Nice To Meet You: Bears

Bears deliver a grizzly, gnarled taste of Ohioan pop.

What began in the summer of 2005 as a musical project in Cleveland between Charlie Mcarthur and Craig Ramsey soon blossomed into a bustling band.  Less than a year after their feeble begins, the duo released their debut self-titled album in April...

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Posted by Andrew Scott on Mar 23, 2010 @ 8:00 am

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Stream MGMT's 'Congratulations'

MGMT gives you a chance to listen to 'Congratulations,' preorder.

Head over to whoismgmt and listen to MGMT's Congratulations. You can also preorder the album and get a limited edition lithograph.

Posted by Wes Soltis on Mar 22, 2010 @ 9:00 am

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Kid Cudi Offers A Visual Trip Back To ‘Pursuit of Happiness’

Kid Cudi delivers promised alternative video for ‘Pursuit,’ and the inaccurately titled ‘I Do My Thing’ leaks.

Kid Cudi’s first video for the MGMT and Ratatat collaboration ‘Pursuit of Happiness’ off of one of our favorite albums of 2009, Man on the Moon: The End of the Day, your eyeballs can now view a fresh take on the track, as Cudi’s promised second video has emerged...

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Posted by Andrew Macnider on Mar 17, 2010 @ 9:00 am

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Nice To Meet You: The Builders and The Butchers

More rustic folk from the rugged North by The Builders and The Butchers.

Within a three-year period, five young native Alaskans relocated to Portland, Oregon with hopes of pursuing a career in music.  As the story goes, one rainy, Pacific northwestern day in 2007, all five young men gather in a friend’s home to see what singer/songwriter Ryan Sollee had been working on...

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Posted by Andrew Scott on Mar 15, 2010 @ 9:00 am

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New Music From The Morning Pages

The Morning Pages bring classic Americana with their debut album.

The Morning Pages debut full length came together like many other things come together – on a drunken New Year’s Eve night. It was 2008, and a drunken Russell Simins (from John Spencer Blues Explosion) found a drunken Grant Maxwell (The Morning Pages) and started talking about how much he loved their EP. This conversation wasn’t just the alcohol talking, either, as Simins agreed to produce their first full length Rising Rain.

 

The Morning Pages have already received acclaim from Large Hearted Boy, "Time Out New York" and “American Songwriter.” They’ve also received great praise from American author Stephen Davis (Hammer of the Gods), who stated, "This band is helping to carry the swing for American music of the 21st century, and they do it with a style of their own." Have a listen to “My Name Is Lion” below. Rising Rain will be out May 11th on Zealous Records.

Posted by Wes Soltis on Mar 12, 2010 @ 9:00 am

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