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Billy Joel and Elton John come to the Pepsi Center

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Regarded by many as two of the biggest names in the last 4 decades of musical history, Billy Joel and Elton John are bringing their enduring talents to the Pepsi Center on November 22nd, in the latest installment of their ever popular “Face 2 Face” tour series.
The pair first toured together in 1994, and their [...]

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The Black Crowes at the Fillmore Auditorium

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There are a countless number of rock bands who fell into the musical void between the Classic Rock era of the ’60’s and ’70’s, and the Rock era of today. Many bands who formed in the musical period between the 80’s and 90’s were simply “one-hit wonders” and have since flown off of the radar [...]

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“The Knew” way to rock

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Denver isn’t usually the first place people think of as a breeding ground of new musical talent. At least not as much as the musical hotbeds of Seattle, Portland, or basically anywhere in California. However, every now and then a local Denver band comes along that really deserves national attention. “The Knew” are one of [...]

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Spring Awakening Is A Hit

Spring Awakening is one of the best musicals on Broadway. This winner of 8 Tony Awards (including best musical of the year) treats the Musical genre like a High School student treats a Summer vacation. This musical is Wild. I was fortunate enough to attend the opening of Spring Awakening at the Paramount Theatre in [...]

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Wild Sweet Orange at the Tractor

Wild Sweet Orange from Birmingham, Alabama appearing at the Tractor Tavern Sunday Oct 12
They’re on tour supporting their latest CD We Have Cause To Be Uneasy
They appeared on David Letterman a while back and by the miracle of YouTube, we have a clip here

Wild Sweet Orange Upcoming Events
Sun, 10.12.08 –
w/ The Audrye Sessions
Tractor Tavern
Seattle, [...]

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Anberlin El Corazon Winner

The winner is…
Oliver Barnes of Federal Way, WA.
Oliver’s story reads:
My girlfriend likes Anberlin. Yes, I admit I don’t even know who they are. I can’t tell you a think about them other than what I read on myspace.com. But I love my girlfriend and I know this would make her day. So I’m am [...]

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SIXX AM Tomorrow Tonight on 90210

SIXX:A.M.’s song “Tomorrow” will be on the new 90210 tonight.
You know that TV show 90210 right?

No, the new one!
Well Nikki Sixx’s band SIXX:A.M. will debut their song “Tomorrow” on the episode tonight.
My friend put it best:
It’s like the ‘90s all over again
Info about SIXX:A.M.: http://blog.culturemob.com/nikki-sixx-sixx-am-tomorrow

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Anberlin Ticket Giveaway

The Rock band Anberlin is lighting it up…again! Anberlin will be in Seattle to support the release of their new CD New Surrender, Anberlin is giving away a PAIR OF TICKETS for their show at El Corazon on Saturday October 11th.
Rules:
All you have to do is write me an email about how you would describe [...]

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AKIMBO Interview

Culturemob stopped by to visit Seattle rock band (with lots of hair) AKIMBO at Seattle’s own King Cobra. We were joined by the very talented Michelle of PinacheRock Booking (their booking manager). We (Jon, Michelle and Aaron) talked and laughed a lot and sort of made fun of their drummer Nat Damm who wasn’t available [...]

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Nikki Sixx: Sixx AM: Tomorrow

Nikki Sixx, a founding member and bass player of Motley Crue and member of the band Sixx AM just re-released The Heroin Diaries on Paperback. He also just released a Soundtrack to the book and has a new video out called Tomorrow.

I checked it out today! As far as rock videos goes, this is [...]

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ANBERLIN ON JIMMY KIMMEL TONIGHT

Anberlin on Jimmy Kimmel Tonight!!!
This news just in from Jessi at Sneak Attack Media (Brooklyn, NY)

Tune into Jimmy Kimmel Live tonight on ABC at 12:05 AM EST to catch a live performance from Anberlin. Their new album, New Surrender, is out tomorrow.
NEW SURRENDER ON SMARTPUNK
ITUNES
On their upcoming national tour, Anberlin will be hosting a few [...]

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REVERBFEST HITS BALLARD- Support Your Local Artists!

Seattle Weekly’s annual local music festival REVERBFest hits Ballard like a guitar smashing down on stage, scattering its glistening goodness to all around. From the Bit Saloon to Mr. Spot’s Chai House you will find Seattle’s hottest artists as well as up-and-coming musicians pouring their souls out all over the neighborhood, and you can get [...]

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Lions Hit Seattle

Austin Texas has this Rock / Psychedelic / Jungle band called LIONS.

The band will be in Seattle on Friday September 19th at the Showbox at the Market. The Lions will be playing with the Toadies and the Blakes. Their album No Generation will be re-released October 28th so you can expect them to be playing [...]

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Anberlin

Who is Anberlin? All I can tell you is that Anberlin is a rock band with pop influences. This band from Winter Haven Florida is fueled with big drums by Nathan Young and leading vocals by Stephen Christian. I mean, a guy with a good voice that’s not afraid to get loud and make his [...]

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TV On The Radio: Showbox SoDo

TV On the Radio played at Showbox Sodo tonight and it was sooooo good! They made a musical statement tonight which was beautiful. Here’s how I unofficially translated it.

Attention Seattle! We are the future. So you either get on the bus or you my friend are in for a mighty long walk!
They backed that statement [...]

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