New Mountain Goats EP - Satanic Messiah
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A new EP from the Mountain Goats was released today in the classically contemporary, pay-what-you-want, Radiohead-esque style. The downloadable album is called Satanic Messiah and is available in either FLAC (smaller!) or MP3 formats. Darnielle states that it will also be available as a VERY limited edition gatefold vinyl. In his own words: The songs will [...]
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Magazine Release Peel Sessions in November
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Manchester-based post-punk group Magazine have announced the U.S. release of a 17-track compilation of tracks recorded on John Peel's BBC 1 radio show. The gem of songs, recorded between 1978 and 1981, is set to drop in the land of the free (hah) on November 25th. In most cases I really could care less about [...]
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Flashback Friday: Dion - Drip Drop
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So I think I've decided to do a new feature here at Fantastic Weapon. In addition to the (usually) weekly edition of the Sunday Morning Mixtape, I'm gonna do a Flashback Friday that'll either include a video, mp3, or both of something old. Let's define old, in terms of music: before 1980. Mostly before 1970, [...]
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VIDEO: Boney M. - Rasputin
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So sometimes I don't sleep, and this time I was perusing my youtube channel and noticed that I hadn't posted this Boney M video on the weapon yet. Sorry! I uploaded a stolen copy to my youtube account in February of 2006, back when like, 10 people had youtube, and 2 years later it has [...]
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New Andrew Bird MP3 - Oh No
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Um, FINALLY, thanks. I love Andrew Bird. The first time I saw him I had no idea who he was, but he rhymed 'closeness' with 'mitosis,' was surrounded by phonographs painted with zebra stripes, and wore socks with toes - needless to say we fell in love immediately. Or would have. Had we met. Whatever. Dig [...]
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Depeche Mode World Tour & New Album - 2009
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If I had to pick a label to give a best of 2008 award to, It'd probably be a toss up between Mute and 4AD, with Matador, In the Red, and XL recordings trailing closely behind them. Latest from Mute Records: upcoming release from legendary new wavers Depeche Mode, and tour dates in 2009. EPIC. [...]
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Resonate With Jack’s Mannequin
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This is a little bit further onto the "emo" side than the weapon usually ventures, but imma be honest here: these guys make some pretty decent tunes, and half of you who expect to hate it will probably be into Jack's Mannequin. Buzznet's Resonate sessions have brought you another zinger - this week's feature: 4 [...]
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The Damned - 2008 Tour Dates
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Fun fact about yours truly: when I was 16 I was in a car with a bunch of people who were way older than I was, and knew way more about music than I did, and somehow we got on the subject of punk - I was probably trying to find some music we would [...]
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Kylie Updates - A Musical and A Terror Plot
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Continuing in the tradition of the pope, here's your random Kylie Minogue update: "Kylie Minogue is reportedly working on a musical based on her hit songs and has asked Australian novelist Kathy Lette to be involved. In other Kylie news, British tabloid reports claimed that security has tightened around Minogue's Nov. 20 show at the opening [...]
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Sunday Afternoon Mixtape #5
So I totally failed at the My Bloody Valentine tracks because I completely forgot to get the mp3 recorder from the car before I left for the show - sorry. Hey did that show piss off anyone else? I was so irritated by the fact that all I could hear was snare drum and feedback [...]
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Little Bear - Army of Trees EP
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So after spending the whole weekend in the hospital, I was delighted to find that I was pretty much the only person who had neglected the website. To everyone who sent me anything to review over the past couple days - I will most definitely get to it. First on the list, because it was [...]
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GALLERY: Treasure Island Music Festival
Considering the fact that I didn't go to last weekend's Treasure Island Music Festival in San Fracisco, and the pope won't be contributing as often as we'd all like him to, I can't do much in the way of a review. However, I did speak with him about it and he really only had one [...]
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Daily Bummer: Limp Bizkit Reunion
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In the spirit of such mistakes as the New Kids On The Block reunion, and the rumors about a Jackson 5 comeback, only WAY WAY WORSE, the Fred-Durst-fronted rap-rock (or "nu-metal") disaster that is Limp Bizkit has
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Beach House To Play Spaceland with Lazarus / Shugo Tokumaru
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Was anyone planning to mention that Beach House was playing in LA next week? I mean, there are seriously WAY too many decent shows coming up within the next four weeks, and I will probably have to miss some of them but not this one! Jeesh! I'm glad I found it. Beach House are about [...]
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Bloc Party Announce UK Tour Plans
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So after getting his ass beat by a middle-aged punk legend, and after releasing yet another boring record, Kele Okereke has decided to do some more touring. Yay. Bloc Party will hit the road in January of 2009, and thank god they won't be headed this way. Word on the street is that the guys [...]
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Fall 2008 Tour Dates - The Mountain Goats
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I'm actually not really sure how long ago these dates were announced - likely ages ago, considering how out of the freaking loop I am, but I don't care because I love this band so if it's already been drilled into your brain, then I'll do some more drilling. I repeat: I love this band. [...]
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