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Midway through Pulp: A Film About Life, Death and Supermarkets, Florian Habicht’s documentary about the Brit-pop band, we find out just what motivated singer Jarvis Cocker to first form the group. He admits he was “shy” and fig...
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Touring in support of their new single, “Everywhere I Go (Kings and Queens),” Brooklyn-based New Politics draws from the pop/rock/punk approach of alternative rock acts such as Weezer and Nirvana. The band has toure...
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On Hang, its first full-length album in nearly a decade, Lagwagon sharpens its songwriting skills to deliver what is arguably the group’s best album yet. The record shows an introspection and maturity, including songs about soc...
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Thanks to some highly successfully YouTube videos, pop singer Neon Hitch has become an Internet sensation. The Brit singer has embarked on her self-funded Yard Sale Tour to promote Eleutheromaniac, the debut album that she’ll s...
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Singer-songwriter Mike Doughty is bringing his “world-renowned, award-winning Question Jar Show” to a city near you. The former Soul Coughing front man is touring with sidekick Andrew “Scrap” Livingston on cello. The two ...
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Singer-guitarist Melissa Etheridge released a debut self-titled album that yielded the Grammy-nominated single “Bring Me Some Water” in 1988. Now, some 25 years later, This is M.E., returns to the heartland rock sound of that f...
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Singer-songwriter Gary Calamar started out working at record stores in the ‘80s. He somehow weaseled his way into a DJ gig at KCRW, the hugely influential NPR station based out of Santa Monica. He’s worked as music supervisor f...
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The Pretty Reckless formed in 2009 and a year later released its full-length debut, Light Me Up, an album that yielded hits such as “Make Me Wanna Die.” Earlier this year, the band, which has toured with Evanescence, Marilyn Ma...
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The Toronto-based indie rock group Sloan is a true democracy. All four members — Jay Ferguson, Chris Murphy, Patrick Pentland and Andrew Scott —write songs for each album. The band’s latest release, Commonwealth, is a double al...
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Currently traipsing across the country on his Yee Yee Nation 2014 tour, country singer Granger Smith has put up some impressive numbers over the span of a relatively short career. He’s amassed 25 million unique YouTube views, p...