Emily Tan
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Emily Tan is a freelance journalist and photographer based in Jersey City, New Jersey. Aside from Spinner.com, her work has appeared in Lemondrop.com, Prefix Magazine, CMJ, Metro.POP Magazine, Epoch Times and more.
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Dawes may have already played SXSW, Sasquatch! and Bonnaroo, but frontman Taylor Goldsmith has grander plans for the future.
"We're happy just to play our music and get our stuff across to people and make a living at it," Goldsmith tells Spinner. "But in terms of goals, a lot of other bands wouldn't say this and it might be a ...
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After spending July touring Europe, Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings are planning to keep their travel momentum going with a string of US shows this fall.
The soul band will kick things off with a few festivals, including this weekend's Gathering of the Vibes in Bridgeport, Ct., and the Newport Folk Festival, which NPR ...
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Diehard Elvis Presley memorabilia collectors will disappointed to hear that the medical instruments used to prepare the King's body are no longer up for auction after questions arose about their authenticity.
Last week, Leslie Hindman Auctionneers announced that rubber gloves, lip brushes, a comb, eyeliner, forceps, needle injectors and even ...
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After working together on the 2008 Rolling Stones documentary 'Shine a Light,' it looks like Mick Jagger and director Martin Scorsese are teaming up once again on a new project. This time, the two will be collaborating with writer Terence Winter on "a rock 'n' roll' epic" for HBO, according to Deadline.
The ...
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For some bands, sharing a house can lead to constant battles over the smallest issues. Still, Ra Ra Riot singer Wes Miles prefers it to being on tour, especially when it comes to creativity.
"It's actually a lot easier to do than the touring because there was a house," Miles tells Spinner. "If anybody wanted to work on something on ...
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While many artists admit that being on the road has inspired them to write tons of new material, singer-songwriter Jenny Owen Youngs has had a way different experience.
"Because I travel so much and I don't find traveling and writing to really go together, what I tend to do is collect little scraps of beginnings of songs over a ...
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Instead of waiting until his album actually releases, Brandon Flowers has announced a slew of dates to give fans a taste of what to expect from his solo debut, 'Flamingo.'
The Killers frontman will kick things off in his native Las Vegas on Aug. 15 and then will make stops in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago and end in New York ...
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