I just read a CNN article about a new iPod dock called a “Miuro” that doubles as a dancing robot. Now, this isn’t a mere robot with programmed dances. No. This robot can dance to ANY song based on complex mathematical algorithms and other such things that we flesh-based beings have no hope of understanding.

Clearly, this signals the coming of the robotic apocalypse. As we would obviously have no defense against such an mechanized onslaught, I suggest you simply watch the below video and get REALLY excited when the cute little guy starts dancing.

A video of Guitar Hero III in action has made its way online. Not that we expected anything wildly different, but it looks like not much has changed. The Star Power meter looks different and the character models look like they’ve gotten a bit of a face lift. But who cares - we can’t wait to rock out to “My Name is Jonas”!

MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE have posted the video for their fourth single from The Black Parade. “Teenagers”, a song that touches on the timely subject of youth violence, ends with an encouraging message for troubled teens and links to the nationalsave.org, a student organization that teaches about alternatives to violence.

Miss MANDO DIAO’s performance on Late Night With Conan O’Brien last week? Well now you can watch their performance of “Long Before Rock N Roll” now! The song is from their latest album Ode To Ochrassy

 The new EP from UNKLE - Night’s Temper (A prelude to War Stories) has trickled it’s way to the majesty of the interwebs through a few different sources… and oh my GOD is it good.

Tracks feature guests such as Autolux (on “People and Machines”)[YES!!!], The Duke Spirit (on “May Day”)[AWESOME!], and if the rumors is correct - Josh Homme playing guitar on “Chemistry” [YES!!! AGAIN!!!].

It’s such an amazing mix of sounds. Less dance-y than the previous UNKLE imports (Eye For an Eye, Big Brother Is Watching), and definitely has a more “rock” vibe to it, using far more dirty guitars and rocking drum lines, as opposed to the 808-heavy lines we’re used to from LaVelle. MP3 links & video after the jump….

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Mikey Doling of Snot and his new band, INVITRO, has released the first video from their upcoming debut album. When I Was a Planet is the title track and pretty perfectly showcases the band’s zany punk rock/hard rock attitude. Something tells us the director has an affinity for cheesy Godzilla movies.

When I Was a Planet hits retail on August 7, a nod to the birthday of late Snot singer Lynn Strait. The album is available online now, however, through the Gridiron Records web store. The online offer includes a limited edition, autographed trading card from former NFL tackle Kyle Turley, who is a partner at Gridiron. $1 from each purchase will also be donated to the Homes for our Troops charity.

Yesterday, Microsoft demoed their new computer system dubbed Surface. It’s basically a mult-touch computer screen placed inside of a glass table. While you may be inclined to think (as I did) “Big deal, there are touch screen interfaces at Quick Chek - I’m fine with a keyboard and mouse” this video will show you some real-world uses for this technology. Just place your wireless camera onto the table and physically drag pictures into and out of it, without ever using a USB cable or syncing. When splitting a bill at a restaurant, everyone can just place their credit card on the table and drag their items onto their tab. Amazing!

Popular Mechanics has a more in-depth video here.

Via [Gizmodo]

In a few weeks, southern-rock-hardcore upstarts MAYLENE & THE SONS OF DISASTER will release their first-ever video, “Dry the River”. It promises to be epic, as the band’s entire existence is based around the lives and deaths of 1920’s mob boss Ma Barker and her sons. Here’s the trailer - looks like this will be brutal.

In this edition of IdioSYNcratic Routine, I got to dish out my brand of silly questions. This time, they were directed toward the one Richard Warren better known to most as ECHOBOY.

This interview comes right off the heels of the release of his newest album Elektrik Soul Psymphonie. His first album since 2003 and first on new label, The First Time Records. (more…)

An official minute and half long trailer clip of the new Star Wars computer animated series has been posted.

The clip is from the upcoming animated cartoon series called Star Wars: The Clone Wars. The new series, set around the clone wars (which we got a glimpse of in Star Wars Episode II: Attack Of The Clones).

The series, spearheaded George Lucas focuses on a young Obi-Wan and Anakin Skywalker as jedi knights during the Clone Wars between the Galactic Republic under Chancellor Palpatine, and the Confederacy of Independent Systems under Count Dooku. Chronologically, the series will take place during the three-year time period between the films Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones and Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith.

Watch: Star Wars: The Clone Wars trailer

The new SOULAR video has gone live. It’s a highly stylized video for their song “So, This Is The Way It Feels”, and definitely channels the spirit of Muse, Placebo, and Mew. The song is from the band’s latest album Love Crash Heal.

In an attempt to do SOMETHING about their dismal ratings, CBS has purchased Last.fm. The network hopes that they will be able to find a way to convince some of the 15 million (mostly younger) users of the online radio social networking site to give a damn about their mediocre programming.

One could speculate that PERHAPS the network will find a creative way to integrate the site into some innovative programming but I’m going to go ahead and not give them that much credit. Just saying. You can read the full article, from CNN, here.