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Brillant. Ben Howard- Under the Same Sun from Every Kingdom

Mon, 19 Mar 2012 17:22:57 -0400

Brillant.

Ben Howard- Under the Same Sun from Every Kingdom

Fun. - Carry On from Some Nights

Mon, 19 Mar 2012 17:20:01 -0400

Fun. - Carry On from Some Nights

Fun. Concert at Center Stage in Atlanta, GA. SOLD OUT.

Mon, 19 Mar 2012 17:16:15 -0400

Fun. Concert at Center Stage in Atlanta, GA. SOLD OUT.

The Black Keys- Money Maker from El Camino

Mon, 19 Mar 2012 17:09:00 -0400

The Black Keys- Money Maker from El Camino

The Shins 'Port of Morrow'

Mon, 19 Mar 2012 17:05:31 -0400

Scoring a 8.4 for Best New Music on Pitchfork.com, The Shins new sounds ‘Ports of Morrow’ is both timeless and new.

Despite all the hullabaloo about band members getting “fired,” the fact is that Mercer isn’t a member of the Shins— he is the Shins, and he always has been. In a recent interview, he expressed his frustration over how to represent that specificity: “Bands I really loved were these auteurs who presented themselves as bands— Neutral Milk Hotel, the Lilys— and I just felt, ‘Why am I not allowed to do that?’” Consider Port of Morrow, then, the results of an auteur’s accepting that role while having a load of fun with his friends in order to realize it. Comeback stories don’t get much better than that.

Brett Dennen - “There Is So Much More” from So Much...

Tue, 26 Jul 2011 14:54:22 -0400

Brett Dennen - “There Is So Much More” from So Much More

The Head and The Heart- “Lost In My Mind” On tour...

Tue, 26 Jul 2011 14:45:00 -0400

The Head and The Heart- “Lost In My Mind”

On tour this summer/fall and you’ll find them on the DMB Caravan.

Release the Sunbird from Rogue Wave Lead

Tue, 26 Jul 2011 14:38:59 -0400

“Come Back To Us” by Release the Sunbird (from Rogue Wave’s Zach Rogue)

1. It’s All Around You
2. Come Back To Us
3. Always Like The Son
4. No Light
5. Why Can’t You Look At Yourself
6. Best Thing For Me
7. A New You
8. Back Strikes Back
9. Paper Allies
10. Running Away From Me
11. Everytime You Go
12. We’ll Begin Tomorrow
13. Outlook’s Anonymous

Listen to a track here.

The Black Keys' Summer Tour Dates

Tue, 22 Feb 2011 20:57:00 -0500

03-15 Paris, France - Olympia
03-16 Nantes, France - L’Olympic
03-18 Amsterdam, Holland - Heineken Music Hall
04-14 Mesa, AZ - Mesa Amphitheatre &
04-15 Indio, CA - Coachella
05-22 Mobile, AL - The Hangout Festival
06-10 Indianapolis, IN - The Lawn at White River State Park †
06-11 Manchester, TN - Bonnaroo
06-27 Vancouver, British Columbia - Deer Lake Park &
06-28 Calgary, Alberta - Stampede Corral &
06-29 Edmonton, Alberta - Rexall Place &
06-30 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan - TCU Place &
07-02 Winnipeg, Manitoba - MTS Centre &
07-03 Minneapolis, MN - Roy Wilkins Auditorium &
07-05 Council Bluffs, IA - Stir Cove Amphitheatre &
07-07 Toronto, Ontario - Molson Canadian Amphitheatre &
07-10 Quebec City, Quebec - Festival D’Ete &
07-11 Montreal, Quebec - Bell Centre &
07-12 London, Ontario - John Labatt Centre &
07-13 Buffalo, NY - Artpark &

& with Cage The Elephant
† with Booker T. Jones, Nicole Atkins & The Black Sea

Pitchfork Announces SXSW

Tue, 22 Feb 2011 20:55:31 -0500

Pitchfork is headed to Texas in a big way. Continuing a six-year tradition of celebrating great music and hot weather in Austin, we’re proud to present a series of events taking place all over town March 15-18. On top of working with SXSW to organize two official showcases, we’re also throwing an Austin version of #Offlineover two afternoons. All events are free; evening (official) showcases require badges.

Artists appearing at the events include: James Blake, Toro Y Moi, Owen Pallett,Smith Westerns, J Mascis, Mount Kimbie, Cass McCombs, tUnE-yArDs, Glasser,Cults, Twin Shadow, Dum Dum Girls, OFF!, Baths, Gold Panda, Edwyn Collins,Julianna Barwick, and many, many more. Read more.

Dave Matthews Band to Host Mini-Festivals

Tue, 22 Feb 2011 20:42:37 -0500

They said they were going to take a hiatus but we all knew it wasn’t going to be a summer completely without Dave. DMB sent out their Save the Dates for this summer:

Dave Matthews Band will host four three-day music festivals across the US this summer. The multi-stage events will feature a wide array of diverse musical talent with Dave Matthews Band performing a headlining set each night. Exact locations, lineups, ticketing and lodging info will be announced soon.

JUNE 24-26…North East/Mid Atlantic

JULY 8-10…Midwest

AUGUST…coming soon!

SEPTEMBER…coming soon!

It’s an Adele kind of day…Tiny Desk Concert at NPR

Tue, 22 Feb 2011 20:38:01 -0500

It’s an Adele kind of day…Tiny Desk Concert at NPR

Adele- I Found A Boyfrom 21

Tue, 22 Feb 2011 19:34:20 -0500

Adele- I Found A Boyfrom 21

Fleet Foxes- “Ragged Wood”

Sun, 20 Feb 2011 20:53:38 -0500

Fleet Foxes- “Ragged Wood”

Listen to all of Radiohead's King of Limbs

Sun, 20 Feb 2011 20:46:35 -0500

Listen to all of Radiohead's King of Limbs :

Radiohead’s “Lotus Flower” off the new album,...

Sun, 20 Feb 2011 20:44:44 -0500

Radiohead’s “Lotus Flower” off the new album, King of Limbs

Arcade Fire Tour Dates

Sun, 20 Feb 2011 20:42:50 -0500

04-09 Broomfield, CO - 1st Bank Center ^
04-11 Orem, UT - The UCCU Center ^
04-13 Phoenix, AZ - Comerica Theatre ^
04-14 Las Vegas, NV - The Joint at Hard Rock Hotel ^
04-16 Indio, CA - Coachella
04-18 Santa Fe, NM - Santa Fe Convention Center
04-20 Kansas City, MO - Starlight Amphitheatre *
04-22 Chicago, IL - UIC Pavilion *
04-24 Chicago, IL - UIC Pavilion *
04-25 Chicago, IL - UIC Pavilion *
04-27 Indianapolis, IN - The Lawn at White River State Park *
04-28 Memphis, TN - Orpheum Theatre
04-30 Dallas, TX - Gexa Energy Pavilion #
05-03 Austin, TX - The Backyard %
05-04 The Woodlands, TX - Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion %
05-06 New Orleans, LA - New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival
06-09-12 Manchester, TN - Bonnaroo Festival
06-17 Scheesel, Germany - Hurricane Festival
06-18 Neuhausen, Germany - Southside Festival
06-21 Zagreb, Croatia - T Mobile InMusic Festival
06-22 Burgenland, Austria - Festivalgelände Wiesen
06-26 Luxembourg, Luxembourg - Rock-A-Field Festival
06-30 London, England - Hyde Park
07-02 Arras, France - Main Square Festival
07-03 Belfort, France - Les Eurockeenes
07-05 Milan, Italy - Milano Jazzin’ Festival
07-07 Novi Sad, Serbia - Exit Festival
07-09 Lucca, Italy - Lucca Summer Festival
07-15 Lisbon, Portugal - Super Bock Super Rock Festival
07-17 Bennicassim, Spain - Benicassim Festival
07-30 Moncton, New Brunswick - Magnetic Hill @
08-31 Manchester, England - MEN Arena
09-01 Edinburgh, Scotland - Edinburgh Castle

^ with Local Natives
* with the National
# with Okkevil River
% with Explosions in the Sky
@ with U2

Kanye West’s “All of The Lights” video

Sun, 20 Feb 2011 20:41:34 -0500

Kanye West’s “All of The Lights” video

We had to. The new Britney Spears’ Hold It Against Me...

Thu, 17 Feb 2011 22:17:27 -0500

We had to. The new Britney Spears’ Hold It Against Me video.

Mountain Goats New Album in March with Bonus Cassettes

Thu, 17 Feb 2011 21:35:32 -0500

From pitchfork.com:

The Mountain Goats are an indie institution these days, but they started off as JohnDarnielle’s home-recorded cassette project. The new album All Eternals Deck, due March 29 from Merge, is a full-band affair, but the first 500 pre-ordered copies of it will come with a bonus cassette of demos called All Survivors Pack. The hand-colored cassettes feature demo versions of All Eternals Deck tunes as well as two unreleased songs. We’ve got the tracklist for All Survivors Pack below.

In other Mountain Goats news, colored vinyl versions of the album will be randomly scattered in with the regular black vinyl versions; maybe you’ll get lucky. And get your DVR good and ready because the band will hit some sort of new career milestone on February 23, when they appear on the “Late Show With David Letterman”. Check out our interview with Darnielle about the new album here, and listen to their new track “Damn These Vampires” below.

All Survivors Pack:

01 Catherine Antrim’s Kid
02 Beautiful Gas Mask
03 Birth of Serpents
04 The Autopsy Garland
05 Estate Sale Sign
06 Rotten Stinking Mouthpiece
07 Sourdoire Valley Song
08 Age of Kings
09 High Hawk Season
10 Never Quite Free
11 For Charles Bronson
12 Liza Forever Minnelli