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    Musicians part of spotlight of SI swimsuit issue

    By NEKESA MUMBI MOODY | Associated Press – Thu, Feb 2, 2012

    NEW YORK (AP) — Sports Illustrated has made household names out of models with its annual swimsuit pictorial. Some musicians are hoping for the same bit of magic as the magazine shines a light on them in the famed issue.

    Delta Spirit is one of the 17 emerging bands that will be featured on digital platforms for the issue, as songs are paired with particular models. Besides other content for its website and tablets, the magazine will have a four-page music spread and a two-day "Beauties & Beats" music festival in Las Vegas on Feb. 15-16, right after the Valentine's Day unveiling of the magazine, it was announced Thursday.

    Matt Vasquez, lead singer of Delta Spirit, says being featured by the magazine is "a big deal."

    "Bands these days have to have a real 21st-century mentality. We don't have an MTV really that sticks up for people, at least not in the capacity that it used to," he said in an interview last Friday. "It's very much the Internet and any readership that we can get in to let people know our band is good."

    Vasquez says he's been an admirer of the swimsuit issue back to when Kathy Ireland graced its cover.

    "I remember that was right when I started liking girls," he said. "I remember that cover of her. ... I think I started puberty early because of that."

    Delta Spirit is one of the bands that will be on the bill at the music festival, along with swimsuit models, who will be by the stage for all performances.

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    Online:

    http://www.si.com

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    Nekesa Mumbi Moody is the AP's music editor. Follow her at http://www.twitter.com/nekesamumbi

     

    11 comments

    • ryan_10304
      ryan_10304  •  3 mths ago
      Thumbs up if you clicked this story hoping to see pics.
      • Marco
        Marco 3 mths ago
        And thus our hopes were beaten.... by a drummer.... of a band.... we barely know anything about in the first place (if at all).
    • Johnny V baby
      Johnny V baby  •  3 mths ago
      whos gonna read it? everyones gonna be to busy looking at the girls
    • Max Shadows
      Max Shadows  •  3 mths ago
      What's this? An article about the SI swimsuit issue and no pictures?? %}%}*#=#][{]}^##}}€¥+{^!!!!!!!
    • Jonathan A
      Jonathan A  •  3 mths ago
      who are these fruits and why would we care they're going to screw up what would normally be perfect pictures!!!!
    • Really Tired
      Really Tired  •  3 mths ago
      Nobody gives a c r a p about any bands in the swimsuit issue. They wil buy it to look at the girls.
    • Clive Sandringham
      Clive Sandringham  •  Portland, Maine  •  3 mths ago
      My favorite "swimsuit" picture each year is a model in a "paintsuit".
    • rasputin
      rasputin  •  3 mths ago
      The issue should be titled "Beat to the Beauties".
    • settles
      settles  •  Austin, Texas  •  3 mths ago
      WHEW!!! That's a relief! I was picturing Adele in a bikini.
    • General
      General  •  3 mths ago
      Drat. I was getting excited for Katy Perry, Mandy Moore, and Avril Lavigne, and you give me this junk about some stupid guys!
    • Clive Sandringham
      Clive Sandringham  •  Portland, Maine  •  3 mths ago
      #$%$ I thought that this article was going to be about a band of attractive women in *tiny* bathing suits!
    • Eric
      Eric  •  3 mths ago
      ???!!!
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