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May 19, 2014

Brian Setzer Starts Rockabilly Riot August 12th

Iconic guitarist, songwriter and vocalist BRIAN SETZER will release ROCKABILLY RIOT: ALL ORIGINAL–a straight-ahead rockabilly album from start to finish–via Surfdog Records Tuesday, August 12. The new album, featuring the high-octane first single “Let’s Shake,” marks SETZER’s first studio album since 2011’s Grammy Award-nominated album,Setzer Goes Instru-Mental!.

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May 19, 2014

A.V. Club’s “Pioneering” Series Takes On Gram Parsons

The A.V. Club’s “Pioneering” series takes us to Los Angeles this week! The whole series has been incredible to watch– its has featured the Mountain Goats paying tribute to the Ramones in NYC (watch HERE), Protomartyr celebrating The Stooges in Ann Arbor (watch HERE), Those Darlins paying homage to Dolly Parton in Nashville (watch HERE), Sharon Van Etten paying tribute to Bruce Springsteen in New Jersey (watch HERE), and Shakey Graves and Eef Barzelay celebrating Jefferson Airplane (watch HERE).

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May 19, 2014

Neal Schön Premieres EPK for So U

Fans of legendary guitarist Neal Schön can click here to check out the exclusive worldwide premiere of the EPK about the making of his new album, SO U, onGuitarPlayer.com. The EPK features interviews with Schön, bassist Marco Mendoza and drummer Deen Castronovo; the three discuss the creative process behind the jazz and blues-inspired hard rock studio album, SO U. SO U is a collaboration between Schön,Mendoza (Black Star Riders, Ted Nugent, Whitesnake, Thin Lizzy) and Castronovo (Journey, Ozzy Osbourne, Steve Vai, Hardline). The three musicians split vocal and writing duties, with many of the tracks also co-written by Night Ranger/Damn Yankee’s songwriter, singer and bassist Jack Blades.

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May 19, 2014

Veruca Salt On Conan With Original Lineup

Veruca Salt – who recently announced their reunion with the release of a 10-inch Record Store Day release and the routing of a summer North American tour – are set to share the stage together for the first time with all four original members since 1996 on Conan this Wednesday, May 21st. They will perform their iconic single “Seether,” and a clip of “The Museum of Broken Relationships” – a brand new track off of their RSD release – will be available online. Tune in to TBS at 11:00 EDT / 10:00 CDT on Wednesday to watch them live!

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May 19, 2014

Jon Langford Gets Praise For “Drone Operator”

Beloved Welsh-born punk rocker/visual artist Jon Langford and his band Skull Orchard released their newest album Here Be Monsters via In De Goot Recordings last month riding a wave of national critical acclaim. With features byNPR’s Fresh Air, Pitchfork, SPIN, New York Times, LA Times, USA Today, Vice, A.V. Club, Consequence of Sound, Flavorwire, Huffington Post, and many more, Langford won’t go quietly into the beyond just yet. In their current May 22nd issue, Rolling Stone described album single “Drone Operator” as “a scathing new country-rock jam” and “the best song yet about 21st-century American foreign policy.”

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