Altsounds — After months of touring the US, UK and Europe throughout 2009/10, Atlanta's *Gringo Star* returned home to head into the studio with *Ben Allen (Animal Collective, Deerhunter, Matt & Kim, Cut Copy)* once again to begin work on their second album. Th... more info

Altsounds — On the surface, Atlanta's Gringo Star are good for at least two admittedly easy guffaws: there's that band name, for starters (c'mon, admit it — you're jealous you didn't think of it first!), followed by the equally excellent title of Gri... more info

Altsounds — On the surface, Atlanta's Gringo Star are good for at least two admittedly easy guffaws: there's that band name, for starters (c'mon, admit it — you're jealous you didn't think of it first!), followed by the equally excellent title of Gri... more info

Altsounds — *Cargo Records* have just snapped Gringo Star up for a record deal in Europe and the band hit the road last week for a US tour (with Europe and the UK to follow), which included three amazing shows and a screening of the movie ‘*Hurry Up ... more info

Altsounds — *Cargo Records* have just snapped Gringo Star up for a record deal in Europe and the band hits the road this weekend for a US tour (with Europe and the UK to follow), which includes three shows and a screening of the movie ‘*Hurry Up & Wa... more info

Rollo & Grady — Vivian Girls Tuesday, September 8th The Silent Years with Gringo Star @ The Roxy Theatre AC/DC @ The Honda Center Wednesday, September 9th Emily Wells @ Echo Cass McCombs @ Bootleg Theatre Health @ Troubadour Thursday, September 10th Soulsavers @ Tr... more info

JamBase — Lollapalooza Has Announced Set Times Stage Conflicts Included The Chicago festival has announced the set times of their festival (STS9 gets a 4-5 p.m. slot...wtf?) prompting attendees to ponder which bands they'll be able to catch and who they'll... more info

JamBase — Dfest's Second Round Headliners Announced Including Cake, Mates of State, Ra Ra Riot, Dengue Fever & More Cake The largest music festival and conference in the Midwest today announced the second round of artists to headline this year's event.... more info

Music Mule — What? Gringo Star apart from having an excellent name, hails from Atlanta, Georgia and plays a psychedelic mix of Motown and rock with a punk energy that obviously endeared them to the Black Lips who they’ve recently been supporting on their UK tou... more info

JamBase — Dfest Announces First Round of Artists GRAMMY Foundation and MusiCares at the conference The Black Crowes Set to go down July 24-25 in Tulsa, OK, Dfest, the Midwest's largest festival and conference, recently announced headliners and major exp... more info