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  The National's New Album to Feature St. Vincent, Sharon Van Etten, Sufjan, and Everyone Else

  March 22, 2013 – The National's new album Trouble Will Find Me will be jam-packed with guests, according to an interview with drummer Bryan Devendorf. In speaking to Gothamist, the Brookyln band's skinsman let slip that Sufjan Stevens, St. Vincent's Annie Clark, Arcade Fire's Richard Reed Parry, Sharon Van Etten, Doveman's Thomas Bartlett, and Dark Dark Dark singer Nona Marie Invie. …
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  Hear No BS! Brass Band's Sternum-Rattling 'RVA All Day'

  March 21, 2013 – No BS! Brass Band is a beloved 10-piece horns-and-drums band from Richmond, Virginia that was assembled and founded by drummer Lance Koehler and trombonist/Bon Iver member Reggie Pace. They've collaborated with and enhanced releases by Sharon Van Etten, Matthew E. …
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  J Mascis and Sharon Van Etten Lend John Denver's 'Prisoners' Some Pretty Gnarl

  March 7, 2013 – Last week we hipped you to My Morning Jacket's tender cover of the John Denver classic "Leaving on a Jet Plane." That song arrived in order to preview April 2's The Music Is in You: A Tribute to John Denver, in which an impressively diverse array of artists put their stamp on the folk-pop legend's songbook. …
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  Sharon Van Etten's Soulful Take on Nick Cave's 'People Ain't No Good' Is Very, Very Good

  January 11, 2013 – Don't say she didn't warn us. Last February, New York singer Sharon Van Etten broke down her Favorite Things to SPIN and when it came to the "not-so-new artist" of her obsession, she revealed, "I've been getting into Nick Cave lately. …
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  Fun Fun Fun Fest 2012's 20 Best Sets

  November 5, 2012 – This past weekend, Austin's seventh annual Fun Fun Fun Fest saw the once-modest, mid-autumn gathering finally metamorphose from off-season distraction to a festival-season staple capable of attracting more than just Ryan Gosling and a few local punks (and thanks to the Austin Music Office, SPIN was hanging in a sweet ATX Airstream). …
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  The Shins and Sharon Van Etten Lead Late-Night Strum-Off

  March 21, 2012 – A pair of recent SPIN interviewees (and SXSW performers, and excellent guitarists) hit late-night stages last night. …
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  Watch Sharon Van Etten's Dizzying 'Leonard' Video

  March 7, 2012 – In her newest video, Sharon Van Etten keeps moving. The Sam Zimman-directed clip for "Leonard," off her recent LP Tramp, finds the viewer in the passenger seat as we zoom through what looks like the streets of southern California, only doubled, then quadrupled in a mirror. Funny, she never mentioned to SPIN that kaleidoscopes were one of her favorite things. "Leonard" is a simple non-narrative, yet it's as wholly pleasant as Tramp is. …
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  My Favorite Things: Sharon Van Etten

  February 24, 2012 – Since her 2009 debut, Because I Was In Love, and its stunning follow-up, Epic, Sharon Van Etten, 30, has been wooing intimate crowds with her sultry, honey-crisp alto over harmonium and guitar… and couch surfing. She spent her vagabond time well, developing a taste for fine wines, memorizing lines from Kicking and Screaming, and recording in the garage studio of the National's Aaron Dessner. …
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  Watch Sharon Van Etten's Fire-Lit Soiree de Poche

  February 10, 2012 – La Blogothèque has (finally) shared the Soirée de Poche (Pocket Party, or Takeaway Show, depending on how you're translating) they filmed with Sharon Van Etten last fall in a Parisian apartment. Is there a better way to follow up your first look at Blue Ivy Carter? …
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  Sharon Van Etten Tests 'Tramp' at Sublime NYC Show

  January 19, 2012 – A year ago, a Sharon Van Etten show at New York's tiny Mercury Lounge would've seemed just about right: up-and-coming East Coast singer-songwriter with a reputation for a solid live show playing to a small but growing fanbase. But that was before the onetime indie label publicist spent a year building up her rep — opening for pals the National, working the festival circuit, making her network TV debut on Jimmy Fallon. …
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