While all the talk of South By Southwest has us excited (our preview begins on Friday!), those living in the Dallas area are fortunate to have an amazing festival of their own. 35 Conferette runs from March 10-13 in Denton,...
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Tags: 35 Conferette, A Place To Bury Strangers, Cut Chemist, Esben and the Witch, Gayngs, Hooray For Earth, Local Natives, No Joy, The Civil Wars, The Pains of Being Pure at heart, Turbo Fruits
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In the end, we think this was truly a great year for music. We would argue that this was the year of the new band, with 75% of our top 20 consisting of debut...
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Tags: alberta cross, Boat Beam, Fruit Bats, Gliss, Grand Analog, Heat-Ray, it hugs back, Jason Lytle, Jaydiohead, julian plenti, lovvers, Music, Royal Treatment Plant, ten city nation, The Big Pink, The Black Box Revelation, The Boxer Rebellion, the joy formidable, The Mountain Goats, The Pains of Being Pure at heart, The XX
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Initially, I resisted this concept of a mid-year top ten. It seemed like a cheap concept for websites with nothing to talk about. But then I started looking at the lists onmy favorite websites and realized that none of...
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Tags: an horse, Best albums of 2009, Crocodiles, East Hundred, Gliss, gomez, Jason Lytle, Music, The Boxer Rebellion, The Pains of Being Pure at heart, white lies, zee avi
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I remember exactly where I was the first time I heard The Damned. I had just walked into my favorite indie record store (Play It Again Records in suburban Detroit, which is still the best record store I ever...
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Tags: Captain Sensible, Music, Radiohead, The Damned, The Pains of Being Pure at heart
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After reviewing the entire 1000+ songs on the SXSW torrent, reading, listening and watching videos. This our list of the 10 bands you must see while at SXSW. If you’re not at SXSW, these...
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Tags: an horse, division of laura lee, Ida Maria, longview, Minipop, Music, South By Southwest, sxsw, The Duke Spirit, The Living Things, The Pains of Being Pure at heart, The Soft Pack, white lies
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Let me preface this by saying that lead guitarist/ lead vocalist Kip Berman could have easily taken a pass on this interview. Their self-titled new album has already received tremendous buzz. Rather than playing...
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Woman calls 911 when she gets bad service at Burger King. Sorry, I just couldn’t resist adding this. I’ve been feeling like the pickings were pretty slim lately. Have no fear, the P’s are here! The Pains...
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Tags: bjorn and John, Music, Passion Pit, Pete and the Pirates, Peter, pink nasty, port o'brien, primal scream, South By Southwest, sxsw, The Pains of Being Pure at heart
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