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    Pity Party Premieres New Album ‘Concrete’

     Ty Dykema
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    A Fistful of Vinyl Releases Hour-Long Interview with Defeater

     Kendra Sheetz
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    The Von Tramps Releases New Video for “Summer Nights”

     Kendra Sheetz
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    Don Blake Premieres New Video For “The Future Is A Closed Door”

     Kendra Sheetz
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    babygotbacktalk Releases New Single & Video for “Back to Before”

     Kendra Sheetz
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    Middle-Aged Queers Releases Their Crowd-Sourced Video for “Theme Song”

     Kendra Sheetz
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    The Yearners Premieres New Album the ‘2020 EP’

     Kendra Sheetz
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    Omnigone Covers Link 80’s Song “Nothing New”

     Kendra Sheetz
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    Soothsayer Hot Sauce and MP Shows Release “Shot Dice” Benefit Compilation

    Shot Dice: A Compilation for Crown Liquors features 26 Chicago bands to benefit the employees of Crown Liquors

    Kyle Janis
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    Bad Cop / Bad Cop Releases New Video for “Pursuit of Liberty”

     Steve Long
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    A Fistful of Vinyl Releases Video of Defeater Performing “Mothers’ Sons”

     Kendra Sheetz
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    Taking On Water Releases New Debut Album ’20 Years Too Late’

     Kendra Sheetz
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    Ghost In The Willow Releases New Single “X-Mas Tinder”

     Kendra Sheetz
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    Call Me Malcolm Releases New Album ‘Me, Myself and Something Else’

     Kendra Sheetz
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    Rough Dreams Releases Video for New Song “Scavengers”

     Steve Long
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    Pack Sounds Shares New Music Video For “Buckets Half Empty”

     Ty Dykema
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    Starving Wolves Premieres New Single & Video for “The Cradle and The Brave”

     Kendra Sheetz
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    The Electric Mess Releases New Video EP ‘Beneath the Yellow Moon’

     Kendra Sheetz
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    Jared Grabb Releases Music Video for “Only My Eyes Can See”

     Kendra Sheetz
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    The Yodees Premieres New Music Video for “Not Today”

     Kendra Sheetz
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    Foxgrave Premieres New Video for “Method Actor”

     Kendra Sheetz
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    Nelson Savage Streams New EP “Guide Them Home”

     Kendra Sheetz
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    Voice of Dissent Releases New Single “Revenge”

     Kendra Sheetz
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    Feeny Releases First Full-Length ‘Between the Bookends’

     Kendra Sheetz

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    FEST17 Announces First Wave of Lineup Ft. Lagwagon, Cursive, Crusades & more

    Start setting your Google Flight alerts for Gainesville: FEST17 bands are here!

    Krista Gjestland
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    The Creeps Premieres New Song ‘Shimmer”

    Slow and Steady

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    Dirty Needle Records to Release Four-Way Split Ft. Better Now, Crab Legs, & More

    One Split, Four Ways

    Kendra Sheetz

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