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Deerhunter live – Bonnaroo Preview?
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Ok, this isn’t really in the Bonnaroo Preview series that we have been doing, but, in the days leading up to Bonnaroo how could a little extra music hurt. Deerhunter is the live show tour-de-force brainchild of indie rock mastermind Bradford Cox. They are playing Bonnaroo on Thursday (6/9) from 11:30 pm to 12:45…
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Karen Elson – Bonnaroo Preview
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I am not going to spend a ton of time talking about the first lady of Nashville’s new generation of music. Yes, Karen Elson is the wife of Jack White. Yes, she is a supermodel. Yes, she was a curator of her Nashville fashion boutique for a while. Yes, she is a product of…
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So long independent music radio, Nashville
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The Nashville Scene is reporting that 91.1 WRVU (Vanderbilt’s independent college radio station) has been acquired by classical music station WPLN and will become Classical 91 One (WFCL). It will offer classical music all day, every day freeing WPLN to pursue all-NPR programming. YAY! Finally!!!! The independent voice is gone in Nashville radio. Think…
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Wavves – Bonnaroo Preview
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San Diego’s Nathan Williams started his brand of lo-fi, indie punk behind his parents house, and it was there that Wavves was born. Wavves released (confusingly) self-titled albums in both 2008 and 2009. These albums received pretty good critical acclaim, and started raising the stakes for Wavves. But, what goes up… must come down,…
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Paul Simon + David Byrne Live In New York
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OK, this has nothing to do with Nashville, Bonnaroo, or relevant indie music news. But, I was drawn to it anyway. David Byrne joined Paul Simon during his show last night (6/6) at Webster Hall in New York. The two performed Road to Nowhere and You Can Call Me Al. You can watch a…
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Jay-Z and JEFF the Brotherhood? What?
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Can anyone help me to understand what is going on with this string of tweets? Is Nashville’s (really, JEFF the Brotherhood’s) own Infinity Cat Recording, going the way of WRVU? Are the up and coming artists who are playing Bonnaroo this weekend looking to pull a massive surprise guest? Or, maybe Jay-Z just wants…
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Chatting with a Bonnaroo co-founder
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I spent the last 24 hours in Manchester to visit with an old college buddy, Kerry Black, who co-founded Superfly Presents & Bonnaroo. In the midst of catching up, here is a little run-down of some Tennessee related stuff that we chatted about. No Country (NC): What made you chose Manchester to start Bonnaroo? …
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!!! ticket update
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Tickets for !!! (chk, chk, chk) at The End on Friday are now for sale on the The End’s website. It should be a great show, if you can’t make it out to see them at Bonnaroo.
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Best New Music: Cults
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All-mighty and all-knowing Pitchfork has granted Cults new album with a “Best New Music” tag and they scored the album with an 8.5 rating. We talked about Cults here a while ago, and provided the link to NPR for a first listen of the new album. So, check it out if you missed it. …