Smells Like Alternative

Hey Baltimore…Black Market Radio is taking over your city this weekend!
BMR is a great band from New York City, fronted by Chris Cornell’s brother Peter. But even if they weren’t fronted by a Cornell, they would still rock. So make sure you check these guys out.
They’ll be doing some radio performances and a show this Sunday at Fletchers.
BMR will then head back home and perform in Brooklyn at Southpaw on October 26, for those of you that live in the Big Apple.
For more info, check out BMR’s MySpace page.

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Pearl Jam may be resting up, but it’s members are keeping pretty active.
Let’s start with guitarist Mike McCready who will be on HealthTalk.com to discuss Crohn’s Disease tomorrow, October 9, at 7 p.m.
Frontman Eddie Vedder has had some of his tracks from Into The Wild were submitted to the Academy Awards. The tracks selected were “Guaranteed”, “No Ceiling”, “Society” and “Rise”.
Guitarist Stone Gossard will be reuniting with his band on the side, Brad, for two shows. One will take place in New York City on October 17 for a benefit show for Huntington’s Disease of America, go here for more info. Brad …read more

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It seems like a prequiste to cover The Beatles if you’re in a band. Everyone from legends, (such as Elvis, Frank Sinatra, Johnny Cash and Stevie Wonder), to more diverse acts (Motley Crue, PM Dawn, Aerosmith), to the are you serious covers, such as Jim Carry’s take on “I Am The Walrus”, have covered the Fab Four. With that being said, I now present the best Beatles covers from alternative bands. 
Ben Harper – “Strawberry Fields Forever”: This lovely rendition appears on the soundtrack for I Am Sam. It’s mellow and true to the original, with Ben Harper putting his own little spin on this classic tune.
Ben Folds – “Golden Slumbers“: …read more

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The Brothers Gallagher will release “Lord Don’t Slow Me Down” on October 21.
The song is the title track from the band’s upcoming DVD of their 2005/2006 world tour of the same name. Noel Gallagher has stated that the song is “somewhat predictably it’s brillant”.
The track will be available here and will also feature live versions of ”Don’t Look Back In Anger” and “The Meaning Of Soul” from their 2005 Manchester shows. The video for “Lord Don’t Slow Me Down” will debut on Youtube on October 1, which will also be the same day that it hits radio.

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Hope all the hard working people are enjoying this long weekend. It’s hard to believe that the summer has come to an end. But there’s no need to be sad, cause I’m looking forward to the fall and all the cool things going on.
For now, enjoy some music to celebrate all the hard working people that deserve a round of applause.
Rush – Working Man

Green Day – Working Class Hero

The Rolling Stones w/ Axl Rose & Izzy Stradlin

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Maybe you’ve heard that Radiohead are recording (probably finished) their 7th album. The follow up to 2003’s Hail To The Thief has been a lengthy process.
The band began working on new material in 2005 and have continued since. They’ve been in the studio and also toured. The band even unveiled several new songs on the road in 2006.
Back in June of this year, the band left a message on their site, which stated that they were almost there, now we’re going to have wait another year. The main reason for the hold up is because the band is currently looking for a new label. Hopefully …read more

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Don’t let the grim title fool you, Dead Children Playing: A Picture Book is actually a book consisting of artwork from Stanley Donwood.  
Who is this Stanley Donwood?
Good question. He’s the man behind the artwork for Radiohead’s albums. He’s been collaborating with the band since 1995. His work has been used for albums such as The Bends, Kid A, Amnesiac, Hail To The Thief and Thom Yorke’s solo album Eraser. Donwood is joined by Dr. Tchock, who is rumored to actually be Thom Yorke’s alias.
Dead Children Playing, however, will focus on  the work of Donwood and Dr. Tchock from around 1999 …read more

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The wonderful people at b5media and  MusicIP are giving folks a chance to win some cool prizes. Read on for details.
To celebrate the launch of our Music Channel, b5media is giving away some cool prizes.
What’s up for grabs?
* 3 iPod Shuffle
* 3 MP3 players with preloaded MusicIP software
* 3 iTunes Certificates (worth US$25 each)
How To Win:
Step One:
1) Check one or more of our new Music blogs and choose one topic that appeals to you. Create a 3-song playlist relating to that topic. For example, if you like the Crooners, pick your Top 3 Crooners songs and share it on your …read more

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Despite mp3 players and satellite or online radio channels, your good old FM radio may become cool again.

In New York, KROCK has returned from a talk show format back to a modern rock radio station and in Philadelphia Radio 104.5 has emerged, filling a void that Y100 left in 2005. Suddenly New York and Philly became the two largest cities in the States without some sort of alternative radio station, leaving a lot of folks scouring for another source. Some radio stations tried to take advantage of the departure, a station like WMMR in Philly, where many former Y100 staff members fled and more modern rock tracks …read more

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I stumbled across this channel a couple of months ago and was very excited at what I heard. It’s still a new channel, but I’m hooked. Lithium plays all 90’s alternative music from the heavy hitters, like Pearl Jam, Nirvana, STP, RHCP, Radiohead, etc., to some of the forgotten bands, such as Silverchair, The Toadies, The Butthole Surfers, Cake, The Verve, etc. Here’s what I love about this channel, and Sirius as well.
1. Diversity. Lithium plays every sort of “alternative” music from the 90’s, they could play Soundgarden followed by 311, then Denis Leary’s “Asshole” and then “God” from Tori Amos.
2. Better song …read more

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