Featured Music Bring the Noise: Red Bull Noise Complaint

December 15, 2011 - 11:48 am

Two highly successful New Jersey based rock bands are returning to their home state to celebrate its role in making them who they are today. This holiday season, Senses Fail and Saves the Day return to New Jersey’s famous Starland Ballroom located in Sayreville for not only one of their stellar performances but for a chance to give back to the local music community as part of Red Bull Noise Complaint. A dollar from each ticket sold to the December 23rd show will be donated to the upkeep of the famed Court Tavern in New Brunswick, NJ. The small no-frills venue, open for nearly 30 years, has hosted rock and alternative acts such as Pavement, Ween, The Flaming Lips, Gaslight Anthem, The Bouncing Souls and Lifetime. The Court also provides a stage for up-and-coming local acts and offers regular free shows for the strapped-for-cash student looking to catch some live music.

To pass along the torch, a local up-and-coming New Jersey band was chosen to open for Senses Fail and Saves the Day at Starland. That group, Banquets was selected at a Red Bull Noise Complaint showcase at Court Tavern on Friday, November 18th.

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Daily Dots Daily Dots: Kele Okereke, Phoenix, Lupe Fiasco, Flaming Lips, Theophilus London, Liquid Swords 2

April 28, 2010 - 3:59 pm

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Today’s bloggin’ best…

- Check out the new XXXChange powered track by Bloc Party singer Kele Okereke, “Tenderoni.” Pitchfork

- Phoenix performs acoustic in the rain on the Spin rooftop. Spin

- New Lupe Fiasco video, “I’m Beaming.” MissInfo

- The guy in The Flaming Lips who does heroin is hospitalized. Palm Beach Post

- Theophilus London new mixtape, I Want You. Hypebeast

- RZA announces Liquid Swords 2. URB

Music Lake Trout Fishing

March 23, 2009 - 12:11 am

Throughout the course of their 12-year existence, Lake Trout has consistently defied genres within the music industry. The Baltimore five-piece has displayed a unique, multi-dimensional blend of rock, creating ambient soundscapes over ferocious rhythms that channel psychedelia, industrial and modern indie rock.

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