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Former Taking Back Sunday guitarist keeping his mind on Terrible Things
Lehigh Valley Music presents FESTBLOGIn September 2011, a year after it had released its debut album, indie alt-rock supergroup Terrible Things was on a tour of Australia, and singer/guitarist Fred Mascherino was writing a second disc the band planned to record when it returned...... -
2013 Grammy Award nominees
Indie-rock trio Fun. and R&B/hip-hop star Frank Ocean scored big in Grammy Award nominations, scoring six nods apiece mostly in the top Grammy categories. The Recording Academy announced the nominations Wednesday during a show in Nashville. The 55th...Tags: James Murray, Donald Lawrence, Bruce Springsteen, The Chemical Brothers (music group), Axwell (music group)
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KPFK's 'Travel Tips for Aztlan' names 2012's best Latin-alt albums
One of Pop & Hiss' favorite radio shows is KPFK's "Travel Tips for Aztlan," the L.A. region's longest-running Latin-alternative music program, as well as one of its most clued-in and unpredictable. Marco Torres, the Saturday night show's founder, and...
Tags: Entertainment, Travel, Trips and Vacations, Latin Music (genre), Janis Joplin
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Russian punk band's plight galvanizes artists, rights groups, leaders
World NowA Russian court's guilty verdict and prison sentence for three Russian punk rockers has united pop stars, human rights advocates and political leaders around the world in a motly phalanx of support for the women of Pussy Riot seen as victims of a new... -
Top 5 Concerts of the Coming Week
Lehigh Valley Music presents FESTBLOGTop 5 Concerts of the Coming Week: 1. MATT & KIM Matt & Kim had their biggest commercial success with their third album, 2010’s “Sidewalks,” which hit No. 6 on the rock chart. But the Brooklyn indie dance-punk duo still...... -
Latin Grammy Awards 2012: Juanes, Jesse y Joy win big
LAS VEGAS -- Colombian rock superstar Juanes won the Album of the Year trophy for “Juanes MTV Unplugged” at the XIII Annual Latin Grammy Awards on Thursday evening in Las Vegas, and the Mexico City sibling pop duo Jesse y Joy (that’s...
Tags: Mexico City, Univision (tv network), Entertainment, Mexico, MTV (tv network)
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Life Out Here: Getting the bounce back
Back when I was a boy, practicing and playing basketball in the driveway under meager lighting at night, I loved the bounce. Yes, I’m referring to the basketball bounce, but I’m referring to the atmospheric bounce of AM radio, too. I was...
Tags: Satellite Technology, Sports, Entertainment, Basketball, Bruce Springsteen
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Weezer sticks to hits at first Charm City Music Festival
As a massive, glowing "W" flashed behind the band, the alternative-rock veterans Weezer wasted little time reminding the Charm City Music Festival crowd just how long they've been together. The group kicked off its consistently up-tempo, 90-minute...
Tags: Rock and Roll (genre), Weezer (music group), Harbor East, Entertainment, Arts and Culture
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See what Musikfest headliners are selling best -- and how we rate them
Lehigh Valley MusicNow that Musikfest is finished announcing its headliner music act lineup for this year’s festival – and Lehigh Valley Music is finished telling you who those headliners are, sometimes weeks before Musikfest does -- let’s grade the acts... -
As HFS returns to Baltimore airwaves, other stations rip new CBS version
The Baltimore SunA legendary set of call letters returned to the Baltimore airwaves Monday when CBS radio launched alternative rock station HFS at 97.5 on the FM dial. But competitors, like Dave Hill, the head of programming at 98 Rock (97.9 FM), dismissed the new HFS as...Tags: Politics, Crash (music group), Green Day (music group), Entertainment, Elections
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Musikfest announces final act for this year. Did we guess right?
Lehigh Valley MusicMusikfest is announcing the final headliner for this year's 10-day festival in Bethlehem on its website. Was it the act that Lehigh Valley Music told you it would be? Perry Ferrell of Jane's Addiction. Is this the concert Musikfest announced?...... -
Adam Yauch: The Beastie Boys' MCA remembered on YouTube
Pop & HissAdam "MCA" Yauch has died of cancer at 47. Here's a look at the Beastie Boys evolution through almost three decades of their groundbreaking videos....
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