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Record Store Day | Albums, Locations + More
The Flaming Lips, Jack White, R.E.M Go Big on 4/19 Words by: Matthew McGuire [av_gallery ids='4783,4787,4786,4785,4784' style='thumbnails' preview_size='portfolio' crop_big_preview_thumbnail='avia-gallery-big-crop-thumb' thumb_size='shop_thumbnail' columns='5' imagelink='lightbox' lazyload='avia_lazyload'] Find out more worldwide music with the International Record Store Day list at: RSD UK: HERE RSD GERMANY: HERE RSD BELGIUM: HERE RSD NETHERLANDS: HERE RSD CANADA: HERE RSD FRANCE: HERE RSD MEXICO: HERE RSD ITALY: HERERSD SPAIN: HERE
Hangout Music Festival 2014 | Flipboard + YouTube Playlist
[av_hr ] [av_heading heading='Created by: Matthew McGuire' tag='h6' color='' custom_font='' style='' size='' subheading_active='' subheading_size='15' padding='10'][/av_heading] Hangout Music Festival 2014 Flipboard - Flipbook The Hangout Music Festival will take place this May 16-18 in Gulf Shores, Alabama. The music lineup contains four days of top tier entertainment, and we wanted to help break it down for the Hangout crowd. Skim through our Flipboard/Flipbook and watch videos from featured acts performing at the 2014 Hangout Music Festival. Hangout Music Festival - Thursday Lineup The festival recently added four acts to their Thursday lineup featuring: Bleachers (featuring Jack Antonoff
Gramatik, BRANX, Gibbz, + Russ Liquid | Photos, Show Review
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Summer Camp Music Festival | 3rd Round Artist Announcements
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Aloe Blacc Lift Your Spirit | Album Review
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Hangout Music Festival 2014 | Back to the Beach
[av_postslider link='category,154' columns='3' items='9' offset='0' contents='excerpt' preview_mode='auto' image_size='portfolio' autoplay='no' interval='5'] Hangout Expands and Returns with The Black Keys, OutKast and Many Other Top Tier Artists Words by Matthew McGuire The 5th Annual Hangout Music Festival is set for this May 15-18 with a kickoff party happening on Thursday, May 15. It will be the first year the festival goes four days, and we have all the buzz on multiple day event. Kickoff your festival experience with our Soundcloud playlist featuring 2014 artists. Hangout Twitter Feed Hangout Facebook Page Hangout on Instagram Hangout on Pinterest Crescent Vale's 2013 Hangout Music Festival
Summer Camp Music Festival | Round 2 Artists
[av_slideshow size='featured' animation='slide' autoplay='false' interval='5'] [av_slide id='4338'] [/av_slideshow] Summer Camp Releases their Second Round Artist Announcement Written by: Matthew McGuire Valentine's Day just heated up with a major artist announcement from the Summer Camp Music Festival. They released their second round of artists for their 2014 event, and the festival continues to diversify their musical lineup. Their second wave of artists kept fans buzzing on social media all day. In addition to their stellar first round, this round featured Zac Brown Band as one of the main headliners. Watch 'Let it Rain' featuring Dave Grohl on drums to dig deeper
Sundance Film Festival | The Devil Makes Three
[av_postslider link='category,447' columns='3' items='9' offset='0' contents='excerpt' preview_mode='auto' image_size='portfolio' autoplay='no' interval='5'] The Devil Makes Three Kick Off A West Coast Tour at Sundance Photography by Erik Philbrook and words by Matthew McGuire The Sundance Music Café and ASCAP celebrated their sixteenth year as Sundance hit its 30 year mark. For those unfamiliar with ASCAP it is the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP). It is a professional membership organization of songwriters, composers and music publishers of every kind of music. The Devil Makes Three is a trio with Pete Bernhard, Cooper McBean, Lucia Turino from Santa Cruz, California. Pete
Talib Kweli – Gravitas | Album Review
Championship Music with Talib Kweli Album review written by Matthew McGuire In the latest project by Kweli, he relates the current metaphysical struggles that the world faces to his dripping wet lyrical inspiration from beginning to end. Talib Kweli returns to the studio to release "Gravitas" in late 2013. Currently fans can download the digital album directly from Kweli's main website. This step in self-distribution is one small step for Talib, and one giant leap for independent art. We at Crescent Vale, thrive on independent art. We release all of our own work with very little support from outside distribution
New Year’s Eve 2013 | Preview
Music and Celebration Guide to December 31, 2013 Written by Matthew McGuire The biggest and best films, albums and occasionally the best concerts are produced and released during the end of each year. Last year we covered two NYE runs with Lotus and The Werks in Chicago and the Yonder Mountain String Band in Boulder. This year we are gearing up for events in 2014, and wanted to give our readers a rundown on the biggest and best shows scheduled for New Year's Eve 2013. Go through our anchor tag list to easily review each band's festivites planned for this
The Flaming Lips, Jack White, R.E.M Go Big on 4/19 Words by:
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Championship Music with Talib Kweli Album review written by Matthew McGuire In
Music and Celebration Guide to December 31, 2013 Written by Matthew McGuire