Trent Reznor morns OiNK, while Ozzy condemns downloads for ruining music

[tag]Nine Inch Nail[/tag] frontman, the controversial Trent Reznor, recently admitted having a account at the former biggest source for illegal waffles and music, OiNK. He even said he would’ve paid the controversial website for their leaked albums, if asked to, as he believes any other legal download store doesn’t come close. He told New York magazine: “I’ll admit I had an account there and frequented it quite often. At the end of the day, what…

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Blacks Lips from punks to movie stars

Atlanta’s own quartet [tag]Black Lips[/tag] have had the year of their lives, in 2007, with a excellent fifth album in the form of Good Band Not Evil, now they’re set to star on the silver screen, in their own movie titled Let It Be. Apparently the movie plot revolves around a fictional mid ’80s punk rock band called “The Renegades,” navigating the choppy, cultural waves of those wild years. Let It Be, which will be…

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New Liars video: ‘Houseclouds’

If you’re familiar with the Australian three piece video, for the their summer hit single Plaster Cats Of Everything, then you might think that this odd fellows have at least a few cogs gone missing. But now [tag]Liars[/tag] have just recently released the video for “Houseclouds,” another standout track from the band’s smashing self titled. The antithesis between the thrilling, mad max high speed chases in PCOE and this laid back song and video is…

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Goldfrapp to release new album: “Seventh Tree”

The English duo Alison Goldfrapp and Will Gregory, that form genre-busting pop pioneers Goldfrapp, have just announced the date for their upcoming fifth studio effort “Seventh Tree” on February 26th. Written and produced entirely by the band, in their own studio located deep into the English countryside, ‘Seventh Tree’ follows up the critically acclaimed ‘Supernature’ album, released in March 2005. Supernature went platinum in the UK and went on to sell over a million copies…

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New Panda Bear video: ‘Comfy In Nautica’

Here’s the second video, from Panda Bear third LP Person Pitch, one of the best records of the year as a matter of fact. “Comfy In Nautica,” is one of the most laid back, relaxing songs off the album and the video does well to reflect this, revolving around a skilled skateboarder who risen from the deep seas.

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Radiohead sign deal with XL for ‘In Rainbows’

Weeks of speculations and rumors have come to a halt today when the most popular band of the moment, [tag]Radiohead[/tag] reached a agreement with the label giant XL for distributing the physical version of the most acclaimed album of the year, In Rainbows. The album debuted in a digital download only version, on October 10. The deal is expected to cover territories outside North America, leaving the band free to sign a separate deal there,…

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Avenged Sevenfold: ‘Avenged Sevenfold’

Artist name: Avenged Sevenfold Album name: Avenged Sevenfold Label: Warner Bros. Records Gender: Hard Rock/Heavy Metal Release date: October 30, 2007 ZMErating: 2/10 Website: http://www.avengedsevenfold.com This is really confusing, unexplainable for any matter. Let me try to shed some light: what started out as promising metalcore venture, after gradually tasting mainstream success [tag]Avenged Sevenfold[/tag] has morphed into a hard-rock/punk/nu-metal act almost overnight. Their third album City Of Evil, was that particular transition point, drifting the…

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Bradford Cox reveals solo LP release date + new Atlas Sound EP

[tag]Deerhunter[/tag] lead singer Bradford Cox is undoubtedly a very creative artist, known for releasing tons for material separately from his albums and shelving even more songs in his “closet.” His debut solo album “The Blind Lead Those Who Can See But Cannot Feel”, recorded under the moniker Atlas Sound, is set for the release date of February 19, under the Kranky indie label. All LP’s instrumentals have been recorded entirely by Bradford, under the watchful…

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Oasis is set to start recordings for new album next week

A while back we reported that [tag]Oasis[/tag] were about to start work on their seventh studio effort. Recordings began six weeks ago in their personal studio, with two new songs already completed, while the rest are set to be written and recorded starting next week at the Abbey Road recording studios. In a recent interview Noel Gallagher said, in short, that the band plans to write up as many songs as possible, until December when…

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Iron & Wine reveals tour dates

Sam Beam, better known by his stage name of Iron & Wine, is a man of many talents; a multi-instrumentalist, exceptional songwriter and a talented film maker as well, being responsible for the making of all of his music videos. His third studio effort, The Shepherd’s Dog, is a marvelous indie folk arrangement, that provides a more extended palette, compared with his other previous two records, with better percussion and fleshed-out arrangements. His also a…

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