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Bloggy Goodness: Bowery’s Brotherly Love

Bowery Presents has easily cemented themselves as the premiere concert promoter in the New York City area, booking shows in their fully-owned and operated venues as well as places like

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Bloggy Goodness: Once The Musical

With the runaway success of the film Once, it’s really no surprise that it would eventually be adapted for the Great White Way. The stage version of the 2006 flick,

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Bloggy Goodness: Brooklyn Bowl The App

We’ve already professed our love and admiration for Brooklyn Bowl when we named it as our favorite New York City music venue. The gastropub-bowling alley-concert venue is again proving that

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The Hold Steady: Heaven Is Whenever

You wonder what comparisons The Hold Steady are more sick of now – the Bruce Springsteen ones or the "best bar band in America" ones.  With their fifth album Heaven is Forever, both tags have lost as much weight as guitarist Tad Kubler’s pant size   Sure, The Hold Steady are a great band and even a better “bar” one, but that label is  now tired, as Heaven is Whenever holds more depth than the “Chip Ahoys” and “Constructive Summers" of album's past.

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Video: The Hold Steady – Weekenders

Earlier this week the world’s greatest bar band The Hold Steady released their fifth studio album, Heaven Is Whenever, their first without long time keyboardist and mustache enthusiast Franz Nicolay.

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Bloggy Goodness: No Points West

While sometimes it feels like the first half of year is dedicated to festival announcements, it’s looking like we won’t have to do much more reporting on the much maligned

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Tour Dates: Forked Up

Love ’em or hate ’em, the folks at Pitchfork sure know how to put together a music festival that is big on heavy hitters and low on price. The influential

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Bloggy Goodness: Fire On The Mountain

In our never ending quest to keep you up to date on the latest and greatest festival news comes the announcement of the initial lineup for Warren Haynes’ Mountain Jam.

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