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January 29, 2015

Foo Fighters Plays More Citi Field

The biggest New York area headline show of Foo Fighters’ 20 year history just became the band’s hugest ever NYC double-header: With tickets for the FF July 16th Citi Field date sold out and fetching exorbitant sums on the secondary market, a second night has been confirmed for July 15th.

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January 28, 2015

Fall Out Boy’s American Beauty/American Psycho Hits #1

Grammy-nominated, multi-platinum selling artists Fall Out Boy’s sixth studio album American Beauty/American Psycho debuted at #1 on the Billboard Top 200, marking the band’s third #1 album. The album – released January 20 on Island Records & DCD2 Records – racked up more than 218,000 total units consumed, further cementing the group’s position as one of rock music’s biggest-selling bands. The album peaked at #1 on iTunes in 22 countries, with #1 chart debuts in Canada and Japan and Top 5 debuts in the UK and Australia.

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January 28, 2015

Grammy Awards Slate Collaborations And Beyond

The 57th Annual GRAMMY Awards® continues its tradition of producing standout musical collaborations, universally known as “GRAMMY® Moments.” This year’s series of unique pairings includes current nominees Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga, a musical couple whose respective songbooks have entertained audiences for a combined 70-plus years; nominees Hozier and Annie Lennox; nominee Jessie J and vocal legend Tom Jones; and Maroon 5 frontman Adam Levine with singer/songwriter Gwen Stefani in a never-before-seen performance. They join previously announced performers AC/DC, Eric Church, Common with John Legend, Ariana Grande, Miranda Lambert, Madonna, Ed Sheeran, Sam Smith, Usher, and Pharrell Williams. Entertainment icon and two-time GRAMMY winner LL COOL J returns as host. Taking place at STAPLES Center in Los Angeles, Music’s Biggest Night® will be broadcast live in high-definition TV and 5.1 surround sound on the CBS Television Network, Sunday, Feb. 8, 2015, from 8 – 11:30 p.m. (ET/PT).

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January 28, 2015

Rolling Stone Works With Google On Play Newsstand

Rolling Stone and Google Play announced today a collaboration to bring years of iconic stories to the digital world where people can read them freely. For the first time ever, Rolling Stone’s vast archives, including features by notable writers such as Hunter S. Thompson, Cameron Crowe and Matt Taibbi, will be available for free to everyone on Android and iOS phones and tablets exclusively on mobile through Google Play Newsstand, Google’s news reader app optimized for phones and tablets. In addition to articles from the archives, Rolling Stone will also be releasing breaking stories as part of their daily feed of music, culture, lifestyle and political content on Play Newsstand, and all will be available on January 30.

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January 28, 2015

Jimbo Mathus’ Dark Night Of The Soul Coming

Few studio albums have had a birth process like Jimbo Mathus’ new release, Dark Night of the Soul. To create his ninth album, the singer-songwriter spent nearly a year going to Dial Back Sound Studio, near his home in Taylor, Mississippi, to work on new tunes. Dial Back Sound, however, isn’t just any conveniently located studio, but one operated by Fat Possum Records’ Bruce Watson, who offered Mathus this extended opportunity to create the follow-up to his highly-regarded Fat Possum debut White Buffalo.

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January 28, 2015

eels To Release A Daisy Through Concrete

EELS have had one of the most consistently acclaimed careers in music. The ever-changing project of principal singer/songwriter Mark Oliver Everett, aka E, EELS have released 10 studio albums since their 1996 debut, Beautiful Freak. Mojo Magazine calls Everett “a member of rock’s very own League of Extraordinary Gentlemen,” while legendary troubadour Tom Waits says he “eagerly awaits each new release.” In 2008 Everett published his highly acclaimed book Things the Grandchildren Should Know and starred in the award-winning Parallel Worlds, Parallel Lives documentary about the search to understand his quantum physicist father, Hugh Everett III. In 2009 EELS began the release of an album trilogy: Hombre Lobo, End Times and Tomorrow Morning, followed three years later by 2013’s Wonderful, Glorious and the critically-acclaimed The Cautionary Tales of Mark Oliver Everett in 2014.

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January 28, 2015

Bouquet Debuts In A Dream March 10th

In a Dream is the debut 5-song EP from the kaleidoscopic pop duo, Bouquet. Each song on the record offers a portal into Bouquet’s uncanny universe – where clocks strike backwards, dust fills trophy cups, and analog drum machines pulsate like footsteps. Guitar and synthesizer blend and divide as Carolyn Pennypacker Riggs’ ether-filled vocals float above, fortified by Max Foreman’s precise baritone. In A Dream’s landscapes of trembling electronics invoke such unclassifiable wonders as Young Marble Giants and This Mortal Coil, synth heroes Cluster, and the dulcet sensibilities of Sibylle Baier.

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