Rock 108 Real Rock Radio » foster the people http://keyj.com Real Rock Radio Tue, 21 May 2013 21:39:52 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 'Voice' Contestant Mackenzie Bourg Sings 'Pumped Up Kicks,' Gets Props From Cee Lo http://keyj.com/voice-contestant-mackenzie-bourg-sings-pumped-up-kicks-gets-props-from-cee-lo/ http://keyj.com/voice-contestant-mackenzie-bourg-sings-pumped-up-kicks-gets-props-from-cee-lo/#comments Wed, 12 Sep 2012 09:59:19 +0000 Jeff Giles http://diffuser.fm/?p=37457 Blind auditions continued on the new season of 'The Voice' last night, offering viewers multiple opportunities to cheer, boo and be amazed by the backstories of contestants like Mackenzie Bourg, a 19-year-old who triumphed over a life-threatening illness to take the stage with his rendition of Foster the People's 'Pumped Up Kicks.'

]]> http://keyj.com/voice-contestant-mackenzie-bourg-sings-pumped-up-kicks-gets-props-from-cee-lo/feed/ 0 YouTube Foster the People's Success Started with a Free Download of Hit Song 'Pumped Up Kicks' http://keyj.com/foster-the-people-hit-song-pumped-up-kicks/ http://keyj.com/foster-the-people-hit-song-pumped-up-kicks/#comments Tue, 04 Oct 2011 13:38:36 +0000 Jeff Giles http://tsminteractive.com/?p=51417 Downloading, both legal and illegal, has taken a lot of the blame for the sales collapse suffered by the music industry over the last decade and change. But not every artist has a horror story to tell regarding mp3s and filesharing technology.

Just ask Mark Foster, frontman for fast-rising rockers Foster the People, whose inescapable hit single ‘Pumped Up Kicks’ started out as a free download on the band’s website.

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