Neko Case, Decemberists, Fleet Foxes Play Folk Festival 50
SPIN.com Exclusive: Joan Baez, Pete Seeger, Billy Bragg, and others will also perform at the 50th anniversary celebration of the Newport Folk Festival.
By William Goodman 04.17.09 12:02 AM
Founders of the Newport Folk Festival, the Rhode Island concert series where Bob Dylan infamously switched to electric instruments in 1965, will celebrate the event's 50th anniversary this July with a special weekend dubbed Folk Festival 50 -- and the genre’s finest, from Pete Seeger to Fleet Foxes, are joining the party!
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New Video: Fleet Foxes Get Weird!
Flying mustaches and destructive origami figures invade the Seattle folk band's stop-animation music video.
By Larry Fitzmaurice 02.05.09 11:35 AM
With pastoral harmonies, gentle acoustic guitars, and catchy folk songwriting, Fleet Foxes are one of the most adored bands to emerge from 2008 -- hell, even Starbucks loves 'em. But with their brand new music for "Mykonos," the Seattle boys are getting plain weird.
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Voice of the Year: Fleet Foxes' Robin Pecknold
With robo-vocals ruling the charts, the rise of Pecknold and his otherworldly pipes is nothing less than a small, hairy miracle.
By Amanda Petrusich 12.24.08 8:43 AM
In 2008, indie rock discovered a brand-new mecca: the woods.
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Where Have All the Great Rock Singers Gone?
On the anniversary of Freddie Mercury's death, SPIN's Abigail Everdell considers the current woeful state of music's frontmen.
By Abigail Everdell 11.24.08 11:40 AM
Today, 17 years after Freddie Mercury's passing, I've found myself wondering: Where have all the great rock singers gone?
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End the Trend: The Lumberjack Look!
Is the Brawny paper towel mascot to blame for music's most tired fashion trend? SPIN's Ellen Carpenter investigates.
By Ellen Carpenter 10.08.08 7:32 AM
My friend Emily and I went to see Fleet Foxes play at New York’s Webster Hall on Sunday night. After procuring two Bud Lights (because we’re classy), I came up with a fun drinking game: Every time we saw a guy with a bushy beard, we’d take a gulp; for a bearded guy in buffalo-check flannel, two gulps.
I’m still nursing a hangover.
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Raconteurs, TV on the Radio, and Vampire Weekend Headline Treasure Island Festival
Check out SPIN.com’s live concert video of nine different bands from the weekend-long San Francisco music event.
By Jennifer Pollock 09.25.08 3:32 PM
The Treasure Island Music Festival closed out the summer last weekend in San Francisco with an all-star lineup, including the Raconteurs, TV on the Radio, Vampire Weekend, Tegan and Sara, Okkervil River, Goldfrapp, Fleet Foxes, Port O’Brien, and Hot Chip.
Check out our video of these nine bands’ live performances, below and on the next two pages.
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