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Silversun Pickups' Neck Of The Woods Debuts at #6 On The Billboard Top 200

Published in Breaking News
Wednesday, 16 May 2012 22:12
Dangerbird Records is excited to announce that the new album by the Grammy-nominated Silversun Pickups, Neck of the Woods, has debuted at #6 on the Billboard Top 200, with nearly 41,000 units sold. This marks the highest chart position in the band's career. The lead single "Bloody Mary (Nerve Endings)" is currently #9 with a bullet on the Billboa...
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A Conversation with The Echo Friendly

Published in Interviews
Wednesday, 16 May 2012 21:55
Emerging Brooklyn band The Echo Friendly is a name you may start hearing more often. They’ve gotten recent recognition for having their song “Same Mistakes” in the closing credits of the fourth Girls episode, but they also have a band and life philosophy more withstanding than that. In a conversation with band members Jake Rabinbach and Shannon E...
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Album Review: Meiko, The Bright Side

Published in Album Reviews
Wednesday, 16 May 2012 11:21
Over the past few months, we’ve been writing a lot about Meiko, and deservedly so. Though her debut album was released in 2007, she’s still a relatively new artist being that this is only her second release. After reviewing her live show at SXSW and an Artist of the Week feature, her album The Bright Side is finally out everywhere and let’s get t...
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A Conversation with Alcoholic Faith Mission’s Thorben Seierø Jensen

Published in Interviews
Wednesday, 16 May 2012 10:57
In 2006, high school friends Thorben Seierø Jensen and Sune Sølund formed Alcoholic Faith Mission after stumbling upon Brooklyn’s Apostolic Faith Mission and joking around about swapping the “Apostolic” with “Alcoholic,” because alcoholics have faith in booze like the devout have in religion. It stuck, and now six years later, the band has grown ...
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Album Review: Lushlife, Plateau Vision

Published in Album Reviews
Tuesday, 15 May 2012 15:07
I learned a new term this week – “cloud rap.” I hope you’re proud of me. Anyway, I came across said term while doing some research on Lushlife, a Philadelphia-based producer and emcee whose hypnotic beats are often laced with an intoxicating burst of ambiance and fluffy psychedelic.   From that brief description of his work you can probably see ...
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FIDLAR Announce June Tour With The Hives

Published in Breaking News
Tuesday, 15 May 2012 14:11
FIDLAR are very excited to announce that this June they will be hitting the road with The Hives. They will be joining the band for their East Coast leg in the second half of the month. They have also released another track, "Got No Money", from their Don't Try EP, along with another tour video. Head over to I Guess I'm Floating to watch and list...
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