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Trophy Eyes Announce North American Headliner Tour

September 29, 2017September 29, 2017 Kerry Uram 2017, album, alternative, american tour, bands, Chemical Miracle, fall tour, free throw, Head North, hopeless records, November, pop punk, rock, tickets, tour dates, Trophy Eyes0 comment

Australia natives, Trophy Eyes, have announced they will be hitting the road on their first ever North American headline tour in support of their new album, Chemical Miracle through Hopeless Records. While coming off a successful run on the Vans Warped Tour as one of the fan favorites, Trophy Eyes also packed a US tour with Moose Blood earlier this year. Hitting the road as their first headliner, excitement fills the band and vocalist John Floreani states, “I remember as a boy seeing New York City in movies and wishing I could go there one…

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McDowell Mountain Music Festival Announce 2017 Lineup

November 3, 2016 Kristina Haney arizona, bands, Bear Ghost, Bob Moses, chromeo, CooBee Coo, DJ Mustard, Emancipator Ensemble, festival, Flume, Gov't Mule, grouplove, Harrison Fjord, Hayley Kiyoko, Huckleberry, infectious magazine, Jay Allan & the Uncommon Good, lettuce, margaret t. hance, Mr. Mudd & Mr. Gold, MRCH, music, non-profit, Ozark Pappy, photography, Railroad Earth, RUCA, SunSquabi, Taylor Upsahl, the Record Company, the shins, tickets, Treasurefruit, Treezus, Turkuaz, VIP, whiskey myers, Wyves0 comment

The Shins, who were on the bill in 2013, will return to the stage of Margaret T. Hance Park in downtown Phoenix for the 14th annual McDowell Mountain Music Festival. Also on the bill will be Chromeo, Flume and Grouplove. Arizona’s only 100 percent non-profit music festival brings an eclectic assortment of artists to Phoenix Friday, March 3-Sunday, March 5. Other artists this year include Gov’t Mule, Lettuce, DJ Mustard, Emancipator Ensemble, Bob Moses, Railroad Earth, the Record Company, SunSquabi, Hayley Kiyoko, Turkuaz, Whiskey Myers and Treezus. Arizona music is well…

Features Playlists

PLAYLIST: Inspiring & Supportive

April 11, 2016April 11, 2016 Safe, So Simple bands, feature, infectious magazine, music, playlist, Safe So Simple0 comment

We decided to do a playlist about the bands who not only inspire us, but also support us through an online community. They are bands that share in our struggle and understand our sacrifice. We wanted to give them a chance to gain exposure for their music. They’ve all worked very hard and deserve to be heard, so we wanted to use this opportunity to showcase their amazing music. You can check out each song below or listen to the playlist in it’s entirety here. Please follow and like us:

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Sylar Signs With Hopeless Records

March 17, 2016March 17, 2016 Angie Flores bands, hardcore, hopeless family, hopeless records, infectious magazine, music, music news, prescription meditation, queens new york, roster, sign, signing0 comment

Queens, New York hardcore band, Sylar joined the Hopeless Records roster. The band are now among the likes of All Time Low, Neck Deep, and The Used. In anticipation of the signing, the label released a video welcoming the band to the Hopeless Family. Check out the promotional video, below, along with a music video of their tack, “Prescription Meditation” to get a feel for the band’s sound. To hear more from Sylar, you can purchase a CD or buy concert tickets here. Please follow and like us:

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Buzzworthy Band Of The Week: Calling All Captains

May 4, 2015May 5, 2015 Sami Marshall bands, battle of the bands, buzzworthy band of the week, calling all captains, canada, Ernie Ball, infectious magazine, interview, music, pop, pop punk, punk, vans warped tour, warped tour, warped tour '150 comment

In less than two months, the Vans Warped Tour will embark on yet another journey around the United States! I know, I can’t believe it’s that time of year again either! While we all are excited to see bands such as Pierce The Veil, PVRIS, and Silverstein, there are a ton of bands fighting for their place on the biggest music festival to tour the U.S. And these bands can be found at none other than the Battle of the Bands powered by Ernie Ball! Each week we will highlight one band in this ultimate battle…

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PHOTOS OF THE WEEK: Week #74

April 24, 2015 Sami Marshall Airsickness, austin carlile, bands, casey jago, drake, everyone dies in utah, filters, infectious magazine, Instagram, music, no filter, of mince and men, photos, photos of the week, photos of the week #74, pictures, royal street, shadow of whales, taylor swift, the maine, week #740 comment

“Everybody has that point in their life where you hit a crossroads and you’ve had a bunch of bad days and there’s different ways you can deal with it and the way I dealt with it was I just turned completely to music.” ― Taylor Swift The following photos were posted between April 12-23, 2015 and are shown with the original captions. To make it easy for you, we have linked each picture to the user’s account. Be sure to follow each of them so you don’t miss anything! If you missed…

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TIDAL: The Music Industry’s Biggest Lie

March 31, 2015March 31, 2015 Caitlin Shores agreements, album, alicia keys, artists, bands, beyonce, billboard, Calvin Harris, Chris Martin, coldplay, daft punk, deadmau5, fans, faq, hifitest, high fidelity music streaming, infectious, infectious magazine, J Cole, jack white, jason aldean, jay z, jayz, jcole, jimi hendrix, kanye, kanye west, live, madonna, marcelo claure, music video, musicians, new album, new music, nicki minaj, popular, queen bey, regine chassagne, rihanna, slashgear, softbank, sony, spotify, sprint, sprint corporation, stream, streaming, tidal, tidal infectious, universal, usher, video, warner, win butler0 comment

Major modern artists all the way from Alicia Keys to Jay Z have come together to release one of the first ever artist owned music platforms… or, so they say. “Jimi Hendrix once said, that music doesn’t lie,” Alicia Keys spoke at the podium for TIDAL’s launch video, and she’s right. Music doesn’t lie, but these musicians who have come together to be a face for the type of companies they state they are against? That is a lie, perhaps one of the biggest lies we have ever seen in the…

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PHOTOS OF THE WEEK: Week #72

March 28, 2015March 27, 2015 Sami Marshall as it is, bands, florida, Get Scared, infectious magazin, Instagram, Lynn Gunn, music, one way, onerepublic, Patty Walters, photos, photos of the week, pics, pictures, PVRIS, ryan tedder, week #72, windmills, zerog nation, zerognation, zerogravity0 comment

“And I thought about how many people have loved those songs. And how many people got through a lot of bad times because of those songs. And how many people enjoyed good times with those songs. And how much those songs really mean. I think it would be great to have written one of those songs. I bet if I wrote one of them, I would be very proud. I hope the people who wrote those songs are happy. I hope they feel it’s enough. I really do because they’ve…

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PHOTOS OF THE WEEK: Week #71

March 13, 2015 Sami Marshall Bad Suns, bands, ben rector, Firestarter, hail your highness, infectious magazine, Instagram, music, new york, photos, photos of the week, pictures, rhode island, somekindawonderful, southpier, swear and shake, The Controversy, tour, week #710 comment

“Some people have lives; some people have music.” ― John Green, Author, Will Grayson, Will Grayson The following photos were posted between March 6-12, 2015 and are shown with the original captions. To make it easy for you, we have linked each picture to the user’s account. Be sure to follow each of them so you don’t miss anything! If you missed last week’s edition you can catch up on those pictures here: Week #70 Please follow and like us:

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PRODUCT REVIEW: The Music Box – February

March 12, 2015March 11, 2015 Sami Marshall as december falls, bands, box, compilation album, diamond days, i us and we, infectious magazine, jason masi, kiernan mcmullan, kilmaine saints, music, pam taylor band, panic in eden, product review, review, shortside avenue, subscription box, taylor winnell, the company men, the jimday project, the music box, two weeks running, volume 4, whitemoor0 comment

We all know what February is the month of love, and boy did The Music Box sure make me feel loved with their latest box. Even though I didn’t receive my box until very late in the month due to the Postal Service being dumb, the contents definitely made up for the tardiness. Check out all the wonderful goodies I got after the jump! Also, be sure to check out each one of the bands I mention, and head over to Facebook to give them each a “Like.” If you…