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bonnaroo 2009 / vulture whale promos


this line-up is amazing, much better than last year. i just might have to go! artists in bold are of particular interest:

Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band / Phish / Beastie Boys / Nine Inch Nails / David Byrne / Wilco / Al Green / Snoop Dogg / Elvis Costello Solo / Erykah Badu / Paul Oakenfold / Ben Harper and Relentless7 / The Mars Volta / TV on the Radio / Yeah Yeah Yeahs / Gov’t Mule / Andrew Bird / Band Of Horses / Merle Haggard / MGMT / moe. / The Decemberists / Girl Talk / Bon Iver / Béla Fleck & Toumani Diabate / Rodrigo y Gabriela / Galactic / The Del McCoury Band / of Montreal / Allen Toussaint / Coheed and Cambria / Booker T & the DBTs / David Grisman Quintet / Lucinda Williams / Animal Collective / Gomez / Neko Case / Down / Jenny Lewis / Santogold / Robert Earl Keen /Citizen Cope /Femi Kuti and the Positive Force / The Ting Tings / Robyn Hitchcock & The Venus 3 / Grace Potter and the Nocturnals / Kaki King / Grizzly Bear / King Sunny Adé / Okkervil River / St. Vincent / Zac Brown Band / Raphael Saadiq / Ted Leo and the Pharmacists / Crystal Castles / Tift Merritt / Brett Dennen / Mike Farris and the Roseland Rhythm Revue / Toubab Krewe / People Under the Stairs / Alejandro Escovedo / Vieux Farka Touré / Elvis Perkins In Dearland / Cherryholmes / Yeasayer / Todd Snider / Chairlift /Portugal. The Man. / The SteelDrivers / Midnite / The Knux / The Low Anthem / Delta Spirit / A.A. Bondy / The Lovell Sisters / Alberta Cross

also... here's a sample of some forthcoming graphic promos for the new vulture whale album... iphone wallpaper. click here to download the image.


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