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Diego’s Umbrella Could Totally Take Gogol Bordello In A Fight

By Zooey Mae Diego’s Umbrella, the self-designated “Ambassadors of Gypsy Rock,” are fresh off their debut at San Francisco’s Outside Lands Music Festival. Described as a vibrant mix of Eastern European sounds and punk rock musicality, they’re bringing their uniformed goodness to towns near you to make love to your ear holes. Tyson and Ben, [...]

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Agent Orange: SoCal Surf Punk Legends

By Eric Wendt Any fan of punk rock could write a book about Agent Orange. For over 30 years the band has been bringing their fast, abrasive sound to eager ears the world over. Synonymous with skate and surf culture, Agent Orange’s DIY aesthetic has been aped by countless bands. And for good reason: they [...]

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Say Hello To Goodnight Caulfield

By Eric Wendt Goodnight Caulfield took a minute to grow on me. You can see their talent a mile away ( soaring vocals, seemingly endless melodies), but I tend to gravitate toward the face-melting side of the musical spectrum. But there’s just something about their hooky pop/rock that keeps me coming back. Maybe it’s the [...]

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Then Secret Handshake Tour Dates/New Album

Luis Dubuc, the brains and brawn behind Texas’ The Secret Handshake, has been putting out some quality electronic pop-rock since about 2004, and it looks like there’s no stop to his current project anytime soon. Dubuc is just about ready to drop his latest release,y Name Up In Lights, which is set to come out [...]

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Fortress Of Attitude SXSW and Tour Dates

Practice has gone smoothly down here in Rocktropolis, the new material is coming along nicely. Here, for your education, are some upcoming tour dates for Fortress Of Attitude‘s upcoming assault on the southwest. Upcoming Shows ( view all ) Mar 11 2009 8:00P The Good Hurt Venice, California Mar 12 2009 11:30P Hollywood Alley Mesa, [...]

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Kanye Can’t Sing

If you’ve been hiding under a rock recently, let me give you a little insight into what’s absolutely raping the music industry at the current moment.  No, this isn’t a Major v. Indie thing, it’s not about file sharing and it’s not about Chinese Democracy; it’s about the discovery of a piece of software generally [...]

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The REAL Guitar Hero – David Powers

Filmed at Great American Music Hall in San Francisco, as part of Guitar Magazine’s “Guitar Hero 06′ Contest”. Want more Powers? YES I DO! ABOUT: David Powers may have earned his stripes with raw guitar virtuosity – he was one of 3 finalists in Guitar Player Magazine’s “Guitar Hero 06′ competition – but impressing the [...]

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