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Cincinnati festival Bunbury Music Festival 2013 lineup & tix (MGMT, The National, Belle & Sebastian, Yo La Tengo & more)

Cincinnati, OH festival Bunbury Music Festival is returning for its second year from July 12 – 14, 2013. The lineup was just announced and it includes MGMT (who were also just announced for Firefly Music Festival), The National (who were also just announced for Bonnaroo and have a huge Brooklyn show coming up), Belle and Sebastian and Yo La Tengo (who just announced a tour together, which includes a Prospect Park show), Camera Obscura, Black Joe Lewis and the Honeybears, Savoir Adore, Bear Hands, Oberhofer, We Are Scientists, Chairlift, Cake, Tegan & Sara, Tokyo Police Club, Devotchka, Those Darlins, Buffalo Killers, Sky Ferreira, and m…

Frank Ocean, Miguel, Bjork, Mumford, Black Keys, Jack White & more win & perform at Grammys (videos)

The 2013 Grammys went down last night (2/10), and here’s a quick recap of some of the winners and videos of performances. The big ones: Gotye took home Record of the Year for “Somebody That I Used To Know” (beating The Black Keys, Kelly Clarkson, …

The Breeders, Johnny Marr, Jessie Ware, Palma Violets, Daughter, Shout Out Louds, Ghost B.C. & more tickets on sale

Tickets to see The Breeders at Webster Hall go on AmEx presale today at noon. Tickets to see Jessie Ware at Webster Hall and Music Hall of Williamsburg go on AmEx presale today at noon…

Santigold sings about 'Girls' (video premiere); 'Girls' wins big at Golden Globes - soundtrack out now

Santigold @ Bowery Ballroom, 12/10/2012 (more by David Andrako) As you may have seen last night, HBO’s Girls won big at the Golden Globes, grabbing both Best Comedy series and Best Actress for creator/star Lena Dunham…

2013 Brit Award nominees announced (Emeli Sandé, Mumford and Alt-J lead the pack)

Alt-J at Mercury Lounge in May (more by Dominick Mastrangelo) Big day for award nominations. The Oscars announced theirs this morning and the Brit Awards just wrapped up their ceremony for 2013 nominations, with Emeli Sandé grabbing four and Mumford & Sons and Alt-J each getting three. Al…

2013 Grammy Nominations announced (full list)

Check out the entire list of 2013 Grammy Nominations below…

Rolling Stone's Top 50 Albums of 2012

More of the big 2012 year-end lists have been rolling in, with NPR and SPIN recently revealing theirs, and now Rolling Stone have unleashed theirs…

NPR Music's Top 50 LPs of 2012

Japandroids at Pitchfork, July 2012 (more by Fred Pessaro // BBG) NPR Music have announced their “50 favorite” albums of 2012, which includes names like Pallbearer, Andy Stott, Cat Power, Fiona Apple, Death Grips, and Swans…

SPIN names their Top 50 Albums of 2012 (Frank Ocean is #1)

SPIN have revealed their list of the top 50 albums of 2012. It continues SPIN‘s trend of giving love to crossover punk and metal (which they’ve been pretty consistent with since naming Fucked Up’s David Comes to Life their top album of 2011) with the inclusion of Baroness, Torche, Pallbearer, Cloud Nothings, and Japandroids, but rather surprisingly excludes the SPIN Essential’d Ceremony – Zoo and The Men – Open Your Heart, in favor of popular blowouts by Taylor Swift, fun…

Lou Reed playing NJ show before UR1 Festival (dates, lineup)

Lou Reed at Tibet House benefit 2012 (more by Dana (distortion) Yavin) Lou Reed will be on tour in Europe this month doing photo exhibits and book readings/signings, and upon returning to the US he’ll play a NJ show at Englewood’s Bergen Performing Arts Center on December 7…
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