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Hard to imagine that a little soundtrack from a little movie would top Alicia Keys and take over the numero uno spot on the Billboard album charts.
The fantastic soundtrack, I should again mention the movie is fantastic as well, features some killer tracks which include Sonic Youth’s cover of The Carpenters “Superstar”, Cat Power’s cover of “Sea of Love” and a slew of tracks from the backbone of the soundtrack Kimya Dawson.
In related news, the soundtrack is also going to have a vinyl release on February 18, for the suggested price of $13.98!
Wow, I can’t wait to snag that up.
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Pearl Jam’s Stone Gossard recently did an interview with Integral Life and discussed his musical career from Green River to Mother Love Bone to Pearl Jam. He also talks about how culture and the music industry has changed during the last two decades.
Stone openly discusses how Green River ended, the friendship and death of Mother Love Bone frontman Andy Wood, the formation of Pearl Jam, the music behind their debut album Ten, the infamous Ticketmaster issue and lots more.
It’s not the most head banging interview, but it’s defiantly worth checking out if you’re an fan of the 90’s. Stone gives a ton of …read more

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“Blow Up The Outside World” was the third single from Soundgarden’s final album, 1996’s Down on the Upside.
This song may have been played out, but it still kicks you in the face, like most of Soundgarden’s songs. It’s perfect to blast when you’re having one of those days where just want to tell everybody off, although “Ty Cobb” from Down on the Upside is equally good at accomplishing this.
Besides the fitting music, Cornell delivers some of my favorite lyrics like “Nothing seems to kill me, no matter how hard I try” and “Someone tried to tell me something, Don’t let the …read more

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To support their upcoming release Accelerate, due out on April 1, R.E.M. will hit the road beginning in May.
The tour kicks off in Vancouver on May, 23 and will run into June, but those haven’t been announced yet. Joining the Athens natives on the road will be Modest Mouse and The National.
R.E.M. will perform at the Langerado Festival in Florida or March 8 and then off to the South By Southwest Festival in Austin on March 12.
Check out R.E.M.’s official site for all tour information.
I’ve never seen them live, and I’ve missed them the last couple of times that they …read more

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How could Beck make 1996’s Odelay any better?
Well, how about giving the classic album a bit of that deluxe edition treatment.
So, what does the deluxe edition add to to the album that already spawned “Devil’s Haircut”, “Where It’s At”, “The New Pollution”, as well as the personal favorites, “Novacane” and “Ramshackle”? How about 19 more tracks of sweetness!
Beck throws in two unreleased tracks onto disc one, “Inferno” and “Gold Chains, before unleashing a second disc full of b-sides and remixes, which many here in the States have never heard before. Probably the coolest gem on this deluxe edition is “Burro”, which …read more

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Looks like there could be another band joining in on the reunion fun.
Right after rumours of a Stone Temple Pilots reunion started popping up, Dave Navarro threw in the possibility of a Jane’s Addiction reunion.
Navarro stated that “My love for the music outweighs any old baggage that might have been. “As I have said in the past… If Van Halen and The Eagles can get over their issues, I don’t see why we can’t. “I just think that if something like that ever happened, it should be shows only, with no new label, management, photo shoots, press and all that crap …read more

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According to Slash, Stone Temple Pilots are going to hit the road this summer.
Slash broke the news to Billboard, stating that once Velvet Revolver wraps up their current tour, frontman Scott Weiland is going to rejoin STP. However, Slash still wants Velvet Revolver to record their third album, which would be the follow up to last year’s Libertad.
Last weekend Weiland promised an STP reunion during a solo performance at a charity event in South Beach, FL.
Wow, is this actually happening?
I can’t wait!

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Apparently the man behind the classic track ”Girlfriend” is coming out with a new album sometime this year.

In 1983, Sweet left Lincoln, NE for the Athens, GA; he teamed up with a guy named Michael Stipe for the project Community Trolls.
In 1985, Sweet signs a record deal with Columbia.
Columbia dropped Sweet after his 1986 debut Inside flopped commercially.
A&M picked up Sweet and released 1989’s Earth, to limited success.
In 1990 Sweet was dumped by A&M, so he signs with Zoo Entertainment.
On October 22, 1991 Sweet releases a little album entitled Girlfriend, I bet Columbia and A&M felt foolish.
The album was originally entitled
“Girlfriend” hit …read more

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Disclaimer: Before people jump to conclusions, I just want to say that I like the Chili Peppers. They were the first band that I saw live, and they have sick musicians in the band. However, I just don’t care for Anthony Kiedis, I don’t loathe him or anything, I just think he’s not all that great…as an artist or person.
4. He’s not that great of a singer. Ok, his voice is way more listenable then to someone like Billy Corgan and it’s not awful; but compared to many other singers, Kiedis is kind of weak. I believe that most of …read more

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This song is defiantly a guilty pleasure of mine. It’s almost 100% pop, but that actually works for it, because it’s still a great song
Even though it’s a bit poppy, it’s still a downer of a song. The way Johnston delivers it vocally, it makes you really for him. To me, it sounds like it’s about a guy who made some mistakes in a relationship and then comes to terms with it, but it’s too late and now he’s pleading to get the girl back.
Anyways, “Bad Reputation” originally appeared on Johnston’s 1994 album This Perfect World. It also appeared in another …read more

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