False Heads: ‘Steal & Cheat’

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Berlin – False Heads have taken their cult following, frenetic live stage antics, and percolating buzz to a new level, with the release of their new single ‘Steal & Cheat’. Set to debut on the label 25 Hour Convenience Store this December 4th, this new single has already been compared to the revered Buzzcocks, which

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Stay In Touch With Brothertiger

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Los Angeles – John Jagos began experimenting with making electronic music while attending Ohio University in 2009. After adopting the name, Brothertiger, he released his fanciful synth-laden debut EP Vision Tunnels. Since then, Jagos has released the critically praised LPs, Golden Years (2012) and Future Splendors (2013). With his recent move to Brooklyn, New York,

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Audiodamn! Tour Dairy – Kansas City

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Kansas City – Snow. Or as we call it: snow, I mean no….. We call it “Schnee” which sounds a bit like the sound your Macbook makes when you send an email…if…you use your imagination at least. We did see a lot of it when we woke up after our show in Davenport (#Quadcities). After

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Lights Lit Up Chicago

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Chicago – Lights and co-headliners The Mowgli’s performed for a packed House of Blues, having sold out the downtown venue. While fans, young and old, excitedly waited for the show to begin, I found myself questioning if I should be there, knowing just blocks away Chicago youth were protesting the murder cover-up of Laquan McDonald, who

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Cage The Elephant Announce UK & Europe Shows In February

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London – Cage the Elephant, who release their new album Tell Me I’m Pretty through Columbia Records on 18th December, have confirmed a string of European shows in February. The gigs will be the bands’ first since playing with Foals at Alexandra Palace in Feb 2014. The Times raved about those shows, reporting, “charismatic singer Matt Shultz

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AUDIODAMN! Tour Diary – Davenport

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Davenport – Daytrotter. Every musician loves entering a studio. Cool, overpriced vintage gear, a mixing desk, Guitars, Amps, Rooms, Carpets. It is – in fact – like coming home. Your breathing and heart rate start to slow down and your face muscles turn your frozen “aaaaaawwww”- face – from the cold weather outside – into

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Youth Lagoon Floods The Fillmore

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San Francisco – It seems like everyone has been getting sick lately.  I’ve been ill on-and-off for the past few weeks, the professors at my school have been canceling classes left and right, even my cat seems a little under the weather.  But a cold couldn’t hold back Trevor Powers and his project Youth Lagoon,

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AUDIODAMN! Tour Diary – Minneapolis

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Minneapolis – Sometimes you wake up and you ask yourself how you want to start your day. You know…you have one or two hours until you start working and there’s a ton of possibilities. For instance, you could stay in bed, call your family, buy a cat, even a lizard or, you could invest in

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