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May 4, 2015

Icon Kent Finlay’s Life And Music Celebrated

Please join us: We’re celebrating Kent Finlay’s life exactly how he would have loved! On May 10 starting at 6:30pm, songwriters spanning the Cheatham Street Warehouse generations – from Marcia Ball and James McMurtry to Kevin and Dustin Welch and Owen Temple – will gather at Evans Auditorium in San Marcos for a huge memorial show. After the official memorial, the gang will head over to Cheatham Street and keep swapping songs all night long. You never know who will show up! “There’s no better way to honor Dad than an entire day and night of songwriters playing their songs for him,” Jenni Finlay says. “He would have been so proud.” Both events are free and open to the public.May 10 starting at 6:30pm, songwriters spanning the Cheatham Street Warehouse generations – from Marcia Ball and James McMurtry to Kevin and Dustin Welch and Owen Temple – will gather at Evans Auditorium in San Marcos for a huge memorial show. After the official memorial, the gang will head over to Cheatham Street and keep swapping songs all night long. You never know who will show up! “There’s no better way to honor Dad than an entire day and night of songwriters playing their songs for him,” Jenni Finlay says. “He would have been so proud.” Both events are free and open to the public.

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May 4, 2015

My Morning Jacket’s The Waterfall Arrives

It is with great pride and pleasure that we announce the release of My Morning Jacket’s seventh full-length album, The Waterfall, out today via ATO Records/Capitol Records. To mark the release of the album My Morning Jacket will be embarking on a worldwide tour beginning later this month. Today they have also added some new fall dates on the west coast.

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May 4, 2015

Chicano Batman Brings Spring Tour

LA’s Chicano Batman is your sonic outlet from monotony back into the soul and in only four short months, the unsigned four-piece has already had quite a year. Following a run of dates opening for Jack White on his Lazaretto tour, the band recently blew away fans at this year’s Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival.

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May 4, 2015

Kraftwerk 3-D Coming To North America

Electro pioneers KRAFTWERK will return to North America this September and October for a special 12 city run of their Multimedia 3-D CONCERTS. Beginning September 16 in Edmonton, Canada, the tour will pass through many cities they haven’t played before. The full routing follows below and tickets go on sale Friday, May 8 at 10:00 am.

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May 1, 2015

Amos Lee To Release Live Album

Last year, Lee headlined amphitheaters and delivered main stage performances at top festivals supporting Mountains Of Sorrow, Rivers Of Song (2013) and is now excited to announce his first-ever live album, Live at Red Rocks With The Colorado Symphony. A one night only performance, the album features tracks from Lee’s entire discography and will be released on June 16th. Courtesy of Entertainment Weekly.

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May 1, 2015

The Myrrors’ Tours For Arena Negra

The Myrrors released their latest LP, Arena Negra, in March on Beyond Beyond is Beyond Records, and now they’re gearing up for a busy spring with a handful of Southwest dates in May and a stop at Austin Psych Fest’s Levitation. They hit the road this Sunday (5/3) and play the festival the following week, on Sunday, May 10th.

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May 1, 2015

Casey Neill Does PJ Harvey

Portland’s own Casey Neill & the Norway Rats have released a new single, their take on PJ Harvey’s “The Sky Lit Up.” The track is available for streaming and free download here (add link), and will also be on the Rats’ forthcoming 12” vinyl EP in September.

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May 1, 2015

Van Halen Plays Billboard Awards Show

Billboard and Dick Clark Productions announced today that one of the greatest rock and roll bands of all-time, Van Halen, will perform on the “2015 Billboard Music Awards,” marking the band’s first-ever performance on an awards show with Eddie, Alex, Wolfgang Van Halen and David Lee Roth. Van Halen join previously announced musical performers Kelly Clarkson, Hozier, Nick Jonas, Ed Sheeran, Sam Smith, along with special duet performances by “Empire” recording artists Jussie Smollett and Bryshere “Yazz” Gray with Estelle, Fall Out Boy featuring Wiz Khalifa, Britney Spears and Iggy Azalea and Meghan Trainor featuring John Legend. The “2015 Billboard Music Awards” will be hosted by Ludacris and Chrissy Teigen and broadcast LIVE from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on Sunday, May 17, on ABC from 8:00 PM–11:00 PM ET.

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