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July 16th, 2008

Billy Corgan Makes Frances Bean Cobain Cry

I usually I don’t post about these silly gossip stories, but this is just funny; since it makes my man Billy Corgan look like a jerk.
Here’s what’s going on between the friends and collaborators, which is according to Courtney Love. Alright, maybe this needs some verification, but let’s roll with it.
Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love’s […]

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July 15th, 2008

Beck Announces More Tour Dates

Beck has just added some new tour dates for his late summer run, which is in support of his new and fantastic album Modern Guilt.
Here are Beck’s current tour dates:
08/21/08 - Reno, NV - Grand Sierra Resort and Casino
08/22/08 - San Francisco, CA - Outside Lands Festival
08/24/08 - Bend, OR - Les Schwab Amphiteater
08/30/08 - […]

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July 14th, 2008

VH1 Rock Honors: The Who & Sub Pop 20th Bash

The west coast got lots of action this past weekend by some of my favorite 90’s acts, so let’s have a quick wrap up of the festivities.
On Saturday night, July 12, VH1 honored legendary rockers The Who with performances by the Foo Fighters, the Flaming Lips, Incubus, Tenacious D, Pearl Jam and of course […]

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July 10th, 2008

Green River Getting Ready For Reunion Performance

Green River, which was the Seattle band that featured future Pearl Jam members Stone Gossard and Jess Ament and Mudhoney members Mark Arm, Steve Turner and Alex Vincent, are prepping for their first show in around 21 years.
The band will reunite for Sub Pop’s 20th Anniversary gig in Seattle this Sunday, July 13, and it […]

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July 8th, 2008

The Melvins - Nude With Boots

Scott, from The Rock Dose and Metal Martyr, was awesome enough to send me this about the new Melvins album, which comes out today.
Grunge forefathers and sludge-birthing wildmen The Melvins are set to release their nineteenth (!) record. Nude With Boots continues in the LA-based band’s tradition of matching mega-huge riffs with walls of rhythm […]

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July 7th, 2008

Blur to Reunite?

Could Blur possibly be joining the seemingly endless slew of disbanded 90’s acts who want to give it another go?
According to the their bassist Alex James, it seems very likely that the Brit alt-rockers will reunite.
James recently spoke to the UK’s Independent, where revealed that the band were offered the headlining spot at this year’s […]

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June 30th, 2008

Beck Unveils More From ‘Modern Guilt’

Can’t wait to hear more tracks from Beck’s upcoming album Modern Guilt before July 8?
Well have no fear, because two more songs are now streaming for your listening pleasure. The tracks “Gamma Ray” and “Orphans” can be heard on Beck’s MySpace page or iLike.
Both songs are pretty groovy. “Gamma Ray” defiantly has a 60’s psychedelic […]

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June 24th, 2008

Beck’s Modern Guilt Teaser and Pre-Order Info

Amazon released a 2:02 long teaser video for Beck’s upcoming album Modern Guilt, which comes out on July 8.
The video is black and white and plays off of the trippy, psychedelic days of artists like Andy Warhol. The montage features the self-titled track, “Walls” and “Youthless”. Check it out below, it’s pretty cool.
In related news, […]

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June 24th, 2008

The Verve Announces Release Date For Reunion Album

The Verve has announced the title and release date for their first album since 1997’s Urban Hymns.
The album will be entitled Four and will hit shelves in the U.S. on August 19, and a day before internationally. The first single, “Love is Noise”, premiered yesterday (June 23) on BBC Radio One. You can currently hear […]

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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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