Civil Twilight Debuts Ethereal Rendition of “Dancing With Myself”

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New York - South African rock band Civil Twilight released a haunting yet beautiful cover of Billy Idol’s ”Dancing With Myself.” The four-piece also announced an acoustic re-release of the band’s phenomenal third album Story of an Immigrant, via Wind-up Records on July 15th. Civil Twilight has been touring in support of the album the past month, including festivals performances

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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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Birdy Soars at Chicago’s Park West

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Chicago – On a beautiful Friday night in Chicago’s Lincoln Park neighborhood, just a stone’s throw from Lake Michigan, excited fans walked the streets towards Park West to see twenty year-old U.K. singer-songwriter Jasmine Lucilla Elizabeth Jennifer van den Bogaerde, better known as Birdy, who has been touring in support of her third album Beautiful

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6 New Bands We Loved At Bonnaroo Days 3 & 4

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Manchester, TN - As the second half of the Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival’s 15th anniversary edition began on Saturday morning, neither the merciless (and gradually building) heat and humidity nor the profound, almost tangible energy emanating from the thousands of festivalgoers showed any sign of halting. Despite a dramatic increase in temperature and a severe weather threat that prompted

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Billy Bibby On Life After Catfish

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London – There were many raised eyebrows in the summer of ’14 when founding lead guitarist Billy Bibby parted company with Catfish & The Bottlemen just as seven years of serious dues-paying were about to culminate in the release of subsequent hit album, The Balcony. Bibby seemed uncertain of his immediate plans beyond some song

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7 New Bands We Loved At Bonnaroo Day 1

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Manchester, TN – Well here we are again: another sunny weekend full of blistering heat and multitudes of glorious debauchery to be witnessed down at Great Stage Park in Manchester. The annual Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival in south central Tennessee always promises eclectic lineups, visual and aural spectacle, and an altogether memorable experience. Whether you’re new to the

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Featured Artist: The Shelters

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Los Angeles – The Shelters are a band on the precipice of rock stardom. Their debut full-length studio album will be released on June 10 and promises to further the refreshingly relevant alternative rock sounds heard on their previously released EP. Not only do they have a major label recording deal with Warner Brothers Records,

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Still Parade’s ‘Concrete Vision’ is Chillwave Heaven

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Los Angeles - Niklas Kramer is a Berlin-based artist, who performs under the moniker Still Parade. On June 10th, Still Parade is set to release his ten-song debut, Concrete Vision. He first hit the scene a few years back with the Fields EP and its mesmerizing single. “Actors.” The release was recorded in well-equipped professional studios, with seasoned producers. Then, in 2014,

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