Entries Tagged as 'news'
Don’t Stop Believing
July 25th, 2008
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Gas prices hitting touring bands hard
July 10th, 2008
Well, this is unsurprising. Even on a good day with cheap gas, making a profit on tour for an upstart band is next to impossible. And, now that gas is over four dollars a gallon in some states, going out on tour has practically become cost prohibitive at the grassroots level. CNN has a story […]
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That thou givest unto them, they gather
July 9th, 2008
With its flurry of vinyl-only releases over the past year, consisting of a 12”, two 10”s, and a 7” (all of which were splits on different labels), Columbia’s Thank God has solidified itself as a dual-pronged threat in the underground punk scene. With marketing savvy to match its frenetic brand of thinking man’s hardcore, the […]
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The Life and Times is pleasure
July 9th, 2008
Post-Shiner shoegaze masters The Life and Times have a shit-hot new song streaming on their MySpace page. “Fall of the Angry Clowns” is the first taste of the band’s forthcoming full-length Tragic Boogie, which unfortunately doesn’t yet have a definitive release date, but, if this song is any indicator, will blow the hair off your […]
Shudder to Think reunion continues into mini fall tour
July 8th, 2008
Shudder to Think vocalist Craig Wedren recently told Billboard that he and guitarist Nathan Larson have put aside all of the “venom and puss” that would preclude a reunion so as to move forward with playing together again. I’m not sure what sort of concoction venom and puss is exactly, but it sounds unpleasant. Nevertheless, […]
Lily Allen might quit music if you don’t like her new record
July 7th, 2008
Lily Allen is one party with Pete Doherty away from Amy Winehouse-ing her career. Since the success of her debut, Alright, Sill, Allen has made herself more than available for tabloid fodder. Mosty drunken shenanigans. Nothing too crazy. Luckily for her, Amy Winehouse’s spiral stairs are waaaay steeper, so Allen’s hijinks have mostly been forgettable. […]
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Abba turns collective nose up at reunion frenzy
July 7th, 2008
Who knew Abba had such strict principles when it came to cashing in on the reunion craze? Lead songwriter Bjorn Ulvaeus told the Sunday Telegraph: We will never appear on stage again. There is simply no motivation to re-group. Money is not a factor and we would like people to remember us as we were […]
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