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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 only child Frances Bean is turning 16, which means that she’s having a Sweet 16 party, with a performance by My Chemical Romance. Oh the joy!
Anyways, Corgan will not be attending the festivities, which supposedly made Frances Bean cry, which in turn ticked off Courtney, …read more

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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 – Seattle, WA – Bumbershoot Festival
09/19/08 – San Diego, CA – Street Scene Festival
09/20/08 – Hollywood, CA – Hollywood Bowl
09/22/08 – Phoenix, AZ – Dodge Theater
09/23/08 – Albuquerque, NM – Kiva Auditorium
09/25/08 – El Paso, TX – Abraham Chavez Theatre
09/27/08 – Austin, TX – Zilker Park, …read more

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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 The Who at the Pauley Pavilion on the campus of UCLA in L.A . There were also a slew of celebrities at the event, which also raised over a million bucks for various charities.
Foo Fighters kicked the night off with their renditions of “Young …read more

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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 looks like they’re going to play some rarities. Jeff Ament told Billboard that that band has relearned two unreleased demos, “Baby, Help Me Forget” and “Leech”, which Ament called “some of the best songs” that the band has.
The band had already rehearsed twice in April, …read more

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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 and electr-fried skuzz. Last week the band premiered the triumphant Boots via their Myspace page. In case you missed it, you can head over to their Last.fm page or to AOL Spinner to hear this monster in full.

In other Melvins news, the band has …read more

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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 world famous Glastonbury Festival. Here’s what he had to say: “Blur very nearly played Glastonbury this year,” and added that “There was a pang of regret when I heard Damon mum had nixed it at the 11th hour“.
Hmmm, seems a bit cheeky to me.
However, …read more

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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 vibe to it, while “Orphans” has a sweet beat with a cool acoustic guitar to accompany it. Man, I can’t wait until July 8.
If you missed it, here’s a live performance of another new cut “Modern Guilt”, from Beck’s June 9 secret show.

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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, iTunes just put up the pre-order for Modern Guilt. If you pre-oder the album you will immediately get the first single “Chemtrails”, the video for “Gamma Ray” (when the album comes out) and a Ticketmaster password for a pre-sale for Beck’s upcoming tour (Yay!).
Finally, if …read more

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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 the track on the band’s MySpace page, where you can also check out the band’s tour dates.
“Love is Noise” isn’t bad, but not really my cup of tea.
Anyways, here’s the video for “Lucky Man”.

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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 – Ain’t it the Life
Weezer – Island in the Sun

Pearl Jam – Gremmie Out of Control
311 – Outside
The Lemonheads – Mrs. Robinson

Wilco – Summer Teeth
Stone Temple Pilots – And So I Know
Blur – Girls and Boys

R.E.M. – Summertime
Dave Matthews Band – Stay (Wasting Time)

Black Crowes – …read more

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