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The Whigs artist page: interviews, features and/or performances archived at NPR Music
The solo virtuoso guitarist Kaki King is now supported by a full backing band. They played for the World Cafe Party at SXSW with The Weakerthans, Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin, Liam Finn and The Whigs on March 14.
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Fans just can't argue with the band's clever mixture of Pixies, The Replacements, and Spoon — an easy sell for a crowd looking for something both accessible and enthusiastic. Hear the band in a second performance from SXSW recorded live for the World Cafe Party.
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Within months of coming together, The Whigs' members were already packing clubs in their native Athens, Ga., as well as its metropolitan neighbor, Atlanta. Mission Control's pop charms show through its meaty production.
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A warm swell fills the room when a My Morning Jacket album comes on. The band's songs possess unmistakable roots in American music forms — country, folk, classic rock — wrapped in reverb and Jim James' soaring voice. They performed with Yo La Tengo and The Whigs at SXSW.
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The Whigs are hailed as leading a return to All-American Rock. The band from Athens, Georgia, plays from their new album, Mission Control.
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With garage-rock that exudes Southern charm, The Whigs' members hail from Athens, Ga. Singer Parker Gispert and drummer Julian Dorio discuss the state of rock music today, as well as the origins of the band's name.
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It's somehow fitting that The Whigs' members reside in Athens, Ga., the flashpoint of '80s indie-rock. The trio's debut, Give 'Em All a Big Fat Lip, is a great and goofy exercise in nostalgia that combines the gravelly rock of The Replacements with the off-kilter pop of Guided by Voices.
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A test drive of some of today's new music releases from Cat Power, The Fleshtones, Jack Penate and The Whigs with Lizzy Goodman of Blender magazine.
()It's somehow fitting that The Whigs' members reside in Athens, Ga., the flashpoint of '80s indie-rock. The trio's debut, Give 'Em All a Big Fat Lip, is a great and goofy exercise in nostalgia that combines the gravelly rock of The Replacements with the off-kilter pop of Guided by Voices.
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