Sundance announces 2009 selections

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Sundance may not be the biggest film festival around, nor is it even the most independent anymore with the preponderance of festivals like Slamdance. But it probably has the most cultural cache, and even with the current independent film distribution problems it's still one of the places people search for new talent. With the festival only 42 days away, the folks behind it have announced its selection of 118 feature-length films. Below are the films in contention for documentary and "dramatic" (i.e. non-documentary) features....  read more

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Bonnaroo announces 2009 dates and ticketing info

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The 2009 Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival will take place June 11-14, in its home on a 700-acre farm outside of Nashville. ...  read more

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Noise Pop 2009 date, films and musical acts announced

Noise Pop 2009 date, films and musical acts announced

Early announcements are being made for San Francisco's Noise Pop Festival for 2009. The 17th annual film and music festival is set for Feb. 24-March 1 at venues sprinkled throughout the city. ...  read more

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Nick Cave writes book, curates/headlines Aussie ATP

Nick Cave writes book, curates/headlines Aussie ATP

Nick Cave sure is busy these days. After the critically acclaimed release of Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!! (accompanied later by a little book) and a tour filled year, Cave has announced plans to release a new book entitled The Death of Bunny Munro. This will be, of course, his second work of fiction after releasing And the Ass Saw the Angel in 1989....  read more

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Shakori Hills Grassroots fest hits N.C. this weekend

Shakori Hills Grassroots fest hits N.C. this weekend

This weekend, the town of Silk Hope, North Carolina (near Raleigh/Chapel Hill), will play host to more than 40 bands and performers at the Fall Shakori Hills Grassroots Festival of Music and Dance....  read more

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Coachella moves 2009 festival up by two weeks

Coachella moves 2009 festival up by two weeks

Billboard has announced that Coachella plans to move their regularly scheduled music festival up by two weeks, to April 17-19. The location of Empire Polo Field in Indio, Calif. is not set to change....  read more

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Kevin Smith's Porno joins CMJ festival line-up

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Kevin Smith's Zack and Miri Make a Porno will make its premiere at this year's CMJ Music Marathon and Film Festival. CMJ announced its initial line-up today, along with their inaugural Cinemini Short Film Contest, and another first: a partnership with the Broadway rock musical Spring Awakening....  read more

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Avett Brothers headline Chicago's CBGB Festival

Avett Brothers headline Chicago's CBGB Festival

It's not quite the resuscitation of that famous Manhattan venue, but a different CBGB is coming this fall to satisfy musical needs....  read more

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Festival - "Valentine"

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Click above to watch "Valentine" from Festival's new album Come, Arrow, Come!, out now on Language of Stone. Related Links: Festival's Myspace Page ...  read more

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Next BIG Nashville festival kicks off tonight

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Paste favorites The Bridges are just one of the 250-some artists spanning a melange of musical genres gathered in Nashville for the third annual Next BIG Nashville festival, which kicked off today and runs through Sunday. ...  read more

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