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Monday, May 20, 2013

Dawes.

May 20, 2013 The newly independent California band performs songs from its new album, Stories Don't End.

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Hanni El Khatib.

May 20, 2013 The singer-songwriter combines soul, blues and punk on his blistering new album, Head in the Dirt.

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Friday, May 17, 2013

Frightened Rabbit.

May 17, 2013 The Scottish rock band performs punchy, driving anthems from its latest album, Pedestrian Verse.

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Thursday, May 16, 2013

Sallie Ford & The Sound Outside.

May 16, 2013 The Portland band's raw, bluesy rockabilly sound shines on its latest album, Untamed Beast.

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Los Angeles' Las Cafeteras recorded a version of the classic son jarocho song "La Bamba."

May 16, 2013 Jasmine Garsd introduces a melancholy, mischievous genre from the port city of Veracruz, Mexico.

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May 17: Frightened Rabbit

May 20: Dawes

May 21: The National

May 22: Mount Moriah

May 23: Boy

May 24: Fitz and the Tantrums