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Fuck Buttons got the attention of the room by being loud but they kept it throughout the 40 minute set by doing something interesting and different.
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The mayhem of Bumbershoot, featuring The Lonely H, The Shackletons, Sons and Daughters, These Arms Are Snakes, The Hands, Tapes N Tapes, and more!
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She asked, "Do I have a car?" I said, "Do I have a CAR!"
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"You're all here by invitation right? We usually can't get into places like this."
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The standing ovation Two Gallants received afterwards did not feel forced, and neither did the depths of this, probably my favorite performance of Bumbershoot 2008.
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I doubt there was a soul inside the small club who had been fooled by this billing, and yet, when Rhett Miller, Murry Hammond, Ken Bethea, and Philip Peeples of the Old 97's walked on stage, the hollers erupted.
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Suddenly, waif-like and spry Saul Williams leapt from behind, like a futuristic Native American from a post-Apocalyptic time where he scavenged through torn down thrift stores for an ensemble. Ziggy Stardust advised him in the make-up department.
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Day 1 of Bumbershoot madness, including reviews and photos of Beck, Neko Case, Nada Surf, Beehive, New Faces, Das Vibenbass, The Girls, Grynch, PWRFL Power, The Walkmen, Estelle, Saul Williams, Man Man, M. Ward, !!!, Kinski, and more!
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I think his show had that same natural feel, like you weren’t necessarily watching a performance, but you were watching Beck do what Beck does. And that’s the best (and really the only) thing I could expect from him.
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It was great to see so many women excited at a performance last night in the middle of an often apolitical and sometimes seemingly male-band dominated musical event, and the fellas captivated by Bell all looked like they were having a good time too.
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They were polished, heavy, and brutal in a very graceful way.
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Featuring Tendaberry (your new favorite band), One Happy Island, Hat Company, and one giant Elephant 6 orgy.
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With Bunnygrunt, Cars Can Be Blue, Little Birds, Panda Riot, Roky Erickson, That's My Daughter, and Tom Gorrio.
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Athens Popfest is like summer camp for indie pop and rock nerds.
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Although fatigued, Mates really gave it all they had left. And being on the road for so long, I appreciated that.
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Thank god for my umbrella! Hipsters were floating past me on swift running rivulets. I noticed animals marching onto the SLUT two by two.
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Damn if the band didn't send me for an emotional trip down memory lane while packing a wallop as fresh and vibrant as it ever was back in the late 90s when last we rocked together.
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The Saturday Knights played a fantastic set at the KEXP BBQ - and you can thank a TIG writer for it.
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Ladies and gentlemen, do not be mistaken: Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band is not Bright Eyes.
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The crowd was so rabid and intense, there were bodies flying out of the undulating mass of people from the moment Trent and company entered the stage. I had adrenaline pumping through my body as I tried to be aware of the photographers surrounding me, the security guys EVERYWHERE, the audience screaming, singing, and gasping for air all around me, and ...oh yeah, TRENT REZNOR THREE FEET FROM MY FACE.
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