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David Byrne: Invites Katzenjammer To Bonnaroo
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David Byrne has invited the women who are Katzenjammer to play at the 2009 Bonnaroo.
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David Byrne: Stream The New David Byrne EP
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Proceeds from the live EP benefit Amnesty International. Listen/buy at everythingthathappens.com and consider it a preview for Bonnaroo, where Byrne will be the first artist to curate his own stage (with Santigold, Dirty Projectors, St. Vincent, and himself).
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Björk: & Dirty Projectors @ Housing Works Bookstore, NYC 5/8/09
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What started as a mutual admiration uncovered by Dirty Projectors' cover of "Hyperballad" for Enjoyed crystallized into an unforgettable evening of Bitte Björka at Housing Works Bookstore in SoHo on Friday. Our very own Brandon Stosuy worked tirelessly to conceive and bring it to reality (Brandon is a HW board member and this event was a benefi...
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David Byrne: Assesses The State Of Rock Music
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In a new blog post, Byrne calls Sunday's indie all star concert a triumph of art rock and explains why popular music may be at a peak. He also contrasts the approach of his creative, "serious" Dark Was The Night collaborators to the hit factory that produced "Umbrella." Read at DavidByrne.com, but don't expect any gossip ("Times have changed. No...
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David Byrne: New Dirty Projectors & David Byrne - "Ambulance Man"
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One of Dark Was The Night Live's many, many, many highlights Sunday night was the onstage pairing of David Byrne and Dave Longstreth, fleshing out one of the compilation album's most logical pairings. When Byrne first announced their Red Hot tracks, he wrote "I'd been told more than once that we should all work together, and it seems the suggest...
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