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Dave Grohl Records with Corey Taylor on Mysterious New Project
Slipknot/Stone Sour frontman Corey Taylor has reported via his Twitter account that he has been working with Dave Grohl and Nirvana's producer Butch Vig on a new project. This, along with a report from members of RATT, has lead fans to believe...
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MegaUpload's Shutdown Reverberates Throughout the File Sharing Community
Those who thought that the prevention of SOPA and PIPA meant the end of the wars of online piracy were surely mistaken. In the time that has passed since federal authorities shut down MegaUpload and Kim Dotcom was arrested, other file sharing...
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Foxy Shazam - The Church of Rock and Roll
Welcome to the Church of Rock and Roll Gospel, glam, rock and roll together? Oh yes. Cincinnati-based rock group Foxy Shazam—a name derived from a high school slang term meaning “cool”—have released their fourth studio album, The Church...
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SnowBall Music Festival 2012 Adds Snoop Dogg, The Kooks, Ghostland Observatory and More to Lineup
In a previous story, we gave you SnowBall Music Festival's preliminary 2012 lineup. Now, a revised lineup has surfaced which includes performers that were previously unannounced such as Snoop Dogg, The Kooks, Pictureplane, Dale Earnhardt Jr Jr,...
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Nada Surf FREE SHOW @ Amoeba 1/30
I have four words for you: FREE SHOW. NADA SURF. ...if those four short words aren't enough to convince you to show up at Amoeba on the 30th, I don't know what will. I mean, these indie veterans have been around for long enough for you to...
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Portugal. The Man Announce Headlining Spring Jägermeister 2012 Tour Dates
Just when the Alaskan rock outfit Portugal. The Man thought they were going to get a break from life on the road, they have been elected to headline the Jägermeister 2012 Tour. The tour kicks of April 3 and will hit 26 cities across the...
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M. Ward Announces New Album A Wasteland Companion for April 2012 Release + Spring Tour Dates
It has been three years since M. Ward's last solo endeavor, Hold Time. Since then, the troubadour has travelled quite a bit, contributed towards Monsters of Folk's debut release, released a couple of She & Him records with the lovely Zooey...
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Porcelain Raft - Strange Weekend
Fragile Floatation A porcelain raft conjures the image of sinking like a stone, but the feeling on Strange Weekend is more about ascending. The debut album from Italian-born singer-songwriter Mauro Remiddi is built entirely on atmosphere, and a...
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