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Athens Popfest 2008

Athens Popfest - Day Three (day shows)

at Athens Popfest

Featuring Tendaberry (your new favorite band), One Happy Island, Hat Company, and one giant Elephant 6 orgy.

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Latest comment by: Justin: "Actually Duncan, they did Jumping Fences, Opera House, A Sunshine Fix, Gypsum Oilfield Fire, California Demise, and an aborted version of NYC-25. 6 Olivia Tremor Control songs in total, and all of them wonderful."

Athens Popfest 2008 - Day Two

That's My Daughter -- Photo by Keenan Dowers

at 40 Watt

With Bunnygrunt, Cars Can Be Blue, Little Birds, Panda Riot, Roky Erickson, That's My Daughter, and Tom Gorrio.

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Latest comment by: keenan dowers: "Thanks, Spence! It was great to meet you too! For the rest of you, there are a ton of youtube videos up right now of popfest performences! Most of them are tagged "Athens Popfest 2008", but once you start watching, you'll find tons of others! I don't know if ...

Athens Popfest 2008 - Day One

Photos by Jon Manning

at Athens Popfest

Athens Popfest is like summer camp for indie pop and rock nerds.

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Latest comment by: imaginary liz: "Thank you soooooo much for the Nana Grizol video! It must have been great to see them all lo key in a parking lot in the glorious Georgia summer night air. Did anyone get Blondiegrunt YouTube-age? I'm going to go poke around and see if I can find some. "

Photo(s) of the day: The Music Tapes at the Athens Popfest

All weekend I lived vicariously through our friends in Athens at the Popfest (I'm still waiting for those Nana Grizol YouTube postings!). Jon Manning was down there and posted some fine photos of the Music Tapes performance to the TIG Sparkly Indie-Pop Photos group.

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