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It’s been over 15 years since Long Beach bluesy indie rockers Cold War Kids first got together, and nearly just as long since they exploded onto the scene to an unheard of level of buzz with their debut, Robbers & Cowards, winning over legions of fans and critics alike. And, while in the years since the band…
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Cage the Elephant, The 1975, Jack Johnson, BROCKHAMPTON, Rainbow Kitten Surprise, and Tash Sultana top a stellar 2020 Forecastle Festival lineup, which also includes performers like Clairo, Carly Rae Jepsen, Grace Potter, Jack Harlow, Third Eye Blind, Manchester Orchestra, LP, Thundercat, Parquet Courts, (Sandy) Alex G, Andy Shauf, Caroline Rose, Elohim, Ratboys, Nashville’s own Soccer Mommy, Julien Baker, Drew Holcomb, Illiterate…
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Individually acclaimed for their respective decades of fantastic individual work, folk and Tex-Mex infused indie rock duo Calexico and indie folk troubadour Iron & Wine first teamed up for a collective release way back in ’05, a fan-favorite EP called In the Reins. Though they remained friendly and occasionally guested on each other’s work in the ensuing years, their…
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An annual tradition curated by our pals at Cold Lunch (in coordination with other label labels, creatives, and collectives), this year’s Spewfest V boasts over 45 fantastic performers across three stages at The Cobra and The East Room, set to go down today, Feb. 8, with sets running from early afternoon until the late hours of the night. With a…
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Formed just over two decades ago, Philadelphia’s Dr. Dog began forging their psychedelic and folk-tinged indie rock sound as a fiercely independent act, earning a cult following and regional fame before attracting national attention throughout the early and mid-’00s, boosting their reach thanks to early tours with the likes of My Morning Jacket. It was 2010…
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One of the last great rock and roll juggernauts of the 1960s still actively touring, English rock stars The Rolling Stones are one of the most well-known, celebrated, and successful acts in musical history. While they haven’t released an original album since 2005’s A Bigger Bang (though they did notably drop a cover album, Blue & Lonesome, four years…
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Hailing from upstate New York, Coheed and Cambria‘s origins can be traced back more than two decades, when their pre-Coheed project Shabütie formed in 1995, eventually laying the groundwork and forging the sound that would help propel their explosive debut as C&C, The Second Stage Turbine Blade, to critical indie acclaim in the early ’00s. At first adopting a…
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One of the most interesting figures to rise in the hip hop scene in recent years, Queens, NY’s Action Bronson, born Arian Asllani, made the transition from gourmet chef to hip hop artist in 2011, and has since been blowing up the underground scene with his old school New York rap revivalist style, gaining early…
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Since springing back to life just a few years ago after a near decade-long split, Massachusetts alt/emo outfit Piebald have been keeping intermittently active, undertaking a small run of festival and tour dates, where they’ve been met with enthusiasm and nostalgia for their criminally underrated original run from the late ’90s to late ’00s, which saw…