My Morning Jacket performs on the main stage at Wakarusa 2011. We think MMJ would be a good candidate for the AMP. Agree or disagree?
Photo: Todd Gill
We’ve known for a long time that Flyer readers are the smartest, most engaged, plugged-in, forward-thinking group of people in all of Fayetteville, and possibly the world.
That’s not to mention that most of you are very attractive, and several of you even smell nice.
We’re not just blowing smoke, either (OK, the smelling nice part was blowing smoke, but the rest of those things are true). You guys really are awesome, and we’re not the only one’s who’ve noticed.
In fact, Brian Crowne, who books shows at George’s and the Arkansas Music Pavilion, asked us to ask you what bands you’d like to see perform in Fayetteville this year.
We’ve actually asked this question twice before, once in 2008 and again in 2010, so it was about time we asked.
We’d like to set a few rules, to keep the discussion productive. These are the guidelines from last time, and they still seem pretty relevant.
1. No bands that are dead. This is not a what-bands-would-you-see-if-you-could-see-any-band-living-or-dead kind of post, so please don’t say “Jimmy Hendrix” unless you just can’t help it.
2. No bands that are bigger than Jesus. We’re probably not going to get Radiohead to play on Dickson Street. Try to be realistic.
3. Pretend your butt is on the line. This is where it gets tricky. Now that you have a name or two in your head, imagine that you’re the promoter and if the venue isn’t at least half full on concert night, you’re going to lose a lot of money.
So, let’s hear it, folks. Who do you want to see perform in Fayetteville in 2012?
Y’all really need to get Caravan of Thieves to town. I’ve seen them several times on the East Coast and they had the most interactive, theatrical and FUN concerts I’ve ever been to. They describe themselves this way: “If Django Reinhardt, the cast of Stomp and the Beatles all had a party at Tim Burton’s house, Caravan of Thieves would be the band they hired.” which is fairly apt.
http://caravanofthieves.com
I think getting an Avett Brothers show in Fayetteville would do very well. It is sad that to see them I had to drive to Searcy, AR. I think they are a big enough name to fill any Fayetteville venue. I know they are playing at wakarusa but having them play in a more intimate setting is always better IMO. Also, acts like Bon Iver, Black Keys, Arcade Fire, and The Decemberists would also do well
Trampled by Turtles – I saw them at Harvest Fest last year, great music and they are really fun to watch
girl talk or washed out or built to spill or guided by voices for george’s..
arcade fire would be cool for the AMP
Split Lip Rayfield!!!
MGMT, Mumford and Sons, Band of Horses. GirlTalk was just here a couple months ago. Arcade Fire is almost as big as Jesus, to big for this discussion I think, but it would be awesome if they came here.
I agree that an Avett Brothers show would do very well here. I also think The Head and the Heart would be awesome. I’d love to see bands like Arcade Fire and The Decemberists but you really need a mid-size theater to host those. Trying to squeeze an Arcade Fire show into Georges would most likely be miserable. I’d like to see Gillian Welch come back. I’d also like to see some bigger non-guyliner metal bands like Mastodon or Baroness.
I think any of these guys would be attracted to playing a college town like Fayetteville, maybe not at the AMP but…:
J. Tillman (Father John Misty), Damien Jurado, The War on Drugs, Wye Oak, Other Lives, Ha Ha Tonka, Smith Westerns, PS I Love You, We Were Promised Jetpacks, Megafaun, Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks, Phosphorescent, Sam Amidon, Dodos, The Cave Singers, Chris Bathgate, Frontier Ruckus, The Low Anthem, Ganglians, Woods, Horse Feathers, Sharon Van Etten, No Age, Andrew Bird, Bowerbirds, Josh Ritter, Midlake, Great Lake Swimmers, The Shaky Hands
Bring back: Dinosaur Jr., Built to Spill
AMP (bigger name, pie in the sky list): MMJ, Avett Bros, Fleet Foxes, Decemberists, Wilco, Black Keys, The National, Band of Horses, Iron & Wine
Sh#t Yeah The Decemberists!!!!!
YES, good list Justin, I especially like DInosaur Jr, Wilco, Josh Ritter and Iron & Wine.
I might add TV on the Radio, Devotchka, The Walkmen, Black Joe Lewis, Bon Iver, Fun, Grouplove, Nickle Creek…Lupe Fiasco. I think Common would do really well here too.
The Head and the Heart, Assembly of Dust, and Ratatat.
Avett Bros, Arcade Fire, and Black Keys would be nice too, but I’m not sure Fayetteville has a big enough venue for any of them.
Jamey Johnson, Ryan Bingham, Mumford and Sons, Arcade Fire, Steve Earl, Todd Snider, Willie Nelson, Bon Iver?, Art Brut, Alison Krauss, Cracker, Leftover, Trombone Shorty………………………………………………..
Leftover is playing April 13th at George’s :)
Jamey Johnson was here just a few months back…at the AMP, at that.
maybe I would like to see him again….dang
Booker T. Jones.
Josh Ritter, M. Ward, Gillian Welch, Black Keys, Bobby Bare Jr., Carolina Chocolate Drops, Wayne Hancock, Jolie Holland, Sean Hayes
I will second the M. Ward suggestion. My primary suggestion would be Okkervil River, though.
Not sure if we have a place that could hold an At The Drive-In show, assuming the newly-reunited band would tour around here.
At The Drive-In reunion shows seem like the kind of thing that you would only see at a huge festival like Coachella or Austin City Limits.
I would love to see the Avett brothers here in town!! They are playing all around here in the next few months so it should be easy to make happen!!! Some more great ones that i know this town would love….Trampled by Turtles, Hoots and Hellmouth, Split lip, And the 357. string band
Todd Snider, Hayes Carll
I would love to see Hayes Carll again!
M. Ward for sure. He’s in the area, someone book him.
Carbon leaf! Great mid Atlantic regional band. I love their stuff…check them out!
http://Www.carbonleaf.com
The Avett Brothers, Trampled by Turtles, Wilco, Futurebirds, T Bird and the Breaks, My Morning Jacket, Ryan Bingham. Maybe at the AMP Widespread Panic, Ween, or The Black Keys!
Gogol Bordello is the correct answer.
Oh yes, that would be an absolute riot! They would tear the roof off George’s.
that would be so awsome!!
Gogol Bordello would be great
You can go hard or you can go home…who hasn’t been shot down that is a promoter…why not try —
** DMB – Dave Matthews Band is known to play some interesting venues…why not ask, if a no…no harm no foul — if a yes, sellout in minutes…
** Hank Williams Jr. is doing some shows and he’s big, but likes the small places too – don’t be scared.
All else fails – Mumford and Sons, Avett Brothers, Eden’s Edge, TR3
They Might Be Giants, the Decemberists, Frank Black/Black Francis, the Shins, stars
I’ve seen Wilco in fayetteville, so I would have to pick Ryan Adams.
I’d love to see our Oklahoma neighbors The Flaming Lips return. It’s been 13 years since they played here.
Cotton Jones was one of Rolling Stone’s up-and-coming bands last year and I think they would fit really well here in Fayetteville!!
Also, Arcade Fire, Dr. Dog(again), Fleet Foxes.
But My Morning Jacket would be awesome as well!
The Shins are touring! The Head and The Heart, Avett Brothers, Washed Out, Cults, The Decemberists, Beirut, Robyn.
The Black Keys are much too big, they are playing at the BOK in Tulsa.
Good call on BEIRUT. I would love to see these guys.
Oh forgot Jenny Lewis
Oh, and I agree with Justin about Wye Oak and The War on Drugs. Saw Wye Oak last year… amazing. Also, St. Vincent.
Yes, they’re good.
St. Vincent will be in Tulsa on May 15 (I gots tickets) and Memphis May 17, probably to late to book her this year.
She’s so amazing live. So, so amazing.
Choosing Arcade Fire is approaching violation of the “bigger than Jesus” rule. Or it totally does. Don’t get your hopes up, kids.
Ryan Adams, Wilco, Arson Anthem, Social Distortion, Rancid, AFI
St Vincent and Jenny Lewis.
AT THE DRIVE IN!
Something not jammy or rootsy, not washed up.
The Temper Trap
With the exception of a few, all the bands/artists mentioned have no big pull. Not big enough for the AMP, anyway. Why not pull in some rock bands with some actual credibility? Or country, pop, whatever. New or maybe a few years on the scene. How about Brian Crowne actually do some work to get bands in? I realize he no longer has a large stake in the AMP, but you gotta spend money to make money. Dip in those pockets. And that includes getting decent bands on WEEKENDS. When people can actually come and not have to suffer the consequences at work the next day. Yadda, yadda, Fayetteville isn’t a weekend stop, yadda yadda. It can be….if you pay for it and make it happen.
So you have zero suggestions, just complaints?
Pretty much. That’s my right.
I think Touche Amore would be really good at someplace like Rogue’s or something. The Chariot of course will always sell a good show. Also: Letlive, The Dillinger Escape Plan (again lol), mewithoutYou (whenever they decide to tour), Cancer Bats and possibly Converge.
William Fitzsimmons
Clutch. They played at the old Dickson Ballroom many years ago and it rawked!
MURDER CITY DEVILS
William Elliott Whitmore.
Hmm, his website says he’ll be at the 2012 Harvest Music Fest. They don’t usually announce the lineup until June.
Rob Crow / Pinback
I don’t have a good sense of just how “big” they are, but I would love to see Rise Against play at one of these venues.
Kurt Vile, Real Estate, Beach House, Woods, Ganglians, The War on Drugs, The Flaming Lips, Youth Lagoon, Best Coast, The Walkmen, Beirut, Andrew Bird, Girls, Cloud Cult. These bands would do awesome in Fayetteville! We need more bands like these coming to town. Fayetteville does not seem to get a good assortment of music. It seems to be dance/dubstep/electronic acts or country/folk like acts. These bands play bonnaroo, waka, pitchfork, coachella, and every other festival for a reason. Lets book them!
My Morning Jacket, Ryan Adams, Blind Pilot, Manchester Orchestra, and Brand New would all be awesome.
Black Keys, The Shins, Avett Brothers, Decemberists, Cake(again), Kaiser Chiefs, Guster(again), My Morning Jacket, Mumford & Sons, Spoon and/or Young the Giant. I’m sure I’m forgetting some other good ones. Seriously, though, it seems like all we get in Fayetteville are Country, Hip Hop and the occasional Metal shows…
I’m so glad someone already typed up my list! I also want to add to the Flaming Lips requests.
Prodigy
Chemical Brothers
Above & Beyond
Ronski Speed
Matt Darey
The Risky
Kyau & Albert
Filter
Asian Dub Foundation
Boom Boom Satellites
BT
Butthole Surfers
Deftones
Sevendust
Sevendust plays about every year at Georges; Filter played Georges a few months ago; & Butthole Surfers as well (exact time?)
BHS has never played Fayetteville.
You can never have enough Sevendust, and sadly the last few times they’ve played here I wasn’t able to make it. :(
Filter played Georges? Dammit, didn’t know till now.
Lots of similar ones to the others. I second the person who said a good metal act like Baroness, Between the Buried and Me, Isis, or Mastodon. That would be awesome.
Rapwise; Doomtree would be really cool (they’re actually playing Tulsa… on a Sunday night).
Explosions in the Sky.
They aim to tour the eastern half of the country in summer, so they’re probably going to be looking for venues at some point.
Also: Avett Brothers, The War on Drugs, M. Ward, Andrew Bird.
Dwight Yoakam
Jack’s Mannequin. They are absolutely a club band and incredibly underrated. The closest they have come to Fayetteville in the last 5 years has been Kansas City.
They played LR In July.
Have to agree that the Flyer readers are pretty awesome. Most of the bands I would suggest are already mentioned here. Pretty sure Arcade Fire violates Rule #2, but we can dream. I concur with Avett Bros, Band of Horses, MGMT, Clutch, Baroness, The Decemberists (only if Shara Worden joins), Shara Worden, We Were Promised Jetpacks, The Low Anthem, Wye Oak, The Flaming Lips, Cloud Cult.
Add Das Racist (maybe better for S&B), Future Islands, Menomena, First Aid Kit, Portugal the Man, Rural Alberta Advantage, Cat Power, Los Campesinos!, Florence + The Machine, Deer Tick, The Naked & Famous, Local Natives.
Any of those should be big enough to draw a crowd here, but not so big as to fart in our general direction (AF aside).
Avett brothers, Ani DiFranco, The Black keyes, Indigo girls, Brandi Carlile, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic zeroes, Josh Ritter, Lucinda Williams
The Dirty Heads would be killer to see, they’re acoustic/reggae/slight hip hop
Cody Canada and the Departed is a GREAT choice like always, they always pack George’s and they put on a great show
Queens of the Stone Age would be awesome to see as well, but I don’t know if they’re planning on touring this year or not…
Hot Snakes are touring again http://www.pitchfork.com/news/45371-hot-snakes-schedule-west-coast-tour/
The Black Keys
Joanna Newsom
Mastodon
Charlie Hunter
The Shins (saw them here in ’03 and it was really fun)
Explosions In The Sky
Cursive (they packed the front room at George’s a couple years back and I’m sure they could at least repeat that)
Wilco (I remember tickets selling out very quickly at the WAC show they played about five or six years ago.)
Chris Isaak (this was another show at the WAC that was a blast)
Days of The New (scoff if you must, but the dude puts on a great show and people still come out)
Days of the New played Georges not too long ago.
That’ll be three year in the summer. I don’t think bring them back again would be too soon.
Please excuse the grammatical errors in this response. I’m a little frizzle-frazzled this morning.
The Good Fear… anyone??? Come on boys. Put the internet down for one day, and give Fayetteville what they really want. I’m just saying.
Giving my input is my dream come true. George’s: BUILT TO SPILL, The XX, M. Ward, Band of Horses, Grizzly Bear, Bon Iver, Kurt Vile The AMP: MMJ, Flaming Lips, The Black Keys, Gorrillaz?
Nickleback! How come no one has mentioned this yet?!
Well, I’m sure someone would have. They probably just thought long and hard about that pesky rule #2. Ha!
Arcade Fire would be too good to be true. —- wouldn’t it?
Igor & Red Elvises….saw these Russian guys at the Green Parrot in Key West. Check ‘em out!
Arcade Fire would be great, and realistic for the amp. They are popular, but far from “bigger than jesus.”. What we need are acts that will sell out the amp, not leave it half-full.
Also, Zappa Plays Zappa.
Don’t book acts who have recently played wakarusa… That is boring and counterproductive. For many people around here, wakarusa is the only big concert experience they have access to. Give them something different.
Some good picks. Naturally the Jacket would be awesome, as would Ani DiFranco.
A band that’s about to blow up is Alabama Shakes. We should get them here before they get too big.
The Head and the Heart would be ideal for the Fayetteville and maybe the Smith Westerns. But if we got Gogol Bordello George’s would explode!
Of course the Avett Brothers would be cool, but they are coming to Waka…so we might want to try for someone that we might not otherwise get the opportunity to see. Such as Mumford & Sons. I like the wishful thinking of Dave Matthews….but that’s not gonna happen. I would love to see OAR come back to Fayetteville. It’s been too long. I would also love to see:
The Dirty Heads
Dispatch
Edward Sharpe
Joshua Radin
Matt Nathanson
Taking Back Sunday
Modest Mouse
Hangout Fest. in Gulf Shores, AL… Dispatch is playing, with headliners, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Dave Matthews & Jack White.
I’ll go ahead and wish for Dave Matthews Band. Not so much for seeing Dave, but Carter, Boyd and Stefan are phenomenal!
And I’m going to go ahead and wish for Furthur. Best show I’ve ever seen, Phil and Bob still got it!!
Arcade Fire seems to get a lot of attention – -but there are a lot of naysayers on here regarding this – don’t be surprised…I saw the Arcade Fire in Dublin at a tent, possible 4000/5000 in attendance…
Could Fayetteville get these numbers? Surely!
joanna newsom, other lives, flaming lips, wye oak, iron and wine, fleet foxes, woods, wavves, tame impala, deerhunter, DAD, sharon von etten, band of horses, beach fossils, beach house, bon iver, devotchka, beirut, feist, MGMT, vampire weekend, the radio dept., sleigh bells!, samantha crain, tennis, white denim.
Wakarusa 2012 has alot of these bands; Avett Brothers, Edward Sharpe, Girl Talk, etc… of course that’s a festival & not the individual band.
would you not imagine that surrounding areas like fayetteville could get some of these names for a night either side of the wakarusa gig? i would think it’s do-able…
I think they could!
A lot of festivals have radius clauses that prohibit the touring bands from performing within so many miles of the festival for a set period of time befor and after.
I missed Waka last year….I’d like to request ‘Minus the Bear’. Chris Cornell, Young the Giant, Grouplove, Vampire Weekend, MGMT, Groove Armada, Ray LaMontage, Flux Pavilion, The Pass (to return), Too Door Cinema Club, Broken Bells, The Shins, My Morning Jacket (to repeat).
The Pass are coming back on March 9th at JR’s Lightbulb Club
The National
Grupo Fantasma
Murder by Death – youtube Thirsty Hippo and MbD – they will play small venues
Frank Turner
RX Bandits
Dredg
Strung Out
Gaslight Anthem
THE ALABAMA SHAKES!!!!!!!!!!!!
Saw Alabama shakes on Conan last night..I’m in. Also black keys, DMB would be sweet!
I’ve seen MGMT and it was less than thrilling. :( Looks like the people have spoken and y’all need to get on it… ARCADE FIRE!
The Pack A.D., Further, Moe, & bring Hank III back!
Ryan Bingham & The Dead Horses
The War On Drugs
Kurt Vile & The Violators
Local Natives
Portugal. The Man
Deerhunter
Cass McCombs
Blitzen Trapper
J Roddy Walston & the Business, Jenny Lewis, M. Ward, Todd Snider,
I’m always amused when people who have no idea how much things cost or what scale things operate on give their wish list of bands they think are feasible for Fayetteville. Thanks for the laughs ;)
Really dude? Many of these bands that have been mentioned here have actually played Fayetteville before, and the vast majority of the rest of them are entirely plausible suggestions for a market the size of NWA. Arcade Fire notwithstanding, what are the unreasonable suggestions here that leave you so smugly bemused?
I’m with Not Sure on many of these names. The Black Keys? They’re playing arenas now. Unless we’re putting them in Bud Walton, they are out. Arcade Fire is probably out, too.
Same with Jack White (headlining Sasquatch) and Mumford & Sons.
Or Dave Matthews Band?
The amount of money required to draw an act of that stature to this market — especially a market that does not have a track record of big acts and therefore requires more of an advance to the artist — far exceeds what the AMP will likely pay.
I think there are a lot of great names on the list, and many that would work well in Fayetteville, even. But there are definitely several examples that are far beyond the logistic and financial capabilities of the AMP, too.
I know this story specifically refers to the AMP, but any of the acts you mentioned could play the UA, which has hosted lots of mid-sized and bigger concerts, e.g. Spoon, Foo Fighters, Snoop Dogg, John Mayer, TI, The Roots, Blake Shelton and many others. Just because a band is headlining a major festival doesn’t rule them out from playing in smaller markets. I saw the Foo Fighters at Austin City Limits the same year they played Barnhill. This is really a broader discussion about which bands people want to see in NWA. I don’t think people would care if it was at the AMP, WAC, UA or Osage Creek, should that venue pan out.
My problem with Not Sure’s comment was that it seemed overly snarky and dismissive given how reasonable most folks commenting here have been re. realistic shows that Fayetteville could get.
Mumford & Sons
The Civil Wars
Owl City
Regina Spektor
The Mummers
Alanis Morissette
Alabama Shakes..
Trampled by Turtles, Greensky Bluegrass, Futurebirds, T Bird and The Breaks, Blitzen Trapper, The Brian Jonestown Massacre, Cabinet, Drive-By Truckers, Dexateens, Medeski Martin & Wood, The New Mastersounds, My Morning Jacket, Reptar, The Shins, Explosions in the Sky.
A big yes for the Brian Jonestown Massacre! Anton doesn’t have a boring show in him.
I think someone like Matt Nathanson would do good at the amp. What about Ray Lamontagne? He is GREAT live.
The Alabama Shakes would be a great “rising star” act to book now. I haven’t seen Spoon yet (may have overlooked it above) but they’d be great to see Indoors.
Spoon played several years ago at the Greek Theater and it was an AMAZING show. Mainly because of the show itself, but also because a massive thunderstorm was rolling in. Right as they ended their last song the bottom of the sky fell out, and it was mass hysteria with everyone laughing and running to their cars in the pouring rain. It was such a fun ending to a great show :)
Reminds me, if this was “The State of Live Music in Fayetteville” in September, what is it now? – http://www.ozarkecho.com/?p=2050
Not any better in my opinion. Its a risky business but I hope it gets better for NWA.
Black Angels… but Doc brown told me I could use the Delorean for a weekend so I’ll be sure to bring back the classics. Especially John Bonham a younger Jimmy Paige that can still sing.
Jack White
My Morning Jacket
Todd Snider — Amazing Show at UARK in 2010
Lucinda Williams — Always spectacular whether it be a WAC or George’s show
Flaming Lips — They still live in OKC, maybe increasing the likelihood.
Fitz & the Tantrums
Alabama Shakes
Futurebirds
The Secret Sisters
Col. Bruce Hampton
Phish
Drivin ‘N’ Cryin’
Tea Leaf Green
Blitzen Traper
My Morning Jacket
Steve Kimock
Del McCoury
Emily Wells
Jerry Joseph
Bettye Lavette
Lipbone Redding
The Pack A.D.
And a bunch of others who are already announced to play here this year!
Dgold Honest FM
Phish, Talib Kweli, Wilco
I would say Umphrey’s McGee because they put on the best show of all time, but they’re doing a two-nighter at George’s in April. Woohoo!
Chris Thile and Michael Daves
Infamous Stringduster
Punch Brothers
The Civil Wars
The Greencards
The Decemberists
Jack White
Journey
Ghost
GWAR
Gogol Bordello
Skrillex
Opeth
Mastadon
Barones
The Darkness
HANK III
Eric Church
Scorpions
Chickenfoot
Flaming Lips
less Wakarusa bands
@Jdoug That is a sloppy mess of a list. I approve. Bonus points for The Darkness. Not sure why I can’t stop being entertained by that weirdo group. Would love to see them here.
Seconded. That is an awesomely diverse list. In a Venn diagram of Scorpions fans and Skrillex fans, JDoug might be the only person occupying the intersection.
Thanks. The Darkness is reunited and touring the States. Scorpions are on their farewell tour. No disrespect to the hip college radio crowd. I want real rock shows for one summer. This new wave tween, folk/jam band craze is on it’s last legs.
Probably pretty lonely at the Journey/Opeth intersection as well. Opeth is one of the greatest bands in the history of dark, progressive metal. Their visit would be most welcome.
I agree with the above mentioned acts but also would like to add the following (lots of electronic):
Beck
SBTRKT (Towncenter?)
The Big Pink
DJ Shadow
Nero
Four Tet
Ratatat
Explosions in the Sky
El Ten Elevn
Dada Life
Dale Earnhardt Jr Jr
Mord Fustang
Diplo
(Bring back) Ghostland Observatory
(Bring back) STS9
(Bring back) Bassnectar (Towncenter?)
Jonsi (at the WAC?)
Ray Lamontagne (WAC?)
Porter Robinson (Towncenter?)
Rusko (Towncenter?)
Flux Pavilion (Towncenter?)
Caspa
Excision
Miike Snow
Tame Impala
The Avalanches
Blitzen Traper
(Bring back) Pinback
(Bring back) Built To Spill
Andrew Bird
Sleigh Bells
Chromeo
Fiest
Tenacious D
Not that we could get him in Fayetteville but Deadmau5 headlining the Interstellar Meltdown at Waka would be insane
El Ten Eleven @ the Lightbulb Club Mar 11
Really? That is going to be awesome!! Can you buy tickets in advance?
el ten eleven + girlfriends / MAR 11 is $5 at the door.
Mayer Hawthorne?
also: BRONCHO – Saturday night. INDIAN JEWELRY – FEB 20, check Lightbulb Club on Facebook for upcoming shows.
- Ratatat @ Georges
- Ray Lamontagne @ the Greek Theater
- Bon Iver @ Georges
- John Butler Trio @ the Walton Arts Center
- The xx @ Georges
- TV on the Radio @ the AMP
- Gorillaz @ Razorback Stadium
I second JB3
Galactic at The Amp would be super great.
Mavis Staples
Dr. John
The Motet
Beats Antique
Wilco
Al Green
Trampled By Turtles
George’s had the New Riders of the Purple Sage a few years ago and the they were a big hit. They are still touring and would be a great show.
A couple more names I’d like to throw out are Between The Buried and Me and Animals As Leaders. They played Little Rock in November to what I believe was a sold out crowd at Downtown Music (sure felt like it). Both are awesome metal bands who play with a high level of technical proficiency.
I was at that show too! Both bands are too awesome. Either one of them in Fayetteville would be insane.
and yes please bring MMJ to Faytown
M. Ward
Bonnie Prince Billy
Iron and Wine
PJ Harvey
Patti Smith
Tom Waits
TV on the Radio
Arcade Fire
Florence and The Machine
Erykah Badu
The Gossip
Gillian Welch
Jay Farrar
Tegan and Sara
MMJ
Gogol Bordello
Leftover Crack/SFH
Murder city devils
Nausea
Devotchka
The Black Lips
Nobunny!!!! <—-!!
Alela Diane, The Cave Singers, Jason Molina (when he gets better), Midlake, Chris Bathgate, First Aid Kit.
Animals as leaders. Do it.
Crimson Armada, Memphis May Fire, I The Breather, Oh Sleeper.
These bands need to play all-age venues, which Fayetteville is sorely lacking.
George’s does what it does well, no need to improve. It provides TONS of variety.
The AMP:
Ryan Bingham
Better Than Ezra
Band of Heathens
yes we need Deadmau5