As previously reported, Green Day was set to do a punkified version of the famous theme song for one of the most popular TV shows of all time: “The Simpsons”. The The Simpsons soundtrack was released yesterday, containing 15 tracks mastered and “baked” by orchestral composer Hans Zimmer, whom you may remember as the man who made the O.S.T for such movies as Gladiator, Pirates Of The Caribbean, Rain Man and a lot more. The…
Vegoose is the ultimate Halloween festival extravaganza, providing quality live gigs from top bands in the sinful city of Las Vegas for the past 3 years now. This year, however, promises to be the wildest and most awesome year, with bands like [tag]Rage Against the Machine[/tag], [tag]Daft Punk[/tag], [tag]The Shins[/tag], [tag]Queens of the Stone Age[/tag] or [tag]Muse[/tag] as headliners, joined by Iggy & The Stooges, who will perform the ’70 acclaimed album “Fun House”, in…
English R&B singer [tag]Amy Winehouse[/tag] has just mapped out a series of gigs across the UK. The series of shows is set to kick off in Manchester Apollo on November 12, before ending in a epic closure in Cardiff Arena on November 28. Until then be sure to pickup Amy’s new single, due to be release on August 13, called “Tear Dry On Their Own”. Tourdates: November 12: Manchester Apollo November 14: Birmingham NIA November…
Artist name: Sum 41 Album name: Underclass Hero Label: Island Records Gender: Punk Rock Release date: July 24, 2007 ZMErating: 3/10 Website: http://www.sum41.com Just when you thought you heard the last of [tag]Sum 41[/tag], the Canadian trio are back to prove us wrong. After 10 years of being together, 4 platinum albums and numerous sell out tours and gigs, the Deryck Whibley fronted band return with their fifth studio release “Underclass Hero”. I have to…
Haven’t had enough of [tag]Rihanna[/tag] yet ? Well we haven’t. After her smashing hit “Umbrella” scored the longest Number One position in the UK since 10 years ago, for a period of 10 weeks, it was obvious that this success had to be marketed. And thus Rihanna has recently announced her own collection of umbrellas, devised in collaboration with Totes clothing company. Currently the Rihanna umbrella collection has 5 models, all in different color. It…
British ex-Beatle [tag]Paul McCartney[/tag] has just tied up the issues concerning his divorce with his former wife Heather Mills. Heather is set to receive, a whooping, 140 million dollar divorce settlement; 30 million now and 7 million each year, until their 3 year old daughter turns 18. Macca’s fortune is evaluated at 1.4 billion dollars. The couple first announced their breakup in May 2006 and since then loads of posts on various tabloids and newspapers…
Fresh from their Pitchfork performance, [tag]Mastodon[/tag] delights us once more with a awesome video for their track “Sleeping Giant”, from 2006’s metal masterpiece “Blood Mountain”. The video is great, to say the least, director Roboshobo perfectly glimpsing the tracks meaning and lyrics. The video is set in a Sci-fi world, most likely in a space science laboratory. A blind humanoid, of apparent great intellectual capabilities, maybe divine, is set intro a chamber by two priests…
It’s Monday and as always we’ll be covering this weeks new releases. A meagre month in terms of music, there aren’t too many interesting records to chose from, compared to previous Mondays. Worth mentioning is “Underclass Hero”, the new LP from [tag]Sum 41[/tag] and [tag]Garbage[/tag]’s all time hit compilation “Absolute Garbage”. Irish indie quintet [tag]The Thrill[/tag] are also back with their third full length album “Teenagers”. Chicane – ‘Somersault’ Sum 41 – ‘Underclass Hero’
Today, ‘Punk’s Not Dead’, a documentary that covers the punk scene from its inception in 1976 to the present, makes it’s screen debut in Siskel Film Center, Chicago. The documentary, directed by Susan Dynner, an self-proffesed American hardcore punk fan, consists of interviews with great personalities from the punk scene, together with some live performances from the major punk artists. Green Day, Sum 41, Ramones, Billy Idol, My Chemical Romance, Good Charlotte and Bad Religion…
Here’s a great song and video from one of my favorite band [tag]Maximo Park[/tag], called “Girls Who Play Guitars”. It’s got everything that screams brit pop about it, and the lyrics are fun to sing along with. The video was directed by Leslie Ali, a good choice i might add as the video goes well with the song, leading to loads of fun. In the begging the band play in a all white outfit, in…
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