BBC 6 Music Festival

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Bristol, UK – This is the third year now that the 6 Music Festival has taken over a city – a different one each time – and got a certain type of music fan, in that city, very excited. Well, momentarily excited anyway, before then feeling crushingly depressed because they’ve failed to get tickets to a hugely popular

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The Soft Moon Comes Home

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San Francisco – Multi-instrumentalist and delightful weirdo Luis Vasquez is no stranger to the fickle streets of Oakland, CA.  Vasquez’s musical invention—his noisy post-punk project The Soft Moon—recently played a couple of shows on his home turf in the Bay Area, the first of which was a headlining slot at Oakland’s New Parish, a smaller

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Max Frost Is A Riveting One Man Band!

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Chicago – Awhile back, I came across an email containing the EP Intoxication, by an Austin soul singer named Max Frost. I glanced over the press release, and honestly thought, “Another white boy singing soul music?” Despite my reservations, I took a listen. I’m incredibly thankful I did. I cringe at the thought of a world without

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The Black Queen Debuts In Los Angeles

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Los Angeles – Those that were able to witness The Black Queen on a chilly winter night in Glendale were treated to an eclectic night of music, capped off by an impressive performance by the super-group from Los Angeles. The choice to perform at Complex in the less-than-trendy city of Glendale seemed a bit surprising,

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The Knocks Party Hard

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Chicago – New York City producers Ben “B-Roc” Ruttner and James “JPatt” Patterson rolled into the Windy City Saturday in their brand new tour bus, ready to get down. The duo have been performing in the Midwest on the Route 55 Tour, in anticipation of their debut full-length album 55. The two friends and businessmen, who perform as The Knocks, sold

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