Alexis Babini has confirmed an opening slot for Blues Traveler on June 9th at the Ridgefield Playhouse in Ridgefield, CT (http://www.ridgefieldplayhouse.org/venue.asp?eventID=812).  The singer-songwriter, who now calls Boston home, is originally from Fairfield, CT, so the gig is a hometown show of sorts. In his own words, "This will be a really great night because I'll be playing my home base and sharing the stage with a band who had a great influence on me as an aspiring singer/songwriter." ...

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In the words of Aaron Brown, director:

"It was really inspiring working with friends and collaborators which allowed for a lot to happen in a little amount time, and to try out different ideas inspired by our original script.  Karen, of course, was an inspiration and joy and has a spectacular camera presence that she carries wherever she goes.  I hope the video makes people want to listen to the song a lot, it's both deep and playful and I hope the video adds a third dimension to form some kin...
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IGGY POP Préliminaires album premiere:
Punk legend Iggy Pop is debuting his new album, a Jazz inspired collection titled Preliminaires, on MySpace Music days before it hits stores. The album is inspired by a novel by French author Michel Houellebecq and marks the singer's 15th solo studio album.

Visit Iggy Pop's official MySpace Music profile to stream the album in its entirety for free: http://www.myspace.com/iggypoppreliminaires


MARILYN MANSON The High End of Low album premiere:
Marilyn Manson...
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Outside Lands Music & Arts Festival is proud to announce additional artists to an already incredible lin e-up for the 2009 event. The expanded line-up now includes Lucinda Williams, Conor Oberst & The Mystic Valley Band, The Avett Brothers, Bat for Lashes and Los Campensinos!  Being a festival that defines itself by putting a spotlight on great local Bay-Area talent, Outside Lands is also adding Tea Leaf Green, Zion I, Big Light, Darondo with Nino Moschella a nd Groundation. The second...

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Nettwerk Music Group is proud to announce the release of AIM AND IGNITE, the
highly anticipated debut from fun., out August 25th.  AIM AND IGNITE was produced by Redd Kross' Steven McDonald and is a stunning array of diverse inspirations from three extraordinary musicians-former front man of The Format Nate Ruess, ex-Anathallo multi-instrumentalist Andrew Dost and Steel Train's Jack Antonoff.  When combined, they create an irresistible album that rethinks classic 70s pop, where ornate arrangem...
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Artist: The Horrors

Title: Primary Colors

Label: Beggars XL

Genre: Rock/Pop

Rating: 4.5/10

Strange House may have been the introduction to this weird band, but Primary Colors is a step in the right direction for a band trying very hard to please a finicky crowd. Antics will no longer suffice and the music must meet par. Primary Colors is a start; but the music is too generic to initiate a new feel to the old senses.

www.thehorrors.co.uk

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Los Angeles, CA (May 18, 2009)  - For the past few weeks, message boards on music and film sites across the internet have been abuzz with anticipation as fans count down to today’s worldwide radio premiere of “New Divide,” the theme song written and recorded by Linkin Park for Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, director Michael Bay’s hotly anticipated summer blockbuster. And thanks to iTunes’ special Monday sales promotion, fans that tune in to hear the song won’t have to wait t...
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Artist: Green Day

Title: 21^st Century Breakdown

Label: Reprise

Genre: Rock/Pop

Rating: 4/10

Green Day makes a living at trying to quip on the current status of America. With 21^st Century Breakdown, we have yet another step into the direction of becoming a staple of the music that the current generation has to offer. After American Idiot summed up the entirety of what most mindless youths are willing to capture and dredge from three professors of nothingness, it is not surprising that ...

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Ninja Tune Records is proud to announce the release of Fink's third full-length album, Sort Of Revolution - the last record of a three-album deal with the legendary British independent label.  Being released on CD September 8, the album will be available through all digital retailers well upfront on May 26. As an exclusive, Sort of Revolution is available now through the iTunes music store, where Fink is their Indie Spotlight Artist.
 
Certainly one of the more understated of the world's singer...
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Imagine as the 1950s come to a close, the conservative and scrupulous Eisenhower decade giving way to the more injudicious 60s. Susie Homemaker is feeling a little pent up after a decade in the kitchen and a thousand or so fruit pies cooling on the window sill. The kids are at school, hubby is at work, and the bachelor who recently moved into the house at the end of the cul de sac is home mowing his front yard. It’s hot out today for a May afternoon; perhaps she oughta take him over a gla...

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The 1960s was a turbulent decade for the country of Brazil, especially following the coup d’état against President João Goulart in 1964 which would thrust the country into a military dictatorship lasting until 1985. Needless to say, the Cold War was far-reaching. Still, typical of political upheaval and turmoil, social activism, like a flower through concrete, struggled to make itself seen and heard. After all, what is a country without its people?

The term Tropicália (or Tropacalismo) ...

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MySpace Music, the world's premier music community, is excited to announce six exclusive album debuts within days of each other. MySpace users can find the highly anticipated albums from Eminem, Tori Amos, Lionel Richie, Busta Rhymes, Method Man & Redman, Kate Voegele and Phoenix available only on MySpace Music. Fans are able to stream the albums in their entirety days before they hit store shelves.

Eminem
The highly anticipated new album, Relapse¸ from hip hop artist Eminem makes its officia...
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Artist: White Lies

Title: To Lose My Life

Label: Geffen Records

Genre: Rock/Pop

Using the standard UK vocals of The Cure and Joy Division, White Lies comes up with an excellent contemporary view of their surroundings. All things British fall into two groups-trying to be too much and being too much. There is a hard line to accomplish when most modern music is rooted in the music of the isle.

www.whitelies.com

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Artist: Cruiser

Title: Happy Robots: Smiling People

Label: KFM Records

Genre: Electronica

Hypnotic is the keys to the cupboard with the electronica of Cruiser. Emanating from Scotland with mainland Europe calling throughout their pop with synthetic beat, this band is on a precipice looking into the sky flowers.

www.myspace.com/cruiserland

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Artist: Almost Charlie

Title: The Plural of Yes

Label: Words On Music

Genre: Rock/Pop

In 2003, Dirk Homuth answered an internet advertisement by Charlie Mason who was looking for a composer. From that initial meeting was born the band Almost Charlie and after a critically reviewed and self issued debut in 2006 with Loving Counterclockwise, the band follows up with their first record label album The Plural of Yes.

Upon first listen, most people will find distinct similarities to the vocal...

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Artist: Conceptual Drudgery

Title: Archaic Sound Mosaic Vol. 1 EP

Label: Self Issued

Genre: Folk/Lounge/Rock/Pop/Spoken Word/Mashup

On this five song EP, each song captivates the wonderment of sitting in your sixties swag pad while downing copious amounts of LSD and grain alcohol. This small, but bombastic, set of tunes is perfect for driving with the top down or impressing your girlfriend that you listen to music other than Nickelback.

{Editors Note: We do not endorse taking LSD with gr...

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