONCH GETS 4 OF 5 STARS
Posted: Jan 23, 2007at RollingStone.com
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GET YOUR MOE. DOWNLOADS
Posted: Jan 3, 2007moe. downloads are back, better than ever. more
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MOE.FAN.RADIO
Posted: Dec 12, 2006Check out James Paddock's (moe.fan), ,moe.RADIO,. This site requires a connection faster than dialup to be heard. more
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LIVE MOE. AUDIO
Posted: Dec 12, 2006We recently joined an online music-on-demand service for live moe. audio.
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