SXSW Adds Nearly 500 Acts for 2017 Music Conference

SXSW Adds Nearly 500 Acts for 2017 Music Conference

SXSW has announced 498 additional artists set to perform at the 2017 event. SXSW is the destination for industry professionals, influencers and international media who share a passion for music discovery. This is a small sample of over 2,000 artists scheduled to perform from Monday, March 13 – Sunday, March 19, 2017. The SXSW Music […]

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Gettin’ Heavy- Mastodon Announce Spring Tour With Eagles of Death Metal & Russian Circles

Gettin’ Heavy- Mastodon Announce Spring Tour With Eagles of Death Metal & Russian Circles

Atlanta-based heavy rockers Mastodon have confirmed a spring U.S. headlining tour which will kick off on April 14th in Missoula, MT, with support from Eagles of Death Metal and Russian Circles. The tour also includes stops at several festivals, including the Carolina Rebellion Festival on May 5th. Tickets go on sale this Friday, January 13th at 10 am […]

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LCD Soundsystem, The XX, Phoenix, Pixies Lead Shaky Knees Festival

LCD Soundsystem, The XX, Phoenix, Pixies Lead Shaky Knees Festival

LCD Soundsystem will be headlininkg festivals yet again in 2017 and this time they will be visiting Atlanta. The Shaky Knees Music Festival will return to Centennial Olympic Park, May 12-14, bringing  headliners The xx, LCD Soundsystem and Phoenix to downtown Atlanta, GA.  The stacked lineup also includes Pixies, The Shins, Nick Murphy, X Ambassadors, […]

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Warren Haynes Embraces A New ‘Band’ For The Last Waltz 40 Tour (INTERVIEW)

Warren Haynes Embraces A New ‘Band’ For The Last Waltz 40 Tour (INTERVIEW)

No one could ever accuse guitarist, vocalist, musical arranger and bandleader Warren Haynes of being a slacker. While his work with his signature band Gov’t mule and a steady solo career keep him occupied as his day job(s), his ongoing efforts with the Jerry Garcia Symphony Project and various other guitar duties. Haynes is currently […]

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SONG PREMIERE: Joseph King and The Mad Crush Invite Sing-A-Longs With Catchy “Everyday Feels Like A Heart Attack”

SONG PREMIERE: Joseph King and The Mad Crush Invite Sing-A-Longs With Catchy “Everyday Feels Like A Heart Attack”

Brooklyn-based artist Joseph King is known for his unique songwriting and musical style, an amalgam of sincere and sometimes quirky, pop songs with pent-up indie rock edginess, surf rock undertones, and late 60’s throwback pop sensibilities. His latest project is billed as Joseph King and The Mad Crush and it’s a fully realized manifestation of Joseph’s songwriting. […]

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Happy 69th Birthday Donald Fagen (Watch “Green Flower Street” Live)

Happy 69th Birthday Donald Fagen (Watch “Green Flower Street” Live)

Happy 69th birthday today to Donald Fagen who was born on 1/9/48. The co-founder of Steely Dan who somehow sings and resembles a white Ray Charles, has also penned and composed one of the most lyrically funky catalog of music in rock history. Watch Steely Dan perform “Green Flower Street”…
ALBUM PREMIERE: Jocelyn & Chris Ardnt Show Live Tenancity on ‘30,000 Miles’ Live LP

ALBUM PREMIERE: Jocelyn & Chris Ardnt Show Live Tenancity on ‘30,000 Miles’ Live LP

Devastatingly powerful vocals & retro-rock guitar, with lyrics that run the gamut between vulnerable to all-out venomous, siblings Jocelyn & Chris Arndt’s music has matured into a modern throwback to authentic, album-rock. Their full-length debut “Edges”, featured their band and special guests G Love and Govʼt Muleʼs Danny Louis, debuted on The Jambands Album Top […]

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Greensky Bluegrass, Del McCoury Band, Blitzen Trapper Top 2017 Northwest String Summit Lineup

Greensky Bluegrass, Del McCoury Band, Blitzen Trapper Top 2017 Northwest String Summit Lineup

The 16th Annual Northwest String Summit (NWSS) presents an array of today’s top live music acts for a blow-out return to Horning’s Hideout (North Plains, OR) from July 13 – 16, 2017. Located just 20 miles outside of Portland, OR, Horning’s Hideout stands as one of the most scenic festival sites in the country; NWSS is the only […]

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A Perfect Circle Announces Long Awaited U.S. Tour

A Perfect Circle Announces Long Awaited U.S. Tour

As A Perfect Circle begins to work on their first new album in quite some time, the band will head out on their first tour in quite some time. Following a previously announced date at the Fort Rock Festival in Ft Myers, FL, a full slate of dates has been announced. A Perfect Circle’s current lineup […]

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SONG PREMIERE:  Thorcraft Cobra Mold Power Pop Brilliance on “Carolina”

SONG PREMIERE: Thorcraft Cobra Mold Power Pop Brilliance on “Carolina”

As Thorcraft Cobra, Billy Zimmer (Brown Eyed Susans) and Tammy Glover (Sparks) combine a knack for concise pop songwriting, a gift for crafting immediately engaging melody, and impeccable taste in rock and roll sonics into something that is both fresh and undeniable. They released a self-titled EP in November of 2010 that hit #13 at Alternative […]

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Film Bits: ‘La La Land’ Wins Big at Weekend Awards Ceremonies

Film Bits: ‘La La Land’ Wins Big at Weekend Awards Ceremonies

Plus, Rogue One maintains its box office dominance for the fourth week in a row.

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U2: The Joshua Tree Tour 2017 Announced – Headlining Bonnaroo

U2: The Joshua Tree Tour 2017 Announced – Headlining Bonnaroo

U2 will return to select stadiums this year with U2: The Joshua Tree Tour 2017, in celebration of the 30th anniversary of the band’s classic album. Each show will include a performance of The Joshua Tree in its entirety, with support from one of a number of special guests including Mumford & Sons, OneRepublic and […]

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Nine Inch Nails, Frank Ocean, Tame Impala, A Tribe Called Quest Lead Strong Panorama Lineup

Nine Inch Nails, Frank Ocean, Tame Impala, A Tribe Called Quest Lead Strong Panorama Lineup

Panorama returns to New York City’s Randall’s Island Park for its second installment this summer, featuring performances from Nine Inch Nails, Frank Ocean, Tame Impala, A Tribe Called Quest, alt-J, Solange, Justice, Nick Murphy, MGMT and more.  The critically-acclaimed festival sits at the intersection of New York’s unique creative community, bringing together music, immersive art and innovative technology as […]

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Jake Clemons Talks New LP Fear & Love, Uncle Clarence & Audibles From Bruce

Jake Clemons Talks New LP Fear & Love, Uncle Clarence & Audibles From Bruce

Life is a journey full of highs and lows and how we react to them is what makes it truly our own. For Jake Clemons, he chose a piece of his journey and set it to a musical rhapsody that he has titled Fear & Love. Releasing later this week on January,13th, the saxophone player […]

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Foreigner Announces 40th Anniversary Tour With Cheap Trick, Jason Bonham

Foreigner Announces 40th Anniversary Tour With Cheap Trick, Jason Bonham

FOREIGNER, the band behind these classic and iconic songs, is turning 40 this year and they’re bringing their friends along for the year-long celebration. First up is a mammoth worldwide tour, set to launch in Syracuse, NY on July 11th. For the US shows presented by Live Nation, Foreigner will be alongside Rock & Roll […]

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Happy 50th Birthday Dave Matthews (Watch “Rhyme & Reason” Live 7/16/16 SPAC)

Happy 50th Birthday Dave Matthews (Watch “Rhyme & Reason” Live 7/16/16 SPAC)

Happy 50th birthday to Dave Matthews who was born on 1/9/67. The South African born singer-songwriter and leader of the Dave Matthews Band has become one of the most successful touring outfits of its time. Despite an aging fanbase, DMB still sells out ampitheaters and arenas and has many chapters…
Marcus King Band Delivers Soulful Psych Southern at Atlanta’s Terminal West (PHOTOS)

Marcus King Band Delivers Soulful Psych Southern at Atlanta’s Terminal West (PHOTOS)

The Marcus King Band  “soul-influenced psychedelic southern rock” to Terminal West in Atlanta GA on 1/7/17. Photos by Ian Rawn

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Spoon Unveil New Songs At Secret Austin Show

Spoon Unveil New Songs At Secret Austin Show

Back in December lovable indie rockers Spoon quietly announced that they would be dropping their ninth full-length studio album this coming this March. The album, the band’s first since 2014’s They Want My Soul, will also see them reuniting with Matador Records, the label that released their 1996 debut LP Telephono. Besides those few details, there has […]

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Happy 60th Birthday Ira Kaplan of Yo La Tengo (Watch “Mr. Tough”)

Happy 60th Birthday Ira Kaplan of Yo La Tengo (Watch “Mr. Tough”)

Happy 60th birthday today to Ira Kaplan of Yo La Tengo who was born on 1/7/57. To epitome of the truest “indie” musician, Kaplan formed Yo La Tengo in the early 80’s following years spent as a music journalist. Yo La Tengo has kept it indie in a variety of…
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8 Years Ago Today – Lead Guitarist Ron Asheton (The Stooges) Dies at 60 (Watch “TVEye” Live ’70)

8 years ago today (1/6/09) Ron Asheton, guitarist for The Stooges, is found dead in his Ann Arbor residence. Officials say Asheton apparently had been deceased for several days, and that no foul play was suspected. Asheton (along with Iggy Pop) founded The Stooges in ’67 and offered some of…

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