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April 7th, 2008

Radiohead Announce Second Leg of North American Tour

On top of officially announcing a headlining spot at this year’s Lollapalooza, Radiohead also announced the second leg of their North American tour today.

The tour kicks off August 3 with the already mentioned Lollapalooza appearance and will wrap up August 28 at Santa Barbara’s Santa Barbara Bowl.
Other worth mentioning dates include stops at the All […]

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April 7th, 2008

Lollapalooza 2008 Line-Up

Although the line-up for this year’s Lollapalooza was leaked last Friday, the official announcement came today, and it looks good.
Radiohead, Nine Inch Nails and Rage Against The Machine will be headlining this year’s installment, which takes place at Chicago’s Grant Park from August 1-3.
Also on the bill are Chicago natives Kanye West and Wilco, as well as, The […]

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April 6th, 2008

Remembering Kurt Cobain and Layne Staley

This past Saturday, April 5, marked a sorrow day for many folks.
If some of you don’t recall, it was the day that Kurt Cobain (in 1994) and Layne Staley (in 2002) left this world.
I always wonder what Kurt would have done following Nirvana; cause it seemed like the band was going to break up at some point […]

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April 4th, 2008

FYI: Portishead

Portishead is back from a long hiatus and they should have a big month this April with their current tour in Europe, a headlining spot at Coachella and the release of Third.
Here’s the video for a new track “Machine Gun”

Portishead formed in Bristol, England in 1991 after vocalist Beth Gibbons met keyboardist Geoff Barrow at job-retaining program.
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April 3rd, 2008

Weezer Announce Album Title and Release Date

Weezer have titled their upcoming sixth album.
Get ready, drum rolls please…
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It’s self-titled!
The band’s third self-titled album will hit shelves on June 17 and was co-produced by a guy named Rick Rubin.
Hopefully, this will be better than Weezer’s last couple of albums.
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April 2nd, 2008

Radiohead - Fake Plastic Trees

What a great song by Radiohead!
The track appears on their second album, The Bends, which was released in 1995 and was the first single from the album here in the States.
Apparently, frontman Thom Yorke recorded the vocals after the band had just seen a show by Jeff Buckley and then proceeded to cry after the […]

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April 2nd, 2008

Foo Fighters, STP and Nine Inch Nails at Virgin Festival

It’s a 90’s fan dream line-up!
This year’s Virgin Mobile Festival at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, MD will be headlined by three 90’s heavyweights, which include the Foo Fighters, Stone Temple Pilots and Nine Inch Nails.
This is almost too good to be true.
Also headlining the festival, which takes place on August 9-10, will be Jack […]

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April 1st, 2008

Scott Weiland Out of Velvet Revolver, Major STP Announcement

Velvet Revolver has made a not so shocking announcement today.
The band announced that they have booted frontman Scott Weiland from the group.
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Here’s what Slash had to say: “This band is all about its fans and its music and Scott Weiland isn’t 100% committed to either.” Slash […]

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April 1st, 2008

R.E.M. - Accelerate

Growing up in the 90’s it was hard to ignore R.E.M.
Afterall, the band released back to back classics with 1991’s Out of Time and 1992’s Automatic for the People, only to be followed up by the 1994 rocker Monster.
Then, the Athens legends began a slow descent.
In retrospect, 1996’s New Adventures in Hi-Fi is actually a […]

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April 1st, 2008

Nirvana Is Sold Out Again…

Antimusic is reporting that Nirvana’s breakthrough hit “Smells Like Teen Spirit” will be used in upcoming Right Guard ads for their new line of spray and roll-on deodorants entitled “Teen Spirit”.
Will this exploitation of Nirvana’s music ever end?
This is just another reason why Courtney Love is a horrible person.
This is also April Fool’s Day.
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