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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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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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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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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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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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ROCK GODDESSES UNITE TO BENEFIT CENTER FOR ASSAULT TREATMENT SERVICES

ROCK GODDESSES UNITE TO BENEFIT CENTER FOR ASSAULT TREATMENT SERVICES All-Female Tribute Band Concert Rocks in Support of Women and Children SANTA MONICA, CA— Every nine seconds, a woman in the U.S. is sexually assaulted or beaten. One out of every 4 girls and one out of every 6 boys are sexually abused by the [...]

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Is Facebook Intentionally Hurting Businesses?

Is Facebook Intentionally Hurting Businesses? We Think so and we are removing our facebook until further notice until fair practices are put in to play instead of greed driven algorithms. We ask you to determine how facebook is impeding upon your progress and act accordingly. Posted by Jon Parks on Dec 3, 2012 in Blog, [...]

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Pop your Top video!

Hello friends here’s the pop your top link To kick off 2013, Bus Stop Poets and Falling Down Beer Company are working together on a video short and we need your help! Send us your videos of creative ways to open beer bottles. We all know that Bic lighters are just as good as an [...]

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“SERVICE YOUR SOUL” TUESDAYS AT HARVELLE’S SANTA MONICA

HUNTER & THE DIRTY JACKS LAUNCH “SERVICE YOUR SOUL” TUESDAYS AT HARVELLE’S SANTA MONICA Weekly Residency Will Raise Money, Food, and Instruments for the Homeless, Hungry, As Well As Teach Homeless and Foster Children Music Hunter & The Dirty Jacks have announced that the Los Angeles-based band is putting forth a weekly residency every Tuesday [...]

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Train and Benny Walk…

Down memory lane to the STA On Air Class Reunion. Tune in: old friends good times. 9:15 am EST www.whoa100.com you can record the show for later listening.

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Holiday Schedule for WHOA

To all of our fans/family, our staff has been extremely dedicated this year and we realize the importance of R&R. So we will be on a holiday schedule to give our staff a chance to enjoy their families and the holidays. We shall return to a normal schedule on Jan 3rd 2013. From our family [...]

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Gearing Up for Bear Creek Festival

By: Brittany Clarke Gear up and get ready for this year’s 2012 Bear Creek! This isn’t just your average music festival with huge stages and over crowds of screaming fans. Bear Creek is quite the opposite. Held in Live Oak, Florida about 45 min north of Gainesville, this festival offers an array of colorful options [...]

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WHOA 100 turns 1 Happy Birthday Train and Benny

Today marks 1 year on air for WHOA 100. The station originally developed to bring an ear to what you read about in the WHOA Magazine has become somewhat of a phenom to include the recently #5 ranked Train and Benny Show which airs Live M-TH from 9-10 am EST. WHOA has emerged as a [...]

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Freshkills Announce Fall Tour Raise Up The Sheets Out Now On Bat Rabies Alert / The End Records

Tour Dates 09.19 – Glasslands Gallery – Brooklyn, New York 09.28 – Union Pool – Brooklyn, New York 10.05 – Beachland Ball Room – Cleveland, OH 10.06 – Double Happiness – Columbus, Ohio 10.07 – Venue TBD – Detroit, MI 10.08 – The Burlington – Chicago, IL 10.09 – Glasslands Gallery – Brooklyn, New York [...]

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Plastician to release new EP

After smashing the dance floor with these tunes all summer, Trouble & Bass are proud to finally release this new EP from grime and dubstep legend Plastician. One of the founding fathers of UK bass, Plastician holds down his own Terrorhythm label and one of the most popular shows on Rinse.FM, as well as being [...]

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