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Foals, Nilufer Yanya, Vaccines & more contributing to 'Songs For The National Health Service' benefit LP
Foals, Nilüfer Yanya, Wolf Alice, Baxter Dury, The Vaccines, The Big Moon, The Orielles, Pixx and more UK artists have contributed rare and unreleased tracks for a new benefit album, Songs For The National Health Service….
NME's Top 50 albums of 2015
It’s the season for year-end lists, and they just keep rolling in. Now longrunning (and now free) UK weekly NME has joined the party, going with Grimes‘ Art Angels at #1 on their top 50 albums of 2015 list (she also topped Gorilla vs…
Firefly Festival 2016 lineup (Florence + the Machine, Tame Impala, blink-182, Death Cab, M83, A$AP Rocky & more)
The Firefly Music Festival will return in 2016 from June 16-19. This year’s lineup includes Mumford & Sons, Kings of Leon, Florence & the Machine, Deadmau5, Disclosure, blink-182, Death Cab for Cutie, Tame Impala, M83, A$AP Rocky, Ludacris, Earth Wind & Fire, Fetty Wap, Flogging Molly, Vince Staples, AlunaGeorge, Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats, Guster, Chairlift, Quilt, Laura Stevenson an…
Feathers releasing 'If All Now Here,' made a video for "Land of the Innocent," add more NYC shows
Feathers @ Austin’s Moody Theater, Jun. 2012 (more by Tim Griffin)
Austin’s Feathers will release their debut album, If All Now Here, will be out April 15…
UK band TOY playing NYC after SXSW
One of my favorite albums of last year was the debut album by UK band TOY. Featuring ex members of Joe Lean & the Jing Jang Jong (don’t hold that against them) and fronted by Tom Dougall (brother of Rose Elinor Dougall), the band make motorik shoegaze that doesn’t skimp on the hooks…
SXSW announces first round of 2013 artists
SXSW has announced its first round of artists for the 2013 installment of the festival which happens from March 12-17. Among the acts are Mercury Prize winners Alt-J, BADBADNOTGOOD, The Bug, Chris Cohen, Mac DeMarco, Eagulls, Klaxons, Thurston Moore, Marnie Stern, Amon Tobin, White Lung, Why…
