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VIDEO: The Bridges | “Pieces”

Graham — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:21:14 +0000

THE BRIDGES album, Limits Of The Sky has spent a lot of time in our cds players as of late. The music is pure female-driven pop in the vein of She & Him or Eisley.

Pop-rock maiestro Matthew Sweet handled the production of the album allowing for some lush arrangements and great pop sensibility. Hopefully with a little bit of exposure and a bit of luck this group of sisters, brother and cousin could be a household name before too long.

VIDEO: The Bridges :: “Pieces”
BUY: The Bridges :: Limits Of The Sky

Someone Stole Ian Curtis

Matt — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:49:21 +0000

Someone stole a bit of Ian Curtis! NME is reporting final resting place of the JOY DIVISION frontman was vandalized.

The singer’s memorial gravestone was stolen last night at a cemetery in Macclesfield in the UK. The headstone had been visited by thousands yearly to pay respects to the deceased singer who committed suicide in December 1980. As of right now there are no leads to the theivery and that part of the cemetery was not under any portion of video surveilance. Police are currently looking for anyone who may have witnessed the crime.

The Rock-aFire Explosion Gives Us Our Random Moment Of The Week

Matt — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 22:00:55 +0000

The internet is awesome because it’s allowed any normal person to highlight their randomness. Take for example, the Rock-aFire Explosion. Late last night, we came across one of their clips and the learning has stared ever since.

To make a long story short, someone bought an old Showbiz Pizza store and started reprogramming the animatronic bears to perform favorite songs bid on by others on the internet. The band, the Rock-aFire Explosion who were once childhood stars had been re-born on the internet.

Check out the trailer for a Rock-aFire movie, due out this fall.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ETK24ax-9A

Want to partake in the zaniness? Get your favorite song animated and performed to? Go here and place a bid for your favorite song.

Check out some songs already animated after the jump.

“Born On The FM Waves Of The Heart” by Against Me!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uf0pqQsIU_A

“Hips Don’t Lie” by Shakira

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBhuBrWlmeA

“Electric Feel” by MGMT

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGWJbcTvL_M

MP3: Nas | “America”

Matt — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 20:45:16 +0000

The last few months have shown NAS coming under fire for the title of his forthcoming album that was tentatively titled N*gger. Pressure from those around him forced him to change the name of the album. So he’s going simply with “Untitled” as the album title.

But the controversy over the album seems to have just fueled the hype on the album. On July 15th, we’ll see if that controversy helped or hurt Mr. Nasir Jones’ reputation. Hearing one of the new tracks from the record, “America” does lead us to believe that rep will just continue to grow.

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MP3: Nas :: “America” feat. Chris Brown from CMJ.com

In the meantime, head over to www.nasindependenceday.com and listen to what he’s calling “The N*gger Tape”, a collecion of songs that address the ramifications of the word. Some of these songs made it to the new album, others did not. In addition to a bunch of guest musicians (Busta Rhymes, Mark Ronson, The Last Poets) there’s also snippets of Presidential candidate Barack Obama’s speeches for the track “Black President”.

Check out the album tracklisting and art after the jump.

Untitled Tracklisting

1 - Queens Get the Money
2 - You Can’t Stop Us Now
3 - Breathe
4 - Make the World Go Round
5 - Hero
6 - America
7 - Sly Fox
8 - Testify
9 - N.I.G.G.E.R.
10 - Untitled
11 - Fried Chicken
12 - Project Roach
13 - Ya’ll My Niggas
14 - We’re Not Alone
15 - Black President

Another Poster For The Dark Knight Surfaces

Matt — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 18:09:07 +0000

Hey! Did you hear there’s a new Batman movie coming out? Somehow knowledge of this slipped past me? I have to catch up. Who’s in it? Any good bad guys? Does Katie Holmes return? Details people, Details! No one is talking about this! I guess I’ll have to draw all my conclusions from this new movie poster they just released.

Albert Hammond, Jr. | Mercury Lounge, NYC | 7.1.2008

Joe — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:49:17 +0000

Last night, ALBERT HAMMOND, JR. performed a secret show with his band at the Mercury Lounge. Hammond started his awesome set by making his way through the crowd with an acoustic guitar, climbing on top of a chair and singing a song completely un-miced.

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MP3: Albert Hammond, Jr. :: “GFC”

The Nightwatchman Will Return This Fall

Matt — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 02:58:06 +0000

Guitarist, activist, general ambasador of badassery, TOM MORELLO has announced he’ll release his second solo album on September 30th. The album, Fabled City will again be released under the moniker THE NIGHTWATCHMAN.

It seems fitting we find out this news on the same day it was announced Rage Against The Machine bandmate/frontman Zach De La Rocha announced a new project to be released on July 22nd.

Serj Tankian is said to be a major contributor to Fabled City.

PURCHASE: The Nightwatchman :: One Man Revolution

“Alone Without You” better known as the theme song to Michael Moore’s documentary, Sicko.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVyNM5mknnc

Bruce Springsteen To Broadcast 4th Of July Concert To The Masses

Matt — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 18:30:20 +0000

Wondering what BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN will be doing this 4th of July? He will be doing what he does best - rocking.

SIRIUS will broadcast Bruce’s concert live from Göteborg, Sweden with the E Street Band on its all-Springsteen channel, E STREET RADIO. Biographer Dave Marsh will host the the show and segue into selected live songs from the concert. The coverage starts 1 pm (est) on Sirius channel 10.

The New James Bond Movie Trailer Is Badass

Matt — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 02:15:29 +0000

The trailer for the forthcoming James Bond movie, Quantum Of Solace was just released. The movie picks up right where Casino Royale left off. With Bond (Daniel Craig) capturing a Mr. White, a man who’s part of a larger organization that was blackmailing his love interest Vesper Lynd (Eva Green), forcing her to betray James.

We’ve heard rumors Duffy will be tapped to handle the movie’s theme song. Good luck with getting things to rhyme with that movie title! But we did find one that could work.

TRAILER: hi | med | lo

The movie will be released on November 7th.

MP3: The Gaslight Anthem | “The ‘59 Sound”

Matt — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 19:55:53 +0000

It hasn’t been released yet but THE GASLIGHT ANTHEM’S new album The ‘59 Sound is already one of our top albums of the year. We will make it an official declaration on August 19th when SideOneDummy puts the album in stores.

The band posted their first single and title track, “The ‘59 Sound” up on their Myspace page. Go listen, now! It’s no surprise the song has tinges of live-ness to it, a nod to Springsteen’s Born In the USA perhaps?

STREAM: The Gaslight Anthem :: “The ‘59 Sound” from the forthcoming album The ‘59 Sound on Mypace
MP3: The Gaslight Anthem :: “Blue Jeans And White T-Shirts” from the album Senor And The Queen via Spin.com

The band is on doing a small stint on Warped Tour this summer before heading overseas. But they will be back in time for some record release shows set up. One at the Knitting Factory in NYC on August 16th and one at the Middle East in Boston the next day. If you can’t get out to see them then, swing by Vintage Vinyl on August 19th, or Looney Tunes on August 20th for in-store performances.

PRE-ORDER: The Gaslight Anthem :: The ‘59 Sound