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Hopscotch Music Festival featuring The Jesus and Mary Chain, Built to Spill, The Roots and more
Price 27.50
Age Suitability None Specified
Categories Fairs & Festivals Jazz
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Hopscotch Music Festival featuring The Jesus and Mary Chain, Built to Spill, The Roots and more

Thursday, Sep 6, 2012 8:25p
Downtown Raleigh Raleigh, NC

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The Jesus and Mary Chain
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Like the Velvet Underground, their most obvious influence, the chart success of the Jesus and Mary Chain was virtually nonexistent, but their artistic impact was incalculable; quite simply, the British group made the world safe for white noise, orchestrating a sound dense in squalling feedback which served as an inspiration to everyone from My Bloody Valentine to Dinosaur Jr....
Built to Spill
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Who would have guessed that one of the more influential indie rock bands of the 1990s would emerge from Boise, Idaho? That's exactly what happened in the case of Built To Spill, who started out as a somewhat ragged, lo-fi outfit....
The Roots
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Though popular success has largely eluded the Roots, the Philadelphia group showed the way for live rap, building on Stetsasonic's "hip-hop band" philosophy of the mid-'80s by focusing on live instrumentation at their concerts and in the studio....
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Downtown Raleigh
Downtown Raleigh
Raleigh, NC 27640
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