If I try to write anything more than a paragraph on Phish, I’m going to open myself up to more scrutiny than I’d like. I’ll be brief. Yes, this band has been a punchline to me for the better part of a decade now. No, I’ve never listened to them any more than that episode [...]

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I was anticipating seeing the Beastie Boys. I was curious about Springsteen. But watching David Byrne play a dozen songs I’ve loved since late childhood is something so fantastic that I don’t think I actually realized I would experience it until about halfway through Bonnaroo’s Friday. Truthfully though, it was probably better that way. If [...]

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Dinosaur Jr. will be playing Headliner’s in Louisville this October in support of their new album Farm. Kentucky, stock up on earplugs. Dinosaur Jr. w/special guest Headliner’s October 16 $25

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Download the full Beastie Boys set at Bonnaroo here By this point, you know what you’re getting with a Beastie Boys show. Mix Master Mike introduction, “Super Disco Breakin” at the start (if you’re lucky), heavy on the hits, section of spacey instrumental jams (short, if you’re lucky), encore with an “Intergalactic” start and a [...]

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A few hours before St Vincent played the Dame in Lexington, KY I got an email (and later, a phone call) asking if I’d like to interview Annie. While I hadn’t really read anything or done any research on her new album Actor, I knew I just had to interview the girl who makes my [...]

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TV on the Radio were pretty solid at Bonnaroo, but not really one of the more memorable acts I caught. While their Monolith set blew me away, Bonnaroo did little to improve upon that. They sounded great and were pretty energetic (especially Kyp — that beard can’t be easy to have in the hot sun), [...]

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Thanks to DIE for the heads-up on this new Broken Social Scene track they debuted at that surprise show with Feist. Sound’s a little muddled on the recording, but you can make out most of the words and the fact that it’s clearly a rocker.

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Triumph was all over Bonnaroo. He had a couple of stand-up shows, appeared with Neko Case on stage and ran around the festival interviewing bands and hippies. No wonder that it sounds like he started losing his voice around Saturday night. But still, this is an absolutely hilarious video of Triumph running loose at Bonnaroo. [...]

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Seeing Al Green was an absolute treat. I’ve missed out on the opportunity to see a lot of the performers my dad grew up enjoying and that he passed his appreciation down to me, but this is one I was thankfully able to catch. And decades after Al Green first wowed crowds, he proved more [...]

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