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Scrappy outsider startup Unthink.com, which bills itself as the “anti-Facebook,” is opening up its doors today, allowing in its first round of beta testers. The Tampa-based company with $2.5 million in funding from DouglasBay Capital sees itself as a more open, – one where its users are the owners of their data, and not the [...]

In 1961, Yale psychology professor Stanley Milligram undertook a now famous experiment to see if average Americans would blindly follow the cues of an authority figure and perform violent acts on innocent victims. It turned out they would. Fifty years later, Eli Roth, the director of horror films like “Cabin Fever” and “Hostel” star of [...]

For Release 9 a.m. EDST October 27, 2011 Publishers Distribution Group Wants To Make You Say WHOA WHOA (What’s Happening w/ Original Artists) Magazine Expected to Impact Newsstands in Music/Art/Culture Categories NEW YORK — October 27, 2011 — Publishers Distribution Group, Inc., a leading national distributor of special interest periodicals, has joined forces with WHOA [...]

On October 25th, West Palm Beach based Surfer Blood will release the Tarot Classics EP on Kanine Records. It will be their first extended release since 2010 debut and indie breakout album Astro Coast. The EP will be released on vinyl, digital and CD formats. Each format will include bonus remixes by Totally Sincere (Connor [...]

Super fun edgy pop-punk/’80s new wave band MAKE OUT from New York City has released a new video single, “You Can’t Be Friends With Everyone.”  The video was directed by the ultra cool John Threat + Diane Martel. The band includes lead singer Leah Hennessey and Jesper Mortensen (Junior-Senior). Check out the video below:

Brooklyn duo, Sub Swara (Dhruva Ganesan & Dave Sharma) have just dropped their remix of Lana Del Rey’s “Video Games” in anticipation of the their upcoming mixtape due this Novemeber featuring a grip of new tracks and remixes. Sub Swara also has remixes of MNDR, Kraddy, Psychobuildings and more lined up for release this fall.  Sub Swara [...]

Brighton-based duo You love Her Coz She’s Dead will release their debut self-titled album on Glasstone Records on October 31st. The band’s album release follows an iTunes featured ‘Hot Picks’ debut EP, singles, remixes & compilations on Kitsuné, EMI & Glasstone, and music appearing on films (Teen Wolf) and TV Shows (Skins). The album is [...]

Toronto dream pop outfit Ohbijou are pleased to unveil their video for “Niagara.” Director Jared Raab used human bodies and objects to capture the feeling of falling water. “Not only is the resulting video incredibly beautiful and something that we as a band are very proud to be a part of, but the entire process was made a joy [...]

Steve Jobs only died a week ago but the former Apple CEO and innovative businessman will have his life story on the big screen after the studio behind Oscar-nominated Facebook film “The Social Network” is planning a biopic about him based on a forthcoming authorized biography. Deadline reports that Sony Pictures is set to acquire rights to [...]

By: Jessica Cassino Working out sucks. I hate it. The cheesy Top 40 hogwash they play at the gym doesn’t help either. It is distracting and makes me want to jump off the treadmill. I made a playlist to get me through my daily sweat sessions.   “Shoot to Thrill” – AC/DC This song should [...]

PAPA are pleased to unveil the video for the first single off their new EP, A Good Woman Is Hard To Find. Directed by Jonathan Hausfater, ”I Am The Lion King” takes a minimalistic approach, stripping the band down to their bare essentials and creating a vulnerable mise en scène exploring the visual relationships between space, contrast and climactic emotion. Watch ”I Am The [...]

By: Jett Wells and Nathan Mattise It’s a landmark episode for CounterTop Radio. It’s been 10! Pretty stunning if we don’t say. In this episode we wanted to discuss about the changes going on at SPIN Magazine that focuses on heavy digital/less print issues, writers that need biopics about them and we made up another [...]

By: Molly Horan Vampires, and werewolves and mermaids, oh my. YA literature seems to be awash in supernatural beats and teens balancing their Bio final and their blossoming fangs and claws. With the popularity of Twilight it could be easy for readers new to young adult literature to think it’s a genre made up of [...]

Boston-based indie-pop lovers You Can Be A Wesley are pleased to announce their much-anticipated Nightosphere EP which will be available November 1, 2011. To celebrate the release, Cambridge, MA can catch You Can Be A Wesley on November 1 at Middle East Upstairs for the EP release party. Watch the video for their first single “Old in Florida” below: You Can Be A Wesley [...]

  Brooklyn-based lonesome pop lovers We Can’t Enjoy Ourselves  are premiering their latest single, “Your Darkest Thoughts Will Shine,” courtesy of Interview Magazine. It’s the first tune from their upcoming album “Never Listen To The Ones You Love” being released on 4:3 Records. We Can’t Enjoy Ourselves make music that draws comparisons to Morrissey, Beirut, and Belle & [...]

        Narnack Records and Greatminds are pleased to announce the release of the limited edition double vinyl LP compliation. Available on Record Store Day, November 25, 2011, Beat LA is a collection of songs from today’s Los Angeles-based artists such as Crystal Antlers, No Age, Bobb Bruno from Best Coast and more, revisiting tracks from previous LA [...]

Lana Del Rey has confirmed new North American dates, including headlining shows Nov. 30 at Toronto’s Mod Club, Dec. 5 at NYC’s Bowery Ballroom, and Dec. 7 at LA’s Troubadour. For those who purchased tickets to Lana’s September shows at The Box and Hotel Cafe, Bowery Ballroom and Troubadour will be in contact directly to [...]

Welcome to our 9th episode of CounterTop Radio where Nate and I return to our favorite Crown/Crap It and talk about Feist’s new album, Occupy Wall Street’s Radiohead concert hoax, while also giving praise too artsts over 60 we respect and which forms of culture we want to see comebacks and reunions with.   Play [...]

Romantic song-slingers PAPA are pleased to unveil their limited edition 12″ vinyl EP A Good Woman Is Hard To Find EP, available today on Hit City USA in conjunction with Psychedelic Judaism. The EP is streaming in its entirety courtesy of our friends over at Spinner. As previously announced, PAPA is currently on a national tour supporting Girls. See dates below. There’s [...]

By: Laura Studarus Morgan Kibby is best known as M83’s Girl Friday. Her voice is heard on the retro refrains of Saturdays=Youth, new album Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming contains many of her lyrics, and on tour she holds down both keys and backing vocal duties. However, the Los Angeles-based musician is more than just a [...]