News Update: Fresh off a second national tour with eighties glam act Faster Pussycat, the NJ trio Cascadence has been rounding out their repertoire with gear endorsements, regional festivals and benefit appearances and an upcoming video for the fan favorite “Never Thought”. These road dogs plan to release a full-length along with a tour in the fall. You can check them out in NYC at Bowery Electric on August 29th.

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News Update: Radio rock band 3 Pill Morning who Kings featured last year on this date just charted #15 on this weeks Billboard’s Next Big Sound 25 chart of the fastest accelerating artists. The band released their debut album on July 17, 2012 following up on the charting success of their independently released single ‘Loser’ that held a spot among the Top 100 Active Rock Songs for over five months. 3 Pill Morning popped into the national scene with several national tours sharing the stage and touring with national acts including Buckcherry, Hinder, and Papa Roach.

Contact: jon@page2music.com

News Update: BEARCAT will be appearing in LA at the hotel cafe on August 1st with several labels in attendance. She has a fall tour planned with The Rocket Boys and another tour lined up for November. Recently featured in Nylon Magazine, MTV Buzzworthy and USA Today. The debut EP was released on June 5th and finished a tour with Never Shout Never. Check out the track Crazy Fishes.

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Surprisingly two indie bands are expected to land in the top 10 Billboard Album Charts. Passion Pit and The Gaslight Anthem are expected to sell nearly 30,000 copies of their new albums. These hardworking indie bands won’t get the #1 spot though, in fact, the top slot will either go to Nas or Zac Brown Band.

News Update: ARIA has just released their new album We Are All Prisoners digitally on Itunes and Amazon among others. The band was featured on Purevolume’s homepage and is streaming the album both on purevolume as well as facebook. The band is playing a hometown CD release party in St Catharines Ontario, which has already sold out in pre-sale. The band will embark a 2 month tour of Ontario, Quebec and the eastern United States from October to November. Check out the video for the song Purgatory.

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