When I first heard No Doubt was releasing a new album, my first thought was, "Do people still listen to ska?" A whopping 11 years older, the band members are in completely different places in
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Sister Crayon opened the show with a moody vibe that matched their equally moody electronic sound. Enigmatic front-woman Terra Lopez bobbed and weaved in between the low lights, her haunting
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Green Day was essentially the sound track to my junior high years, so I was pumped to listen to their eighth studio album, “¡Uno!” released September 25, 2012. Main man Billy Joe
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Anthony Rivera, The Overseer The Overseer knew they had a tall order as the opening band for some of hardcore’s titans but they managed to rile the crowd into a tumultuous pile with songs like
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After a 4-year break filled with ups and downs, fans of indie-rock goddess Chan Marshal were expecting the new Cat Power album to be nothing short of brilliant. Sun is Marshall’s first full-length
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Canadian indie-pop band, Stars release their 6th full-length album, The North on September 4. The 'Theory of Relativity' and 'Backlines' start with a punch and build excitement for the rest of
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"People ask why we came back - we came back because of you, the fans, because we love you!" confessed Refused frontman Dennis Lyxzen to a packed show in Denver, CO. After a 15 year hiatus, Refused
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Any pop-punk fan in their right mind had a copy of Yellowcard’s Ocean Avenue and played it on repeat mercilessly back in 2003. Since then Yellowcard have been putting out versions of Ocean Avenue
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Neon Trees lit up the stage at La Zona Rosa in Austin, TX. The venue was filled to capacity as Neon Trees had sold out the show. The line to get in before doors opened wrapped around the venue, as
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I grew up listening to Fleetwood Mac in my dad’s truck and songs like “Rhiannon” and “Landslide” were staples in my childhood repertoire, but I never actively chose to listen to the group
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Anchor and Braille is the solo project of Anberlin frontman Stephen Christian and his second album The Quiet Life was released on July 31st. A deeply private person, Christian offers us a glimpse
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Sunshine and great music is what people hope for when attending Lollapalooza and the final day of the 2012 edition is what they got. After torrential rains and winds caused the legendary festival to
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The second day of Lollapalooza was suspended for a few hours of the festival due to severe weather conditions. Inclement weather hadn't been a problem during festivals during previous years(last
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Lollapalooza 2012 day one headliners, Black Sabbath, capped off a solid day of amazing performances. Led by frontman, Ozzy Osbourne, the crowd included many who weren't even born during the band's
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In the era of Nintedo 64 and Playstation 1, there was one king, and one king only of skateboarding. That of course was the Bird man, Tony Hawk. Long before "Skate." came out, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater
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Cambridge boys and electro-pop group Passion Pit released their second full-length studio album, Gossamer, on July 24, 2012. After 2010’s Manners, I was jonesing for some new Passion Pit and
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Photo Credit: Tori Olson When a band has become known for their explosive live sets and experimental rock sound, you never know quite what to expect when said band puts out a 100% electronic
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Bilbao BBK Live is a festival in the northeast corner of Spain, closer to the French-Spanish border than Madrid or Barcelona. With a lineup that rivals many four to six day festivals in Europe,
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At a mere 24-years-old, Frank Ocean is one of the most talented and courageous R&B artists we’ve seen in years. His announcement last week that his new album, “Channel Orange,” offers a
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Harakiri, Serj Tankian’s third solo studio album, is quite possibly his best work since the release of System of a Down’s Toxicity. The songwriting and vision are a blend of environmental,
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Photo Credit: Andre Revilla The lights go down and the crowd goes wild. B-Sides caught up to Coldplay in Dallas, TX last Saturday at the American Airlines Center. From the moment the stage is
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Linkin Park’s new album, “Living Things”, is the band’s fifth studio album, scheduled to be released Tuesday, June 26th, 2012, under Warner Bros. Records, and B-Sides has the scoop. The band
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Photo Credit: Andre Revilla Tuesday night at The Backyard in Austin, TX brought together some truly talented artists for a great show, and B-Sides was there! Colbie Callait came onstage after
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Fiona Apple’s first album in seven years, “The Idler Wheel is Wiser Than The Driver of The Screw and Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do”, is more than just a
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Lollipop Chainsaw is the newest game from the twisted minds of Suda 51 (No More Heroes, Shadows of the Damned), and Hollywood director James Gunn (Dawn of the dead remake). You play as
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The Temper Trap’s latest album, a collection of 12 songs, was just released on June 5th, 2012. The self-titled album, The Temper Trap, is the Australian indie rock band’s second studio album,
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Canadian duo Japandroids have just release their latest album Celebration Rock, a more polished-sounding follow-up to 2009’s Post-Nothing. The aptly-titled album at first sounds repetitive and
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Toronto-based electro-rock group Metric’s 5th album, Synthetica, released on June 12, 2012 in the U.S. and Canada, came as a much needed methodical escape after over three years since their last
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2 months after announcing his new album "Reincarnated" which will also feature a documentary, Snoop Dogg hits the stage at Austin's historic Stubbs BBQ, and B-Sides was there. Drawing a crowd
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Bonaroo 2012’s stellar lineup is spotted with exceptional headlining bands like Radiohead, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Phish, Flogging Molly, and more. With such a powerful lineup of seasoned
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Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros just dropped their new album but we here at B-Sides got to see the band in action back in March, fresh off their highly-acclaimed performance and screening of
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The Swedish garage rock band The Hives’ 5th full-length and latest album, Lex Hives, released in the U.S. on June 5th, 2012, has long been awaited by Rock ‘n Roll fans around the world. Five