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Datsik - Vitamin D
The Cure For That Sickness To say Troy Beetles lives up to the namesake of his alter ego is putting it lightly. Since 2008, dancers and concert goers have stared longingly at the unknown dubstep DJ with only one word fit to describe what unfolded...
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Australian Musician Greg Ham Dies at 58
Australian instrumentalist Greg Ham passed away in his Melbourne home on Thursday, April 19. Ham was famous for his music with the band Men at Work. According to Spinner, two friends of Ham found him dead, alone at his house. The police have...
Los Angeles
Dum Dum Girls @ Echoplex 5/18
Contrary to what their name may imply, Dum Dum Girls are not a Spice Girls-esque powerpop girl group from the 90's. Dum Dum Girls are in fact a noise-pop group fronted by a lead singer named Dee Dee, originally formed in California but now...
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Maps & Atlases - Beware and Be Grateful
New album takes a wrong turn Chicago’s Maps & Atlases seem to have fallen victim to the curse of the sophomore slump. New album Beware and Be Grateful sounds like a distant cousin to the darker, grittier fare presented on their debut, Perch...
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M. Ward - A Wasteland Companion
A Folksy Confidante M. Ward's eighth solo studio album A Wasteland Companion shows the singer-songwriter at his finest. After releasing a slew of solo albums, a record with Monsters of Folk, and three albums under the moniker She & Him with...
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Triple Play: Hank III live in Philadelphia
mxdwn's admiration for Shelton Hank Williams has been well-documented in the past, but our interactions with him have mostly been in the South and West. Hank III ventured north and east for part of a new tour exploring not just his gleefully twisted...
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Aaron Freeman - Marvelous Clouds
Gettin' Educated with Gene Ween Students and connoisseurs of pop music are taught to respect and revere a handful of the Songwriting Greats: Leonard Cohen, Jacques Brel, Irving Berlin, George Gershwin, Cole Porter. The people who created the...
Austin
Austin Psych Fest 5 Full Schedule & Lineup
April 27th - 29th 2012 website (for day passes, and weekend passes) $45 -120 The full line-up, and schedule for Austin Psych Fest 5 is now live. Check it out below, and start planning. Individual day passes that include both stages on...
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