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Bonnaroo Band of the Day: Cults
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Bonnaroo Artist | Cults Bonnaroo History | Newbie Stage & Time: | Which Stage | Saturday | 12:30PM New York band Cults are the classic tale of boy meets girl, boy falls for girl, boy and girl start writing indie dream pop in their spare time, 3 demos on Bandcamp get noticed and resonate throughout the blogosphere, and bam, the band…
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Bonnaroo Band of the Day: Lee Fields & The Expressions
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Bonnaroo Artist | Lee Fields & The Expressions Bonnaroo History | Newbie Stage & Time: | What Stage | Sunday | 12:30PM Soul singer Lee Fields has been making music since his first release in 1969, but his collaboration with backing band The Expressions dates back only to 2009. Their latest (and second) album, Faithful Man, is a further expansion of the new-meets-old, dense…
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Bonnaroo Band of the Day: Fatoumata Diawara
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Bonnaroo Artist | Fatoumata Diawara Bonnaroo History | Newbie Stage & Time: | That Tent | Friday | 3PM We’ve featured several Bonnaroo bands from outside of the U.S. so far, but Malian singer Fatoumata Diawara (sometimes shortened to simply “Fatou”) is the first artist we’ve covered that you’d likely find filed under “world music” in your record store.…
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Bonnaroo Band of the Day: Two Gallants
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Bonnaroo Artist | Two Gallants Bonnaroo History | 2008 Stage & Time: | That Tent | Saturday | 1:45PM If it sounds a bit like Two Gallants have been playing music together forever, that’s because they basically have. The duo have officially been playing under the Two Gallants moniker for just over a decade, but started playing music together…
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Bonnaroo Band of the Day: The Sheepdogs
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Bonnaroo Artist | The Sheepdogs Bonnaroo History | 2011 Stage & Time: | Which Stage | Sunday | 3:30 To say The Sheepdogs have had an amazing past couple of years would be putting it mildly. In 2011, the band became the first unsigned group in history to grace the cover of Rolling Stone, after beating numerous other acts in…
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Bonnaroo Band of the Day: Four Tet
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Bonnaroo Artist | Four Tet Bonnaroo History | Newbie Stage & Time: | The Other Tent | Saturday | 4PM Though Four Tet is technically classified as an electronica or EDM artist, that narrow description just doesn’t do him justice. The British producer/DJ, whose real name is Kieran Hebden, has been around longer, and shaped a sound much broader…
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Bonnaroo Band of the Day: Calexico (with Special Guests)
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Bonnaroo Artist | Calexico with Special Guests Bonnaroo History | 2004, 2010 Stage & Time: | This Tent | Friday | 1:45PM Calexico likes to borrow names. The band itself is named after a small California town on the border of Mexico. Fitting, since their style is a seamless blend of Americana, country, and Latin music. Calexico’s latest…
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Bonnaroo Band of the Day: Japandroids
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Bonnaroo Artist | Japandroids Bonnaroo History | 2010 Stage & Time: | This Tent | Thursday | 10PM Japandroids are a bit of an accident. The Canadian garage/noise rock duo had effectively called it quits before their debut album, Post-Nothing, had even seen its proper release. After the record not only saw a wide release, but also was critically…
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Bonnaroo Band of the Day: Death Grips
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Bonnaroo Artist | Death Grips Bonnaroo History | Newbie Stage & Time: | The Other Tent | Saturday | 2:15PM To attempt to accurately describe Death Grips would almost certainly do the California band a disservice. Alternative/experimental rap? Not really. Though frontman Stefan Burnett goes by the pseudonym MC Ride, to call his delivery or aim rap would be to…
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Bonnaroo Band of the Day: Wild Nothing
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Bonnaroo Artist | Wild Nothing Bonnaroo History | Newbie Stage & Time: | The Other Tent | Sunday | 3PM Though he’s joined by a set backing band live, Wild Nothing is, for all intents and purposes, the complete brainchild of singer/multi-instrumentalist Jack Tatum. Tatum went from his dorm room-recorded, surprise breakout debut Gemini in 2010 to his hyped and massively…