Tune Yards

ALBUM OF THE YEAR: Critics Bestow Huge Honor On Oakland Artist

Aaron Sankin | Posted 01.19.2012

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It's no secret that we love the tUnE-yArDs. Not only did we name Merrill Garbus and Co.'s sophomore album w h o k i l l one of our top five Bay Are...

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Aaron Sankin

Oakland's Hottest New Musical Transplant On Her Adopted Hometown

HuffingtonPost.com | Aaron Sankin | Posted 11.21.2011

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tUnE-YarDs' Merrill Garbus is the type of artist whose music somehow manages to retain its edge of inscrutability while being as instantly accessible ...

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WATCH: Tune-Yards Releases Gritty New Video

Robin Wilkey | Posted 11.26.2011

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Between the appearance on "Late Night With Jimmy Fallon" and the much-adored performance at Outside Lands, Oakland-based tUnE-yArDs had already genera...

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Aaron Sankin

WATCH: Outside Lands Boasts Impressive Array Of Homegrown Acts

HuffingtonPost.com | Aaron Sankin | Posted 10.10.2011

Read More: Video, Stone Foxes, John Fogerty, Music Festival Golden Gate Park, Music Festival San Francisco, Vetiver, San Francisco Around Town, The Fresh & Onlys, Tune-Yards, Outside Lands 2011, Eskmo, Ty Segall, Kelly Stoltz, Outside Lands, San Francisco News

People usually consider the best thing about giant music festivals like Outside Lands to be seeing a diverse selection of bands from all over the worl...

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WATCH: Local Breakthrough Artist Rocks Out On Jimmy Fallon

Robin Wilkey | Posted 10.02.2011

Read More: Video, Tune Yards, Tune-Yards Late Night, Tuneyards Jimmy Fallon, San Francisco Around Town, Tune-Yards, Bay Area Music, Merrill Garbus, Tuneyards Late Night, Nate Brenner, Tune Yards Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Fallon, Tune-Yards Jimmy Fallon, Tuneyards, San Francisco News

Any Bay Area music-lover watching "Late Night With Jimmy Fallon" Monday night must have lept from the couch when Oakland's own tUnE-YarDs took the sta...

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PHOTOS: Winners And Losers At Day One Of Pitchfork

The Huffington Post | Joe Erbentraut | Posted 09.14.2011

Read More: Neko Case, Das Racist, Chicago Concerts, Best of Chicago, Tune-Yards, Live Music, Chicago Live Music, Pitchfork Festival Review, James Blake, Guided by Voices, Chicago Events, Animal Collective, Pitchfork 2011 Schedule, Pitchfork Guide, Pitchfork Coverage, Pitchfork Music Festival, Chicago Around Town, Thurston Moore, Chicago News

Well, Chicago music aficionados, the seventh annual Pitchfork Music Festival has, as of Friday, officially kicked off at Union Park. We began our c...

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WATCH: Our Guide To Pitchfork '11

Huffington Post | Joe Erbentraut | Posted 09.13.2011

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Well, Chicago music obsessors, that time of year has come again as the seventh annual Pitchfork Music Festival kicks off Friday afternoon at Union Pa...

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Denver Concerts: An Eclectic Weekend of Live Music

| Matt Ferner | Posted 07.04.2011

Read More: The Moody Blues, Weekend Music, Red Rocks, Weekend Shows, Here We Go Magic, Video, Voodoo Glow Skulls, Tune Yards, Moody Blues, Devin the Dude, May Concerts, Moody Blues at Red Rocks, Tune-Yards, Denver Concerts May, Tuneyards, Denver News

It's an eclectic weekend of music in the city, filled with indie rising stars, prog-rock legends, a weed-rap all star and the return of ska! Don't mis...

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St. Vincent, Basia Bulat And tUnE-YarDs Skip Lilith Fair, Still Provide Template For Female Success (SLIDESHOW)

Roland Li | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Annie Clark, Nycbeat, Basia Bulat, Actor, Marry Me, Summerstage, St. Vincent, Tune-Yards, Lilith Fair, Merrill Garbus, Slideshow, New York News
Roland Li

A friend asked at last Sunday's SummerStage show if the lineup had any relation to Lilith Fair. It didn't -- that show had rolled through town the n...

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Sign Up To Cover Concerts This Week: Flaming Lips, Sonic Youth, Chromeo, The Black Keys, The National

Zara Golden | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The Swell Season, Beach House, Nycbeat, Basia Bulat, Golden Girls, Chromeo, St. Vincent, Julian Lynch, Celebrate Brooklyn, Sonic Youth, Mother India, The National, Central Park, AVI Buffalo, The Flaming Lips, Summerstage, Tune-Yards, Gogol Bordello, Yim Yames, Dan Sartain, My Morning Jacket, Truman Peyote, Appalachian Voices, Talk Normal, Prospect Park, Ducktails, New York News
Zara Golden

Huffington Post continues its local coverage with the help of our Citizen Journalism Unit. To join the local reporting team and receive advance assi...

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Denver's Essential Concert Calendar

Mrs. Tansy Maude Peregrine | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Denver Concerts, Andrea Ball, Devendra Banhart, Xiu Xiu, Tune-Yards, Denver Shows, Denver Events, Indie Music, Sxsw, Denver News
Mrs. Tansy Maude Peregrine

This week's concert picks -- Andrea Ball, Xiu Xiu, and Devendra Banhart -- promise to wake even the most stubborn concertgoer from hibernation.

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