There is no harmony like brotherly harmony, and few do it better than North Carolina’s incredible Avett Brothers.
Major label debut I and Love and You, produced by Rubin, is packed with raw emotion and naked honesty and finds the brothers poised to breakthrough to the wider audience their songwriting deserves.
The unbridled energy of their self-styled “punkgrass” live show is a must-see – expect raw emotion, some stomping singalongs and the odd snapped banjo string!
Destroyer – aka multi-talented master craftsman and arranger extraordinaire Dan Bejar – headlines the Far Out Tent at Green Man on Saturday.
The Canadian’s ninth album Kaputt is an opulent, lyrical, game-changing masterpiece – elaborate, funny and funky early ‘80s pop songs brought to life by an eight-piece touring band. With a flurry of five star reviews and comparisons to Roxy Music and David Bowie, this astonishing record has rightly been hailed as “a retro dance soundtrack for disco fans”.
You can download the totally ace taster Chinatown for free by clicking here: http://www.scjag.com/mp3/do/chinatown.mp3
Josh T. Pearson’s acclaimed solo debut Last Of The Country Gentlemen is quite possibly the bravest album you’ll hear in 2011.
A collection of seven songs drawn from the lessons of what he describes as “a rough year”, this is personal, powerful, painful, music to melt the heart of the most hardened cynic. If you managed to catch Josh’s spellbinding appearance on Later With Jools Holland last month, you will be licking your lips in anticipation…
Alessi’s Ark is the stage name of West Londoner Alessi Laurent-Marke, whose 2009 debut was produced by Bright Eyes member Mike Mogis in Conor Oberst’s own studio. Now the prodigious 20-year-old is back with the follow-up Time Travel, released last week on the ever-excellent Bella Union.
Matthew And The Atlas have played in some of the UK’s most iconic venues thanks to a support slot last year with Mumford and Sons – not least the Green Man Boat party! Led by gravel-voiced singer Matt Hegarty, the band are now emerging in their own right as one of the brightest stars on the UK folk scene.
Cowbois Rhos Botwnnog – brothers Iwan, Aled and Dafydd Hughes – continue the family theme. Formed in 2006 between the predominantly Welsh-speaking villages of Botwnnog and Llaniestyn in the Lynn Peninsula, the band’s beautiful, rootsy, country-tinged sound is quickly attracting an ever-growing following.
You can discover Cowbois Rhos Botwnnog and scores of other amazing, upcoming new acts lovingly hand-picked by Green Man himself in the Brecon Beacons from August 19th to 21st.
And if you’re lucky, we might even have some more exciting news on the welcome return of one of Green Man’s very good friends up our sleeves for a rainy day…
Don’t miss out on tickets to Green Man 2011.
Line-up so far
2:54 – http://www.greenman.net/
Alessi’s Ark
Avett Brothers
Bellowhead – http://www.greenman.net/
Benjamin Francis Leftwich – http://www.greenman.net/
Bleeding Heart Narrative – http://www.greenman.net/
Chailo Sim – http://www.greenman.net/
Cowbois Rhos Botwnnog
Destroyer
Dry The River – http://www.greenman.net/
Ellen and the Escapades – http://www.greenman.net/
Emily Barker & The Red Clay Halo – http://www.greenman.net/
Explosions In The Sky -http://http://www.greenman.
Fleet Foxes – http://www.greenman.net/
Gruff Rhys – http://www.greenman.net/
Holy Fuck – http://www.greenman.net/
Iron & Wine – http://www.greenman.net/
James Blake – http://www.greenman.net/
James Vincent McMorrow – http://www.greenman.net/
James Yorkston – http://www.greenman.net/
John Mouse – http://www.greenman.net/
Josh T. Pearson
Mancub Babywoman – http://www.greenman.net/
Marcus Foster – http://www.greenman.net/
Matthew And The Atlas
Moddi – http://www.greenman.net/
Neverest Songs – http://www.greenman.net/
No Thee No Ess – http://www.greenman.net/
Noah And The Whale – http://www.greenman.net/
Our Broken Garden – http://www.greenman.net/
Polar Bear – http://www.greenman.net/
Robyn Hitchcock – http://www.greenman.net/
Sic Alps – http://www.greenman.net/
The Antlers – http://www.greenman.net/
The Bleedin’ Noses – http://www.greenman.net/
The Burns Unit – http://www.greenman.net/
The Cave Singers – http://www.greenman.net/
The Gentle Good – http://www.greenman.net/
The Low Anthem – http://www.greenman.net/
The Ramshackle Union Band – http://www.greenman.net/
The Sleeping Years – http://www.greenman.net/
The Travelling Band – http://www.greenman.net/
Thomas Dybdahl – http://www.greenman.net/
Treefight For Sunlight – http://www.greenman.net/
Tweak Bird – http://www.greenman.net/
Villagers – http://www.greenman.net/
Wild Nothing – http://www.greenman.net/