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Fresh off of a US tour with August Burns Red and Silverstein, up-and-coming metalcore outfit Texas in July have a big year ahead of them. In addition to a headlining tour and a spot on the Bamboozle festival in New Jersey, they are one of this year’s featured acts at the Launch Read More

One of Philadelphia’s brightest young guitarists, Marisa Salazar of Philly funk, rock, hip-hop group Da Rezarekt, is currently battling stage three breast cancer. No words or cliché phrases can do justice to the situation. Though no one could ever be prepared for such a diagnosis Read More

“I really liked the idea that the name wouldn’t pigeonhole us. When you hear the band name, it doesn’t describe a sound at all, it doesn’t set any expectation of the sound of the band,” says Pat McCay about his band’s name. Though people may associate their name Read More

The Felice Brothers spent March far from New York, where they got their start playing the city’s subway stations. Instead, the real life brothers and their band mates were traveling through Germany, Belgium, and the Netherlands with singer and guitarist Craig Finn. Now the Read More

A wise man once advised, “Learn it. Know it. Live it.” Now who was this wise man? Brad Hamilton. Never heard of him? He’s not real, but a minor-character played by actor Judge Reinhold in the 1982 coming-of-age teen comedy, Fast Times at Ridgemont High. Wise words… wouldn’t you Read More

Banjo, fiddle, cello, drums. What sounds come to mind when you’re given a band that can combine all those instruments? Bluegrass? Classical? Folk? High energy, feet-stomping, channeling the sounds of Nashville and some strong vocals to boot? The classically trained quartet, Read More