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Long pieces about Phish. The data comes from setlists, audio analysis, and thousands of hand-tagged jams.

04PUBLISHED
37,025TRACKS ANALYZED
2,244SHOWS REFERENCED
20,343JAMS TAGGED BY HAND
FEATURED · ANALYSIS
The Five-Year Mike's Song

From January 1995 to October 1999, Phish jammed Mike's in a loose mode defined by an open pulse, an early peak, and a long post-peak drift. By the end of 1999, they'd abandoned it in favor of a tight mode that has remained the default ever since.

BY Kevin Spence2026-06-109 MIN READ· 1 PLAYABLE EXAMPLEREAD →
JAM-IN MARKER20,343 TAGGED · BY HAND
Every jam on the site has a start time placed by hand. Jam Mode skips you straight to it.
ARCHIVE3 PIECES
2026-06-03
ANALYSIS
How Chalk Dust Torture Outgrew Its Own Role
A song that rarely left its structure for two decades is now a consistent jam vehicle: a transformation that very few songs in the catalog have ever managed.
BY · KEVIN SPENCE
HAS AUDIO→10 MIN READ
2026-05-26
ANALYSIS
The 74% Rule: The Shape Phish Comes Back To
Phish jams peak three-quarters of the way through. So do the same songs played straight, and so do most rock songs. The structure is familiar. What's not is how they get there.
BY · KEVIN SPENCE
READ→8 MIN READ
2026-05-21
METHODOLOGY
How Every Jam in Phish History Got a Start Time
A new switch in the top bar plays every track from the jam. Behind it, there's a hand-marked start time on every jam in Phish history. Here's the methodology.
BY · KEVIN SPENCE
HAS AUDIO→4 MIN READ
ABOUTMETHODOLOGYDEVELOPERSCONTACTPRIVACYTERMS
SURFACE · /analysis·v4.0
Foul Domain

A fan-built audio analysis index. Not affiliated with Phish. All audience recordings comply with Phish's official taping policy.

Catalog scope
37,059
Tracks
2,014
Shows
1983–2026
Years
4,765
Hours of audio
Score formula
v3.3· Recalibrated 2026-05-13
Data·Phish.net·Phish.in·librosa v0.10.2
Project
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FD·v3.3·Build 2026-07-09·© MMXXVI
Status · all systems nominal
Foul Domain
v3.3 · MMXXVI

Phish concert analytics, setlist data, and audio analysis across 40+ years of touring. Fan-built & not affiliated with Phish; audience recordings follow the official taping policy.

Catalog scopeUpdated live
37,059Tracks
2,014Shows
1983–26Years
4,765Hours · audio
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Data·Phish.net·Phish.in·librosa v0.10.2
▣All systems nominalFD-V7·© MMXXVI