WARMFest Preview Show

Before you head to the festival, tune-in to the WARMfest Preview Show on Wednesday, August 27 at 7 p.m. (in place of "Fresh Air with Terry Gross"). You’ll hear songs from many of the bands scheduled to perform at this year's WARMfest.

WARMfest Preview Playlist

Of Montreal – Fugitive Air
Sebadoh – I Will
Sleeping Bag – Slime
Half Japanese – Our Love
Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band – Clap Your Hands
KO – Bitches Online
Busman’s Holiday – We Are We
Guided by Voices – Glad Girls
Half Japanese – In Its Pull
Big Head Todd and the Monsters – Bittersweet
Sebadoh – Can’t Depend
MuteMath – Blood Pressure
Sleeping Bag – Chillin’
Busman’s Holiday – Baby Blue
Heather Michelle Chapman – When I don’t Love you
Of Montreal – Heimdalsgate Like A Promethean Curse

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