Bad Suns to Release Sophomore Album ‘Disappear Here’

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Los Angeles - Today, with much excitement, California’s own Bad Suns announced the release of sophomore album, Disappear Here. The indie rock band will unleash album number two on September 16, 2016, via Vagrant Records/BMG US. Fans can pre-order the album on iTunes and receive an instant download of the title track, “Disappear Here.” In a press release, frontman Christo Bowman spoke of

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LANY Releases New Single “like you lots”

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New York – L.A. electro-pop band LANY has released the new single “like you lots,” from its new six-song EP kinda. The 80s heavy, modern R&B track is the perfect fit for summer. In “like you lots,” Frontman Paul Klein sings, “you are my number one,” and for us, LANY is the number one pick for summer

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Sunflower Bean Finds the Power in Three

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San Francisco – Three is a powerful number. Now, I’m no numerologist, so I can’t explain the scientific or divine properties these mundane and otherwise ordinary entities contain, though I do know that practically everything can be expressed in numbers, in some way. The number three seems to hold a certain degree of influence — in language, in mathematics,

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Glastonbury 2016: Day Four Coverage

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Somerset, UK – Sunday morning. Forgive me for starting with the weather once more. Thankfully, there had been no overnight rain at Glastonbury to speak of, yet ground conditions remained extremely muddy, and we were in for a largely overcast day with showers expected later. Of course, the weather is pretty fundamental to festivalgoers’ experiences, whether they are

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Glastonbury 2016: Day Three Coverage

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Somerset, UK - Those Glastonbury campers who were actually in bed rather than partying at Shangri La didn’t get a great night’s sleep, woken by heavy overnight rain drumming on tents, followed by more early morning precipitation. It hardly dampened spirits; though, the result of the EU referendum still weighed heavily. An opinion poll by The Times

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Glastonbury 2016: Day Two Coverage

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Somerset, UK – Glastonbury Festival kicked off for real on Friday after campers woke up to sunny intervals vying with overcast skies and a muddy terrain, though no worse than it was the day before. All the stages opened today so festival goers were hit with those “mission impossible” schedules. A high class problem. Talking of problems, this

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Glastonbury 2016: Day One Coverage

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Somerset, UK - 2016′s Glastonbury Festival opened its gates on Wednesday followed by tales of up to 12 hour queues to get onsite, along with the combination of rain and people on already well-watered land, turning the lush pastures of Worthy Farm into a familiar quagmire. The weather was kinder to early festival goers on Thursday but less so to those

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The Hunna Announce Debut Album ’100′

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New York – Come, take shade under the magnificent leaves of the Hunna Tree. With roots buried deep in the urgency of rock and a laid-back sound dappled with an indie aesthetic, The Hunna ask you to take a leaf out of its book, by letting go of your inhibitions. Be young, be free, and be whoever the

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