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August 2008 - Articles

Listening In Live: Bumbershoot Day One

We started the day refreshed, slept in, and took our sweet time getting to the festival. After the suck that was yesterday, we were stoked at the efficiency and consideration of the festival organizers, One Reel.

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TBTMTU: Sixeyes

Back to school, back to school! Summer is over and the time has come again when students flock back to their campuses and hunker down for the next four months, and there's nothing better during a time like this than some new music to listen to while studying and doing homework.

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Bumbershoot Weekend Preview: Part I

I am northbound this weekend, flying to Seattle for the 38th annual Bumbershoot Music & Arts Festival. Instead of looking forward to school I get to anticipate 3 days of all things art in a city I've never seen.

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Bumbershoot Weekend Preview: Tentative Schedule

This weekend I'll be traveling with my partner in crime to Seattle for the sold out Bumbershoot Music & Arts Festival. Just looking at the breadth of this festival strikes fatigue in my bones.

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TBTMTU: Ninebullets.net

This week on They Bring The Music To Us we've got Ninebullets.net a refreshingly honest mp3 blog with a focus on country, rock, blues, metal, folk, bluegrass and all the hyphenated subgenres that may fall under those labels.

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What's the Big Deal with Gnarls Barkley?

When Gnarls Barkley broke out with the debut single "Crazy," it was as if they literally started a craze. The song was in high rotation on practically every radio station, became a standard for Las Vegas lounge performers, and sparked other strange and creative remakes.

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TBTMTU: Pampelmoose

Not to be confused with a pamplemousse (French for grapefruit), this weeks They Bring The Music To Us featured blog is Pampelmoose, an mp3 blog by Dave Allen

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Listening In Live to the All Points West Music Festival Day Three

After a supreme act of will got my aching legs and I out of bed Sunday morning, after the hour and a half train ride, and after the long walk to the park, I found myself waiting in the growing gloom for Rogue Wave (Web site, Myspace) to begin their set.

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Listening In Live to the All Points West Music Festival Day Two

As day two of All Points West opened I found myself once again in front of the Blue Comet stage with the summer sun bearing down, this time waiting for Chromeo (Web site, Myspace) to begin their set.

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Listening in Live to the All Points West Music Festival: Day One

Barely recovered from Lollapalooza last weekend, I set out to cover the first annual All Points West festival this weekend in Liberty State Park, New Jersey. I didn't know what to expect going in, but if day one was any indication, APW will be quite an entertaining weekend.

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Lollapalooza 2008 Weekend Wrap

The weekend has come and gone, and Lollapalooza 2008 has officially drawn to a close. I've already recapped each day elsewhere, but now that the event is over and done with I think it's time to go over impressions of the festival as a whole.

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TBTMTU: Hip Hop Ruckus (a checkup)

Today on a special They Bring The Music To Us we are going to go back and check up on a blog we previously featured.

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Lollapalooza Day Three Recap

Just as I finished work on my recap of day two crisp, slick DJ beats began pouring from the south main stage, adjacent to the press area.

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Lollapalooza Day Two Recap

I started off day two cursing my apparent inability to read a schedule as I waited 45 minutes for the Ting Tings (Web site, Myspace) to start their set.

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Lollapalooza Day One Recap

After two quick breakfasts (one unexpected and free) I began the walk Grant Park under the summer sun with colleague Viki Gonia.

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