The Essence Music Festival is an annual festival held by Essence Magazine in New Orleans, Louisiana. Every year the festival boasts a number of popular artists including Mary J Blige, Kanye West, Alicia Keys and more. The festival officially announced that the one and only Prince will be headlining the upcoming dates in 2014. This […]
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Prince To Headline 2014 Essence Music Festival
December 3rd, 2013 
Kriston McConnell 
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Outline In Color Announce First Tour Of 2014
December 3rd, 2013 Kriston McConnell Outline In Color have a lot planned for 2014, and they just added a healthy helping of tour dates to that list. Earlier today the band announced that they will be heading out on tour this January with Neurotic November. They will be hitting a number of states across the country, and you can check […]
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STREAM: I Killed The Prom Queen – “To The Wolves”
December 3rd, 2013 Kriston McConnell As we posted earlier today, details of I Killed The Prom Queen‘s forthcoming album surfaced online thanks to iTunes. We knew that the announcement would follow shortly after, and then of course, the first single. The song that’s been selected as the first single for Beloved is titled “To The Wolves,” and you can check […]
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Life On Repeat Stream New Album
December 3rd, 2013 Troy Sennett It’s always a bummer to see a talented band call it quits, especially when they’re on the verge of releasing a new record. Unfortunately, that is the case for Life On Repeat, who announced last month that they would be breaking up after the release of their second full-length, Blacklisted, citing financial difficulties and problems […]
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Billy Joel Books A Residency At Madison Square Garden
December 3rd, 2013 Kendra Beltran When you’re Billy Joel you can do whatever you want. This includes playing Madison Square Garden for as long as you can. The piano man has already played over 40 shows at the New York venue throughout the years. Back in 2006 he even sold out 12 in a row. Fast forward almost a decade […]
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Misfits Release Holiday EP
December 3rd, 2013 Rebecca Docter Misfits have released a limited edition 7″ just in time for the holidays, titled Horror Xmas, featuring a rendition of “You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch” and an original Christmas-themed “Island of Misfit Toys.” This is the band’s first release following 2011’s The Devil’s Rain. You can listen to “You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch” below. It […]
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Let It Go: Why Disney’s ‘Frozen’ Just Delivered One Of The Year’s Best Songs
December 3rd, 2013 James Shotwell The catchiest song released in the last month cannot be found at radio, at least not in its proper form, and there is almost zero chance you’ve seen it featured on your favorite blog, but I’m willing to bet nearly any child who visited a cineplex in the last week could identify it within a […]
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Affleck’s Batman Will Redefine The Character
December 3rd, 2013 Drew Caruso It seems that Ben Affleck has indulged us a little more than usual as of late, giving some insight into what we will see in DC’s upcoming Batman vs. Superman. In a recent interview with Playboy Magazine, Affleck states that the film will portray Batman in a “way that doesn’t compete with the Bale and […]
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Lorde Releases “Team” Music Video
December 3rd, 2013 James Shotwell New Zealand’s international pop sensation is back in our headlines this evening with the premiere of her official video for “Team.” As a single off Lorde’s debut album, Pure Heroine, “Team” is pretty much the most upbeat song in the seventeen-year-old star’s entire catalog. The song pulls from the familiar themes of small town life […]
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INTRODUCING: Elder Brother (The Story So Far, Daybreaker)
December 3rd, 2013 John Bazley Kevin Geyer (The Story So Far) and Dan Rose (Daybreaker) have announced a new project they’ve been working on called Elder Brother. The duo will be releasing a debut record in Spring 2014 via Pure Noise Records, which was produced by Sam Pura at The Panda Studios. Enthusiastic about the record, Rose commented: Kevin and […]
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Check Out The Artwork, Tracklisting and Release Date Of I Killed The Prom Queen’s Upcoming Album
December 3rd, 2013 Kriston McConnell When I Killed The Prom Queen announced that they had signed to Epitaph Records and would be releasing a new album, fans went crazy. The group had disbanded years ago, and with the promise of new material in the foreseeable future fans are anxiously waiting to hear what they’ve put together. So far they haven’t […]
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Watch The First Installment Of Christofer Drew’s ‘Super 8 Tapes’
December 3rd, 2013 Kriston McConnell Christofer Drew of Never Shout Never has decided to launch a video blog series titled Super 8 Tapes. As some of you may have guessed, all of the videos will be shot with a Super 8 8mm camera. He has premiered the first video, which is simply titled Super 8 Tapes 1, and you can […]
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