Everyone go watch the movie Thumbsucker - 8/31

THEY SAY...

• Incubus have released tracklisting for their upcoming album Light Grenades (Nov. 28), and the first single "Anna Molly" is out sometime in October (AHHHHH!!!! *dies*)
  
• Holy geez! Video footage of that bottle being thrown at Panic! at the Disco singer has surfaced!
• Gorillaz DVD due in October (in the U.K., but stay tuned for details about a North American release). They're calling it "Phase Two - Slowboat to Hades"
• Bob Dylan does iPod
• "Beatles sue record companies for £13.2 Million" (about $57 Million USD)
• A sweet deal made from Dave Grohl (Foo Fighters) to some miners in Australia (it includes beer)
  
• The Decemberists fans, mark your calendars for The Crane Wife being released on Oct. 3 (tracklisting included at link!)
  
• "Bloc Party, the Automatic, and Maximo Park team up"
• Dinosaur Jr. had their stuff stolen in New York.. poor guys, that sucks
  

"We Sound Amazed" - 8/30

THEY SAY...

• Nightmare Before Christmas "Redux" with new soundtrack songs from Fall Out Boy and Panic! At the Disco (stay tuned to the podcast for a "why?!" rant)
• The Polyphonic Spree are covering Nirvana for an upcoming EP Wait, released Sept. 5
• "Carl Barat and Pete Doherty team-up" (Wait! It's a trap!)
• Some bands to appear at this year's Halifax Pop Explosion include the Weakerthans, Joel Plaskett, Great Lake Swimmers and more
• Watch a new video from French Kiss, "So Far We Are"
• The Lemonheads North American tour dates released
• Green Day are back making more music (let's hope for less media hype so their songs to don't get incredibly irritating)
• OkGO are on Letterman tonight (can someone tell me why I don't have their latest album yet)

Number 50! - 8/29

THEY SAY...

• FREE LEGAL MUSIC DOWNLOADING courtesy of Universal Music?! (I actually "Oh my God"-ed at this one)
• Kasabian announces their North American tour
• Depeche Mode fans, lets get happy with more reissues come your way
• Foxy Brown: GUILTY! Then quickly changed her mind and decided otherwise
• Two thirds of Blink 182 = Plus 44 + two
  
• Babyshambles signed to Parlophone?
• Peaches: Canada's 'club' scene sucks
• Elton John is making a hip hop album (lol)

First podcast success? - 8/28

THEY SAY...

• Libertines reunite? (for real this time?)
• Radiohead live DVD will come eventually
• Rehab rockers... rock... in rehab... apparently
• My Chemical Romance: Band number two to get petled with things at Carling Weekend
• Don't Download This Song: Weird Al Yankovic (Oh, I so am)
• I didn't think Kittie still existed
• "Robert Plant and The Doors boxed sets come from Rhino"
• Eminem is teaming up with Nike for charity purposes
• Again, extensive coverage of Carling Weekend is at NME.com

THIS WEEK'S NEW RELEASES
The Dears - Gang of Losers
Beach Boys - Pet Sounds (40th Anniversary Edition)
Tiga - Sexor
Bob Dylan - Modern Times
The Roots - Game Theory
Chantal Kreviazuk - Ghost Stories

Working on my first Podcast this weekend! - 8/25

THEY SAY...

• Artists like Damian Marley and others are to play at this year's Vagoose in Las Vegas
• Extensive Coverage of Carling Weekend (Reading and Leeds) is over at NME.com/festivals
  
• Panic! at the Disco singer was hit in the face with a bottle on stage at Reading Festival today.. Brendan Urie speaks!
• Aerosmith bassist Tom Hamilton is being treated for cancer
  
• Tencious D movie to be released on Nov. 17! (Featuring Meatloaf and Dave Grohl!)
• Hear Kasabian's new album (Empire) before anyone else!
• Hear The Dears' new album (Gang of Losers) before anyone else!
• Hear The Young Knives' new album before anyone else!
• Badly Drawn Boy fans, tracklisting for Born in the UK is now available

HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND!

'Cause I've had a bad day.. (lol) - 8/24

So my Foo Fighter seats actually weren't as close as I thought they were, so sorry, no pictures. But let me just say, they were excellent. Dave Grohl for president! And here's some Foo Fighter/Dave Grohl trivia for you too... Did you know that the first (?) time Grohl and another band of his back in 1989-1990-ish came to Toronto, (t)he(y) ended up playing a set with Iggy Pop? Well, now you know. You know what else.. Pat Smear, Frank Black, and Petra Hayden were all there too.. you heard me, Pat Smear, Frank Black, AND Petra Hayden.


THEY SAY...

• The man who allegedly attacked another Korn fan sometime last month is being charged with murder
• Frank Black doesn't like new Pixies documentary
• Syd Barrett's belongings are up for auction
• "Panic! at the Disco tours with Bloc Party"
• Bob Dylan is bring the likes of Foo Fighters, Raconteurs, and Kings of Leon with him on tour
• Apple pay up $100 Million over a patent dipute

Gosh, this week has been so boring. Unless they're hiding all the news from me, this week just sucked

Worst week so far... - 8/23

THEY SAY...

• Pete Doherty makes news even in rehab
• New Snoop Dogg album revealed
• Ben Folds fans, mark you calendars: A rarities and b-sides disc, Supersunnyspeedgraphic, is being released on Oct. 24

I know what you're thinking... THREE points?!
And yes, only three points because today's news was either from yesterday and/or everything just sucks today and nothing special is going on...

But never fear! If my tickets to the Foo Fighters show tonight are as good and I think they are.. expect some pics tomorrow

What the deal? - 8/22

THEY SAY...

• Keane singer in rehab! Those liars said "exhaustion" last week
• Lily Allen announces North American dates
• Weezer aren't splitting (and they better not or I'll cry from beneath my thick-rimmed nerd glasses)
• Modest Mouse fans, mark your calendars: We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank, is set to release Dec. 19
• Fun with Beck's new album.. stickers included! (I can't remember already reporting this, but something tells me Yes)
• CBGB announces the last bands to ever play there, and talks about a new location in Manhattan ensue
• "Oasis to release film"

Bore-alert! - 8/21

THEY SAY...

• The Killers announce North American tour dates ($10 says that the Kool Haus show will sell out in 3 seconds, more or less)
  
• Zach Braff has directed a video for Cary Brothers.. watch it now
• Busta Rhymes got busted! (cheese)
• Extensive coverage of V-Fest in the U.K. by NME
• Jay-Z hits the road
• Watch an acoustic version of Outkast's "Hey Ya", performed by Mat Weddle
• Tower Records file for Bankruptcy

THIS WEEK'S NEW RELEASES
Razorlight - Razorlight
Mars Volta - Amputecture
Platinum Weird - Platinum Weird
Outkast - Idlewild
Kelis - Kelis Was Here

Today + BONUS PICS, OH SNAP! - 8/18

So not only am I giving you the news today, but a bonus picture of Ben Lee at the Mod Club last night because of yesterday's non-update


Ben Lee


Ben Lee sans guitar


THEY SAY...

• Smashing Pumpkins together again!
  
• "Pete Doherty pleads guilty to drug charges"
• Placebo announce dates for the U.S.
• Justin Hawkins (the Darkness) is in rehab
• Paul Stanley fans, mark your calendars: His solo release Live To Win is being released on Oct. 24
• eBay doesn't like Peaches' underwears
• Keane cancel tour
• Babyshambles are releasing a new compilation album, Back on the Bus - What Goes on Tour, Stays on Tour (Sept. 18)
  

Have a good weekend!

My bad... - 8/16

... and you know what else happened today? My effing glasses broke! I was putting them back on after a shower the the right arm just FELL OFF.. curses you, Vogue!

THEY SAY..

• YouTube plans to have "every music video ever" on their database by the end of 2007 (I can't deny my excitement!)
• Poor Mars Volta.. bottles of urine were being pelted at them during their set at Seattle's EndFest (video included)
  
• Interpol have broken up.. 4 TIMES between making their upcoming album
• Tracklisting for Sloan's new album, Never Hear the End of it, is now available.. with 3 tour dates too (WOOT!)
  
• The Kooks release some North American dates
• Oh, Madonna.. when will you ever learn?
• Watch Kaki King's new video for "Yellowcake"
• "Blink 182 reveal truth behind split"
• Tracklisting for Beck's new album, The Information, is now available
• Britney, it's called a condom.. think about it, you ass
• Oh, Pete Doherty... his passport wasn't accepted, show in Ibiza cancelled
• Darnit again! *Note to self: move to the UK, ASAP* Fans tell Radiohead what songs they want to hear at V-Fest this weekend
• Learn how to make pancakes.. the cooler way!

Woot! Just got Firefox on the laptop! - 8/14

I was at the Taste of the Danforth this weekend.. I wish I brought my camera. Anywho, it was awesome... except the part when I was almost run over by an old man on his scooter...

THEY SAY..

• Dirty Pretty Things are releasing their first ever DVD
• Oasis Fans, mark your calendars: Stop the Clocks, their best-of, is being released on Nov. 21
• The Shins fans wait longer for new album
• Moby "collaberates" with Debbie Harry (Blondie) for his new single (and upcoming best-of)
• New Anti-Flag video
• "Pete Doherty and Kate Moss engaged?"
• Mick Jagger having laryngitis = no Stones show in Spain
• Want to hear new Rapture material? Send them some pics first
• Boy George picks up garbage in NYC
• Beck will also be releasing a DVD with his upcoming album The Information (he's 36 for real? I'd tap that.)
• "MySpace launches Aussie Site"

THIS WEEK'S NEW RELEASES
The Suits xl - Quarter Life Crisis
Christina Aguilera - Back to Basics [Yeah, I went there!]

..that dang computah! - 8/11

My computer is being extra bastardly slow today so I'm hoping 6 fab points will make up for today and yesterday..
GO!

• Emily Haines hits the road.. AND mark your calendars for Knives Don't Have Your Back, releasing Sept. 26
• Bruce Springsteen's next album, We Shall Overcome: the Seeger Sessions, is being released just a tad later than shcheduled.. re-mark your calendars for Oct. 3
• Kanye West is engaged (watch out for the cheesy Goldigger reference on this one)
• Carmen Electra has officially filed for divorce
• Axl Rose (Gun N' Roses) made a surprise visit to a cancer charity in London
• Elton John fans, mark your calendars: The Captain and the Kid is set to release on Sept. 19, and tracklisting is also available

Have a good weekend!

4 p.m. Pacific Time means...? - 8/9

THEY SAY...

• They found the guy who killed a fan at the Korn show a few weeks back
• The second Vagoose festival features the Raconteurs, Fiona Apple and more in Las Vegas
  
• Jay-Z.. out of retirement to spread the word on water conservation through touring
• Pete Doherty and Mike Skinner of the Streets are making a "drugs anthem"
• "Travis Barker Files for Divorce"
• THE RENTALS WITH OZMA! (Finally, some more press for those guys! Vive the Rentals!)
• MTV buys Atom Ent. for $200 Million (I'm sure you've all been to shockwave.com at sometime.. I was addicted at one point)
• More info from Bloc Party on their new album
  

I missed a lot while on holiday it seems - 8/8

I took my holiday so sorry about the non-update yesterday...


THEY SAY...

• Beck fans are in for a treat! He's releasing his new album (only about a year after releasing Guero) The Information on Oct. 2
• Frank Black just released dates for a huge North American Tour
• Scissor Sisters also have North American Tour dates.. hitting a club near you
  
• Extensive Lollapalooza coverage at Spin.com
• Bob Dylan has made a "pact" with iTunes (..true story, don't trust 'em! They had the same thing for RHCP's Staduim Arcadium and I didn't get my secret password for presale tickets until 2 p.m. *shakes fist* And now I don't have tickets at all)
• "Alice In Chains heading back on the road"
• Ususally when they say "shocker" isn't not that much of a shocker... but Carl Barat of Dirty Pretty Things broke his colar bone and they have to get a replacement for the time being
• New Arctic Monkeys video!
• New Kasabian video!
• OK Go comment on their latest dancing video for "Here It Goes Again"
• "New Song from the Curtains"

THIS WEEK'S NEW RELEASES
Ani DiFranco - Reprieve
Sigur Ros - Saeglopar EP

...Pumping on your stereo-oh - 8/4

THEY SAY...

• Serious shocker: "Death from Above 1979 call it quits"
• Lukemia takes another life: Arthur Lee
• "Twelve reasons why Arthur Lee was cool"
• Albert Hammond Jr. (the Strokes) goes solo.. see the tracklisting for Yours to Keep, being released Oct. 9, mark your calendars
• Outkast tracklisting revelead for Idlewild (mark your calendars for Aug. 22
• Lollapalooza started today.. Spin.com is all over it
• Maximo Park start second album
• Mark your calendars: Weird Al Yankovic's Straight Outta Lynwood is being released Sept. 26
• More band added to V-Fest in Toronto! The Strokes, Razorlight, Kid Koala and more! (I'm so there!)
• I thought Jerry Lee Lewis stopped making music ages ago...?
• Johnny Marr (the Smiths) helps out Modest Mouse on their seventh album
• LimeWire gets sued.. bahaha!
  

Woot! - 8/3

THEY SAY..

• New Bloc Party album tracklisting revealed!
• Sub Pop are certified "Green-e"
• Sleater-Kinney played their last show in NYC last night
• "Art Brut new album revealed"
• Chris Cornell is going solo? (and a release date for Audioslave's next album, Revelations, is due Sept. 5, mark your calendars
• Thrice.. forget the double album, how about the quadruple album!
• New Kurt Cobain documentary (and it's being screened at this years TIFF)
• Thom Yorke's angry letter about the british Prime Minister has been removed from Radiohead's website without explanation.. oh snap.
• 311 want to take a break after tour
• Rufus Wainwright has plans for his next album (possible release for next year)
• Lead singer of The Knack, Doug Feiger, "underwent successful brain surgery"
• The Datsuns fans, mark your calendars: Smoke and Mirrrors is being released September 18, and tracklisting is also available
• Damon Albarn has another band
• Napster goes mobile
• Kasabian, first album: "sketchy nonsense"
  

OHMYGODOHHMYGODOHMYGODOHMYGOD - 8/2

THEY SAY..

• INCUBUS ALBUM NEWS! I'm marking my calendar right now for Light Grenades being released on Nov. 20.. read more about it
  
• And some sad news about the Korn fan who went to hospital.. the band speak
• Thom Yorke: We must throw Tony Blair out of office NOW
• Art Brut were almost on Top of the Pops
• Feist, BSS and more... charity styles
• Mark you calendars for new Scissor Sisters: Ta-dah is being released Sept. 26
• "Stephen Colbert vs. Wikipedia"?
• Paul McCartney and Heather Mills situation gets... icky
  
• Justin Timberlake tracklisting is now available
• Happy Mondays make new music.. a first in 14 years
  
• "Hip Hop museum causes division"
• Deals: XM Radio & Google, and Apple & Coke
• Tour Dates Galore! Amy Milan, East Infection Tour, and Undoing Ruin Tour
• Watch live webcasts of Lollapalooza!
  

Juicy business to start August - 8/1

THEY SAY...

• Meatloaf is releasing Bat Out of Hell III! (Mark your calendars: Oct. 31)
  
• A Korn fan goes to hospital after "concert brawl"
• New OK GO Video! "Here it Goes Again" (It may even be more entertaining than "A Million Ways")
  
• New Beck video, "I Think I'm In Love," has appeared on his MySpace
  
• Owen Wilson denies allegations that the new movie, "You, Me, and Dupree," is based on a song by Steely Dan
• Tommy Lee's pilot is facing reckless flying charges for picking up Lee at his place to go to an NIN show
• Geffen Records and DIC are teaming up to lauch a new label aimed at youths
• Sirius Satellite Radio have raised their "subscriber forecast"
• "New Download from the Big Sleep" - this offer for "Shima" expires on Aug. 15 so hurry up
• Drummer of Mars Volta has left
• Paul McCartney is releasing a new album. Mark your calendars for Ecce Cor Meum, releasing on Sept. 25
• Goldfrapp is releasing a remix album. Mark your calendars for We Are Glitter, Oct. 17
• Lil' Kim's house arrest is over this Thusday
• Alice Cooper is building a centre for teens
• Ashlee Simpson is officially-officially a douchebag