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CD Review: Favourite Worst Nightmare |
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Wednesday, 02 May 2007 |
 The 2006 debut from these punky, huge-at-home English boys rocked and popped with straightforward brilliance while doubling as a primer on working-class Sheffield nightlife. A bit heavier and not as immediate, Favourite Worst Nightmare is a slightly lesser record, though by no means a Difficult Second Album. The basic stuff is the same as the debut's: momentum, alternately fluid and hard-riffing guitars, and Alex Turner's lithe singalong tunes. Bangers like "Brianstorm" and "505" sound at once ass-kicking and matter-of-fact, and among more tender cuts, the easy winner is the lovely "Fluorescent Adolescent," a snapshot of a wild girl tamed: "You used to get it in your fishnets/Now you only get it in your nightdress." Though unromantic takes on various club-going lads and lasses and their friends are back again, Turner's lyrics are shorter this time around on details that stick, and some cuts are less than memorable. But most of Nightmare sounds confident, unlabored and just plain good -- English cool without English bullshit. The Arctic Monkeys are the new Arctic Monkeys. |
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Coachella 07: RATM reunion |
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Tuesday, 01 May 2007 |
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And we've got exclusive video from Coachella's festival Sundays night of the performarmance of Rage Against The Machine! Video quality is poor but the sound isn't so bad.. Enjoy!
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Coachella Day Three: Rage On |
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Tuesday, 01 May 2007 |
 “Good evening,” Zack de la Rocha said on Sunday night, looking out at the 50,000 or so people gathered in front of Coachella’s main stage. “We are Rage Against the Machine, from Los Angeles, California.” With that, guitarist Tom Morello –- wearing a baseball band emblazoned with the word “Unite” — kicked into the winding riff of “Testify,” beginning Rage’s first concert in seven years. De La Rocha rapped with so much force that his microphone distorted as he enunciated every word of the lyrics, which were written about the first Gulf War but sounded eerily current: “Baghdad is burning… The war is right outside your door!” |
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CD Review: One Man Revolution |
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Monday, 30 April 2007 |
 Rage against the machine guitarist Tom Morello pulls a reverse Dylan-at-Newport on his debut solo album by unplugging and writing thirteen songs about how shitty Bush's America is. Backed by acoustic guitar, harmonica and the occasional drums and keyboard, Morello -- recording under the name "the Nightwatchman" -- paints himself as a ghostly figure wandering the country pointing out wrongs, whether they are "Colin Powell's lies" or "dirty scabs" crossing a picket line. On the best song, "One Man Revolution," the Nightwatchman takes us on a trip from the streets of Havana to Los Angeles -- all the while (consciously?) nicking Bruce Springsteen's haunting riff from Nebraska's "State Trooper." Morello's baritone voice is surprisingly expressive, and he even manages to sell potentially cringe-inducing lines like "the Nightwatchman giveth" and "three times I shot the sheriff and did not spare the deputy." Living up to the legacy of Nebraska is tough; Springsteen himself hasn't been able to record a great sequel. Hopefully, for his next album, Morello will get his old band back together and make a Born in the USA. |
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You are my Rock & Roll Queen |
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Sunday, 29 April 2007 |
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You are the one, You are the only sun, my heart is bloom, my heart is bloom for you! Rock & Roll Queen from The Subways! Enjoy!
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Saturday, 28 April 2007 |
 Sum 41 is a Canadian punk rock band from Ajax, Ontario, made of Deryck Whibley (lead vocals, guitar, keyboard/piano), Jason "Cone" McCaslin (bass), and Steve Jocz (drums/vocals).
The band was formed from members of several local high school bands, 41 days into the summer (July 31st) of 1996, hence the name Sum 41. Sum 41 reached mainstream success with the release of All Killer No Filler, which sold over 2 million copies. The album was made popular due to the hit singles Fat Lip and In Too Deep, the former reaching number 1 on the US Modern Rock charts.
Since signing a record deal with Island Records in 1999, the band has released four studio albums, two live CDs, two live DVDs, over ten singles and sold millions of copies worldwide. As of 2006 the band performed more than 600 times and have become famous for their world tours that are usually more than a year-long. |
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Saturday, 28 April 2007 |
 Domino Records has teamed up with Airside for the inaugural Domino T-shirt Club. If you know the regular Airside T-shirt Club, you'll remember the concept...four designers produce four limited edition t-shirts that you won't see until they turn up on your doorstep.
For Domino T-shirt Club, Airside invited four of the Domino's artists to be this year's designers: The Kills, Franz Ferdinand, Psapp and Bonde Do Role (Domino’s newest signings, set to unleash their awesome Baile F unk grooves this summer.)
The t-shirts are a limited edition print, exclusive to Domino T-shirt Club members, and are sent out one per month over the summer and autumn. They will never be reprint, reused or resold.
For more information on Domino T-shirt Club, including details of how to join please visit: www.airsideshop.com
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Jon McLaughlin: Jon McLaughlin On CBS' "Saturday Early Show" |
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Friday, 27 April 2007 |
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Tune in tomorrow and watch Jon McLaughlin on CBS' "Saturday Early Show". Check local listings for time and channel. Jon's album Indiana will be in stores on Tuesday, May 1st. |
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Jon McLaughlin: Chicago Borders In Store May 1st! |
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Thursday, 26 April 2007 |
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See Jon McLaughlin perform live at Borders State Street Tuesday, May 1st @ 12:30 PM. Jon will be performing songs from his debut Island Records release Indiana at Borders Books & Music located at 150 North State St in Chicago. He will be singing autographs immediately after his set. Call 312.606.0750 for more details. |
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Thursday, 26 April 2007 |
And we've got here another cool music video, this time from czech band The Prostitutes called She's A Monster. Enjoy!
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The Nightwatchman Debut Album - Avaliable now! |
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Thursday, 12 April 2007 |
ON TOM MORELLO'S SOLO DEBUT AS THE NIGHTWATCHMAN, SONGS OF BITTERNESS AND REVENGE ARE A DARK RESPONSE TO A WORLD IN TURMOIL
ALBUM 'ONE MAN REVOLUTION' - AVAILABLE NOW!
Order the album now and get a free digital download of The Nightwatchman's new single "The Road I Must Travel"! Click here for details
You can also download/stream the album from iTunes | Napster | Real | Rhapsody | Connect
When you download the album from iTunes, you'll get a free bonus track ("Branding Iron") and a digital booklet!
Musician and political and social activist Tom Morello's stark new album as The Nightwatchman, 'One Man Revolution,' is a dark, urgent portrait of a world in turmoil, 13 songs of "bitterness and revenge." Morello, the Grammy Award-winning guitarist of Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave, compares war zones in the US and Iraq, proclaims that Jesus was black and pinpoints the sociopolitical struggles of the American leftist underground in the series of self-penned originals, singing and playing acoustic guitar for the first time on record. |
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