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Pepper is recording a new album and they have an iPhone app for you
Kona's dub punk rockers Pepper are in their home studio writing their new album, and now they have an iPhone app to update their fans of all the news that's fit to print. And probably some that's not, like what porn they have in the studio and where they do their laundry. Oh yeah and also ...
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Check out the new Vampire Weekend video for 'Cousins'
Vampire Weekend have released the new video for their song ' Cousins ', off the California inspired album Contra . The video is pretty cool. It was shot in an alley and features the band cruising back and forth on a dolly track, which wasn't removed from view but rather featured pretty ...
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Hang 'em High
Aussie retro rockers Jet have released a new music video for the next single off their latest album Shaka Rock. It's a '70s Western influenced horror flick for the song ' Black Hearts (On Fire)' . Clint Eastwood doesn't make a cameo, but a kinda wish he would. Embedding has been disabled ...
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Hanging with The Almost
Last weekend we happened to catch up with alternative rock band The Almost at the Warfield in San Francisco, when they cruised into town on their tour with The Used . We hopped on the bus with 'em and talked about their new album ( Monster Monster ), their next music video ( Hands ), who ...
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Who wants to buy a Pabst? The whole company is for sale
Pabst Brewing Company is for sale. The beer not-maker is putting all of it's brands on the block, including Colt-45, Schlitz, and of course the red, white and blue PBR. Pabst doesn't actually create any beer. They are a marketing agency. They run the brands of all of their beers, don't ...
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KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas 2009 Line-Up Announced
The line-up for KROQ's annual Christmas party has been announced. MUSE and AFI will headline the two day Almost Acoustic concert with bands like Metric, The Bravery, Phoenix , Vampire Weekend and Cage The Elephant taking other spots on the bill. All the details can be found right here.  ...
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Nathan Followell is a married man
Nathan Followell , drummer of the rock and roll band Kings of Leon , married his girlfriend - 25-year-old singer Jessie Baylin - over the weekend. Sunday morning Nathan had to write about it: "I woke up with a married woman in my bed this morning. Luckily she was mine."  ...
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Del Mar and Sublime talk concerts in 2010
Del Mar , the latest skate punk - surf guitar band formed by Sublime drummer Bug Gaugh , have announced that they will play a show in 2010 with the recently resurrected Sublime. The band is running a contest to win tickets to the show, some clothes, and some music from both ...
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Five Must Download Tracks From Lovedrug
The titles of the tracks by Ohio indie band Lovedrug sold me on downloading the free ones right away. Pink Champagne. Dead in the Water. She's Disaster . So glad I did. She's Disaster runs right in the vein of any 'Only By The Night ' era Kings of Leon track. I love it. Theme song of my ...
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Flogging Molly Bass Player Walks Down A Different Road On Solo Album
"There comes a time in his life when each and every man needs to express himself, and for Nathen Maxwell that time has come," is the opening line on the bio of Maxwell's new solo album. The Flogging Molly bass player has released his album White Rabbit, composed of songs that he's ...
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Vampire Weekend to close out their California tour with free skate park show
Vampire Weekend is scheduled to play a free show at a skate park in the Southern California town of Lake Elsinore tomorrow (11/13). Ezra and the guys are wrapping up a small club tour of off-the-beaten-track California towns like Santa Cruz, San Luis Obispo, and Visalia. In a letter Ezra ...
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Is This The End Of The Goons Of Doom?
Has a dirty pirate killed the Goons of Doom ? Was their performance at sea to mermaids with great boobs the last for Ozzy, Vaughan, Killerwhale and Cowboy?? Only one way to find out. Watch the latest one from StoneYour.TV !
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Here's the video of Steven Tyler, on stage with Joe Perry, claiming he's not leaving Aerosmith
Steven Tyler made a surprise appearance at a New York club show for Joe Perry's side project. Before blasting into Walk This Way , Tyler told the crowd "I just want New York to know, I am not leaving Aerosmith. And Joe Perry, you are a man of many colors but I, ...
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Win The New Hollywood Undead CD/DVD Desperate Measures Right Here
The very alive Southern California punk rap band Hollywood Undead has a brand new CD/DVD set called Desperate Measures hitting shelves today. And we have a few to give away to you! Desperate Measures contains six unreleased songs, including covers of Motley Crue and the legendary ...
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Unreleased Dirty Heads Track For A Tweet
Twitter, I'm your pimp and you do what I want! So you gimmie this unreleased song by Huntington Beach hip-hop reggaers The Dirty Heads . The ode to Headphones can be grabbed for one tweet. Details here.
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Shwayze's On The Phone
Just before Shwayze took off for their current tour we happened to nail 'em down for a phone call and discuss all the killer stuff they have going on right now. Their new album Let It Beat debuted in the iTunes top ten, their Party Rock Tour with LMFAO is one giant great party, and ...
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Add the new one from The Bravery to your music collection. If you can.
The Bravery has a new album coming out on December 1st and another song is available for download. That's what they say but I can't figure out how. The album is called Stir The Blood and the song is called The Spectator . If you figure out how to download it tell me! Oh yeah, it's ...
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Say 'ding dong' at the door
Last weekend Metric and Silversun Pickups played a secret party in SF at the legendary North Beach club Bimbos. 'Ding Dong' was the password. As usual Emily Haines stole the show, and hearts of every guy there. Great time for all.
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Fletcher from Pennywise doesn't support chopping goats legs off or burning live pigs
I guess militaries around the world use pigs, goats and monkeys to train medics. The practice is called 'trauma and chemical casualty training.' Training exercises include "shooting, stabbing, and burning live pigs; cutting goats' legs off with sharp shears; and poisoning monkeys with ...
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Check Out Chester French Covering Pitbull
Chester French have released the follow-up to their absolutely hilarious cover of Shakira's She Wolf . This time around D.A. and Max covered Calle Ocho by Pitbull . They put some work into this video guys. D.A. notes "If you've been wondering what [we] do while ...
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