BestNewBands.com’s Concert Picks for the Week of 5/2/11

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Picked By: Monica Christoffels What: Mallard Madness, featuring Yeasayer, A-Trak and RJD2 Where: University of Oregon main campus, Eugene OR. The event schedule has a map of each activity’s location. When: May 4-8. Event schedule can be found here. Cost: Free Age Restrictions: All ages

Megan Washington, Modern-Day Troubadour

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If you’re not Australian, you probably haven’t heard of Megan Washington, the superstar singer-songwriter from Brisbane. Well, listen up, because your life will be greatly enhanced if you do. Especially lucky are those who get to see her live (she’s currently touring with Kaki King). Megan Washington has a story for every song, and she

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Kaki King’s GuiTour

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What surprises most people about Kaki King is her size. She’s not a tall girl, and it’s a wonder how her small hands manipulate the guitar like they do. Since meeting her back in 2008 at Outside Lands while running around with the BoingBoing crew, I have yet to see anyone who is as gifted

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Dear Rocky Votolato…

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Oh, Rocky Votolato, your beautiful voice and sweet songs have been missed. We wondered where you had gone. Your last album, The Brag And Cuss was quite somber, but we loved it all the same. Now we hear that you were feeling low and took a break from the world, quite literally. You did a

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