Captain Wilberforce releases free sampler Hungry for free music? I have a present for y’all this Wednesday. Free indie music. Bonus: It’s from a great band, and personally, a band I think is too good to be this unknown: Captain Wilberforce. Bonus 2: The sampler includes a whopping seven songs from across Captain Wilberforce‘s...
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Jack White reveals cover art, track listing for Blunderbuss The album drops April 24. Jack White has raised the curtain on some more vital details for his upcoming solo album. You can find the cover art above, and the tracklisting below. How convenient! The cover art is fairly standard, moody and pensive (but come...
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Frankie Rose releases Interstellar This will be the drummer’s second solo album. Today, Frankie Rose (of Dum Dum Girls, Crystal Stilts, and Vivian Girls) releases Interstellar, her second solo record. Already getting pretty great review scores from the press (Pitchfork gave it its Best New Music distinction), this isn’t an album to miss out...
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Watch Blur perform a new track I told you they’d be back. Remember a while ago when I told you Blur was working on new material? Well, I didn’t lie. If you scroll on down, you can hear the band’s Damon Albarn and Graham Coxon perform the new song Under the Westway. It’s a...
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Brian May: “Freddie Mercury would approve of Adam Lambert” Adam Lambert will take Freddie’s place as Queen headlines the upcoming Sonisphere festival. It’s no secret that Adam Lambert is a controversial guy. Ever since his tenure on American Idol, the man has divided music lovers- it seems like you either love him or hate...
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Sonisphere Festival announces lineup Bill includes KISS, Queen, and Faith No More. The Sonisphere UK festival is boasting a pretty buffed-out lineup this year. The fest will take place July 6-8, and be held at Knebworth Park just outside London, for all of you readers overseas (or who are planning a summer outing to...
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Sleigh Bells Performs “Comeback Kid” and “End of the Line” On SNL (Video): Sleigh Bells rocked Saturday Night Live last night which was hosted by Maya Rudolf. They performed two new tracks off their LP called Reign of Terror and the show was hosted by former SNL cast member Maya Rudolf. Sleigh Bells performed ”Comeback...
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Pete Townshend sells The Who’s back catalogue The funds will help bolster Townshend’s solo efforts. It seems as if The Who have finally sold out. Officially, that is. Unofficially, they sold out in 1967 when they released The Who Sell Out. Anyway. In order to raise funds for his solo career, Pete Townshend has...
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Spotlight on: Zeus Get a feel for the band before their second album drops. Zeus has a devoted following in Canada already, thanks to the great success of their first album, and with the release of Are You Gonna Waste My Time, has started making waves in the US indie scene as well. The...
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Chris Cornell pays tribute to Whitney Houston Watch the live performance below. Sometimes the best tributes come from the unlikeliest of places. On paper, the idea of Chris Cornell of Soundgarden and Audioslave covering Whitney Houston‘s I Will Always Love You seems like a bad idea. Then again, Girls did the same thing, and...
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