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Tycho performs Coastal Break at The Independent in San Francisco, Dec. 10, 2011. Listen to Tycho’s last album Dive on Spotify.

I saw Bon Iver at the Greek Theater in Berkeley last week and really enjoyed the show. I pulled together a Youtube playlist with the entire setlist. Most of the videos were from YouTube user SonicAmbulanceTV.

Here’s the set list:
Perth
Minnesota, WI
Calgary
Michicant
Flume
Hinnom, TX / Wash.
Blood Bank
Beach Baby
Towers
Creature Fear
Re: Stacks (Justin Vernon electric solo)
Holocene
Beth/Rest
The Wolves (Act I and II)

Encore:
Skinny Love
For Emma

I went to the Sunday shows at Outside Lands 2011. This was the fist time that I saw Arcade Fire and they were everything that I expected. Here are some highlights from a great show…

I saw two of my favorite artists – Glen Phillips and Grant Lee Phillips – last night at Freight & Salvage Coffeehouse in Berkeley last night.  Both performances were great.  They played a couple of songs together:

Solar Flare

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Fountain of Youth

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photo by Flickered! (complete set)

I finally got a chance to see Radiohead live at the Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival on Friday. This was one of the best live shows that I’ve ever seen despite some audio problems.

Here are some video highlights. My camera was pretty shaky but the audio quality isn’t too bad.

Radiohead Plays Outside Lands Festival from Michael Doeff on Vimeo.

Audio from this show:
Radiohead – 15 Step (Live at Outside Lands)

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Radiohead – Reckoner (Live at Outside Lands)

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I’m loving this new track by Nada Surf. Their new album “Lucky” will be released in February. You can stream the entire album on their MySpace page.

Covering New Order / Ceremony

Covering The Smiths / The Headmaster Ritual

The National performed on Letterman the other night…

One of my favorite gadget purchases of the past couple of years has been Sonos. It’s a great way to stream music throughout your house. The source of the music can be mp3′s, music subscription services such as Rhapsody, internet radio, even line-in sources such as an iPod. You can set up multiple “zones” in the house either playing different music or synched up to play the same music. One of the most requested features on the Sonos forums has been integration with Pandora. They added that a few weeks ago and it works great. Here’s an interview / demo with Sonos CEO John McFarlane from Robert Scoble’s ScobleShow.

Here’s a photo of my Sonos controller running Pandora.

I saw The Police play at McAfee Coliseum (Oakland, CA) last night. The highlight of the show for me was ‘So Lonely’. Here’s a video of their performance of that song from last week’s Seattle show.