Zach Sobiech Goes Up Up Up and Flies a Little Higher

ASSOCIATED PRESS LAKELAND, MINN. — A Minnesota teenager whose farewell song “Clouds” became an Internet sensation with nearly 3 million views on YouTube died Monday after battling a rare form ...

NYC’s Church of Mars

By Sandy Lo It’s no secret I am an avid 30 Seconds to Mars supporter. I started out liking a couple of songs years ago, but never considered myself part ...

Dead Stars High Gain EP Out June 4th via Uninhabitable Mansions

Catch Dead Stars LIVE in NYC: 5/9: Brooklyn, NY @ 285 Kent 5/16: New York, NY @ Pianos 6/7: Brooklyn, NY @ Grand Victory (CD Release Party) 7/11: Brooklyn, NY ...

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WHOA 100 LIVE Stream on TUNEIN Radio Network

Listening just got easier and better! TUNEIN Radio Network now carries WHOA100 ...

AM & Shawn Lee La Musique Numerique Out 5/7 via Park The Van Records, US Tour Kicks Off in June

La Musique Numérique contains an ambitious rendition of Joe Jackson’s 1982 hit ...

Herb Ritts L.A. Style at The Ringling Museum of Art

Herb Ritts Exhibition Opens today and runs till May 19th at the ...

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Chris Garneau’s Brownstone Show

Being a journalist, you can imagine how many events I get invited to. Some of them are a big letdown and some are pleasant surprises. Getting the chance to hear Chris Garneau live was more than a pleasant surprise. Not to make a cheesy pun, but Garneau was truly music to my ears. If you’re [...]

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BOILER ROOM AND W HOTELS PRESENT “DO NOT DISTURB” This Thursday

W Hotels and Boiler Room present a intimate party for family and friends at W Times Square’s E-WOW suite on Thursday, April 25th, to be broadcasted live via W Hotels and Boiler Room’s sites. The finale to the series which kicked off in London and continued in Paris will feature performances and back-to-back DJ sets [...]

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Drowners Sign To Frenchkiss Records

New York City’s Drowners formed in early 2012 when singer/guitarist Matt Hitt sent some demos he’d written to guitarist Jack Ridley and bassist Erik Snyder, friends he’d met in bars downtown. Drummer Lakis Pavlou joined a few months later and the band began playing shows regularly around the Lower East Side. They released a 7″ [...]

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ZZ’s on Tour

On the heels of her successful Fire and Shine tour, with sold-out shows in nearly every market, and a buzzworthy return to SXSW, alternative blues-soul singer ZZ Ward has announced her plans for a summer tour and festival run. The tour will kick off in Boise, ID on May 28 and include performances at some [...]

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Train, Benny and Mr. A are Back! New Show and a New Attitude!

Six weeks after their suspension for undisclosed reasons, Train and Benny have been reinstated. According to CEO Lisa Grossman “We received so many letters asking us to put the show back on air we felt it was the best decision.” Tomorrow at 9 am EST the ride begins again. Tune in for the best in [...]

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Wanee Jumps off with a Bang!

By: Brittany Clarke It is that time of the year again music fans! Festival season is just beginning, and to start it off with a bang is the Annual Wanee Music Festival. Since 2005, the festival has been held on the Spirit of Suwannee River Music Park grounds, located in Live Oak, Florida. The park [...]

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Caveman Album Available Today!

Caveman Available Today The new self-titled album is out today! Pick it up on iTunes or your favorite indie record store. iTunes – http://bit.ly/11dr6EJ They also have CD and Vinyl copies available here: http://www.shopbenchmark.com/caveman

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Dragonette

Canadian electro-pop trio Dragonette has racked up a long list of accomplishments in the past year: they won a JUNO Award for their hit single “Hello,” performed live on Good Morning America, and released their third critically-acclaimed studio album, Bodyparts, which earned the band a second JUNO nomination, for Dance Recording of the Year. Having [...]

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MICK HARVEY NEW ALBUM: FOUR (Acts of Love) OUT JUNE 11th

Mick Harvey is excited to share with you his NEW solo album FOUR (Acts of Love), out on Mute on June 11th, 2013. FOUR (Acts of Love) is the former Bad Seed and PJ Harvey collaborator’s sixth solo studio album, and the follow up to 2011’s Sketches from the Book of the Dead, follow the [...]

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Touché Debut LP It’s Fate Drops May 1 + Spring Tour

Touché aka Alex Lilly and Bram Inscore are sweeping in with their debut LP It’s Fate set to release May 1, 2013. The dreamy duo will kick off a west coast tour this Spring with several support slots for Twin Shadow. Having already received accolades from XLR8R to ELLE, Touché’s two halves touch upon hallucinogenic [...]

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Darwin Deez Premier “You Can’t Be My Girl”

Darwin Deez has premiered the Is Tropical remix of his new single “You Can’t Be My Girl” on URB today. Like Deez himself, Kitsune’s Is Tropical are known for blurring the boundaries between band and beat culture. Here they mix slo-mo house, classic Shep Pettibone style vocal-pitching techniques and a few mad keyboards with an [...]

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Minotaur New LP ‘Floating Coffin’ Out On Castle Face Records

We all know the type: Prolific bands who commit every loose thought, stray idea and 90-second song fragment to tape. Bands who pay no attention to little inconveniences like “release cycles” or “self-editing,” and instead decide that quantity equals quality, creating a discography more labyrinthine, imposing and – ultimately – exhausting than the cast of [...]

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Radical Dads New Album Out Today On Uninhabitable Mansions

Two years after releasing their debut album, Mega Rama, Radical Dads have emerged from Brooklyn’s sludgy Gowanus Canal to announce their second effort, Rapid Reality, due out Today on Uninhabitable Mansions. To preview the forthcoming record, the three-piece have let loose “Mountain Town”, a ferocious new track that seems born out of a musty garage, [...]

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Light Heat Playing Glasslands On April 2nd!!!

he fact that Quentin Stoltzfus hasn’t released a record since Mazarin’s We’re Already There (2005) borders on absurd, but know this: over the last seven years somewhere between producing albums for friends, pulling hours as a professional mover, and building a world class recording studio Quentin wrote, re-wrote, recorded and re-recorded an album we couldn’t [...]

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Pony Boy “Greatest Unknown” MP3 Drops w/ NYLON Today!

Pony Boy is Marchelle Bradanini, a sultry songwriter with seductive vocals who isn’t afraid to explore her dark side. With twangy guitars and smoky melodies, her music calls to mind the desolate landscapes of the old west, littered with danger and mystery. Having won over audiences and critics alike last year with her single “Not [...]

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Light In The Attic announces Record Store Day 2013 releases:

For those who worship at the altar of vinyl, Record Store Day is like Christmas, Eid, Thanksgiving and Diwali, all rolled into one. It’s a day when artists and labels celebrate the unsung heroes of the music business – the guys and girls of independent record stores – by releasing super-limited issues, picture discs, rarities [...]

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Black Books Video out!

Black Books – Favorite Place from DaBrainkilla on Vimeo. The Dream Pop Outfit from Austin Texas. Check it out

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The Mother of All Showcases a must see at SXSW The Jelly Project, Zelazowa and more at East Avenue Lounge

Chaperone Records/ Funk-It Records/ Boutique Farm Present… The Ultimate SXSW Showcase! at East Avenue Lounge March 14, 12PM – 2AM – No Cover Chaperone Stage 10:45PM BNLX 10PM Charlie Parr 9:15PM West of Aldine 8:30 Ol Yeller w/ Germaine Gemberling 7:45PM Southwire 7PM Actual Wolf 6:15PM Nobody’s Darlings 5:30PM Mark Kroos 4:45PM Cait Leary 4PM [...]

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Gold Fields debut album Black Sun is released

Gold Fields’ debut album Black Sun is armed with pop hooks, tribal beats, danceable rhythms, and plenty of emotion. The result of relentless work and playful experimentation, the album is released TODAY via Astralwerks at iTunes and all digital and physical retailers! In addition to kicking off the MTV “Artist To Watch” campaign this week, [...]

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Doldrums Debut Album, ‘Lesser Evil’, Out Today | Releases Remix Video & SXSW Schedule

Doldrums’ highly anticipated debut record, Lesser Evil, is out today on Arbutus Records in North America. The 23 year old Montreal-based artist has received international acclaim for his unique approach to electronic music, characterized by a transfixing, futuristic, industrial meets pop sound with Doldrums’ androgynous vocals. Click Below for The Full Album Stream Of Doldrums’ [...]

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