RY X Captivates Chicago

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Chicago – On a Thursday night, in the Windy City, I happened upon a surprising sight: a group of people had chosen to gather at Lincoln Hall to watch talented Australian musician RY X perform instead of watching the Chicago Cubs play the LA Dodgers in Game 5 of the National League Championship Series. Yeah, mind-blowing,

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Artist of the Week: Lianne La Havas

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This year has been a revelation with regards to new bands and artists emerging on the musical radar of many. If you could have predicted the success of acts like Alt-J, Michael Kiwanuka, Tame Impala, Frank Ocean, Alabama Shakes, Ben Howardetc, then I want your Grey’s Sports Almanac. Though she hasn’t quite reached the level

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Artist of the Week: Field Report

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Even with an album coming out next Tuesday, Field Report to many music fans, remains an unknown quantity as a new band, yet there’s an aura of curiosity hovering around them. Though as a group they’re new, the truth is that the members have an impressive resume. Having been in DeYarmond Edison before this outfit,

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Bonnaroo Day Four Wrap Up

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I knew how my last day at Bonnaroo was going to begin with Black Box Revelation and end with The Staves, who we interviewed here last week. However, everything in the middle was fair game. Regardless of where I ended up, I knew I’d find awesome music at any stage. Knowing where I had to be

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POLIÇA Premiere “Wandering Star” Video

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Minneapolis continues its golden run of producing great new bands with the first project to arrive out the Gayngs collective, the super slick electronic pop-soul outfit Poliça. Fronted by ice cool vocalist Channy Leanagh who sang with Gayngs, produced by Ryan Olson and featuring Mike Noyce from Bon Iver, it’s a who’s who of the current

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Festival Preview: Bonnaroo

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What Bonnaroo does better than any other North American festival is purvey that communal atmosphere of Woodstock. As great as the festival’s atmosphere is, let’s talk about some of the bands we’re most excited to see. They’re not exactly a new band, in fact, they’re the complete antithesis of that, but we’d be remiss if

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