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Counterpoint Festival 2014 lineup & tix (Outkast, Schoolboy Q, Janelle Monae, Run the Jewels, Chance the Rapper & more)

It’s looking like official Festival Lineup Announcement Day with Shaky Knees Fest, Hangout Fest, and Governors Ball giving us their rosters (not to mention Firefly and Coachella in the past week), and now here’s another one: Georgia’s CounterPoint Festival…

SXSW 2014 announces third round of showcasing artists

The 2014 SXSW Festival is coming up soon — March 11 – 16 in Austin, Texas — and they’ve just announced the third round of showcasing bands which is a massive update…

electronic music at CMJ: The Range, Ejecta, Lee Bannon, Just Blaze, Kelela, Com Truise, Blue Sky Black Death & more

We recently discussed some of the hip hop at CMJ, and now here’s a breakdown of some of the electronic music. On Thursday (10/17), Cascine and Driftless Recordings are doing a showcase at Cameo which includes Italians Do It Better co-founder Mike Simonetti, Finnish duo Shine 2009 (stream their new album below), Ejecta (aka the new collaboration of Ford & Lopatin’s Joel Ford and Neon Indian’s Leanne Macomber — stream some tracks below), Heavenly Beat, Rush Midnight (aka former Twin Shadow bassist Russ Manning), North Americans, and DJ sets from Korallreven and Bruce Smear…

TV Girl made a new video, playing CMJ (dates, streams)

LA snarky samplers TV Girl released their most recent EP, Lonely Women, over the summer, five bitter pills with sugar coating for easy pop consumption…