Sentence examples for marathon bands from inspiring English sources

And while many Marathon bands aim to please listeners (and of course music executives), this one has a more puzzling — and in a way thrilling — agenda.

Throughout the marathon, bands unleashed feedback and reverb, setting off elaborate drones and screeches that suggested plenty of practice-room tinkering.

(Chinen) A BROOKLYN MUSIC FESTIVAL (Friday through Sunday) The drummer Ben Perowsky presides over this marathon of bands, performing a first set on Friday and Sunday with the pianist Sylvie Courvoisier and a second set with his Moodswing Orchestra.

At the other extreme, the marathon includes bands whose members may have more relatives than fans.

Last weekend the main attraction was the city's first rock 'n' roll marathon, with bands serenading 25,000 marathon runners along the route.

The marathon includes bands like Ida (tomorrow at the Bowery Ballroom) and the Ass Ponys (tonight at CB's Lounge) that have returned to independent labels after going through the crucible of major-label deals.

Now, thanks to the CMJ Marathon this band wasn't officially part of, it's a little bit thicker.

The 18-band marathon brought back fleetingly known mid-1960's bands.

The sheer slog of being onstage for more than three hours means that artistry is ill-served by marathon shows: most bands don't even try, with the exception of Bruce Springsteen and the Grateful Dead, whose six-hour mind-bogglers were designed as trippy sensory experiences.

Bonnaroo started in 2002 as a jam-band marathon drawing latter-day Deadheads and Phish fans, but it has expanded every which way.

IT'S that time of the year again: jam-band convergence, when New York City's rock halls fill with bands playing marathon sets, settling in on their way to New Year's Eve.