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Nick Thomas, guitarist and backup vocalist for the metalcore outfit Nodes of Ranvier, started the Spill Canvas up back in 2002 and shifted into a more post-punk/emo direction. The band caught on, despite the fact that it hailed...
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Falling To Rise, the new album from indie rockers Plastic Ants, starts with a piano-based power ballad “Hang On To The Good That You Got” that sets the mood for the album. It’s a somber number that has overtones of all the grea...
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The guys in the electronic dance music duo Mako — Logan Light and Alex Seaver — first met a few years back at the Electric Daisy Carnival festival in Las Vegas. They’ve been performing together ever since, even though their bac...
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An indie rock act The Good Life hadn’t put out a new studio album in eight years. The group just broke that dry spell with Everybody’s Coming Down, a collection of off-kilter songs. Singer and multi-instrumentalist Tim Kasher r...
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Released in March 1990, Social Distortion was the L.A punk band’s third album and it became their best-selling album worldwide. This past Record Store Day, the album was re-released on limited edition color vinyl.
The band is n...
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Following the release of last year’s Kings of Surburbia, Tokio Hotel—twin brothers Bill (lead singer) and Tom Kaulitz (guitar, backing vocals), Georg Listing (bass) and Gustav Schafer (drums)—released an EP featuring remixes of...
Flicks
For Cartel Land, a new documentary about the vigilante movements against the Mexican drug cartels, director Matthew Heineman embedded himself a group of Mexican citizens led by Dr. Jose Mireles and a group of Americans patrolli...
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Boyhood friends, Creedence Clearwater Revival bassist Stu Cook and drummer Doug “Cosmo” Clifford started Creedence Clearwater Revisited back in 1995 when a friend wanted to promote a few concerts. They didn’t realize at the tim...
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In 2004, Frances Quinlan started performing as Hop Along, Queen Ansleis, a solo effort that showcased her highly personal songs. Her band, rechristened Hop Along, worked with producer John Agnello (Kurt Vile, Sonic Youth, Sweet...
Concert Recaps
While Lollapalooza has become such a popular destination festival that tickets sell out before the lineup is even announced, that doesn’t mean that the music is an afterthought. Day One of this year’s installment was as strong ...