http://www.antsmarching.org antsmarching.org DMB Headlines Copyright 2009, TIST LLC. matt@antsmarching.org (Matt Yette) matt@antsmarching.org (Matt Yette) http://www.antsmarching.org/news/story.php?NewsID=1201 the venue. The concert is pushed back to Wednesday. This does not effect any other DMB shows; the next weekend DMB is at SPAC. ]]> the venue. The concert is pushed back to Wednesday. This does not effect any other DMB shows; the next weekend DMB is at SPAC. ]]> Tue, 21 May 2013 18:03:00 -0400 http://www.antsmarching.org/news/story.php?NewsID=1201 http://www.antsmarching.org/news/story.php?NewsID=1200 2013 Summer Tour in The Woodlands May 17. The band did a sound check last night (we won't spoil, or depress you depending on your disposition and some of the replies in the Texas), so things seem set to go.

For those that didn't catch the fall 2012 tour, it will be your first chance to catch the bulk of the songs from Away From The World. You can still pick up tickets for upcoming shows from the official site, so feel free to pick up a few shows along the summer after you realize that this tour is pretty good.

And as always, we have our award-winning set list game and you can follow along with the fans on line in the message boards for that show (check the tour forum), and of course there is the The Ants Twitter where we will have live tweeters from every show (depending on cell coverage) giving you a blow-by-blow of the show and the atmosphere. If you're not following the Ants Twitter, there's no excuse... unless you don't have Twitter. That's a valid excuse.

Enjoy the tour!]]> 2013 Summer Tour in The Woodlands May 17. The band did a sound check last night (we won't spoil, or depress you depending on your disposition and some of the replies in the Texas), so things seem set to go.

For those that didn't catch the fall 2012 tour, it will be your first chance to catch the bulk of the songs from Away From The World. You can still pick up tickets for upcoming shows from the official site, so feel free to pick up a few shows along the summer after you realize that this tour is pretty good.

And as always, we have our award-winning set list game and you can follow along with the fans on line in the message boards for that show (check the tour forum), and of course there is the The Ants Twitter where we will have live tweeters from every show (depending on cell coverage) giving you a blow-by-blow of the show and the atmosphere. If you're not following the Ants Twitter, there's no excuse... unless you don't have Twitter. That's a valid excuse.

Enjoy the tour!]]> Fri, 17 May 2013 07:26:00 -0400 http://www.antsmarching.org/news/story.php?NewsID=1200 http://www.antsmarching.org/news/story.php?NewsID=1199 Dave Matthews is playing a Rockbridge guitar out on the 2013 tour, and if you're in the greater Austin area, you can go meet the maker! (make that builder... awkward)

Brian Calhoun built Dave's guitar, and other popular models of Rockbridge Guitars. He will be displaying demo models of his guitars, including the SJ (Dave's model) in Austin this weekend. If you'd like to check out his models, hit Brian up via email (rockbridgeguitar@gmail.com) and he will give you more details. Regardless of your skill level at guitar (from Smoke on the Water to Tim Reynolds on the guitar!) this is a pretty sweet opportunity to get your mitts on some nice guitars. You can also do the facebook thing for Rockbridge. Tell your guitar playing Texas-based friends! ]]> Dave Matthews is playing a Rockbridge guitar out on the 2013 tour, and if you're in the greater Austin area, you can go meet the maker! (make that builder... awkward)

Brian Calhoun built Dave's guitar, and other popular models of Rockbridge Guitars. He will be displaying demo models of his guitars, including the SJ (Dave's model) in Austin this weekend. If you'd like to check out his models, hit Brian up via email (rockbridgeguitar@gmail.com) and he will give you more details. Regardless of your skill level at guitar (from Smoke on the Water to Tim Reynolds on the guitar!) this is a pretty sweet opportunity to get your mitts on some nice guitars. You can also do the facebook thing for Rockbridge. Tell your guitar playing Texas-based friends! ]]> Thu, 16 May 2013 11:15:00 -0400 http://www.antsmarching.org/news/story.php?NewsID=1199 http://www.antsmarching.org/news/story.php?NewsID=1198 Bama Works, the charitable arm of the DMB is donating $100,000 to the area of West, TX according to The USA Today. A fertilizer plant exploded April 17 devastating the town.

The 2013 tour begins May 17 in Woodlands, TX. ]]> Bama Works, the charitable arm of the DMB is donating $100,000 to the area of West, TX according to The USA Today. A fertilizer plant exploded April 17 devastating the town.

The 2013 tour begins May 17 in Woodlands, TX. ]]> Thu, 16 May 2013 07:06:00 -0400 http://www.antsmarching.org/news/story.php?NewsID=1198 http://www.antsmarching.org/news/story.php?NewsID=1197 You may recall our popular trivia game we hosed in the Non-DMB-chat section of the message boards. It popped up on Thursday’s and was creatively entitled Tough Thursday Trivia, because I’m like that. Those questions have matured and now are available in book form!

The e-book Tough Thursday Trivia is available right now! It’s an e-book via Kindle, so if you have any sort of ‘smart’ device, Kindle, iPad, iPhone, Droid, or even an old fashioned "computer", you can download the Kindle app and read the book right on your phone. Please note, in case there is any confusion, this is not a Dave Matthews Band trivia book. These are tough questions from pretty much any subject you can think of.

If you are the trivia type, or know someone who is, have them check it out! It’s 1325 questions to keep you pumping. And if you played the original round on the website back in the day, there are many questions that are new in the book (the book encompasses the original 52 rounds plus the holiday round). Basically all the bad questions were tossed for fresh, challenging new ones. So tell a friend, and try the book out! Feel free to give it a high rating if you’re so inclined (I won’t stop you), and you can follow @toughthurtrivia or just tweet at that to compliment or complain about the questions. They’re tough, hence the name, but not stupid tough like things no one knows; this is stuff you’ve probably heard before, so you’ll have a few “oh… I knew that!” moments. Give it a shot! ]]> You may recall our popular trivia game we hosed in the Non-DMB-chat section of the message boards. It popped up on Thursday’s and was creatively entitled Tough Thursday Trivia, because I’m like that. Those questions have matured and now are available in book form!

The e-book Tough Thursday Trivia is available right now! It’s an e-book via Kindle, so if you have any sort of ‘smart’ device, Kindle, iPad, iPhone, Droid, or even an old fashioned "computer", you can download the Kindle app and read the book right on your phone. Please note, in case there is any confusion, this is not a Dave Matthews Band trivia book. These are tough questions from pretty much any subject you can think of.

If you are the trivia type, or know someone who is, have them check it out! It’s 1325 questions to keep you pumping. And if you played the original round on the website back in the day, there are many questions that are new in the book (the book encompasses the original 52 rounds plus the holiday round). Basically all the bad questions were tossed for fresh, challenging new ones. So tell a friend, and try the book out! Feel free to give it a high rating if you’re so inclined (I won’t stop you), and you can follow @toughthurtrivia or just tweet at that to compliment or complain about the questions. They’re tough, hence the name, but not stupid tough like things no one knows; this is stuff you’ve probably heard before, so you’ll have a few “oh… I knew that!” moments. Give it a shot! ]]> Mon, 06 May 2013 07:58:00 -0400 http://www.antsmarching.org/news/story.php?NewsID=1197 http://www.antsmarching.org/news/story.php?NewsID=1196 AXS TV announced that they will broadcast the Dave Matthews Band performance from the 2013 Jazz Fest. AXS TV is the former HD Net, so you do indeed probably have it on your cable system, but you might want to check that before you settle down to watch.

The broadcast will air Saturday May the 4th (be with you...), so after you're done watching the Kentucky Derby and all sauced up on Mint Juleps, flip on over and catch DMB perform live-to-tape!]]> AXS TV announced that they will broadcast the Dave Matthews Band performance from the 2013 Jazz Fest. AXS TV is the former HD Net, so you do indeed probably have it on your cable system, but you might want to check that before you settle down to watch.

The broadcast will air Saturday May the 4th (be with you...), so after you're done watching the Kentucky Derby and all sauced up on Mint Juleps, flip on over and catch DMB perform live-to-tape!]]> Fri, 03 May 2013 09:18:00 -0400 http://www.antsmarching.org/news/story.php?NewsID=1196 http://www.antsmarching.org/news/story.php?NewsID=1195 DMBLive, it's high time you got aboard the train. The latest release is 4.7.95 from famed Cameron Indoor Stadium on the campus of Duke (or Dook for you haters) University.

The show features the very first #41 - which is more of a jam-like song at that point but still sounds like the #41 we all know and love. Also featured is the 2nd #40, which is pretty dog-gone sweet as well. The other great thing about this release, and the last few as well from the DMBLive series is that the sound of it is about as good as it gets. If you're not familiar with the "loudness wars", I'm not going to even bother trying to explain it (because I can't), just check out this post from our resident expert on the loudness wars rich chere and that will tell you 'buy this show because it sounds great'.

]]> DMBLive, it's high time you got aboard the train. The latest release is 4.7.95 from famed Cameron Indoor Stadium on the campus of Duke (or Dook for you haters) University.

The show features the very first #41 - which is more of a jam-like song at that point but still sounds like the #41 we all know and love. Also featured is the 2nd #40, which is pretty dog-gone sweet as well. The other great thing about this release, and the last few as well from the DMBLive series is that the sound of it is about as good as it gets. If you're not familiar with the "loudness wars", I'm not going to even bother trying to explain it (because I can't), just check out this post from our resident expert on the loudness wars rich chere and that will tell you 'buy this show because it sounds great'.

]]> Thu, 02 May 2013 16:11:00 -0400 http://www.antsmarching.org/news/story.php?NewsID=1195 http://www.antsmarching.org/news/story.php?NewsID=1194 best studio cuts of all time. That was a bit of a tease of sorts, because we had already compiled a list and wanted to see how the two compared.

We asked a group of fans that are in Ants + to use their expertise in listing - in order - the best studio cuts from the Dave Matthews Band. The criteria was quite simple: any DMB song ever done in the studio could be included. The results, as the "hardcore" fan see them, may not be surprising, but they will give you an idea of what fans that listen to DMB "a lot" (read: perpetually) think of the studio work.

So... how does the list break down? Take a look for yourself and see what you think of the Top 25 studio cuts. ]]> best studio cuts of all time. That was a bit of a tease of sorts, because we had already compiled a list and wanted to see how the two compared.

We asked a group of fans that are in Ants + to use their expertise in listing - in order - the best studio cuts from the Dave Matthews Band. The criteria was quite simple: any DMB song ever done in the studio could be included. The results, as the "hardcore" fan see them, may not be surprising, but they will give you an idea of what fans that listen to DMB "a lot" (read: perpetually) think of the studio work.

So... how does the list break down? Take a look for yourself and see what you think of the Top 25 studio cuts. ]]> Mon, 22 Apr 2013 07:36:00 -0400 http://www.antsmarching.org/news/story.php?NewsID=1194 http://www.antsmarching.org/news/story.php?NewsID=1193 The official site announced Live Trax 25, and threw everyone a curve ball; a 2006 show!

Maryland Heights, MO gets the honor of LT 25, which also was the first show of the 2006 tour. The show is Rashawn's first as a 'touring member' (or at least he hasn't missed a show since), and features JTR, Raven, and Steady As We Go. Steady is notable as it is only the third release for the song. Not too shabby of a show.

Of the 2006 songs - the ones that debuted that year - Sister is the only one on this release. You may also recognize Granny from a single-track release in late March. The show is remarkable for the high energy by the band as well - it's even evident in the Granny release (check it if you don't believe me). You can pre-order the show (along with a nice array of swag including a poster bundle! at the Official Store

Additionally, the Official Site announced a weekly video-tease featuring songs from the 2012 summer tour. The first video up is Don't Drink The Water from 5.18.12 at the Woodlands. And the video looks beautiful, check it out! ]]> The official site announced Live Trax 25, and threw everyone a curve ball; a 2006 show!

Maryland Heights, MO gets the honor of LT 25, which also was the first show of the 2006 tour. The show is Rashawn's first as a 'touring member' (or at least he hasn't missed a show since), and features JTR, Raven, and Steady As We Go. Steady is notable as it is only the third release for the song. Not too shabby of a show.

Of the 2006 songs - the ones that debuted that year - Sister is the only one on this release. You may also recognize Granny from a single-track release in late March. The show is remarkable for the high energy by the band as well - it's even evident in the Granny release (check it if you don't believe me). You can pre-order the show (along with a nice array of swag including a poster bundle! at the Official Store

Additionally, the Official Site announced a weekly video-tease featuring songs from the 2012 summer tour. The first video up is Don't Drink The Water from 5.18.12 at the Woodlands. And the video looks beautiful, check it out! ]]> Thu, 18 Apr 2013 20:36:00 -0400 http://www.antsmarching.org/news/story.php?NewsID=1193 http://www.antsmarching.org/news/story.php?NewsID=1192 Away From The World has an interesting quote attached to it. "Dave will be in the UK late Autumn to play acoustic shows."

That certainly makes it sound like Dave Matthews will be in the UK in late Autumn, most likely to play acoustic shows (cwutididther?). Like everything else attached to press releases, we tend to tread lightly with them, and caution you to not book your flight on Virgin just yet to hop the pond. But does make sense given the release of AFTW in Europe.

Also tied to the release, according to the presser, is that the Live Trax Vol. 1 vinyl is part of a "series". Series generally speaking are more than one, so perhaps there will be more vinyl (the plural of vinyl is vinyl, I'm told) released? There is no doubt that the vinyl releases are more popular than at any time in the modern CD era, and fans are already plotting and stalking record stores for the impending LT1 release. So keep your eyes pealed for that too. ]]> Away From The World has an interesting quote attached to it. "Dave will be in the UK late Autumn to play acoustic shows."

That certainly makes it sound like Dave Matthews will be in the UK in late Autumn, most likely to play acoustic shows (cwutididther?). Like everything else attached to press releases, we tend to tread lightly with them, and caution you to not book your flight on Virgin just yet to hop the pond. But does make sense given the release of AFTW in Europe.

Also tied to the release, according to the presser, is that the Live Trax Vol. 1 vinyl is part of a "series". Series generally speaking are more than one, so perhaps there will be more vinyl (the plural of vinyl is vinyl, I'm told) released? There is no doubt that the vinyl releases are more popular than at any time in the modern CD era, and fans are already plotting and stalking record stores for the impending LT1 release. So keep your eyes pealed for that too. ]]> Mon, 15 Apr 2013 09:56:00 -0400 http://www.antsmarching.org/news/story.php?NewsID=1192