Rock

New Walkmen: The House You Made

May 17, 2012
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New Walkmen: The House You Made Listen free below. The Walkmen have been rolling out songs from their upcoming album Heaven track by track on their SoundCloud page. Their latest offering is not off of the album, but is the b-side to the Heaven 7″. Check out The House You Made below, and be...
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Tenacious D’s album is better than pretty much every other recently released album (according to them)

May 17, 2012
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Tenacious D’s album is better than pretty much every other recently released album (according to them) But they’re not getting credit. This is why I love The D. Don’t take that out of context. In a recent interview, the band made some pretty ballsy claims, including saying the album was better than new releases...
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Watch Tenacious D on Letterman

May 16, 2012
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Watch Tenacious D on Letterman The band performs “Roadie” live. Are you sick of all the Tenacious D news yet? Too bad. Recently, the duo stopped by Late Night with David Letterman to sit down for an interview. It’s hilarious, of course. Afterwards, Jack Black and Kyle Gass perform Roadie, off of the band’s...
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Tenacious D release Rize of the Fenix

May 15, 2012
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Tenacious D release Rize of the Fenix So what are you still doing here? Pick it up! It should be a surprise to nobody that I’m a pretty big fan of Tenacious D. Got tickets to their show here at the Aragon and everything. So today’s a big day for me. Today, Jaybles and...
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Arctic Monkeys impersonated Oasis back in high school

May 14, 2012
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Arctic Monkeys impersonated Oasis back in high school They dressed in costumes and everything. In direct contrast to Franz Ferdinand, it seems like the Arctic Monkeys have a bit of a soft spot for Oasis. Apparently, in high school, members of the Arctic Monkeys dressed up as Oasis during school assemblies. Drummer Alex Turner...
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Best Coast hopes the new record is good baby-makin’ music

May 14, 2012
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Best Coast hopes the new record is good baby-makin’ music (Sexy) hugs, not drugs. Apparently, Bethany Cosentino of Best Coast has a couple of ideas as to what people should and shouldn’t be doing while listening to the band’s newly released (today, in fact!) The Only Place. It appears that she’s tired of her...
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Black Keys to get the documentary treatment

May 13, 2012
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Black Keys to get the documentary treatment Courtesy of director Noah Abrams. Okay, I know what you’re thinking, another indie band documentary? Please. I only have room in my heart for Shut Up and Play the Hits. No way will I see a Black Keys movie. Well, hold on there, hypothetical reader. This won’t...
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Cherri Bomb Tour Dates Summer 2012

May 12, 2012
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Cherri Bomb Tour Dates Summer 2012: The talented and lovely ladies called Cherri Bomb will be touring and giving fans more of the rock music they crave. The tour starts out next week in NYC at Irving Plaza with Steel Panther and ends in Portland, Oregon at the Rose Quarter Riverfront. The new album from...
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Tenacious D doesn’t think rock is dead- it just has pneumonia.

May 12, 2012
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Tenacious D doesn’t think rock is dead- it just has pneumonia. Jaybles and The Kage talk to Billboard about “Rock is Dead” If you’ve listened to the new Tenacious D album, there’s a song there that kinda sticks out. Rock is Dead, an obvious tribute to 50′s era rock ‘n roll, couldn’t get clearer...
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London to receive a Freddie Mercury “optical illusion”

May 12, 2012
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London to receive a Freddie Mercury “optical illusion” Not a hologram, guys. As part of the 10th anniversary of the Queen musical We Will Rock You, Freddie Mercury is set to be resurrected in the form of a sort of complex optical illusion. On May 14, Brian May reports that “an optical illusion of...
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