This is the post for me here at b5, and it’s been great.

I’ll be heading over to Evolvor to keep doing what I’m doing, stop on by sometime.

Thank you, goodnight.

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The track, entitled “Bitch Went Nutz”, is from Ben Folds’ upcoming album Way To Normal.
Way To Normal is the follow up to 2005’s Songs For Silverman and will hit shelves on September 30.

Enjoy a slide show of the first single “You Don’t Know Me”, which features vocals by one Regina Spektor.

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The album, entitled Varshons, will be released on September 13. It was produced by Cornershop’s Anthony Safferty and Butthole Surfers frontman Gibby Haynes. The 11 track album will feature guest vocal spots from Liv Tyler and Kate Moss.

Hmm, sounds interesting.

Here’s the tracklisting:

1. “I Just Can’t Take It Anymore” (Gram Parsons)
2. “Fragile” (Wire)
3. “Layin’ Up With Linda” (G.G. Allin)
4. “Waiting Around To Die” (Townes Van Zandt)
5. “The Green Fuz” (Randy Alvey & The Green Fuz)
6. “Yesterlove” (Sam Gopal)
7. “Dirty Robot” (Arling & Cameron)
8. “New Mexico” (Fuckemos)
9. “Dandelion Seeds” (July)
10. “Hey, That’s No Way To Say Goodbye” (Leonard Cohen)
11. “Beautiful” (Christina Aguilera)

For now, enjoy the Lemonheads rendition of “Mrs’ Robinson.

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The band will play the Target Center in Minneapolis on September 3. Tickets will go on sale this Saturday at 10 a.m. and will cost you $60.

What’s rather significant about the date and location of this show is that it’s during the same time of the Republican National Convention, which will be held next door in St. Paul. Hmm, this sounds good. Real good.

This isn’t the first time that Rage has popped up during a major political party’s convention. Back in 2000 they crashed the Democratic National Convention in L.A., which ended in the police setting off some tear gas.

In related news, on September 1 at St. Paul’s Harriet Island, Rage guitarist Tom Morello will join country/rocker Steve Earle at a union rally. This happens to be the first day of the RNC. So, it looks like folks in the Minneapolis area going to get a lot of Rage Against The Machine in September.

Here’s a rough video of “Killing in the Name” from this past weekend’s Lollapalooza.

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So, I have two weeks left here at b5 and then I’ll be moving over to Evolvor.

I hope everyone has a great weekend and I’ll see you all on Monday!

For now enjoy Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band doing “Summertime Blues” from last night’s show. Yeah, I know it’s not a 90’s act, but we’ll make an exception for The Boss.

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Cake, the guys who just want a girl in a short skirt and and long jacket, will be embarking on a mini tour at the end of September.

September 25 – Toronto, ON @ Sound Academy
September 26 – Hamilton, ON @ Hamilton Convention Centre
September 27 – Montreal, QC @ Metropolis
September 28 – Rochester, NY @ The Armory
September 30 – Albany, NY @ The Palace
October 1 – Sayreville, NJ @ Starland Ballroom

Matthew Sweet, remember the dude behind that great guilty pleasure of mine “Girlfriend”, is also hitting the road to promote his upcoming album Sunshine Lies.

August 25 – Solana Beach, CA @ The Belly Up
August 26 – Los Angeles, CA @ Amoeba in@store
August 27 – San Capistrano, CA @ The Coach House
August 28 – Silver Lake, CA @ The Echo
October 20 – Boulder, CO @ Fox Theatre
October 22 – Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue
October 23 – Chicago, IL @ Park West
October 24 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Mr. Smalls
October 25 – Cleveland, OH @ Beachland
October 27 – Boston, MA @ Paradise
October 28 – NY, NY @ Webster Hall
October 29 – Falls Church, VA @ State Theatre
October 30 – Atlanta, GA @ Variety

Juliana Hatfield, the solo artist and sometime member of The Lemonheads, will be releasing her 10th studio album How To Walk Away, so she’ll be out and about promoting it. She’ll also be on “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno” on August 25, so mark it down.

September 9 Washington, DC @ IOTA
September 10 Philadelphia, PA @ World Café Live w/special guest Hayden
September 12 New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom
September 13 Boston, MA @ Brattle Theater
September 23 Seattle, WA @ Triple Door
September 24 Portland, OR @ Aladdin
September 25 San Francisco, CA @ Café Du Nord
September 27 Los Angeles, CA @ Largo

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The Canadian band reportedly have 16 or 17 tracks ready for the new album and began work on the new album in February of 2007. The guys should be getting back to work on the new album anytime now.

On July 5 guitarist Steve Mazur left a post on the band’s MySpace page that stated: “Many songs are finished, we’re just writing more now `cause we’re having a good time doing it [...] so we figure why not just keep going until we feel that we’re out of juice”.

The new album is apparently going to be produced by frontman Raine Maida. The title and artwork for the album are also being discussed right now as well.

I’m kind of glad to hear this. Our Lady Peace is defiantly a guilty pleasure of mine.

Enjoy some old school Our Lady Peace with the video for “Clumsy”.

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Candlebox returns with their first studio album in ten years. Now, I was never a huge Candlebox fan, but any band that managed to survive the 90’s is alright in my book. The new album, entitled Into The Sun, will probably grab the attention of most 90’s fans. I don’t know if I’ll pick it up, but if you want a review wait for Scott over at The Rock Dose to deliver one.

Here’s an acoustic, live performance of the first single “Stand”.

Nine Inch Nails are releasing the previous free download album The Slip into stores today. I liked the album when I first heard it, but I haven’t listened to it enough to give you a breakdown. It seems like a standard NIN album, so folks shouldn’t be disappointed. So, if you didn’t take advantage of the free download, then defiantly pick this album up.

Listen to “Discipline”, which was the first single type thing from The Slip.