Bonnaroo 2012 Lineup

Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival has a stellar lineup with music sure to please all walks of life. Headlining this year is Radiohead, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Phish and The Beach Boys. Other notables include North Carolina bands, The Avett Brothers and Ben Folds Five (on a reunion tour), as well as The Shins and Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. See the full lineup here. Other activities include a full comedy lineup (in the works), art, theatre, dance, gardening, and instrument building at "The Academy" at Planetroo, Adult Swim's Ragbag of Jollification and a beer tent featuring over 20 U.S. breweries. 



Radiohead

So what's new with the festival?

Bonnaroo is releasing an interactive app with a Bonnaroo countdown and "Radio Bonnaroo", featuring the sounds you'll hear at the festival. 

Carpooling made easy!

Bonnaroo is partnering with Zimride to make it easy to save the planet and share a ride with fellow festival-goers. Arrive with four or more people to be eligible for prizes. 

Bonnaroo is in Manchester, TN from June 7-10.



Red Hot Chili Peppers



The Beach Boys

Great Music for a Great Road Trip

Every great road trip needs a great soundtrack, regardless of where you're headed. On a recent trip home to see my family I pulled out my case of CDs (yes, I still have one of those) and left the iPod stowed away. I found that in listening to entire albums, I enjoyed the music much more and was less likely to skip any songs.

I started out the trip with Death Cab For Cutie's Photo Album (2001). Ben Gibbard's clever lyrics took me on an emotional journey through the eternally sunny Los Angeles in "Why You'd Want to Live Here" to his friend's loathing of his late father in "Styrofoam Plates". I was in the mood for more Ben Gibbard and I popped in The Postal Service's sole LP, Give Up (2003), and found myself wishing they would release a second album. As the Appalachian mountains welcomed me home, I finished off the trip with two My Morning Jacket albums, Z (2005) and It Still Moves (2003).

Bon Iver

Departing from Asheville on an unseasonably warm, late winter's day, I decided to roll the windows all the way down and blast Bon Iver's second self-titled album (2011), which won "Best New Artist" and "Best Alternative Album" at the 2012 Grammys. Later, just a day after a lighthearted debate with my brother about which Ben Folds Five album was the best, I decided to give The Unauthorized Biography of Reinhold Messener (1999) a spin. I continued my trip down I-40 to the tunes of Maritime with We, the Vehicles (2006). And finally, in range of WKNC 88.1 FM, I finished off the trip with some of their jams. Now, enjoy a sample of my road trip soundtrack!


My Morning Jacket - It Beats 4U
Bon Iver - Perth
Ben Folds Five - Army
Maritime - Young Alumni