Telepathique Supporting Tricky on Upcoming Dates

Telepathique (The Control Group) will take thier jungle-tinged blend of electro-breakbeat ass-shaking grooves out of Brazil, and on the road to support Tricky for a handful of dates (See Below). If your not lucky enough to attend one of these dates, stay tuned for more Telepathique shows to follow. If have not been fortunate enough [...]

The Apples In Stereo on Colbert Report

The Apples In Stereo finished up their tour recently with a stop at The Colbert Report… again. Apparently host Stephen Colbert is a big fan (or maybe it’s due to the sweet ode “Stephen, Stephen” that Apples frontman Robert Schneider played the last time he was there). Either way, Mr. Schneider and the rest of [...]

Chris Bathgate Joins Starbucks/iTunes In Global Domination Plot

It seems that troubadour Chris Bathgate (Quite Scientific) will be bringing his breathtaking brand of indie folk-rock to…well, everywhere. Starbucks and iTunes have selected the Chris Bathgate song “Yes, I’m Cold” to be the Starbucks Free Pick of the Week on iTunes… quite a feat for such an indie artist, as previous picks have [...]

Dr. Dog – "America's Next Great Band"

Dr. Dog are quite the busy boys these days. They stopped by Late Night with Conan O’Brien last night to wow the crowd with The Old Days from the very anticipated Fate (Park The Van). Check out the performance here. They will also be stopping by Morning Becomes Eclectic on KCRW on August 8th [...]

Crystal Castles Touring with NIN

Crystal Castles (Last Gang Records) will be supporting Nine Inch Nails to kick off their massive tour at the end of the month. Other openers for the rest of the tour include Deerhunter and Does It Offend You, Yeah? Trent Reznor seems to always do a good job when selecting support, but he really knocked [...]

XLR8R Sheds Love on Hank™ Artists in New Issue

Have you picked up the June/July issue of XLR8R yet? Well if you haven’t yet, you might want to get on that, as the latest issue is jam-packed with goodness from many HANK™ artists. You can catch up on tour with hot Hip Hop artist The Grouch, who is one part to the Hip [...]

Congratulations New Buffalo!

Sally Seltmann (aka New Buffalo) was chosen as “Breakthrough Songwriter of the Year” in her native Australia at the ARIA (Australian Recording Industry Association) awards this week. Sally co-wrote the hit 1234 from Feist’s latest record, The Reminder, as well as releasing her own stunning album, Somwhere, anywhere (Arts & Crafts Records), which is [...]

Los Campesinos! To Visit KCRW's Morning Becomes Eclectic

Be sure to tune in to Morning Becomes Eclectic tomorrow on KCRW (89.9 FM) as Los Campesinos! will be stopping by to perform live. If you happen to miss the performance, fear not as it will be available to stream here and be sure to listen to their latest album Hold On Now, Youngster… in [...]

Architecture In Helsinki To Release New EP

Our favorite Australian sextet is back with the third single from their critically acclaimed 2007 album Places Like This. The EP features a hot new version of the title track “Like It Or Not” as well as remixes by Max Tundra and El Guincho. Hear it first in Hank™ today before it hits the streets [...]

Ghostly International, Toyota, and [adult swim] Team With Free MP3 Compilation

Ann Arbor, MI based avant-pop indie label Ghostly International has teamed up with two venerable brands, Toyota and Turner Broadcasting to release a free 19 song compilation available now on the [adult swim] site. All the songs on the compilation are brand new and feature artists such as new signings The Chap and Michna, stalwarts [...]

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