New York magazine has a brief but excellent interview with The National’s Matt Berninger, wherein the soft-spoken vocalist comments on his band’s willingness to eschew staying an underground secret in favor of reaching more fans. But the best part is his reaction to the characterization of his unique vocal style by various journalists: Critics get […]

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With their new album Saturdays=Youth out on April 15th, M83 are hitting the road in support. “M83 returns to North America! The French artist, Anthony Gonzalez, embarks on a North American tour this spring in support of his brand new album “Saturdays = Youth” which will be released April 15th on Mute. The first single […]

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So, having been slowly won over by Kate Nash’s Made of Bricks, I’m contemplating seeing her this spring when she comes back to the US for a month-long tour to coincide with Coachella. And, amazingly, the south is not being glossed over. She’s playing both Variety Playhouse in Atlanta, GA and the (smoke free) Orange […]

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Riding high from the number of year-end best-of lists Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga landed on (including several of ours), Spoon has scheduled another round of tour dates. This time The Walkmen and White Rabbits will be joining them for a few weeks in April. The Walkmen are finishing up their fourth record, not including […]

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Unless you’re some Peter Pan-like freak, the bands you loved as a kid, hopefully, aren’t the artists you adore today that is, after pimples, after trigonometry and most certainly post your “first time.” Granted, life – and to a certain extant, music itself – was a helluva lot simpler then. You liked what you liked […]

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Raking in almost $340 million bucks from last year’s record shattering tour hasn’t slowed The (reunited) Police, who are prepping one final summer jaunt across the US before retiring for good. Or at least until its time to rob fans blind again and build more castles. The band is planning to play amphitheaters and sheds […]

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Radiohead confirms US tour dates, and amazingly the South is represented. Supposedly, this is just the first batch: May 5 – Cruzan Amphitheatre – West Palm Beach, Florida May 6 – Ford Amphitheatre – Tampa, Florida May 8 – Lakewood Amphitheatre – Atlanta, Georgia May 9 – Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre – Charlotte, North Carolina May […]

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