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Jack Johnson
Jack Johnson
Jack Johnson

Jack Johnson recorded last year’s From Here to Now to You at his own Mango Tree Studio with longtime producer Mario Caldato, Jr. (the guy behind Johnson’s biggest-selling release 2005’s In Between Dreams as well as albums by th...

 
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Paul Oakenfold
Paul Oakenfold
Paul Oakenfold

On his forthcoming album Trance Mission, DJ Paul Oakenfold covers versions of some of the biggest, most iconic and influential electronic records of all time. After his summer tour in support of the release, Oakenfold will then...

 
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Hank III
Hank III
Hank III

Last year, redneck rocker Hank3 issued two albums. A Fiendish Threat is pure punk rock and Brothers of the 4X4 is pure country. For Hank3, that approach isn’t anything unusual. His live show generally consists of two sets — one...

 
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The Menzingers
The Menzingers
The Menzingers

Philadelphia-based pop punk band The Menzingers ups the ante on its new album Rented World, a terrific collection of songs that has drawn comparisons to the Replacements. The very funny music video for the tune “I Don’t Wanna B...

 
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Kaiser Chiefs by Danny North
Kaiser Chiefs by Danny North
Kaiser Chiefs by Danny North

Leeds-based Kaiser Chiefs have been a force in the rock world for the past five decades. While the group almost called it quits last year, it soldiered on and even got a good second wind. The new album, Education, Education, Ed...

 
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Skrillex by Jason Nocito
Skrillex by Jason Nocito
Skrillex by Jason Nocito

Single-handedly responsible for popularizing dubstep, an electronic music subgenre characterized by ricocheting drum and bass riffs (think drum ’n’ bass, only trippier), Sonny Moore (aka Skrillex) has already won six Grammys ov...

 
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Sean Rowe
Sean Rowe
Sean Rowe

Singer-songwriter Sean Rowe has played everywhere from the little corner bar to late-night TV. His current tour brings him to the most intimate of stages, the living room. Sean has been traveling around the country playing hous...

 
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Daryl Hall and John Oates
Daryl Hall and John Oates
Daryl Hall and John Oates

Whopperjaw HQ is Cleveland, Ohio—also home to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. New HOF inductees, Daryl Hall and John Oates, brought their Philly blue-eyed rock-and-soul to Public Hall for the Museum’s Spring Benefit Concert. Th...

 
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Neko Case, photo by Emily Shur
Neko Case, photo by Emily Shur
Neko Case, photo by Emily Shur

Singer-songwriter Neko Case got her start playing in punk bands in British Columbia. She eventually would embrace an alt-country sound with 1997’s The Virginian. She hasn’t looked back. Her latest album, last year’s The Worse T...

 
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Alan Parsons
Alan Parsons
Alan Parsons

British producer Alan Parsons is perhaps best known as the guy who engineered Pink Floyd’s classic Dark Side of the Moon. Parsons, who got his start at as an assistant engineer at the famed Abbey Road Studios, worked on The Bea...