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VDSQ (Vin Du Select Qualitite) is a new acoustic guitar LP series curated by Steve Lowenthal of Swingset Magazine and Plastic Records. The first three releases include the debut recording from Joshua Blatchley of Mountain Home, Mark McGuire, who plays guitar in Cleveland drone hero’s Emeralds, a | In
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The origins of the Blakes are rooted somewhere in the backwoods of central Maine, where brothers Garnet & Snow Keim created a shared ambition to deviate from their seemingly inevitable fates as lifelong paper mill employees (or something of that nature), and try their hands at music.
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After an eventful summer full of festivals, recording and heat avoidance, Newcastle's Little Comets are set to release their first single on Columbia Records, 'Adultery' on 26 October.
Signed in early 2009, the band released tiny debut 'One Night In October' in February, en-gen-de-ring suppo | In
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He Can Jog is hitting the road in November! If you would like to help fund the tour there is a 12" and special split 7" in it just for you!
We'll be pressing the suite from Middlemarch along with the now out of print debut He Can Jog EP "We All Have Hot Chocolate Tummies and Frozen Faces" to | Album Released Next Month! In
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The Mary Onettes’ critically acclaimed debut was described as "the perfect mix between a-ha and The Jesus and Mary Chain". Now they are back with a grandiose new album entitled 'Islands'. Imagine a Swedish equivalent of The National on a diet of speed, Planet Earth DVDs, and 80’s guitar pop singl | In
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Norwegian power-poppers I Was A King release their debut UK single as a seven-inch and download through Sonic Cathedral Recordings on November 16.
‘Norman Bleik’ is three minutes of pop perfection, mixing heavenly West Coast harmonies with ringing Rickenbacker chords. It doesn’t take a genius | In
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The Butterfly Effect released their debut UK album, “Final Conversation Of Kings” in July 2009 through Superball Music.
In addition to being one of the best loved rock bands in their home country, the Australian fourpiece have already sold in excess of 200,000 records worldwide. “Fin | In
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Drink Up Buttercup have signed with Yep Roc Records and to celebrate are giving away the single ‘Even Think’, a fast-paced fist-pumper, driven by frenzied organ arpeggios and swelling vocal harmonies reminiscent of the sound of Brian Wilson re-imagining The Velvet Underground’s White Light/Whi | In
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Acony Records is proud to announce the November 17 release of the Dave Rawlings Machine record, A Friend of a Friend. This is the first record by Dave Rawlings, the guitarist, producer, singer and songwriter best known for his work with Gillian Welch and Old Crow Medicine Show. These long ti | Performs at the Whitney Museum & Rockwood Music Hall In
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Icelandic folk chanteuse Ólöf Arnalds has been a prominent figure in her native music scene for several years as a member of Múm. However, it is Ólöf's solo debut, Við og Við that continues to garner widespread acclaim. Produced by Kjartan Sveinsson from Sigur rós, it won Best Alternative Album | In
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Following on from the Detroit Grand Pubahs’ Mysterious Mr. O’s EPM and Mr. Booty Breaks himself, DJ Nasty we keep the motor city vibe going as DJ 3000 takes to the mix. Featuring the likes of Moodymann, Aril Brikha, Gene Farris, Robert Hood, Quince, Francisco, Paul Mac, Shawn Snell, Raiders of t | In
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Toronto’s favourite electro vixen, Mellefresh, adds some Technicolour to the winter season with a fresh new single, ‘White, Trashy & Blonde’, which sees her pair up with West Coast house duo, CyberSutra for a rollicking, tongue in cheek excursion in pop music at its hedonistic best.
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Chuck together the honey drizzled lyrics of the hottest young rapper about, Janee Bennett, larger than large production from UK grime king Bless Beats (already had a # 1 with Wiley’s ‘Rolex’) and one ridiculously massive piano riff and what do you get? A summer club anthem that’s what.
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Blazing Sydney duo The Mess Hall release the first track from their new album, “Bell”, a cracking, swinging, fuzzed-out bass lope of a number on September 15th. “Bell” is the first new track to emerge from the band since their AMP Award winning album of 2007, “Devil’s Elbow”, and it sees the ba Last chatter by jack s | 1 Comments | In
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The Best of Me + You Vol. 1 compiles over 30 exclusive interviews and songs recorded at the Viva Radio's Brooklyn studios between 2007 and 2009 for the station's signature original program. Hosted by the inimitable Tedward, Me + You gives listeners an intimate and often whimsical look at artis | @ Roseland Ballroom - Oct 31st In
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For a Halloween that is sure to go down in history, Made Event presents UK superstar trance DJs Above & Beyond and Dutch phenomenon Fedde Le Grand together for one night of ghoulish mayhem at the Roseland Ballroom on Saturday, October 31st, 2009. In addition to the Halloween festivities, t | LABEL DEBUT 'UNBROKEN' SCHEDULED FOR JANUARY 5, 2010 RELEASE FIRST SINGLE AND VIDEO "HAD IT ALL" OUT NOW In
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Recording artist and actress KATHARINE MCPHEE, is preparing to release her second album - UNBROKEN - on Verve Records, home to some of the most renowned vocalists of all time, including Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan, Billie Holiday and more recently, Diana Krall. Bruce Resnikoff, Verve Mus | In
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Las Vegas rockers, Adelitas Way will hit the road with Breaking Benjamin this winter in support of their self-titled debut, which was released July 14th on Virgin/EMI Music and debuted at #16 on Billboard’s Top New Artist Chart. The tour will kick off in San Antonio, TX on Sunday, November 29 a | launch episode #2 of Themselves TV... In
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Seven months after the release of theFREEhoudini - the celebrated mixtape that announced Themselves' return - Doseone and Jel will drop CrownsDown, a careful and vicious exhibition of mastered rap tactics and sampling ethics. Themselves' third album proper has been gestating in the gut of th | PLAY SELECT U.S. DATES WITH JULIE DOIRON In
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Paris combo Herman Dune return to the U.S. this fall to headline select cities in support of their forthcoming digital-only EP Don't Lie About Me (Everloving). The 5-track release contains four songs previously unavailable outside of France, including songs their cover of The Pogues' classic "Gho | The Sky (or the Underground) out NOW In
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Mean Creek's new release,The Sky (Or The Underground), is a valiant, dynamic effort to resurrect Boston's relevance back to a time when bands like the Pixies, Throwing Muses, the Lemonheads, and Buffalo Tom reigned supreme. Founded in May 2006 by singers/guitarists Chris Keene and Aurore Ounjia | Set for release mid Novemeber 2009 In
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THE AMAZING - 'The Amazing' (Subliminal Sounds)
UK release for an album already receiving lashings of critical acclaim in The Amazing's native Sweden, this bold debut is an all-encompassing sonic soundscape of groovy electric folk rock, psychedelic pop and airy acoustic ballads. Comprising |
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