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GvsB III goes down just one week from tomorrow on Friday, August 23 here in Dallas at the historic Granada Theater, and we've got 5 pairs of tickets to give away for the event. Just let us know in the comments (in the next 24 hours or so) who you're most excited about seeing at the show, and we'll pick the winners this weekend...

The seventh annual edition of our favorite music fest in the world goes down in just two weeks at Auditorium Shores in Austin. This year's lineup is arguably the strongest and most diverse bill yet, starring RUN DMC, De La Soul, Danny Brown, Rakim, Atlas Sound, WAVVES, Bun B, A$AP Rocky, Charli XCX, Schoolboy Q, AraabMUZIK, Santigold, Explosions in the Sky, David Cross, Dum Dum Girls, Real Estate

A great bill rolls through Dallas on Sunday, June 24, at Club Dada, featuring former Texan Jana Hunter and her band Lower Dens, as well as L.A./Montreal shredders No Joy. We've got a couple of pairs of tickets to give away for this one, courtesy of Parade of Flesh. Just leave your name + your favorite album of 2012 so far in the comments to enter, and I'll pick the winners the week of the show. In

The Walkmen's excellent new full-length Heaven officially drops two weeks from today on Fat Possum. In anticipation of the record's release, the group has hooked us up with 5 band-signed copies of their limited Heaven 7" single, which -- in addition to the rousing title track -- features the moving non-album b-side "The House You Made...

Our friends at Insound have hooked us up with one of these extremely limited, Delicious Design League-created, American Apparel Washed Out t-shirts (pictured) to give away. To enter, just like us on Facebook + leave a comment below letting us know your favorite new band/artist of 2011, and we'll pick a winner next week...

While you guys argue about The King of Limbs' rightful place in the band's illustrious discography, we're giving away Radiohead's first six albums on 180 gram vinyl (Kid A + Amnesiac both come on two 10" 140 gram LPs). One winner will receive the following records: Pablo Honey The Bends OK Computer (2xLP) Kid A (two 10” 140-gram LPs) Amnesiac (two 10” 140-gram LPs) Hail To The Thief To enter

Here's another highlight from Puro Instinct's Headbangers in Ecstasy, still our favorite full-length of 2011 so far: “Silky Eyes” displays the group’s knack for crafting songs with deceptively complex structures, in which ethereal, in-the-clouds dream-pop seamlessly morphs into shimmering, soft focus disco-lite and jangly post-punk in just over 3 minutes...

Carpark is holding a remix contest for Toro y Moi's silky smooth new disco-funk jam "Still Sound," with Chaz's favorite entry to be included on a forthcoming official Toro y Moi remix 12". The winner will also receive a Toro t-shirt, and a copy of Underneath the Pine on vinyl/cd...

As you might have noticed in our recent Polaroid posts, we've been using some incredible new limited instant film from our friends at the Impossible Project, who started from scratch to completely reinvent and produce a new photographic instant system for classic Polaroid cameras...

Joanna Newsom graces the stage at Dallas' Granada Theater one week from today -- on the evening of Wednesday, November 10 -- and the venue has hooked us up with two pairs of tickets to give away for the show. Just leave your name in the comments, along with your favorite Joanna Newsom song, and I'll pick the winners on Monday...