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Warner Bros. Records Announce Record Store Day Releases

posted: March 4, 2014

In honor of the upcoming Record Store Day on April 19, Warner Bros. Records will be releasing a slew of special releases from The Flaming Lips, Tegan and Sara, Green Day, LCD Soundsystem, Jay Z/Linkin…
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Four Noteworthy Split Releases

posted: October 3, 2012

With a steady decline in CD sales caused by an even more exponentially consistent incline in downloading, it’s becoming more and more difficult for artists to justify selling their music within physical mediums. The upside,…
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Album Review: Minus The Bear – "Infinity Overhead"

posted: September 6, 2012

Infinity Overhead, the fifth LP from Seattle-based indie math-rock band Minus The Bear might be the group’s most mature and eclectic record yet. Right away, the first sound you hear as track 1, “Steal And…
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Metal Monday: Ten Great Uses of Unusual Instruments In Metal

posted: June 4, 2012

Your average music listener might assume that metal bands are all the same in the instrument department”guitar, drums, bass, maybe piano or keyboards”but what about the flute, didgeridoo, saxophone, trumpet, lute, bagpipes, fiddle, berimbau, Whamola,…
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Friday, August 5, 2011

posted: August 5, 2011

Every day Wingstop is hustlin’. What if we had you in Gears of War 3, Adam. Would you be cool with that? The chorus works surprisingly well¦ Finally, a movie that’s worth $10. What’s even more…
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Metal Monday: Which Bassist Was On This American Heritage Song Again?

posted: March 21, 2011

If you’re in a band and you part ways with your bassist, what do you do? Well, some bands might replace their bassist or hire a studio musician, but not American Heritage. They enlisted an…
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