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BPL Vs. The Roots

posted: July 23, 2011

Hey guys! In this new, weekly feature on OurStage we’ll be shining a spotlight on one of our own OurStage artists and comparing them to a nationally recognized artist that you might be more familiar…
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88 MPH: Throwback Suburbia Channels Costello

posted: July 22, 2011

Welcome to 88 MPH, musical time traveler!  Before we hop in the DeLorean and activate the flux capacitor, remember that even though you’ve got Hypemachine, your favorite blogs and an RSS feed that ranges from…
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Sound And Vision: Can Simon Cowell Rise Again With The U.S. 'X Factor'?

posted: July 22, 2011

If there was any lesson to be learned last season on American Idol, it’s this: There’s life after Simon Cowell. And Scotty McCreery, America’s 10th Idol, wasn’t the only beneficiary of the show’s still-beating heart.…
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Your Country's Right Here: Dolly Parton Offers A 'Better Day'

posted: July 21, 2011

Dolly Parton reminds fans that “Better Day” is much more than the name of her new studio album. Even though the legendary singer, musician, actress and philanthropist ”who, by the way, writes the majority of the…
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Reelin' In The Years

posted: July 20, 2011

High school bands are a funny thing. You either look back on them years later and cringe, or you become Silverchair or Paramore. Rigby Fawkes, from Little Rock, Arkansas, has the youthful exuberance and proliferate…
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Riffs, Rants & Rumors: Grooms Go From Pavement To Peter Gabriel On 'Prom'

posted: July 20, 2011

The Brooklyn-based trio Grooms debuted in 2010 with the album Rejoicer, prompting members of the press to haul out wheelbarrows full of references to ˜90s alt rock, with Pavement and Sonic Youth taking up the…
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