April 27th, 2008
The Coalition of Independent Music Stores (CIMS) is a group of some of the best independent music stores in America. CIMS maintains an ongoing list of the top album sales from these record stores in America.. This CIMS Chart is always an interesting reflection of what is selling in the great record stores […]
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April 26th, 2008
After a three year recording hiatus - during which he played two historic concert series in NYC and LA devoting one evening each to his Jam, Style Council, and solo catalogs, and earned Lifetime Achievement honors at the 2007 Brit Awards, among other highlights - Paul Weller returns on July 22 with 22 Dreams, […]
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April 16th, 2008
b5media’s Music Channel is pumped to announce the launch of two new blogs by two very talented bloggers.
Launched just in time to provide exclusive coverage of SXSW in Austin Texas, new b5media blog Austin Sound Check has quickly become a major draw for the channel. Austin Sound Check will cover the infuencial and […]
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April 12th, 2008
Foxboro Hot Tubs Fans….
Foxboro Hot Tubs new single, “The Pedestrian“, from their upcoming full length album, is now available for download at on their website courtesy of Jingle Town Records. You can download the new single at 320k MP3s; the highest quality available, direct from the band.
The Band will be announcing tour dates shortly and […]
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April 1st, 2008
Liam Finn seems to be one of those people who genuinely wants to meet you. He wants to entertains you with his music and he is using music to propel his journey to all of the nooks and crannies of the gigging world.
Liam just sent an update of where he’s at on […]
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March 29th, 2008
Alright fellow guitarists, Weezer’s Rivers Cuomo wants fans to “come up with some chords, yo,” for a song tentatively titled 80’s Rock.
Rivaldinho (Cuomo) will be using YouTube in an attempt to collaborate with songwriters online.
Rivers released a solo album in December 2007 entitled Alone: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo, which featured home demos […]
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March 24th, 2008
Earshot Media is happy to announce that The Raconteurs‘ new album, Consolers of the Lonely, will be available for download through www.theraconteurs.com starting at 12 am EST tonight. At midnight EST you will be able to visit the site, choose your territory and download the album in a matter of minutes.
Don’t want to […]
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March 16th, 2008
Couple solid shows that have just been announced…
If you’ve missed MGMT on their previous Toronto jaunts, this upcoming MOD CLUB show will be a good chance to catch them as they hit the tipping point. MGMT will be at the MOD CLUB on Tuesday April 15th - Tickets are only 11 beans.
As we’ve mentioned […]
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March 13th, 2008
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Working away today listening to CBC Radio 3 and caught their live feed from SXSW.
Grant Lawrence was on site (or was he…) at the outdoor stage at Emo’s.
Radio 3 shot the feed through all the snow to us Canadians. The line-up was […]
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March 12th, 2008
It’s always fun watching bands creep into stardom. Bell X1 have been making music for years. Their latest (and third) album Flock was just released in North America and is quickly getting passed around with praise.
The band’s name (the merit often debated) derives from the film and book The Right Stuff. The […]
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