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Festival Faves: Bonnaroo '08

Bonnaroo may have to take a cue from across the pond and rename its host city Madchester for a weekend, as there was plenty of crazy time to be had. Scroll below to watch video of particularly potent acoustic performances, special for SPIN, by Broken Social Scene, Gogol Bordello, and others.
Brendan Canning and Kevin Drew of Broken Social Scene

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Backstage at Bonnaroo: Dead Confederate

Hardy Morris, singer/guitarist of the Athens, GA-based psych-rockers, strums through "Wrecking Ball," the title track off their debut full-length, out Sept. 16.

Requesting a loose and reverb-drenched mix, Hardy Morris, singer/guitarist of Dead Confederate, plucks and strums through "Wrecking Ball" at SPIN.com's Bonnaroo tent backstage, unveiling the dark, powerful title track off the outfit's forthcoming debut full-length, out Sept. 16. "That's what it sounds like when you drink all day," Morris quips of the potent tune and its saturated sound.

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Bonnaroo '08: Dead Confederate, "Wrecking Ball"

Dead Confederate frontman Hardy Morris plays an acoustic version of new tune "Wrecking Ball" backstage at Bonnaroo 2008. With this track, Morris requested a particular mix to demonstrate how the song sounds "when you've been drinking all day."

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