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Listen To Depeche Mode’s ‘Delta Machine’

One week ahead of its official release date, Depeche Mode is streaming their new album, Delta Machine, on iTunes “With this release we’ve completely shifted our idea of how to create an album,” said lead singer Dave Gahan about […]

2013/03/18

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SXSW 2013: Sound City Players, Flaming Lips And LL Cool J Rule The Night

This year’s edition of the annual music circus known as South By Southwest in Austin, Texas, raged on last night (March 14), with star turns from classic rock royalty, hip-hop legends and alt-rock pioneers alike. […]

2013/03/15

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Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong To Pen Songs For Yale Musical

No stranger to the theater, Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong will pen new songs for a Yale Repertory Theater production premiering next year. The new musical, These Paper Bullets, is a rock and roll […]

2013/03/15

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How To Enjoy SXSW Without Leaving Your House

With so much of the industry descending on Austin, Texas, this week, the South By Southwest conference can feel like the center of the universe to diehard music fans. So, SXSW has made it easy to watch the action from your couch.

2013/03/13

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Mumford & Sons Promise “Evolution, Not Revolution” On New Album

Clarifying previous comments that their upcoming new album would sound like “doom folk” music, Mumford & Sons dismissed their remarks as a “joke” and explained what they really meant. Bassist Ted Dwane recently told Rolling […]

2012/03/31

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Arcade Fire Perform Acoustic Versions Of “Haiti” & “Wake-Up” At University of Texas

Grammy-award winning Arcade Fire is not only known for their theatrical indie-rock sound but also for their philanthropic efforts in helping Haiti. After their performances at SXSW, Win Butler, Régine Chassagne[pullquote quote="Well my family is […]

2012/03/23

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Tom Morello – I Get Terrified Whenever I Play With Bruce Springsteen

It’s not a show till the police pull the plug on the PA, says KROQ’s Bean as he introduced one of the most vocal men in rock. Tom Morello, otherwise known as The Nightwatchman (when […]

2012/03/23

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“Big Easy Express” Wins Award At SXSW, Film Features Mumford & Sons, Edward Sharpe, Old Crow Medicine Show

Three bands, six cities, one train, and thousands of miles of track. The Big Easy Express captures an incredible musical journey. Harkening back to the days of jubilant railroad revivals, of steam and steel, three […]

2012/03/20

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Tom Morello Occupies SXSW In Austin, Police Shut It Down

Rage Against The Machine‘s Tom Morello threw a cog into the musical machine that is South by Southwest (SXSW) Music Festival in Austin, Texas by turning his show into an “Occupy” approved protest, otherwise dubbed […]

2012/03/19

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SXSW 2012: Day 3 – Jack White, Bill Murray, John C. Reilly, Best Coast And More

At this point I have lost one pair of sunglasses, seven earplugs (I still have one) and I broke my throat—my voice is completely shot. Here’s a sneak peak at some of the awesome music […]

2012/03/17

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