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Snow Patrol: Love and Other Disaster Buttons

Gary Lightbody willingly refers to himself as a “calamity magnet,” without much prodding or inference. He also estimates that, personally, the distance “from a sitting still vantage point to chaos is four beers away.” It’s this kind of blunt and awkward honesty that makes the Irish singer such a delightful interview subject.

10 Oct 2008 | More
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Williamsburg Fashion Weekend, Secret Project Robot at Monster Island, 10.4.08

In the husk of a new construction across the street the poet writes on an old typewriter, the sound resides, spelling out “p u r p l e pe o p l e,” bouncing across the red brick building’s courtyard. A dog barks, someone yells “not tonight” into a telephone, with a somewhat slurry voice…

8 Oct 2008 | 1 comment | More
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Fischerspooner, Santos Party House, NYC, 9.05.08

Fischerspooner performed a secret surprise show in NYC last week. They
played a short but sweet set which included “The Best Revenge,” “Danse en
France,” “Supply & Demand,” and “Money Can’t Dance.”

1 Oct 2008 | More
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A Million Interviews Through the Globe: The Silent Years

Compared to household names like Elliot Smith and Tim Buckley, Detroit band The Silent Years recently released their much-anticipated album The Globe. With themes like alienation and existentialism, the band executes vulnerable rock resoundingly without crossing over into whiny, maudlin ballads.

1 Oct 2008 | More
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Arena Royalty: Kings Of Leon take court in NYC, Webster Hall

Kings Of Leon have come a long way since the first time I saw them in 2000, when they first toured with The Strokes. Poised to take over arenas everywhere, their star was always rising, but now, it seems to be soaring.

24 Sep 2008 | More
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Laura Marling and Johnny Flynn and the Sussex Wit, Bowery Ballroom, NYC, 9.15.08

On the night of his first show in NYC, UK troubadour Johnny Flynn has scores of young ladies literally pressed up against the stage as soon as he and the Sussex Wit open with “The Box.”

17 Sep 2008 | More

Recent News

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Oasis Announce December US Tour Dates

Oasis have just confirmed dates for their first US tour in three years, due to kick off December 3rd in Oakland, CA with Ryan Adams & the Cardinals along for support.

30 Sep 2008 | 1 comment | More
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Kings of Leon Announce Fall US Tour

Only the heals of a typically sweat-soaked performance at New York’s Webster Hall (so hot that Drew Barrymore was seen kissing one of the guys from Gossip Girl) on Tuesday night, Kings of Leon are set to hit the road…

25 Sep 2008 | More
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Jenny Lewis Announces ‘Acid Tongue’ Tour Dates

Jenny Lewis has confirmed fall tour dates in support of her forthcoming sophomore solo record, Acid Tongue, due September 23 on Warner Bros Records with rotating openers such as M.Ward and Michael Runion along for the ride.

8 Sep 2008 | 2 comments | More
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Tom Morello’s ‘Fabled City’ Due September 30

Tom Morello, currently busy on the arduous summer festival circuit with Rage Against the Machine, has announced details of his highly anticipated follow-up to 2007’s Nightwatchman effort, The Fabled City, due September 30 on Epic Records.

8 Sep 2008 | More