Miss this week’s episode of HUMAN GIANT? Well if you did, you missed a hilarious sketch about a killer mosh pit that broke away from a Lamb Of God show in New Jersey and went rogue.

Will the guys from giant be able to thwart it’s destructive path? Or is the future nothing but windmill kicks and walls of death?

SHADOWS FALL has been added to the 2007 run of the Sounds of the Underground tour, sharing a co-headline slot with Chimaira, Every Time I Die and GWAR. This addition comes on the heel of an announcement of numerous special guests on select dates, including Testament, Suicidal Tendencies, Lamb of God, Hatebreed and Behemoth. The summer tour kicks off July 6 in Dallas. Check the full press release after the break.
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After being a band for almost a decade, THE EXPLOSION have decided to disband. They just released this statement about it.

Thanks For The Memories.

After nearly nine years of rocking and rolling with you all, we The Explosion have decided to disband. We would like to thank each and every one of our fans who have supported us through this time. We made some great friends along the way, a few mistakes, but all and all we had one hell of a great time doing it. Thanks again!

Your friends, The Explosion

PS Look forward to a last show or two this summer. Also look out for the release of our final studio recording, “Bury Me Standing” on some label or another.

CNN has a story today about how Courtney Love will be selling all of Kurt Cobain’s stuff via an auction with Christie’s. You can read about it here.

It’s been reported for a while now that THE KILLERS were going to cover the Joy Division song, “Shadowplay” for the soundtrack to an upcoming Ian Curtis/Joy Division biopic.

We think it’s safe to say that The Killers covering a Joy Division song more than makes sense. The band got their name from a New Order video as well as sonically, they owe a bit of their sound to the groundbreaking British band.

Well we may have to still wait a bit longer for the movie but the song has made its way online. Check it out now!

All remaining dates on the current Justice & Mercy Tour have been canceled. The tour, which includes headliner FLYLEAF and opener FAIR TO MIDLAND, first had to cancel five dates due to what was referred to as “intense throat damage” to Flyleaf’s singer, Lacey Mosely. Unfortunately, as Lacey’s condition has not improved, remaining dates have now also been canceled.

Test Your Reflex - “Pieces of the Sun”

CLUTCH have released a cover song of the classic Pink Floyd song “Money”.

They listed the song as being from “Unreleased Covers and B-sides”. Perhaps it’s a new album they will be putting out in the near future. Perhaps it’s wishful thinking.

They made it both streamable and downloadable on their myspace page. But we went and already did that for you. So give it a listen.

MP3: Clutch - “Money”

A few months ago it was announced that THE DISMEMBERMENT PLAN would be performing a reunion show to benefit the mounting bills of Cal Robbins. Cal is the infant son of musician / producer J. Robbins (Jawbox, Burning Airlines, Channels) who was recently diagnosed with a Spinal Muscular Atrophy, an incurable and often fatal spinal disease. The show sold out so fast the band added another the night before on Friday.

Always down for a good road trip, we took the 3 1/2 hour drive to the band’s hometown of Washinton, DC to see the show. As we were waiting around the Black Cat getting the lay of the land we noticed many familiar faces. Ben Gibbard was on hand as well as a guy I think may or may not have been on the reality show Beauty And The Geek.

Another familiar face was that of Kim Coletta (Jawbox, DeSoto Records) whom my co-worker/friend Brian briefly talked to. She mentioned to him that there was a “more than better” chance of a Jawbox reunion show to help benefit Cal’s cause. So let’s please keep our fingers crossed for that to happen. (more…)

THE DOLLYROTS have unleashed their brand of pop punk on the planet with thier latest album Because I’m Awesome. To help further that awesomeness, they released their new video for the album’s title track, “Because I’m Awesome”. That’s probably enough mentions of the word “awesome” in one post.

We’ve been singing the praises of ECHOBOY for a while now so you could only imagine our joy when we discovered the new video for the song “Lovesick Antelopes” in our inbox. The first thing we thought was that we just had to share with you all. So without further adieu we give you “Lovesick Antelopes”, from the most recent Echoboy album, Eletrik Soul Psymphonie.

[adult swim] will be airing a very special episode of Robot Chicken in the very near future.

It will be a 30 minute episode completely dedicated to the movie Star Wars and will have a reunion between the movie’s creator George Lucas and Luke Skywalker himself, Mark Hamill. The show will debut on June 17 at 10pm.

George Lucas and Mark Hamill will reunite for “Robot Chicken: Star Wars,” a 30-minute stop-motion animation special for Adult Swim, Cartoon Network’s programming block.

The special spoofs key scenes and favorite characters from the “Star Wars” universe. It was done in collaboration with Lucas’ production company Lucasfilm. Lucas, the creator of the “Star Wars” franchise, will voice a cartoon version of himself, and Hamill will resurrect Luke Skywalker.

The special, set to premiere at 10 p.m. on June 17, comes from “Robot Chicken” creators Seth Green and Matthew Senreich. Green directed. (more…)