Glastonbury Announces 2017 Emerging Talent Competition

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London – Glastonbury Festival has just announced details of its Emerging Talent Competition 2017, once again generously supported by PRS for Music and PRS Foundation. The free-to-enter competition offers new UK and Ireland-based acts of any musical genre the opportunity to compete for a spot on one of the main stages at this summer’s Festival.

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Modern Baseball Announce Spring US Headlining Tour

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Los Angeles – Philadelphia’s Modern Baseball announced a spring headlining US tour today, with support from Kevin Devine, Sorority Noise and The Obsessives (all tour dates below). Tickets for all shows will be on-sale to the general public this Friday, January 6th at 12pm EST but limited pre-sale tickets for the shows are now available

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Curse Of Lono Shares New Film

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  Los Angeles – Saturday Night is a short film, that consists of four inter-connected music videos, based on the songs on Curse Of Lono‘s debut EP. The film, which was directed by Alex Walker, stars Grant Masters, Marta Hermida, Grahame Fox and Martin Edwards. In 2015, Curse Of Lono was formed, in London, by singer-songwriter Felix Bechtolsheimer, following the breakup of British roots pioneers Hey Negrita.

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Badflower Releases Debut EP ‘Temper’

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New York – Los Angeles rock ‘n’ roll band Badflower has unleashed its major label debut EP, Temper (John Varvatos Records/Republic Records). Badflower is comprised of members Josh Katz (vocals, guitar), Joe Morrow (lead guitar, backing vocals), Alex Espiritu (bass), and Anthony Sonetti (drums). Of the Temper EP, Josh Katz notes, “There was a moment while making this EP that I feared people might not take it seriously. That it

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6 New Bands to See at Voodoo 2016

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New Orleans –  All Hallow’s Eve is upon us y’all, and for those living in the greater New Orleans area, that can only mean one thing: FRENCHMEN GONNA BE POPPIN’ Y’ALL!  WOOOOOOOOOO! Er…well, maybe two things. For all those native to the GNO—and those lucky enough to visit the Crescent City on this particularly spooky

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Frank Iero & The Patience Share New Single & A Thank You

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Brooklyn – Frank Iero And The Patience have premiered a brand new song, “Oceans” taken from the forthcoming Vagrant/BMG album.  The record was produced by the legendary team that is Ross Robinson & Steve Evetts in California earlier this year and is 12 songs of controlled chaos, which shows Frank Iero And The Patience at their absolute best. The early release comes

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Silversun Pickups release video for “Latchkey Kids”

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New York – During a today, Los Angeles based Silversun Pickups, which features Brian Aubert (guitar, vocals), Nikki Monninger (bass), Joe Lester (keyboards) and Christopher Guanlao (drums), surprised fans and released a brand new video for the song “Latchkey Kids.” The song is the latest single off Better Nature, out now on New Machine Recordings. Under The Radar calls the album “…as propulsive and arena-ready as ever”

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HINDS Announce Leave Me Alone Deluxe & US Tour

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New York – Over the past year, Hinds released their debut album Leave Me Alone, sold out shows throughout the US, UK, Europe, Asia and Australia, delivered their signature, no-holds-barred live show at festivals internationally, made their late-night debut on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, and more. Today, Hinds keep the party going and announce a deluxe version of their

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