THE HOLD STEADY just released a new video for “Stay Positive” the title track from their latest album. An album that’s spent a tremendous amount of time in rotation around our offices this year. Definintely a record that’s sure will top many year end lists.
http://myspacetv.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=46846006THURSDAY give us an “update” from Tarbox studios…
Superstars of comedy and music will get together for a night of jokes and music that will benefit NY Cares. It’s happening on Friday, December 8th at the Knitting Factory in NYC. More »
One of the keystone songs on the album is the original Christmas song, “She’s A Ho Ho Ho Merry Christmas” from Long Island’s PATENT PENDING. The song showcases the band’s trademark, high energy, high fun form of pop punk rock as they put a humorous take on the classic Christmas idea that anyone can change for the better, including those with questionable ethics.
The likes of Better Than Ezra, Kill The Alarm, and Thriving Ivory also make appearances on the compilation consisting of covers of Christmas classics as well as new songs of holiday cheer.
Hurry and get a copy! The compilation will only be available until January 31,2009.
PURCHASE: An Alternative Christmas on Alternativeaddiction.com
PURCHASE: An Alternative Christmas on Amazon
PURCHASE: “She’s A Ho Ho Ho Merry Christmas” on iTunes
Check out Patent Pending’s video for “She’s A Ho Ho Ho Merry Christmas” and the compilation’s tracklisting after the jump. More »
Well its now looking like our wishes were heard by someone. The original lineup of Don Coffey Jr, John Davis, Brandon Fisher, and Tom Pappas announced they are officially back and putting out a new studio album! The band just wrapped up the recording of Industry Giants and it’s looking like it will be released on their own label, Superdrag Sound Laboratories on March 17th.
With Blake Schwarzenbach getting back in the game, The Get Up Kids and Far reuniting, seeing Rival Schools back on stage and add on No Knife opening a Jimmy Eat World Clarity x 10 tour we’re having some major flashbacks happenin’ these days.
Check out a new track from Industry Giants the band released on their Myspace page.
MP3: Superdrag :: “Filthy And Afraid”
They will offer the traditional, behind the scenes videos, blogs, updates etc. But it’s the other opportunities the band is offering that makes fanboys like me really take notice. If you pre-order the yet named, and yet recorded album you will get access to loads of goodies.
The band is offering a limited edition CD album (with free download version) in exclusive packaging that will include at least one bonus track. This cd will be shipped to you early within weekd of the album’s completion before the standard release of early Summer.
In addition to the limited edition album coming to you early you will access to two other very superfan perks.
All you have to do is go to www.idlewildmusic.com and get the fingers clickin’.
Photo by Wesley Verhoeve
Using the basis of songwriting ability, I judged the 25 hopeful artists on their lyrics, melody, ability to play their instrument, and originality. The three winners go on to play the semi-finals this Friday, and with luck, the finals on Saturday. I have a lot of faith in our winners, especially Matthew Dorrien, who was definitely my favorite of the evening!
:: The Roots were in a tour bus accident in Europe last night. Everyone seems to be okay but there are some crazy pictures here.
:: Pete Wentz and Ashlee Simpson now have a baby boy, his name is Bronx Mowgli Wentz after the main character in The Jungle Book.
:: Rumor has it at the end last night’s Tom Gabel solo show in NYC, original Against Me! drummer Kevin Mahon joined Gabel on stage and ran through a set of early AM! tracks.
:: Theories on the release of The Chinese Democracy. Why did it finally come out?
:: Another Far video and UK tour dates have been announced. Still waiting for those East Coast dates guys!
Issue Oriented is a podcast we’ve been fans of for a while now. It’s based out of North Jersey and often highlights many great bands, artists, businessmen, and generally interesting people. New episodes of the podcast go live every month and has featured the likes from bands such as Thursday, Fucked Up, Bouncing Souls, Anti-Flag, and Mick Jones, to artists like Derek Hess, and business people like Joanna Angel, Josh Grabelle and Aubin Paul
This time around, the New Brunswick band, LET ME RUN appear on the show and perform a new song, “I Don’t Stomp, I Battle” from their forthcoming LP, Meet Me At The Bottom (XOXO Records) due out in early 2009.
Okay we don’t often give props to MTV for anything musically related these days. But we gotta hand it to them for this one. They decided to sit down with EAGLES OF DEATH METAL frontman, Jesse Hughes and have him review the new Guns N Roses album, Chinese Democracy.
Last summer you may remember EODM were on tour opening for GNR when Axl Rose decided to kick the band off the tour almost immediately and dub the band “Pigeons of Shit Metal.”
Beef aside, Jesse made some valid points in his review. Stating it’s tough to call this an actual GNR record and it’s more of an Axl Rose solo album because of the massive lineup changes and it no longer being the group of “L.A. freaks who hit the streets and made you scared.” Hughes also complained about the 16 years it took to get the album made, stating even if he weren’t in the music industry he’d consider that timeframe ridiculous and an “outrage and abuse of the system.”
Watch the whole clip after the jump. More »
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