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02.08.2012

Beach Boys will appear on the Grammys with Foster The People and Maroon 5

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The Beach Boys will be showing off their newly reunited selves at this year’s Grammy Awards this Sunday night. Joining them for the performance will be Foster The People and Maroon 5. Sigh. The surviving members of The Beach Boys will perform together for the first time in more than 20 years at Sunday’s Grammy [...]

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02.08.2012

TOUR DATES: Yonder Mountain String Band Cabin Fever Tour

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Yonder Mountain String Band hits the road for their Cabin Fever tour starting in Fayetteville, AR tonight and playing Baton Rouge tomorrow (where Wes will be).

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02.08.2012

Red Hot Chili Peppers added to Hangout Music Fest

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The lineup for this year’s Hangout Music Fest was released earlier this week and they had promised us one more headliner that will join Dave Matthews Band, Jack White and Skrillex for the top honors at the beach side party. Consequence of Sound just dropped the news that Red Hot Chili Peppers confirmed themselves as [...]

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02.07.2012

REVIEW / PHOTOS: James Hall and Mystery Girl @ Carrollton Station, NOLA 2/3/12

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Thanks to Steven Hatley for contributing this review. For the first time in over a year, James Hall was back in town to play Carrollton Station with longtime friend and collaborator Michael Blum who supplied support on lap steel. Opening the night was Blum’s newest project, Mystery Girl (Josh Katz – Lead Vocals, Mike Blum [...]

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02.07.2012

Jazz Fest 2012 Late Night Schedule / Ticket Links

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Check back periodically, this post will be updated as more shows are announced. Go crazy. THURSDAY, APRIL 26TH Stanton Moore Trio w/ Anders Osborne @ Blue Nile – 9:30 p.m. ($15 – TICKETS) New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation Gala w/ Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue + Big Sam’s Funky Nation @ Hilton Riverside Hotel [...]

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02.07.2012

ROUNDUP: Jay-Z @ Carnegie Hall, NYC 2/7/12

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Jay-Z played Carnegie Hall last night to rave reviews.

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02.07.2012

Deadmau5 @ The Grammys with Foo Fighters, David Guetta, Chris Brown & Lil Wayne

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This has some serious face-melt potential written all over it: The Recording Academy has announced today electronic music producer deadmau5 will perform on the 54th Annual GRAMMY Awards telecast this Sunday, February 12 at 8 p.m. ET/PT on CBS. He will join Foo Fighters, David Guetta, Chris Brown and Lil Wayne for a special performance, [...]

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02.07.2012

AEG’s “Fair AXS” Ticketing to Include Lottery System

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AEG – the world’s second largest presenter of live music and entertainment events after Live Nation — has announced that they will include a lottery system in their new “Fair AXS” ticketing operation. The goal of the lottery is to help deal with the increasingly maddening problem of ticketing bots making it difficult for fans [...]

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02.07.2012

Metallica announces Orion Music & More Festival

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brooklynvegan was the first to report that the rumored Metallica festival set for Atlantic City is indeed true. The band just announced the Orion Music and More Festival in Atlantic City on June 23rd-24th, which will feature unique sets from the band and a full runthrough of The Black Album. This is the first of [...]

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02.07.2012

HEADY LINKS: Rubblebucket, Metallica, Dr. Dog, AURA & more…

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nyctaper has a recording from the Rubblebucket show we posted about yesterday. Carly and Nick did some great work capturing the energy of the show and now I can hear it for myself. Thanks, nyctaper!

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