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October 11th, 2007

Black Market Radio in Baltimore

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 […]

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October 8th, 2007

Pearl Jam Quick Hits: Mike McCready on Crohn’s, Eddie Vedder and the Oscars, Brad & Green River

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 […]

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October 4th, 2007

The Top Alternative Beatles Covers

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 […]

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September 27th, 2007

Oasis to release first ever digital single

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 […]

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September 3rd, 2007

Labor Day…

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 […]

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August 30th, 2007

No New Radiohead Until 2008

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 […]

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August 16th, 2007

Dead Children Playing: A Picture Book

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 […]

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July 12th, 2007

Want to win some prizes?

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 […]

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July 5th, 2007

The Return of Modern Rock Radio?

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 […]

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June 28th, 2007

Sirius Satellite’s Lithium Channel

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, […]

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