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Tomorrow night Montreal indie pop outfit Stars kick off the Set Yourself On Fire 20th Anniversary Tour in Asbury Park. And this Saturday, September 21st, they’ll be bringing the show — which celebrates two decades of their 2004 breakthrough LP (which received a 20th anniversary vinyl reissue this July...
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“We’re so excited to play as many new songs as we can fit in, maybe all of them… We’ve just been practicing the new record for the release show, the 25th at Schubas in Chicago,” says Julia Steiner, vocalist, lyricist, and guitarist for Chicago post-country (a term championed by...
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“I really hope we get to go on more tours this year. We wanna be road dogs! So, if anyone sees us, who needs a fun, sad band on your tour…” says Puppy Angst vocalist and guitarist Alyssa Milman, offering an open invitation for anyone who may want to...
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“I’m really excited to play Firefly. I’ve never played a festival before,” says Jordana Nye (better known as simply Jordana), the bedroom-pop-star-turning-legit-alt-pop-sensation behind “I Guess This Is Life” (which has more than a million streams on Spotify). Just yesterday the singer/songwriter released her debut LP, Face The Wall, courtesy...
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Friday, April 29th, Nashville-based singer/songwriter Caroline Spence will be releasing her fourth full-length, True North (via Rounder Records), which has already produced some of the year’s best Americana singles (“Clean Getaway,” “The Gift,” and, most recently, “Scale These Walls.”) Although her headlining show at MilkBoy was cancelled after the...
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Madi Diaz’s Plastic Moon is semi-officially my first favorite album of 2012. The album is out January 24th on Small Horse Records, and Madi herself will be previewing the new material this coming Thursday, January 19th, at Johnny Brenda’s. I recently chatted with the singer/songwriter about what she was...