showrecentpostswiththumbs({"version":"1.0","encoding":"UTF-8","feed":{"xmlns":"http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom","xmlns$openSearch":"http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/","xmlns$georss":"http://www.georss.org/georss","id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8422153857220989975"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-11-22T00:51:22.632-08:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Download This!"},"subtitle":{"type":"html","$t":"News about releases, artists, and various odds \u0026amp; ends from our staff and various sources."},"link":[{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://cwgmusicnews.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8422153857220989975/posts/default?alt\u003djson-in-script\u0026orderby\u003dpublished"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://cwgmusicnews.blogspot.com/"},{"rel":"hub","href":"http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/"},{"rel":"next","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8422153857220989975/posts/default?alt\u003djson-in-script\u0026start-index\u003d26\u0026max-results\u003d25\u0026orderby\u003dpublished"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"CWG, Inc."},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/08167826987284190998"},"email":{"$t":"editor@cwgmagazine.com"}}],"generator":{"version":"7.00","uri":"http://www.blogger.com","$t":"Blogger"},"openSearch$totalResults":{"$t":"166"},"openSearch$startIndex":{"$t":"1"},"openSearch$itemsPerPage":{"$t":"25"},"entry":[{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8422153857220989975.post-4984763982266744811"},"published":{"$t":"2009-11-22T00:46:00.000-08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-11-22T00:51:22.652-08:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"chicks with guns"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"cake"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"download this"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Cake Release \"Federal Funding\" Ringtone"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_8G41dtS7j8Y/Swj7XUYpdGI/AAAAAAAAEbI/0UvnVCEv1o0/s1600/cakephoto_01.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 397px; height: 400px;\" src\u003d\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_8G41dtS7j8Y/Swj7XUYpdGI/AAAAAAAAEbI/0UvnVCEv1o0/s400/cakephoto_01.jpg\" alt\u003d\"\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5406847730685932642\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003eCake, one of the most principled, enduring, self-reliant, and best-selling artists in post-alternative rock--will debut their second ringtone of the recently recorded song titled “Federal Funding” today.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eThe multi-platinum iconoclasts are currently in the midst of recording their sixth studio album and sharing the results with their listeners first, via a series of six free ringtones. Each ringtone is based on a song from the group’s upcoming album and is only released to Cake listeners who are members of the band’s mailing list. Every six weeks, a new ringtone from a recently recorded Cake song will be sent out to all of the group’s mailing list members up until the new album launch during Spring 2010. To sign up and download the new music, visit: \u003ca id\u003d\"aptureLink_nhisTrjq50\" href\u003d\"http://cakemusic.com/cgi-bin/dada/mail.cgi/list/cakeusa2/\"\u003ehttp://cakemusic.com/cgi-bin/dada/mail.cgi/list/cakeusa2/\u003c/a\u003e.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eSays trumpeter Vince DiFiore: \"The next ringtone that we are offering comes from the song 'Federal Funding.' We approached this song at a time in the album process when we were fired up and joining forces most vigorously.\" Adds lead vocalist John McCrea, \"’Federal Funding’ is a song we had lying around for quite a while. Now seemed like a good time to release it.\"\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eCake’s new project is being written, rehearsed and recorded entirely with solar power. The group--who were recently honored as one of the top 10 “greenest” bands on the planet in a special issue of Billboard--teamed with Borrego Solar to convert their entire Sacramento recording studio into solar power. The innovative group documented their break away from the city’s energy grid, as illustrated by this video of Cake’s solar conversion: \u003ca id\u003d\"aptureLink_LC7Yyisw2N\" href\u003d\"http://www.cakemusic.com/solar.html\"\u003ewww.cakemusic.com/solar.html\u003c/a\u003e. The group’s decision to record their forthcoming album entirely with solar power was made for both artistic and environmental reasons.\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' src\u003d'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8422153857220989975-4984763982266744811?l\u003dcwgmusicnews.blogspot.com' alt\u003d'' /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://cwgmusicnews.blogspot.com/feeds/4984763982266744811/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http://cwgmusicnews.blogspot.com/2009/11/cake-release-federal-funding-ringtone.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8422153857220989975/posts/default/4984763982266744811"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8422153857220989975/posts/default/4984763982266744811"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://cwgmusicnews.blogspot.com/2009/11/cake-release-federal-funding-ringtone.html","title":"Cake Release \"Federal Funding\" Ringtone"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"CWG, Inc."},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/08167826987284190998"},"email":{"$t":"editor@cwgmagazine.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"12156025679189771024"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_8G41dtS7j8Y/Swj7XUYpdGI/AAAAAAAAEbI/0UvnVCEv1o0/s72-c/cakephoto_01.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8422153857220989975.post-6290340705621943285"},"published":{"$t":"2009-11-20T00:14:00.000-08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-11-20T00:14:00.323-08:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"chicks with guns"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"madison square garden"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"download this"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Anyone Ever Been To Madison Square Garden?"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8G41dtS7j8Y/SwT_IOblujI/AAAAAAAAEXI/vpzhH6ZStgQ/s1600/madison-square-garden-1.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 220px;\" src\u003d\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8G41dtS7j8Y/SwT_IOblujI/AAAAAAAAEXI/vpzhH6ZStgQ/s400/madison-square-garden-1.jpg\" alt\u003d\"\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405725969529289266\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003eI know I haven't!!!! But... If you have, check this out:\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\"With more than 6 million votes tallied, the TOP 10 concerts of the '80s have been chosen for the \"100 Best: Vote Down to the Greatest Garden Show of All Time”and the results may SURPRISE you! Click here to check out the rest of the top 10 and for more details on Round 2 Voting, which starts on Dec. 3rd! Check out where \u003ca id\u003d\"aptureLink_jQI886WtG6\" href\u003d\"http://www.msg.com/100best/1980s.html\"\u003eyour favorites ranked\u003c/a\u003e:\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eThis week's polls for Round 1 feature the BEST of the '90s. YOU VOTE for the best show of the '90s with artists from The Spice Girls, Madonna, Guns N' Roses, Pearl Jam, Mariah Carey, and many more!  So far it looks like Phish is taking the cake with a few other surprising acts close behind!\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eClick here to check out the competition, exclusive photos, and to place your vote for the best \u003ca id\u003d\"aptureLink_A70tae18sE\" href\u003d\"http://msg.com/photos/100-best-madison-square-garden-shows-the-1990s/slide/1/\"\u003eMSG show of the '90s\u003c/a\u003e:\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003ePolls for the '90s decade, Round 1 End on Wednesday, November 25th so get as many votes in as you can NOW and add a comment letting us know if you were at the show and to share your experiences with other readers!\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 102, 0);\"\u003eMore details about the vote down:\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eEach week, you will get the chance to place your vote and advance your favorite artist/musical group from each decade to the next round of the competition! From rock legends Johnny Cash, Led Zeppelin, Elton John to today's top acts John Mayer, Alicia Keys, The White Stripes and tons more from the  '70s, '80s, '90s, and '00s! Stay tuned each week to see what lineup is revealed for the next decade and if your favorite concert made it to the polls! Fans can vote every day, all day leading up to the February finale, in which MSG will reveal the WINNER of the the greatest Garden performance of all time!\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eClick here for more details about the \u003ca id\u003d\"aptureLink_LS9shaWSjX\" href\u003d\"http://msg.com/100best/\"\u003eVOTEDOWN\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eAlso, Feel free to follow MSG on \u003ca id\u003d\"aptureLink_K7glNRUAot\" href\u003d\"http://twitter.com/msgnyc\"\u003eTwitter\u003c/a\u003e   to get up-to-date info.\"\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' src\u003d'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8422153857220989975-6290340705621943285?l\u003dcwgmusicnews.blogspot.com' alt\u003d'' /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://cwgmusicnews.blogspot.com/feeds/6290340705621943285/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http://cwgmusicnews.blogspot.com/2009/11/anyone-ever-been-to-madison-square.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8422153857220989975/posts/default/6290340705621943285"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8422153857220989975/posts/default/6290340705621943285"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://cwgmusicnews.blogspot.com/2009/11/anyone-ever-been-to-madison-square.html","title":"Anyone Ever Been To Madison Square Garden?"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"CWG, Inc."},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/08167826987284190998"},"email":{"$t":"editor@cwgmagazine.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"12156025679189771024"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8G41dtS7j8Y/SwT_IOblujI/AAAAAAAAEXI/vpzhH6ZStgQ/s72-c/madison-square-garden-1.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8422153857220989975.post-7796800964450203869"},"published":{"$t":"2009-11-19T13:30:00.000-08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-11-19T13:32:36.420-08:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"chicks with guns"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"motion city soundtrack"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"download this"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"New Motion City Soundtrack Video"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_8G41dtS7j8Y/SwW5TK6tLII/AAAAAAAAEZQ/7QoowewYQTw/s1600/mcsOffice.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;\" src\u003d\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_8G41dtS7j8Y/SwW5TK6tLII/AAAAAAAAEZQ/7QoowewYQTw/s400/mcsOffice.jpg\" alt\u003d\"\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405930666727386242\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003eMotion City Soundtrack – Justin Pierre, Josh Cain, Matt Taylor, Tony Thaxton and Jesse Johnson – are gearing up for their major label debut – My Dinosaur Life – due out January 19th on Columbia Records.  In anticipation of the new album, the band released their first new song “Disappear” from the album on October 20th and today they are premiering the video for “Disappear” on MySpace!\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eIn addition, if you haven’t already heard about the “Dino Trail” yet go to \u003ca id\u003d\"aptureLink_0X4EkAij8M\" href\u003d\"http://www.mydinosaurlife.com/\"\u003ewww.mydinosaurlife.com\u003c/a\u003e and follow the one and only Justin Pierre as he continues his adventures across the US – busking, hanging with fans, playing in dorm rooms, visiting radio stations, jamming with bands, etc.  There are some great photos and video clips, so once you’ve checked out the new music video – check out the Dino Trail clips!\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eAnd if you want to see the band live, catch them in December when they join up with Weezer for a handful of dates or check them out on one of the 2010 headlining dates just announced earlier this week!\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family:Verdana;font-size:78%;color:#999999;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ca style\u003d\"\" href\u003d\"http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction\u003dvids.individual\u0026amp;videoid\u003d100754491\"\u003eMotion City Soundtrack - \"Disappear\"\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cobject height\u003d\"360\" width\u003d\"425\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"allowFullScreen\" value\u003d\"true\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"wmode\" value\u003d\"transparent\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"movie\" value\u003d\"http://mediaservices.myspace.com/services/media/embed.aspx/m\u003d100754491,t\u003d1,mt\u003dvideo\"\u003e\u003cembed src\u003d\"http://mediaservices.myspace.com/services/media/embed.aspx/m\u003d100754491,t\u003d1,mt\u003dvideo\" allowfullscreen\u003d\"true\" type\u003d\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" wmode\u003d\"transparent\" height\u003d\"360\" width\u003d\"425\"\u003e\u003c/embed\u003e\u003c/object\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ca style\u003d\"\" href\u003d\"http://www.myspace.com/motioncitysoundtrack\"\u003eMotion City Soundtrack\u003c/a\u003e | \u003ca style\u003d\"\" href\u003d\"http://music.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction\u003dvideos\"\u003eMySpace Music Videos\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' src\u003d'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8422153857220989975-7796800964450203869?l\u003dcwgmusicnews.blogspot.com' alt\u003d'' /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://cwgmusicnews.blogspot.com/feeds/7796800964450203869/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http://cwgmusicnews.blogspot.com/2009/11/new-motion-city-soundtrack-video.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8422153857220989975/posts/default/7796800964450203869"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8422153857220989975/posts/default/7796800964450203869"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://cwgmusicnews.blogspot.com/2009/11/new-motion-city-soundtrack-video.html","title":"New Motion City Soundtrack Video"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"CWG, Inc."},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/08167826987284190998"},"email":{"$t":"editor@cwgmagazine.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"12156025679189771024"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_8G41dtS7j8Y/SwW5TK6tLII/AAAAAAAAEZQ/7QoowewYQTw/s72-c/mcsOffice.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8422153857220989975.post-6434171080058998622"},"published":{"$t":"2009-11-19T11:57:00.000-08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-11-19T11:57:00.534-08:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"chicks with guns"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"tool"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"download this"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Maynard James Kenan's New Venture"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_8G41dtS7j8Y/SwT63hOSajI/AAAAAAAAEWw/ZIt2ShaSklU/s1600/maynardericronnewkirk.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 314px; height: 400px;\" src\u003d\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_8G41dtS7j8Y/SwT63hOSajI/AAAAAAAAEWw/ZIt2ShaSklU/s400/maynardericronnewkirk.jpg\" alt\u003d\"\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405721284469484082\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003ci\u003eVineyard owners Maynard James Keenan and Eric Glomski plan stops in Tucson, Las Vegas and Santa Barbara this December\u003c/i\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eArizona Stronghold Vineyard vintners Maynard James Keenan (Caduceus Cellars/Merkin Vineyards owner and front man for Tool and Puscifer) and Eric Glomski (Page Springs Cellars) will host, in conjunction with Whole Foods Market, three bottle signings in the Southwestern U.S. kicking off with a Dec. 6 date at Whole Foods in Tucson.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eThe announcement follows a year in which the pair did over three dozen signing events at Whole Foods locations throughout the U.S.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eGlomski and Keenan’s quest to bring the wine industry to Arizona’s Verde Valley is the subject matter behind a documentary currently in post-production with a planned February 2010 theatrical release.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eDates and locations for the signings are:\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eDecember        6           2:00 – 5:00 pm              Tucson, AZ (3360 E. Speedway Blvd.)\u003cbr /\u003e                      8           5:00 – 8:00 pm              Santa Barbara, CA (3761 State St.)\u003cbr /\u003e                      9           5:00 – 8:00 pm              Las Vegas, NV (6689 Las Vegas Blvd.)\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 102, 0);\"\u003eAbout Arizona Stronghold Vineyards:\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eASV lies at the eastern edge of Sulfur Springs Valley, in Cochise County (alongside the Wilcox Playa) in a small, unincorporated area known as the Kansas Settlement.  The vineyard site is 80 acres with 66 acres currently under vine.  Co-owned by Eric Glomski (Page Springs Cellars) and Maynard James Keenan (Caduceus Cellars/Merkin Vineyards), ASV’s mission is to present affordable top quality Arizona wine made by passionate Arizona based winemakers. Keenan says of the vineyard, \"One of our many goals here in Arizona is to establish a cornerstone around which locally owned and operated, sustainable and organic industries can thrive.\"\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' src\u003d'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8422153857220989975-6434171080058998622?l\u003dcwgmusicnews.blogspot.com' alt\u003d'' /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://cwgmusicnews.blogspot.com/feeds/6434171080058998622/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http://cwgmusicnews.blogspot.com/2009/11/maynard-james-kenans-new-venture.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8422153857220989975/posts/default/6434171080058998622"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8422153857220989975/posts/default/6434171080058998622"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://cwgmusicnews.blogspot.com/2009/11/maynard-james-kenans-new-venture.html","title":"Maynard James Kenan's New Venture"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"CWG, Inc."},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/08167826987284190998"},"email":{"$t":"editor@cwgmagazine.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"12156025679189771024"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_8G41dtS7j8Y/SwT63hOSajI/AAAAAAAAEWw/ZIt2ShaSklU/s72-c/maynardericronnewkirk.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8422153857220989975.post-7373657276064435386"},"published":{"$t":"2009-11-18T23:55:00.000-08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-11-18T23:56:34.886-08:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"chicks with guns"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"alkaline trio"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"download this"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Alkaline Trio: Back to 'Punk Upbringing' On New Album"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_8G41dtS7j8Y/SwT6KmJejUI/AAAAAAAAEWo/a0CDsWe81q0/s1600/alkalinetrio.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 225px; height: 150px;\" src\u003d\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_8G41dtS7j8Y/SwT6KmJejUI/AAAAAAAAEWo/a0CDsWe81q0/s400/alkalinetrio.jpg\" alt\u003d\"\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405720512697371970\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003eIt's been 11 years since Alkaline Trio released their first full-length album, 'Goddamnit.' In that time, they've been signed to three different labels and expanded their sound beyond their original straight-ahead punk style, incorporating more melody and production. Now, with the pending release of their seventh album on their newly formed Heart \u0026amp; Skull label -- a joint venture with Epitaph -- the Chicago rockers are heading back to their roots.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\"This record is a rock record but our punk rock upbringing definitely shines through, more so than our last few records,\" singer/guitarist Matt Skiba tells Spinner. \"The vibe is similar to our humble beginnings. It's a step forward but I also think it has glimmers of our past in it.\"\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eTo recapture the sound of the early days, Skiba says the band took a simpler approach to recording the album, which will feature 11 tracks and be released in February. While Skiba says there's a little bit of synth on the record and one trumpet solo in the style of Neutral Milk Hotel, not ska-punk, the band mainly kept things straightforward. \"We went with a less-is-more approach on this record. A lot of it is just one guitar rather than overdubs or three or four guitars,\" he says. \"We wanted a record that we could easily play live. For the most part, it's pretty bare bones while still sounding full and big.\"\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eBut that's not the only way Alkaline Trio is getting back to their origins. \"Another thing that makes it resemble our earlier records, especially our first record, is that it's really personal,\" Skiba says. \"A couple of us have gone through some pretty serious life changes. We had a good friend of ours pass away since the last record. There's a song on the record, 'Dorothy,' that was really influenced by the film 'Blue Velvet' but it's a metaphor for someone and something else. Everything on the record is stuff that definitely hits close to home for us and we tried to communicate that in the songs.\"\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eThat said, Skiba also takes on politics, though it's still within the traditional dark themes of Alkaline's best work. \"There is a song on the record called 'The American Scream' that is political,\" he says. \"For a long time we were afraid to write overtly political songs but I read this article about a US soldier that came back from a tour of duty in Afghanistan and blew his head off on his mother's grave and I wrote a song about that.\"\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eSkiba is currently approving the final artwork for the album -- the title of which is still being kept under wraps -- and says he can't wait for fans to hear it. \"We're really excited to get back on the road and see everybody. We've been playing some of these songs live but most of them nobody's heard so we're really excited,\" he says. \"We're very, very proud of the record and we hope that everybody digs it.\"\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' src\u003d'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8422153857220989975-7373657276064435386?l\u003dcwgmusicnews.blogspot.com' alt\u003d'' /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://cwgmusicnews.blogspot.com/feeds/7373657276064435386/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http://cwgmusicnews.blogspot.com/2009/11/alkaline-trio-back-to-punk-upbringing.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8422153857220989975/posts/default/7373657276064435386"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8422153857220989975/posts/default/7373657276064435386"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://cwgmusicnews.blogspot.com/2009/11/alkaline-trio-back-to-punk-upbringing.html","title":"Alkaline Trio: Back to 'Punk Upbringing' On New Album"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"CWG, Inc."},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/08167826987284190998"},"email":{"$t":"editor@cwgmagazine.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"12156025679189771024"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_8G41dtS7j8Y/SwT6KmJejUI/AAAAAAAAEWo/a0CDsWe81q0/s72-c/alkalinetrio.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8422153857220989975.post-159651409984897468"},"published":{"$t":"2009-11-18T23:14:00.000-08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-11-18T23:17:05.031-08:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"chicks with guns"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"brian welch"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"download this"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Brian Welch Signs With WMEE"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_8G41dtS7j8Y/SwTwiI_HtQI/AAAAAAAAEWQ/aDdVuxG2ycs/s1600/brianhead_std.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 258px; height: 400px;\" src\u003d\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_8G41dtS7j8Y/SwTwiI_HtQI/AAAAAAAAEWQ/aDdVuxG2ycs/s400/brianhead_std.jpg\" alt\u003d\"\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405709922069886210\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003eIt was announced today that William Morris Endeavor Entertainment has inked an international representation agreement with ex-KoRn guitarist BRIAN “HEAD” WELCH.  The initial term of the agreement is for three years.   Ember Rigsby Tanksley of WMEE will be principally responsible for spearheading representation duties from WMEE’s Nashville, TN office.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eThe addition of HEAD to its existing powerhouse music division continues to fulfill WMEE’s post-merger goal (with Endeavor) of adding marquee names to its roster.  Although based out of Nashville, Tanksley will also work with and take advantage of WMEE’s offices and agents in its Los Angeles, New York, and London offices.  Tanksley also handles duties for such top Christian acts as Flyleaf, Emery, and Switchfoot.  WMEE’s traditional recording artist roster includes Foo Fighters, Nine Inch Nails, Ozzy Osbourne, Tool, Shinedown, Puddle of Mudd and the Goo Goo Dolls, to name a few.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eTanksley’s reaction to the signing was filled with excitement and optimism:  \"We are very excited to be part of HEAD's team.  He has an authenticity in his ministry that will speak to people in a different way.  We are looking forward to sharing in his accomplishments and great success!”\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eEarlier this year, HEAD announced that he had chosen his bandmates—Michael Valentine (bass); Scott Von Heldt (guitars); Ralph Patlan (guitars); Brian Ruedy (keyboards, programming) and Dan Johnson (drums).  The band toured lightly in 2009; but is ready to hit the road full time in 2010.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eCurrently, HEAD and his band are in Nashville recording HEAD’s next album with Grammy®-nominated producer Rob Graves (RED, Pillar).  The album is targeted for completion February 2010, with a release shortly thereafter on his Driven Music Group label (with distribution through Ryko/Warner Music Group).\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eReached at the Nashville recording studio, HEAD commented about the WMEE deal:  \"I’m really excited about my deal with William Morris Endeavor, and I’m honored to be on the roster of one of the largest and most storied agencies in existence.  I would like to publicly thank Ember Rigsby Tanksley and her entire team at WMEE for their belief in what I am trying to do.  I feel like this is the final piece in the puzzle that we have been working on to take us to the next level.”\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e“The production on our new record is going awesome with Rob Graves,” he continues.  “Our goal is to get the record completely mixed and mastered by the first part of February, and released immediately thereafter.  My band is together, helping with the recording, and we will be ready for a full U.S. tour beginning early next year.”\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eHEAD helped found the nu-metal band Korn.  While with KoRn, HEAD received six Grammy® Award nominations, winning two, while selling over 30 million records worldwide.  In early 2005, HEAD rocked the music world by announcing his resignation from KoRn.  At the time, HEAD was committed to moving away from the crazy KoRn life to continue to care for his daughter, Jennea, as a single father.  Additionally, HEAD committed his life to Christ with the goal of touching people’s lives and giving back to those most desperately in need.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eIn 2007, HEAD penned a New York Times best-selling (non-fiction) autobiography, “Save Me From Myself” (Harper Collins).  HEAD’s debut album, also entitled SAVE ME FROM MYSELF, was released on September 9, 2008 with Driven Music Group, through Ryko Distribution/Warner Music Group, Word Entertainment (Christian market), and Warner Music International (ADA Global—Canada).  The album debuted at #13 on Billboard’s “Top Hard Rock Albums” chart, and continues to impact the market.  The album has been described as a “heavy metal epic, with a positive message.”\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ca id\u003d\"aptureLink_6XbVnrt3aW\" href\u003d\"http://www.brianheadwelch.net/\"\u003ewww.brianheadwelch.net\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ca id\u003d\"aptureLink_IJSubHRsMD\" href\u003d\"http://www.myspace.com/brianheadwelch\"\u003ewww.myspace.com/brianheadwelch\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ca id\u003d\"aptureLink_yRFoAyN6pJ\" href\u003d\"http://www.drivenmusicgroup.net/\"\u003ewww.drivenmusicgroup.net\u003c/a\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' src\u003d'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8422153857220989975-159651409984897468?l\u003dcwgmusicnews.blogspot.com' alt\u003d'' /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://cwgmusicnews.blogspot.com/feeds/159651409984897468/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http://cwgmusicnews.blogspot.com/2009/11/brian-welch-signs-with-wmee.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8422153857220989975/posts/default/159651409984897468"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8422153857220989975/posts/default/159651409984897468"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://cwgmusicnews.blogspot.com/2009/11/brian-welch-signs-with-wmee.html","title":"Brian Welch Signs With WMEE"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"CWG, Inc."},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/08167826987284190998"},"email":{"$t":"editor@cwgmagazine.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"12156025679189771024"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_8G41dtS7j8Y/SwTwiI_HtQI/AAAAAAAAEWQ/aDdVuxG2ycs/s72-c/brianhead_std.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8422153857220989975.post-8678852977141730673"},"published":{"$t":"2009-11-18T23:00:00.000-08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-11-18T23:02:12.402-08:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"chicks with guns"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"owl city"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"download this"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Owl City Returns To #1 On Billboard Charts"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8G41dtS7j8Y/SwTtalQz_qI/AAAAAAAAEWA/R1gMF43MESk/s1600/owlcityoceaneyesxl.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;\" src\u003d\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8G41dtS7j8Y/SwTtalQz_qI/AAAAAAAAEWA/R1gMF43MESk/s400/owlcityoceaneyesxl.jpg\" alt\u003d\"\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405706493686447778\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003ci\u003eDebut Single “Fireflies” Shows No Signs of Slowing Down\u003c/i\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eNew York, NY – Universal Republic Records’ basement launched phenomenon Owl City reclaimed the top spot on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart this week after originally hitting the #1 position two weeks ago with the smash hit “Fireflies.”  The song continues to break boundaries at radio as it is top 10 at both Top 40 and Hot AC formats along with impressive showings at Alternative, Triple A, and Rhythm Crossover making it one of the most requested songs in the US. “Fireflies” also sold an amazing 200,000 digital singles this week bringing sales totals over a million. Combining an impressive radio story, huge sales, a #1 song, a sold out tour in the U.S as well as sold out shows in Asia this month are all parts in making Owl City the artist development story of 2009.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eA self-described ‘shy-kid’ who first arrived on the music scene in 2007, Universal Republic Records has successfully translated Young’s hypnotizing songscapes into mainstream captures of everyday life, connecting with radio, digital and video audiences across the U.S.  Owl City’s magical mix of lively-digital rhythms and lush melodies first hatched in the basement of his parent’s house is perfectly portrayed in his debut video for “Fireflies,” which depicts the affable singer performing the song in dreamy basement environment.  The video is closing in on an incredible 13million views on YouTube, and surging in X-LARGE rotation on VH-1, and other video and digital platforms.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eWith Ocean Eyes on its way to gold status Owl City just wrapped a highly-praised sold-out U.S. tour – ‘Imagine if Nine Inch Nails traded dark for light…’ raved Livedaily.com about Young’s recent Hollywood show.  ‘If such a remarkable transformation took place, it would sound, look, and feel a lot like Owl City.’  People who missed this past U.S. tour can catch Young’s energizing show next year when Owl City hits the road again in January before touring Europe in February and then Australia and New Zealand in March.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eHailing from the small Minnesota town of Owatonna, Minnesota, (population 22,000), Young’s songs convey a singular simplicity that has rocked the 24/7 non-stop-chatter of an ultra-competitive music world.  Calling his homemade-basement studio ‘the cave,’ other songs on the new album include “Vanilla Twilight,” which is also climbing up the iTunes singles chart and “Cave in,” “Umbrella Beach,” “Dental Care,” among others.\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' src\u003d'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8422153857220989975-8678852977141730673?l\u003dcwgmusicnews.blogspot.com' alt\u003d'' /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://cwgmusicnews.blogspot.com/feeds/8678852977141730673/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http://cwgmusicnews.blogspot.com/2009/11/owl-city-returns-to-1-on-billboard.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8422153857220989975/posts/default/8678852977141730673"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8422153857220989975/posts/default/8678852977141730673"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://cwgmusicnews.blogspot.com/2009/11/owl-city-returns-to-1-on-billboard.html","title":"Owl City Returns To #1 On Billboard Charts"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"CWG, Inc."},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/08167826987284190998"},"email":{"$t":"editor@cwgmagazine.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"12156025679189771024"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8G41dtS7j8Y/SwTtalQz_qI/AAAAAAAAEWA/R1gMF43MESk/s72-c/owlcityoceaneyesxl.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8422153857220989975.post-6162022710043346294"},"published":{"$t":"2009-11-18T22:56:00.000-08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-11-18T22:59:54.616-08:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"chicks with guns"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"download this"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"the pixies"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Pixies To Record Doolittle Tour Shows"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_8G41dtS7j8Y/SwTs4IPmSCI/AAAAAAAAEV4/L_1YYZqB4ug/s1600/pixiesdoolittlexl.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;\" src\u003d\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_8G41dtS7j8Y/SwTs4IPmSCI/AAAAAAAAEV4/L_1YYZqB4ug/s400/pixiesdoolittlexl.jpg\" alt\u003d\"\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405705901781174306\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003eWith their sold-out European \"Doolittle Tour\" complete and a similar standing-room-only U.S. leg just underway (which features a complete performance of their 1989 classic Doolittle each night), the Pixies are giving fans a unique opportunity to take the night's performance home with them. Starting on the first night of the group's four-performance stand in New York City (Monday, November 23), fans can purchase a CD of that night's show about 10-minutes after the Pixies walk off stage. And for those attending shows before the 23rd, no need to fret - you can purchase recordings of earlier 2009 U.S. tour stops via the website, \u003ca id\u003d\"aptureLink_5z8aSzvHoV\" href\u003d\"http://www.doolittlelive.com/\"\u003ewww.doolittlelive.com\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eThe company Abbey Road Live is recording every Pixies show from the November 8 show all the way through the end of the tour in Washington, D.C. on December 1. The shows will be offered as limited edition, high quality CD sets - each CD set having two discs in it, and each CD set being individually numbered. The two-CD sets will sell for $25 each, and will be mixed and mastered every night - resulting in full, multi-track mixes, not board mixes. The CDs are strictly limited edition - only 1,000 will be made per night for each show. Also being offered are commemorative USB wristbands for $15 each. With each wristband, fans will get four songs recorded from the European leg of the tour, as well as five Pixies videos as bonus content. And if you buy the USB, you also get a $5 discount code which will result in a download costing $10 (rather than its normal $15 price). The quicker you place your order at www.doolittlelive.com the better, because they're certain to go fast.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eAlso near completion is an exclusive Pixies iPhone App which is being developed by BlueHaze for Abbey Road Live and the Pixies, and will feature plenty of \"social media features\" in it. For instance, all of the band's official Twitters, MySpace and Facebook blogs will come through the App. Additionally, you can click on a tab to see the full Pixies catalog, and by hitting a button, will be led to iTunes. Another link will also lead fans to an area where you can pre-purchase any of the live products being sold, while another link allows fans to have the ability to take pictures and share them with other fans and interact at shows.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\"It's a great pleasure to be working with the Pixies once again,\" says Zach Bair, head of Abbey Road Live in the Americas (formerly CEO of DiscLive, the company that recorded the Pixies' shows during their 2004 U.S. tour, and CEO of Immediatek, Inc. (OTCBB:IMTK), parent company of DiscLive). \"We're excited to be able to offer these limited edition products so that the Pixies' fans can take something home that's really memorable and special.\"\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eFor more information, long onto:\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ca id\u003d\"aptureLink_6m7zXyEEdc\" href\u003d\"http://www.doolittle.com/\"\u003ewww.doolittle.com\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ca id\u003d\"aptureLink_mSWxJqrJQS\" href\u003d\"http://www.abbeyroad.com/live\"\u003ewww.abbeyroad.com/live\u003c/a\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' src\u003d'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8422153857220989975-6162022710043346294?l\u003dcwgmusicnews.blogspot.com' alt\u003d'' /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://cwgmusicnews.blogspot.com/feeds/6162022710043346294/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http://cwgmusicnews.blogspot.com/2009/11/pixies-to-record-doolittle-tour-shows.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8422153857220989975/posts/default/6162022710043346294"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8422153857220989975/posts/default/6162022710043346294"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://cwgmusicnews.blogspot.com/2009/11/pixies-to-record-doolittle-tour-shows.html","title":"Pixies To Record Doolittle Tour Shows"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"CWG, Inc."},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/08167826987284190998"},"email":{"$t":"editor@cwgmagazine.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"12156025679189771024"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_8G41dtS7j8Y/SwTs4IPmSCI/AAAAAAAAEV4/L_1YYZqB4ug/s72-c/pixiesdoolittlexl.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8422153857220989975.post-1133832236806652532"},"published":{"$t":"2009-11-18T00:44:00.000-08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-11-18T00:46:46.701-08:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"chicks with guns"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"download this"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"cloud cult"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Cloud Cult Releases Double-Disc Album 12/8/2009"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_8G41dtS7j8Y/SwO0ZXLA8WI/AAAAAAAAESQ/fWJ5XW3kcuA/s1600/cloudband2500.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 341px; height: 400px;\" src\u003d\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_8G41dtS7j8Y/SwO0ZXLA8WI/AAAAAAAAESQ/fWJ5XW3kcuA/s400/cloudband2500.jpg\" alt\u003d\"\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405362325584671074\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003eFirst National Release of \"They Live on the Sun\" (2003) and \"Aurora Borealis\" 2004\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eCloud Cult will release a double-disc of two of the band's first records for the first time on a national level: \"They Live on the Sun\" (2003) and \"Aurora Borealis\" (2004) remixed, remastered and with bonus tracks.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eAlthough the albums were originally released on the band's homemade label, predominantly on a local level, and on a shoe-string credit cardbudget, the music brought the band national attention as the album topped major label bands on the college radio charts, including taking over Radiohead's \"Hail to the Thief\" top charting slot in cities like Denver, Atlanta, Minneapolis, and Boston.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eLead singer/songwriter Craig Minowa created the albums during an 18 month long stint of seclusion at his Northern Minnesota organic farm after his two-year-old son passed away unexpectedly in 2002. The band has gone on to sell more than 30,000 copies of its follow-up releases, despite turning down major label offers.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eThe albums, previously distributed by hand by the band to a small handful of local Minnesota record stores, will now be available nationally as a special double-disc package. In typical Cloud Cult fashion, the albums are 100% postconsumer recycled material, printed with soy inks and tha band powered the mastering with wind energy (purchasing green energy credits). Cloud Cult has planted over a thousand trees to absorb pollutants from album releases and touring.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\"A sweeping indie epic. Records this casually monumental are rare indeed!\"\u003cbr /\u003ePitchfork review of \"They Live on the Sun\"\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\"Deserves all the adjectives befitting a classic album. Genius. Sincerely groundbreaking indie rock.\"\u003cbr /\u003ePop Matters review of \"Aurora Borealis\"\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 102, 0);\"\u003eTracklist:\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;\"\u003eThey Live on the Sun\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eOn the Sun\u003cbr /\u003eMoon's Thoughts\u003cbr /\u003eTurtle Shell\u003cbr /\u003eIt\u003cbr /\u003eDa Dum\u003cbr /\u003eMan on the Moon\u003cbr /\u003eI'm Not Gone\u003cbr /\u003eTime\u003cbr /\u003eRadio Fodder\u003cbr /\u003eIt's Gay\u003cbr /\u003eBest Friend\u003cbr /\u003eShortenin' Bread\u003cbr /\u003eTook You For Granted\u003cbr /\u003eBack Again P.ii\u003cbr /\u003eYour Love Will Live Forever\u003cbr /\u003eSleeping Days P.ii\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;\"\u003eAurora Borealis\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eBreakfast With My Shadow\u003cbr /\u003eAlone at a Party in a Ghost Town\u003cbr /\u003eAll Together Alone\u003cbr /\u003eChandeliers\u003cbr /\u003eAnd It's Good\u003cbr /\u003eGrappling Hook\u003cbr /\u003eNorthern Lights\u003cbr /\u003eThe Sparks and Spaces Between Your Cells\u003cbr /\u003eLights Inside My Head\u003cbr /\u003eBeautiful Boy\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' src\u003d'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8422153857220989975-1133832236806652532?l\u003dcwgmusicnews.blogspot.com' alt\u003d'' /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://cwgmusicnews.blogspot.com/feeds/1133832236806652532/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http://cwgmusicnews.blogspot.com/2009/11/cloud-cult-releases-double-disc-album.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8422153857220989975/posts/default/1133832236806652532"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8422153857220989975/posts/default/1133832236806652532"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://cwgmusicnews.blogspot.com/2009/11/cloud-cult-releases-double-disc-album.html","title":"Cloud Cult Releases Double-Disc Album 12/8/2009"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"CWG, Inc."},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/08167826987284190998"},"email":{"$t":"editor@cwgmagazine.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"12156025679189771024"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_8G41dtS7j8Y/SwO0ZXLA8WI/AAAAAAAAESQ/fWJ5XW3kcuA/s72-c/cloudband2500.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8422153857220989975.post-1641862742846762267"},"published":{"$t":"2009-11-13T17:01:00.000-08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-11-13T17:25:16.542-08:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"chicks with guns"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"download this"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"saint motel"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Saint Motel Sells Out Roxy"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8G41dtS7j8Y/Sv4G3oGxCwI/AAAAAAAAELI/S0w381Uqkxc/s1600-h/SaintMotel_11072009+007.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;\" src\u003d\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8G41dtS7j8Y/Sv4G3oGxCwI/AAAAAAAAELI/S0w381Uqkxc/s400/SaintMotel_11072009+007.jpg\" alt\u003d\"\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403764155619543810\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(102, 102, 102);\"\u003ePhoto Credit: \u003c/span\u003e\u003ca id\u003d\"aptureLink_RqaSS4FSgf\" href\u003d\"http://www.flickr.com/photos/chickswithgunsmagazine/sets/72157622673985121/\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(102, 102, 102);\"\u003eTim Bannock\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eRead Tim Bannock's review of Saint Motel here.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eDownload \"\u003ca id\u003d\"aptureLink_DGLzA6KVIJ\" href\u003d\"http://cwgmp3.blogspot.com/2009/11/saint-motel-dear-dictator.html\"\u003eDear Dictator\u003c/a\u003e\" by Saint Motel\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ca id\u003d\"aptureLink_mY1VzJf8L5\" href\u003d\"http://www.saintmotel.com/\"\u003eSaint Motel\u003c/a\u003e painted the world famous Roxy Theatre black and white with a jam-packed, sold-out performance on Saturday. The show, presented by KROQ Locals Only and BeatCrave.com, was attended by Los Angeles' hippest crowd dancing the night away to their explosive, indie-pop sound.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eSaint Motel ignited the night with crowd favorites \"Butch,\" \"Dear Dictator,\" and \"Eat Your Heart Out\" which meshed perfectly with new delectably decadent songs \"At Least I Have Nothing\" and \"Feel My Wrath\". Their performance was preceded by other local favorites Rumspringa, Red Arrow Messenger, and Army Navy who kept the crowd heated in anticipation for Saint Motel's fiery show.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eAdditionally, the Saint Motel's keen visual sensibility has yielded an array of stunningly original videos that accompany songs from their debut EP ForPlay, released via the band's record label, On The Records. All six music videos are included on the EP, available now.\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' src\u003d'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8422153857220989975-1641862742846762267?l\u003dcwgmusicnews.blogspot.com' alt\u003d'' /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://cwgmusicnews.blogspot.com/feeds/1641862742846762267/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http://cwgmusicnews.blogspot.com/2009/11/saint-motel-sells-out-roxy.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8422153857220989975/posts/default/1641862742846762267"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8422153857220989975/posts/default/1641862742846762267"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://cwgmusicnews.blogspot.com/2009/11/saint-motel-sells-out-roxy.html","title":"Saint Motel Sells Out Roxy"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"CWG, Inc."},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/08167826987284190998"},"email":{"$t":"editor@cwgmagazine.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"12156025679189771024"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8G41dtS7j8Y/Sv4G3oGxCwI/AAAAAAAAELI/S0w381Uqkxc/s72-c/SaintMotel_11072009+007.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8422153857220989975.post-1178708014140647855"},"published":{"$t":"2009-11-13T14:35:00.000-08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-11-13T14:40:29.061-08:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"chicks with guns"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"download this"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"mxpx"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"MXPX To Release New EP - Nov 17th"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_8G41dtS7j8Y/Sv3fydJtMjI/AAAAAAAAEJ4/O1lUy-loJ-c/s1600-h/mxpx4.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;\" src\u003d\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_8G41dtS7j8Y/Sv3fydJtMjI/AAAAAAAAEJ4/O1lUy-loJ-c/s400/mxpx4.jpg\" alt\u003d\"mxpx new album\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403721185826255410\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003eAfter a wildly successful 17th anniversary summer, complete with a fan “favorites” live broadcast performance, the punk-pop gurus of Bremerton, WA are back at it again. Now, MxPx are set to release \u003cspan style\u003d\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eLeft Coast Punk\u003c/span\u003e, their latest EP (the band’s first in five years), through their very own label, Rock City Recording Company.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eMxPx has always been the harder-and-faster variety of punk playing bands, the band coined the phrase “Left Coast Punk” as a simple way to describe their sound, and those similar, residing from the Left Coast.  It is that particular sound that is evident within the new tracks and MxPx vocalist and bassist, Mike Herrera felt the name just seemed to fit, “It just made sense to use the term, it’s been around awhile, something I believe we coined, but it perfectly describes the clash of pop sensibility with the fast and hard playing that we are known for.”\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eThat clash of sounds is what hardcore MxPx fans will get; however the band did add in a melodic soft touch on a couple of tracks including the first single, “End,” a tribute to some great punk and rock shows of the past.   Using a style of play not performed by the band very often, melodic and fast, mid tempo and powerful, but fans will notice the signature MxPx sound. Other tracks, like “Broken,” carry a more serious, personal tone, a rhythm that drives the lyrics - peering deep into feelings of being, well, broken inside.  And then there’s “Desperate to Understand” featuring classic MxPx style lyrics about lifting each other up and by sound alone, “One Step Further” kick starts the EP with its fast tempo, while the lyrics delve into becoming a better person.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eLeft Coast Punk is the band’s fifth EP, but the first to be released through the band’s own label, Rock City Recording Company. The band admits there is more work at hand, but Herrera puts it all into perspective, “It was about time we took this leap into the darkness, after all, we're musicians, there's no retirement in punk rock.” With that new leap of faith, the band will be releasing the standard 6-song EP through major online digital retailers.  As a bonus the band will be releasing a limited edition physical version of the EP as a 10-track CD, which includes an additional 3 instrumental tracks (a first for the band) and “On a String,” a previously unreleased demo track.  With only 500 in the limited edition run, each copy will come with an autographed poster, and will only be available on the band’s website: www.mxpx.com.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eFirst single, “End” will debut on Friday, November 13 on the band’s MySpace page: www.myspace.com/mxpx at 9 am PST.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eMxPx is Mike Herrera (bass/vocals), Tom Wisniewski (guitars) and Yuri Ruley (drums).  In the span of 17 years, the band has sold over 2.5 million records world-wide and is ready to continue that success as they release this EP as well as their special Christmas album, set to be released this holiday season.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eMXPX-LEFT COAST PUNK EP (Digital)\u003cbr /\u003e1. One Step Further\u003cbr /\u003e2. Desperate to Understand\u003cbr /\u003e3. Broken\u003cbr /\u003e4. Shanghaied in Shanghai\u003cbr /\u003e5. Hopeless Case\u003cbr /\u003e6. End\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eMXPX-LEFT COAST PUNK ENHANCED EP (Physical)\u003cbr /\u003e**Includes all the tracks listed above, plus the below\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e7. One Step Further (instrumental version)\u003cbr /\u003e8. End (instrumental version)\u003cbr /\u003e9. Broken (instrumental version)\u003cbr /\u003e10. On a String (previously unreleased demo from LCP sessions)\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eMXPX Online - \u003ca id\u003d\"aptureLink_okKmpe9wRx\" href\u003d\"http://www.mxpx.com/\"\u003eWebsite\u003c/a\u003e - \u003ca id\u003d\"aptureLink_OdDtt4Zsua\" href\u003d\"http://www.myspace.com/mxpx\"\u003eMyspace\u003c/a\u003e - \u003ca id\u003d\"aptureLink_irpgQBeKQK\" href\u003d\"http://www.facebook.com/mxpxpx\"\u003eFacebook\u003c/a\u003e - \u003ca id\u003d\"aptureLink_WsKRz0nxCO\" href\u003d\"http://twitter.com/mxpx\"\u003eTwitter \u003c/a\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' src\u003d'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8422153857220989975-1178708014140647855?l\u003dcwgmusicnews.blogspot.com' alt\u003d'' /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://cwgmusicnews.blogspot.com/feeds/1178708014140647855/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http://cwgmusicnews.blogspot.com/2009/11/mxpx-to-release-new-ep-nov-17th.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8422153857220989975/posts/default/1178708014140647855"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8422153857220989975/posts/default/1178708014140647855"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://cwgmusicnews.blogspot.com/2009/11/mxpx-to-release-new-ep-nov-17th.html","title":"MXPX To Release New EP - Nov 17th"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"CWG, Inc."},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/08167826987284190998"},"email":{"$t":"editor@cwgmagazine.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"12156025679189771024"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_8G41dtS7j8Y/Sv3fydJtMjI/AAAAAAAAEJ4/O1lUy-loJ-c/s72-c/mxpx4.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8422153857220989975.post-6831789820000736531"},"published":{"$t":"2009-11-06T17:41:00.000-08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-11-06T17:42:40.064-08:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"chicks with guns"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"motion city soundtrack"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"download this"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Motion City Soundtrack Reveal Details of \"My Dinosaur Life\""},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_8G41dtS7j8Y/SvTQdQtpdiI/AAAAAAAAECk/ZdNd68qhMAg/s1600-h/MCSCover.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 155px; height: 154px;\" src\u003d\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_8G41dtS7j8Y/SvTQdQtpdiI/AAAAAAAAECk/ZdNd68qhMAg/s400/MCSCover.jpg\" alt\u003d\"\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401171054245279266\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003eMotion City Soundtrack have revealed the details of their major label debut – My Dinosaur Life – through a post on their web site \u003ca id\u003d\"aptureLink_TKaCVvbanT\" href\u003d\"http://www.motioncitysoundtrack.com/\"\u003ewww.motioncitysoundtrack.com\u003c/a\u003e today.  It’s official, the album – produced by Blink-182’s Mark Hoppus and mixed by the legendary Andy Wallace (Nirvana, Sonic Youth, Kaiser Chiefs) – will be released on January 19th, 2010 on Columbia Records.  In addition, they have released the final track listing for the new album (see below) and revealed the incredible cover art by renowned collectible toy artist Joe Ledbetter (\u003ca id\u003d\"aptureLink_zQh99UYRTd\" href\u003d\"http://www.joeledbetter.com/\"\u003ewww.joeledbetter.com\u003c/a\u003e) – also responsible for the entire album art.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eMy Dinosaur Life is the exciting next chapter for Motion City Soundtrack.  The band – Justin Pierre, Joshua Cain, Matt Taylor, Tony Thaxton, and Jesse Johnson – first jumped onto the scene with their 2002 debut I Am the Movie (Epitaph).  They followed this up with 2005’s Commit This to Memory (Epitaph).  Also produced by Mark Hoppus, Commit This to Memory debuted at #72 on the Billboard 200 and has gone on to sell more than 300,000 copies.  It garnered raves from Spin, Rolling Stone, Entertainment Weekly, and Blender among others and found Motion City Soundtrack making their late night TV debut on Late Night with Conan O’Brien.  In 2007, MCS released Even If It Kills Me (Epitaph), a markedly poppier endeavor that found them working with producers Adam Schlesinger, Eli Janney and Ric Ocasek.  This third release debuted at #16 on the Billboard 200 and once again, the critics weighed in favorably – Alternative Press featured them on the cover of their “Most Anticipated” issue, the New York Times claimed “they made an album that sounds like one long sugar rush, and so long as the rush lasts, it sounds pretty great” and SPIN proclaimed the album as “near perfect pop.”  In the Fall of 2008 Motion City Soundtrack further showcased their talents when they released alternative versions of five songs off Even If It Kills Me as an iTunes exclusive.  The culturally acclaimed hit TV series Gossip Girl featured the alternative version of “Fell In Love Without You’” in their season premiere that fall.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eEnter 2010 and Motion City Soundtrack are poised to take another giant step forward with the imminent release of My Dinosaur Life – 12 new songs that are lyrically contemplative, poignantly honest, and cleverly and culturally astute.  The music harkens back to early Motion City Soundtrack with is grit and hooks while employing the musicianship and maturity the band has gained over the past seven years.  During these years they’ve accomplished quite a bit – including headlining Warped tour, Bamboozle and the mvtU Campus Invasion Tour to playing Lollapalooza, Fuji Rock Festival and Honda Civic Tour.  They’ve won two mtvU Woodie Awards – in 2005 the Breaking Woodie for Best Emerging Artist and in 2008 the Best Video Woodie for “It Had to Be You.”  Motion City Soundtrack has worked incredibly hard over the past seven years for everything they’ve achieved and they’re excited about the next chapter.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 102, 0);\"\u003eMy Dinosaur Life Track Listing:\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e1.      Worker Bee\u003cbr /\u003e2.      A Lifeless Ordinary (Need A Little Help)\u003cbr /\u003e3.      Her Words Destroyed My Planet\u003cbr /\u003e4.      Disappear\u003cbr /\u003e5.      Delirium\u003cbr /\u003e6.      History Lesson\u003cbr /\u003e7.      Stand Too Close\u003cbr /\u003e8.      Pulp Fiction\u003cbr /\u003e9.      @!#?@!\u003cbr /\u003e10.  Hysteria\u003cbr /\u003e11.  Skin And Bones\u003cbr /\u003e12.  The Weakends\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' src\u003d'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8422153857220989975-6831789820000736531?l\u003dcwgmusicnews.blogspot.com' alt\u003d'' /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://cwgmusicnews.blogspot.com/feeds/6831789820000736531/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http://cwgmusicnews.blogspot.com/2009/11/motion-city-soundtrack-reveal-details.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8422153857220989975/posts/default/6831789820000736531"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8422153857220989975/posts/default/6831789820000736531"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://cwgmusicnews.blogspot.com/2009/11/motion-city-soundtrack-reveal-details.html","title":"Motion City Soundtrack Reveal Details of \"My Dinosaur Life\""}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"CWG, Inc."},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/08167826987284190998"},"email":{"$t":"editor@cwgmagazine.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"12156025679189771024"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_8G41dtS7j8Y/SvTQdQtpdiI/AAAAAAAAECk/ZdNd68qhMAg/s72-c/MCSCover.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8422153857220989975.post-1812798507559156868"},"published":{"$t":"2009-11-06T17:08:00.000-08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-11-06T17:09:34.436-08:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"chicks with guns"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"download this"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"bang bang eche"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Bang! Bang! Eche!'s New Album"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8G41dtS7j8Y/SvTIuoG_-1I/AAAAAAAAECI/RnkuBJfy8k0/s1600-h/bangbang.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;\" src\u003d\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8G41dtS7j8Y/SvTIuoG_-1I/AAAAAAAAECI/RnkuBJfy8k0/s400/bangbang.jpg\" alt\u003d\"\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401162556490382162\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(102, 102, 102);\"\u003eWritten By: Paul Losada\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eYour new soundtrack for trying to fuck cute hipster girls, while talking about cocaine as if you actually do it, has arrived! But I'm willing to overlook both maturity AND authenticity in Bang! Bang! Eche!'s case because these overblown, electro-dance-punk melodies are pretty bangin'--especially if that's the only thing going on in your life right now.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eI don't think getting sleazy and shallow has been this fun, or even innocent in a while. It's pure young, dumb, and ready to cum adrenaline caught on magnetic tape--and not without some recent influences. Opener \"Fist Full Of Dollars\" takes me back to that time when The Faint dropped Dance Macabre on white kids' newfound dancing shoes, which really isn't as much of a backhanded complement as you'd think. I likED (extra, extra emphases on -ED) The Faint at the time because I was learning how to shake my ass and shop at some new store called \"Urban Outfitters\" too. As I listen to the rest of the Sonic Death Cuntttt EP I can't help but smile and feel like some kind of weird, creepy old man as I observe exactly how cyclical life can be.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eKids need music from their own generation to get truly and totally down to, and I can turn my head the other way at artistic value if a good time is at least achieved. Judging by the hyper dance beats and spazzed up guitar noodling arranged just cleverly enough, this band probably doesn't have any higher aspirations at the moment, and that's perfectly okay. Even if Bang! can keep it together long enough for a future full-length, it probably won't completely take over the reigns LCD Soundsystem, The Rapture, and Death From Above 1979 held before it, but I could see some sort of loyal fan base standing by.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eLet kids be kids with this one.\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' src\u003d'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8422153857220989975-1812798507559156868?l\u003dcwgmusicnews.blogspot.com' alt\u003d'' /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://cwgmusicnews.blogspot.com/feeds/1812798507559156868/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http://cwgmusicnews.blogspot.com/2009/11/bang-bang-eches-new-album.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8422153857220989975/posts/default/1812798507559156868"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8422153857220989975/posts/default/1812798507559156868"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://cwgmusicnews.blogspot.com/2009/11/bang-bang-eches-new-album.html","title":"Bang! Bang! Eche!'s New Album"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"CWG, Inc."},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/08167826987284190998"},"email":{"$t":"editor@cwgmagazine.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"12156025679189771024"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_8G41dtS7j8Y/SvTIuoG_-1I/AAAAAAAAECI/RnkuBJfy8k0/s72-c/bangbang.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8422153857220989975.post-2774298653022732410"},"published":{"$t":"2009-11-04T23:39:00.000-08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-11-04T23:48:51.860-08:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"chicks with guns"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"party at the cwg mansion"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"download this"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Party @ The CWG Mansion a Smashing Success!!"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003ca style\u003d\"padding: 0px 6px; float: left;\" id\u003d\"aptureLink_8I2S1Nzp93\" href\u003d\"http://apture.s3.amazonaws.com/00000124c34c9f6f63fe3681007f000000000001.Party-Banner.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg title\u003d\"Party-Banner\" src\u003d\"http://apture.s3.amazonaws.com/00000124c34c9f6f63fe3681007f000000000001.Party-Banner.jpg\" style\u003d\"border: 0px none ;\" height\u003d\"281\" width\u003d\"375\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003eLos Angeles, October 31st 2009 – It was 10:00PM on Halloween night, as patrons, free-loaders, fans of Shiloe, and people dressed in a variety of costumes (our favorite being the guy in the full Gumby suit), stood in line halfway down the side of the canyon surrounding our mansion.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eThey had come for the party of a lifetime – a chance to see Shiloe streamed live over the internet for CWG Magazine’s first-ever live concert series, and of course the opportunity to party until 4AM in a secluded mansion in the Hollywood Hills.  After half of the people in line funneled in, the mansion was over capacity and people were turned away.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eParty-goers as far as the eye could see funneled through the mansion’s front door, down three flights of stairs, and out onto the lower balcony (our mansion had 4) for the kegs, full bar, and scheduled performance.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eAnticipation grew, as the sound engineer running the live stream fussed over the sound check; he wanted everything to sound perfect, and it did. The audience was half-lit, as the band finally ripped into their opening song; an hour later than scheduled. The stream went off without a hitch, and the crowd exploded, dancing through Shiloe’s whole set. As Shiloe attempted to put their instruments down, a guy dressed in a full Gumby suit grabbed the microphone and demanded the band do an encore. The crown roared in approval. Shiloe put their instruments back on and rocked the crowd for the rowdiest encore in Halloween history.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eAfter a short meet-and-greet with fans, Shiloe packed up, and the crown funneled back into the mansion for drinks and all-night music from three of L.A.’s best local DJs.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eApologies to the over-flow crowd that couldn’t get in, feel free to come to our next event.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eFor the on-demand performance of CWG TV Live (featuring Shiloe), please visit: \u003ca id\u003d\"aptureLink_ORRqDLuaf1\" href\u003d\"http://www.ustream.tv/channel/cwg-magazine-episode-test\"\u003ehttp://www.ustream.tv/channel/cwg-magazine-episode-test\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 102, 0);\"\u003eShiloe Live @ The CWG Mansion (Full Set)\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ca style\u003d\"margin: 0pt auto; padding: 0px 6px; text-align: center; display: block;\" id\u003d\"aptureLink_IyKgigu83F\" href\u003d\"http://www.ustream.tv/flash/video/2468059\"\u003e\u003cimg title\u003d\"\" src\u003d\"http://placeholder.apture.com/ph/480x386_Embed/\" style\u003d\"border: 0px none ;\" height\u003d\"386\" width\u003d\"480\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 102, 0);\"\u003eShiloe Live @ The CWG Mansion (Encore)\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ca style\u003d\"margin: 0pt auto; padding: 0px 6px; text-align: center; display: block;\" id\u003d\"aptureLink_9mEioAabMo\" href\u003d\"http://www.ustream.tv/flash/video/2468197\"\u003e\u003cimg title\u003d\"\" src\u003d\"http://placeholder.apture.com/ph/480x386_Embed/\" style\u003d\"border: 0px none ;\" height\u003d\"386\" width\u003d\"480\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' src\u003d'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8422153857220989975-2774298653022732410?l\u003dcwgmusicnews.blogspot.com' alt\u003d'' /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://cwgmusicnews.blogspot.com/feeds/2774298653022732410/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http://cwgmusicnews.blogspot.com/2009/11/party-cwg-mansion-smashing-success.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8422153857220989975/posts/default/2774298653022732410"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8422153857220989975/posts/default/2774298653022732410"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://cwgmusicnews.blogspot.com/2009/11/party-cwg-mansion-smashing-success.html","title":"Party @ The CWG Mansion a Smashing Success!!"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"CWG, Inc."},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/08167826987284190998"},"email":{"$t":"editor@cwgmagazine.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"12156025679189771024"}}],"thr$total":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8422153857220989975.post-5085024120183011073"},"published":{"$t":"2009-11-03T01:30:00.000-08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-11-03T02:30:07.278-08:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"chicks with guns"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"download this"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"rattlebox"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"CWG Partners With Rattlebox"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_8G41dtS7j8Y/Su_4zmJ1mLI/AAAAAAAAD9s/nQ7unqftszU/s1600-h/banner2.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 250px;\" src\u003d\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_8G41dtS7j8Y/Su_4zmJ1mLI/AAAAAAAAD9s/nQ7unqftszU/s400/banner2.jpg\" alt\u003d\"\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399808043539339442\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003eWe're proud to announce our brand-spankin' new strategic partnership with Rattlebox.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eThey’re edgy and they have attitude.  They're sexy and sarcastic.  They're Rattlebox videos, a new generation of entertaining e-cards that are cutting-edge, cool and anything but ordinary.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eRattlebox is not your mother's e-card site – it was created and launched in 2008 as an alternative to boring and maudlin e-card sites.  Rattlebox's dicey, alternative e-cards are perfect for every conceivable sentiment. From traditional occasions such as birthdays to telling someone \"F you\" or \"I love you,\" Rattlebox fills the void for people who wouldn't be caught dead sending out traditional e-cards.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eClick over now and you’ll find a whole selection of honest-to-goodness, very funny e-cards.  Using a vast library filled with classic cartoons, vintage movie clips, campy public service ads and professionally produced videos, Rattlebox lets you play the part of media producer and custom design your own messages by changing all or any part of the text throughout every Rattlebox e-card.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eSometimes what you want to say just can't be captured with a single image. Well, if a picture is worth a thousand words, the video e-cards at Rattlebox are priceless. Regardless of the occasion, Rattlebox has a video e-card that's a perfect match, with subjects that cover love, dating, holidays, anniversaries, It’s 4:20, birthdays, apologies, invites, insults and announcements, to name a few. Check out two top favorites by clicking on the links that follow: The Happy Stripper, featuring a happy stripper and Tonight’s the Night, featuring acoustic rock favorite, Secondhand Serenade.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eRattlebox is completely free to use and has thousands of cards to choose from across dozens of categories. The cards can be emailed, posted on blogs and networking sites and even sent via IM using an embedded code.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eDon’t pay for cards that suck when you can send a Rattlebox for free.\u003cbr /\u003eRattlebox - e-cards that don’t suck.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eCheck them out at - \u003ca id\u003d\"aptureLink_hvQz0I0XiC\" href\u003d\"http://www.rattlebox.com/\"\u003eRattlebox.com\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 102, 0);\"\u003eThe Happy Stripper:\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eThe Happy Stripper:\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cembed src\u003d\"http://rattlebox.com/widgets/widget.swf?service\u003dhttp%3A%2F%2Frattlebox.com\u0026path\u003dservice%2Finstance%2F779078\" height\u003d\"267\" wmode\u003d\"opaque\" width\u003d\"400\"\u003e\u003c/embed\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://rattlebox.com\"\u003e\u003cimg src\u003d\"http://rattlebox.com/images/link.gif\" border\u003d\"0\" alt\u003d\"Link\"/\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 102, 0);\"\u003eTonight's the Night:\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cembed src\u003d\"http://rattlebox.com/widgets/widget.swf?service\u003dhttp%3A%2F%2Frattlebox.com\u0026path\u003dservice%2Finstance%2F779081\" height\u003d\"267\" wmode\u003d\"opaque\" width\u003d\"400\"\u003e\u003c/embed\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://rattlebox.com\"\u003e\u003cimg src\u003d\"http://rattlebox.com/images/link.gif\" border\u003d\"0\" alt\u003d\"Link\"/\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' src\u003d'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8422153857220989975-5085024120183011073?l\u003dcwgmusicnews.blogspot.com' alt\u003d'' /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://cwgmusicnews.blogspot.com/feeds/5085024120183011073/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http://cwgmusicnews.blogspot.com/2009/11/cwg-partners-with-rattlebox.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8422153857220989975/posts/default/5085024120183011073"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8422153857220989975/posts/default/5085024120183011073"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://cwgmusicnews.blogspot.com/2009/11/cwg-partners-with-rattlebox.html","title":"CWG Partners With Rattlebox"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"CWG, Inc."},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/08167826987284190998"},"email":{"$t":"editor@cwgmagazine.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"12156025679189771024"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_8G41dtS7j8Y/Su_4zmJ1mLI/AAAAAAAAD9s/nQ7unqftszU/s72-c/banner2.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8422153857220989975.post-7070453616287889440"},"published":{"$t":"2009-11-02T16:26:00.000-08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-11-02T16:29:05.413-08:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"chicks with guns"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"rob zombie"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"download this"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Rob Zombie Ditches Geffen For Roadrunner"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_8G41dtS7j8Y/Su94-G-J2HI/AAAAAAAAD9E/qkXac588bOQ/s1600-h/rob-zombie-thumb-500x494.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 395px;\" src\u003d\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_8G41dtS7j8Y/Su94-G-J2HI/AAAAAAAAD9E/qkXac588bOQ/s400/rob-zombie-thumb-500x494.jpg\" alt\u003d\"\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399667486659041394\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003eIn a sudden and unexpected move, multi-platinum hard rock artist Rob Zombie has inked a new worldwide deal with leading rock label Roadrunner Records through its Loud \u0026amp; Proud imprint.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eThis shocking announcement comes as Zombie exits his former label of eighteen years, where he sold fifteen million records as a solo artist and with his former band White Zombie.  Zombie’s new album, \u003cspan style\u003d\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eHellbilly Deluxe 2\u003c/span\u003e, previously set for release on 11/17 will now be released by Roadrunner / Loud \u0026amp; Proud Records in early 2010.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e“It certainly wasn’t an easy decision to make after all this time, but it had to be done,” states Zombie, “I love this new record and wanted to surround myself with an excited new group of people who can reignite my enthusiasm for working within a hard rock record label. Roadrunner seems to be the perfect place.”\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e“Roadrunner is thrilled to be involved with Rob Zombie on a worldwide basis as he is a multiple-threat artist whom we’ve admired for many years,” said Roadrunner president Jonas Nachsin.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eTom Lipsky, founder and president of Loud \u0026amp; Proud echoed Nachsin’s sentiment, “Rob Zombie hits hard on \u003cspan style\u003d\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eHellbilly Deluxe 2\u003c/span\u003e and the fans expect nothing less. We are excited about the monster mayhem that he is certain to create!”\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eThe first single from the new album, “What?” recently launched at all rock radio formats and is quickly climbing the charts.  This latest album marks the follow-up to 1998’s triple platinum Hellbilly Deluxe.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eThe track listing is as follows:\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e1. Jesus Frankenstein\u003cbr /\u003e2. Sick Bubblegum\u003cbr /\u003e3. What?\u003cbr /\u003e4. Mars Needs Women\u003cbr /\u003e5. Werewolf, Baby!\u003cbr /\u003e6. Virgin Witch\u003cbr /\u003e7. Death and Destiny Inside The Dream Factory\u003cbr /\u003e8. Burn\u003cbr /\u003e9. Cease to Exist\u003cbr /\u003e10. Werewolf Women of the SS\u003cbr /\u003e11. The Man Who Laughs\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eIn support of this release Zombie, will kick off his first headline tour since 2007 in Phoenix, AZ on October 29th.  Shows in Las Vegas, NV on the 30th, and a very special Halloween event on October 31st in Hollywood, CA are set to follow.  Zombie will be accompanied by his longtime band mates - guitarist John 5, bassist Piggy D and drummer Tommy Clufetos.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eVisit \u003ca id\u003d\"aptureLink_2GGMV9qHYG\" href\u003d\"http://www.robzombie.com/\"\u003ewww.RobZombie.com\u003c/a\u003e for \u003cspan style\u003d\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eHellbilly Deluxe 2 \u003c/span\u003eWorld Tour updates, including the official blog, Twitter feed, photos, and videos directly from the road. Hellbilly Deluxe 2 World Tour tickets are on sale now; tour dates are as follows:\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 102, 0);\"\u003eTOUR DATES:\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eOct 29             Dodge Theater                                            Phoenix, Arizona\u003cbr /\u003eOct 30             The Pearl - Palms Concert Theater         Las Vegas, Nevada\u003cbr /\u003eOct 31             Hollywood Palladium                                Los Angeles, California\u003cbr /\u003eNov 1             The Grove                                                     Anaheim, California\u003cbr /\u003eNov 3             San Jose Events Center                          San Jose, California\u003cbr /\u003eNov 5             The Great Salt Air                                  Magna, Utah\u003cbr /\u003eNov 6             The Fillmore Auditorium                       Denver, Colorado\u003cbr /\u003eNov 8             The Brady Theater                                      Tulsa, Oklahoma\u003cbr /\u003eNov 10           Austin Music Hall                                        Austin, Texas\u003cbr /\u003eNov 11           Verizon Wireless Theater                           Houston, Texas\u003cbr /\u003eNov 13           Palladium Ballroom                                   Dallas, Texas\u003cbr /\u003eNov 14           Uptown Theatre                                     Kansas City, Missouri\u003cbr /\u003eNov 15           The Pageant                                                 St. Louis, Missouri\u003cbr /\u003eNov 16           Murat Theater                                             Indianapolis, Indiana\u003cbr /\u003eNov 17           Akron Civic Center                                     Akron, Ohio\u003cbr /\u003eNov 19           Eagles Ballroom                                          Milwaukee, Wisconsin\u003cbr /\u003eNov 20           Roy Wilkins Auditorium                            St. Paul, Minnesota\u003cbr /\u003eNov 21           Val Air Ballroom                                         Des Moines, Iowa\u003cbr /\u003eNov 22           Aragon Ballroom                                        Chicago, Illinois\u003cbr /\u003eNov 24           Broadbent Arena                                        Louisville, Kentucky\u003cbr /\u003eNov 25           The LC Pavilion                                          Columbus, Ohio\u003cbr /\u003eNov 27           The Fillmore Detroit                                    Detroit, Michigan\u003cbr /\u003eNov 28           The Sound Academy                                 Toronto, Ontario\u003cbr /\u003eNov 29           Metropolis                                                    Montreal, Quebec\u003cbr /\u003eDec 1             Hammerstein Ballroom                           New York, New York\u003cbr /\u003eDec 2              House Of Blues                                      Boston, Massachusetts\u003cbr /\u003eDec 3              Mohegan Sun Arena                                  Uncasville, Connecticut\u003cbr /\u003eDec 4              Electric Factory                                      Philadelphia, Pennsylvania\u003cbr /\u003eDec 5              9:30 Club                                                      Washington, DC\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' src\u003d'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8422153857220989975-7070453616287889440?l\u003dcwgmusicnews.blogspot.com' alt\u003d'' /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://cwgmusicnews.blogspot.com/feeds/7070453616287889440/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http://cwgmusicnews.blogspot.com/2009/11/rob-zombie-ditches-geffen-for.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8422153857220989975/posts/default/7070453616287889440"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8422153857220989975/posts/default/7070453616287889440"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://cwgmusicnews.blogspot.com/2009/11/rob-zombie-ditches-geffen-for.html","title":"Rob Zombie Ditches Geffen For Roadrunner"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"CWG, Inc."},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/08167826987284190998"},"email":{"$t":"editor@cwgmagazine.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"12156025679189771024"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_8G41dtS7j8Y/Su94-G-J2HI/AAAAAAAAD9E/qkXac588bOQ/s72-c/rob-zombie-thumb-500x494.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8422153857220989975.post-1100423118269687439"},"published":{"$t":"2009-11-02T16:23:00.000-08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-11-03T15:45:56.219-08:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"chicks with guns"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"owl city"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"download this"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Owl City Hits #1 On Billborard Charts"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_8G41dtS7j8Y/SvDAmIUKmDI/AAAAAAAAD-E/TXwfQM_sozA/s1600-h/OWL+CITY+3.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 326px;\" src\u003d\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_8G41dtS7j8Y/SvDAmIUKmDI/AAAAAAAAD-E/TXwfQM_sozA/s400/OWL+CITY+3.jpg\" alt\u003d\"\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400027714516850738\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(102, 102, 102);\"\u003ePhoto By: Pamela Littky\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eUniversal Republic Records’ basement launched phenomenon Owl City scored the top spot on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart this week, following up his #1 single score on iTunes last week with the smash hit “Fireflies.”  The song is breaking boundaries at radio as it forges toward the upper tier at Top 40 and Hot AC formats along with impressive showings at Alternative, Triple A, and Rhythm Crossover. Combining this impressive radio story, a #1 song in North America, a sold out tour and huge sales are all parts in making Owl City the artist development story of 2009.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eThe near-platinum “Fireflies” also sold an amazing 200,000 digital singles this week, serving as a multi-genre calling card for Owl City/alias Adam Young giving him a 12 point leap into the Top Ten of the Nielsen Soundscan Top 200 Albums Tally via his Universal Republic debut album Ocean Eyes (jumping from #20 to #8).\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eA self-described ‘shy-kid’ who first arrived on the music scene in 2007, Universal Republic Records has successfully translated Young’s hypnotizing songscapes into mainstream captures of everyday life, connecting with radio, digital and video audiences across the U.S.  Owl City’s magical mix of lively-digital rhythms and lush melodies first hatched in the basement of his parent’s house is perfectly portrayed in his debut video for “Fireflies,” which depicts the affable singer performing the song in dreamy basement environment.  The video is closing in on an incredible 8.5 million views on youtube, and surging in X-LARGE rotation on VH-1, and other video and digital platforms.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eWith Ocean Eyes on its way to gold status (rolling past its 9th consecutive week of sales momentum in a listless album sales climate), Owl City is also winding down a highly-praised sold-out tour – ‘Imagine if Nine Inch Nails traded dark for light…’ raved Livedaily.com about Young’s recent Hollywood show.  ‘If such a remarkable transformation took place, it would sound, look, and feel a lot like Owl City.’  The tour is hitting Austin, TX on October 30th and skidding into Houston, TX, on Halloween night.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eHailing from the small Minnesota town of Owatonna, Minnesota, (population 22,000), Young’s songs convey a singular simplicity that has rocked the 24/7 non-stop-chatter of an ultra-competitive music world.  Calling his homemade-basement studio ‘the cave,’ other songs on the new album include “Vanilla Twilight,” which is also climbing up the iTunes singles chart and “Cave in,” “Umbrella Beach,” “Dental Care,” among others.\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' src\u003d'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8422153857220989975-1100423118269687439?l\u003dcwgmusicnews.blogspot.com' alt\u003d'' /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://cwgmusicnews.blogspot.com/feeds/1100423118269687439/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http://cwgmusicnews.blogspot.com/2009/11/owl-city-hits-1-on-billborard-charts.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8422153857220989975/posts/default/1100423118269687439"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8422153857220989975/posts/default/1100423118269687439"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://cwgmusicnews.blogspot.com/2009/11/owl-city-hits-1-on-billborard-charts.html","title":"Owl City Hits #1 On Billborard Charts"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"CWG, Inc."},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/08167826987284190998"},"email":{"$t":"editor@cwgmagazine.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"12156025679189771024"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_8G41dtS7j8Y/SvDAmIUKmDI/AAAAAAAAD-E/TXwfQM_sozA/s72-c/OWL+CITY+3.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8422153857220989975.post-8959189367375570971"},"published":{"$t":"2009-10-29T16:25:00.000-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-10-30T01:46:35.165-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"chicks with guns"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"breathe electric"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"download this"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Breathe Electric - New Tour, New Album"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_8G41dtS7j8Y/SuokpX1Vw3I/AAAAAAAAD6Q/V_dsA0pF4b8/s1600-h/BreatheElectricCandid.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 321px; height: 400px;\" src\u003d\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_8G41dtS7j8Y/SuokpX1Vw3I/AAAAAAAAD6Q/V_dsA0pF4b8/s400/BreatheElectricCandid.jpg\" alt\u003d\"\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398167396547937138\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003eBreathe Electric is wrapping up time in the studio where the Chicago band has been recording new tracks. Their next single, “Electronic Lover” will be available via iTunes in the next few weeks.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eGearing to tour throughout the rest of the year, the band kicks off a slew of club dates beginning Halloween at Mojoe’s in Orland Park outside Chicago. On November 15 in Seattle, the band will hit the road with Brokencyde and The Ready Set, followed by dates as direct support for Jeffree Star beginning December 2 in Baltimore.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eBreathe Electric was formed in 2007 as the brainchild of Grant Harris. The electro-pop outfit released its self-produced debut EP Honestly and quickly gained momentum with extensive touring playing alongside bands like Never Shout Never, The Secret Handshake, and Automatic Loveletter, in addition to dates on this past summer’s Vans Warped Tour transforming each show into a non-stop dance party.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eWithin a year, Honestly would sell over 20,000 single downloads from iTunes and 5,000 physical copies independently through touring, online retailers including Smartpunk.com and Hot Topic locations across the country. After garnering recognition from various established music webzines including Absolutepunk.net and being noted as a “Buzz Seeker” artist on The Daily Chorus, Harris entered into the studio with Producer Ian Kirkpatrick to record the latest installment of infectious pop that would become the Emotion EP.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eSee \u003ca id\u003d\"aptureLink_socgCwh8sB\" href\u003d\"http://www.myspace.com/breatheelectric\"\u003ewww.myspace.com/breatheelectric\u003c/a\u003e for more info\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' src\u003d'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8422153857220989975-8959189367375570971?l\u003dcwgmusicnews.blogspot.com' alt\u003d'' /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://cwgmusicnews.blogspot.com/feeds/8959189367375570971/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http://cwgmusicnews.blogspot.com/2009/10/breathe-electric-new-tour-new-album.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8422153857220989975/posts/default/8959189367375570971"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8422153857220989975/posts/default/8959189367375570971"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://cwgmusicnews.blogspot.com/2009/10/breathe-electric-new-tour-new-album.html","title":"Breathe Electric - New Tour, New Album"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"CWG, Inc."},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/08167826987284190998"},"email":{"$t":"editor@cwgmagazine.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"12156025679189771024"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_8G41dtS7j8Y/SuokpX1Vw3I/AAAAAAAAD6Q/V_dsA0pF4b8/s72-c/BreatheElectricCandid.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8422153857220989975.post-2831764316963268029"},"published":{"$t":"2009-10-29T15:31:00.000-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-10-29T15:32:02.351-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"chicks with guns"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"mojo nixon"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"download this"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Mojo Nixon Surpasses One Million Downloads"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_8G41dtS7j8Y/SuoX2UKhGSI/AAAAAAAAD5Y/yF1orfZe5lU/s1600-h/mojo1+%281%29.JPG\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;\" src\u003d\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_8G41dtS7j8Y/SuoX2UKhGSI/AAAAAAAAD5Y/yF1orfZe5lU/s400/mojo1+%281%29.JPG\" alt\u003d\"\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398153325250156834\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003eOn October 6th, in support and celebration of the release of Mojo Nixon's latest album \"Whiskey Rebellion\", The Orchard, a full service media company specializing in the distribution of music and video entertainment, announced that Mojo's entire catalog would be available to download at no cost, exclusively from Amazon MP3. Since this announcement, the promotion has led to more than one million downloads of Mojo's music. As an innovative promotional tool to expose new and existing Mojo fans to his vast body of work, the free downloads are available at www.amazon.com/mojo until October 28th.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\"The successful execution of this pioneering promotion has generated tremendous awareness for Mojo,\" said Brad Navin, EVP and General Manager of The Orchard. \"This is a showcase of how The Orchard, as a nimble and forward-thinking company, has the ability to orchestrate trendsetting promotions for our clients. The success of this promotion will be measured by its long-term benefits, not the short-term risks, and our expectation is that it will generate sales momentum.\"\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eMojo Nixon's current catalog includes 11 albums and 144 tracks. The downloads for this music during the two weeks of the Amazon promotional period amounted to a 23,000% increase from paid downloads across all digital retail networks in the United States during the first half of 2009.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eBigChampagne, a technology-driven media measurement company that analyzes the trends of popular entertainment media, reported that the number of users and corresponding volume of files stayed pretty consistent overall on P2P sites during the two week Amazon promotion that began October 6th. In August and September, the average volume of files on P2P networks was 35,000 and in the first week of the promotion, there was 13% increase on the networks, but this fell back down to around 35,000 the following week.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\"The success of this promotion is demonstrated by the numbers,\" commented Eric Garland, CEO of BigChampagne. \"As a result of the giveaway, Mojo's online popularity is spiking across key indicators. It's also worth noting that there has been no concurrent increase in piracy of Mojo's material. Free Amazon MP3 downloads now completely dwarf the unauthorized flow of his catalog.\"\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eMojo Nixon, remarking on his career and lack of digital marketing skills, said:\u003cbr /\u003e\"Great googley moogley. I'm almost speechless. A million Mojo songs stirring up trouble across this great land. I'm a cult artist and apparently I've grown the cult and made the cult happy. A little blast of joy in these dark and desperate times. A retired lunatic with no Facebook, no Twitter, no MySpace or tour. Not even an e-mail list. Never underestimate the power of the Mojosity. The true sound of the American nutjob is forever. You can't kill rock 'n roll. The question is--did I lose a million dollars or gain a million fans?\"\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' src\u003d'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8422153857220989975-2831764316963268029?l\u003dcwgmusicnews.blogspot.com' alt\u003d'' /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://cwgmusicnews.blogspot.com/feeds/2831764316963268029/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http://cwgmusicnews.blogspot.com/2009/10/mojo-nixon-surpasses-one-million.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8422153857220989975/posts/default/2831764316963268029"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8422153857220989975/posts/default/2831764316963268029"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://cwgmusicnews.blogspot.com/2009/10/mojo-nixon-surpasses-one-million.html","title":"Mojo Nixon Surpasses One Million Downloads"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"CWG, Inc."},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/08167826987284190998"},"email":{"$t":"editor@cwgmagazine.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"12156025679189771024"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_8G41dtS7j8Y/SuoX2UKhGSI/AAAAAAAAD5Y/yF1orfZe5lU/s72-c/mojo1+%281%29.JPG","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8422153857220989975.post-3021987048729697554"},"published":{"$t":"2009-10-22T14:27:00.000-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-10-22T14:29:14.604-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"chicks with guns"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"juliana hatfield"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"download this"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Juliana Hatfield's \"Peace And Love\" Set For Febuary Release"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_8G41dtS7j8Y/SuDOok-V1GI/AAAAAAAAD0w/A9Rs72_TzPs/s1600-h/JMS_0073.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 400px;\" src\u003d\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_8G41dtS7j8Y/SuDOok-V1GI/AAAAAAAAD0w/A9Rs72_TzPs/s400/JMS_0073.jpg\" alt\u003d\"\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395539550105097314\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeace And Love\u003c/i\u003e, Juliana Hatfield's latest album, will be released on February 16, 2010 on Ye Olde Records. Hatfield, of course, has a long history of DIY endeavors - from her trailblazing days with Boston indie band the Blake Babies to her recent releases on Ye Olde Records, the label she founded in 2005 - but with Peace And Love she reaches a new level of independence. She produced and engineered the album herself and played all the instruments, including acoustic and electric guitars, piano, harmonica and drum machine.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\"I've produced records before but I was always in a studio with professional engineers. So it was definitely a learning process for me,\" says Hatfield, who was ready to strip things down after her critically acclaimed 2008 album, How To Walk Away, which was a full studio production. \"I always like to try things I've never done before and I'd been yearning to record myself.\"\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eHatfield had just purchased her brother's eight-track digital recorder and moved into a Cambridge apartment with a back room that had excellent natural acoustics, so the time was right. \"I was able to follow every instinct without worrying that anyone was going to think it was a kooky idea,\" she recalls. \"I just wanted to do something simple.\"\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eThe result is an incredibly intimate collection of songs, expertly capturing the loneliness and collateral damage borne of broken relationships yet adamantly refusing to remain broken. In the liner notes, Boston Phoenix music editor James Parker gives it a name: \"Survivor-music - because even at their most palpitatingly fragile, your songs have always been built to last. Well-made, strong-boned, fit to be played on streetcorners and station platforms.\"\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eJust as Hatfield stripped down the recording process, the characters that populate Peace And Love are ready to shed their convoluted lives. The lilting \"Why Can't We Love Each Other\" answers its own question by acknowledging that love is a choice: \"we can make our lives a song/will it be a blues or a hymn/a dirge or a psalm/it could be so simple.\" But there's the rub, of course: it could be so simple...if it weren't for our propensity to muck things up.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eFrom the plucked Elizabethan chords that introduce the opening \"Peace And Love\" and the feedback-drenched \"What Is Wrong\" to \"Unsung,\" Hatfield's first-ever instrumental, and the closing \"Dear Anonymous,\" written from the point of view of a victim who finds empathy for her stalker, the collection is both compelling and surprising. \"Faith In Our Friends\" celebrates those who \"think you're just right the way you are\" while Hatfield gains fresh perspective on her complex relationship with longtime friend Evan Dando on the exquisite, ethereal \"Evan.\"\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003ePeace And Love is Hatfield's 11th solo album and follows last year's How To Walk Away, which was hailed as \"rueful and gorgeous,\" by Entertainment Weekly, which gave the album an A-. \"After 20 years, the songstress still packs a wallop on her 10th album, featuring edgy tales of heartbreak sung with that classic sweetness,\" said Newsweek, naming it a \"Checklist\" pick of the week upon its release while Spin pronounced it \"vital,\" awarding it three out of four stars. Her autobiography, entitled When I Grow Up, was published by Wiley \u0026amp; Sons in September 2008.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eHatfield first came to prominence in her teens as a founding member of the Blake Babies. After four independent albums with the group, she signed to Atlantic as a solo artist and had a string of modern-rock hits (including \"My Sister,\" \"Spin The Bottle\" and  \"Universal Heartbeat\"). She left the label in 1998, signing to Zoe Records (a Rounder Records imprint) and releasing four well-regarded albums, including 2004's In Exile Deo, named as one of that year's 10 best albums by The New York Times' Jon Pareles. In 2005, Hatfield came full circle, returning to her independent roots and founding Ye Olde Records.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eThe track listing for Peace and Love is as follows:\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e1.    Peace and Love\u003cbr /\u003e2.    The End Of The War\u003cbr /\u003e3.    Why Can't We Love Each Other\u003cbr /\u003e4.    Butterflies\u003cbr /\u003e5.    What Is Wrong\u003cbr /\u003e6.    Unsung\u003cbr /\u003e7.    Evan\u003cbr /\u003e8.    Let's Go Home\u003cbr /\u003e9.    I Picked You Up\u003cbr /\u003e10.    Faith In Our Friends\u003cbr /\u003e11.    I'm Disappearing\u003cbr /\u003e12.    Dear Anonymous\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' src\u003d'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8422153857220989975-3021987048729697554?l\u003dcwgmusicnews.blogspot.com' alt\u003d'' /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://cwgmusicnews.blogspot.com/feeds/3021987048729697554/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http://cwgmusicnews.blogspot.com/2009/10/juliana-hatfields-peace-and-love-set.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8422153857220989975/posts/default/3021987048729697554"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8422153857220989975/posts/default/3021987048729697554"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://cwgmusicnews.blogspot.com/2009/10/juliana-hatfields-peace-and-love-set.html","title":"Juliana Hatfield's \"Peace And Love\" Set For Febuary Release"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"CWG, Inc."},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/08167826987284190998"},"email":{"$t":"editor@cwgmagazine.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"12156025679189771024"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_8G41dtS7j8Y/SuDOok-V1GI/AAAAAAAAD0w/A9Rs72_TzPs/s72-c/JMS_0073.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8422153857220989975.post-94633918510858038"},"published":{"$t":"2009-10-21T16:28:00.000-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-10-21T16:30:49.712-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"chicks with guns"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"motion city soundtrack"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"download this"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Motion City Soundtrack - New LP/Free MP3"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_8G41dtS7j8Y/St-Zn0IZ8tI/AAAAAAAADzY/njcOCRyERZA/s1600-h/MCS.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 133px;\" src\u003d\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_8G41dtS7j8Y/St-Zn0IZ8tI/AAAAAAAADzY/njcOCRyERZA/s200/MCS.jpg\" alt\u003d\"\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395199787900990162\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003eGet Your Free Download of \"\u003ca href\u003d\"http://lists-columbia.sonybmgemail.com/t/4620163/29944601/356668/0/\"\u003eDisappear\u003c/a\u003e\"\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eThey're back. It's official. Today you can listen to our first new studio recorded song in over 2 years!\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eThey've posted \"Disappear\" from their forthcoming album \u003ci\u003eMy Dinosaur Life\u003c/i\u003e for you to download, to listen to, and hopefully if you like it, to pass it onto others.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eCheck \u003ca id\u003d\"aptureLink_kaP3pImcT6\" href\u003d\"http://motioncitysoundtrack.com/\"\u003emotioncitysoundtrack.com\u003c/a\u003e all the info!\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' src\u003d'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8422153857220989975-94633918510858038?l\u003dcwgmusicnews.blogspot.com' alt\u003d'' /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://cwgmusicnews.blogspot.com/feeds/94633918510858038/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http://cwgmusicnews.blogspot.com/2009/10/motion-city-soundtrack-new-lpfree-mp3.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8422153857220989975/posts/default/94633918510858038"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8422153857220989975/posts/default/94633918510858038"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://cwgmusicnews.blogspot.com/2009/10/motion-city-soundtrack-new-lpfree-mp3.html","title":"Motion City Soundtrack - New LP/Free MP3"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"CWG, Inc."},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/08167826987284190998"},"email":{"$t":"editor@cwgmagazine.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"12156025679189771024"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_8G41dtS7j8Y/St-Zn0IZ8tI/AAAAAAAADzY/njcOCRyERZA/s72-c/MCS.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8422153857220989975.post-8892149295657606659"},"published":{"$t":"2009-10-21T15:54:00.000-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-10-21T16:00:02.452-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"illscarlett"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"chicks with guns"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"download this"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Live illScarlett Performance \u0026 Video Chat Tonight At 8PM EST"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003ca style\u003d\"padding: 0px 15px 0px 0px; float: left;\" id\u003d\"aptureLink_e8nV0YTxWE\" href\u003d\"http://apture.s3.amazonaws.com/000001247951a291ae45bcbc007f000000000001.illscarlett.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg title\u003d\"illscarlett\" src\u003d\"http://apture.s3.amazonaws.com/000001247951a291ae45bcbc007f000000000001.illscarlett.jpg\" style\u003d\"border: 0px none ;\" height\u003d\"300\" width\u003d\"400\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003eAt 8PM ET tonight illScarlett will be streaming a live acoustic set at \u003ca id\u003d\"aptureLink_esgBG20vlu\" href\u003d\"http://www.illscarlett.com/\"\u003ewww.illscarlett.com\u003c/a\u003e. After their set, you can send the band questions on twitter by addressing \u003ca id\u003d\"aptureLink_kzmJfeLLhm\" href\u003d\"http://twitter.com/illscarlett\"\u003e@illscarlett\u003c/a\u003e and they'll respond live on the video stream. So get your Q's ready, follow \u003ca id\u003d\"aptureLink_r8BkfudJVI\" href\u003d\"http://twitter.com/illscarlett\"\u003e@illscarlett\u003c/a\u003e and we'll see you at \u003ca id\u003d\"aptureLink_GxzCrkFZ5U\" href\u003d\"http://www.illscarlett.com/\"\u003ewww.illscarlett.com\u003c/a\u003e  at 8PM est!\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' src\u003d'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8422153857220989975-8892149295657606659?l\u003dcwgmusicnews.blogspot.com' alt\u003d'' /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://cwgmusicnews.blogspot.com/feeds/8892149295657606659/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http://cwgmusicnews.blogspot.com/2009/10/live-illscarlett-performance-video-chat.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8422153857220989975/posts/default/8892149295657606659"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8422153857220989975/posts/default/8892149295657606659"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://cwgmusicnews.blogspot.com/2009/10/live-illscarlett-performance-video-chat.html","title":"Live illScarlett Performance \u0026 Video Chat Tonight At 8PM EST"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"CWG, Inc."},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/08167826987284190998"},"email":{"$t":"editor@cwgmagazine.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"12156025679189771024"}}],"thr$total":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8422153857220989975.post-138549345824751218"},"published":{"$t":"2009-10-20T13:06:00.000-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-10-20T13:11:09.475-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"chicks with guns"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"shitsney"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"download this"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Take This, Disney!"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_8G41dtS7j8Y/St4ZCxI7UxI/AAAAAAAADxE/6eAmFrQYU1Q/s1600-h/HoWhite.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;\" src\u003d\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_8G41dtS7j8Y/St4ZCxI7UxI/AAAAAAAADxE/6eAmFrQYU1Q/s400/HoWhite.jpg\" alt\u003d\"\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394776938977645330\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003eHahahahahahahah!!!!!!!\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eHo-White? This is by far the coolest ad I've ever seen in my life.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eAs an ad, it’s exceptionally great, and very edgy. As a PR stunt, it’s even more magnificent. Australia’s Jamieson Brewery created an ad showing Snow White enjoying a post-sex cigarette as she lies naked in bed with the seven dwarves, or.... Whorves.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eIt was intended to go online, in liquor stores and on bar coasters, to promote the company’s rasberry ale. The tagline: “Anything but sweet.”\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eOf course, there’s just one problem: Jamieson doesn’t own the rights to Snow White. They belong to Disney, which is highly litigious when it comes to its IP rights. Disney, remember, is the company that persuaded Congress to change the law in order to give it 120 years of copyright protection over Mickey Mouse et al.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eAs as special CWG bonus, you'll win a free CD if you can guess which one's Humpy.\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' src\u003d'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8422153857220989975-138549345824751218?l\u003dcwgmusicnews.blogspot.com' alt\u003d'' /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://cwgmusicnews.blogspot.com/feeds/138549345824751218/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http://cwgmusicnews.blogspot.com/2009/10/take-this-disney.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8422153857220989975/posts/default/138549345824751218"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8422153857220989975/posts/default/138549345824751218"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://cwgmusicnews.blogspot.com/2009/10/take-this-disney.html","title":"Take This, Disney!"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"CWG, Inc."},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/08167826987284190998"},"email":{"$t":"editor@cwgmagazine.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"12156025679189771024"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_8G41dtS7j8Y/St4ZCxI7UxI/AAAAAAAADxE/6eAmFrQYU1Q/s72-c/HoWhite.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8422153857220989975.post-7154538539581673357"},"published":{"$t":"2009-10-19T15:48:00.000-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-10-19T15:53:25.220-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"chicks with guns"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"shiloe"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"download this"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Two Nights of Shiloe"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_8G41dtS7j8Y/Stzt2CTbehI/AAAAAAAADu4/Pzt5M7_ahIg/s1600-h/Troubadour-11-01_small.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 259px; height: 400px;\" src\u003d\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_8G41dtS7j8Y/Stzt2CTbehI/AAAAAAAADu4/Pzt5M7_ahIg/s400/Troubadour-11-01_small.jpg\" alt\u003d\"\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394447966270093842\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003eAs the press, we try not to play favorites, but L.A.'s Shiloe are one of our favorite local bands. They're performing two nights in Los Angeles, one at our Halloween party @ The CWG Mansion (see front of page for address and directions) and one @ the Troubador the following night.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eShiloe's performance at our Halloween party will be streamed live on the internet via Ustream.com (for those of you not in L.A.)\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eThe following night, Shiloe are set to open for Girl in a Coma atthe Troubadour, one of Hollywood's most prestigious clubs, on Sunday, November1st.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eShiloe, who are currently at work on their debut full-lengthto be released in early 2010, have been making waves with their new single,\"By the Daggers in Your Eyes.\" The song, which combines a drivingbeat and pulsing distorted bass line with instantly memorable lyrics and vocalmelodies, has been described as \"the ideal anthem for the edgiest movieJohn Hughes never made.\" The track entered the Triple A SubModern radiocharts at #11 - the highest debut for any self-released single that week - andcontinued in the Top 25 for several subsequent weeks. Prominent localsupporters include KROQ's Kat Corbett and KCRW's Nic Harcourt. Shiloe was alsorecently selected as the Deli Magazine's \"Band of the Month\" in anonline reader's poll.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eAn all-girl three-piece hailing from San Antonio, Texas,Girl in a Coma count Morrissey, Tegan and Sara and Joan Jett among their   many fans. The trio are signed toJett's record label, Blackheart Records, which recently released theirsophomore album, Trio B.C. Joining them on tour are the Brooklyn-based duoBlack Gold, who are currently set to open one of the upcoming Pixies shows atthe Hollywood Palladium.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eThe Troubadour show, which is expected to sell out, will include a Dia de los Muertos themed set by Shiloe to honor the post-Halloween Mexican holiday. Tickets are available from the venue or via Ticketmaster.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.fileden.com/files/2009/9/2/2562901/By%20The%20Daggers%20In%20Your%20Eyes.mp3\"\u003eBy The Daggers In Your Eyes.mp3\u003c/a\u003e (from upcoming full-length, title TK)\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.fileden.com/files/2009/9/2/2562901/The%20Death%20Of%20Madame%20Mustache.mp3\"\u003eThe Death Of Madame Mustache.mp3\u003c/a\u003e (from ...And Now the Screaming Starts EP)\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' src\u003d'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8422153857220989975-7154538539581673357?l\u003dcwgmusicnews.blogspot.com' alt\u003d'' /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://cwgmusicnews.blogspot.com/feeds/7154538539581673357/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http://cwgmusicnews.blogspot.com/2009/10/two-nights-of-shiloe.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8422153857220989975/posts/default/7154538539581673357"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8422153857220989975/posts/default/7154538539581673357"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://cwgmusicnews.blogspot.com/2009/10/two-nights-of-shiloe.html","title":"Two Nights of Shiloe"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"CWG, Inc."},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/08167826987284190998"},"email":{"$t":"editor@cwgmagazine.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"12156025679189771024"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_8G41dtS7j8Y/Stzt2CTbehI/AAAAAAAADu4/Pzt5M7_ahIg/s72-c/Troubadour-11-01_small.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8422153857220989975.post-9221530877126706331"},"published":{"$t":"2009-10-19T02:50:00.000-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-10-19T02:50:00.564-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"chicks with guns"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"download this"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"antennas up"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Antennas Up Announce 3 Tracks in iTunes' Tap Tap Revenge 3 Game"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_8G41dtS7j8Y/StbwwjczgZI/AAAAAAAADoE/32kQ64TBrmI/s1600-h/Antennas+Up+%2B+One_opt.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 241px;\" src\u003d\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_8G41dtS7j8Y/StbwwjczgZI/AAAAAAAADoE/32kQ64TBrmI/s320/Antennas+Up+%2B+One_opt.jpg\" alt\u003d\"\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392762320763191698\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003eAntennas Up are pleased to announce that three tracks from their self-titled debut are included in ITunes’ Tap Tap Revenge 3 video game; they share company with likes like AFI, The Killers, Fall Out Boy, Ben Harper, No Doubt and Dave Matthews Band! Tap Tap Revenge is the most popular iPhone videogame, with over 6 million downloads. Essentially, the game is a portable Guitar Hero, in which players tap their fingers as scrolling blobs speed down in time to the music. It is an ideal placement for a band who are obsessed with such pastimes.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eWhen learning of a band who wears their fascination with spaceships, videogames and assorted results of hyper-accentuated technology on their sleeve as Antennas Up does, one might make the assumption that their obsession is a reflection of a rather cold persona.  Thank God, their debut album is now available and any pre-conceived notions of frigid, scientific vibes are swept away by dance floor-worthy grooves that share loyalties to funk, neo-soul and electro-robot rock.  The songs on this self-titled debut are incredibly inclusive, with hypnotic rhythms weaving in and out of infectious melodies, drawing listeners closer.  Innovative studio techniques bring a modern edge to tunes that are guaranteed to fill the dance floor, generating collective joy between the audience and band. This kind of accessibility is not contrived but a direct reflection of three extremely extroverted guys who bonded together to make intelligent music that is also a lot of fun.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eThe songs on the album address a broad range of subjects, from the down-to-earth issues of relationships (“Don’t Wait Up”), to otherworldly accounts of time travel and spaceship romance (“5P4C35H1P”). Taking wildly disparate subjects and elaborate recording techniques and weaving a unified album is where the band’s talent shines – their allegiance to all that is dance-friendly provides the glue.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eUnlike most indie bands, Antennas Up tour with an entire multimedia production that includes an interactive light and music show. Their tech-centered show started with a slight obsession with guitar effects pedals and morphed into a mini-mountain of effects and lights connected by over 1000 feet of cable. The band controls audio backing tracks, lights and video through one central box. Akers explains, “Of course the live show's cornerstone is the music. But to us, the show is about more than just what songs we perform. We want to set our show apart from what you would typically expect to see going to a club on a random Friday night. When people walk in and see a band with full stage production, it makes an impact. And what's great is, we bring our entire setup with us, and are able to duplicate it in every room across the country.\"\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eAntennas Up carved out their own musical realm, a domain in which the chillier aspects of technology are offset by the warmth and good humor emanating from this trio of musicians.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eListen to Antennas Up here: \u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.myspace.com/antennasup\"\u003ehttp://www.myspace.com/antennasup\u003c/a\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' src\u003d'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8422153857220989975-9221530877126706331?l\u003dcwgmusicnews.blogspot.com' alt\u003d'' /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://cwgmusicnews.blogspot.com/feeds/9221530877126706331/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http://cwgmusicnews.blogspot.com/2009/10/antennas-up-announce-3-tracks-in-itunes.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8422153857220989975/posts/default/9221530877126706331"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8422153857220989975/posts/default/9221530877126706331"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://cwgmusicnews.blogspot.com/2009/10/antennas-up-announce-3-tracks-in-itunes.html","title":"Antennas Up Announce 3 Tracks in iTunes' Tap Tap Revenge 3 Game"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"CWG, Inc."},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/08167826987284190998"},"email":{"$t":"editor@cwgmagazine.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"12156025679189771024"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_8G41dtS7j8Y/StbwwjczgZI/AAAAAAAADoE/32kQ64TBrmI/s72-c/Antennas+Up+%2B+One_opt.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","$t":"0"}}]}});