May 2010

New Tour & Album From Superchunk

Superchunk have festival dates planned this summer and now east coast dates in September. Details are emerging about their long-anticipated new album, which now has a title: Majesty Shredding! Superchunk

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Arcade Fire To Release New Single

Arcade Fire set to release a new single within the next few weeks. The Canadian band posted a message on their official website, Arcadefire.com, explaining that they were planning on

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Pullin’ ‘Tubes: Hip To Be Square

Around since the mid-’90s, roots-rockers The Mother Hips have always seemed to be one of those bands that have never been able to break it big despite their fervent cult

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Tour Dates: Welcome To The Machine

Last year, Gillian Welch’s longtime musical collaborator Dave Rawlings released his first solo album A Friend Of A Friend under the clever moniker – Dave Rawlings Machine. The album, which

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Stormy Mondays: The Workingman’s Mix

For a little beginning of the week boost by way of commiseration, this week’s Stormy Monday is a workingman’s mix of music, kicking off with The Mother Hips’ Raining Gravel,

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Televised Tune: On The Tube This Week

As we reach the peak of the May Sweeps rating period, the late night shows are all trying to out do each other with their musical bookings which certainly benefits

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Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros: Home

Last November, we first hipped you to the psychedelic-folk sounds of Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros via our semi-regular Blips column. The LA-based, hippie-collective, who seem to be one

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