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Harrah’s Rincon Unveil Revival Shows
Harrah’s Rincon in San Diego announced a slew of new tour dates, notably with two-punch classic-rock favorites. Squeeze and B-52s take the stage on June 29th, while Joe Cocker and Huey Lewis &
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Cee-Lo’s “LOBERACE”
Cee-Lo Green’s new visual project, “LOBERACE”, is a colorful and grandiose journey through the decades of music. Looking at everyone from The Rolling Stones to Prince, the event is designed exclusively for Planet Hollywood
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The Skints
The Skints' quality is evident on many of their tracks, from the chilled-out and proud cover of Katy B's "On A Mission" (which has received massive success after a live video went viral on
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Inspired & the Sleep
San Diego-based Inspired & the Sleep are a trio of lifeguards, a profession of fluctuating excitement and lulls. Weeks could go by without someone needing to be rescued, or an abrupt riptide could find
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Lydia Baylis
London singer-songwriter Lydia Baylis’ songs are full of soft, yet thoughtful lyrics. Her material is challenging and provocative, yet still completely accessible. Still in her early 20s, her influences range from Van Morrison to Green
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New Build
New Build is a trio built from Hot Chip and LCD Soundsystem, their sound falling somewhere in between the former's frenetic whirls and the latter's suave developments. The result sounds like a solo project
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Total Rewards’ ‘Plot Your Escape’ @ NYC’s Gotham Hall
As some of you noticed last week, I teamed up with Caesars Entertainment’s Escape to Total Rewards program to give away three tickets to Thursday’s show, which featured Mariah Carey and
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WIKAN Witch-House
Sheffield’s WIKAN is one of the UK’s champions of the emerging witch-house genre. His songs bridge the gap between dubstep, goth and electronic music. It’s a difficult to mold a new style, but things
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Talk To Angels
Bradford-based band Talk To Angels is the work of Embrace keyboardist Mickey Dale and his fellow collaborators, all with the intent to create hypnotic alt-rock with as much bark and bite as Embrace, but
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Honeytone Cody
York’s own glamorous (they’ve got great fashion sense) yet hard-hitting rock act Honeytone Cody are on the verge of breaking away from Yorkshire and into the national spotlight. With their intricate progressive rock sound,
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Reuben Bullock
I recently went to see Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy at the cinema. Of course, on the surface that doesn’t have much to do with the release of Reuben Bullock’s new record Man
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Modestep
London’s Modestep come across as the embodiment of UK hybrid music. Fusing the key elements of rock, dubstep and everything popular in the dance world for the last five years, their music offers plenty
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Koko and the Sweetmeats
Koko and the Sweetmeats, a four-piece from Seattle, recently announced the release of their new record Sacrifice. The band, who were named “Best Garage Band” for 2011 by Seattle Weekly, describe Sacrifice as a
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