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Bonnaroo Preview – Parkington Sisters
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
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
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
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
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
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…
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Dale Earnhardt Jr Jr at the Basement – 5/21
These guys have been getting a lot of hype lately, and I was very excited to spend my last possible minutes on Earth (It was the day of the supposed Rapture) with these guys. The tiny stage at the Basement was adorned with giant-bulbed “J’s” and “R’s”, and given the lack of a dressing…
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Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. – Saturday 5/21, 9pm at The Basement
It feels as if we’re walking in the lingering days of the past, when everything was just a shade easier and we could breathe deeper. It’s where Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. take us with its music. – Daytrotter.com Love the name or hate the name, this Detroit based indie-pop duo is screaming around turn…
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Mogwai w/ Errors – 8pm tonight, Exit/In
Mogwai is the epitome of post-rock. This five man band out of Glasgow Scotland is well known for lengthy instrumental electric guitar pieces and melodic bass lines. The effect is half heart pounding head bobbing intensity and half peaceful lullabies. These guys have been melting brains while rocking you to sleep since 1995 when…