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Cold War Kids Play It Cool for Coachella

Though the music world was atwitter with the news of the Coachella lineup Monday, Cold War Kids bassist Matt Maust -- who's band's set to be featured prominently at the festival -- played it cool last night, standing sidestage along with his bandmate Jonnie Russell while watching his former touring partners (and roommates!) in We Barbarians at the ...

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Wilco Guitarist Gives Away His Secrets

Wilco guitarist Nels Cline's been getting a lot of the credit for the otherworldly noises on the band's latest album, 'Sky Blue Sky.' But some of the phenomenal guitarist's secrets are a bit closer to home. When Spinner asked Cline at Bonnaroo how he makes the dissonant scraping sounds on live versions of songs like 'Spiders (Kidsmoke),' he ...

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Cold War Kids 'Dream' Up New Material

The Cold War Kids tackled Sam Cooke's 'A Change Is Gonna Come' at Bonnaroo -- a strange choice on the surface, but one that drummer Matt Aviero tells Spinner was a no-brainer. "Nate's one of the few singers in a rock band that could tackle that," he says of frontman Nathan Willet. Later this summer, the band are scheduled to play Lollapalooza, as ...

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Hold Steady Frontman Gains Confidence From Springsteen

Hold Steady frontman Craig Finn's got a compelling -- and exhausting -- stage presence, with his stamina put to the test from the band's recent hardcore touring regimen. So what's changed since their bar band days to guarantee he doesn't pass out from exhaustion? "I've gotten focus on health in general," Finns tells Spinner. "And not losing your ...

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White Stripes Paint Tennessee Red at Bonnaroo

In one of the most anticipated Bonnaroo performances, the White Stripes took the stage with cool confidence on the festival's last night with the opening chords of 'Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground.' The minimalist duo of Jack and Meg White ripped through a set of old and new, including songs 'I Think I Smell a Rat,' 'Blue Orchid' and the title ...

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Ben Harper Gets a Little Help From His Bonnaroo Friends

John Paul Jones has become this Bonnaroo's Les Claypool -- the musician you can't help but see. After jamming bluegrass troupe Uncle Earl on Day Two, as well as Ben Harper and the Roots' ?uestlove during last night's SuperJam, the producer and former Led Zeppelin bassist reteamed with Harper for the latter's Day Three set. The two, accompanied by ...

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Gogol Bordello Redefine Crowd Surfing at Bonnaroo

At the end of a raucous set on Day Three of Bonnaroo, Gogol Bordello's Eugene Hutz gave new meaning to the phrase crowd surfing. While Medeski, Martin and Wood's Billy Martin and a pair of stilted women looked on, Hutz threw himself atop a drum head and stood on it while the audience gave it a good push across the crowd. ...

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