Justin Bruce

i spoke with the indie music writer josh terry of the no expectations newsletter (https://www.noexpectations.fyi/) for episode 22 of vice or virtue: an eggy pod. he has been down with the eggy boys since hearing them cover his friend brad goodall's tune casa de mel back in 2021. we met at the […]

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Eggy performing at Thalia Hall in Chicago, 2025-11-15

Eggy performing at Thalia Hall in Chicago, 2025-11-15

Eggy performing at Thalia Hall in Chicago, 2025-11-15

Screenshot of setlist from https://thecarton.net/setlists/eggy-november-15-2025-thalia-hall-chicago-il-usa.html

Three sets of #Eggy at Thalia Hall last night!
First was acoustic, then two electric. Really ramped up to a peaky S3. Susssudio and Searchlight were favorites.

Audio from last night’s Eggy show is already up and it looks like Dallas got the GOODS

@NatePHedi i'm insufferable on TV in brief 10-20 seconds spurts. in real life, i can stretch that out to hours. days! years!

@chopaganda @Mdphunk @NatePHedi @Neddyo that benevento/russo duo album from 2005 (Best Reason to Buy the Sun) was in constant rotation for me back in the day. still holds up!

new vice or virtue episode drops friday morning about eggy’s five show run with bruce hornsby & the noisemakers

this takes what eggy released on vinyl and expands on it quite a bit. you get some big jams from the first half of 2025. i’d point you to the pittsburgh shatter, the ann arbor finding and losing, and the boulder buying time.

From: @chris
https://shakedown.social/@chris/115412451454609354

Just added the Eggy January 2026 co-headlining shows with Real Estate to https://thecarton.net/upcoming/. Neat opportunity if you're in the Northeast!

@Mdphunk the movie was well done and i enjoyed it, but very much a "skit-turned-movie" SNL 90s vibe, without the campiness. weatherman angle gave it an edge for me, ha ha.

this new big thief album is

new episode covers highlights from eggy’s nine show run opening for moe. as an acoustic trio sans mike. there were still jams! (btw, the band returned to the stage tonight as a plugged-in foursome at a very good, very jammy one set show in baltimore.) […]

new eggy pod episode re: jamming highlights of the last few months. be prepared for pittsburgh, kansas city, and dillon fluffing. https://www.osirispod.com/podcasts/vice-or-virtue-an-eggy-pod/vice-or-virtue-an-eggy-pod-favorite-jam-moments-here-and-how-tour-leg-3/

@vriphish76 @osirispod brian is nothing if not comprehensive, ha ha. it's all in there, i'm sure!

I made a Google doc with Live Phish playlists from Brian Brinkman of @osirispod with comprehensive highlights of *every* year of Phish since 1993. It's a lot! Limited to what's app-available in 1.0, of course.

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@chopaganda oh shoot, good call. been a minute since i've heard those summer 97 highlights.

pittsburgh: home to solid phish

8-11-98 runaway jim (a trance-like 2.0 prelude)
7-21-99 my left toe (imo, most slept on late 1.0 jam)
7-29-03 crosseyed (more energy than any other 2.0 jam?)
7-19-17 mr. completely (very lucky to be here)
7-22-23 ER > SP (now i'm just being generous)

sssssss festival set from #eggy last night. teases in suite judy blue eyes: hot in herre, spongebob, and must come down. this band rules.

@NatePHedi I think in 90% of the shows eggy plays, the coming up would be the best jam you’d hope to get. it’s superb! They do mess around with going back to shatter at 15 min but refrain and we are rewarded with an anthemic goosebumps type jam ending. i’m sold 😉

@justinbruce the Shatter is fantastic and seemed to be the jam most people were talking about, but for my money, what they did in “Coming Up” is why I’m so high on Eggy. It’s delicate, beautiful, poignant. I think I texted you “Is this a song or a jam?” as I watched live, because it felt […]

i think the #eggy pittsburgh gig on 6-18-2025 is the show of the year. superb improv abounds! amazing s2 fluidity, with full band creativity and musical connection in spades. https://thecarton.net/setlists/eggy-june-18-2025-thunderbird-cafe-amp-music-hall-pittsburgh-pa-usa.html

fresh jam chart entries for the #eggy asbury park show on 6-14-2025. near-30 min atomic age! the following sweat equity has jake doubling himself via pedals (or sorcery) and it's very cool. https://thecarton.net/setlists/eggy-june-14-2025-wonder-bar-asbury-park-nj-usa.html

Show Review - Eggy 6/18/25 Pittsburgh, PA 30-Minute Shatter

Almost 1700 words on last night's brain-melting @eggymusic.bsky.social show!!

TL;DR - GO SEE THEM

@NatePHedi @DaveG924 <whispers> to each his own, but he's not wrong

@DaveG924 i honestly think s2 is the best (or at least, jammiest) i've heard from them since i started taking notes on everything circa mid-2023. bananas-level stuff.

Insane Eggy show last night in Pittsburgh. Especially S2 with a Shatter > Figure It Out, Coming Up > Tom Corn Walker sequence that never let up. Watch for free on YouTube while we wait for the SBD to hit Nugs: https://www.youtube.com/live/tmmAb4Tm_FU?si=Oc6bZz28AcspcDpj

https://2nu.gs/3HM8fhR

had a blast helping curate the live 101 eggy nugs playlist that's now on the eggy artist page. it's a chronological journey through many tentpole originals that starts in late 2022 and ends in early 2025. deep jams interspersed between several energetic […]

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@vriphish76 oh no! sorry buddy. that is the worst.

Here's my buddy's tape (audio and video) of Hayden Pedigo, 2024-10-04 in Oklahoma City. Artist gave permission to record as long as it wasn't shared until the album dropped.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDMGWnXhDjE

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