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Giveaway: She & Him w/ Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell, Matthew White @ Hollywood Bowl in LA this Sunday (6/23/13)

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We’ve got a surprise giveaway for y’all today! This Sunday (6/23) Zooey Deschanel and M. Ward, aka She & Him, will take to the stage at the legendary Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles to kick off ‘The Bowl’s’ always stellar Summer Concert Series. The duo will be performing fan favorites as well as new material from their recent Old Yellow Moon release, and they will be receiving support that night from Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell, and Matthew White. We’ve got one pair of tickets to giveaway to this special summer evening for one lucky reader!

For your chance to win the pair of tickets, just email us here and let us know you’d like to go… and we’ll enter you to win in our drawing to take place this afternoon! Our winner will be picked at random from the pool of submissions (one entry per person), so keep an eye on your inbox. You can get additional details on the show, as well as purchase tickets for the show at the Hollywood Bowl website. Good luck!

Hollywood Bowl california (Tickets and Info)
She & Him (Official)

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06-19-13

Giveaway: Willy Moon @ The Troubadour in LA on Tuesday 6/4 + Autographed CD!

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Recording artist Willy Moon will be swinging through the west coast next week for a string of Californian dates in support of his debut album Here’s Willy Moon. It’s not a secret this 23 years old New Zealand native won’t waste time cutting to the chase. With his infectious blend of pop music, Moon’s new 12-song album clocks in at an impressive 29 minutes. As Willy puts it, “I’m a great believer in simplicity and brevity. It’s also down to having a short attention span. I don’t even read books anymore, just short stories.” And who can blame him? The i(z)Generation can relate, just take for example Willy’s placement of the track “Yeah Yeah” in a popular campaign for Apple not too long ago. Brevity is the new communication.

Willy Moon has made noise around the world with his high-energy, genre smashing blend of sampling and singer songwriter musicianship. Don’t miss your chance to see him perform in Los Angeles at the Troubadour on Tuesday, June 4th. B3SCI is giving away one pair of tickets for the show to one lucky reader, [bonus] the winner will also receive an autographed Here’s Willy Moon CD!

To win, simply drop us a line here and mention that you’d like to be entered in the Willy Moon Los Angeles Giveaway. Our winner will be picked at random on Monday 6/1. Keep an eye on your inbox and good luck!

Get additional info on purchasing tickets and other tour dates here.

Willy Moon newzealand (Facebook) (Willy Moon on iTunes)

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05-23-13

Giveaway: Digitalism @ The Highline Ballroom, New York City this Tuesday, May 14th

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Pioneering the indie dance movement, German electro-duo, Digitalism has a sound that crosses the boundaries of today’s breaking electro, rock and indie music. With two great albums and a reserve’s worth of stellar remixes, Digitalism invade New York City this coming Tuesday night, May 14th for a performance at The Highline Ballroom. We’ve got one pair of tickets to the show for give away to one lucky reader. For your chance to win the tickets, simply drop us an email here and say that you’d like to be entered in the Digitalism ticket giveaway. We’ll be picking our winning email submission at random this coming Tuesday morning (one entry per person). You can get more information on the show and tickets here. Good luck!

Digitalism (Facebook)(Show Info)

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05-11-13

Giveaway: The Neighbourhood Autographed Prize Pack

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The Neighbourhood’s debut album I Love You has already landed a spot on our top albums list for 2013. For a band that came from nowhere in mid-2012, this quintet from Los Angeles have done a sufficient job of kicking up noise all around the world with their sing-along lush pop-scapes and reverb drenched rock. We had the chance to speak with the band back in November about this rise to fame and what the future might hold (listen to our interview here).

For one lucky reader out there, we are giving away an exclusive prize pack of autographed swag by the band. For your chance to win a signed I Love You CD and poster email us here and say that you’d like to to be entered in The Neighbourhood prize pack giveaway. Include with your submission an answer to one of the following questions. We’ll be picking our winning email submission at random next Friday morning (5/17). One entry per person please. Also, be sure to pick up your copy of the new album here.

Questions:

Who in the band looks the coolest in a pair of shades?

What famous LA street sign is featured in The Neighbourhood’s new music video for “Sweater Weather?”

In what city will you be seeing the band perform on tour this summer?

Stream the I Love You LP:

The Neighbourhood california (Tumblr) (Facebook) (Purchase ‘I Love You’ LP)

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05-10-13

Giveaway: Chrome Sparks w/ Tropicool, Ruckus Roboticus, Surf Ambassador Hendo, Channel One @ Bootleg Gallery LA this Saturday!

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This Saturday night The Bootleg Gallery welcomes Brooklyn DJ, producer and multi-instrumental musician extraordinaire, Chrome Sparks to headline an amazing evening of nonstop jams. Downtown Lobby presents the night’s festivities which will also include performances from Tropicool, Ruckus Roboticus, Surf Ambassador Hendo and Channel One. B3SCI has got a pair of tickets for this show to give away to one lucky reader. For your chance to win, email us here and say that you’d like to be entered in the Chrome Sparks ticket giveaway. We’ll be picking our winning email submission at random this Saturday morning (one entry per person). You can get more information on the show here. Good luck and see you on Saturday!

The Bootleg (Info and Tickets)

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05-08-13

Giveaway: Ólafur Arnalds Signed Vinyl

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One of our favorite things to ponder while listening through the serene sounds of Ólafur Arnalds’ latest album, For Now I Am Winter, is recollecting how this dude used to rock the drums in hardcore and metal bands such as Fighting Shit. As awesome as that is, in all seriousness, since the beginning of his solo career in 2007, Arnalds has consistently raised the bar as a musician and composer. This April Ólafur Arnalds released his fourth studio album, For Now I Am Winter, of which is arguably his most cerebral offering to date. In fine cinematic fashion, Arnalds fuses strings, piano loops, and beats with his unique vocal stylings to create a setting of ethereal pop, the sort of which goosebumps are made of. We highly recommend that you take a moment (if you haven’t yet) and have a listen to For Now I Am Winter, available now via Universal Music’s Mercury Classics label.

In fact we recommend it so much that we’re giving away an autographed copy of Ólafur Arnalds’ For Now I Am Winter LP to one luck reader. For your chance to win, email us here and say that you’d like to be entered in the Ólafur Arnalds vinyl giveaway. We’ll be picking our winning submission at random Monday morning May 6th. One entry per person.

Ólafur Arnalds england (Official) (Amazon) (iTunes)

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04-29-13

Giveaway: Laura Mvula w/ Mohammed Alidu, Rare Times @ Bootleg Theater LA, Tuesday 4/16/2013

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KCRW and The Fold Presents will be hosting British soul goddess Laura Mvula at the Bootleg Theater this Tuesday, April 17th. Her debut album Sing To the Moon is already a smash success in the UK (Top 10 on BBC Radio 1 folks!), and miss Mvula is sure to be bringing her momentum to this debut Los Angeles performance.

B3SCI has got a pair of tickets for this show to give away to one lucky reader. For your chance to win, email us here and say that you’d like to to be entered in the Laura Mvula ticket giveaway. We’ll be picking our winning email submission at random this Tuesday morning (one entry per person). You can get more information on the show here.

Bootleg Theater (Info and Tickets)
Laura Mvula england (Facebook)

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04-15-13

Giveaway: 12 Reasons To Die LIVE w/ Ghostface Killah, Adrian Younge, Blu, Exile, The Gaslamp Killer + MORE! In L.A. 3/28/2013

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Join us at The Mayan Theater in Los Angeles tomorrow, Thursday as ArtDontSleep Presents 12 Reasons To Die with Ghostface Killah, Adrian Younge, Blu, Exile, The Gaslamp Killer and MORE! Host Mark Luv will be curating this celebration for the release of the new Ghostface Killah x Adrian Younge Record. The jams are fresh, think Wu Tang Clan meets Portishead meets Kill Bill.. get a taste here.

Tickets for the show are $20 presale / $25 at the door, and you can get more info on purchasing tickets here. OR you can drop us a line and we’ll enter to you to win a FREE pair of tickets to this event. To enter our raffle, just email us here and let us know that you want to catch 12 Reasons To Die on Thursday night. We’ll enter your name in our random drawing to take place on Thursday morning. Keep an eye on your inbox and good luck!

Art Don’t Sleep california (Info) (Facebook)

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03-27-13

Giveaway: Inc. @ The BootlegTheater in LA on Wednesday, 3/27/2013

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Just recently L.A. based brother duo dropped their acclaimed debut full length no world via the renowned 4AD label. This Wednesday Andrew and Daniel Aged a/k/a Inc. bring their darker tinged R&B/Soul back to the City of Angels with an exclusive performance at The Bootleg. Supporting acts include Ian Isiah, SFV Acid, & Cream DJS (J99&CalCat); do not miss it.

B3SCI has got a pair of tickets to give away for one lucky reader. For your chance to win, email us here and say that you’d like to to be entered in the Inc. ticket giveaway. We’ll be picking our winning email submission at random this Wednesday morning (one entry per person). You can get more information on the show and purchasing tickets here.

Bootleg Theater (Info and Tickets)
Inc. california (Facebook)

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03-25-13

Giveaway: Dan Croll w/ Trails and Ways, Carousel @ The Bootleg in LA this Saturday, March 9th!

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With only a handful of tunes released to date, and a debut LP in pipeline, UK act Dan Croll has been making a name for himself. The the young songwriter has been on the radar since his track “From Nowhere” first hit the interwebs, not to mention his receiving the Songwriter of the Year Award via the Liverpool institute of Performing Arts. This Saturday The Fold Silverlake will present a night of live music featuring Croll in the Bootleg Bar, along with support from blogosphere and Oakland rainmakers Trails and Ways, and Boston trio Carousel.

Be sure to catch this show before all three acts take SXSW 2013 by storm! B3SCI has got a pair of tickets to give away for one lucky reader. For your chance to win, email us here and say that you’d like to to be entered in the Dan Croll ticket giveaway. We’ll be picking our winning email submission at random this Saturday morning (one entry per person). Get more information on the show and purchasing tickets here.

Bootleg Theater (Info and Tickets)
Dan Croll (Facebook)
Trails and Ways california (Facebook)

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03-07-13

GIveaway: Alpine @ The Bootleg in Los Angeles this Tuesday, March 5th!

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On Tuesday, March 5th, hotly tipped Aussie outfit Alpine will swing by The Bootleg as part of The Fold Silverlake Presents. The band will be in LA and NY for select dates before they hit Austin for this year’s SXSW festival, and we’ve got a pair of tickets to this Tuesday’s show in LA for one lucky reader! To win, email us here and say that you want some Alpine tickets. We will pick our winning email submission at random this Monday night 3/4/13. You can get more information on the show and purchasing tickets here.

Alpine australia (Official)
The Fold Silverlake (Info and Tickets)

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03-03-13

Giveaway: Warped Tour Prize Pack hosted by ITCH!

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Few live music legacies exist in today’s modern age of pop-up summer music festivals. Vans Warped Tour has kept a certain course, maintaining an annual beacon for the young hearted, punk rock and DIY music ethos generations since 1995.

Coming full circle to this year’s Warped Tour we have the announcement and addition of emerging UK based alternative/Hip-Hop artist ITCH to the festival line up. With a debut album in the pipeline for summer release and two NEW EPs, Manifesto Part 1 and Part 2 (check them out here), ITCH is becoming one to watch. In celebration of his recent addition to the festival, ITCH has compiled a personal TOP 10: GREATEST ARTISTS that have ever embarked on Warped Tour.

Needless to say, if you’re an ITCH fan… or a Warped Tour fanatic then you’ve got to be excited about this exclusive CD/Vinyl collection of ITCH’s picks that we are giving away to one lucky reader. Enter for your chance to win by dropping us a line here. Just say that you want to be entered in the ‘ITCH Warped Tour’ drawing in the subject line. Our winner will be picked at random next week so keep your eye on those inboxes. Good luck!

CD/Vinyl Prize Pack Includes:

1. Jurassic 5 – Quality Control
2. The Specials – The Specials
3. Sick Of It All – Call To Arms
4. Pietasters – Oolooloo
5. Hepcat – Push N Shove
6. G.B.H. – City Baby’s Attacked By Rats
7. Rancid – Life Won’t Wait
8. Sublime – 40 oz To Freedom
9. Immortal Technique – Revolutionary Vol. 2
10. N.E.R.D. -In Search Of

Vans Warped Tour (Official)
ITCH england (Official) (Twitter)

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02-26-13