AGAINST ME! described by David Letterman as a “popular rock band” performed “Stop” off their album New Wave on The Late Show earlier this week. Watch out for lead singer Tom Gabel winking to all the viewers out in TV land during a close up.

In other Against Me! news the band released an iTunes exclusive single for “Thrash Unreal” with two bonus tracks. The extra tracks are acoustic cuts of “New Wave” and “Animal”.

The very poplular Long Island music store Looney Tunes caught fire last night. They are saying a faulty electrical cord was the source.

August 30, 2007

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

LONGSTANDING LONG ISLAND INDEPENDENT MUSIC STORE, LOONEY TUNES FALLS TO OVERNIGHT FIRE

PLANS TO REBUILD THE STORE ARE ALREADY BEING DISCUSSED

West Babylon, NY: Looney Tunes, the longstanding, nationwide renowned independent record retailer experienced a devastating fire last night. The cause, arson investigators say, was a faulty extension cord. (more…)

Didja happen to catch that commercial for the new Motorola RAZR2 cell phone? It’s the one where two great looking people duke it out in a subway. Well that music you hear in the background is none other than SHINY TOY GUNS. Check it out now or on your nearest tv everywhere.

THURSDAY have been prepping an upcoming DVD/CD that will be released on Victory records this fall.

Well now the band has announced a name for said DVD/CD of live and unreleased material. The name will be Kill The House Lights.

Also while on the video tip, the band launched a youtube channel where you can go and see some fan gathered live footage as well as their official videos. So check out www.youtube.com/thursday and have a ball.

Southern California’s SLIGHTLY STOOPID put on a smokin’ performance last night as part of the Summer Haze tour with co-headliner G. Love and Special Sauce. The band blazed through a set that was a nice mix of songs off their recently released Chronchitis and a mix of fan favorites. Fortunately a high percentage of the audience had lighters which lit up the night sky at Central Park during the slow jams.

More pictures after the jump. (more…)

We’re only posting this because Graham here in our office has been on the desire buy for a new iPod for a few months now. He’s been hesitant to pick the sucker up for he’s wanted to wait for the next generation of iPod. Now’s his chance!

Who knows how they can top themselves this time around. Maybe 100+gb storage? Maybe a complete touch screen like the iPhone? Maybe it will make us a sandwich and tuck us into bed at night? Who knows?! All we know is that this is a picture of the invite to the next Apple event and that it appears all will be revealed to us on September 5th, just in time for us to whine about the high price tag and beg someone to buy it for us as a Christmas present.

HILLY KRISTAL, the founder of the legendary NYC punk rock club, CBGBs has passed away, he was 75 years old.

Kristal died from complications stemming from Lung Cancer. He founded CBGBs in 1973 and ran the club for the next 33 years untill it’s much publicized and debated closing in 2006.

The official statement from Kristal’s family.

It is with deep sadness and regret that we inform you of the death of Hilly Kristal, who died on Tuesday, August 28, 2007, from complications from Lung Cancer. Kristal, 75, founded the legendary rock club CBGB and ran the club for 33 years. A singer and songwriter himself, Kristal opened the club to showcase “Country Bluegrass and Blues”; instead the club became a breeding ground for Punk rock. Among the many acts that called CBGB home were Blondie, the Talking Heads, Television, Living Color, Patti Smith and the Ramones. The club closed in October 2006, but CBGB continues, with a retail store in New York City and worldwide merchandise sales; in addition, there currently are plans to open new CBGB clubs in several locations.

Kristal is survived by his daughter, Lisa Kristal Burgman, son, Mark Dana Kristal, son-in-law Ger Burgman, grandchildren Jenny and Adam Burgman, CBGB, and the thousands of artists and musicians who played the club.

A private memorial service is planned. A public memorial will be held at a later date. Contributions in Hilly’s honor may be made in his name to the American Cancer Society or to the Hilly Kristal Foundation for Musicians and Artists (168 Second Avenue, PMB 207, New York, NY 10003).

While overseas for the Leed’s festival, members of MANCHESTER ORCHESTRA, KEVIN DEVINE, and BRAND NEW all thought it would be a fun idea to get on an “open mic” side-stage and perform a cover song. That song was “My Name Is Jonas” by Weezer.

A posting on punktastic.com by Paul Savage tells the story.

The strangest thing happened Saturday at Leeds Festival. I was walking to get some chips and went past a tent that Nokia had, where anyone could sign up to play a song. Mostly shit bands doing shit covers. I heard “My Name Is Jonas” playing so i couldn’t help to poke my head in and my jaw almost hit the ground. It was Jesse & Vin & Brian from Brand New, with a few of the Manchester Orchestra guys and Kevin Devine. They must have just signed up like everyone and played as a surprise. There were only about 30 people in the tent and nobody seemed to know who they even were. They were playing like it was on the main stage and really going for it. It was sloppy but incredible.. Afterwards the announcer said that their name was Dark Horse or something. I snapped this pic. Someone seemed to be filming video…I am hoping it will turn up somewhere.

Teaser clip #3 of 10 for the new THRICE record, The Alchemy Index. Who’s first portion is due out this fall via Vagrant Records.

The band has also released a new promo pic for the new record. Check it out after the jump. (more…)

The new JONAH MATRANGA video has surfaced. It’s for the track “Not About A Girl Or A Place”, which is one of the new songs from his forthcoming album And, due out in September via Limekiln records. Watch it for it has zombies, and we all know zombies make everything good.

As it’s been earlier reported, DAFT PUNK has a live cd that’s due out by the end of 2007. We’ve now learned the album will be a double disc and is due out on November 20th via the newly merged Capitol Music Group.

The record will feature the live set from their June concert recorded in the band’s hometown of Paris, France. It will also have a 50-page book/insert. The first disc will be the concert and the second disc will be the encore. Fans will have the option to purchase the cd as a single disc or a double disc package.

A live version of their song “Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger” will be issued as a single. The band/song was recently featured in a Kanye West song. The video will be directed by Oliver Gondry and will feature footage shot by fans during the band’s August 9th show where they played Coney Island in Brooklyn, NY.

The band just wrapped up their first tour in almost a decade starting with a huge kickoff at this year’s Coachella festival in California. The band has no plans to release a DVD for the recent concert even though it played heavily on the visuals.

Tracklisting for Alive 2007 can be seen after the jump. (more…)

Activision, the people behind the wildly successful Tony Hawk video game franchise have announced the bands/songs that will appear on the next installment of the video game franchise, Tony Hawk’s Proving Ground.

Joel Jewett, President, Neversoft stated the following about the game.

“Tony Hawk Proving Ground drops players into the skateboarding world like never before. This is the largest, deepest and most gripping Tony Hawk game ever. You can skate the best lines, define your own style and produce your own videos. You can even take it further by tricking out your own Skate Lounge, where you can spend time and skate with others online. Proving Ground will toss you so deep into the lifestyle of skateboarding that you will not be able to get out. Hands down, it’s the most exciting Tony Hawk title yet.”

The game is said to be released in late 2007 for XBox, Playstation, and Nintendo platforms. Bands and songs appearing in the video game can be seen after the jump. (more…)