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News 07/05/12

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Adam Yauch, thanks to Fabio Venni

Two very sad music stor­ies have been mak­ing head­lines this week. One is the death of Beastie Boys rap­per Adam “MCA” Yauch, and the other The Skatal­ites Lloyd Brev­ett. Our thoughts go out to their fam­il­ies and friends. Trib­utes have been pour­ing in for both of them. Fei Comodo have decided to call it a day […]

News 25/04/12

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Pussy Riot, thanks to ????? ?????

One Nine Nine Four, the doc­u­ment­ary about punk’s explo­sion in the 90s has leaked online, and is avail­able on You­Tube. The doc­u­ment­ary fea­tures inter­views with many of the fam­ous names in punk from that era, such as Bil­lie Joe Arm­strong, Brett Gure­witz, Greg Graffin, Tim Arm­strong, Dex­ter Hol­land, and Fat Mike. Our thoughts are with the […]

News 11/04/12

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Jim Marshall, thanks to Penmachine

Joshua Radin has begun mix­ing his new album today, accord­ing to his twit­ter. Yel­low­card have fin­ished their next album, less than a year after their last. The band got back together in 2010 after a hiatus, and seem to be churn­ing out the records at break­neck speed. The record should be com­ing out later this year on Hope­less. Jim […]

News 22/03/12

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Tegan & Sara, thanks to Dustin Rabin Photography

Tegan & Sara are back in the stu­dio record­ing their sev­enth album, which will be their first in three years. They’re hop­ing it’ll be com­pleted by June, and released this year. Gogol Bor­dello will be on tour from the end of this month until the end of July. They are tak­ing in three con­tin­ents and will […]

News 25/02/12

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Hulk Hogan

Accord­ing to an inter­view with the Sun, Hulk Hogan nearly joined Lars Ulrich in the early days of Metal­lica. Hogan would have been bassist with the group. Mark Hop­pus has told NME that blink-182 have already star­ted work on their follow-up to Neigh­bor­hoods, and that at the moment, the band are “on a break” fol­low­ing their […]

News 14/01/12

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Trapped in the Closet

The best Christ­mas present I could ever hope for was this next bit of news: R. Kelly has writ­ten another 32 chapters for his hip-hopera, Trapped in the Closet. The news was bit­ter­sweet, how­ever. While the chapters have been writ­ten, Kelly is cur­rently strug­gling to find fund­ing for the epic. Fol­low­ing in Hawthorne Heights’ foot­steps, A […]

News 13/12/11

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Flight of the Conchords, thanks to Gaelen Hadlett

There has been some talk recently of a Flight of The Conchords film, and it’s look­ing very much like that could hap­pen in the not-too-distant future. The Streets is offi­cially fin­ished. The group went their sep­ar­ate ways after their final gig at the end of Novem­ber. Street­light Mani­festo have claimed that they are about 90% done […]

News 27/11/11

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Bombay Bicycle Club, thanks to Angus MacRae

Sigur Ros are no longer on hiatus, and they are plan­ning to release an album in spring 2012. Anti-Flag have fin­ished record­ing their latest album, and are claim­ing that it’s almost fin­ished, and it just needs a few more tweaks. Sideonedummy will be behind the album. On New Year’s Day, Bom­bay Bicycle Club will be releasing […]

News 7/7/11

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Morrissey, thanks to Caligvla

The Spill Can­vas have been work­ing on a new record, accord­ing to the band’s offi­cial Twit­ter. You can help fund the band on their kick­starter page. Another group that are cur­rently work­ing on a new album is Penny­wise. This will be their first album back with Epi­taph, and their first with Zoli Teglas. Fol­low­ing NME’s accusation […]

News 19/10/11

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REM, thanks to Stefano Andreoli

A new doc­u­ment­ary, “The F-Word” will talk about fath­er­hood, now that so many of the anti-authoritarian fig­ures of the 90s and early 2000s have taken the plunge and become the ulti­mate author­ity — a dad. It fea­tures Tim McIlrath (Rise Against), Mark Hop­pus (blink-182), and Flea from RHCP. REM, after thirty-one years have decided that it […]

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It's been a while coming. We first reviewed Dave Loughran's "God's Letter" more than three years ago, but his debut album is finally out. In the liner notes, he talks about the album, and says that it is the culmination of his first thirteen years of adulthood, and this is reflected in the lyrical content of the songs. […]