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• Caravan Music Festival announces its 2013 dates / lineup, and it's massive

  The fourth annual Caravan Music Festival will once again bring a boatload of Philadelphia bands to the woods of Maine of a three day concert of music, fun, lake swimming, exhaustion, and who knows whatall else. The massive lineup of … Read More

• Where to see (or avoid seeing) Kanye West's new video projection in Philly tonight
• See Big Terrible and Ali Wadsworth celebrate Rotten City the North Star Bar tonight

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• Watch Bridge Underwater perform "Dead Man" for Bands in the Backyard

  Philadelphia indie rock duo Bridge Underwater was featured on this month’s edition of Bands in the Backyard, which premiered last week. They preformed the title track off their latest EP Dead Man; check out the video below. Read More

• Watch: Bands in the Backyard sits in on a Light Heat rehearsal with with guest players Peter Bauer of The Walkmen and Skye Skjelset of Fleet Foxes
• Watch Heyward Howkins' Bands in the Backyard session (playing MilkBoy on 2/21)

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• Tonight's Concert Picks: Turning Violet Violet at Kung Fu Necktie, Bleeding Rainbow at Johnny Brenda's, Mary Lattimore at Kung Fu Necktie, Philebrity Valentine's Day special with Juston Stens at Underground Arts, plus more

  

  Local indie group Turning Violet Violet play Kung Fu Necktie tonight.  The Key Studio Session alums carve out chamber alt-rock songs on the fringe of art-rock that seem bathed in a purple glow, though that might just be residual effects … Read More

• Tonight's Concert Picks: HighKick at World Cafe Live, Green Jelly at Kung Fu Necktie, Turning Violet Violet at The Balcony
• Get into the "Season of Giving" with Hurricane Sandy Relief Concerts in Atlantic City and at MilkBoy

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• Watch a clip of Bleeding Rainbow performing at SXSW for BreakThruRadio

  One of several sets Philly punk band Bleeding Rainbow played during SXSW last month was for BreakThruRadio and the New York-based video producers captured a portion of Yeah RIght single “Pink Ruff” on film.  Sandwiched between “skronk pop” band UUVVWWZ and … Read More

• The Week So Far: 11 must-read stories on The Key (incl. Amos Lee, SXSW and Purling Hiss)
• SXSW Recap: Watch Pickwick perform "Hacienda Motel" and listen to their entire set from the Public Radio Rocks showcase

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• SXSW photo recap: Heartbreaker Banquet at Willie Nelson's ranch in Luck, Texas

  Willie Nelson’s western town in Luck, TX, is about a 45 minute ride from downtown Austin. On Thursday, March 15th, at SXSW, the town was transformed into the Heartbreak Banquet, a performance space with two stages featuring over 20 musicians … Read More

• Recap: a four-piece Strand of Oaks debuts new music at SXSW
• Photo Gallery: SXSW standouts

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• Just Announced: XPN Welcomes Firefly Festival to Dover International Speedway, featuring Tom Petty, Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Lumineers, MGMT, Kendrick Lamar and more

  

  XPN welcomes the return of Firefly Festival to The Woodlands of Dover International Speedway on June 21st-23rd.  The line-up is huge this year, with Red Hot Chili Peppers, Tom Petty and Foster the People headlining the multi-day festival and over … Read More

• The Lumineers, headling XPoNential Music Festival on Sat 7/27, debut new video for "Stubborn Love"
• The Lumineers to headline XPoNential Music Festival on Saturday, July 27

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