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Friday, December 25th, 2009 at 2:33 pm

Ok so 3 more posts today that I’ve dug up – I’m an information JUNKIE on this stuff lately. Give em a browse and let me know what ya reckon. They’re just from a few different sites I’ve been surfing lately that are generally good for information like this…

National Board of Review picks ‘Up in the Air’ as best picture

Other Northern California nominees included Metallica (hard rock performance) singer Ledisi (R&B album and female R&B vocal performance), … Read More…

Pop and Rock Listings

(Pareles) TED LEO AND THE PHARMACISTS (Sunday) Ted Leo has been churning out pithy punk-rock songs since the mid-1990s, when he led the band Chisel; … Read More…

Dashboard Confessional going acoustic in Utah

New Found Glory, another Florida band that play songs with more of a harder, punk-rock edge, was going to tour with Dashboard Confessional on the original … Read More…
That’s all the news for today guys, so until next time, thanks for stopping by.

Time For Musicians To Take Charge: Stop Waiting For Others To Fix …

Punk rock drove down production values and just like the Internet, became disruptive and leveled the playing field. Punk bands formed quickly, releasing records as 7″ vinyl singles on their own equally quickly formed record labels. …. By enabling bands and artists to have “friends” that are other bands that they know or like or are in their scene (particularly filling a large group of “top friends” that show up on their page with these), it really did a great job of …

“Locally Thrown: Interview with DJ Manny and Austin Punk Rock Band …

People get so up in arms about keeping Austin Austin, so why can’t our favorite up-and-coming Austin artists got spun by our local DJs? That’s the concept behind Red Bull Locally Thrown, an event that brings some of Austin’s top DJs together with some of our favorite local bands. … WATCH: In the video, below, you ‘ll learn a little more about DJ Manny and the Riverboat Gamblers, hear about Manny’s attempts to remix the punk rock band, and get updated on Ian’s condition. …

Soul In Isolation: The 90’s are coming part 6: 1995

Was Pearl Jam an alternative rock band or just a plain old rock band? And what about the endless grunge-rock imitators like Live, Bush, Silverchair, Collective Soul, and Candlebox? Did they have any claim on the punk rock legacy? … The difference was that the earlier alternative rockers were combining genres to create something new. The newer artists were just lifting the sound of the older groups to make conventional, unoriginal modern rock radio fodder. …

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