schwag ‘stache: Get the Full LOLLAPALOOZA Experience for Free

f.y.e. Announces Contest Sponsored by Sony Electronics and Last.fm

Lollapalooza started back in 1991 when Perry Farrell, lead singer of fabled alternative rockers Jane’s Addiction, started planning a farewell show for the group. His idea morphed into a larger-than-life musical roadshow that would bring music, culture, and community to fans all over the continent. Farrell’s festival did it with flair, pulling together diverse acts like Nine Inch Nails andIce-T for a culture-spanning celebration the world had never seen.

Lollapalooza now calls the legendary city of Chicago home, having put down roots in the gorgeous green spaces of Grant Park in 2005. It now spans over 115 acres, multiple stages, and diverse array of 130+ artists from hip-hop, electronica, reggae, indie rock, modern roots, and many more.

Retail chain f.y.e. (For Your Entertainment) has announced a kick ass contest presented by

Sony Electronics. This contest, which is co-sponsored by music discovery service Last.fm, will offer one winner and a guest a three day pass to Lollapalooza, as well as round trip airfare, a three night paid hotel stay, a meet and greet with some of the bands playing the festival, and access to an official Lollapalooza after party to one winner and a guest.  A second place winner will receive a pair of Sony Electronics headphones as well as a selection of music from some of the acts playing Lollapalooza. For details and official contest rules visit www.LollapaloozaExperience.com. The contest ends on 7/8/2012.

Be sure to check out some of the best bands performing Lollapalooza this year on sale at your local f.y.e. Find a store near you.  Artists performing at Lollapalooza that have records on sale at f.y.e. include Alabama Shakes, Metric, Childish Gambino, Dawes, The Temper Trap,Givers, The Walkmen, Dry The River, and more!

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live ‘stache: NEW ENGLAND METAL & HARDCORE FESTIVAL

NEMHF is three days of epic metal in Worcester, MA from Friday April 20 through Sunday April 22.

This year the lineup is packed solid with the likes of All That Remains, Skeletonwitch, Carnifex, The Black Dahlia Murder, Bane, Chelsea Grin and more. Check out the official flyer below and full lineup here.

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Watch the official announcement here:

Official flyer:

The New England Metal & Hardcore Festival CD sampler is available at your local participating f.y.e. (while supplies last).  You get the sampler for FREE when you buy any metal CD featured on the sampler for $9.99!

New England Metal & Hardcore Festival 2012 Sampler Tracklisting:

1.)	The Black Dahlia Murder – “Moonlight Equilibrium” (From Ritual)
2.)	Skeletonwitch – “Reduced To The Failure Of Prayer” (From Forever Abomination)
3.)	For Today – “Devastator” (From Breaker)
4.)	Vanna – “Black Bones” (From And They Came Baring Bones)
5.)	Fit For An Autopsy – “The Juggernaut” (From The Process of Human Extermination)
6.)	Chelsea Grin – “The Foolish One” (From My Damnation)
7.)	Within The Ruins – “Versus” (From Invade)
8.)	Attila – “Payback” (From Outlawed)
9.)	Counterparts – “Jumping Ship” (From The Current Will Carry Us)
10.)	Gideon – “Virtue” (From Costs)
11.)	Christian Mistress -“Haunted Hunted” (From Possession)
12.)	Dr. Acula – “Party 2.0” (From Slander)
13.)	Wretched – “My Carrion” (From Beyond The Gate)
14.)	Emmure – “Solar Flare Homicide” (From Speaker Of the Dead)
15.)	Carnifex – “Until I Feel Nothing” (From Until I Feel Nothing)
16.)	Close Your Eyes – “Valleys” (From Empty Hands and Heavy Hearts)

* Bonus track included from Break Thru Artist:  Imagine the Escape – “Reclamation” (From What Once Existed EP)