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COACHELLA DAY 2: ARCADE FIRE + BIG AUDIO DYNAMITE + BRIGHT EYES + CAGE THE ELPHANT + THE FELICE BROTHERS + GOGOL BORDELLO + JENNY & JOHNNY + MUMFORD & SONS + THE NEW PORNOGRAPHERS + SUEDE + THE TALLEST MAN ON EARTH

April 23rd, 2011 · No Comments

Arcade Fire Coachella 2011 Day 2 photos by Lindsey Best. Bands: Arcade Fire Big Audio Dynamite Bright Eyes Cage the Elphant The Felice Brothers Gogol Bordello Jenny & Johnny Mumford & Sons The New Pornographers Suede The Tallest Man On Earth

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COACHELLA DAY 2: ARCADE FIRE + SCISSOR SISTERS + SUEDE + WIRE + BIG AUDIO DYNAMITE + JENNY AND JOHNNY + BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE + THE NEW PORNOGRAPHERS + BRIGHT EYES + ERYKAH BADU

April 18th, 2011 · 1 Comment

Other things I saw: Erykah Badu in a set that ended with the plug being pulled, appropriately trippy kaleidoscope visuals accompanying Animal Collective, and a spontaneous, irony-free high five after One Day as a Lion’s Zack de la Rocha stage dove to punctuated their performance. 

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SXSW 2011 PHOTOS BY LINDSEY BEST

March 28th, 2011 · No Comments

Lindsey Best did her rounds at SXSW 2011 in Austin. Here are some of her favorite moments. Bands included: Gayngs (2x – 1: @Red 7, 2: @Mohawk) John Vanderslice (@ Red 7) Judgement Day (@ 6th & Nieches) Lia Ices (@ Red 7) Okkervil River (2x- 1: @Red 7, 2: @Antone’s) The Cave Slingers (@Red [...]

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MONSTERS OF FOLK @ GREEK THEATRE

October 27th, 2009 · No Comments

Anyone who watched Cool Runnings as much as I did as a kid knows how relevant it is to most parts of life: work, school, relationships. And yet I was still surprised to discover just how closely the Monsters of Folk concert experience—featuring M. Ward, Jim James, Conor Oberst, and Mike Mogis—resembled that inspiring story of the Jamaican bobsled team coached by John Candy.

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JASON LYTLE: I JUST WANT TO BE THAT SIX-YEAR-OLD KID

June 9th, 2009 · No Comments

Fans of Grandaddy probably sensed they would one day hear again from Jason Lytle, the band’s former singer/songrwriter/reluctant leader, for despite its well-documented struggles, Grandaddy proved to be resilient. Now Jason Lytle is back. Though he’s relocated from Modesto, Calif. to Bozeman, the fifth-largest city in Montana, his distinctive sound is unchanged. This interview by Nina Gregory.

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