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Bonnaroo preview – JEFF the Brotherhood
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. …
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GIVERS – Bonnaroo preview
For those of you that follow other blogs and tweets and whatnot, you don’t really need an introduction to GIVERS. Their poppy, almost like a new generation’s Paul Simon Graceland, has captured the hearts of some many music critics. Almost an accident in coming together, this band has seized opportunity to the fullest and…
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Spin Magazine’s 25 Must-Hear Acts at Bonnaroo 2011
Clearly riding the coat tails of No Country for New Nashville’s success with the Bonnaroo preview series (ha, ha), Spin Magazine has released a top 25 Must -Hear list of artists at this year’s Bonnaroo festival. Click here to see who they are highlighting for this year’s fest. We have already posted about Nashville’s…
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Thao & Mirah & tUnE-yArDs
Thao (last name: Nguyen, but you will rarely hear the full name…. sort of like a Brazilian footballer) is best known for her work with her band, The Get Down, Stay Down. The hyper-active guitarist and lead singer is originally from Falls Creek, VA, but is currently living and working out of San Francisco,…
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Hanni El Khatib – Bonnaroo preview (and The End)
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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Bonnaroo Preview – MiniBoone
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
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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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…