- Looking to name your band? Try naming it after a font! Use this list as a reference.

- With the rise of more home delivery movie services, big brick and mortar chains like Blockbuster are feeling the need to diversify like bringing in new technology (Blu-Ray) and offering up sales of movie memorbilia and collectables. Sounds eerily similar to the moves brick and mortar record stores made over the years.

- General Motors has decided not to advertise with ABC during this year’s Emmy Awards. But this is no boycott, the car manufacturer has been working on downsizing its organization and cut large portions of its advertising revenue. I guess in a recession and with rising gas prices, no one wants to see ads for the new Hummer.

- In an effort to tackle their rampant music piracy problem, Google has opened a music download site in China.

- Warner Bros is suggesting creators of wildly popular Guitar Hero and Rock Band video games will have to pay higher royalty rates for the use of their artists.

This morning, Kristin Chenoweth and Neil Patrick Harris, announced this year’s nominations for the 60th Annual Emmy Awards. As always, everyone has opinions and thoughts as to what calls were great and which ones were not so great.

Rather than fight the natural order of life and keep quiet. We thought we’d supply a list of what we felt were hits and misses with this year’s nominations. (more…)

MARCUS HENDERSON, the man responsible for laying down the rock riffs on the Guitar Hero video games currently has the honor of his 2005 Gibson Flying V guitar being on display at The Rock N Roll Hall Of Fame.

His guitar is part of a larger exhibit in the hall that also features axes from Kurt Cobain, Johnny Cash, Dimebag Darrell, and Joe Strummer

Read the full press release and see some pictures of the display after the jump. (more…)

Did you catch the OSCARS last night? We did and overall it was a night with no clear frontrunner. Some awards went here, some there. Some people were snubbed all together. Here are some thoughts on the night.

- Jon Stewart was near perfect with his hosting duties. Great jokes and a perfect delivery. Even when he treaded into dicey territory (political jokes, etc) he was able to pull them off with ease. Also I have to commend him for giving people their “Oscar Moments”. Being a fan of the movie Once, I groaned when Marketa Irglova got the mic cut on her before she could give her thank yous for winning Best Original Song. Thanks, Jon for fixing this by bringing Marketa back out after the commercial break and giving her a well deserved moment.

- While on the subject of Original Song. 3 songs from one movie (Enchanted). C’mon there has to be more than 3 movies with good songs on them. No nods to Eddie Vedder for Into The Wild?

- The Animated Movie category was lacking, hard. The Simpsons, Shrek, B Movie were all released this year and none of them got any sort of recognition.

- Where was the mention of the passing of Brad Renfro in the “In Memoriam” section? Or an even bigger oversight, Roy Scheider!? Brody dies and no one notices?

Tell us what do you think?

The full list of winners after the jump. (more…)

Perhaps one of the best moments of the Grammy Awards last night was watching Jason Bateman moderating/hosting the “Grammy Idol” portion of the night. One of 3 lucky winners was going to get to perform live with the FOO FIGHTERS.

Who won the competition was so beside the point. For the best part of the segment was watching Batemen slowly lose it and basically wonder why he was there. His line of the night, “By the power vested in me by whomever booked me for this gig,” clearly gave us the indication that someone might have a different agent in the very near future. Classic!

Watch the Foo’s performance if you’d like…

Miss any part of The Grammys last night? Want to know who the best technical producer for a polka album was? Well you can catch a gander at the complete list of winners after the jump. (more…)

…Or did they? That seems to be the debate happening right now. Some people say it was the real DAFT PUNK while others say it wasn’t them. All we know is that they looked badass. And let’s face it, looking badass is often way more important than people thinking you were somewhere or not. Here’s the video, judge for yourself.

The Fuse Pre-Grammy party was littered with celebs in Los Angeles Thursday Night. As we walked in via the red carpet, no flash-bulbs went off. The paparazzi apparently never heard of “Those two guys from Jersey.”

Lots of good hangs we had and free drinks were consumed. Some people we recognized and/or talked to include Verne Troyer, NOFX, members of Alkaline Trio, Lance Bass, Pete Wentz and his girl Ashlee Simpson, Brittany Snow, Steven (from his Untitled Fuse Rock Show) and the Maroon 5 guys. BUT, the highlight of the night was accidentally bumping into Elisha Cuthbert! The Girl Next Door and former 24 star looked directly into my eyes and said, “Excuse me” in a very polite manner. It was awesome.

Oh, and Panic At The Disco played a set at Midnight. Overall a great night! (more…)

Atlantic recording artists and Syndicate management client SHADOWS FALL received a Grammy nomination for “Best Metal Performance” for the song “Redemption” from their critically acclaimed major label debut, Threads of Life. Clearly a leader in their genre, this marks the band’s second Grammy nomination in the category, and follows their nod at the 2006 awards for “What Drives The Weak” from their Century Media release, The War Within.

Threads Of Life dominated the metal charts peaking at #1 on every major loud rock chart. This was thanks in part to the hard work of The Syndicate’s loud rock radio division who spearheaded the radio campaign for The Shads.

Tune into the Grammy Awards this week (2/10) to see if the band brings home the gold.

Okay so SPOON wasn’t the only band nominated for this year’s Short-List Music Prize but they had the best album title that could be used for making a snazzy headline like I did.

Nominess come from a large pool of usually independent (spirited if not labeled) artists called, you guessed it, the Long-List. After that, a panel narrows down the list down to determine one winner for the year. This year’s panelists were Gary Lightbody (Snow Patrol), Ronnie Vannucci (The Killers), Rev. Moose (CMJ), Chris Douridas (KCRW) and the hosts of Hunnypot Internet Radio.

This year, 7 of the 10 finalists are from outside of the United States, making it one of the most diverse showing of a list in a while. Past winners have included Sigur-Ros, N*E*R*D, TV On The Radio, Wilco, M.I.A., and Sufjan Stevens.

The 2007 Nominees for The Short-List

Arcade Fire
Burial
Feist
Justice
LCD Soundsystem
M.I.A.
Spoon
Stars
Wilco
Working For A Nuclear Free City