Of Monsters and Men signed with Record Records in February 2011, and in March, they began recording their debut album at Studio Sýrland, in Reykjavík. In August, Philadelphia’s Radio 104.5 began playing their debut single, “Little Talks”, and propelled the band to nationwide popularity.
Work on a fourth studio album began in February 2011, with the band spending the first half of the year writing and demoing over 33 songs. The band again decided to work with Cavallo as a producer, but moved into a new sound and lyrical direction on the album, capturing…
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In February 2011, Metal Blade Records announced that Pentagram would play South by Southwest in March 2011, followed by a European tour beginning on April 14, 2011, at the Roadburn Festival in the Netherlands. The lineup included Griffin on guitar, Turley on bass, and Albert Born on drums. Born soon…
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The EP was subsequently re-released numerous times, first through Bandcamp in February 2011
Arcade Fire performed at the 53rd Grammy Awards in February 2011. The band was nominated for Grammy Awards in three categories: Album of the Year , Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal , and Best Alternative Music Album (for The Suburbs ). Out of the three…
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The first volume of the trilogy was released on January 31, 2011.
The Beatsteaks completed work on their most recent album Boombox , which was released on 28 January 2011. The first single from the album was “Milk & Honey”, released on 2 December. On 8 April 2011, the second single, “Cheap Comments”, was released. The third single off Boombox was “Automatic”,…
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On January 25, 2011, another “big four” performance on April 23, 2011, at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California , was announced.
A double-vinyl edition of the band’s debut album Signs of Life was released on 19 January 2011, exactly six years after its original release. A CD & DVD-compilation entitled Alchemy Vol.1 was released on 16 March 2011. It contains the band’s whole videography as well as the favourite songs of…
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Adam Dutkiewicz formed the band Times of Grace with Leach and released the band’s debut album The Hymn of a Broken Man on January 18, 2011.