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Win Badges To The CBGB Festival In New York, July 5-8, With Guided By Voices, The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart, More

Posted 6-27-12 by
Tags: Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Cloud Nothings, Craig Finn, Guided By Voices, Superchunk, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart

There you were, thinking that the midweek July 4th holiday would strand you in a Wednesday purgatory with nothing to do but eat burnt hamburgers at someone else's lame barbecue before heading back to work the next day. Well, The Alternate Side is changing that up, giving five lucky winners the chance to win a pair of badges to go to New York's inaugural CBGB Festival from July 5-8. About 300 bands are set to play, including Guided By Voices, the Pains of Being Pure At Heart, Superchunk, War On Drugs, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Wyclef Jean, Cloud Nothings, Craig Finn of the Hold Steady and more. Enter by this Sunday, July 1 at 5 p.m.

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The Hold Steady's Craig Finn Pilots His Own Solo Tour

Posted 11-17-11 by
Tags: Craig Finn, The Hold Steady

The Hold Steady's Craig Finn, who releases his first solo album, Clear Heart Full Eyes, on January 24, launches a headlining tour in February. After the jump, listen to a stream of Finn's single, "Honolulu Blues."

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