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Music Summer Festival Breakdown

by CJ Britton
June 1, 2011 - 2:13 pm

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Summer is known for short shorts, windows down, overpriced ice cream stands and of course, Summer Music Festivals. Whether you are a fan of Dirrrty South Hip Hop, East Coast Ragers, West Coast Dubstep or any of the other awesome styles in the middle let’s face it, summer’s the perfect time to sample all the different flavors. To help you and your friends in your quest for the perfect summer festival we’ve broken down a few of our favorite summer festival’s with line ups and locations that are sure to please the music lover’s soul.

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Music The Ting Tings – In Color

by Nicole Pajer
February 14, 2011 - 10:37 am

Ting Tings

If you don’t think you know who The Ting Tings are, I bet you do. If you’ve turned on the radio within the last year, chances are you’ve heard “That’s Not My Name” or “Shut Up and Let Me Go.” The Manchester indie pop duo composed of Jules De Martino and Katie White have released four major singles on Columbia Records UK and their debut album “We Started Nothing” has sold well over 2 million copies.

A highly anticipated sequel to their first album, rumored to have a working title of Kunst (which means ‘art ‘in German), is scheduled to release sometime in early 2011.

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interview Q and A With Manchester’s Delphic


by Nicole Pajer and Dustin Downing
June 24, 2010 - 10:42 am

Delphic

Thursday night, Manchester’s own Delphic took the outdoor stage at Dangerbird Records to bestow the crowd below with the urge to dance.  After a set perfectly infused with a wreath of synth, guitar, vocals, and drums, the boys headed backstage to relax, while coyly avoiding the crowd gathered around the television that was showing the last quarter of the Lakers game.  It’s OK guys, we all know that “football” is the thing in the UK and doing an interview for China Shop over watching Kobe Bryant was a good enough excuse for me.

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