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March 2, 2011
BANJO MAN
Don't be late for bluegrass school
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February 23, 2011
Middle Brother+Dawes+Deer Tick
Don't be late for bluegrass school
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February 18, 2011
Week in Review: Arcade Fire Won A Grammy And All We Got Was This BMX Bicycle Helmet-Cam
Santiago FelipeAnd so it came to pass that a sleepy 2011 all of a sudden woke up and went crazy, as Arcade Fire won a Grammy, spawning a thousand think pieces (or two, anyway). Then Odd Future played Santos Party House! And Fallon! Many people said the word "swag." But just as the internet t ... More >>
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February 15, 2011
Bonnaroo 2011 Announces Lineup, Starring Eminem, Arcade Fire, Lil Wayne, The Black Keys, And Buffalo Springfield
Star-studded lineup videos: now a thing. Yes, the Tennessee mega-festival, now in its tenth (!) year, has announced its initial lineup, the usual melange of rappers, rockers, and jam-band monoliths, this year headlined by Eminem and Arcade Fire, only one of whom won the Album of the Year Grammy 48 ... More >>
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November 17, 2010
JJ Grey & Mofro
Star-studded lineup videos: now a thing. Yes, the Tennessee mega-festival, now in its tenth (!) year, has announced its initial lineup, the usual melange of rappers, rockers, and jam-band monoliths, this year headlined by Eminem and Arcade Fire, only one of whom won the Album of the Year Grammy 48 ... More >>
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November 10, 2010
Fistful of Mercy
Star-studded lineup videos: now a thing. Yes, the Tennessee mega-festival, now in its tenth (!) year, has announced its initial lineup, the usual melange of rappers, rockers, and jam-band monoliths, this year headlined by Eminem and Arcade Fire, only one of whom won the Album of the Year Grammy 48 ... More >>
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August 4, 2010
GLOWWORM
Shake one for the team
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June 14, 2010
Three Days In the Life of Jay-Z, A Man Whose Weekend Was Way, Way Better Than Yours
Friday, June 11th: Isle of Wight Festival Oh, what am I doing Friday night? Yeah, I don't really know. Maybe fly to England and open the Isle of Wight Festival. Kanye West said he might come through and do "Run This Town." Thinking I'll maybe play in front of a tens of thousands of people wearing ... More >>
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June 11, 2010
Reasons To Be Happy You're Not at Bonnaroo: 2010 Twitter Edition
Like a million? Braver men and women than us have foundered in the muddy, marijuana-soaked waters of Bonnaroo, the annual four-day music/camping festival on the grassy flats of Manchester, Tennessee. And though there is Jay-Z, and the Gaslight Anthem, there are also predatory drug dealers, swelter ... More >>
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June 11, 2010
New York Artist Maya Hayuk Is Partly Responsible for the Half-Naked and Wet People at Bonnaroo
photo by Abby Manock Bonnaroo and body odor go together like Irish men and Jameson, which is why so many of the from-the-mud testimonials focus on the showering aspect of the three-day hackey-sacks-and-hulahoops showdown--or lack thereof. Apparently there are only two primary on-site option for scr ... More >>
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June 11, 2010
Week in Review: Sign of Victory
One of these dudes is noticeably less enthusiastic than all the other dudes. Photo by Nate "Igor" SmithIn the week we interviewed an actual fitness instructor about the theoretical plausibility of exercising to Sleigh Bells, we also penned a Twitter-based ode to Erykah Badu's habitual latenes ... More >>
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June 10, 2010
Your All Tomorrow' Parties New York 2010 Video Sampler Is Here
Apologies in advance for how loudly this SOTC contributor will bang the All Tomorrow's Parties NY drums for the next two-plus months, but there really aren't many, if any, better music festivals in the United States. (All due respect, Bonnaroo, but no.) At ATP NY, you're nestled in a remote part of ... More >>
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March 16, 2010
Indecision+the Bulletproof Lincolns
Apologies in advance for how loudly this SOTC contributor will bang the All Tomorrow's Parties NY drums for the next two-plus months, but there really aren't many, if any, better music festivals in the United States. (All due respect, Bonnaroo, but no.) At ATP NY, you're nestled in a remote part of ... More >>
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March 12, 2010
Q&A: Henry Rollins Talks With Ex-MTV-VJ Iann Robinson About Why Black Flag Won't Reunite and Why He'd Rather Be 49 Than 20
Musician/actor/talker/personality Henry Rollins has been in touch Iann Robinson for years, long before Robinson's days as the MTV VJ Horatio Sanz once spoofed on Saturday Night Live. Since Henry Rollins headlines Irving Plaza tonight and tomorrow, we asked Robinson to get his old acquaintance on the ... More >>
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October 20, 2009
CSC Funk Band
Musician/actor/talker/personality Henry Rollins has been in touch Iann Robinson for years, long before Robinson's days as the MTV VJ Horatio Sanz once spoofed on Saturday Night Live. Since Henry Rollins headlines Irving Plaza tonight and tomorrow, we asked Robinson to get his old acquaintance on the ... More >>
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September 29, 2009
Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band
Musician/actor/talker/personality Henry Rollins has been in touch Iann Robinson for years, long before Robinson's days as the MTV VJ Horatio Sanz once spoofed on Saturday Night Live. Since Henry Rollins headlines Irving Plaza tonight and tomorrow, we asked Robinson to get his old acquaintance on the ... More >>
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September 22, 2009
KID STUFF
Ornette's here to tickle you
Blogs
August 4, 2009
Ambiguous All Points West 2009 Attendance Figures Announced
Rebecca SmeyneThe attendance numbers are in for this year's All Points West. The festival drew 71,500 people over three days, according to APW promoter Paul Tollett, down 4000 from last year. In an interview with the New York Times, Tollett chalks the inferior numbers up to the weather, which ... More >>
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July 21, 2009
News Roundup: Beastie Boys, Pearl Jam, Islands, They Might Be Giants
Islands--Islands have released the bubbly new track "No You Don't," from their upcoming third album Vapours, the one frontman Nick Thorburn once famously left on the C Train. The song features him switching between a falsetto and more conversational style, with lyrics like "Don't buy dope from the m ... More >>
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July 8, 2009
News Roundup: Nine Inch Nails, Peter King, Beck, Online Radio
-- After abruptly announcing that Nine Inch Nails's appearance at Bonnaroo last month would be the band's last US show ever, Trent Reznor has decided to let fans down a little slower. NIN will play a series of holy-shit-they're-playing-there club shows later this summer to mark the band's supposed f ... More >>
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June 24, 2009
News Roundup: Beastie Boys, The Roots, Jay Bennett, Lil Wayne
--After proving they-still-got-it at Bonnaroo less than two weeks ago, the Beastie Boys announced details about their new disc, Hot Sauce Committee Part 1. The album is due September 15, and its seventeen tracks include the Nas collaboration "Too Many Rappers" (which they performed together at the f ... More >>
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June 22, 2009
Triumph the Insult Comic Dog Takes Bonnaroo
Though it doesn't reach the lofty heights of Triumph at the Star Wars Screening or Triumph at the Tonys, the mere fact that Conan O'Brien's attack dog deigned to take on Bonnaroo suggests a certain apex of mainstream acceptance/derision. A dog puppet humping a turntable is actually an excellent wa ... More >>
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June 15, 2009
Nas Has Great Taste in Beastie Boys Songs
The Beastie Boys played Bonnaroo this weekend, bringing out Nas--of all people to show up randomly in the middle of the Tennessee countryside--for a new song that is reportedly destined for the upcoming Hot Sauce Committee. That would make Nas the second confirmed guest on the record, after Santi ... More >>
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June 12, 2009
This Weekend! Not-at-Bonnaroo-and-Don't-Care Defiance Edition
So it's awful outside, and your friends ditched you for Bonnaroo. Quit sulking; Tennessee is flooded in state troopers and Phish acolytes, while you have countless local offerings to gorge on. If you haven't already picked up your Northside Festival badge, order online for pickup at 60 North 6th St ... More >>
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June 12, 2009
Week in Review: Get Ready #Bonnaroo You're Gonna Be My Bitch For the Weekend
Rebecca Smeyne In the week we didn't go to the mud-soaked hobbit/hippie fest that is Bonnaroo (well, except for the top secret one of us who did, and is even now Twittering about it), all three members of SOTC did go to Prospect Park, where we wandered the green green grass 27,000 parents and thei ... More >>
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June 10, 2009
Reasons To Be Happy You're Not Going to Bonnaroo
The Twittersphere is alight with #Bonnaroo, where it's supposed to rain all weekend. But that's not the only reason to avoid the annual mud-soaked four-day "camping festival" in Manchester, Tennessee: The pigs are apparently out in full force. Also, the word "'roo." You might end up inadvert ... More >>
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March 25, 2009
Toubab Krewe
The Twittersphere is alight with #Bonnaroo, where it's supposed to rain all weekend. But that's not the only reason to avoid the annual mud-soaked four-day "camping festival" in Manchester, Tennessee: The pigs are apparently out in full force. Also, the word "'roo." You might end up inadvert ... More >>
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February 18, 2009
Dan Auerbach
The Twittersphere is alight with #Bonnaroo, where it's supposed to rain all weekend. But that's not the only reason to avoid the annual mud-soaked four-day "camping festival" in Manchester, Tennessee: The pigs are apparently out in full force. Also, the word "'roo." You might end up inadvert ... More >>
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February 15, 2009
Fashion Week: Punk For Pennies at Alexander McQueen for Target
Epic fail It says so much about us that, of all the beautiful runway shows bookending this Fashion Week, your sparkly-things correspondents were most excited about going to Target. Or, rather, going to the pop-up boutique for Alexander McQueen for Target, the latest, extremely high-profile installm ... More >>
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February 3, 2009
The Bonnaroo 2009 Lineup's Secret Weapon
If you're real lucky maybe she'll rip off her afro wig mid-song and slam it down on the stage. I myself have never braved the differently hygienic masses at Bonnaroo, Tennessee's annual long-weekend hippie/hipster soiree. But the announcement of this year's lineup -- held June 11-14 in Manchester, ... More >>
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June 27, 2008
Status Ain't Hood's Greatest Hits
If you're real lucky maybe she'll rip off her afro wig mid-song and slam it down on the stage. I myself have never braved the differently hygienic masses at Bonnaroo, Tennessee's annual long-weekend hippie/hipster soiree. But the announcement of this year's lineup -- held June 11-14 in Manchester, ... More >>
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June 25, 2008
Pearl Jam Ted Leo Tonight at Madison Square Garden
If you're real lucky maybe she'll rip off her afro wig mid-song and slam it down on the stage. I myself have never braved the differently hygienic masses at Bonnaroo, Tennessee's annual long-weekend hippie/hipster soiree. But the announcement of this year's lineup -- held June 11-14 in Manchester, ... More >>
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June 25, 2008
Kanye West Calls Bonnaroo Organizers "Fucking Idiots," "Squid Brains"
If you're real lucky maybe she'll rip off her afro wig mid-song and slam it down on the stage. I myself have never braved the differently hygienic masses at Bonnaroo, Tennessee's annual long-weekend hippie/hipster soiree. But the announcement of this year's lineup -- held June 11-14 in Manchester, ... More >>
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June 17, 2008
Bonnaroo Day 4: Broken Social Scene, Jakob Dylan, Aimee Mann, Robert Plant and Alison Krauss
If you're real lucky maybe she'll rip off her afro wig mid-song and slam it down on the stage. I myself have never braved the differently hygienic masses at Bonnaroo, Tennessee's annual long-weekend hippie/hipster soiree. But the announcement of this year's lineup -- held June 11-14 in Manchester, ... More >>
Blogs
June 16, 2008
Bonnaroo 2008: M.I.A. Going MIA?
If you're real lucky maybe she'll rip off her afro wig mid-song and slam it down on the stage. I myself have never braved the differently hygienic masses at Bonnaroo, Tennessee's annual long-weekend hippie/hipster soiree. But the announcement of this year's lineup -- held June 11-14 in Manchester, ... More >>
Blogs
June 15, 2008
Bonnaroo Day 2: Drugs For Fun and Profit
If you're real lucky maybe she'll rip off her afro wig mid-song and slam it down on the stage. I myself have never braved the differently hygienic masses at Bonnaroo, Tennessee's annual long-weekend hippie/hipster soiree. But the announcement of this year's lineup -- held June 11-14 in Manchester, ... More >>
Blogs
June 15, 2008
Bonnaroo Day 3: The Real Green Deal?
If you're real lucky maybe she'll rip off her afro wig mid-song and slam it down on the stage. I myself have never braved the differently hygienic masses at Bonnaroo, Tennessee's annual long-weekend hippie/hipster soiree. But the announcement of this year's lineup -- held June 11-14 in Manchester, ... More >>
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June 15, 2008
Bonnaroo Day 3: High Tide Blues, Mason Jennings, Abigail Washburn, B.B. King, Ben Folds, Chromeo
If you're real lucky maybe she'll rip off her afro wig mid-song and slam it down on the stage. I myself have never braved the differently hygienic masses at Bonnaroo, Tennessee's annual long-weekend hippie/hipster soiree. But the announcement of this year's lineup -- held June 11-14 in Manchester, ... More >>
Blogs
June 15, 2008
Bonnaroo Day 3: The Kanye Debacle
If you're real lucky maybe she'll rip off her afro wig mid-song and slam it down on the stage. I myself have never braved the differently hygienic masses at Bonnaroo, Tennessee's annual long-weekend hippie/hipster soiree. But the announcement of this year's lineup -- held June 11-14 in Manchester, ... More >>
Blogs
June 14, 2008
Bonnaroo Day 1: The Food. Plus, Body Odor Begins.
If you're real lucky maybe she'll rip off her afro wig mid-song and slam it down on the stage. I myself have never braved the differently hygienic masses at Bonnaroo, Tennessee's annual long-weekend hippie/hipster soiree. But the announcement of this year's lineup -- held June 11-14 in Manchester, ... More >>
Blogs
June 14, 2008
Bonnaroo Day 2: Celebrity Rumors from the Press Tent
If you're real lucky maybe she'll rip off her afro wig mid-song and slam it down on the stage. I myself have never braved the differently hygienic masses at Bonnaroo, Tennessee's annual long-weekend hippie/hipster soiree. But the announcement of this year's lineup -- held June 11-14 in Manchester, ... More >>
Blogs
June 14, 2008
Bonnaroo Day 2: Jose Gonzalez, Fiery Furnaces, Swell Season, Raconteurs, Rilo Kiley, M.I.A., Metallica
If you're real lucky maybe she'll rip off her afro wig mid-song and slam it down on the stage. I myself have never braved the differently hygienic masses at Bonnaroo, Tennessee's annual long-weekend hippie/hipster soiree. But the announcement of this year's lineup -- held June 11-14 in Manchester, ... More >>
Blogs
June 13, 2008
Bonnaroo Day 1: MGMT, The Weather Underground, Back Door Slam
If you're real lucky maybe she'll rip off her afro wig mid-song and slam it down on the stage. I myself have never braved the differently hygienic masses at Bonnaroo, Tennessee's annual long-weekend hippie/hipster soiree. But the announcement of this year's lineup -- held June 11-14 in Manchester, ... More >>
Blogs
June 12, 2008
Welcome to Bonnaroo 2008: Where's the Fun in Festivals?
If you're real lucky maybe she'll rip off her afro wig mid-song and slam it down on the stage. I myself have never braved the differently hygienic masses at Bonnaroo, Tennessee's annual long-weekend hippie/hipster soiree. But the announcement of this year's lineup -- held June 11-14 in Manchester, ... More >>
Blogs
June 6, 2008
M.I.A. Live at McCarren Park Pool
If you're real lucky maybe she'll rip off her afro wig mid-song and slam it down on the stage. I myself have never braved the differently hygienic masses at Bonnaroo, Tennessee's annual long-weekend hippie/hipster soiree. But the announcement of this year's lineup -- held June 11-14 in Manchester, ... More >>
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June 3, 2008
ONE MILLION CUSTOMERS SERVED
M.I.A. graces the first of many outdoor stages
Blogs
April 1, 2008
Human Giant on Peter, Bjorn and John, MTV, and Heroin
M.I.A. graces the first of many outdoor stages
Music
October 9, 2007
Hope Solo
Sam Champion’s guitar-heavy classic-rock sound is doing just fine with no label to back it (yet)
NYC Life
March 21, 2006
Placing Politics Within the Pop Culture Landscape
Sam Champion’s guitar-heavy classic-rock sound is doing just fine with no label to back it (yet)
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September 24, 2002
Jammed for All Time
The Improvisational Rock Scene Isn't Just for Hippies Anymore
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