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Pitchfork is reporting that Icelandic ambient rock band Sigur Rós have been tapped to play for his Holiness the Dalai Lama when he travels to Reykjavík for a visit on June 2nd.
The band will be playing "Odin's Raven Magic" which is an orchestral collaboration that will be performed with composer Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson. Now while this is huge for the band they've also… Read More

See that guy up there? The heavy set, bare-skinned, bearded bleeding guy? That's Damian Abraham aka Pink Eyes from the band Fucked Up. He's also your newest commentator on Fox News. WTF?!
It turns out that this is no surprise being that Damian has actually appeared on Fox News a few times on their late night show Red Eye (which airs at 2am...or 3am. I'm not really sure. I don't watch the show.) For those of you that don't know… Read More

"After 15 years, three albums, hundreds of shows, and far more twists and turns than we ever imagined possible, we've decided to put Harvey Danger to rest."
That was the opening line on the most recent blog post by 90's rock band Harvey Danger. Personally I had no idea they were still around. But it turns out the band had still been making music and even released their last album, Little by Little..., as a free download. The band made their… Read More

So as I said in a post yesterday, I was going to keep an eye on indie-rockers Wavves after their breakdown in Barcelona at the Primavera festival. Well a new update has come to my attention thanks to the people at Pitchfork.
Turns out that the band's next performance was in Lisbon, Portugal but… Read More

Say it ain't so! I'm sorry. I started a story with the journalism cliche of using a song title to describe a band. Let me start again.
An online post on Weezer's website has suggested that a new album from Rivers & Co. might come out this year. The post says that the band worked with producer Jackknife Lee and the songs were mixed in March of '09.
There is no release date and the Weez say… Read More

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I don't know how many of you know the indie-rock band Wavves but here's a lesson to learn from the San Diego trash-pop band. Never ever piss off an international audience. We'll find out about it here in no time.
On May 28th at the Primavera Festival, Wavves was supposed to take the stage at 2:20… Read More

Phil Spector, the legendary producer known for the "Wall of Sound" recording style he used with bands including The Ronettes and who produced albums for The Beatles and The Ramones, received his sentence of 19 years to life in prison for the murder of actress Lana Clarkson.
This was the sentencing for Spector's second trial in the case and he was denied a… Read More

Ozzy Osbourne has filed a lawsuit with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office against his former Black Sabbath bandmate Tony Iommi, claiming that he illegally took sole ownership of the name Black Sabbath.
The New York Post reported that Osbourne wants a 50 percent stake in the Black Sabbath trademark plus a portion of Iommi's profits he's made… Read More

The Rock it Out! Band of the Week is from Texas and they are called Aliens. It was very cool to have them play the Rock it Out! Blog party on Wednesday even though the lead singer Blake played the show by himself. His DJ, DJ Highpriest, had a baby 13 hours before the show and couldn't be there but Blake still put on a great set.
Head on over to their Myspace page to check out their music, videos… Read More