Report: Green Man Festival 2019
This year was our seventh Green Man Festival. 2011 was our first, ‘peak beard’ we called it at the time, when everyone was sporting that disheveled folksy look and Fleet Foxes …
Supersonic Festival 2019 Preview
There’s no denying that we can’t get enough of indie festivals here at IHN – especially those that feature eclectic lineups (see our coverage of Moogfest, Big Ears and Hopscotch …
Big Ears 2019 Recap: Ian Chang
Using his drums to trigger and manipulate samples, Chang builds big beats laced with florid melodies in real time, interconnecting the role of producer, DJ, and drummer with only his …
Tectonics Glasgow 2019 Report
Words/Photos: cowsarejustfood tectonics is one of those strangely liminal festivals, always between and around, neither one thing nor another. sliding drily between boundaries, rubbing fingertips round porous edges, teasing those …
Big Ears 2019 Recap: This Is Not This Heat
This Heat were one of the best live bands ever, I could not believe it when I first saw them – they opened with this track and I thought the …
Big Ears 2019 Recap: Dragnet Girl Soundtrack by Coupler
Founded in 2011 by Lambchop veteran Ryan Norris, Coupler’s core is Norris along with Rodrigo Avendaño and drummer Rollum Haas. At its root, the Nashville-meets-Chicago trio is an exercise in …
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Big Ears 2019 Recap: Theo Bleckmann Plays Kate Bush
It takes more than a bit of guts/nerve to tackle songs by an artist as iconic as Kate Bush. And it is our belief that German vocalist/composer Theo Bleckmann pulled …
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Big Ears 2019 Recap: Ben Neill / Mimi Goese
While they might not be household names, both Ben Neill and Mimi Goese (pronounced as “hazy”) have solid back catalogs stretching all the way back to the 80s. Ben is …
Big Ears 2019 Preview – Day 4 / Sunday
One more day here in beautiful Knoxville, TN for our Big Ears 2019 adventure/trip! One more video playlist to share with you, our dear readers – dive in! Featuring Art …
Big Ears 2019 Preview – Day 3 / Saturday + 12 Hour Drone
More great weather and great music on the way for us (with much love being sent to home state of Mass that is struggling with rains and snow this week). …
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