GOING LIVE: Keane
Nestled in the city’s docks, East Sussex alt vets Keane ripped open the familiar stage at the Sound Academy during their latest trek…
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TRACK/MP3: Dirty Projectors – “Dance For You”
After unleashing their lead single “Gun Has No Trigger” on our ears, Dirty Projectors have pulled the blankets off their second Swing…
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BLARE’s 20 MUST-HEAR BANDS AT NXNE 2012
Now in its 18th year, the annual destination for new independent music is set to rip apart its shirt Hulk Hogan style to the beat of vintage…
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Select/Start: NXNE 2012 Mixtape
While food trucks roll in, wristband holders plan their five-day schedules and out-of-towners daydream about the undeniable combination…
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OFFSTAGE: K.Flay (Bonnaroo 2012)
To help capture the experience, we asked a few artists to share their own photos and though many didn’t make it out of the phone signal…
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TRACK/MP3: Passion Pit – “I’ll Be Alright”
Thanks to the pop-protest feel to “Take A Walk”, Passion Pit sound refreshingly confident and their new track, “I’ll Be Alright”, spikes that…
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TRACK/MP3: Bass Drum Of Death – “White Fright”
After last year’s GB City erupted as 2011’s best rock LP, Oxford, MS kitchen shredders Bass Drum Of Death have pulled out a new track…
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TRACK/MP3: Mac Miller + Pharrell – “Onaroll”
After spreading news an unreleased single would hit the interwebs, Mac Miller followed up his day-famous tweet with “Onaroll”, a dripping…
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BLARE’s 30 MUST-HEAR BANDS AT BONNAROO
The bands, the food, the way everyone looks as if they just warped in from a Grateful Dead gig circa 1966 – these are aspects that have…
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BLARE’s 5 Best New Artists (June 2012)
It’s hard to ignore the classics, but it’s worse to overlook the rising stars. June’s picks spotlight emerging artists changing pop, alternative…
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