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Monday Jun 17 | Examiner.com

Indie band Warships release debut EP and music video for single 'Heater'

With summer around the corner, it's time to find new music for those long road trips.

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Related Topix: Indie, Pop/Rock

Monday Jun 17 | SpoonFed

Austra, Surfer Blood and Proper Ornament: Editor's Choice - Live Music by Domzig

A group of Canadians making dreamy, folk-inspired electronica that sounds a bit like Kate Bush meeting Grimes, Austra specialise in creating haunting mini symphonies where dark, urgent melodies arpeggiating through multiple synthesizers, wrap themselves around lead singer Katie Stelmanis' evocative, ethereal voice.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, Indie

Fri Jun 14, 2013

Seattle Gay News

Sub Pop and Hotel Max make music together

Sub Pop Records and Hotel Max jointly unveiled the 'Sub Pop Floor' at the beginning of June, allowing its occupants a unique opportunity to sift through a short stack of vinyl albums and play them on an old-school record player.

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Related Topix: Seattle, WA, Fleet Foxes, Pop/Rock, Indie, Iron & Wine

Wed Jun 12, 2013

Examiner.com

Sgt. Popgrass: Imagine all the Beatles recorded a bluegrass albuma

Just when you thought you'd heard every Beatles song, every cover version, every variation of the Fab Four's catalog, along comes Sgt.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, The Beatles, Indie

Thu Jun 06, 2013

WXPN-FM Philadelphia

Tonight's Concert Picks: Divers at Johnny Brenda's, The Tressels and Low Cut Connie at The Note, Douglas Thomas at World Cafe Live, Patty Griffin at The Kimmel Center

Featuring members from The Weeds, Birdie Busch's band and Buried Beds, Divers are about as local as a group of musicians can get.

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Related Topix: Patty Griffin, Folk, Pop/Rock, Indie, Philadelphia, PA

Tue Jun 04, 2013

Orlando Weekly

10 things you probably didn't know about the Postal Service

The story behind the Postal Service's Give Up is one of those music industry fairy tales where record labels are saved , shoestring budgets turn into platinum sales and romantic-comedy type of timing puts the right people in the right places at the right time to create an unforgettable, trendsetting album.

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Related Topix: The Postal Service, Indie, Pop/Rock, Florida, Music, Entertainment

Stories

Sup Pop Founder Diagnosed with Parkinson's

Co-founder of Sub Pop Records, Jonathan Poneman , has been diagnosed with Parkinson's, a degenerative nervous system disease.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, Indie, Publishing, Media, Seattle Times

Wed May 29, 2013

The Stranger

Underage

Tonight in the U-District, Seattle lo-fi psych-garage rockers Winnebago will churn out drifting, bedroom-born guitar jams.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, Indie

Brooklynvegan

The Shins and Man Man played Williamsburg Park

After a fairly miserable start to the Memorial Day weekend , the sun finally came out on Sunday , just in time for the first show of the season at outdoor venue Williamsburg Park featuring The Shins and openers Man Man .

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, Indie

Tue May 28, 2013

Brooklynvegan

first-ever Boston Calling Music Festival happened, happening again in ...

The first-ever Boston Calling Music Festival went down over the weekend at Boston's City Hall Plaza.

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Related Topix: The Dirty Projectors, Dirty Projectors, Pop/Rock, Indie, The Walkmen

Sun May 26, 2013

Boston.com

Artists set to play the second Boston Calling fest include Passion Pit.

The inaugural Boston Calling Music Festival took place this weekend at City Hall Plaza, and nearly 20,000 music fans descended on downtown Boston to sing along - sometimes in pouring rain and chilly temperatures - with 18 artists including the Shins, Fun., Bad Rabbits, and the National.

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Related Topix: Pit, Hip-Hop, Weather, Pop/Rock, Indie, Life, Holidays, Labor Day

Fri May 24, 2013

The Huffington Post

Brian Formo: Another Year, More Voices for Young Americans: An Interview with Lance Bangs

Lance Bangs spent his youth making music videos for bands such as Sonic Youth, R.E.M. , Belle & Sebastian and The Shins , and, among other camera jobs, lensing episodes of Jackass .

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, Belle & Sebastian, Belle and Sebastian, Indie

Brooklynvegan

NYC Memorial Day Weekend Events (DFA Anniversary, Do-Over, Converge,...

Staying in NYC this weekend? There's actually no shortage of things to do here, even though the weather forecast is less than ideal.

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Related Topix: Memorial Day, Life, Holidays, Hardcore, Converge, Weather, 9, Indie, Pop/Rock

Patch.com

This Weekend in Somerville: Memorial Day Parade, Chainsaw Maidens from Hell, and Boston's Calling

Boston Calling Okay, it's not in Somerville, but it's cool. This two-day festival will feature 18 bands, including Fun, The National, Of Monsters of Men and The Shins.

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Related Topix: Somerville, MA, Pop/Rock, Indie, Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench, Charlestown, MA

The Village Voice

The 10 Best Concerts in New York This Weekend, 5/24/13

If you need even more shows to choose form, be sure to check out our comprehensive and constantly updated New York Concert Calendar.

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Related Topix: Indie, Pop/Rock, Comedy Movies, Drama Movies, Garden State, Celebrities, Natalie Portman, Zach Braff, Alexander, NY, Music, Entertainment

Thu May 23, 2013

Examiner.com

The Shins kick off Williamsburg Park's summer concert series

According to a May 22 report from The Star , The Shins will be touring this summer, and one of the band's first stops will be in New York.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, Indie, Brooklyn, NY, New York, NY