A Mother Lode of Rockin

If you’ve never explored the Internet Archive’s Live Music Archive, brace yourselves for one big, fat, mega-time suck. In addition to proving that Yahoo used to look like Google, the IA offers an astounding collection of live MP3s available for streaming and download. Everything from Fugazi circa ’88 to the Decembrists circa, well, ’07. The […]

LiveconcertsIf you've never explored the Internet Archive's Live Music Archive, brace yourselves for one big, fat, mega-time suck. In addition to proving that Yahoo used to look like Google, the IA offers an astounding collection of live MP3s available for streaming and download. Everything from Fugazi circa '88 to the Decembrists circa, well, '07.

The pickings are jamband-erific, but here are some finds culled from the massive catalog: Spoon, Animal Collective, Ryan Adams, Elliot Smith, Explosions in the Sky, Death Cab For Cutie, The Walkmen, Tenacious D, Ween, Sound Team, Trail of Dead, Rogue Wave, The Advantage, My Morning Jacket, Santa Cruz Hemp Allstars (uh, how'd that get there?) [image via sf.concertpreviews.com]