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Sweetlife Festival 2012 – The Recap

The Shins!

The Sweetlife Festival was a memorable day of great music and great grilled cheese. And, when it comes down to it, aren’t those two things what life is really all about?

I’m going to break this recap down into two parts, first reviewing the performances at the Treehouse Stage, and then talking about the headliners at the Main Stage.

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Little Cuts’ 7” – Plastic Disasters

It seems like ages since any one heard from The Shins. It’s going on five years since their last album but word is that a new one is on the way in March on Columbia Records. So what have they been doing? Well, it seems Dave Hernandez has been working on getting back […]

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iTunes Mixery

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The Morning Benders make Brady Bunch-esque promo photos, acoustic-based pop

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