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!!! – Bonnaroo preview (and The End)
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This long-time electro-funk-punk-dance band are well known for their explosive live shows. Totally danceable beats with punk and funk and a little pop sprinkled over the top. How could a festival NOT have some of that? !!! have four full length LP’s. The first dating back to 2001, and the most recent pressed in…
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The Donkeys at The End on 6/1
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In support of their recently released Born With Stripes (released on Dead Oceans), The Donkeys will be playing at The End in Nashville on June 1st. The band hails from San Diego, CA, and you can hear that in their laid back but uplifting, soothing but jangly version of rock n’ roll. Part pop,…
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New Avalanches record
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Pitchfork reported on Friday that a new Avalanches record may be ready by the beginning of next year. I wonder what that means? These guys were true pioneers of the cut and chop digital mashup game back in 2001 (the year their last record, Since I Left You, was released), but will they really…
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Bonnaroo preview – J Roddy Walston & The Business
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These bluesy roadhouse rockers evoke the sounds of Jerry Lee Lewis, Led Zepplin, or a Jack White jam session with a case of beer. The buzz is out about them with recent write ups from NPR, Hear Ya, The New York Times (though that is really more about their touring van), & The Washington…
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Bonnaroo (and Music City Roots) preview – Kopecky Family Band
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Nashville’s own Kopecky Family Band has been a family on fire for the past couple of years. After the release of their first EP, Embraces, in 2008, the band started touring. They blew away the Next Big Nashville Music Festival in the fall of 2009, then SXSW in the spring of 2010, followed by…
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Gary Clark Jr. – Bonnaroo preview
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All I’m gonna say is “weaned on…. Lightnin’ Hopkins” Check Gary Clark Jr. out at Bonnaroo’s On Tap Lounge on Saturday, June 11 from 4:00 to 4:50 pm. Great live video below, and more at the artist’s Bonnaroo webpage. You Don’t Owe A Thing [youtube_sc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECbgzgvfG4Y&w=560&h=349]
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Tristen and Holly Golightly at The End (5/28)
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Rising Nashville starlet Tristen is getting a lot of press these days, from a review by NPR, a slot in this year’s Bonnaroo festival, and a mention by Spin Magazine as one of the 25 “must-hear” acts at Bonnaroo, and now a gig with 20 year veteran, Holly Golightly. Her new album, Charlatans at…
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Whoa…. lots of festivals!
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Pitchfork made some poor intern compile a complete list of music festivals in 2011. It’s at least worth scrolling through to see how many there are, and it is an opportunity to appreciate that Nashville lies so close to a premier festival like Bonnaroo.
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Bonnaroo preview – JEFF the Brotherhood
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Nashville’s sons (and brothers) of Rock n’ Roll. We don’t really need any introduction to this dynamic, Nashville music force. I first heard about this band while living in San Francisco several years back, and I saw as a promising sign for the Nashville music scene that I wanted to be a part of. …