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February 5, 2015

Dogheart’s What Burns The Best Coming

Dogheart formed in early 2014 when Oregon natives Matt Jenkins (guitar, vocals), Cameron Hering (drums), and Gray Hildreth (bass), began writing music together in a tight, crowded, and dark practice space where they spent many long hours honing in on their new sound and coming up with their new name for the band. The band decided on the name Dogheart, which Matt Jenkins thought of years back, the name suggesting that man can be a selfish creature, or a loving being. This name perhaps influenced by those that the group met along the way. All members originally hailed from different projects, and wanted to create something fun and exciting without any borders, or restrictions. The band all dabbled with other projects, as well as incomplete projects, in the past and were eager to create something that they were all proud of and move forward with it.

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February 5, 2015

Mideau To Release Debut And Perform At SXSW

Utah duo Mideau – Libbie Linton and Spencer J. Harrison – is set to release their self-titled debut full-length album on April 21, 2015. Recorded with the help of Grammy nominated songwriter and producer Nate Pyfer (Kaskade, The Moth & The Flame) and audio engineers Scott Wiley (Neon Trees) and Mike Roskelley (Kaskade, The Late Night Alumni), the album showcases the pair’s ability to write beautiful, complex, melodic and meaningful songs. In addition, Mideau will be making their second SXSW appearance this March in advance of the late spring album release.

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February 5, 2015

Ewert And The Two Dragons Offer Pictures

Indie band, Ewert and The Two Dragons have premiered the video for their new single “Pictures” via MTV Iggy. Filmed in their native Estonia, the video features the band performing in an abandoned warehouse, perched atop giant modular cube-like lighted sculptures, surrounded by more than 200 lamps – all timed to an intricate sequence. “Pictures” is the first single off of the band’s upcoming album ‘Circles,’ which will be release on February 24th (Sire/Warner Bros. Records). The album is available for pre-order now on iTunes and Amazon.

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February 5, 2015

Marleys Introduce #Share1Love

The Marley Family, along with Videoo, a collaborative platform to collect and curate social video playlists, will officially launch its #Share1Love movement on February 6th, what would have been Bob Marley’s 70th birthday. The purpose of #Share1Love is to honor Bob Marley’s vision of a better tomorrow by uniting the world through acts of love and uniting generations of fans to show how they bring love to the world, while simultaneously igniting a feel good social video movement.

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February 5, 2015

Natalie Prass Video Premieres To NPR

The video concept was created by my best friend since age 15 and multidisciplinary artist, Erica Prince, who co-directed the video with Tiona McClodden. Erica and I have watched each other evolve as artists throughout the years, so it is really special to make something together at this point in our careers, the same way we’ve been collaborating since we were kids.

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February 5, 2015

The Dead Daisies Meets Cuba

Dynamic musical collective The Dead Daisies head to Cuba this month as guests of the Cuban Ministry of Culture, Cuban Institute of Music and the Cuban Rock Agency. The rock band will be in Havana from February 20 to March 1 as part of a cultural exchange organized by the Cuban Ministry of Culture.

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