Band Marketing - Engaging the Community

Marketing tips for bands from iSound.com
Sometimes what makes a great band can be as little as being engaged in the community.

Here are some ideas on how you can engage the community.

• Video Journals - Keep your fans in the loop by doing a weekly video journal of the bands adventures. Everything from band practice, videos from the tour etc.
• Blogs - Besides having a band blog each member should have a blog that is open to the public.
• Photo Journals - Like the video journal, photos should be taken and shared with fans. Encourage your fans to subscribe to your photo feed.
  

Your band and each member of the band should have their own identity that should be open to the public. Updates should be weekly and on a regular basis. Your fans should get used to logging in and checking up with the band each week to see what new content, blogs, photos are available.

Here are some great examples from bands around the web

Valencia - This band does a good job of releasing videos on a regular basis.

Here is a video they made of their favorite moments on tour.


Hellogoodbye - This band does a good job with a photo journal. Pictures are uploaded almost weekly and include everything from the band shopping, touring, and just having fun
http://www.hellogoodbye.net/photos/

All Time Low - Giving a tour of their bus





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James Lipton introduces Death Cab For Cutie on Craig Ferguson

Best intro ever

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Pitchforks Top 50 Albums of 2009

Here are Pitchfork's top 10 from their top 50 list. Looks like Fleet Foxes dominated everyone's list this year, yay for Seattle bands.

1. Fleet Foxes


2. Portishead - Third
3. NoAge - Nouns
4. Cut Copy - In Ghost Colours
5. Deerhunter - Microcastle / Weird Era Cont.
6. TV on the Radio - Dear Science
7. Vampire Weekend
8. M83 - Saturdays=Youth
9. Hercules and Love Affair
10. DJ/Rupture - Uproot

You can buy all the albums off Amazon


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Download Purevolume's Top 21 Unsigned Artists of 2008

Check them out at http://www.purevolume.com/topunsigned2008, all songs are downloadable

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Rolling Stone's Top 1 Movies Of The Year

Rolling Stone released their top 13 movies of the year. Here are the top 5 of the 13.

1. Milk


2. Slumdog Millionaire


3. The Dark Knight


4. Frost/Nixon


5. Wall-E


You can catch the rest of the list here. Had this been my list I would have switched 1st and 2nd place and kicked Wall-E off the list. What were your top movies this year?

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New Video Sara Bareilles & Ingrid Michaelson ‘Winter Song’

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New Video CHIODOS: The Undertaker's Thirst For Revenge...

CHIODOS: The Undertaker's Thirst For Revenge...
CHIODOS: The Undertaker's Thirst For Revenge...

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Warped Tour 2009 Line Up (Part 1)

Announcements for the 2009 Warped Tour have started and here part one of a series of blog posts dedicated to the 2009 Warped Tour

First I just want to say how excited I am that AlexIsOnFire is on the 2009 Warped Tour Line-up. These guys put on an amazing show and have never fully received the credit I think they deserve

AlexIsOnFire - Boiled Frogs


Alexisonfire - Pulmonary Archery

3OH!3

A Day to Remember

A Skylit Drive

Alexisonfire

Anti-Flag

Bad Religion

Bayside

Big D and the Kids Table

Black Tide

Bouncing Souls

Breathe Carolina

Brokencyde

Cash Cash

Chiodos

Dance Gavin Dance

Dear and the Headlights

Dirty Heads

Escape the Fate

Every Avenue

Flogging Molly

Gallows

Hit the Lights

I Set My Friends on Fire

Jeffree Star

Less Than Jake

Lights

Meg & Dia

Millionaires

NOFX

Outernational

P.O.S.

Saosin

Scary Kids Scaring Kids

Senses Fail

Shad

Silverstein

Sing it Loud

Streetlight Manifesto

Tat

The A.K.A.s

The Architects

The Ataris

The Devil Wears Prada

The Maine

The White Tie Affair

There For Tomorrow

Therefore I Am

Thrice

TV/TV

Underoath

Valencia

Westbound Train

WarpedTour.com

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Gin Wigmore

Ever since I ran across Gin Wigmore I have been listening to Gin non stop.

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Gin Wigmore - These Roses

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Watch The New Wolverine Trailer

X-MEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE HD

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Ernie Ball 2008 Battle of the Bands - December 4, 2008

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Fake Shark Real Zombie! Free Download

Free Download
Fake Shark Real Zombie - Angel Lust

Reviews
Picture bucket loads of glitter being shot out of a cannon. Now, if that violent but prissy explosion was a sound and not a mental picture, it would come burned on a compact disc and called Fake Shark-Real Zombie!" - Nerve Magazine

"...blending together a post-hardcore sound with a brightly coloured, scattered, attitude-driven sound that has a Blood Brothers feel but pulled off with a less serious approach."
Exclaim!

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New Music Downloads & Reviews of "Boo And Boo Too"

Check out BOO AND BOO TOO

Free MP3 Downloads
Boo And Boo Too - Obviously
Boo And Boo Too - No Tempo
Boo And Boo Too - I'll be your whore

Reviews
“Boo And Boo Too are a Lawrence, Kansas sextet with fang to spare. Specializing in incredibly muscular, sleeves-rolled-up guitar rock that throws up great walls of fly paper melody, their new full-length No Tempo, is a stunner. ‘I Know Nothing’s Alright’ is that album’s towering opener and its squalls, like those in standout ‘No Tempo,’ are some of the most breathtaking I’ve heard in a while...” – rcrdlbl.com

“[No Tempo] continues on as a work of sweltering hard driving claustrophobia intermingled with shoegaze, NYC noise, and a dark myopia reminiscent of The Cure’s Pornography.” – parasitesandsycophants.com

“But what makes No Tempo such a damn listenable record is that Boo and Boo Too are able to draw from several areas of music’s past and blend all their influences into a sound that’s familiar before it’s fresh. It’s loud without being obnoxious, current without being too trendy, and vintage shoegaze without being patronizing. In its entirety, No Tempo is as straightforward an offering of bottled manicisim as one can get.” – baeblemusic.com

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The Postal Service is the new Chinese Democracy

In an interview with Rolling Stone Ben Gibbard pretty much destroys all hope that there will ever be a second Postal Service album.

Any updates with your side-project the Postal Service? Are there plans to follow-up with your 2003 debut Give Up?
No update. It’s the record that never seems to want to come out. It’s also just never been a priority for either Jimmy [Tamborello, Postal Service co-founder] or myself. The anticipation of the second record has been a far bigger deal for everybody except the two of us.
It’s the new Chinese Democracy.
Right. I don’t know about it being the indie-rock Chinese Democracy but now that Chinese Democracy has come out, I guess it just becomes the second Postal Service record that will never come out. There never really was a plan to do a second album. We work from time to time together but we have other things that take up all of our time. (rollingstone)

It is pretty much impossible in my opinion for there ever to be a 2nd Postal Service album. The band has reached mythical proportions. The expectations are so high that I am pretty sure Ben realizes that he will never be able to satisfy those expectations. I'm sure we can look forward to random singles marketed as Postal Service off movie soundtracks or b-sides but there will never be another album.


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Longwave on KCRW

Longwave perform songs from and tell us why Secrets are Sinister on Morning Becomes Eclectic with Jason Bentley at 11:15am. Check it out here

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More Top 2008 Lists: Best Songs of 2008 by MTV

James Montgomery one of the music editors at MTV released his top 33 songs of 2008. Here are the top 5:

1. Lil Wayne, "A Milli"

2. Beyoncé, "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)"

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3. Deerhunter, "Nothing Ever Happened"

4. Estelle (featuring Kanye West), "American Boy"

5. No Age, "Eraser"

See the rest of the list here

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Video: Tokyo Police Club "Your English Is Good"

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Rolling Stone Top 50 Albums Of The Year

Here are the top 10
1. TV On The Radio: Dear Science
2. Bob Dylan: Tell Tale Signs
3. Lil Wayne: Carter 3
4. My Morning Jacket: Evil Urges
5. John Mellencamp: Life, Death, Loveand Freedom
6. Santogold: Santogold
7. Coldplay: Viva la Vida orDeath and All His Friends
8. Beck: Modern Guilt
9. Metallica: Death Magnetic
10. Vampire Weekend: Vampire Weekend

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Video: Dragonball: Evolution Trailer

I can't believe it is finally here, the trailer for Dragonball. Graphics look amazing and James Marsters (Spike from Buffy the Vampire Slayer) is in the movie.

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Battle of the Redheads: Neko Case vs Jenny Lewis

VS

Jenny Lewis and Neko Case, my two favorite alt country redheads. Both have red hair, both in amazing rock bands (Rilo Kiley, New Pornographers) and both have alt country solo projects, but there can be only one. Who would win in a battle to the death?


Poll Answers



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100 Free Downloads from iSound.com

Here are the latest 100 free downloads from iSound.com

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Video: Fall Out Boy performing "Beat It"

Fall Out Boy "Beat It" (Buy It On iTunes)

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Washington, D.C., Film Critics 2008 Picks

The Washington, D.C., Area Film Critics Association released their 2008 picks.
Best Film & Best Director went to Slumdog Millionaire

Slumdog is easily my favorite movie of the year. If you have not seen the movie yet please go check it out this weekend.

See the entire list here

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Band to check out: Hilotrons

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The Hilotrons kind of remind me a bit of the Foals

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The Hilotrons - Emergency Street

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Rob Corddry's New Web Show: Children's Hospital

Rob Corddry's new web series is hilarious. You can watch it online at the WB


http://www.thewb.com/shows/childrens-hospital/

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15 Bands To Lookout For In 2009

The BBC released their long list of 15 bands to look out for in 2009. From the list here are my 3 favorite.

Kid Cudi

Buy This Song: Kid Cudi - Day n Nite


FrankMusik



Lady GaGa

Buy This Single: Lady GaGa on Itunes


Check out the rest of the list here

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The Broken West Early 2009 Tourdates

SUPPORTING THE FRENCH KICKS:
2/23 SAN DIEGO, CA Casbah
2/24 LOS ANGELES, CA Troubadour
2/27 PORTLAND, OR Doug Fir (also with AA Bondy)

SUPPORTING AC NEWMAN:
3/17 PHILADELPHIA, PA Johnny Brenda's
3/18 WASHINGTON, DC The Black Cat
3/19 CHAPEL HILL, NC Cat's Cradle
3/20 ATLANTA, GA The Earl
3/21 NASHVILLE, TN Mercy Lounge
3/22 ST. LOUIS, MO Duck Room
3/24 MINNEAPOLIS, MN 400 Bar
3/25 CHICAGO, IL Logan Square
3/26 PONTIAC, MI The Pike Room
3/27 CLEVELAND, OH Grog Shop
3/28 PITTSBURGH, PA Andy Warhol Museum

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Free Download: Fall Out Boy & Lil Wayne "Tiffany Blews"

This is pretty damn amazing. Who can resist Lil Wayne and Fall Out Boy. Download the free mp3 "Tiffany Blews" at Fader (link)

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Mark Hoppus on MTV's Made

My favorite Blink 182 frontman Mark Hoppus was on MTV's Made. Check it out.

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Download The New Lady Sovereign Single For Free

Download the new Lady Sovereign single "I Got You Dancing" free at http://www.myspace.com/ladysovereign

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My Current Playlist

Top songs from my current playlist

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Limbeck Winter Tour

12/09 Dayton, OH @ Aquarius
12/10 Cape Girardeau, MO @ Port Cape
12/11 Tulsa, OK @ The Blank Slate (Free Show)
12/12 Scottsdale, AZ @ Chyro Arts
12/14 Costa Mesa, CA @ Evocal

If you get a chance see them on tour. They put on one hell of a show.
My favorite video by Limbeck
"Julia"

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New Music Video - Metro Station "Seventeen Forever"

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Astrologer/Psychic makes 2009 Music Predictions

Apparently Vampire Weekend break up and Coldplay is yesterday's news

From NPR

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Stereogum's 2008 Gummy Award Winners

Stereogum released the winners for the Gummy Awards.
Top 3 Albums of the Year:
1. Fleet Foxes

Fleet Foxes - White Winter Hymnal


2. TV On The Radio - Dear Science


TV On The Radio "Dancing Choose"


3. Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago


BON IVER - For Emma
Bon Iver - "For Emma" from MySpace Transmissions


You can find the entire list here


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Robot Chicken, Joss Whedon and Ron Moore

Seth Green is a genius

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Download "Carwards" by Funeral Party

Free Download
Funeral Party - Carwars

Funeral Party is a five-piece electro-rock band from Whittier, CA that recently got off road w/ Yelle.

Buy the EP

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Kaiser Chiefs performing MGMT's "Time To Pretend"

KAISER CHIEFS : Time to pretend - Taratata
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Mots-clés : kaiser chiefs the kaiser chiefs kaiser chief kaiser chief the kaiser chief time to pretend time pretend time pretend to pretend times to pretend 289 pop rock

Video de mytaratata

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New Video - Smashing Pumpkins G.L.O.W.

G.L.O.W.

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Congratulations to Death Cab For Cutie for Grammy Nominations

Nominated for:
Best Rock Song for "I Will Possess Your Heart"
Best Alternative Music Album for "Narrow Stairs"

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Free EP from One Small Step For Landmines

You can download the ep at http://www.myspace.com/onesmallstepforlandmines

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Billy Corgan and Jimmy Chamberlin at Q101 studios!

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Watch the new Britney music video for "Circus"

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Video: Terminator Salvation

This teaser looks amazing

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New Music Video - Lily Allen "The Fear "

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3 Free MP3s from Canadian band A Block Of Yellow

SOUNDS LIKE: THE KINKS HAVING APILLOW FIGHT WITH MODEST MOUSE.

A Block Of Yellow - ARE YOU SURE?
A Block Of Yellow - YOU SHOOK MY HEAD
A Block Of Yellow - Do I Do

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Download HoneyHoney "Slow Brains"

Keifer Sutherland has his hit TV show 24 and a great record label, "Iron Works". One of my favorite Iron Works signings has been HoneyHoney. They just released their debut album "First Rodeo" in November and if you haven't checked them out yet download this free mp3.

Honey Honey - "Slow Brains"

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Download War Tapes "Always Falling"

Free Download
War Tapes - Always Falling

Not a bad sound, kind of dark rock with a gothic look. A band I'd be interested in hearing more from. From Seattle indie label Sarathan Records http://www.sarathan.com

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Download Free Matt Pond PA EP

Matt Pond PA Released a free ep and you can download the entire EP here
Visit his website http://www.mattpondpa.com
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Macy's Thanksgiving Parade was Rick Rolled

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New Glassjaw Song "You Think You're John Fucking Lennon"

I can't tell you how happy I am that Glassjaw is back. You can stream the new song on their website http://www.glassjaw.com/

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New Video: STARS "THE NIGHT STARTS HERE "

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Obsessed with THE ORION EXPERIENCE

Check out the new mp3s
(The Orion Experience) “HEARTBREAKER“ | (The Orion Experience) “NICE GUYS FINISH LAST“| (The Orion Experience) “OBSESSED WITH YOU“|

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Longwave Reviews & Tour Dates

Latest Album Reviews For

"Welcome back." 3.5/4 stars, Alternative Press

"Longwave makes music on a large scale, rife with high, chiming guitars, bold basses and choruses meant to ricochet around the far walls of the world's great arenas…the regrouped band has come back with their boldest and most irresistible music yet" New York Daily News

"No matter the stamp, there's at least one universal aspect to New York quartet Longwave's music, it's really pretty. And with Secrets Are Sinister …Longwave's ethereal, lush arrangements and floating melodies are getting decidedly epic." Spin.com

Longwave is currently being featured on iTunes Rising Stars (link)

Tour Dates

DEC. 9 SAN DIEGO, CA THE CASBAH
DEC. 10 LOS ANGELES, CA THE TROUBADOUR
DEC. 11 SAN FRANCISCO, CA RICKSHAW SHOP
DEC. 12 PETALUMA, CA THE PHOENIX
DEC. 13 PORTLAND, OR DANTE’S
DEC. 14 SEATTLE, WA CHOP SUEY
DEC. 16 MINNEAPOLIS, MN 7TH ST. ENTRY
DEC. 17 CHICAGO, IL DOUBLE DOOR
DEC. 18 PONTIAC, MI THE PIKE ROOM (@CROFOOT)
DEC. 10 BUFFALO, NY MOHAWK PLACE
DEC. 20 NEW YORK, NY BOWERY BALLROOM

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Video: GABRIELLA CILMI - SWEET ABOUT ME

One of my favorite artists right now. She is kind of like a less cracked out Amy Winehouse


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A Cursive Memory- Perfect Company (VIDEO)

A Cursive Memory is back with a new video, this time in Alaska, you might remember the last video fo the song Everything in which they went around and sang with celebrities.
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Possible Blink 182 Reunion In The Near Future?

Mark Hoppus has updated his blog

"in the midst of everything else that has happened lately, tom, travis, and i have all spoken together. first through a number of phone calls, and then a couple of weeks ago we all hung out for a few hours. they’ve all been great, very positive conversations. we’re just reconnecting as friends after four years of not talking. it’s a good thing. obviously the first question for a lot of people will be “does this mean a blink-182 reunion?” the answer is none of us know. we haven’t talked about it at all. right now it’s just good for the three of us to see one another, reconnect, and let the past be the past. the events of the past two months supersede everything that happened before. life is too short."(HiMyNameIsMark Blog)

In my experience, once bands that have been broken up for some time and start talking about things like this, it usually means that a reunion is not far behind. What do you think, Blink 182 reunion before 2010?
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New Riverboat Gamblers (Free MP3)

The Riverboat Gamblers have a new mp3, "A Choppy, Yet Sincere Apology" off their new album Underneath The Owl available in March.

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Riverboat Gamblers - "A Choppy, Yet Sincere Apology"

Singled out by Rolling Stone’s David Fricke as one of the “Top 5 Bands at SXSW” in 2006 and later proclaimed #15 of the “25 Greatest Live Bands Right Now” by Spin Magazine, the Riverboat Gamblers have cultivated a fanatical and even somewhat celebrity following with their rowdy, energetic live shows.

Originally formed in 1997, the Gamblers built a local following and busted out of the Denton TX college scene in 2001 on the back of their self-released 7” single “Jenna Is A No Show”. With that the band began to take the show from the dives bars and house parties of UNT on to the rest of the country. Austin punk legend Tim Kerr produced their self-titled debut album that was released on the D.C. based Vile Beat Records. A couple years later, despite rabid major-label interest (in part derived from an explosive set at 2003’s South by Southwest festival), the Gamblers released their second album "Something To Crow About" through San Francisco’s Gearhead Records. In 2006 the band recorded and released their debut for Volcom Entertainment, “To The Confusion Of Our Enemies”, and hit the road with Against Me!, Eagles of Death Metal, Horrorpops, The Rollins Band, X, Joan Jett and co-headlined the inaugural Volcom Tour in the U.S. with label mates, Valient Thorr.

Riverboat Gamblers “Underneath The Owl” was recorded and produced by the “band ruining Famous Hollywood Producer” Mudrock, and will arrive in stores and online March 10, 2009.

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Riverboat Gamblers - "A Choppy, Yet Sincere Apology"
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New Snow Patrol Video "Crack The Shutters"

Crack The Shutters

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2 Free Downloads from Big City Kids

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Check out the new Boy Eats Drum Machine

Boy Eats Drum Machine is the solo work of native Portlander, Jon Ragel. He is a songwriter, producer, singer, turntablist, and also plays saxophone, guitar, synthesizer, organ, and several percussive nick nacks.

As a one-man musical act, Boy Eats Drum Machine merges the worlds of turntablism and live rock performance as Ragel spins breaks and surgically inserts sounds while juggling vocals, percussion, and saxophone.

His latest album, Booomboxxx, is an experimental pop record loaded with unique turntable textures, saxophone blasts, expertly chopped break beats, and gutsy vocals. Although the record effectively mashes several musical forms, it is Ragel’s most cohesive work to date, bringing to mind artists like DJ Shadow, Queen, Morphine, David Bowie, and The Postal Service.

Free Music Downloads via Fanatic
Boy Eats Drum Machine - BOOOMBOXXX
Boy Eats Drum Machine - PLANETS + STARS
Boy Eats Drum Machine - THE CRACK IN THE SEA
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Free Download - Luke Jackson "Come Tomorrow"

Luke Jackson merges Swedish pop with the arrangements of Nick Drake, Elvis Costello, Elton John collaborator Robert Kirby on ...And Then Some. Check out lead single and video for "Come Tomorrow" today.

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Luke Jackson - Come Tomorrow
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Glasvegas Us Tour Dates

Geraldine


1/4/09 - Great Scott - Boston, MA
1/6/09 - Bowery Ballroom - New York, NY
1/8/09 - Popscene - San Francisco, CA
1/10/09 - Chop Suey - Seattle, WA
1/11/09 - Richards on Richards - Vancouver, ON
1/12/09 - Doug Fir Lounge - Portland, OR
1/14/09 - Troubador - Los Angeles, CA
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Check out the Hilotrons - Free Download

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Hilotrons - Emergency Street
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New Video - Oasis "I'm Outta Time"

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New Video - Death Cab For Cutie "No Sunlight"

No Sunlight


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Jimmy Eat World "Clarity" Tour

Jimmy Eat World - Lucky Denver Mint (from the Clarity Album)


To celebrate that it has been ten years since the release of Clarity, Jimmy Eat World will be playing Clarity in its entirety on the following tour dates

Tour DatesFeb. 23: New York
Feb. 24: Washington, D.C.
Feb. 25: Philadelphia
Feb. 26: Boston
Feb. 28: Chicago
March 2: Denver
March 4: San Francisco
March 6: San Diego
March 7: Tempe, Ariz.

Clarity is one of my top 10 albums of all times. Everytime I hear that album it reminds me of college, friends, love and broken hearts. If you do not own this album, do yourself a favor and buy this album.



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The Dark Romantics reveals video for "Let's Ride," the latest single from its "Heartbreaker" album

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The Dark Romantics -HUSH YOUR MOUTH
The Dark Romantics -HEARTBREAKER
The Dark Romantics -LET'S RIDE”

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State Shirt sculpts fiery, intense indie rock anthems for the wondering, wandering and hopeful on latest disc

State Shirt aka Ethan Tufts sculpts fiery, intense indie rock anthems for the wondering, wandering and hopeful. Venturing wildly into the farthest corners of heavy-hearted American landscapes, State Shirt’s music displays vivid, gripping stories of nostalgia, despair and hope.

From Southern California’s droning and faceless San Fernando Valley to the snowy back roads of Western Massachusetts and steeped in a cycle of inescapable, mind-numbing full-time jobs, State Shirt relies on hand-built loops, neglected instruments and riveting vocals to artfully describe captivity in a familiar never-ending cycle: work, drink, sleep, repeat.

But, through it all, a glimmer of hope shines.

From a modest bedroom sanctuary devoted to writing and recording, sparkles of surreal, melancholic melodies bubble up. Voltage runs through a collection of dusty pedals, guitars and electronics to deliver This Is Old, State Shirt’s deeply textured second album, a set of swirling and burning indie-tronic statements proving that monotonous lives can produce exceptional results.

Free MP3 State Shirt - This Is Old
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