Exotic Fever Records Presents Free Party During SXSW

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Exotic Fever Records is proud to announce their free label showcase during the South By Southwest music festival. The showcase will take place March 19 from noon to 6 p.m. at The Music Gym Lounge (815 E 6th St, Austin, TX). Exotic Fever Records’ diverse roster of bands are slated to perform, including hardcore acts; Thank God, Pygmylush (featuring members of City of Caterpillar, Majority Rule, and Pg. 99), Turboslut, ...Exotic Fever Records Presents Free Party During SXSW

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Ever Screamed at the Wailing Wall?

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One never knows what one stumbles over on the Internet. After posting this, on the use of wailing wall by the judge at Bernie Madoff’s sentencing, I got itchy and looked around. Here are the lyrics of Flogging Mary’s Screaming at the Wailing Wall: Screaming At The Wailing Wall So God how come every wrong’s been done? With deals no Christ should allow Once the communist now the terrorist With blood as ...Ever Screamed at the Wailing Wall?

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This Band Was Punk Before Punk Was Punk (New York Times)

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Newly unearthed recordings by the band Death reveal a remarkable missing link between the hard rock of Detroit bands and the high-velocity assault of punk of 1976 and ?77.

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Rocker Mould looks ahead as writer, DJ, musician (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

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Facing 50, many musicians would either be looking at retirement or resigning themselves to playing the county fair circuit. But Bob Mould, who got his start in the ’80s with the Minneapolis punk outfit Husker Du and then fronted the more pop-rock-oriented Sugar in the ’90s, is doing neither.

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Cornell’s dance album dismays rock fans (TVNZ)

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Chris Cornell is getting a kick out of angering his fans. The former Soundgarden singer has stunned the rock cognoscenti with his whimsical decision to record an album with Timbaland, a hip-hop producer whose clients include pop stars Justin Timberlake and Nelly Furtado.

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TURN IT DOWN- Rock against radio (City Pulse)

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The band Black Rebel Motorcycle Club has a song called “Whatever Happened to My Rock‘n’Roll?” Over the past few years, I’ve found myself asking the same question.

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The Banana Splits smash their heads on the punk rock

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Remember the Banana Splits? The live action kid’s variety show featured the talents of goofy-voiced hosts Fleegle, Bingo, Drooper and Snorky. It’s no surprise that the delightful simplicity of this song should attract the attention of punk band the Dickies, who did an amazing cover of theme song, Banana Splits (Tra La La) See both versions here.

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Nudie Naked Talent - The Showcase

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Report from the live Nudie event featuring The Soft Pack… On March 2, Clash teamed up with Nudie Jeans to present a special Nudie Naked Talent event at Bethnal Green Working Men’s Club. And this is how it went down… - - - Naked. Prone. Stripped. Bare. Uncovered. Fortunately not a scene from the new Keane video, but the musical talent that was on show at Clash’s curated evening in partnership with Nudie ...Nudie Naked Talent - The Showcase

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Masters Of Song Fu #3: Round 2 Challenge Voting Begins!

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We here at Quick Stop Entertainment are true lovers of music, in all its forms. We’re also quite keen on the spirit of competition, and of spurring creativity through said competition. To that end, we launched a brand new form of creative combat here at the Stop. In this age of manufactured and painfully earnest talent contests, we’ve decided to instead shine a light on the quirky, quixotic underworld of musicians ...Masters Of Song Fu #3: Round 2 Challenge Voting Begins!

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Current Issue: (Gateway)

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There are on the music scene within the past few years that have managed to achieve mainstream success while maintaining credibility among even the most pessimistic and jaded punk-rock fans. The Loved Ones is one of these bands.

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Neko Case (IGN Music)

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While best known as an alt-country darling, Case has played in punk bands (Maow), roots rock bands (The Weasles), and has worked and performed with The Sadies and The New Pornographers, to boot.

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Rock Music Punk Concert Bands T Shirts

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Rock music punk concert bands t shirts

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Understanding Musics and Musicians From Canada

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Sadly, ignorant majority among us here in the east United States with happiness of the interpreters who put the ‘hail of T of one of the 50 states. Ask to the average Joe on the street if they know Canadian musicians, and if you obtain any answer, you will hear Celine Dion or Shania Twain, perhaps even Bryan Adams or Neil Young. While they are certainly the gifted musicians of their own boss, they certainly do not represent ...Understanding Musics and Musicians From Canada

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Our Cat Philip: Indie rockers not in it for the dough (The Lantern)

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Local promoter Tommy Harkins says the Columbus music scene has the strongest standing talent-wise now as it ever has. Local student bands like Our Cat Phillip are the tangible proof. The band performed at Friday night at Bernie’s Distillery at 1896 N. High St. Famous for its punk crowd and substandard acoustics, Bernie’s is part restaurant, part bar and, according to Metromix Columbus, a …

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Life, Liberty, and The Pursuit of 15 More Albums

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After I posted some more Top 15 lists from friends, I heard from more of my blogging pals, ATV readers, and friends who weighed in with their lists. First up is my good pal Mel from Life, Liberty, and Pursuit of Your Boyfriend . Yesterday was a busy day in Mel-Land - Mel announced that her blog is going on hiatus. Boo! Hiss! Boo! I guess I’ll have to keep in touch with her more in the real world to keep up on all of ...Life, Liberty, and The Pursuit of 15 More Albums

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Event: Soundwave Festival 2009 @ RNA Showgrounds, Brisbane (21/02/09) (Faster Louder)

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Making up for the unpleasant time many punters had at last year’s festival, Soundwave came back bigger and better in 2009, providing fans of metal, punk (well, POP-punk), hardcore, emo, industrial and heavy rock with a reason to smile and shout this summer.

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Thursday headlines the post-hardcore Taste of Chaos Tour (Colorado Daily)

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BOULDER, Colo. — It wasn’t long ago that New Jersey’s Thursday was an up-and-coming buzz band, part of a wave of post-hardcore and emo acts that was redefining the punk and modern-rock scenes at the turn of the century.

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Why Most Chinese Rock Criticism Sucks

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Chinese rock music is a rather different beast from Western rock music. Mao died in 1976. Deng came to power in 1978. The reforms started around 1980, bringing the Beatles and the Stones with them. Before that, no Western music since the 1940s. According to popular accounts, Chinese rock music began in the early 1980s when a Korean-Chinese trumpet player named Cui Jian grabbed his electric guitar and played Nothing to ...Why Most Chinese Rock Criticism Sucks

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11th Annual Punk Rock Bowling Tournament (San Francisco Chronicle)

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Bay Area punk rockers spend most weekends performing or moshing at local venues like Annie’s Social Club or Thee Parkside. But on a recent weekend, members of Fracas, Lepish and a dozen other Bay Area bands (most sporting some combination of spiked hair, neck…

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Splitting the Difference # 7 - Big Drill Car/Chemical People (1991, Cruz)

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This is quite possibly the first split 7 I ever came into possession of, and boy, what a way to kick off a collection. Two creme de la creme indie-punk bands covering two ’70s classics. Although they’re one of my top tier favorites, I haven’t exactly gone on at length about Big Drill Car on my blog, because as far as I can tell their CDs are readily available, either tangibly of through Itunes. Slightly ...Splitting the Difference # 7 - Big Drill Car/Chemical People (1991, Cruz)

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The Blockheads Return (antiMUSIC)

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A top story from this week. The Blockheads, one of the punk and new wave era’s best loved bands, are set to return to the forefront of the British music scene

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