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Breaking: Mayer Haw...
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08:01:00 10/21/09

Michigan singer/multi-instrumentalist and producer whose month-old debut of retro-soul gems, A Strange Arrangement, is earning him fans like Justin Timberlake, Mar...

Breaking: Mayer Hawthorne

Added 10/21/09
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Breaking: Mayer Hawthorne

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Michigan singer/multi-instrumentalist and producer whose month-old debut of retro-soul gems, A Strange Arrangement, is earning him fans like Justin Timberlake, Mark Ronson and John Mayer, who Tweeted, “Record of the year goes to Mayer Hawthorne,” and then invited the rookie to open for him on New Year’s Eve.

Breaking: Dead Man'...
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08:01:00 10/14/09

Dead Man’s Bones finds Oscar nominee Ryan Gosling and his friend Zach Shields spinning fireside ghost stories into mesmerizing “Monster Mash” sing-alongs with the ...

Breaking: Dead Man's Bones

Added 10/14/09
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Breaking: Dead Man's Bones

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Dead Man’s Bones finds Oscar nominee Ryan Gosling and his friend Zach Shields spinning fireside ghost stories into mesmerizing “Monster Mash” sing-alongs with the help of L.A.’s Silverlake Conservatory Children’s Choir.

Breaking: Band of S...
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08:01:00 10/07/09

Band of Skulls, a British trio whose shit-kicking, bare-bones brand of gritty rock and roll earned them a spot on the hugely anticipated soundtrack to the next Twi...

Breaking: Band of Skulls

Added 10/07/09
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Breaking: Band of Skulls

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Band of Skulls, a British trio whose shit-kicking, bare-bones brand of gritty rock and roll earned them a spot on the hugely anticipated soundtrack to the next Twilight movie, New Moon.

Breaking: Cory Chis...
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08:01:00 09/30/09

A crew of country roots-rockers led by 27-year-old Cory Chisel, a Wisconsin-based singer-songwriter who croons like Nebraska-era Springsteen, dresses like a Deadwo...

Breaking: Cory Chisel and the Wandering Sons

Added 09/30/09
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Breaking: Cory Chisel and the Wandering Sons

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A crew of country roots-rockers led by 27-year-old Cory Chisel, a Wisconsin-based singer-songwriter who croons like Nebraska-era Springsteen, dresses like a Deadwood extra and recorded his first EP in his family’s Minnesota cabin.

Breaking: Washed Out
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08:01:00 09/23/09

Washed Out is the one-man dream-pop project from Ernest Greene, a 26-year-old Southerner who lives in the low-key town of Perry, Georgia.

Breaking: Washed Out

Added 09/23/09
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Breaking: Washed Out

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Washed Out is the one-man dream-pop project from Ernest Greene, a 26-year-old Southerner who lives in the low-key town of Perry, Georgia.

Breaking: The Entra...
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08:01:00 09/16/09

Los Angeles-based trio the Entrance Brand craft sprawling, virtuosic psychedelic rock that has earned them big-ups from Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore, who signed th...

Breaking: The Entrance Band

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Breaking: The Entrance Band

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Los Angeles-based trio the Entrance Brand craft sprawling, virtuosic psychedelic rock that has earned them big-ups from Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore, who signed the crew to his Ecstatic Peace label.

Breaking: Girls
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08:01:00 09/09/09

San Francisco’s Girls are led by Christopher Owens, who was raised in more than a dozen countries as a member of the Children of God cult before escaping at age 16...

Breaking: Girls

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Breaking: Girls

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San Francisco’s Girls are led by Christopher Owens, who was raised in more than a dozen countries as a member of the Children of God cult before escaping at age 16, moving back to the States and taking a job as a supermarket stocker in Texas.

Breaking: Alberta C...
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08:01:00 09/02/09

Alberta Cross, a quintet of stoner rock revivalists from Brooklyn-via-London-via-Sweden who became one of the summer’s must-see new bands thanks to appearances at ...

Breaking: Alberta Cross

Added 09/02/09
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Breaking: Alberta Cross

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Alberta Cross, a quintet of stoner rock revivalists from Brooklyn-via-London-via-Sweden who became one of the summer’s must-see new bands thanks to appearances at Coachella and Bonnaroo.

Breaking: Portugal....
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08:01:00 08/26/09

A hard-working, hard-touring indie-soul four-piece whose spotlight-stealing sets at this year’s Bonnaroo and Lollapalooza festivals were honed by averaging 250 sho...

Breaking: Portugal. The Man

Added 08/26/09
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Breaking: Portugal. The Man

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A hard-working, hard-touring indie-soul four-piece whose spotlight-stealing sets at this year’s Bonnaroo and Lollapalooza festivals were honed by averaging 250 shows a year.

Breaking: Cage the ...
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08:01:00 08/19/09

Bowling Green, Kentucky blues-punk quintet Cage the Elephant, featuring singer Matt Shultz and guitarist Brad Shultz and a pack of high school buddies.

Breaking: Cage the Elephant

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Breaking: Cage the Elephant

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Bowling Green, Kentucky blues-punk quintet Cage the Elephant, featuring singer Matt Shultz and guitarist Brad Shultz and a pack of high school buddies.

Breaking: Owl City
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08:01:00 08/12/09

Owl City, the solo electro-pop project of Minnesotan daydreamer Adam Young began three years ago, when he began recording warm, shimmering tunes in his parents’ ba...

Breaking: Owl City

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Breaking: Owl City

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Owl City, the solo electro-pop project of Minnesotan daydreamer Adam Young began three years ago, when he began recording warm, shimmering tunes in his parents’ basement in off-hours from his job at a soda warehouse.

Breaking: Those Dar...
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08:01:00 07/29/09

Those Darlins — guitarist Jessi, bassist Kelley and baritone ukulele player Nikki — met at the Southern Girls Rock and Roll Camp, a summer youth program founded by...

Breaking: Those Darlins

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Breaking: Those Darlins

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Those Darlins — guitarist Jessi, bassist Kelley and baritone ukulele player Nikki — met at the Southern Girls Rock and Roll Camp, a summer youth program founded by Kelley in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. The trio quickly bonded over their burgeoning love of classic country music and cut their teeth playing standards by the Carter Family and Hank Williams.

Breaking: Maylene a...
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08:01:00 07/22/09

Birmingham, Alabama’s Maylene and the Sons of Disaster come by their thunderous, southern-fried hard rock honestly.

Breaking: Maylene and the Sons of Disaster

Added 07/22/09
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Breaking: Maylene and the Sons of Disaster

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Birmingham, Alabama’s Maylene and the Sons of Disaster come by their thunderous, southern-fried hard rock honestly.

Breaking: Foreign Born
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08:01:00 07/15/09

This sunny L.A. quartet are mostly native Angelenos, but lead singer and guitarist Matt Popieluch spent his formative years living across the pond in Hong Kong wit...

Breaking: Foreign Born

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Breaking: Foreign Born

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This sunny L.A. quartet are mostly native Angelenos, but lead singer and guitarist Matt Popieluch spent his formative years living across the pond in Hong Kong with his banker father.

Breaking: The Script
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08:01:00 07/08/09

Irish trio the Script traces its roots to the late ’90s, when then late-teenagers Danny O’Donoghue (keys and vocals) and Mark Sheehan (guitar) made a pilgrimage to...

Breaking: The Script

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Breaking: The Script

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Irish trio the Script traces its roots to the late ’90s, when then late-teenagers Danny O’Donoghue (keys and vocals) and Mark Sheehan (guitar) made a pilgrimage to America to work as session musicians and studio hands.

Breaking: Screaming...
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08:01:00 07/01/09

A Bred in one of the country’s strongest DIY punk communities, the New Brunswick, New Jersey-based trio Screaming Females have actually got only one shrieking lady...

Breaking: Screaming Females

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Breaking: Screaming Females

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A Bred in one of the country’s strongest DIY punk communities, the New Brunswick, New Jersey-based trio Screaming Females have actually got only one shrieking lady. Her name is Marissa Paternoster, and she is 2009’s answer to Sleater-Kinney’s 2006 breakup, using her throaty pipes and serious chops to channel that trio’s femme-shredder legacy to a new generation

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Breaking: Yeasayer
02/03/10

Electro-tribal trio who formed in Baltimore, where singer Chris Keating and guitarist Anand Wilder attended prep school. The group bonded over seeing shows by classmates Animal Collective and turned a 2008 LSD trip in New Zealand (with singer-bassist Ira Wolf Tuton) into the inspiration behind their latest disc Odd Blood, which positions them as the next weird-ass band to break out of the Brooklyn scene.