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Posted on Monday, May 20th, 2013 - 2:27 pm
A six-piece ensemble from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Royal Canoe give you everything, but on their own maniacally hybrid terms. It's one thing to reference a particular style, or even a range of styles. It's another thing entirely to grab huge handfuls of sounds from pretty much anywhere, throw them all...
Posted on Monday, May 20th, 2013 - 2:18 pm
Filligar is a touring indie rock quartet hailed as “one of the best young bands in America.” The lineup – three Mathias brothers and Casey Gibson – remains unchanged since the band’s early days recording and performing as teenagers in Chicago. Live performance is the band’s lifeblood. They’ve been...
Posted on Monday, May 20th, 2013 - 1:48 pm
Geoff Union and his band will be doing a string of shows in the Midwest on the way to an appearance at the 3rd annual John Hartford Memorial Festival at Bean Blossom in Indiana. He’ll be appearing with a quartet – Chojo Jacques (fiddle), Dave Wilmoth (mandolin), and Steven Crow (upright bass),...
Posted on Monday, May 20th, 2013 - 1:26 pm
Touring behind their second studio album, Special FX Machine (April 2013), Former Champions are hitting the Southeast this summer for the Journey Tour. The four-piece from Richmond, VA will showcase their vocal-led compositions intermixed with an array of instrumentally driven electronic pieces. A...
Posted on Friday, May 17th, 2013 - 3:43 pm
Anyone looking for an all-encompassing statement-of-purpose for SOFT, the hyper-caffeinated new record from Rathborne will find it in the first line of the second song when Luke Rathborne – chief songwriter and principle persona – hiccups, "Heard you gotta get it in motion." From that moment...
Posted on Friday, May 17th, 2013 - 3:33 pm
Award-winning singer-songwriter Josh Halverson has been making music for 23 of his 28 years, and with the June 4 release of his new album, One Shot, he stands poised to break onto Austin’s vibrant music scene.
Though his sound is based in acoustic roots music, Halverson—who earned Songwriter of the...
Posted on Thursday, May 16th, 2013 - 6:59 pm
Tonight is the official grand opening of Garcia's - The Capitol Theatre lobby bar named in Jerry's honor - in Port Chester, NY! Beginning tonight, Garcia's will be open 7 days a week offering live music and a selection of memorabilia from the Garcia Family including Jerry's banjo, his Terrapin...
Posted on Thursday, May 16th, 2013 - 5:50 pm
Putumayo is pleased to announce the release of Acoustic America and companion children’s album American Playground on June 18th, 2013. In time for fireflies, the 4th of July and summer road trips, these two latest albums from the label’s American roots music series offer an acoustic taste of our...
Posted on Thursday, May 16th, 2013 - 5:27 pm
In its continuing mission to promote the Bakersfield country legacy of Buck Owens and the Buckaroos featuring Don Rich, Omnivore Recordings will issue two collections that spotlight the town’s most storied musicians: Don Rich’s That Fiddlin’ Man from 1971, and the all-instrumental The Buckaroos...
Posted on Thursday, May 16th, 2013 - 3:49 pm
Legend DJ Muggs continues to keep it rap game - his volatile new video "Wikid" (featuring Chuck D) premiered yesterday on Rolling Stone. Of the video DJ Muggs says, "We harnessed the energy of Public Enemy and Cypress Hill with futuristic sounds and the aggression and vocal delivery with...