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RECAP: Bonnaroo 2010 – Day 1

By G. Alan Busch Jr. | Published June 16, 2010

The ninth annual Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival kicked off on Thursday with a lineup packed with artists on the verge. Rains the day before left some of the festival grounds waterlogged, but overall the weather was almost bearable for a Bonnaroo night. Thursday is typically a great day to discover new music and take advantage of having a number of press-darling-bands in the same place. This year was no different, and may have boasted the best opening night lineup of the festival’s history with the likes of Fanfarlo, Here We Go Magic, Local Natives, and Manchester Orchestra all performing in the first three hours. Continue reading »

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Concert Picks / Week of May 3rd

By Mark | Published May 3, 2010

Monday, May 3rd

Horse Feathers / Lay Low at Union Hall

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Tuesday, May 4th

Yeasayer / Sleigh Bells at Webster Hall

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Wednesday, May 5th

Shout Out Louds / Freelance Whales at Webster Hall

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Thursday, May 6th & Friday, May 7th

Local Natives / Suckers at Bowery Ballroom

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Local Natives to play Coachella, SXSW

By Mark | Published February 1, 2010


Local Natives make soaring, sky-scraping harmonies, dreamy orchestral melodies, and throbbing tribal beats that bash their way into your soul. Theirs are songs you can ance to almost as well as you can swoon to them. Drawing a line from the vocal stylings of Crosby Stills Nash & Young and the Zombies through the more esoteric edges of post-punk and Afro-beat, this California five piece have communally crafted a brand of indie rock all their own.
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