Kona's dub punk rockers Pepper are in their home studio writing their new album, and now they have an iPhone app to update their fans of all the news that's fit to print. And probably some that's not, like what porn they have in the studio and where they do their laundry. Oh yeah and also go check out what they're calling the new album!
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Vampire Weekend have released the new video for their song 'Cousins', off the California inspired album Contra. The video is pretty cool. It was shot in an alley and features the band cruising back and forth on a dolly track, which wasn't removed from view but rather featured pretty prominently in the clip.Cousins brings the guys right back into their afro-punk roots they are best known for. Ha...
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Aussie retro rockers Jet have released a new music video for the next single off their latest album Shaka Rock. It's a '70s Western influenced horror flick for the song 'Black Hearts (On Fire)'. Clint Eastwood doesn't make a cameo, but a kinda wish he would.Embedding has been disabled by request so you're going to have to watch it on YouTube.
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Last weekend we happened to catch up with alternative rock band The Almost at the Warfield in San Francisco, when they cruised into town on their tour with The Used. We hopped on the bus with 'em and talked about their new album (Monster Monster), their next music video (Hands), who cooks dinner on tour and what's up with a few other things in their lives. Check it out - always good times!
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Pabst Brewing Company is for sale. The beer not-maker is putting all of it's brands on the block, including Colt-45, Schlitz, and of course the red, white and blue PBR.Pabst doesn't actually create any beer. They are a marketing agency. They run the brands of all of their beers, don't own one brewery, and outsource all the beer making to Molson Coors.So when the brands are sold will be actually...
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The line-up for KROQ's annual Christmas party has been announced. MUSE and AFI will headline the two day Almost Acoustic concert with bands like Metric, The Bravery, Phoenix, Vampire Weekend and Cage The Elephant taking other spots on the bill.All the details can be found right here.Merry Christmas friends!
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Nathan Followell, drummer of the rock and roll band Kings of Leon, married his girlfriend - 25-year-old singer Jessie Baylin - over the weekend.Sunday morning Nathan had to write about it: "I woke up with a married woman in my bed this morning. Luckily she was mine." Congratulations guys.
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Del Mar, the latest skate punk - surf guitar band formed by Sublime drummer Bug Gaugh, have announced that they will play a show in 2010 with the recently resurrected Sublime.The band is running a contest to win tickets to the show, some clothes, and some music from both Del Mar and Sublime. Details on their Facebook.
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The titles of the tracks by Ohio indie band Lovedrug sold me on downloading the free ones right away. Pink Champagne. Dead in the Water. She's Disaster. So glad I did.She's Disaster runs right in the vein of any 'Only By The Night' era Kings of Leon track. I love it. Theme song of my night tonite I can feel it. Be sure to grab We Were Owls - another favorite - and Ladders while you're there. Al...
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"There comes a time in his life when each and every man needs to express himself, and for Nathen Maxwell that time has come," is the opening line on the bio of Maxwell's new solo album. The Flogging Molly bass player has released his album White Rabbit, composed of songs that he's "been wanting to do for a decade—and now just seemed like the right time to do it." Nathen just released the video
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Vampire Weekend is scheduled to play a free show at a skate park in the Southern California town of Lake Elsinore tomorrow (11/13). Ezra and the guys are wrapping up a small club tour of off-the-beaten-track California towns like Santa Cruz, San Luis Obispo, and Visalia.In a letter Ezra stated "We've been having an amazing time in California. The shows have been incredible. Thanks to everyone w...
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Has a dirty pirate killed the Goons of Doom? Was their performance at sea to mermaids with great boobs the last for Ozzy, Vaughan, Killerwhale and Cowboy?? Only one way to find out. Watch the latest one from StoneYour.TV!
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Steven Tyler made a surprise appearance at a New York club show for Joe Perry's side project. Before blasting into Walk This Way, Tyler told the crowd "I just want New York to know, I am not leaving Aerosmith. And Joe Perry, you are a man of many colors but I, motherfucker, am the rainbow!"Perry sort of mumbled something that slightly sounded like "you're an asshole."
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The very alive Southern California punk rap band Hollywood Undead has a brand new CD/DVD set called Desperate Measures hitting shelves today.And we have a few to give away to you!Desperate Measures contains six unreleased songs, including covers of Motley Crue and the legendary Bay Area ska punk band Operation Ivy. And the DVD is made of a 60 minute performance the boys hosted on two summer nig...
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Twitter, I'm your pimp and you do what I want! So you gimmie this unreleased song by Huntington Beach hip-hop reggaers The Dirty Heads. The ode to Headphones can be grabbed for one tweet. Details here.
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Just before Shwayze took off for their current tour we happened to nail 'em down for a phone call and discuss all the killer stuff they have going on right now. Their new album Let It Beat debuted in the iTunes top ten, their Party Rock Tour with LMFAO is one giant great party, and basically everything going on is just plain fun. Soundtracked. Have a listen.
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I guess militaries around the world use pigs, goats and monkeys to train medics. The practice is called 'trauma and chemical casualty training.' Training exercises include "shooting, stabbing, and burning live pigs; cutting goats' legs off with sharp shears; and poisoning monkeys with toxic chemicals," according to Alt Sounds.I absolutely nothing on the topic and would never jump to conclusions...
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Chester French have released the follow-up to their absolutely hilarious cover of Shakira's She Wolf. This time around D.A. and Max covered Calle Ocho by Pitbull. They put some work into this video guys. D.A. notes "If you've been wondering what [we] do while we're not out on the road, this should give you a pretty good idea." Check it out!And download the MP3 here.
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Bud and Eric and Rome will not be called Sublime anymore. After their one and only show (minus the pub gig under the S*blime name) at Smokeout a few weeks ago, the band will need to continue under a new name, according to a legal ruling issued this week.The ruling cites the trademark and ownership of the band's name to founding member and principal songwriter Bradley Nowell, who requested the b...
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