Joey Cape of Lagwagon has posted the latest song in his Doesn’t Play Well with Others series. The monthly-released tracks will make up the solo album which is expected in 2011.
Check out the song here.
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Dirty Laundry features Titus Andronicus in this week’s episode.
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In a continued effort to support the music industry, France has launched a new program to subsidize legal music consumption by young people. Under the newly launched program, French citizens between the ages of 12 and 25 will be able to purchase a prepaid card usable on subscription-based music websites. The card will come with €50 worth of credit, but customers only have to pay €25 with the difference being provided for by taxpayers.
The plan is specifically designed to encourage diverse subscription services, by limiting the amount of money any single company can generate to €5 million. Ars Technica provides more analysis here.
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Grotesque Tactics is now available on Steam! To celebrate its’ launch, the game will be available at 20% off now through October 22nd, 10AM PST.
Grotesque Tactics combines the features and clichés of popular Western and Asian console RPGs and provides a highly addicting and entertaining change to the current, more serious role playing games. The game is focused on providing the fascination of the Strategy RPG genre, but also weaves a humorous storyline and plenty of amusing dialogue, poking fun at some of today’s most successful RPGs.
To protect the kingdom from the merciless cult “The Dark Church” which has murdered all of the kingdom’s heroes and knights, you will have to hire dubious soldiers and rescue jealous maidens who will follow you into combat as your groupies. Up to 10 heroes are deployed in tactical battles to take on the Dark Church with their mysterious special abilities.
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The Experience Music Project will be hosting the “world’s most extensive Nirvana exhibit” next year. Titled Nirvana: Taking Punk to the Masses runs April 16, 2011 – April 22, 2013, the event will feature memorabilia celebrating the music and history of the influential band. Bassist Krist Novoselic commted on the exhibit:
Kurt Cobain was a visionary artist who touched people all over the world. It’s great that there will soon be a collection that celebrates that contribution to music and culture. There’s a story with Nirvana at its center, but it’s a story that also includes the many people, bands and institutions that make up a music community. The show is a celebration of Northwest music.
Some key parts of the exhibit include never-before exhibited, high school painting of two aging, Reagan-era punks in the post-apocalypse, informally known as “punk American gothic,” the Teac reel-to-reel tape machine owned by Mari Earl, Cobain’s aunt, on which a young Kurt recorded material for his early bands, Organized Confusion and Fecal Matter, Cobain’s handwritten lyrics for Nirvana songs including “Spank Thru” and “Floyd the Barber.” Numerous instruments, including pieces of the first guitar Cobain destroyed onstage (a Univox Hi-Flyer); Dave Grohl’s Tama Rockstar-Pro drum kit; and Krist Novoselic’s Guild acoustic bass guitar and Buck Owens American acoustic guitar used during the recording of “MTV Unplugged.”
Check out the press release here.
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Lost Planet 2, the sequel to multi-million seller Lost Planet™: Extreme Condition, is now available on Steam!
Capcom brings yet another fun, intense 3rd person action game to the PC, but this time with a focus on multiplayer. Play the campaign mode in solo or up to 4 players in co-op mode and take down ginormous creatures that inhabit the planet.
Got that competitive itch? Capcom’s got you covered there too as you can compete in 16-player multiplayer matches with 5 different game modes including Data Post Battle, Akrid Egg Battle, Fugitive, Elimination and Team Elimination. Additional maps will be available as downloadable content after the game’s release.
Alexisonfire have posted the title track from their upcoming EP, Dog’s Blood. As the band promises, the EP features “completely different-sounding songs” with this track harkening back to straight-up hardcore. The EP was co-produced by Alexisonfire and Jon Drew (F*cked Up, Tokyo Police Club, Quest For Fire, Arkells) and features three vocal tracks and one instrumental.
A limited run of 2000 vinyl records will be available in three different color variations: one color will be sold through the labels, one color via the band’s official online store, and one color will be sold on tour. Check out the song on their MySpace page.
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Weezer has released two songs apiece from their upcoming Pinkerton [Deluxe] reissue and their recently unveiled B-sides compilation Death to False Metal. All four of the songs were written in the 90s/early 00s period of Pinkerton.
Check out all four songs here.
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Bad Religion are working on a video for “Wrong Way Kids,” from their album The Dissent of Man. The track is about growing up in the early L.A. punk scene and accordingly, the band is looking for old photos for the video. They explained:
We’re looking for your old punk rock photos to use in the video, submit your photos at the link below or by email! Photo submissions should include the name of the people in the photos, year it was taken and the city it was taken in.
Find more details on the website.
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Canada’s Silverstein have booked a Canadian headlining run beginning late next month. The run will feature The Devil Wears Prada and For Today.
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The Chariot have posted a new song from their upcoming debut for Good Fight Music. The band will released their record titled Long Live on November 23, 2010 . They last released Wars and Rumors of Wars on Solid State Records and will be touring with The Cancer Bats and Stray From The Path beginning in November.
Check out the song on their MySpace page.
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Vanna, who recently parted ways with Epitaph, have announced a tour alongside Tides Of Man, Greeley Estates and A Bullet For Pretty Boy.
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Foxy Shazam have posted a new track to coincide with their recently launched headlining tour. The band is touring the United States with Free Energy this month and next.
Check out the new song via Spin.
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