Let Them Eat Telletubies Records (Free subscription) | 1 hour ago
I was lucky enough to be cute enough to be mistaken as a girl as a young punk so I hardly got into any trouble with the raggare. But I was still scared as hell as soon as they showed up. How stupid... Punk | Powerpop | Mod | Hard Core
Punknews.org (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
Horror-punk outfit Schoolyard Heroes have called it quits. The band explained their reasons in an interview with The Stranger : Steve [Bonnell] and Brian [Turner] have kind of phased themselves out over the last year or so, and it'd be weird going on with them. So our Home for the Horrordays show is going to be our last one. This band has been the only thing that we've thought about, and done every...
Baseball Crank (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
The Wall Street Journal had an excellent look at Tom Petty as he prepares for the release of a live retrospective : What at first sounded like drudgery, Mr. Petty says, digging through 30 years of concert recordings for the coming "Live Anthology," turned into an "adventure." Engineer Ryan Ulyate made the first pass through the recordings in the Heartbreakers' vault, including...
Punknews.org (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
According to a report from the Globe & Mail , legendary musician Billy Bragg recently appeared before the Canadian Parliament to talk about the file sharing problem. The singer and the Canadian New Democratic Party is calling on the government to let artists find a way to make music file swapping a legitimate part of promotion and sales. He is hoping to see new ways to compensate performers while...
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The Mighty Mighty Bosstones have announced the full line-up for their 12th annual Hometown Throwdown, being held at the House of Blues in Boston from December 26 - 28. The band has confirmed that Pilfers and Razors In The Night will support the first night, Darkbuster and The Void Union on the second and Bim Skala Bim and The Pietasters will perform on the third night. Additionally, the band will...
Punknews.org (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
Vampire Weekend have released the new video from their highly anticipated sophomore album. The record is titled Contra and is due out January 12, 2010 . It is the follow-up to Vampire Weekend which was released in 2008. Check it out here .
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The Almost have posted the new video for "Lonely Wheel" from their sophomore album, Monster Monster .
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This week, Dirty Laundry talks to progressive psych/rock duo Tweak Bird . The Volcom Entertainment band talks about opening for Tool, their EP and more. Check it out here .
Band Weblogs (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
Two New 'Hustler's Son' Tracks Streaming at MySpace; Benmont Tench Guests On "Miracles" Jason Boesel has unveiled two new cuts from his forthcoming solo debut, 'Hustler's Son', out January 12, 2010 on Team Love Records: "French Kissing" and "Miracles." Both songs are currently available for streaming on MySpace.
Spinner.com (Free subscription) | 9 hours ago
Filed under: Concerts and Tours , Video , Movies Local political activists, musicians, and protesters opposed to the Bush administration joined forces for ' Gonzo Music Diaries ,' a documentary about the downfall of revolutionary music and the breakdown of democracy. Circulating around the 2004 Republican National Convention in New York City, filmmaker Roy Szuper, serial concert attendee Concert Joe...
Rock and Roll Daily (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago
• News Ticker: Blink-182, Whitney Houston • Adam Lambert Shocks AMAs With Racy Song • Lambert on Potential Censorship of AMAs • American Music Awards Live Blog • Green Day Record “21 Guns” With Idiot Cast • Rihanna’s Cabin Fever Led Her to Rated R • ?uestlove on the Roots’ Hot Fallon Gig • Maroon 5’s Levine on Jason Segel as [...]...
Rock and Roll Daily (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago
The reunited Blink-182 are getting ready to work on a new studio album. According to a tweet from Mark Hoppus, the bassist/singer is listening to demos because he “might produce a few things before Blink-182 goes into the studio in January.” A special 25th anniversary edition of Whitney Houston, the singer’s Number One Arista debut, will [...]
Buzzin Music Blog (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago
A Factory Night (and then again)… Factory Records, founded in Manchester in 1978 by Tony Wilson, Peter Saville and Alan Erasmus, was one of the most important independent record labels. With collaborators as talented as Rob Gretton, Martin Hannett and Mike Pickering, Factory Records launched such famous bands as Joy Division, New Order, The Durutti Column [...]
Igor : Premature Souperhero (Free subscription) | yesterday
Mick Middles - Factory: The Story Of The Record Label Factory Records are, to those who don't know, the brainchild and record label of Tony Wilson, the man who was behind the Hacienda in Manchester which was the forefront of the introduction of house music and rave culture to Britain, and the "Madchester" phenomenon of the 80s and early 90s. This era was just before my time so naturally I'm...
Punknews.org (Free subscription) | yesterday
Hello everybody and welcome to Navel Gazing : your look back at the week in Punknews . I'm Adam White and I'll be your guide through some of the most popular, notable, and otherwise attention getting stories of the past seven days. Each and every Punknews story is built from tips contributed by you fine folks, and here's what got the community talking this week... The People Must Have Something Good...
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kalani0ksv7 | 11/07/2009
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) –Almost 15 years ago, former Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl quietly circulated among his friends copies of a demo tape on which he did all the singing and played all the instruments. He considered the project "a goof," and he dubbed it "Foo Fighters" because he wanted people to think it was a real band, "like the Ramones or the Pixies," he recalled at a taping of VH1's "Storytellers"...
starbuck0295y | 11/06/2009
NEW YORK (Reuters) –A major new photography exhibit is built around the idea that the eyes are just as important as the ears for appreciating and understanding rock 'n' roll. The Brooklyn Museum's sprawling show "Who Shot Rock & Roll: A Photographic History, 1955 to the Present" opened on Friday as a study in the contrasts that run through the rock music subculture. Nearly 200 photographs, videos,...
angelal345h | 11/04/2009
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) –Almost 15 years ago, former Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl quietly circulated among his friends copies of a demo tape on which he did all the singing and played all the instruments. He considered the project "a goof," and he dubbed it "Foo Fighters" because he wanted people to think it was a real band, "like the Ramones or the Pixies," he recalled at a taping of VH1's "Storytellers"...
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