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The Joy Formidable Announce Tour, Sign With Passion Pit's Label
The Joy Formidable have signed with Passion Pit keyboardist Ayad Al Adhamy's label, Black Bell Records, and will re-release the band's 2009 EP A Balloon Called Moaning on May 4. The Joy Formidable are a personal favorite of Adhamy's and the two...
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Evelyn Evelyn - Evelyn Evelyn
Two Heads are Better than One Amanda Palmer doesn't just do "high concept." She's an idea factory churning out fantastical steam-punk vehicles daubed in gothic paint, newfangled cabaret music in their boomin' systems. It could be a failing or maybe...
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mxdwn Best of SXSW 2010
Each year, after four days of nonstop madness and constant reporting, we recap our picks for the best of the South by Southwest festival. Last year, given the impressive strength of talent across the board, we expanded our selects to have lists for...
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The Jim Jones Revue - MWTX Party
If you add a dash of blood from a thumb cut on a guitar string with an eye of newt and a cigarette butt into the Jim Jones cauldron, you'll get a recipe that trumps any purple kool aid around. These pale brits with shiny shoes, shiny guitars and a...
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Dead Confederate - Encore/Obscure Magpie Party
Athens, Ga. quintet Dead Confederate cut through all the fat and woke up the sleepy cold Saturday revelers with a fierce set of gigantic, bottom driven dream rock. Maneuvering a perfect balance of insane sustain and a hammmering Hammond B-3 weaving...
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Ozzy Osbourne to Premiere New Song on CSI: NY
Ozzy Osbourne will be premiering his new song "Let Me Hear You Scream" from his new album Scream (to be released via Epic Records) on CSI: NY on April 14 at 10 p.m. EST on CBS. "We were looking for something high energy and irreverent to sell the...
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Lollapalooza Tickets On-Sale Tomorrow
Tomorrow at 10 a.m. CST, Lollapalooza 2010 three-day passes will go on-sale. A limited number of advance-priced three-day passes will be available for $190. After those tickets sell out, regular priced three-day passes will be available for $215....
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Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeroes Announce U.S. Headlining Tour
Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeroes have announced the details of their U.S. headlining tour. The band will be on the road for two months and are kicking off the tour in Solana Beach, CA on April 15. They will also make a stop at this year's...
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