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Indie Spotlight: Royal Bangs

Knoxville, Tennessee’s Royal Bangs released their anticipated sophomore album, Let It Beep, September 15 on Audio Eagle Records. The quintet’s stout lineup comprises Ryan Schaefer, Chris Rusk, Sam Stratton, Henry Gibson and Brandon Biondo. The follow-up to the group’s whiplash-inducing 2006 debut, We Breed Champions, Let It Beep arrives on the impressive heels of performances at red-letter festivals Bonnaroo and SXSW, as well as opening slots for…
‘Causes 2’ Draws Eyes and Funds to Darfur

On May 5, Waxploitation Artists will release Causes 2, the second album in the label's acclaimed series created to bring more awareness and financial capital to organizations diligently working to establish a peaceful Darfur. Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders), Human Rights Watch and Oxfam America will receive 100% of the profits generated by the release. A who's-who of BMI artists and songwriters have contributed exclusive and previously hard-to-obtain songs…
‘Heartfelt’ Singer/Songwriter, Jessica Lea Mayfield, Visits BMI
Singer/songwriter Jessica Lea Mayfield recently visited BMI’s New York office to solidify her affiliation and discuss her upcoming projects with BMI Vice President, Writer/Publisher Relations Charlie Feldman. Mayfield’s debut release, With Blasphemy So Heartfelt, produced by Dan Auerback of the Black Keys, displays her ability to lament and celebrate love’s cyclical stages. Jessica is currently on the road supporting her new release. For more…
The Black Keys

There are 36 black keys on the piano, but there are only two Black Keys — guitarist and singer Dan Auerbach and drummer Andrew Carney — who create one of the mightiest blues-rock roars in contemporary music. From a cellar in Akron, Ohio where the duo have recorded all their albums but their latest, The Black Keys have risen to become admired as one of the hippest…
Kennedy

“This is the most important record since Pet Sounds.” - Hamed Karzai Kennedy is running for President. Like the current Bush administration, Kennedy is on a mission to make the world a sexier place. He is a lightning bolt of freedom into the pants of millions of Americans. In a land of musical midgets Kennedy’s looms over the music business like Godzilla, knocking the other candidates on…
The Black Keys

Akron, Ohio, July 2002: Two young men, Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney, Akron natives and college dropouts the both of them, are working for a local property owner, the type of guy who owns a variety of low-rent apartment buildings around town in various states of semi-repair and full-blown disrepair. In short, the boys mow lawns for a slumlord. Between them, they’ve got a truck, two lawnmowers and a weed-whacker…
