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Music Moment: ‘Learn To Fly’- Foo Fighters

Foo Fighters is an American rock band, formed in Seattle in 1994. It was founded by Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl.

"Learn to Fly" is the first single from the Foo Fighters' third album There Is Nothing Left to Lose, released in 1999.

This music video won the 2000 Grammy Award for Best Short Form Music Video.

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Music Moment: ‘Spirits’- The Strumbellas

The Strumbellas is a Juno-award winning, six-piece Canadian band. Their sound consists of alternative country, indie rock, and "folk popgrass". They were formed in 2008.

This single, ‘Spirits’, was released August 21st, 2015 and they have a new album coming out April 2016, so be looking out for it! 

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Music Moment: ‘Overnight’- The Wild Feathers

The Wild Feathers are a rock band formed in 2010 in Nashville, Tennessee by Ricky Young, Joel King, Taylor Burns, and Preston Wimberly, most of whom were lead singers in previous bands. They released their first self-titled album in 2013, which charted atop the Billboard's Heatseekers chart.

‘Overnight’ is the first single from the album, Lonely Is A Lifetime, which is expected to be released on March 11, 2016. You can pre-order the album now!

They begin touring starting in March so go check them out!  http://www.thewildfeathers.com/?frontpage=true

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Music Moment: ‘Spaceland’-Matt Pond PA

Matt Pond PA is a New York-based band formed in Philadelphia by singer-songwriter Matt Pond. They have released eight LPs and eight EPs since 1998

Spaceland is the last song on their album, The State Of Gold, released June 30th, 2015.

According to their blog, Spaceland was the first place they played in Los Angeles. The club was initially called Dreams, now it’s The Satellite.

Check out their blog to read more about the story behind Spaceland!

 http://www.mattpondpa.com/blog/

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Music Moment: ‘Delilah’- Florence + The Machine

Florence + The Machine are an English indie rock band that formed in London in 2007, consisting of lead singer Florence Welch, Isabella Summers, and a collaboration of other artists.

‘Delilah’ is on their third album How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful released on May 29th, 2015.

The band has released a series of music videos for several songs on the album, with each video acting as a chapter in a story titled The Odyssey. It currently has six chapters and Delilah is the sixth and final chapter.

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Music Moment: ‘Hotel’- The Antlers

The Antlers are an American Indie Rock band based in Brooklyn, New York. They started out in 200 and started out as a solo project created by vocalist and guitarist Peter Silberman immediately after he had moved to Brooklyn, New York City.

‘Hotel’ is their most recent single released on May 5, 2014.

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Music Moment: “Father Of Mine”- Everclear

Here’s a little throwback to the 1997 rock song by Everclear. 

This song can be found on the album So Much for the Afterglow. “’Father of Mine’ is autobiographical, as lead singer Art Alexakis's father left his family when he was a young boy. ‘Father of Mine’ was the third top-five Modern Rock Tracks single from So Much for the Afterglow, peaking at number four, it also hit number 23 and 24 on the Adult Top 40 and Mainstream Top 40 charts.”

Everclear is an American alternative rock band formed in Portland, Oregon in 1991.

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Music Moment: ‘Wake Up’- The Vamps

The Vamps are a British pop band originating in 2012 by gaining fame from cover songs they posted to YouTube.

‘Wake Up’ was released on October 2, 2015 as the lead single from their second studio album of the same name (2015). 

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Music Moment: ‘Trip Switch’-Nothing But Thieves

Nothing But Thieves is an English five piece alternative rock band from Southend-on-Sea in Essex, formed in 2012.

‘Trip Switch’ was released as a single on June 18, 2015 from the album, “Nothing But Thieves” (October 16, 2015).

Visit their website at:  http://www.nbthieves.com/

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Music Moment: ‘Ditmas’-Mumford & Sons

Mumford & Sons are a British rock band from London, formed in 2007.

‘Ditmas’ is from their third studio album Wilder Mind. It was released worldwide as the third single from the album on September 11, 2015.  

Mumford & Sons had a change in sound on their third album going from bluegrass, folk instrumentation to alternative rock. It’s described by Lovett as a "natural departure."

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Music Moment: ‘Give Me A Try’-The Wombats

The Wombats are an English indie rock band formed in Liverpool in 2003.

‘Give Me A Try’ is from the album, Glitterbug, released April 14, 2015.

They will be touring in the U.S. starting in April 2015, so look out for them!

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Solar System: 5 Things To Know This Week

Our solar system is huge, so let us break it down for you. Here are 5 things to know this week:

1. Dancing with a Star

Our local star, better known as the sun, teems with activity. This month NASA has been tracking regions that burst with magnetic loops. The Solar Dynamics Observatory is one of several space-based assets that keep tabs on the sun daily, watching as charged particles trace the magnetic field, forming bright lines as they emit light in ultraviolet wavelengths.

2. An Idyll for Ida

On Nov. 24, the asteroid Ida makes its closest approach to Earth (at a very safe distance). Ida is the first asteroid found to have its own moon, and the second ever visited by a spacecraft. Its close encounter happened in 1993 as Galileo flew by en route to Jupiter.

3. Moonshine

On Nov. 23, the Cassini spacecraft will fly near Saturn’s icy moon Tethys. Several instruments aboard Cassini will collect data, including an eight-frame color image mosaic. Between Nov. 27 and Dec. 2, Cassini will have very limited communications with Earth, because Cassini will enter solar conjunction, when Cassini and Saturn are on the other side of the Sun from Earth.

4. The Moon Will Occult Aldebaran

That may sound ominous, but all it means is that Earth’s moon will pass in front of the giant red star Aldebaran on Nov. 26. Aldebaran is the bright “eye” of the constellation Taurus. The event will only be visible in some parts of North America. Details can be found HERE. 

5. One Wild Ride, One Year Later

What a year it’s been for the Rosetta mission since the Philae lander came to rest on the surface of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko in November 2014. A steady flow of data from the orbiter, together with several days of information sent from the lander, is providing a detailed picture of this remnant from the creation of the solar system.

Make sure to follow us on Tumblr for your regular dose of space: http://nasa.tumblr.com

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Music Moment: ‘Wolves (You Got Me)’-Dreamers

Dreamers are a slightly new band starting in 2014 from Brooklyn, New York. They describe their music as being a “unique brand of ‘70s punk meets power pop” as well as cosmic rock.

‘Wolves (You Got Me)’ is their newest single, released in June of 2015. “The song climbed the Alt18 Countdown (based on fan votes) - peaking at #7.”

According to their Facebook page, they are planning to release a follow-up LP in 2016 so be looking out for it! 

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Music Moment: ‘Unsteady’- X Ambassadors

You might know them from their hit song ‘Renegades’, X Ambassadors is an American alternative rock band from Ithaca, New York.

Their debut full-length album, VHS, featuring this song, was released June, 30th 2015.  

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Music Moment: ‘Fuel To The Fire’-Rationale

London-based musician, Rationale, released his debut EP ‘Fuel To The Fire’ on September 18, 2015.

“A thunderous alt-R&B track about ‘power, pressure, frustration & hope.’ In a press release, he said the song ‘was written after watching particularly grim news on the television around a year and a half ago’ and its dark undertones paired with his unique vocal stylings are a real treat.” - says Tarynn Law, of The 405

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Music Moment: ‘All This Wandering Around’- Ivan & Alyosha

From the album ‘It’s All Just Pretend’ released on May 5, 2015

I&A are a folk-pop, indie, rock band formed in 2007, from Seattle, Washington.