CONTEST: Mastodon
With the beards, the alt metal riffage and crowds that don’t know how to stand still, Mastodon’s live sets have a rep of making you stagger…
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TRACK/MP3: Volcanoes – “A Knife In The Dark”
What would happen if Japandroids partied with Death From Above 1979? Well in the most cliche way, the result would be the St. Louis duo…
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CONTEST: Zedd
BLARE and local indie/electronic promoters Embrace Presents have teamed up to give away a pair of guestlist spots to the 22-year-old…
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CONTEST: Deer Tick
Deer Tick have made alt country an addiction. It’s engaging, seductive (in a way) and thanks to the Rhode Island five-piece, it’s very catchy…
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BLARE’s 5 Best New Artists (November 2011)
It’s hard to ignore the classics, but it’s worse to overlook the rising stars. November highlights a few acts changing indie rock and East Coast rap…
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GOING LIVE: Cold War Kids
One of the past decade’s most underrated acts, Long Beach’s Cold War Kids serenaded the Phoenix with their retro soul side of indie rock…
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CONTEST: Ryan Adams
The thirteenth studio album in his catalog, Ashes & Fire is one of Ryan Adams’ best releases due to its intimacy and raw alt country sound…
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GOING LIVE: Dan Mangan
GOING LIVE: Givers
For the past 365 days, GIVERS have been a rising group that’s attracted.. well, almost everyone. After releasing a self-titled LP in 2009…
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BLARE’s 40 Must-Hear Bands At The Fest
In all fairness, anyone that still claims “punk rock is dead” deserves a slap to the face. As 2011 and The Fest shows, the genre hasn’t been…
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