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  FestWatch: Lineups for Newport Folk, Forecastle, Sled Island Festival Arrive

  March 1, 2012 – The Newport Folk, Forecastle, and Sled Island fests have announced (or added to) their lineups this week. …
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  ALBUM PREMIERE: Crooked Fingers' Boozy Opus

  October 4, 2011 – Crooked Fingers has been Eric Bachmann's primary band for the past decade, but before that, he fronted Archers of Loaf, the seminal college rock act that sprung from Chapel Hill, North Carolina's vaunted '90s indie rock scene. …
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• Archers of Loaf, 'Icky Mettle' (Merge)

  August 2, 2011 – In retrospect, 1993's Icky Mettle -- an album of boyish fits and noisy guitar flurries -- plays like the end of an era. It's indie rock as hearty and art-free as oatmeal, before the line separating it from the mainstream dissolved, before it became so...eclectic. This remastered edition includes a few singles and ...Vs. …
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  PLAYLIST: Archers of Loaf's Eric Bachmann

  July 6, 2011 – Since forming in Chapel Hill, NC, during the heady days of grunge and alternative rock in the early '90s, Archers of Loaf have become godheads of sorts to independent musicians everywhere, as revered as icons like Sonic Youth and Pavement. This month, the crew are hitting the road for a reunion tour, following their surprise appearance at North Carolina's Cats Cradle in January. …
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  Archers of Loaf Make Surprise Live Comeback

  January 18, 2011 – It was the poorest-kept secret in town: The unidentified "Special Guests" on the bill at Saturday night's Love Language show at Carrboro, N.C.'s Cat's Cradle were Archers of Loaf, the much-beloved indie icons from adjacent Chapel Hill, making their first public appearance since 1998 (at the site of their last show, no less). …
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