MAY 2008
FEATURES
56

MY MORNING JACKET
Ten years into their brilliant career,
Louisville’s “crazy hillbilly rockers” have
become one of America’s greatest live bands.
Here’s how they did it. BY JOHN MCALLEY

65

FESTIVAL CALENDAR
Your complete guide to all the major music
festivals—in handy foldout form!

BY DAVID MARCHESE

66

SPECIAL REPORT:
OUTSIDE CHANCES
In just a few short years, the destination-
festival scene has grown into a competitive
big-money business. But will the boom ever
bust? And who’s gonna headline in 2011?

BY DAVID BROWNE

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THE CROWD-PLEASERS
We grill festival veterans and newcomers
about massive crowds, backstage mingling,
and how to best handle a bad trip. Starring:
Death Cab for Cutie, Black Kids,
Spiritualized, No Age, Flight of the
Conchords, Nicole Atkins, Tapes ’n Tapes

Nicole Atkins drinks with Springsteen,

curses like a sailor, page 80.

RJ SHAUGHNESS Y

84
The Replacements
With new reissues rolling out, the Little
Band That (Almost) Could look back on a
legacy marked by defiance, death, and lots
of beer. But is their story really over?

BY BOB MEHR

ON THE COVER
Photographed exclusively for Spin by
Melodie McDaniel

Styling by Grant Woolhead. Hair and makeup by Tina Davis for Maximum Artist Creative Services. Set design by Elaine Hensley. Van by Ragtop Picture Cars. Crew accommodations provided by Union Station— A Wyndham Historic Hotel. On Patrick Hallahan: Boss Selection jacket, hugoboss.com; DKNY Jeans jeans, dknyjeans.com; Frye boots, fryeboots.com. On Carl Broemel: Houndstooth vintage jacket, houndstoothnyc.com; Original Penguin shirt, originalpenguin.com. On Tom Blankenship: Marc by Marc Jacobs jacket, marcjacobs.com.

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