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2012 is shaping up to be one of the best years ever for alternative music, with new music on the way from heavyweights such as Soundgarden, U2, The Offspring, Nine Inch Nails, Beck, Tool, The Killers, Alice In Chains, and tons more. (Even the return of some bands you thought were long gone, like The Stone Roses!)
While you’re waiting for all of those releases, we’re already playing a lot of great new music by bands you may not know yet…but definitely should.
Hear and watch the new HFS Music we’re playing in the new year
Last.fm Presents is the first in a new series of live music events based in New York City that will showcase rising talent from across the genre spectrum at the end of every month.
On February 24, experience the hypnotic psychedelica of Amen Dunes, the golden brown melodies of Quilt, and Friend Roulette‘s labyrinthine arrangements at Dominion NY, an intimate new space on Lafayette St. in downtown Manhattan.
Get there early for a special listening party of Mike Wexler‘s debut album, Dispossession, a harrowing epic that channels late ’60s British folk through a dystopian kaleidoscope of daydreams and deep emotions.
Unemployed and newly-divorced Stephanie Plum lands a job at her cousin’s bail-bond business, where her first assignment puts her on the trail of a wanted local cop from her romantic past.
Dolores O'Riordan of The Cranberries (JOEL SAGET/AFP/Getty Images)
Irish rockers The Cranberries are set to return after a break of eleven years with the release of new album Roses.
The purveyors of ’90 hits such as “Zombie” and “Dreams” haven’t been seen as The Cranberries since 2001′s album Wake Up And Smell The Coffee.
Last.fm Trends looks at their scrobbles in anticipation of what is in store.The Cranberries Look To Tomorrow
Photos: Bryan FerryRoxy Music plans on celebrating their 40th anniversary in a big way. Virgin Records is set to release a career spanning box set, Roxy Music: The Complete Studio Recordings 1972-1982, on April 2. The collection will include eight CDs and four DVDs with “high-resolution audio.”
The albums set to be re-released are: Roxy Music, 1972; For Your Pleasure and Stranded, 1973; Country Life, 1974; Siren, 1975; Manifesto, 1979; Flesh and Blood, 1980; and Avalon, 1982. Bonus material, non-album singles, B-sides, and remixes will also be included in this mega set. View Full Tracklist, Watch Video, Interviews & More
BEVERLY HILLS, CA - JANUARY 06: A view of the dessert featuring California almond cake, chocolate royaltine crunch triangle and a fresh berry tart is shown at the Menu Preview for the 68th Annual Golden Globes Awards on January 6, 2011 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Michael Buckner/Getty Images)
It’s true! Take a minute today and think of how good you got it.
Big Country - "In a Big Country" (Mercury, 1983)
Though they had a string of hits in the UK over the course of more than 15 years, Big Country found only one hit in the US…and we all know which one that is.
Florence Welch, lead singer of Florence + the Machine, has a look that’s all her own. With an uncommon beauty, she exudes strength and delicacy all at once.
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This collaboration presents the first hand-drawn Popeye cartoon in more than 30 years.Watch The Video
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