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Music West-side! Uh Huh Her on Jimmy Kimmel Live Monday Jan 9

by Shop Keeper
January 6, 2012 - 4:03 pm

Uh Huh Her will perform this coming Monday night, January 9, on ABC-TV’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live,” marking the electro-pop group’s first-ever national late-night TV performance. Tune in on Monday at 12:05 am ET/CT/PT to watch Uh Huh Her–Leisha Hailey (keyboards, bass) and Camila Grey (keyboards, guitar)–perform the electrifying new single “Marstorm” from their sophomore release Nocturnes (Plaid). The show will also be available for viewing online the following day at: http://abc.go.com/shows/jimmy-kimmel-live.

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Featured Music The Sidekicks Unleash “Awkward Breeds”

by Shop Keeper
January 6, 2012 - 11:01 am

It’s not often that people who are serious about making music stick with their “first band”, but that’s exactly what’s happened with Steve Ciolek (Vocals & Guitar) and Matt Climer (Drums), the long-time axis and backbone behind The Sidekicks. The two Cleveland natives were childhood buds that played high school sports together and shared an interest in spikey-haired punk rock bands that would probably make them cringe today. The first incarnation of The Sidekicks was a gruff punk rock quartet that bore the markings of bands like Against Me! and Hot Water Music; and their first proper full length, “So Long, Soggy Dog,” is what caught the attention of the punk scene as well as Chicago label, Red Scare. It may have been gritty, but it was a clear sign of things to come and even then these teenagers stood out from their peers. The band was dedicated to the DIY scene and toured with like-minded punk bands such as Teenage Bottlerocket, O Pioneers!!!, Cobra Skulls, etc.

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Music Tuesday Newsday: New Releases from Archer Black, Young Jeezy, Snoop Dogg, Jonsi, and Common

by Shop Keeper
January 3, 2012 - 9:32 pm

It’s been a while, musicphiles…here’s a few you might have missed over the holidays…Snoop Dogg did a kid’s album…who would’ve thunkit…Lars von Trier and indie darling Charlotte Gainsbourg is back with another solo record…Nero welcomes Reality…Jonsi does the soundtrack for We Bought a Zoo…Common Gets Some rave reviews over The Dreamer/The Believer…LA-based rockers, Archer Black make their debut…

Anthony Hamilton – Back to Love
Archer Black – Forgiveness is a Weapon
Young London – Tooth and Nail
King Kobra – Legends Never Die
Plug in Stereo – The Patience EP
Snoop Dogg – Mac and Devin Go to High School [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]
Charlotte Gainsbourg - Stage Whisper
White Denim – Last Day of Summer
Nero – Welcome Reality
Young Jeezy – TM:103 Hustlerz Ambition
Jonsi – We Bought a Zoo (OMS)
Common – The Dreamer/The Believer

Featured Music Gym Class Heroes – Sharper Than Ever

by Shop Keeper
December 29, 2011 - 11:00 am

The Gym Class Heroes are sharper than ever. After spending nearly the past two years pursuing other musical side projects, the hip-hop rock quartet returns in full force with their forthcoming album “The Papercut Chronicles II” and they couldn’t be any more excited.

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Featured Nightlife Rock In The New Year On The Sunset Strip (Deals! Deals! Deals!)

by Shop Keeper
December 28, 2011 - 11:49 am

West Hollywood, California’s The Sunset Strip: the incomparable mix of its history, glamour, cutting-edge style, pure entertainment and exciting nightlife makes it the favored destination for travelers, locals, rockers and everyone in between. As 2012 approaches, The Strip invites you to ring in the New Year with special fare planned by its top restaurants–which include Asia De Cuba, Eveleigh, Nonna of Italy and Gordon Ramsay at The London West Hollywood–or with music and comedy events at the Viper Room, The Roxy, Whisky A Go-Go, The Comedy Store, House of Blues and The Standard. The range of events and options fit a range of budgets and reveling plans. Also, the City of West Hollywood has announced it will launch a “holiday shuttle” during the NYE weekend (Dec. 29 –31). It will run in a continuous loop throughout West Hollywood from 8 p.m. – 3 a.m. on these nights. Log in here for more information.

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Music Talib Kweli Focuses on “Distractions” (Music Video)

by Shop Keeper
December 26, 2011 - 10:00 am

True to form, Talib Kweli‘s latest song and video does not shy from political themes or social justice issues. The video, shot in New York and directed by Darryl Phillips, features Kweli delivering fiery lyrics at Zucatti Park flanked by Occupy Wall Street protesters.

Video after the Jump

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Music “Diplo Hates You” (Remix Contest)

by Shop Keeper
December 22, 2011 - 3:29 pm

Pink alert! Pink Alert! Calling all DJs and Producers. Check this out. Remix Dani Deahl‘s latest “Diplo Hates You” for a chance at having your production released on Atomic Zoo Recordings.

The song has been praised by Diplo himself, saying “That shit is a jam” and the likes of Kissy Sell Out, Hot Pink Delorean, Lucky Date, Smalltown DJs, Benzi and more have already given their support.

Atomic Zoo will release 3 winning remixes. 1st place gets $500 CASH (payable by Paypal™). Details after the jump.

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Music Chaos Alert: LMFAO’s Redfoo Returns to Marquee Nightclub Party Rock Mondays

by Shop Keeper
December 22, 2011 - 10:33 am

LMFAO’s Redfoo returns to Marquee Nightclub at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas for another year of Party Rock Mondays in 2012. The raucous, no-holds barred party has seen a dizzying array of animal print pants, inflatable zebras, foam hands and Champagne showers. The nights are filled with unexpected antics, entertainment and endless hours of dancing. The Party Rock Crew is back for another year and they are not sorry for Party Rocking! Redfoo breaks down the Party Rock ethos, “Party Rock is basically a mindset; it’s a verb. It’s “to party-rock.”We kind of see the world as a big party. All the articles of clothing, all the sayings we make up, we’re just having fun and making people laugh and making each other laugh and celebrating life. To party-rock is to celebrate life. It’s like party with a rock ’n’ roll attitude.”

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Music Woodpigeon Returns

by Shop Keeper
December 22, 2011 - 10:30 am

Woodpigeon returns with a new digital EP, For Paolo, available January 24 via Boompa Records. Led by songwriter Mark Andrew Hamilton, For Paolo was inspired by his parents, the cassette tapes they played on long, family drives across the prairies of Canada. Hamilton said, “My parents were always the type to find an artist and album they liked and then listen to it non-stop in the car for years. It’s these tapes which, whether I liked them at the time or not, formed an undeniable part of my musical DNA: Carole King, Falco, a truck-stop Hits of the 1960s compilation. The songs of the For Paolo EP are a valentine of sorts to those old cassettes of my parents – I’d like to think there’s more than just a dash of Fleetwood Mac’s ‘Tango in the Night’ in the title track, a little bit of girly one-hit wonder in ‘One To Many’. But then again, whenever I think I’m getting pretty close at sounding one way, I’m the only one who hears it – so you’ll have to excuse the thought that there’s a little bit of Boys Don’t Cry’s ‘I Wanna Be a Cowboy’ and Iron Butterfly mixed in here somewhere too.” Listen to / watch the video for the title track to the album after the jump.

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