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  • ACL 2012: The Black Keys, Punch Brothers
    Tuesday, May 22, 2012
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    The Black Keys to Headline 2012 Austin City Limits Festival; Punch Brothers to Perform

    The line-up for the 2012 Austin City Limits music festival has been announced, and The Black Keys will be among the artists headlining the annual three-day festival in Zilker Park this year. Also performing are label mates Punch Brothers. This year’s festival will take place October 12–14. Among the other headliners are Red Hot Chili Peppers, Neil Young and Crazy Horse, Jacke White, Florence + The Machine, and The Avett Brothers. Tickets go on sale for the general public Wednesday at 10 AM CT.

  • Punch Brothers: Lightning 100, May 2012
    Friday, May 18, 2012
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    Watch: Punch Brothers Perform "Patchwork Girlfriend," "Movement and Location" for Nashville's Lightning 100

    Punch Brothers pick up their US tour again at Appalachian Uprising in Ohio on June 2, one of a number of festival dates ahead in the US and Europe, in addition to their own headline shows. In duo news, Noam Pikenly performs at the Brooklyn Folk Fest tonight with guitarist Michael Daves, who joins Chris Thile at the Ryman next month. During a recent stop in Nashville, Punch Brothers performed two songs off their new album, Who's Feeling Young Now? at Lightning 100: "Patchwork Girlfriend" and "Movement and Location." Watch both here.

  • Punch Brothers: "Movement and Location," Later ... with Jools Holland, May 2012
    Monday, May 14, 2012
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    Watch: Punch Brothers Perform "Movement and Location" on "Later ... with Jools Holland" and "The Weight" for "Garden & Gun"

    Punch Brothers performed "Movement and Location," the opening track off their new album, Who's Feeling Young Now?, on Later ... with Jools Holland, which aired Friday night on BBC Two. They also helped inaugurate Garden & Gun's new web series, The Back Porch Sessions, performing The Band's "The Weight" at the magazine's office. Watch both performances here. The band resumes its US tour at the Appalachian Uprising on June 2.

  • Punch Brothers: "This Girl," Later ... with Jools Holland, May 2012
    Wednesday, May 9, 2012
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    Watch: Punch Brothers Perform "This Girl" on "Later ... with Jools Holland"

    Punch Brothers performed "This Girl," off their new album, Who's Feeling Young Now?, on Later ... with Jools Holland last night on BBC Two. Watch the performance here. And tune in to BBC Two this Friday for the full, one-hour episode of Later to see Punch Brothers perform the album's opening track, "Movement and Location," as well. Punch Brothers are in Tel Aviv, Israel, to perform at the White City Music Festival, and resume their US tour at the Appalachian Uprising festival next month.

  • Punch Brothers 2012 by Danny Clinch
    Tuesday, May 8, 2012
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    Punch Brothers to Perform on "Later ... with Jools Holland"; Watch Wall Street Journal Interview with Chris Thile, Noam Pikelny

    Tune in to see Punch Brothers perform "This Girl," off their new album, Who's Feeling Young Now?, on Later Live ... with Jools Holland tonight on BBC Two. And tune in again to Friday's episode of Later to see them perform "Movement and Location" as well. The Wall Street Journal spoke with Chris Thile and Noam Pikelny about the new album for a video interview you can watch here. The New York Daily News includes the album among the Top 10 Things in Music this week; American Songwriter gives the album four stars. The Jerusalem Post, previewing the band's sets at the White City Music Festival in Tel Aviv this week, describes Punch Brothers as "one of the most acclaimed and upcoming young American bands."

  • Punch Brothers: "Soundcheck," April 25, 2012
    Thursday, April 26, 2012
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    Punch Brothers, "Preternaturally Talented" (NY Times), Play NY's Town Hall; Hear/Watch WNYC "Soundcheck" Set

    Punch Brothers make their headlining debut at NYC's Town Hall in a sold-out show tonight. "They are an all-star bluegrass band, five virtuosos led by Chris Thile, the mercurial mandolin player, but their songs smash the three-chord harmonies and blazing march rhythm of bluegrass," says the New York Times. "It is restless music, by musicians so preternaturally talented they get bored easily with fiddle tunes." The New York Daily News says they "have not only turned a rural sound urban, they’ve achieved that most rare of musical feats—to create something genuinely new." Listen to their complete performance on WNYC's Soundcheck here and watch them perform three songs from the show.

  • Punch Brothers 2012 by Danny Clinch city
    Wednesday, April 25, 2012
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    Punch Brothers to Perform on WNYC's "Soundcheck," Webcast Live from The Greene Space

    Punch Brothers are guests on today's episode of Soundcheck from WNYC. Today's special edition of the show will take place before a sold-out audience in the Greene Space in downtown Manhattan and broadcast live on 93.9 FM and online at wnyc.org, where you can also watch a live webcast, all starting at 2 PM ET. Also on today's show is guitarist/composer Kaki King. Punch Brothers perform at New York's Town Hall tomorrow night as part of their US headlining tour.

  • Punch Brothers: "A Prairie Home Companion," April 14, 2012
    Wednesday, April 18, 2012
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    Punch Brothers Kick Off Next Leg of North American Tour, "Virtuosity and Stylistic Cunning" on Display (Lexington Herald Leader)

    Punch Brothers have launched the second leg of their North American tour. Having kicked things off with a live broadcast performance of A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor at New York’s Town Hall, the band recorded a show for NPR's Mountain Stage and set out from there for headlining shows in Pittsburgh and Lexington. The Lexington Herald Leader notes the band's "virtuosity and stylistic cunning" and finds them at their "most exciting and inventive" yet. Punch Brothers' upcoming performances include stops in Knoxville, Nashville, Atlanta, Chattanooga, Philadelphia, New York, and Washington, DC, and a set at MerleFest.

  • Punch Brothers: "Late Show with David Letterman," April 4, 2012
    Thursday, April 5, 2012
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    Watch: Punch Brothers Perform "This Girl" on "Late Show with David Letterman"

    Punch Brothers were the musical guests on The Late Show with David Letterman last night. The band performed "This Girl," off their new album, Who's Feeling Young Now?. Watch the performance here. Punch Brothers launch the latest leg of their US tour a week from Saturday with a live broadcast performance of A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor. The tour includes a stop in Austin for a taping of Austin City Limits and a sold-out show at Antone's and wraps up with a sold-out LA Bluegrass Situation show at Largo. Several summer festival dates follow.

  • Punch Brothers: "Daytrotter" Sessions, April 2012. Illustration by Johnnie Cluney
    Wednesday, April 4, 2012
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    Punch Brothers to Make "Austin City Limits" TV Debut; New Daytrotter Session Now Available

    Punch Brothers will be the musical guests on The Late Show with David Letterman tonight, performing "This Girl," off their new album, Who's Feeling Young Now?. They will tape an episode of Austin City Limits on May 1 for future broadcast on the PBS performance show, marking their ACL TV debut. A new Daytrotter session from the band is now available, with three songs from Who's Feeling Young Now? plus a medley pairing songs by Beck and Hazel Dickens.

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