SPIN's Candid Backstage Portraits
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June 13, 2011 Anyone who spied Swedish electro-pop diva Robyn backstage in the dusty gravel parking lot at the Other Tent on Sunday afternoon got a serious glimpse into what would soon transpire onstage. …
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June 13, 2011 Bonnaroo wrapped up on Sunday with impressive sets from Iron & Wine and Robyn. But there were plenty of other highlights, too. Here are our Top 5:
SUPERJAM FEATURING DAN AUERBACH AND DR. …
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June 12, 2011 Bonnaroo continued on Saturday with sets from hip-hop's hottest newcomer Wiz Khalifa and Neil Young and Stephen Stills' reunited '60s band Buffalo Springfield. But there were plenty of other highlights. Here are our Top 5: EMINEM AT THE WHAT STAGE
It's hard to imagine a performer whose entire aesthetic is less compatible with the communal, peaceful, howdy-neighbor vibeology of Bonnaroo. …
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June 12, 2011 His bent-paper-clip physique thickly tatted up and down, baseball cap askew, skein of gold chains, sleeveless black Taylor Gang t-shirt, eyes past the point where "glassy" even begins to describe the vast vacancy, so skinny his skinny jeans are sagging, Pittsburgh permastoner rapper Wiz Khalifa strolled up to the front of the What Stage Saturday evening, and announced, with all the sincerity he could muster, "It's not about me, it's abo …
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June 11, 2011 Bonnaroo kicked off in earnest on Friday with My Morning Jacket's debut set as a headliner on the What Stage, and Lil Wayne's late-night party at the Which Stage. But there were plenty of other highlights. …
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June 11, 2011 It's been seven months since Weezy was freed. Seven months of court-prescribed sobriety, and seven months of speculation over whether the embattled rapper can maintain without his precious green matter and purple drank. But at Bonnaroo of all places, where temperance isn't exactly the norm, he quashed any doubt about his clear-headedness. …
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June 11, 2011 For generations in the South, one little-discussed ritual of youth has had a persistent influence -- the ceremonial cranking of southern rock (ironically or not) in your parents' car while driving to the laser light show. …
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June 10, 2011 The first day of Bonnaroo is mostly a "giant clothing-optional housewarming party," as SPIN's David Marchese writes in his blog. "It's the getting-acquainted calm before the real-shindig storm."
True, that. Still, even on opening Thursday there were a number of strong shows to be seen. Here are our Top 5:
5. J. COLE AT THIS TENT
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Big Eyes, Almost Famous
Japanther, Eat Like Lisa Act Like Bart
Uncle Acid & the Deadbeats, Mind Control
Pure X, Crawling Up The Stairs
pacificUV, After The Dream You Are Awake
Destroid, The Invasion
Marques Toliver, Land of CanAan
Gene The Southern Child & Parallel Thought, Artillery Splurgin'
Human Eye, 4: Into Unknown
The So So Glos, Blowout
The Heliocentrics, 13 Degrees of Reality
Big Black Delta, Big Black Delta
Lucero, Texas & Tennessee
Purson, The Circle and the Blue Door
Moon King, Obsession II
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