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  Solange, William Tyler, Mac DeMarco Join Bonnaroo 2013 Lineup

  April 24, 2013 – Empire of the Sun, Solange, Polyphonic Spree, Mac DeMarco, William Tyler, and more have been added to the lineup for this year's Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival, taking place from June 13 to 16 in Manchester, Tennessee. Organizers announced the additions today (April 24), naming a slew of artists, including: Black Prairie, Delta Rae, the Rubens, James McCartney (maybe you've heard of his dad), Alanna Royale, Alice and the Glass La …
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  William Tyler, 'Impossible Truth' (Merge)

  March 22, 2013 – In a recent video trailer for Impossible Truth— William Tyler's second LP under his own name and first for Merge — the Nashville guitar virtuoso waxes poetic about Christmas and air-conditioning, Elvis and Reagan, the end of the world and the frailty of borders. "Our country, like any other country, is an imagined community, a country of illusion," he says, his voice lilting. …
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  The 5 Best Things We Saw at SXSW Thursday: Killer Mike, Mikal Cronin, Chance the Rapper

  March 15, 2013 – See all our best live photos from SXSW 2013 here 5. Chance the RapperGatsby’s, 5 p.m. SXSW is full to the brim with "personalities" hoping to score attention, but Chance the Rapper's oddball set at Red Bull's 120 Hours party — curated by Chicago rap blog Fake Shore Drive — felt genuine. …
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  10 Albums You Can Hear Now: Dave Grohl, Marnie Stern, 'Spring Breakers,' and More

  March 7, 2013 – For this week's round of ready-to-stream albums, we present an LP from current SPIN cover star Dave Grohl and the newest full-length from recent SPIN profile subject William Tyler. Grab a pair of headphones and plug into those two records, as well as the eight others below:1) Dave Grohl and Friends, Sound City: Real to Reel. "Stevie Nicks sounds as urgent and bewitching as ever... …
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  William Tyler: Guitar Phenom Mulls Apocalypse, Replies With Instrumental Grace

  March 5, 2013 – Who: The 33-year-old, Nashville-born guitarist William Tyler has played with Lambchop for 13 years, while also serving as an occasional sideman for everyone from Bonnie Prince Billy to Wooden Wand and Silver Jews. But the babyfaced Tyler is now out on his own. In March, he makes his Merge debut with Impossible Truth, his second album of acoustic guitar instrumentals. …
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  Stream William Tyler of Lambchop's Full, Hypnotic 'Impossible Truth'

  March 4, 2013 – For the moment, William Tyler is preoccupied with geography. …
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  William Tyler Imagines Ronald Reagan's Atari Apocalypse in 'Impossible Truth' Teaser Video

  March 1, 2013 – William Tyler, instrumental guitar wizard and Lambchop associate, has described his upcoming solo album Impossible Truth (out March 19 via Merge) as "my '70s singer-songwriter record; it just doesn't have any words." Well, in the dreamy album teaser up above, the Best New Artist graduate talks a bit about himself and some of the ideas that've drifted through his head during the making of Impossible Truth, a record SPIN re …
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  5 Best New Artists for February '13

  February 1, 2013 – From a New York noise maven to a dream-weaving, Nashville-based guitar virtuoso to an intrepid South Bay rapper, here are five artists you should know. DAVID BEVAN, PHILIP SHERBURNE, and BRANDON SODERBERG …
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  Hear Lambchop Guitarist William Tyler's Misty 'Cadillac Desert'

  December 12, 2012 – William Tyler first paid his dues as a member of Lambchop and a guest on records by the likes of Silver Jews and Bonnie "Prince" Billy, but the instrumental guitar maestro is staking out a compelling space for himself as a solo artist. …
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