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It was a voting frenzy that came down to the last few days, but Company Of Theives got the title in the voting for our best Summer Session of 2011. The Chicago, IL band released their sophomore album Running From A Gamble back in May by the good folks at Wind-up Entertainment. They stopped by our studio about a month after it’s release to play 4 songs and chat with us. The top 5 finished off like this: MONA, Deluka, Alberta Cross, and a tie at #5 between Matt Nathanson and AWOLNATION. Thanks to everyone…

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This week Last.fm Discover brings you Daniela Brooker. Daniela has been writing songs non-stop for many years now, and for the last 2-3 years has been playing live shows in and around her home of London, U.K. Her musical tastes that have helped shape her, run the gamut from Etta James, Christina Aguilera, No Doubt, Aerosmith and Queen. She recently spent some time here in the U.S. playing live, and now she’ll get to concentrate on writing more material and getting her album together for release at some point in 2012. As for the…

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Next year Norway plays host to the 2012 World Snowboarding Championships, where the world’s best riders will face off on halfpipe, slopestyle and quarterpipe contests. To promote the event in the U.S. the WSC organizers enlisted a powerful musical ally: musical genius Andrew W.K.. “GO, GO, GO, GO” is the official theme song of next year’s competition, penned by Andrew in collaboration with championship organizers. Andrew W.K. is actively involved in the event, promoting it everywhere he goes including the Street Date studios where he recently dropped by for an unique solo performance. Click through to…

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As fans and critics soak up Nothing Is Wrong, the sophomore album from Dawes, frontman Taylor Goldsmith is drawing comparisons to a young Bruce Springsteen. From a songwriting perspective, the comparisons are apt. Goldsmith pens tunes that conjure up a specific place and time, though that destination will be different for each listener. There is something distinctly American about the sounds and themes emanating from the band’s California headquarters, and it colors songs like “Time Spent In Los Angeles” and “Coming Back To A Man” as well as a brilliant bit of songwriting…

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Nickelback cares about you. Above all else, they want fans to know that the band thinks about their happiness, their well-being, and the world we share. This message was clear as bandmembers Chad, Mike, Daniel and Ryan sat down for this exclusive interview with Street Date on the eve of their latest album release. Click through to find out how Nickelback captured the mood of the nation on Here and Now, and check out the music videos for their two brand new singles “Bottoms Up” and “When We Stand Together.”

Read more: Nickelback Capture The…

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Indie-darlings Yuck stopped by our studio and gave us 4 songs from the critically acclaimed brilliant debut self-titled album, as well as a sit-down chat with Daniel Blumberg & Max Bloom.

Read more: Yuck –Live At Last.fm Discover

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When James Durbin opened his mouth during the Season Ten auditions for American Idol, he let out a rock ‘n roll scream that blew the hair back on Stephen, Jennifer and Randy’s heads (ok, maybe not Randy’s head) and echoed across the living rooms of millions of American homes. Throughout the season, he won over fans’ hearts with his mastery of the heavy metal vocal style and his drive to overcome personal obstacles that include Tourette syndrome and Asperger’s syndrome.
Soon after his 4th place finish on Idol, Durbin headed into the studio to record what would become…

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From right here in New York City, we’ve got the 5-piece band Caveman all week as one of our featured artists. Their debut album CoCo Beware, produced by French Kicks member Nick Stumpf is available digitally and comes out November 15 on vinyl and CD. Matt Iwanusa, Jimmy Carbonetti, Stefan Marolachakis, Sam Hopkins and Jeff Berrall settled in to play us four songs from the album and chatted with us afterwards. Wonderful vocals & harmonies, shimmering guitars, atmospheric keyboards, strong bass lines held together by a steady back beat make Caveman a band not to be missed.…

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Following two self-released albums, the success continues for Jerrod Niemann with his latest album Judge Jerrod & The Hung Jury which debuted at #1. “Lover, Lover,” a song which first surfaced in 1992 by the band Sonia Dada and entitled “You Don’t Treat Me No Good,” became Jerrod’s first country #1 single. He followed it up with the top 5 hit “What Do You Want.” Now Jerrod’s riding high with a song that’s helped give him five nominations in second annual American Country Awards. (The awards, voted by the fans, will air on…

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This, ladies and gentlemen, is Camp, and it’s the hottest rap album of the year. It may be the hottest rap debut this century. It comes not from a junior member of some famous rap crew, not from the gritty streets of some underloved American city, and not from the lab of some major label. No, Camp comes from the mind of actor & comedian Donald Glover. “Another actor-turned-rapper?” you might say, but trust us this one is for real. As Childish Gambino, Glover brings an indie rock sensibility to the rap game, reinventing the “brag tracK”…