In Episode 4 of Adventures In Bonnaroo, Reggie Watts, comedian, gives the lowdown on how he plays off the positively chaotic festival environment to create entirely improvised songs live on stage.

Check out our Guide To Bonnaroo, where we show you all the upcoming events and shows around Bonnaroo and the bands who will be stopping in Nashville before the festival. 

alonzojalonzo:

Got some BBQ at Loveless Cafe. #bbq #nashville #tennessee #loveless #lovelesscafe #breakfast #tourlyfe (at Loveless Cafe)

Tip of the hat for the tip from Nashville Cream.

americansongwriter:

Ellie Goulding Bends The Rules At Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium

“I know this venue is supposed to be seated, but I like having people near me.” With that, Ellie Goulding defied the Ryman Auditorium’s ushers and stage managers — the same people who’d been spending the first third of her set rushing from aisle to aisle, shooing people back into their seats — and created something that’s rarely seen at the Ryman: a mosh pit.

Technically, it was a PG-rated mosh pit, the kind that’s filled with excitable teenagers who’re more interested in getting close to the band than knocking each other down. No one seemed in danger, even as groups of people left their rows and headed toward the stage in a free-for-all frenzy. For a venue that prides itself on being a listening room, though, this was pretty edgy stuff.

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rollingstone:

When Pharrell, visiting Paris, first sang his verse for “Get Lucky,” Daft Punk told him to “sing it again, again, again,” Pharrell recalls. “Then I did four or five more takes, they picked what they liked, then I sang each of those parts over and over. The robots are perfectionists.” Daft Punk hired choirs, string sections, trumpeters and pedal-steel players; they recorded sound effects on the foley stage at Warner Bros. They played parts themselves, then paid session pros who’d worked on Thriller and Off the Wall to play them better. They coaxed vocals from guests like Panda Bear and Julian Casablancas; Chic mastermind Nile Rodgers played guitar on three tracks. They flew to legendary recording studios in New York and Los Angeles, like Electric Lady and Henson, to capture the unique sounds and vibes of the classic rooms. Wherever they went, they kept the mics running, capturing freewheeling jams – “We had Ampex reels everywhere,” says Guy de Homem-Christo – that they edited later using Pro Tools, conjuring songs out of the footage “like we were making a film,” Thomas Bangalter says. “There are songs that span two and a half years and five different studios.”

Click above to read our new cover story, a revealing interview with the secretive duo Daft Punk and how they’re reinventing dance music, again.

trevorjohntorres:

#NashvilleSymphony at the grand opening of the #MusicCityCenter #MCC (at Music City Center)

perryshall:

Here’s the cover for the new Diarrhea Planet record. I’ve been holding back on posting it for a while but here it finally is with a new song from the record!

http://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/15495-diarrhea-planet-separations/

Cover by Perry Shall

One only hopes the LP is on pink vinyl as well.  

Check out photos from Music City Roots’ May 15, 2013 show. 

Photos courtesy: Zack Hughes/Music City Roots

rollingstone:

Doors co-founder and keyboardist Ray Manzarek died today in Rosenheim, Germany after a long battle with bile duct cancer. He was 74. 

James Wallace & the Naked Light at the Stone Fox.

Fresh from touring, James Wallace & the Naked Light came back to their hometown for their vinyl release “More Strange News from Another Star.”  

The band that previously played before them, Frontier Ruckus, joined them on the dance floor as they performed an acoustic set as the audience members danced along. One thing that could of complimented the style of last night was a campfire. James Wallace would occasionally sing into a telephone mic, giving his voice a echo effect as if the audience was listening to him on a ’60s record player. 

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