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BBC Music Sound of 2015 longlist announced

The BBC have released the list of artists they and their panel think “highlights 15 of the best and brightest new acts for the coming year…

SXSW 2015 2nd round of artists announced

The Cribs at MHOW in 2012 (more by Guy Eppel) A ton of artists were already announced for SXSW 2015 (March 17-22), and now the second artist announcement has come with several more including Twin Shadow, The Cribs, Swervedriver, Gang of Four, KEN mode, Weyes Blood, Wild Throne, Elvis Depressedly, SURVIVE, Juan Wauters, San Fermin, Lydia Ainsworth, The Blind Shake, Ex-Cult, Ikonika, King Tuff, Pujol, The Velvet Teen, The Zombies, Zookeeper, Yumi Zouma and tons m…

Caveman -- 2013 CMJ shows & other dates

Caveman at Webster Hall in April (more by Dominick Mastrangelo) As you probably know by now, CMJ starts today, and local indie pop band Caveman are doing a number of shows for it this year, and all of them (at least what’s currently announced) are free…

San Fermin announced a tour; Lucius too (dates)

San Fermin at LPR in September (more by Amanda Hatfield) Brooklyn chamber pop collective San Fermin (the project of Nico Muhly associate Ellis Ludwig-Leone) recently celebrated their self titled debut LP (out now via Downtown) with a release show at LPR, and they’ve now announced a full tour in support of the rec…

Foie Gras is for the Uninformed (aka Gothamist)

I’m not much of an activist, but Foie Gras is disgusting, uber-cruel, & pointless, and Gothamist writing something positive about it (“our favorite foie gras dish in the city was blah blah blah”) has me wondering if I’ll submit a post next week…
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