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Bonnaroo Announces 2012 Schedule

Bonnaroo Announces 2012 Schedule

The 2012 Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival will take place June 7th through 10th, and will include performances from Radiohead, Bon Iver, Feist, St. Vincent, [...]

Watch: El-P on “Late Show with David Letterman”

Watch: El-P on “Late Show with David Letterman”

El-P performed on last night’s episode of “Late Show With David Letterman“ in support of his forthcoming record Cancer for Cure. He performed ”Stay Down” with Nick Diamonds [...]

THE DIAMOND CENTER – California/Bells
reviewed by Matt Edmund

THE DIAMOND CENTER – California/Bells

Blending musical elements of folk rock and psychedelia, Richmond, Virginia’s The Diamond Center hit upon their 17th release with this two-song seven-inch EP. Adorning side [...]

The Mars Volta Portmanteau Game
words by Josh Diamond

The Mars Volta Portmanteau Game

A portmanteau is a linguistic blend of two or more different words to create a single new word. Plenty have entered the cultural lexicon, like [...]

Interview: The Real McKenzies
words by Craig Gilbert

Interview: The Real McKenzies

After performing for 20 years and having recorded 10 full-length albums, you’d think Canadian Celtic punks The Real McKenzies would be better known. While Irish-influenced [...]

PHILM – Harmonic
reviewed by Josh Diamond

PHILM – Harmonic

Harmonic, the debut release of PHILM, is a record unlike just about anything I’ve heard recently, and comes full of surprises — especially if you’re [...]

Verbicide Unsigned Spotlight: Alexa Borden

Verbicide Unsigned Spotlight: Alexa Borden

Verbicide shines the Unsigned spotlight on Alexa Borden

Verbicide Unsigned Spotlight: Condor

Verbicide Unsigned Spotlight: Condor

Verbicide Unsigned Spotlight on Alex Chladil and Zack Jopek of Condor

Animal Collective Announce New Album “Centipede Hz,” Due Out in September

Animal Collective Announce New Album “Centipede Hz,” Due Out in September

Animal Collective will be releasing a new album in September via Domino called Centipede Hz. The band released a video announcement on their official website, [...]

Watch: Florence and the Machine “Breath of Life” Music Video

Watch: Florence and the Machine “Breath of Life” Music Video

Florence and the Machine contributed a brand new song to the soundtrack of Snow White And The Huntsman (starring Charlize Theron and Kristen Stewart),  and music [...]

Braid Announce Summer Tour With Owen

Braid Announce Summer Tour With Owen

’90s indie-rock quartet Braid have announced their upcoming summer headlining tour. The tour will encompass nine evenings on both the East and West coasts of the [...]

Coachella 2013 Dates Announced, Tickets Go On Sale Thursday, May 17

Coachella 2013 Dates Announced, Tickets Go On Sale Thursday, May 17

Coachella just finished up the final weekend of festivities a few weeks ago, and they’ve already announced the dates for next year’s fest. Once again, Coachella [...]

HORSEBACK – Half Blood
reviewed by Paul J. Comeau

HORSEBACK – Half Blood

For the uninitiated, Horseback is a difficult band to describe. Principle songwriter Jenks Miller has a powerful songwriting blender in his head, and he’s not [...]

The Real McKenzies Head Out on Lengthy International Tour

The Real McKenzies Head Out on Lengthy International Tour

The Real McKenzies recently released their 10th studio album, Westwinds, via Fat Wreck Chords. The Scottish-Canadian band is now embarking on a massive four-month long [...]

Freddie Mercury of Queen to Perform as “Optical Illusion”

Freddie Mercury of Queen to Perform as “Optical Illusion”

On Monday night, May 14, 2012, Freddie Mercury will make an appearance from beyond the grave at a 10th anniversary performance of the Queen musical We [...]