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Chancellor Warhol – Bonnaroo Preview
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A winner of the “Road to Bonnaroo” was Nashville’s own Chancellor Warhol. His unique blending of hip hop with electo-pop is something that is immediately catchy. It’s reminiscent of so much that we hear in mainstream music, but it is mixed up, original, and refreshing. It will be really interesting to see what happens to Mr.…
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Best Coast – Bonnaroo Preview
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Bethany Cosentino’s Best Coast (along with multi-instrumentalist Bobb Bruno, and former Vivian Girls drummer Ali Koehler) has had a meteoric rise through the indie conscious for the past couple of years. Her Crazy For You album (via Mexican Summer) has brought significant critical acclaim from Spin, UK’s Guardian, and Pitchfork granted her the 39th spot in their…
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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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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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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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Phosphorescent – Bonnaroo Preview
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Phosphorescent is the musical moniker of Matthew Houck. This Alabama native began transforming his multi-instrumental musical talents into a distinct emotive voice that is reminiscent of Will Oldham (a.k.a Bonnie “Prince” Billy). Lingering around the fringe of rock, folk, and country, this music is perfect for a road trip or a rocking chair on…
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Roots Picnic Streaming Live…
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Can’t handle to leave the house in this oppressive Nashville heat? Well, turn your living room into an air conditioned music festival. NPR, along with WXPN and Okayplayer, are streaming the Roots’ Picnic live from Philadelphia, PA all day today starting at 1pm EST. Upcoming performers include…. The Roots, Wiz Khalifa, Nas (backed by…
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New Beirut Track
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In a convoluted twisting of artistry (and record release news), Blondie has released a new album called Panic of Girls (only in the UK only via collector’s pack sold at Europe’s equivalent of Walmart, for now) which includes a cover of Beirut’s “Sunday Smile”. While I choose to avoid unraveling Blondie’s issues, I will…