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In the wake of the release of her new album, Worthy, singer Bettye LaVette played a residency at the Café Carlyle in New York City. The residency kicks off a four-month promotional tour of North America, the UK, and Europe, inc...
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The music video for “How We Be,” the first single from Sinkane’s (Ahmed Gallab) latest album, Mean Love, serves as an ode to New York with its images of various neighborhoods. It includes step, ballet, breakdancing and other st...
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Cherub seems out of sync with most of the music coming out of Nashville, but the dance-pop duo certainly doesn’t mind. Songs such as “Monogamy,” “Doses & Mimosas” and “XOXO” shamelessly d...
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The guys in the Christian metalcore band August Burns Red were the catalyst that turned Lancaster, Pennsylvania, into a hardcore hotbed. Whatever money the band earned from hosting shows, it put toward buying gear for its group...
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"It’s about what is selfish and what is selfless and the gray line that sometimes divides the two," says 'Match' writer/director Stephen Belber.
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On their new album, Runners in the Nerved World, the Sidekicks sound more like the indie act Built to Spill than the punk band Green Day. The band, which originally started out as a straight-up punk band nearly ten years ago, t...
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Given that Anti-Flag split up after its first show, the band has recovered quite nicely. Formed in 1988 (but the band’s celebrating its 20th anniversary so you do the math), the Pittsburgh-based hardcore/punk group is currently...
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Released last year, the Cold War Kids’ Hold My Home is a collection of jittery tunes that are driven by singer/multi-instrumentalist Nathan Willett, whose very distinctive, high-pitched voice alternates between enthusiastic yel...
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Formed in 1997, Motion City Soundtrack’s sound falls on the pop side of the pop-punk spectrum although their most recent album, 2012’s Go, pretty much drops the punk part of the equation altogether. Not that there’s...
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The Devil Makes Three, you might not immediately guess their sound. With his short cropped hair and vintage suit, singer-guitarist Pete Bernhard looks like he could play in a swing band. The same goes for upright bassist Lucia ...