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Dan Wilson Mulling More Semisonic

Anyone who listened to rock radio in the late Nineties will be familiar Semisonic’s 1998 hit “Closing Time” The band released three hyper-catchy albums including the platinum-selling Feeling Strangely Fine before going on hiatus after 2001′s All About Chemistry Frontman Dan Wilson went on to pursue a solo career and…

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The xx Lock in Intimate New York Residency for Spring

The xx will shack up in New York City for an 11-date 25-show residency at Wade Thompson Drill Hall at the Park Avenue Armory between March 19th and March 29th 2014 Performing two shows a night – except weekend gigs on March 22nd 23rd and 29th when they’ll do three…

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U2 New Year’s Day (U2360° Tour Live From Dublin) [Multicam 720p by Mek Vox with Ground Up's Audio]

New Year’s Day live at Croke Park, Dublin on 27th July 2009). You can use this playlist to watch all videos from the collection “From The Ground Up”: http://…

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Kings Of Leon – On The Chin

Song from their new album “Mechanical Bull”. Subscribe and join us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/We-Lov… This song is by Kings Of Leon, I do …

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Ian Astbury on Lorde’s Cult Cover: ‘It Just Melts My Heart’

When Lorde and her former band Extreme played at a school talent show in 2009 the 12-year-old New Zealand girl could have never imagined that in just four years she’d be an international pop star with a hit single that would outperform songs by Miley Cyrus Katy Perry and Lady…

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Morrissey Covers Lou Reed at Nobel Peace Prize Concert

Last night Morrissey capped off an impressive lineup at this year’s Nobel Peace Prize Concert in Oslo Norway where he performed a three song set that included “People Are the Same Everywhere” “Irish Blood English Heart” and a slightly tweaked cover of the late Lou Reed’s “Satellite of Love” Rob Sheffield Breaks…

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Black Lips Go ‘Underneath the Rainbow’ on New Album

Atlanta rock band Black Lips are returning with their seventh studio album Underneath the Rainbow on March 18th The 12-song set was recorded over this year in New York and Nashville with the latter sessions benefiting from the Black Keys’ drummer Patrick Carney as producer ”Our main influences [this time] are pretty…

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Red Fang Battle Boozing Zombies in ‘Blood Like Cream’ – Premiere

The video for “Blood Like Cream” off Red Fang’s third LP Whales and Leeches begins with Portlandia’s Fred Armisen running into the band’s local bar and frantically explaining that zombies are on the attack The band themselves seem unconcerned until they learn that the zombies aren’t the kind that want…

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Beatles, Kraftwerk, Isley Brothers to Receive Lifetime Grammys

The Beatles Kraftwerk Kris Kristofferson and the Isley Brothers are among the artists that will honored with the Recording Academy’s Lifetime Achievement Award at a special ceremony the night before the 56th Annual Grammys in January Additionally rock photographer Jim Marshall the legendary Italian composer Ennio Morricone and Rick Hall…

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Kim Shattuck Opens Up About Pixies Firing

Kim Shattuck has opened up about being dismissed from her short role as touring bassist for the Pixies In a recent interview with NME the Muffs frontwoman said that she learned she was getting the ax during a phone call with the band’s manager “I would have preferred if they…

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