Fleet Foxes are Back: Helplessness Blues Released Today

Today is the day many folksters from sea to shining sea were waiting nearly three years for: the release of the Fleet Foxes’ sophomore album, Helplessness Blues. The album features more talented harmonizing, musicianship and general aural pleasure for the listener. The band’s ...

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Take Care, Take Care, Take Care – Explosions In The Sky Are BACK

Explosions In The Sky writes music to move you. I like to think of EIST as modern day composers. Creating primarily instrumental works that take listeners up and down through an array of emotions. Nothing less is to be expected from the Austin, Texas based band. Take Care, Take Care, Take Care ...

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Beastie Boys’ Hot Sauce Committee Pt. 2: Live Stream from MSG

Mark your calendars, the Beastie Boys latest album, Hot Sauce Committee Part Two drops on May 3rd. Fans have been patiently waiting for more tunes from the Beasties following their Grammy-Award winning work, The Mix Up. The Beastie Boys are claiming that this album will take rap down a ...

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Cut Copy Lights Up The Troc

Last Thursday, March 31st, Cut Copy and Holy Ghost! lit up the Trocadero with a musical soundscape full of delicious digital sounds and visual lightscapes that energized the crowd into a dancing frenzy. Both bands partake in the current resurgence of synthesized and electrified pop-rock songs.  ...

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Fleet Foxes: New Album, Tour Dates & A Video

After a three year stint of touring the Fleet Foxes are set to release their sophomore work, Helplessness Blues,  May 3rd, 2011.  Check out the video below for Grown Ocean, one of two songs that will be released  on a 12” single. The album is available for pre-order via Sub-Pop Records, ...

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Tri State Live @ SXSW: Photo Gallery

Click here for more ass-kicking photos, like the one above, from SXSW. During Tri State Indie’s stay in Austin, TX, we captured the bands listed below rocking stages throughout the city. Our SXSW gallery features images from all the bands listed here below plus a few extra shots of all ...

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Weathervane Music Organization: Saving Music and Assisting Artists

The corporate-ruled, profit-driven, artist-ignored music industry burnt to the ground and the Internet was the match lighting the fire. Out of these ashes, opportunities are growing for musicians to connect with their fans in ways before unknown. Hyper-connected online communities create new ...

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Adam Taylor CD-Release Party for 2nd Album: “No Poet”

Adam Taylor will be releasing his 2nd album, “No Poet” on March 26, 2011.  Accompanying the album’s release, Adam Taylor will be playing two CD-release party shows.  The Lancaster show will take place at the Ephrata Main Theater on March 26th at 8pm.  On April 1st at 8pm, a ...

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Tri State Live @ SXSW: A Look Back

And we’re back and beginning the musical comedown following the trip that is South By Southwest.  A week full of music has left us all in bliss but also completely exhausted.  Each day began with an early rising and preparation for the day.  After chomping down a few quick breakfast tacos we’d ...

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SXSW 2011 – DAY 2 – TFDI!

Awaking from a music-induced slumber, my muscles and bones are quite sore, yet my mind is alive with the music.  When asking South By South West veterans how they would describe the festival to the unknowing, the answers typically refer back to chaotic references: “carnage, clusterfuck, ...

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