Terrific Twitter Trio of the Week
Lots of musicians tweet -- but all that Twitters is not gold.
That's why you'll want to check out SPIN.com every Friday to see whose tweets we're reading this week -- then update your TweetDeck! (Obligatory Self-Promotion: …while you're at it, be sure to follow @SPINmagazine!)
This week's winners:
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Rothbury Fest Artist Interviews, Part 2
During downtime at this past weekend's Rothbury Festival in Michigan, SPIN correspondent Daniel Cassanova talked to some of the best acts there -- Gregg Gillis of Girl Talk, California indie-folk band Wendy Darling, electronica duo Pretty Lights, and Lyrics Born of the hip-hop collective Quannum All Stars.
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Grizzly Bear, Girl Talk Headline Brooklyn's Pool Parties
It's only fitting that a concert series based in Williamsburg, Brooklyn -- hipsterdom's Plymouth Rock -- has assembled a lineup stocked with indie faves galore.
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Artist Interviews from Bonnaroo: Day 3
On Bonnaroo's third day of action, artists continued to visit with SPIN's Peter Gaston at the Budweiser Troo Music Lounge for interviews and fan questions.
Starting the afternoon off were Chuck Garvey and Rob Derhak of Western NY rockers moe., who were just beginning a long day that culminated in their 1-4 A.M. performance at the festival's This Tent.
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Girl Talk Entertains NYC Hipsters!
"Girl Talk: I'm Not a DJ" flashed the giant video screens next to the stage at NYC's Hiro Ballroom Thursday night. And yet, there was GT's Gregg Gillis front and center, surrounded by a crush of sweaty twenty-somethings dancing to his dizzying mash-ups of Top 40 radio and kitschy classics.
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Concert Photos: Girl Talk in New York City
With a mind-bending mash-up of underground gems, top 40 hits, and vintage classics, Pittsburgh's Gregg Gillis, a.k.a. Girl Talk, always gets the party started. And Saturday night's show -- the first in a sold-out three-night stand at Manhattan's Terminal 5 -- was certainly no exception as confetti flew and fans danced onstage.




