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Tony Wilson, RIP
Tony Wilson, founder of Factory Records and the man who put Manchester on the map by bringing Joy Division, Happy Mondays, and New Order to the world, died today (August 10) of a heart attack. He was 57 and had been battling kidney cancer since late...
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Akron/Family's Love Is Simple
Love Is Simple is the second full length release from Young God recording artists Akron/Family, their fourth overall including one mini-album and one CD split with Angels of Light. The album was produced by Andrew Weiss (Ween, Rollins Band, Gone),...
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August 9 = Frank Zappa Day
Mayor Sheila Dixon has declared August 9 as Frank Zappa Day in Baltimore, MD. Zappa was born in Baltimore in 1940 and also penned and recorded a song called "What's New in Baltimore?" The ongoing Zappa Plays Zappa/Tour de Frank, brought forth by son...
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Let's Stay Friends, Les Savy Fav
Following up the acclaimed Go Forth from 2001, Les Savy Fav have come together to release Let's Stay Friends on September 18. To celebrate its release, Les Savy Fav have booked the following shows: 9/21 - New York, NY - Music Hall of Williamsburg...
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New Avenged Sevenfold
Avenged Sevenfold are set to drop their self-titled follow-up to 2005's City of Evil on October 16. No other details have been made available except that they will stream audio from the album as well as video from the sessions on their myspace page...
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Deerhoof - Friend Opportunity
The Fawn Becomes A DeerDeerhoof released seven albums before they got to Friend Opportunity, what appears to be a record spawned out of the benefit of hindsight. Their last record, The Runners Four, was undoubtedly the band’s crowning...
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Ani DiFranco Plots New Tour
Ani DiFranco is hitting the road in September to supposrt her new career retrospective, Canon. The Fall tour will include two hometown shows at Asbury Hall at the Church in Buffalo. Canon will be released on September 11. September 1 Knoxville, TN...
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Joy Division Gets Re-Issued
The entire back catalogue of seminal post-punk group Joy Division will be re-issued later this year. The re-issues- including live recordings and the band's classics Unknown Pleasures and Closer- will also include a number of new tracks never...
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