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Artist Spotlight - The Whigs

Friday, 07 November 2008

Rolling into town this weekend is Athens, GA based trio, The Whigs. Touring for the past year behind their ATO Records debut, Mission Control, the band is opening for fellow southern-based band Kings of Leon (see spotlight below) tomorrow night at the Filmore Detroit. Mission Control has been getting all kinds of rave reviews. Rolling Stone says "every track highlights a chunky riff you'll want to hear again and again," while the always hard to please folks at Pitchfork call it "an easy album to fall for."
Life on the road isn't always easy though. The band's van just got broken into a few days ago in Milwaukee. Luckily the dirty thief left all the musical equipment and laptops and just got away with some cash and few other things (including the bands cookies!). Check out the bands take on the robbery on their blog.
If you can't wait until tomorrow night's show, you can check out their performances on Late Night w/ David Letterman and Jimmy Kimmel Live, then head on down to the Filmore to check them out live.

The Whigs open for Kings of Leon at the Fillmore Detroit on Saturday, November 8^th. Tickets are $30.50 and are available at www.ticketmaster.com. Additional dates can be found at www.thewhigs.com.

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