hunksofspice.com

a lot of the band pictures show them dressed up kinda crazy, lots of makeup (the lead singer performed nude once?). pretty catchy from what ive listened to so far.

Tracks:
Gronlandic Edit
Wraith Pinned to the Mist and Other Games (This is the fucking outback commercial song! different lyrics though)

Neko Case
Genres: indie rock, alternative country

Seems like a typical female singer/songwriter-type, I guess. Sings lead for many of The New Pornographers songs as well.

Tracks:
People Got a Lotta Nerve

Okkervil River
Genres: indie rock, folk rock

Tracks:
Unless It’s Kicks

The Knux
Genres: hip-hop

brother rappers

Tracks:
Cappuccino
http://www.imeem.com/theknux (Bang! Bang! sounds like i’ve heard it before)

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There’s a lot of bands/artists that will be at Bonnaroo (no shit), and I have never heard of most of them. I’m putting together a brief synopsis of each of them, and I’ll do my best to provide at least 1 link to a song from them. Keep in mind, these will all have some kevin-bias, and feel free to add/edit each if you want to. I don’t care.

David Byrne
Genres: new wave, alternative, experimental?

Singer of Talking Heads, has a bunch of solo albums, he’s scottish. I don’t have much to say about him or his music. (what a way to start out)

“His song ‘Like Humans Do’ was featured in many installations of Microsoft Windows XP.” (great.)

Tracks:
Like Humans Do
Life Is Long

MGMT
Genres: neo-psychedelic (!), electronic

Originally the band was named “Management,” but it was later changed when they found out there were several other bands with that name. Their website is weird. Who knew that baby’s head meant discography and a hotdog holding a bag of money is a link to their store.

Tracks:
Kids
Time To Pretend

Coheed & Cambria
Genres: progressive rock, emo (the band doesnt think so, but others say it…)

All their albums are concept albums, based off a series of sci-fi comics (The Amory Wars) the lead singer developed.

Tracks:
Welcome Home
A Favor House Atlantic (you probably heard this on the radio)

The Ting Tings
Genres: indie, electropop

They’re a british pop duo, they’re album reached #1 in the UK (big deal, right?).

Tracks:
That’s Not My Name
Shut Up and Let Me Go (sounds familiar, i think it was in an ipod commercial)

Crystal Castles
Genres: electronic

Another duo, not from england (CANADA!). The chick apparently goes nuts on stage.

Their musical style has been described as having “ferocious, asphyxiating sheets of warped two-dimensional Gameboy glitches and bruising drum bombast pierce [the] skull with sheer shrill force, burrowing deep into the brain like a fever”. So, its very video game-ish.

Tracks:
Untrust Us
Vanished

Yeasayer
Genres: “Middle Eastern-psych-snap-gospel” (self-described), indie rock, psychodelic

“Live performances include trippy, psychedelic visuals projected in the background.” Expect lots of druggies at their show, I guess.

Tracks:
Tight Rope (youtube)
Sunrise (youtube)

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