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    Eels ‘End Times’ album + FREE “Little Bird” download »

    Eels’ End Times out January 19, 2010; Free download from new EELS record

    Eels - End Times

    EELS are currently offering a FREE download of the track “Little Bird” from their new record, ‘End Times,’ in anticipation of the album’s release via Vagrant Records.


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    Erin McKeown #1 + watch “making of” video; tour dates w/ Jill Sobule »

    Erin McKeown Reaches #1 on Amazon.com! Featured on WXPN’s World Café and WNYC’s Soundcheck

    Erin McKeown

    After just five days on Amazon.com’s Top 100 Chart, Erin McKeown’s latest album, ‘Hundreds of Lions,’ peaked at #1 on the Bestseller MP3 Album Chart.


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    Golden Shoulders – FREE “Mountain” MP3 from ‘Get Reasonable’ album »

    Download “Mountain” MP3 from ‘Get Reasonable’

    Golden Shoulders

    Golden Shoulders is a collective of talented musicians from Nevada City, California, lead by songwriter Adam Kline.


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    Jets Overhead November / December 2009 tour dates w/ LIGHTS »

    Jets Overhead Announce National Canadian Tour with LIGHTS

    Jets Overhead

    Victoria B.C. atmospheric rockers Jets Overhead, are about to embark on a cross-Canadian tour as the support act for synthpop sensation LIGHTS.


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    Phoenix Da Icefire debut ‘Baptism Under Fire’ + FREE MP3 »

    Higher Heights Records presents another hard-hitting release from South East London mc PHOENIX DA ICEFIRE.

    Phoenix Da Icefire

    Phoenix has been crafting his skills for some time now and is getting ready to set the country alight with this, his debut release ‘Baptism Under Fire’.


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    Transfer release Future Selves + FREE MP3, 2009 tour dates »

    Transfer is poised to release their full-length album aptly titled, Future Selves.

    Transfer

    Earlier this year, the band secluded themselves in their studio for a month to write the record. Tucked away in the canyons in North San Diego among the influence of coyote howls and cricket bows, they created a collection of songs with poignant and chilling lyrics and sounds broad enough in range to deem undeniable.


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    You Me At Six – FREE MP3; watch video + 2009 / 2010 tour dates »

    Free download at BandWeblogs.com

    You Me At Six

    Watch “Finders Keepers” video. You Me At Six Alternative Press Fall Ball tour dates. It takes a special kind of band to be able to write instantaneously catchy, hook-driven pop-rock songs whose appeal cuts across generations, continents and gender. In the recent past, US-based bands like Fall Out Boy and Panic at the Disco made it look easy, and now, a new generation of young bands has emerged to take up the cause.


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    Grammy Award Winning keyboardist Jason Yates album release + FREE MP3 »

    Grammy-Award Winning Keyboardist Jason Yates Steps Out in Front for Self-Titled Vapor Records Release

    Jason Yates

    The go-to keyboard player for Ben Harper, Natalie Merchant (Tigerlily), Macy Gray, Mazzy Star, Michael Franti, G. Love and others has just released his self-titled album via Vapor Records.


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    Nneka – Concrete Jungle + “The Uncomfortable Truth” MP3 (Free) + tour dates »

    Nneka to Perform Live in the U.S. for the First Time in November. Free MP3 of “The Uncomfortable Truth” Available Here.

    Nneka

    Pop music is a “here today, gone tomorrow” world. A starburst of YouTube notoriety and then oblivion. Or at least it is for most. But when your journey has been as long and extraordinary as Nneka’s – when you’ve travelled 10,000 miles and are still only just starting out – then instant celebrity is the last thing on your mind.


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    Girls In Trouble release debut + Joe’s Pub (NYC) show; FREE MP3 »

    Released on JDub Records, November 3, 2009

    Girls In Trouble

    Girls In Trouble celebrate the release of their self-titled debut at New York’s Joe’s Pub November 2nd and Public Assembly November 11th with friends Franz Nicholay, Pepi Ginsburg and more.


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    The Bridge School Benefit Concert 2009 ft Neil Young, No Doubt, Sheryl Crow »

    23rd Annual Bridge School Benefit Concerts Lineup Announced, Tix on Sale Now + Download FREE MP3 by Jets Overhead.

    The Bridge School Benefit Concert 2009

    The lineup for the 23rd annual Bridge School Benefit concerts was unveiled, bringing another star-studded lineup to Shoreline Amphitheatre including acoustic performances by Neil Young, No Doubt, Jimmy Buffett, Chris Martin of Coldplay, Adam Sandler …


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    Awesome New Republic release ‘Hearts’ + FREE Alleycat MP3 »

    What Will Masters Of Laptop-Laced Mix Of Guitar Rock & Disco Do For A Follow Up?

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    Awesome New Republic - Hearts

    With the release of their new album, ‘Hearts’, out October 27, 2009 on Honor Roll Music, breakout Miami band Awesome New Republic takes flight, pulling together a tight and urgent collection that comes on the heels of a summer that drew major attention for a series of sneak preview tracks and EPs …


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    Real Ones – ‘All For The Neighbourhood’ + “Every Dog Has Its Day” FREE MP3 »

    Meet Real Ones – straight from the hotbed of Bergen, Norway (home of Sondre Lerche, Annie, Kings of Convenience).

    Real Ones - All For The Neighbourhood

    The five members of the psychedelic folk-pop Real Ones are childhood friends and have been playing music together since their teenage years …


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    Vic Chesnutt – Skitter On Take-Off album + Jonathan Richman explains; FREE MP3 »

    Vic Chesnutt - Skitter On Take-Off

    The Vic Chesnutt Record and Why Me and Tommy Wanted to Do it. by Jonathan Richman. My drummer Tommy Larkin and I were driving in the van across the United States as we do two or three times a year on our tours of clubs …


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    The Dirty Disco – debut album; FREE MP3 + collaboration w/ Pete Burns »

    “An unhealthy dose of glam! Sleazy and above all irresistibly catchy pop!” – Tom Robinson, BBC Introducing

    The Dirty Disco

    When asked to describe the pulsating electro theatrics of The Dirty Disco, one crackpot follower had this advice: “Imagine… Ziggy Stardust meets Britney Spears” …


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