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A “no wave” band formed in Cleveland by John D Morton (electric eels, Johnny & the Dicks) back in 1978, X__X has recently picked up a bit of traction. Last year, the band was featured in a New York Times’ article that chron...
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It’s been a busy year for the punk band Against Me! The band toured Europe and Australia earlier this year and is now making its way across the U.S. While a new studio album is only in its nascent stages, the band has a live al...
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A few years ago, Sugar Ray singer Mark McGrath and Everclear singer Art Alexakis launched Summerland, a tour that paid tribute to bands from the ’90s. Alexakis wanted that tour to get a bit heavier and McGrath wanted the tour t...
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For his seventh studio album, Born On Fire, singer-songwriter Ike Reilly teamed up with former Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello. The album is a joint release between Rock Ridge Music and Tom Morello’s new label Fi...
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Comedian Dave Hill played with a number of indie rock bands — Uptown Sinclair, Cobra Verde, Valley Lodge and Sons of Elvis — before turning his talent to comedy (not that he’s left rock completely behind). On his new comedy alb...
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Steve Earle’s new album Terraplane is largely Texas blues but it still has plenty of twang to it as Earle and the Dukes draw from country and bluegrass. Influenced by Lightnin’ Hopkins, Freddie King, Johnny Winter, Jimmie and S...
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After one seriously long hiatus, L.A. indie rockers Failure reunited in 2014 to play their first show since 1997. That show went so well that the group stuck together. It’s just issued The Heart is a Monster, a hard-rocking fol...
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Scientist and entrepreneur Jerry Mearini was all set to go to Berklee College to pursue one of his passions, music, before he changed his mind to pursue another, physics, at Ohio State University and later Case Western Reserve ...
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Earlier this year, Soul Asylum launched a PledgeMusic campaign to help fund an album of all new material slated for release later this year. Pledge exclusives include signed copies of the new album, a name in the liner notes, a...
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Raspy voiced singer Johnette Napolitano first made her mark with the L.A.-based hard rock act Concrete Blonde. Now, she devotes her attention to her solo career. She’s published a book, released several solo albums and composed...