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Hanni El Khatib – Bonnaroo preview (and The End)
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Is San Francisco rocker Hanni El Khatib a one-man Black Keys? Well, wait, he plays live with a drummer…. making him a two-piece… just like the Black Keys. Regardless, he has that hard driving, dive bar, whiskey drinking, shooting pool with your head nodding, kind of sound. I wish I could see this guy…
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Telekinesis at The End – 5/24 @ 9pm
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Seattle-based rockers Telekinesis will be making their way through Nashville tonight with a set at The End at 9pm. The Merge Records product gained a bit of attention with their feel-good song, “Coast of Carolina” last year, and they are riding the wave through Nashville on their current national tour. It’s fun, poppy music…
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Bonnaroo Preview – MiniBoone
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Dude, is that Rock n’ Roll I hear!?!?!?! The distinctive punch-you-in-the-face-then-hug-you sound is super prevalent along with the fastest hair growth in Brooklyn (see video below). I guess that has helped MiniBoone to book shows in most of the New York venues, and to become one of the “must see bands of NYC”. They…
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Bonnaroo Preview – Parkington Sisters
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It’s a female, all-in-the-family version of Fleet Foxes!!! A pretty cool sound radiates through the peaceful aura of this quintet of highly trained musical sisters. The Cape Cod girls grew up in a very musical household, have extensive musical training, and have experimented with a number of musical outlets before coming together to form…
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Bonnaroo Preview – River City Extension
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Once just the dream-child of New Jersey singer-songwriter Joe Michelini, these folksters have come on strong through perseverance and determination. They self produced an EP (Nautical Sabbatical) in 2009 and hit the road as a touring tour-de-force. River City Extension signed with XOXO Records to release their first LP (The Unmistakable Man) in 2010. …
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Deluxe Arcade Fire Suburbs record
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Bonnaroo headliners, The Arcade Fire, are planning to keep riding the flame of the 2010 record of the year, The Suburbs, with the release of a deluxe edition containing two new tracks on June 27th. They also have a Spike Jonze directed film “Scenes From The Suburbs” in the works. You’ll have to wait…
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The Generationals at The Basement – 5/21
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It was ‘judgement day”, I had spent all week in front of a computer. In the event that all hell did break loose, I didn’t want to be in front of a Macbook when it happened. So, I didn’t give much pre-game attention to The Generationals (the openers for Dale Earnhardt Jr Jr) on…
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Spin Magazine’s (free download) Sasquatch Music Festival mixtape
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Visit Spin Magazine’s website for a free download (well, for the cost of an email address) featuring bands playing at the upcoming Sasquatch Music Festival at the Gorge Amphitheater in Washington (state). Highlighted acts on the mixtape are listed below. Some of them are coming to the Nashville area soon. So, be sure to…
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NPR First Listening Party: Cults, Death Cab for Cutie, and My Morning Jacket
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If you head over to NPR’s website, you can stream a first listen of the new records by Cults, Death Cab for Cutie, and My Morning Jacket. We’ve already talked a bit about the upcoming release of MMJ (and, of course, their upcoming set at Bonnaroo). Well the entire album (which is awesome) is…