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VIDEO – Stand By Me Around the world – witness the power music has to unite

This redo of Stand By Me by a variety of street performers is not only moving but a reminder of how music synchronizes our hearts and souls. Sure music blogs can lead to a lot of cynical commentary, but if you can’t remember how magical this thing we are all talking about can be, then you are totally missing the point. […]

How Independent Bands Can Start Booking Shows

An independent band is ready to market themselves by touring after: putting a core band together, rehearsing new music, and recording music for a CD, or an EP. Selling products during a tour such as t-shirts, CD’s, stickers and other marketable products are essential for a band to do to fund the project. […]

Indie Music is Pretty Swede – The Swedish Indie Music Empire

Learn about the many bands from Scandinavia that have swept the indie music scene over the last years: The Wannadies, Peter, Bjorn and John, The Hives, The Concretes, Love Is All, The Shout out Louds, I’m From Barcelona, Jose Gonzalez, The Knife. Also, learn some theories why indie is so Swede. […]

Live Review: Shudder To Think at the El Rey Theatre

Listening to Shudder To Think is a lot like doing trigonometry – you know it all makes sense somehow, but damned if you can figure it out. Full of obtuse angles but wrought with plenty of accessible melodic avenues, their music is one of the more love-it-or-hate-it propositions to have ever wound up on a major label. […]