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Smells Like Alternative

Archive for June 2008

June 19th, 2008

Top 15 Summer Songs

Summer will officially arrive this Saturday, but with this beautiful weather, summer has been here for a while. With that, let’s do a chill summer playlist from alternative rock bands. Just to prove that the 90’s were more than drugs, depression and rainy days.
Hope you enjoy.
Blind Melon - Tones of Home

Beck - Tropicalia
Foo Fighters - […]

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June 18th, 2008

Pearl Jam - All Night

I was trying real hard to avoid listening to any Pearl Jam before I see them this week, and next, but I just can’t help myself.
“All Night” has been getting a lot play recently, mainly because it’s a cool tune, and the fact that the band have been playing at some shows on their current […]

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June 18th, 2008

Nine Inch Nails ‘The Slip’ Gets Release Date

The Slip will become available in CD form on July 22, with a vinyl release on August 5.
Nine Inch Nails latest album was initially given away as a free download through the band’s website last month, which it will continue to do. In the U.S., Canada and parts of Japan, 200,000 individually numbered copies […]

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June 17th, 2008

New Music Tuesday: The Offspring, Sister Hazel

It’s another Tuesday, which means new music for us to buy and enjoy. Here’s some worth mentioning releases for this week, besides that new Coldplay album, ugh.
The Offspring deliver us their 8th studio album, Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace. The 12 track album is getting some decent reviews, even though it was produced by […]

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June 16th, 2008

Candlebox Returns with New Album and a Tour

While not one of my favorite bands from the 90’s, it’s cool to see the Seattle natives return with a new album.
Candlebox will release their fourth studio album Into the Sun on July 22, which will be the band’s first album in 10 years. Into the Sun will also feature the original lineup, which hasn’t […]

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June 13th, 2008

FYI: Blind Melon

This wonderful and summery weather makes me wanna listen to some Blind Melon. Besides, the band has reunited, released a new album earlier this year and are currently on tour. So, it’s a perfect scenario for and FYI on Blind Melon.

The band consisted of: childhood friends from Mississippi Rogers Stevens (guitar) and Brad Smith (bass) […]

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June 13th, 2008

STP Members Sued by Atlantic Records

Yesterday, June 12, STP members Scott Weiland and Eric Kretz were sued by their label Atlantic Records for trying to prematurely end their contract.
The two members have been accused of no longer participating in the band’s current contract with Atlantic, unless some changes were made. The other two members of the band, Rob and Dean […]

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June 12th, 2008

Beck’s Modern Guilt Gets Release Date and Track listing

Beck has officially announced the release date for his tenth studio album Modern Guilt.
The Danger Mouse produced project will hit shelves on July 8 through DGC in North America and July 7 in Europe through XL Recordings. Besides announcing the release date, the track listing for Modern Guilt has also been released.
The track listing is:
“Orphans”
“Gamma […]

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June 11th, 2008

Garbage - #1 Crush

This is an amazingly obsessive, yet hypnotic track from Garbage. Which is pretty obvious, but here’s confirmation from front woman Shirley Manson when talking about the song:“All real love is a form of obsession, if you love someone more than anything else, that degree of exclusivity requires an abnormal amount of passion and care. And […]

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June 11th, 2008

Pearl Jam Continue Bootleg Series For Upcoming Tour

Pearl Jam will once again offer fans bootlegs to all their shows for their upcoming tour. This year, however, the band will give fans three different options on how to snag a show.
The first option will be digital downloads from the band’s website immediately following a show. Fans can buy a MP3 version for $9.99 […]

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