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Indie Bands

Ménage's Promises, Peligro's Purple Haze, Indie Bands, Clive Davis and Our Need for Music

Ashley Jude Collie | Posted 04.03.2013 | Arts
Read More: DH Peligro, Ashley Jude Collie, Arcade Fire, The Viper Room, Dead Kennedys, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Greek Theater, Kickstarter, Clive Davis, Indie Bands, Smashing Pumpkins, Hard Rock Cafe, Beck, Arts News
Ashley Jude Collie

Fledgling blues rock guitarist/songwriter Lorelei Brewer says, "My main inspiration for doing music is not to play 'rockstar' or to get rich and famous. Hell no. I quote a friend, 'I wish money had nothing to do with it.' "

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Music That Saves Your Life

Ombretta Di Dio | Posted 10.22.2012 | Arts
Read More: Indie Music, Shout Out Louds Music, Indie Bands, Shout-Out-Louds, Indie Music Acts, Arts News
Ombretta Di Dio

I can easily summarize what these guys helped me deal with and did for me, with one album, in three concepts: Dysfunctional Relationship, Law School and Eating Disorders.

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Lucas Kavner

The Newest Indie Scene Is Where You Least Expect It

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucas Kavner | Posted 05.31.2012 | Home
Read More: Bands in the Woods, Wisconsin, Family Band, Catskills, Microphones, Indie Music Scenes, Bon Iver, Mount Eerie, Indie Bands, Justin Vernon, Indie Scenes, K Records, Phil Elverum, Indie Music, Bowerbirds, Anacortes, Home News

Plenty of attention has been paid to the "cabin in the woods" component of Bon Iver's success. "Musician down on his luck heads to secluded cabin and ...

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Local Band Makes New Songs Free 'Til Dec. 6

The Huffington Post | Rachel Tepper | Posted 11.29.2011 | DC
Read More: DC News, Velvet Lounge, Bands, District of Columbia, Indie Bands, Music, Electronica, Wonderland Ballroom, Ra Ra Rasputin, DC News

WASHINGTON -- With the holiday season approaching, local band Ra Ra Rasputin seems to be in the giving spirit. To celebrate the release of its latest ...

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Gazelle Emami

EXCLUSIVE: David Lynch's 'Red Button Man' Comes Alive With Interpol Track

HuffingtonPost.com | Gazelle Emami | Posted 09.11.2011 | Home
Read More: David Lynch Red Button Man, Red Button Man Video, Alternative Music, David Lynch Interpol Collaboration, Video, Interpol, Live Performance, David Lynch, Coachella, Interpol Band, Film, Music, David Lynch Interpol, Indie Bands, I Touch a Red Button Man, Home News

This is the first in an occasional series, Strange Bedfellows, in which we highlight unexpected collaborations between artists. From their first fo...

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Put 10,000 Maniacs in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Dave Astor | Posted 09.09.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: Roxy Music, The Cure, Mary Ramsey, Patti Smith, Indie Bands, Steve Gustafson, Alternative Rock, Robert Buck, 000 Maniacs, Jeff Erickson, Natalie Merchant, Dennis Drew, Jerry Augustyniak, John Lombardo, Joy Division, Maria Sebastian, 10, R.E.M., The Clash, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Bruce Springsteen, Entertainment News
Dave Astor

As I write this post, I'm sitting in The Wishing Chair. That's the name of a 10,000 Maniacs album from 1985, and also reflects my wish that the band be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. It would be a much-deserved honor.

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Local Music App Aims to Help Cafes Compete With Starbucks, Peets

Eliot Van Buskirk | Posted 09.05.2011 | Technology
Read More: mp3, Band Over Boston, Itunes, Concerts, Bands, Local, Starbucks, Coffee, Indie Bands, Peets, Shows, Small Business America, Technology News
Eliot Van Buskirk

Band Over Boston uses iTunes' ability to stream music over a WiFi network to present an array of local bands from that area that have submitted their music to the system.

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"My First Band" Compilation -- Fun for Denver Music Guys and Chicks

Angora Holly Polo | Posted 07.31.2011 | Denver
Read More: Denver Music, Hot Congress, Playlists, Indie Bands, Something Like Sound, Denver News
Angora Holly Polo

This is a brave compilation that contains songs from Denver musicians' first bands. Reviewing it for you is not the point here -- it's to tell you about this opportunity to listen to some great songs.

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UK/Brooklyn Band Deluka Like the "Night" Life

Jon Chattman | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
Read More: Deluka, Webster Hall, Brooklyn Bands, The Studio Webster Hall, Indie Bands, thecheappop.com, New York News
Jon Chattman

The Killers fronted by Debbie Harry. That's one way to describe the electro indie rock feel of the new band Deluka.

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Bringing Underground Music To The Outside World

The Huffington Post/AOL Small Business | Cara Cannella | Posted 07.28.2011 | Small Business
Read More: Black Iris, White Iris Records, Small Business Success Stories, Starting a Business, Daron Hollowell, Indie Music, Indie Bands, Saturday Night Live Music, Entrepreneur Spotlight, Toyota Swagger Wagon, Swagger Wagon, Small Business News

When Daron Hollowell was 16, he met his musical hero: Ian MacKaye of the punk band Fugazi. "I interviewed him for a fanzine, and that conversation inf...

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