2008

Euphonic Conceptions – Raging Till The Morning Sun

Through the incorporation of various styles of electronic music, professionally-run production and an overall unique appeal, Euphonic Conceptions has been stimulating new vigor in the Colorado music scene. Bringing a fresh perspective on electronic music, the new company has been making waves from coast-to-coast.

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Briefly: Pearl Jam Announces Summer Tour

Over the past few days we’ve heard whispers that Pearl Jam would tour the East Coast in June, and today we finally got our dates. Eddie and the boys head out on June 11 for ten shows of their own, as well as a headlining gig at Bonnaroo. Kings of Leon and Ted Leo and the Pharmacists will split the opening duties. Tickets go on sale this Monday for Ten Club members, with public on-sales to follow shortly thereafter. Read on after the jump for the full list of dates.

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MP3 Boot Camp: SXSW Lovelies

After a major music festival hits you can always count on Largehearted Boy to compile all of the available downloads from said festie. Just check out their comprehensive 2008 SXSW

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Bloggy Goodness: I’m Not There

I gotta be honest I’m still burnt out from SXSW to really come up with something witty today. All those bands, all those panels, all those parties – it was

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Warren and Grace to Co-Host Jammys

Last fall Gov’t Mule and Grace Potter and the Nocturnals teamed up for a memorable cross-country tour. It seems Grace and Warren must’ve hit it off, because they will be

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Tift Merritt: Another Country

In late 2006, Lost Highway Records dropped Tift Merritt.  Her final album with the label, Tambourine, garnered a Grammy nomination and general high praise, but it left Merritt as an independent musician. Clueless by the decision and tapped of her energy, Merritt, who had been living in Paris at the time, still felt one thing to be true: her songs that would eventually become her third album, Another Country, would win out. 

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Alive in Wild Paint: Ceilings

Ceilings is an album that relies more on piano and layers of ambient noise than it does on the brash guitar, bass and drums of a typical rock band. The first reaction is that they've tapped into OK Computer-era Radiohead, but the deeper influence is perhaps The Church who created a similar ebb and flow of soothing yet moving noise surrounding an almost folky organic center.

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