Blitzen Trapper Release Mystery And Wonder EP

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Los Angeles – Just this past October, Blitzen Trapper released the studio album, All Across This Land to much critical acclaim with Entertainment Weekly hailing it  “bigger, synthier, warmer,” and Uncut Magazine claiming it was “an infectious country rocker that deserves to be an enormous hit.”  Following in the album’s footsteps, the band just released

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M83 Announces Initial 2016 Tour Dates

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New York – M83, aka Anthony Gonzalez, has announced an initial series of North American tour dates, including special performances at the renowned Coachella festival in Indio, CA and The Governor’s Ball in NYC.  This summer will see further festival performances across the globe, including stops in Spain, Germany, Sweden and more. Tickets will be

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KING Announces US Tour Dates

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Los Angeles – After selling out their LA show at The Lyric Theater in December, KING continue to make waves in the music scene having been recently named one of Boston Globe’s ’16 Artists To Look Forward To Hearing In 2016.’ The innovative LA trio made up of twins Paris and Amber Strother and musical

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Cage The Elephant, Silversun Pickups & Foals Announce US Arena Tour

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Los Angeles – This March, Cage The Elephant, Silversun Pickups, Foals, and Bear Hands will embark on Spring Fling Rock AF 2016. The 15-city U.S. arena tour packages some of the best new bands in alternative music today, and harkens back to the days when artists crisscrossed the country together on package tours – often hitting cities and towns that otherwise wouldn’t have access to

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Jet Trash Debut New Video At KCRW

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Atlanta – Trend-setting Los Angeles radio station KCRW has just premiered the video for Jet Trash’s new single “What They Want,” from the California garage rockers’ recent self-titled debut EP.   Jet Trash know what it means to be a quintessential West Coast band. They proudly carry the torch of their predecessors The Sonics and

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The Weeknd Debuts “In The Night” Music Video

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New York – This evening, THE WEEKND released the music video for his latest single, “In The Night.”Directed by the acclaimed duo BRTHR, this new nocturnal affair was shot in Brooklyn, NY last month and stars supermodel Bella Hadid. The sexy, stunning, and soaring visual upholds a tradition of unforgettable and cinematic music videos from the Grammy Award®-nominated multiplatinum

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Audiodamn! Tour Dairy – Kansas City

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Kansas City – Snow. Or as we call it: snow, I mean no….. We call it “Schnee” which sounds a bit like the sound your Macbook makes when you send an email…if…you use your imagination at least. We did see a lot of it when we woke up after our show in Davenport (#Quadcities). After

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Cage The Elephant Announce UK & Europe Shows In February

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London – Cage the Elephant, who release their new album Tell Me I’m Pretty through Columbia Records on 18th December, have confirmed a string of European shows in February. The gigs will be the bands’ first since playing with Foals at Alexandra Palace in Feb 2014. The Times raved about those shows, reporting, “charismatic singer Matt Shultz

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