CONTEST: FREE DOUBLE 3 day pass to Rock en Seine [UPDATED]

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Pack your bags guys ’cause you’re going to Paris! We’ve got a double full three day pass for one lucky ZME reader and his guest for this year’s Rock en Seine festival, one of the most impressive summer fests in Europe. This year during the August 27-29 weekend Paris will host such bands as Blink 182, Massive Attack, Arcade Fire, Queens of the Stone…

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Beirut preps for a short European tour

Being European, like a lot of our readers as well, I can only be ecstatic to hear Zach Condon and his band are gonna head out for a trek around the old continent. Beirut is set to play London’s Forum on May 8, with support coming from Shearwater. They will then head to All Tomorrow’s Parties – The Fans Strike Back in Minehead a day later. Although the band won’t be rich with dates, the…

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New Music Monday: 8 October

We’ve all been struck, like by a bolt of lightning, when [tag]Radiohead[/tag] broke the sudden news that they’ll release their latest studio album, “In Rainbows,” this week, without any notice. This is without any doubt one of the biggest surprise of the year and I wouldn’t be very much surprised if it would turn out to be the best material of the year either, they’ve never disappointed. In the shadow of In Rainbows, lie a…

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Download: Beirut – ‘A Sunday Smile’

Santa Fe natived [tag]Beirut[/tag], the one man band of Zach Condon, has just released its new website and with it a new track, called “A Sunday Smile” has been put up for download to celebrate this moment. The mp3 is of Zach’s second album The Flying Club Cub, set for October 9, an album that we’re all looking forward too, as it seems very promising. If you didn’t knew who sang it, you might think…

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