In honour of the tenth anniversary of his seminal Tyranny of Distance album, Ted Leo has been posting a series of blog entries regarding the period of the writing, recording and touring of the record. To accompany the posts, Leo has included a rare demo, recorded in 1999 solely by Leo in Washington DC. The track, "Biomusicology", eventually featured on the Tyranny of Distance as the album opener. You can hear the demo and read the other blog entries about the record right here.
Just a reminder to everyone that Record Store Day is tomorrow (April 16th). You can head over to the Record Store Day site and view an entire list of exclusive releases. Some notable releases: The Foo Fighters - Medium Rare (Covers Album) Green Day/Husker Du - 7" Split Jimmy Eat … Read more
Screeching Weasel frontman Ben Weasel has posted a formal apology on his personal blog for the recent attack he made on several women at Austin's SXSW festival. Weasel said: I want to apologize to both the club owner and audience member involved for my actions during our show at SXSW … Read more
A massive 8.9 mag earthquake hit Japan at 2:46 (Tokyo's Time). As a result, tsunami's are expected to hit the coasts of western North America and Hawaii. If you head HERE, you can check the estimated arrival time of tsunamis and where they're expected to hit. We urge everyone to … Read more
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Washington, D.C. TV station/website TBD spoke with Agnostic Front singer Roger Miret regarding the death that occurred shortly after the band's October 14th show at DC9 in Washington.Miret said, "The vibe outside the club, I didn't like it. I told the guys, 'Let's get out of here.'" According to TBD, … Read more
A 27 year-old man was killed early this morning following an incident at the DC9 Nightclub in Washington D.C., just hours after an Agnostic Front and Mother of Mercy show had taken place there. The victim, Ali Ahmed Mohammed, of Silver Spring, MD, was reportedly denied entry into the nightclub … Read more
CBC News is reporting that CBGB, the name of the famous and now-defunct New York venue which fostered the early punk rock community, is up for sale. Lawyers for the estate of late CBGB founder Hillel Kristal are looking for buyers. Read more
GQ recently interviewed noted producer and Shellac / Big Black guitarist Steve Albini about myriad of topics, including the problems with the mainstream music industry both now and twenty years ago, the re-emergence of vinyl as a viable format and Albini's repulsions of fashion and most media in general. When … Read more
Joost De Graaf, frontman for Dutch hardcore/punk band Discipline was arrested this past weekend in Veldhoven, Netherlands for the murder of a thirty year-old woman, reportedly his wife. The thirty-four year-old was accused of murder and arson following an explosion at his home in Veldhoven, where the body of his … Read more
Eagles Of Death Metal bassist Brian O’Connor was recently diagnosed with cancer and is currently undergoing treatment for it. The following press release was issued on the matter: “Eagles of Death Metal bassist Brian O’Connor has been diagnosed with cancer, and is undergoing treatment in Los Angeles. He will undergo … Read more
The company holding the name to the legendary CBGB club has filed for bankruptcy. Though the club itself shut down in late 2006, the name was purchased by a company that wanted to continue selling the venues' memorabilia and T-shirts. The club was first launched in 1973 by the late … Read more
In an interesting and fairly ambiguous interview posted at TechCrunch, MySpace co-Presidents discuss the current state of MySpace and the status of streaming music across its site. Besides allowing bands to host several songs in a streaming media on MySpace, the site also streams hundreds of thousands of full-length albums … Read more
Philadelphia lawmakers are currently considering a bill which could have severe repercussions for the cities music scene. The bill, numbered 100267 and subtitled Referred to the Committee on Licenses and Inspections, was proposed by Darrell Clarke and Bill Greenlee. The effect of the bill is to create a new list … Read more
Invisible Children, a group which provides education and economic relief to war-torn northern Uganda, has announced the successful passage of the "LRA Bill" in Congress. The charity, which counts among it's supporters, Thrice, Fall Out Boy, Jon Foreman of Switchfoot, Chris Conley of Saves The Day and Jim Ward of … Read more
After almost three years, the murder of former Ramones manager Linda Stein has ended with the incarceration of Stein's assistant, Natavia Lowery. Stein, a former schoolteacher co-managed the Ramones during the band's heyday. She's credited with bringing the Ramones to England for their infamous July 4, 1976, show. That performance … Read more
Influential movie critic, screenwriter (and video game contrarian) Roger Ebert has posted the entirety of a screenplay he wrote for a film about the Sex Pistols which was originally set to be directed by acclaimed director and boobologist, Russ Meyer. The film was intended as a punk rock version of … Read more
Billboard reports that according to Nielsen Soundscan, this year's Record Store Day marked the biggest single day for vinyl sales in the history of Soundscan, which started counting things in 1991. According to Billboard, RSD's co-founder, the Music Monitor Network's Michael Kurtz, also reports that stores including New York City's … Read more
H2O frontman Toby Morse’s website, OnelifeOneChance.com (OLOC) has finally launched after much lead-up promotion. The site is dedicated to Morse’s motivation speaking venture, spreading an anti-drug and Positive Mental Attitude message to schoolchildren of all ages. The object of OLOC is described as follows on the site: “Objective: To break … Read more
Orenda Fink of Azure Ray fame has posted her thoughts regarding the natural disaster in Haiti. Ordena had traveled through the country when prepping for her first solo release and shares a unique and interesting look on the devastating situation, which you can read here. Read more
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