Buzzin Music Blog

It was back in 1994 that Green Day released their breakthrough album Dookie, and I can still remember the first time I heard the single Basket Case on UK radio and rushing out to buy the album.
I learned after that Green Day had already been in existence since 1987, having built a cult following  as [...]

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The Arctic Monkeys released their third album, Humbug, yesterday amidst much anticipation and expectancy.
Personally I felt the second album, Favourite Worst Nightmare was released too soon after the excellent debut Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not and though included some good songs, lacked any real progression.  Both albums reached no. 1 in [...]

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Brooklyn based six-piece Dirty Projectors are set to release a new EP on 28th September 2009 on Domino Records. The EP will feature Temecula Sunrise and Cannibal Resource, two tracks taken from their recently released and critically acclaimed album, Bitte Orca.
The Temecula Sunrise EP also contains two exclusive, previously unreleased tracks recorded as part of [...]

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Friday night I had the chance to check out Pontiak open for Californian instrumental psychedelic rockers, Earthless, at the Borderline.
The trio, consists of three brothers from the rural hills of Virginia – they deliver a clearly southern influenced approach to stoner rock. This show was a part of their first European tour, coming hot of [...]

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To coincide with the release their new album, 21st Century Breakdown, Green Day played the first of three concerts in New York last night at the Bowery Ballroom.  Tonight they play Webster Hall and on Friday (22nd May) they play the Rumsey Playfield in Central Park as part of the ‘Good Morning America Concert’.
Amazingly, Green [...]

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