The makers of the smash hit video game Guitar Hero have announced some of the music which will be playable in the upcoming third revision of the franchise. Leading the way will be tracks by Weezer, Smashing Pumpkins, Beastie Boys, Muse, Rolling Stones, Kiss, Living Colour and more.
Due out in the fall, the sequel will include Gibson-designed wireless guitars. Previous games earned kudos from a number of famous fans including My Chemical Romance and the Donnas.
In his latest ‘State Of The Union’ post over on the vinyl collective blog, Virgil from Suburban Home Records/Vinyl Collective is releasing details of the label’s upcoming releases — including the much-anticipated Armchair Martian discography.
We just booked 3 releases for August 7th: Drag the River/Dents split LP/CD; Armchair Martian “Good Guys, Bad Band” discography; and Tim Barry “Laurel St Demos” LP/CD. The Drag/Dents split features both bands doing the exact same 4 songs: 2 of their own and then 2 covers of the 2 songs that the other band does. Make sense? It is a fun release and will be limited to 1,000 copies on CD and 250 copies on LP. The Armchair Martian discography features the entire “Monsters Always Scream” record plus a lot of b-sides and tracks that had never been released.
Vagrant has signed The A-Sides. The Philadelphia, PA-based band previously released Hello, Hello in 2005 via Prison Jazz. The album earned a rave review from our staff reviewer who noted:
Hello, Hello is at its core an example of how good music will transcend age and find a suitable crowd
A local Utah ABC affiliate has assembled the latest in a series of reactionary reports “alerting” parents to the dangers of “emo.” Like most stories, it focuses on the perceived fears and ostensibly discusses the “cutting” and suicide undercurrents of the scene.
The piece relies heavily on Internet reports, but also like many of these reports, it doesn’t properly distinguish between genuine emo and those making fun of emo and presents a perfectly surreal account.
Seaweed has announced plans for a reunion show, and a new record:
All rumors are true. Seaweed is getting it together to do a reunion show at Bumbershoot, Seattle’s greatest music festival. Date/place/time is September 2 at the EMP Sky Church-9:30 PM.
The band is shockingly thrilled to get back together and play in front of our friends and fans once again. All members have returned except they are now playing with long-time friend Jesse Fox of Polecat and Leuko, two excellent NW bands.
Also Jesse and I are working hard on new tracks as well in a shack in South Tacoma–demos should be complete by the end of summer.
The best Seaweed album is yet to come. Tentative title-Small Engine Repair.
The Tacoma, Washington-based band started out releasing material on their own Leopard Gecko imprint in 1989, before moving onto a vinyl single with K Records, signing to Sub Pop a few years later for their career building albums “Despised,” “Weak,” and “Four.” Then Hollywood Records picked the band up in 1993 and released their largest album to date, 1995’s “Spanaway,” their bombastic major label offering. Lasting only 1 album on Hollywood, the band and label unhitched and Seaweed then moved back to the indies. Merge Records issued their final release in 1999, “Actions and Indications” turned into their swan song and the band split later the same year. SourceContinue reading Seaweed plans reunion show for Fall, new record→
Ska/dub/punk act The Pinstripes has some new music posted.The band is set to release a new album on June 13 and promises traditional ska, reggae, dub, and punk. A track, “Find It,” is available on their myspace along with a sampler of the entire CD. You can check out the music on their myspace page
Seattle-based punk act The Trashies has posted some new music.The band most recently released two singles. The first, “Blue Tarp/Ricky Don’t Feel” on Rehab records and the second is a split 7″ with Hunchback via Freedome School records. Music from both releases is streaming now. You can check out the music on their myspace page
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