On December 11, 2012, a month before planned, Green Day released the third installment of their 2012 ¡Uno!, ¡Dos!, ¡Tré! album trilogy. Following suit with its sister albums, ¡Tré! is good
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The xx released their second full length album, Coexist in September, adding to their stark, plodding collection. The British group's first album was intricate, with impulsive and full-bodied
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After such socially broad albums like American Idiot and 21st Century Breakdown, no one is really sure what to make of Green Day’s new trilogy. The first installment of the trilogy, ¡UNO!, left
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Anberlin recently released their 6th studio album Vital to glowing reviews and embarked on one of their most prestigious tours to date, opening for the Smashing Pumpkins. We here at B-Sides got
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ACL Day 2 started out slow with festival attendees holding out hope that the muggy weather would clear up. Ironically, once everyone packed into the park, around 5 p.m., the heavy rains crashed in
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Each year ACL brings some of the best acts in the world to our little/big town and what feels like the entire population of Austin takes over Zilker park. What's usually a quaint area to
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It's been a couple of years since new material has been released by Van She, but their second album released this year, Idea of Happiness, is one that shows the Australian electropop outfit picking
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A recreation of Frogger.Last weekend I got the chance to visit IndieCade, a festival of independent games in the L.A. neighborhood of Culver City. Featuring galleries of video, board and card games,
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As a fan, you often wonder where your $60+ for a ticket to a big show goes. The band just stands there and plays – you need $60 for that? This isn’t the case at a Marilyn Manson show. You have no
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The English band Muse took the world by storm when they released their first top ten album Absolution almost 10 years ago in 2003. Since then their albums Black Holes and Revelations and Resistance
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Maybe because it's finally time for scarves and apple cider, but Mumford & Sons' second full-length album, Babel felt like the beginning of a beautiful fall season. Their first release, Sigh
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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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