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Videos Of The Day – week of 9/23

9/23 – Sigur Ros is at John Paul Jones Arena tonight – here’s what you’re in for…

and Superchunk is in town too (for the 1st time in 14 years!)…here’s one of their many classics, “Precision Auto”

 

9/24 – just 3 of the MANY cool streetdate things this week…

Au Revoir Simone

Chvrches

Deer Tick

 

9/25 – Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin put out a new album last week…here’s the new video for “Nightwater Girlfriend,” which is a tribute (of sorts) to Branson in their homestate of Missouri…

p.s. the Portland, Oregon band Fruition is the opener for Toubab Krewe & Greensky Bluegrass tonight at The Jefferson…here they are covering The Beatles!

 

9/26 – fun. is in town tonight of course for a sold-out show with Tegan & Sara…listen for our backstage interview with T&S Friday at 4pm…we’re hoping they might pick some songs for us also as a kind of a My Corner Playlist!  Here they are joining Macklemore & Lewis recently in concert for “Same Love”

 

9/27 – since it is the first full week of fall, we say “Goodbye Summer” officially with Jonny Fritz (formerly Corndawg), who’s at The Southern tmrw (9/28).  Yee haw!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abjXEaDtMYQ

 

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