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  SPIN's 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time

  May 3, 2012 – To celebrate the new generation of shredders profiled in our May/June "Loud Issue," the SPIN staff decided to find some wheedle in a haystack, taking on the impossible task of ranking our favorite guitar players of all time. …
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  Tinariwen, 'Tassili' (Anti-)

  August 30, 2011 – The rock stars of northern Mali's Tuareg tribe set their electric guitars aside ?and send the female ?singers home for their most emotionally involved set yet. Recorded in an Algerian desert tent, ?Tinariwen's fifth album takes off on an acoustic path following the open-?ing track's otherworldy ?appearance by Wilco guitarist Nels Cline. …
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  Pearl Jam Scavenger Hunt, Free Wale Mixtape + More

  August 18, 2011 – Pearl Jam have announced a scavenger hunt to reveal the tracklisting for their rarities-packed soundtrack to Cameron Crowe's Pearl Jam Twenty documentary.Starting today, clues will be released every half-hour online via Facebook and Twitter and in real-life locales like New York's Time Square. The first fan to crack each clue will receive a limited-edition Pearl Jam Twenty poster. …
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  PREMIERE: Tinariwen & Wilco's Nels Cline

  August 3, 2011 – Tinariwen, the talented ensemble of musicians from Northern Mali, have been together for some 30 years. But lately they've become increasingly popular in the U.S., and their fusion of electric blues with native folk sounds has earned them props from Radiohead's Thom Yorke, Robert Plant, Bono, and also scored them high-profile slots at fests like Bonnaroo and Glastonbury. …
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  FREE ALBUM! SPIN's Picks for Bonnaroo 2010

  June 5, 2010 – June 10-13 brings us Bonnaroo, the annual celebration of music in the Tennessee countryside, attended by some 80,000 fans. …
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• Tinariwen, 'Imidiwan: Companions' (World Village)

  October 13, 2009 – While Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi pitched a tent outside the United Nations, these former conscripts in his army played at this year's Coachella festival. Tinariwen have enjoyed a curious success, finding fans in Bono and Chris Martin, while remaining politically outspoken Tuareg nomads in their Saharan homeland. …
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