Bad Books combine 4/5ths of indie rockers Manchester Orchestra with indie-folk hero Kevin Devine. This year, they put out their sophomore album “II” and performed at Austin City Limits. Watch them pay homage to Grandaddy, one of the best indie bands of the Oughts, with a cover of the Sumday single “Now It’s On” below. [...]

  Cage The Elephant brought JEFF The Brotherhood, Portugal The Man, Moon Taxi, Manchester Orchestra, Margot and the Nuclear So and Sos, Morning Teleportation, Mimosa and more together for their annual Starry Nights Festival in Bowling Green, Kentucky. 9/28-9/29 2012.

Starry Nights Music Festival kicks off in Bowling Green, Kentucky this weekend. Curated by hometown heroes Cage the Elephant, the lineup includes acts like Portugal. The Man, Justin Townes Earle, Manchester Orchestra, Mimosa, Sleeper Agent, and more. American Songwriter sat down with Cage lead singer Matt Shultz and Starry Nights founder Bryan Graves to talk [...]

Artist-curated festivals are all the rage lately, and with the success My Morning Jacket’s members had last weekend with Forecastle Festival in their hometown of Louisville, Kentucky, it’s easy to see why. Down the road, another popular Kentucky band is preparing to give its hometown a musical makeover. The lineup for the Cage the Elephant-curated [...]

Gorgeous songwriting and rabid musicianship.

The 2010 Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival announced its line-up Tuesday, featuring artists ranging from John Fogerty to Weezer to Jay-Z. The festival, which takes place June 10-13 in Manchester, Tennessee, will also include perennial crowd favorites, The Flaming Lips, who will be performing Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon in its entirety. Other [...]