Who's in?
Newbies include Brother Ali, Cloud Cult, the Honeydogs, Solid Gold, Tapes N' Tapes, P.O.S. (all "overdue" local bands); Menudo (originally nixed, but added back for fun); the National, Band of Horses, Fleet Foxes, Blitzen Trapper (recent touring favorites); Rhymesayers and Doomtree (local hip-hop crews), and Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros (owner Byron Frank's only request, after their show last month).
WHO'S OUT?
Teratism, Expyre and "some other bands nobody around here today has heard of," manager Nate Kranz said; one of the Minutemen's two stars (a mistaken duplication); a bunch of former employees (longtime managers Steve McClellan and Jack Meyers withstanding), and a few bands who painted in their own stars, graffiti-style.
WHO'S BEEN FIXED?
Low and the Tragically Hip (regulars unknowingly omitted over the years), the Hold Steady (added "the"), Rev. Horton Heat (took out "the"), the Go-Go's (added hyphen), Alexander O'Neal and Siouxsie Sioux (originally misspelled).
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