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“At the risk of sounding horribly pretentious, the title A Framed Life In Charming Light is kind of a metaphor for how we promote a better version of ourselves to each other. This alternate version hides how we actually feel about ourselves deep down inside,” cheekily explains JAMIE WOOLFORD, frontman of such influential bands as…

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Indie-alt-folk band von Grey will kick off a tour with Company of Thieves on January 23, 2013 at The Bishop in Bloomington, IN. The run will include shows at World Café in Philadelphia (1/29), New York City’s Highline Ballroom (1/31) and Jammin Java in Vienna, VA (2/4). The band, which recently wrapped up a West…

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MTV’s Jersey Shore, in its final season, will feature The Handcuffs’ sexy, groovilicious track “Ooh Baby Baby” in tonight’s episode. The song will be given special placement in the episode, so tune in tonight at 10/9c to see what wild scene this spicy, rocking tune will ignite. The song can be downloaded after the episode…

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Wrapping up a year of excitement and year round international touring for what is arguably her most pop-influenced album yet, Amanda Palmer & GTO will play a very special New Year’s show at Terminal 5. Openers Jherek Bischoff, Simple Pleasure + a super secret guest will perform before Amanda Palmer & The Grand Theft Orchestra…

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East London’s Rudimental joined forces with rapper, Angel Haze, on their latest track, “Hell Could Freeze” — a third installment for the band to premiere on Zane Lowe’s ‘Hottest Record’ on BBC Radio1 — also a new taste of the drum-and-base quartet’s forthcoming self-titled debut LP slated for release next year. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wA7Tmi_dxmc http://rudimental.co.uk

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Capitol Records is gearing up for the release of the stunning new album from Britt Nicole, a Nashville-based artist who marks the label’s latest pop singer/songwriter signing. Due out February 26th, the newly repackaged Gold which was released on Sparrow Records in March 2012 and debuted at number 41 on the Top 100 Billboard Chart…

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Low Culture plays catchy garage punk that while not far removed from some of the member’s previous projects, Shang-A-Lang/Marked Men, has a lot less emphasis on riffs and blown out recordings, and more emphasis on melody and crisp (while not necessarily “over-produced”) recordings. “Screens” is their debut LP, which comes out on 1/9/2013…and it was…

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Pitchfork premieres the first track from 24-year old Dutch multi-instrumentalist Jacco Gardner’s upcoming LP, Cabinet of Curiosities, out via Trouble in Mind on February 12. “The Ballad of Little Jane” is a pastoral baroque pop jaunt, and the sad story it tells is just as sweet as the track’s lilting introduction. Like Nilsson and Davies…

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Slam Dunk partnered up with the folks at Paper Magazine to premiere their new video for “Dying Breed,” a song Sound of Confusion says is “pretty irressistible and sticks in the memory.”   The video was directed by Jordan Minkoff, shot by Morgan Tams and features the band doing what they do best, having fun.…

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UK-based rock band Cheatahs are excited to announce the release of their Extended Plays, out February 5th on Wichita Recordings. The release will include 8 tracks compiled from the band’s two EPs released in the UK earlier this year, Coared and SANS. Praising the SANS EP, Noisey noted they are “crammed full of scuzzy guitars,…

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Drew Holcomb & The Neighbors announce new studio album Good Light, set for release February 26, 2013 on Magnolia Music. Recorded live at Ardent Studios in Memphis, Good Light arrives shortly following Drew’s 30th birthday and the birth of his first child, daughter Emmylou, with wife and band-mate Ellie Holcomb. http://soundcloud.com/drewholcomb/tennessee   “This album perfectly…

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“Cloud Aura ft. Brooke Candy” (produced by J £ZUS MILLION) off Charli XCX’s Super Ultra Mixtape displays her innovative relationship with electro-pop.   The video is a gritty, black and white pop culture collage starring two of the most badass chicks in music, Charli XCX and Brooke Candy, each taking over the scene with a…

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Imagine wandering into a normal, everyday location, and happening upon a next-level performance from a live band.   That is MINI taking “NOT NORMAL” to a whole new level. MINI, RCRD LBL and a cast of emerging artists will be spicing up routines, splashing a bit of individuality onto the greyness of day-to-day life. That…

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March 26, 2013 is going to be a very good day for SEVENDUST fans. That day brings the highly anticipated release of the band’s brand new album, their ninth studio effort, BLACK OUT THE SUN, on their 7Bros. Records label (through Warner Music Group’s Independent Label Group). The first single, “Decay,” will be released to…

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Mount Moriah will release Miracle Temple, their breakthrough second LP and first new album for Merge Records, on February 26, 2013. Fiercely contemporary yet rich with classic influences, Mount Moriah’s Miracle Temple sports bigger arrangements, louder guitars, bolder vocals, and more soulful rhythms than their acclaimed self-titled debut. Through their artful personal storytelling, the band…

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Singer/songwriter/harpist, Anna Cate, appeared on Seattle’s KING 5 TV (NBC) during their annual “Evening Magazine” Holiday Special. Airing the day after Thanksgiving, this wonderful event features Seattle’s most promising new musical acts as they welcome in the upcoming Christmas season. Anna Cate performed her new track, C-O-Z-Y, at the Fremont Abbey Arts Center, a nonprofit…

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When The Cult frontman Ian Astbury had the idea for SALEM to remix a song off their new release Choice of Weapon, he reached out to the band as an admirer, using an email he found on and EP he had. The band responded and chose “Elemental Light” which resulted in an ethereal, beat-driven verison…

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Discover bold new roots artists with the CMT Edge 2012 Sampler available as a free digital download now on Amazon.com. CMT Edge has curated 16 tracks across Americana, roots, bluegrass and classic country genres from new and noteworthy artists including Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit, Trampled by Turtles, Elizabeth Cook, Turnpike Troubadours, Lord Huron,…

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Martin Harley, internationally acclaimed slide guitar prodigy, is set to open for blues-hop singer ZZ Ward and rock band Delta Rae on their co-headlining ‘Fire And Shine’ tour next year. The tour is set to kick off in Denver, CO on January 29th and will make stops in major cities across the country through March.…

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604 Records’ alterna-rapper Anami Vice, will shake things up at Vancouver’s Fortune Sound Club on December 5 in celebration of his debut EP, Are You Serious. Backed by his band The New Future, Anami Vice will perform alongside Cover Me Canada’s The Simpson Bros, party rap chicks Hot For Astronomy and pumpin’ Vancouver DJ Cherchez…

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Up and coming ATL rapper Trinidad James has been making so much noise with his single “All Gold Everything,” that he’s got everyone from Diddy to Rick Ross trying to sign him. In this exclusive interview with Hoodrich Radio and Hot 107.9’s DJ Scream, Trinidad breaks down his unique style and explains why he’s in…

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Sub Pop Records is excited to announce that Duluth, MN, trio Low are releasing their 10th record, The Invisible Way, on March 19, 2013 (the 18th in the UK). The record was produced by Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy, engineered by Tom Schick and recorded in Wilco’s studio in Chicago, IL, during the fall of 2012.  …

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Toronto born emcee Promise releases a new video for his track “Somebody Else” off his latest album Awakening: http://bit.ly/QmgbFh. Produced by LordQuest, the track features the soulful vocals of Slakah on the hook and addresses ironic pressures of life that make us want to be somebody else in order to be accepted as our self.…

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Cult Records is set to release Strike Gently, the long-awaited second full length from critically acclaimed New York-based band the Virgins, on March 12. The album was recorded in NYC at the East Village Recording Center underneath the site of the storied former rock club Brownies and produced by Johnny T Yerington and Gus Oberg…

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Named by Billboard Magazine as The Top World Music Artists of the Year, Verve Recording artists, Celtic Thunder, have wowed millions with their chart topping albums and live performances. In the midst of their highly successful and largely sold out US tour, the band has chosen to pause to give back to those directly affected…

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Kicking off 2013, Nettwerk Management artist Guster will self-release Guster: Live Acoustic, a collection of live recordings from their 2012 acoustic tour (out January 8, 2013). http://youtu.be/_Lty24NBmDU It’s been eight years since Guster released a proper live album – 2004’s Guster On Ice — and two years since their last studio album, Easy Wonderful.  …

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Brown Paper Tickets, the Not-Just-For-Profit ticketing company, has made an upfront donation, and joined forces with punk/thrash band Dirty Rotten Imbeciles (D.R.I.) to accept fee-free donations that the ticketing company will match up to $2,500 for lead singer Spike Cassidy’s Cancer Relief Fund. The donation landing page, good through the end of 2012, can be…

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Trust returns with more tales of heartbreak, desire, and nostalgia that pull you into Robert Alfons’ otherworldly atmosphere. We’re pleased the announce the release of Trust’s new EP, featuring the single, “Dressed for Space,” a new original track, “Divine,” and two new remixes. Trust are playing headline shows and on the road with The Faint…

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Check out Skylar Grey’s brand new track, “C’mon Let Me Ride” featuring Eminem!   Stream the song with this interactive cover, which includes the just-released lyric video: http://www.skylargreymusic.com/news/default.aspx?nid=39785 http://youtu.be/Eyemy_G8NQg   On December 11th, the video for “C’mon Let Me Ride” will premiere and the track will become available for digital download at iTunes. The song,…

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Los Angeles’, The Reflections take us behind the lens of their music, with a Wonka-styled journey through the subway tunnels for the video for their second single, “Disconnected.” Directed by Ellen Frances (The New Pornographers, Black Marble), the “Disconnected” video premiered last week at Impose Magazine who called it, “riveting to watch and ripe for…

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HUNTER VALENTINE is a band in nonstop motion. From starring on Season 3 of Showtime’s The Real L Word to the release of their third record, Collide & Conquer on Megaforce/Sony in October to a just-wrapped six week tour of North America, the ladies of Hunter Valentine are everywhere. Now the band has announced a…

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In 1988, John Lennon’s wife Yoko Ono gave a candid interview to record-label president Joe Smith about the Beatles’ split:   “For John, it was a divorce.   I think he was feeling very good about it, as if a big weight was off him.” Ono was among more than 200 celebrated performers, producers and…

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Chattanooga indie-rockers Moonlight Bride has announced plans to release their new EP, Dead Language, digitally on December 4 at all major online retailers.   In anticipation, the band is streaming the entire EP now at http://www.thesouthrail.com/?p=4267.     Haunted Pop.   A term that best describes and is reserved solely for Moonlight Bride.   On…

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Victory Records is honored to announce that THE REVEREND HORTON HEAT has joined the Victory roster. Watch the announcement video here. http://youtu.be/Xe2SzyWBsnA The Rev comments, “We are very excited to be a Victory band now. Since we are going to get back to doing some edgier stuff, it makes perfect sense to be on Victory.…

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To continue to celebrate the release of her sophomore album Cigarettes & Truckstops, acclaimed Nashville-based artist Lindi Ortega is set to embark on a nationwide solo tour in 2013. Full details on reverse. Ortega has toured extensively throughout 2011-2012, opening for acts like Social Distortion, Dierks Bentley, and James Vincent McMorrow. Her live performance has…

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Since the platinum-selling success of his genre-bending No. 1 hit, “Lover, Lover,” country star Jerrod Niemann has made it his goal to over-deliver during his live shows with many sets lasting nearly three hours. In celebration of his new album Free The Music, which features the current single “Only God Could Love You More,” Niemann…

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London-based producer/writer/vocalist WALL is excited to share her cover of Karen Dalton’s “Something On Your Mind” with US audiences, debuting the track with Pitchfork.   After releasing the haunting “No Secrets” on SoundCloud in February as a free download, the Black Cab Sessions team stepped in to get involved, signing WALL for her debut single…

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Los Angeles’ CLUB NOKIA is excited to host four-time GRAMMY ® award-winning American soul singer and songwriter Erykah Badu on Saturday, December 29. Tickets for this show go on sale Friday, November 30 at 10:00 AM. Reserved Floor, VIP Balcony and Lower Balcony tickets are $85. Upper Balcony tickets are $65 and General Admission Standing…

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9th Wonder & Buckshot are out with a surreal new video for “Crazy,” a track on their new album ‘The Solution’ (Jamla/Duck Down Music), which is available now at major outlets. The video features four versions of Buckshot, a creepy rabbit and a masked man. You figure it out. Video Link: http://win.gs/UQIEpe

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Wild Belle is set to release their debut album Isles on March 12th, 2013 on Columbia Records.   Recorded with electronics wizard Bill Skibbe at Keyclub Recordings in Benton Harbor, Michigan, Isles was written and produced by Chicago based siblings Natalie and Elliot Bergman.   Isles is comprised of eleven songs that showcase Wild Belle’s…

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