I Love My Label: Yep Roc Turns 15

By Bonnie Stiernberg at 1:19 PM on October 4, 2012

The past 15 or so years have been a weird time for the music industry, to say the least.   read more

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Song Premiere: Fountains of Wayne - "The Story In Your Eyes"

By Katie King at 12:00 PM on August 2, 2012

To celebrate Yep Roc's 15th anniversary, power-pop group Fountains of Wayne are releasing a cover of the Moody Blues' 1971 hit, "The Story in Your Eyes."   read more

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Video Premiere: Chatham County Line - "Birmingham Jail" (Live)

By Patty Miranda at 12:30 PM on July 12, 2012

Chatham County Line has just released a CD/DVD package called Sight & Sound, which chronicles a recent live performance in Raleigh, N.C.  read more

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Nick Lowe Announces Solo Acoustic Tour Dates

By Lane Billings at 8:00 PM on July 9, 2012

British pub rocker Nick Lowe has been known as an under-the-radar songwriter for the majority of his career, but he’s been making big moves recently, opening up for Wilco on a national tour in 2011 and getting his own tribute album due later this year. His label Yep Roc announced today that Lowe has confirmed a string of solo acoustic headlining tour dates for this fall....  read more

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Download The Autumn Defense's "Back of My Mind"

By Paste Staff at 2:00 PM on October 11, 2010

Download The Autumn Defense’s “Back of My Mind.” The Autumn Defense will be on tour throughout November....  read more

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Download Chatham County Line's "Crop Comes In"

By Paste Staff at 10:57 AM on June 15, 2010

Download Chatham County Line’s “Crop Comes In.” Chatham County Line’s Wildwood will be released July 13 on Yep Roc....  read more

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The Apples in Stereo: Travellers in Space and Time

By Anna Swindle at 9:30 AM on April 21, 2010

Sextet blasts off but remains in orbit Those who’ve come to love The Apples in Stereo for the band’s colorful, high-energy tunes won’t be disappointed by its seventh studio album. Travellers in Space and Time leans heavily on futuristic kitsch, sporting campy touches like robotic pulses, vocoder sound-scrambling and intermittent directions from a Charlie’s Angels-esque commander....  read more

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Josh Rouse: El Turista

By Steve LaBate at 9:00 AM on April 15, 2010

(Yet) Another side of Josh Rouse Expat singer/songwriter Josh Rouse is a musical chameleon, exploding into beautiful new aural shades with each record. His 2003 album, 1972, was a tribute to the AM pop and proto-disco sounds of his birth year. Two years later, he released Nashville, which explored a more contemporary fusion of folk rock and subtle electronic flourishes. But the biggest sonic shift came in 2006 when Rouse moved to Spain and began soaking up that country’s rich culture....  read more

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The Apples in Stereo Prep New Album

By Kristen Callihan at 9:30 AM on January 28, 2010

Psych-pop Elephant 6 act The Apples in Stereo will release their new album, Travellers in Space and Time, on April 20 via Yep Roc/Simian (AKA: Elijah Wood’s label)/Elephant 6. Coming three years after New Magnetic Wonder, Travellers is being billed as “their most hi-fi and hook-laden production to date,” according to Yep Roc....  read more

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Robyn Hitchcock Preps Live CD/DVD

By Gage Henry at 2:20 PM on October 27, 2009

Singer-songwriter Robyn Hitchcock will continue to bulk up his scattered and elusive discography with his I Often Dream of Trains in New York concert-DVD and live-album release.  ...  read more

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