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In support of Willy Mason’s forthcoming full-length later in 2013, today he announced an EP set for a January 14th release via Communion Records. Founded by Ben Lovett (Mumford and Sons) and Kevin Jones (Bears Den), Don’t Stop Now will be a limited run of five hundred 10” vinyl. Three of the four tracks on [...]
As of November 15th, OCMS will be back on the road through the end of the year. Starting in Wisconsin, the group will make their way through the center of the US and back to Nashville, wrapping up 2012 with three Grand Ole Opry performances as well as a New Year’s Eve celebration at Ryman [...]
Serving as a follow up to 2010’s The Orchard, Ra Ra Riot have announced a new record. Titled Beta Love, the record is expected to drop January 22nd via Barsuk Records. Although lacking cellist Ali Lawn, the group is now working in Oxford, Mississippi with new producer Dennis Herring (Modest Mouse, Wavves) and session drummer [...]
Last week I had the opportunity to correspond via email with Erika Wennerstrom, chief songwriter and singer for Heartless Bastards, on the cusp of her band’s nationwide fall tour. Heartless Bastards’ music falls aptly into the 21st century “Americana flood,” a genre movement that blurs the line between folk and rock, but it’s Wennerstrom’s piercingly [...]
SoCal skate-punk outfit FIDLAR just released yet another EP, this one entitled SHIT WE RECORDED IN OUR BEDROOM, the latest in a series of appetizers leading up to the Jan. 22nd release of their self-titled debut LP. Check out “West Coast,” the standout opening track, and work your way through this 4-song delight dedicated to the [...]
On August 21st Dispatch cemented their comeback when they released Circles Around The Sun, their first full-length record in 12 years. The album quickly climbed to #24 on the Billboard chart, marking their highest commercial water mark and beginning a new chapter in the story of a band often called the original “indie” group. On Friday Oct. 5th, [...]
Today, Bassnectar released a mixtape on his website as a free download. The mixtape is roughly 42 minutes of the California-based DJ’s electronica juxtaposed with freestyles of artists ranging from Angel Haze to DC Breaks. Check out the mixtape below, and visit the site here to download. Also, make sure to check out Bassnectar’s upcoming tour dates below. Bassnectar [...]
With their first tour in 13 years kicking off this weekend, The Afghan Whigs stormed the Jimmy Kimmel Live outdoor stage last night to rip through “My Enemy” and “Uptown Again.” If you have any doubts as to why a reunited Afghan Whigs tour is such a hot ticket for the fall, check out these [...]
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