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BRMC to Tour with Stone Temple Pilots

Here’s a pairing we never thought to imagine – Black Rebel Motorcycle Club is set to open dates on the upcoming Stone Temple Pilots trek starting September 16th in San Diego, CA.

3 Aug 2010 | More
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Black Rebel Motorcycle Club at Webster Hall, 04.09.10

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club wrapped up its sold-out, two-night stand at New York’s venerable Webster Hall last night with guns blazing and new drummer Leah Shapiro in tow. Hey hey, my my.

10 Apr 2010 | 1 comment | More
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Black Rebel Motorcycle Club: Better the Devil You Know

On the day in late winter that I catch up with Robert Levon Been of Black Rebel Motorcycle Club there are connection problems. He’s in a place, likely somewhere in California near the band’s home base, with bad reception. Somehow this seems like the perfect backdrop…

17 Mar 2010 | 2 comments | More
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Black Rebel Motorcycle Club – ‘Beat the Devil’s Tattoo’

Imagine if a harmonica-toting Dean Moriarty had a fetish for David Lynch and dug dirty-blues fuzz rock and you’ve got the sixth album by California trio Black Rebel Motorcycle Club in a nutshell.

9 Mar 2010 | 2 comments | More
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‘BRMC: Live’ DVD Review

In April 2002 I journeyed from Tallahassee, Florida to see a Spiritualized concert in Atlanta. A little-known, but fast-rising group that had garnered quick comparisons to the Jesus and Mary Chain were opening. I left that night raving about Black Rebel Motorcycle Club versus J. Spaceman…

8 Dec 2009 | More
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BRMC to ‘Beat the Devil’s Tattoo’ in March 2010; Tour Announced

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club have just confirmed release dates and tour information for their upcoming fifth studio album, Beat the Devil’s Tattoo. Due out March 9th in the United States and Canada (March 8 UK/Europe/Japan/Australia et al; March 16 in Germany) Beat the Devil’s Tattoo was recorded in Philadelphia and Los Angeles…

30 Nov 2009 | 1 comment | More
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BRMC Confirm Tracklisting for Live DVD

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club has just confirmed the tracklisting and cover for their Live DVD, due out November 10 on Abstract Dragon/Vagrant. As reported last week, Live will consist of a two-hour concert DVD with cuts from the Los Angeles band’s albums…

14 Sep 2009 | More
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Black Rebel Motorcycle Club to Release Live DVD, New Album Next Spring

Lately we’ve been wondering what the guys in BRMC have been up to since 2007′s Baby 81 and their self-released, instrumental effort The Effects of 333. And luckily, today the band announced two big news items: an upcoming live DVD (called, naturally, Live) out on November 10, 2009 in conjunction with Vagrant Records via Abstract Dragon, and the release of their fifth studio album in March 2010.

8 Sep 2009 | More
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The Morning After Girls Play NYC and Los Angeles, New EP Coming Soon

  Don’t miss Australia’s lush, shoegazing Morning After Girls, when they play Mercury Lounge tonight. They’ve recently returned to NYC to debut new songs in an exclusive headlining show Tuesday, 1.27.09 at Mercury Lounge at 9pm. If you’re a West Coaster in the L.A. area, don’t miss them two nights later, when they appear at [...]

27 Jan 2009 | More
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Black Rebel Motorcycle Club : Sentimentalist Magazine Interview

Here’s an excerpt from the BRMC feature that appears in Sentimentalist Magazine issue 25. For the full text, check out the back issue. Enjoy! Peter Hayes needs you to know something right now. He is not a grumpy man, and Black Rebel Motorcycle Club is not a grumpy band. It was never supposed to be [...]

15 Jun 2007 | More