Song of the day

Because it is Friday, today`s song of the day has to be party song. "It`s a Party" from The Subways is right choice I think.

The Beatles to release early recordings with Tony Sheridan

Early Beatles recordings with singer Tony Sheridan will be released. The band performed with Sheridan in 1961 in Germany. Double LP called The Beatles With Tony Sheridan: First Recordings will be released on November 8 in US.

Chceck NME`s 25 must hear albums of this Autumn

NME Magazine released 25 albums that people have to hear this Autumn. I really like this list because it really captures all interesting albums of this Autumn. There are albums like Achtung Baby from U2 (reissued), The Whole Love from Wilco, self-titled Wild Flag album, album from Noel Gallagher`s High Flying Birds or Jane`s Addiction`s The Great Escape Artist. You should definetely check this list.
To view the list on NME Web site go here.
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Song of the day

Today`s song of the day is Biffy Clyro and their awesome performance of their hit "Bubbles".

Watch Noel Gallagher`s High Flying Birds perform live

Live footage of Noel Gallagher`s High Flying Birds has surfaced online. He and his band perform on Italian TV “The Death of You and Me”.

PJ Harvey will perform in front of UK Prime Minister

Recent Mercury Prize winner for her album Let England Shake, PJ Harvey, will perform in front of David Cameron, UK Prime Minister. It will happen this weekend on BBC during Andrew Marr Show. It will be second time. The singer has played in front of ex-Prime Minister Gordon Brown last year.

Watch new Blink-182 music video “Hearts all Gone”

Check out new Blink-182 music video for one of the best song from Neighborhoods – “Hearts all Gone”. The video captures the band during recent Honda Civic Tour with My Chemical Romance.
You can check the video here.

Watch Alex Turner of Arctic Monkeys performing acoustically

Below you can watch three songs performed by Alex Turner acoustically on KEXP. He played “Reckless Serenade”, “Suck it and See” and “Love is a Laserquest”, all from new LP Suck it and See. I have to say that this performance was incredible. Enjoy watching!

 

Watch MGMT performing Pink Floyd`s "Lucifer Sam"

Last night MGMT performed Pink Floyd`s cover "Lucifer Sam" on Jimmy Fallon during Pink Floyd week. It is another awesome performance. Today, Dierks Bentley will perform "Wish You Were Here" and on Friday Pearl Jam will finish the whole week with "Mother".
You can watch the MGMT performance here.

Song of the day

Little late, but anyway - today`s song of the day will be: Placebo - Follow the Cops Back Home. It is my favorite song of all times. I really love this tune. I hope you like it, too...:)

Watch Foo Fighters w/ Roger Waters perform "In the Flesh"

Last night Foo Fighters and Roger Waters joined onstage and performed Pink Floyd song "In the Flesh" from The Wall on Jimmy Fallon. Watch the performance here.
You can also check interview with Roger Waters here.
And don`t forget, there are three more performances coming up during Pink Floyd week on Jimmy Fallon.

Watch Nirvana live at The Paramount, 1991

You can now watch Nirvana`s previously unreleased concert from The Paramount on YouTube. It is pretty good concert showing Nirvana in their best. Enjoy.

New Releases

New section of my blog will also be list of new albums that come out every week. Of course, I won`t list all new releases, but only ones I recommend. So new releases for this week are:

Blink-182 - Neighborhoods
Dum Dum Girls - Only in Dreams
Machine Head - Unto the Locust
Mastodon - The Hunter
Misfits - Devil`s Rain
Nirvana - Nevermind (Reissued)
Pink Floyd - All 14 studio albums (Reissued)
Switchfoot - Vice Verses
Wilco - The Whole Love

Song of the day

Today`s song of the day will be stunning Rocket Man by Elton John. Really good tune. Enjoy!

Rock & Roll Hall of Fame nominees revealed

This morning, Rock & Roll Hall of Fame revealed 15 nominees for 26th ceremony. Nomination includes 9 new nominees. Here is list of all nominees:

Heart

Joan Jett & the Heartbreakers

Rufus

Guns `n Roses

The Cure

Grandmaster Flash

Furious Five & Run-D.M.C.

Freddie King and Eric B. & Rakim

The Spinner & The Small Faces (The Faces)

Beastie Boys

Donovan

Red Hot Chili Peppers

War

Donna Summer

Laura Nyro

Watch The Shins play "Breathe"

Last week we talked about Jimmy Fallon paying tribute to Pink Floyd by inviting bands to play Pink Floyd songs. Last night, The Shins covered Pink Floyd`s “Breathe”. Next days are going to bring us Foo Fighters, MGMT, Pearl Jam and Dierks Bentley. I will keep you updated about upcoming performances.
You can watch the Shins performance here.

Blink-182 are streaming Neighborhoods in full

After the album came out yesterday, the band has decided to make it available online. You can stream the whole album here.
Hoppus also said that Deluxe version of the album is the one people should buy. He stressed that those three additional songs are as good as those 10 on regular version. He also admitted that 5 songs didn`t make it to the record.

REM will release another Best of LP

After the decided to split up, REM have unveiled their plans to release Greatest Hits LP which will capture all their 31-year long career. Title of this compilation will be Part Lies, Part Heart, Part Truth, Part Garbage: 1982-2011. The album comes out on November 15.

Updated

Here is the tracklisting of both discs:

Disc 1:

1. Gardening At Night
2. Radio Free Europe
3. Talk About The Passion
4. Sitting Still
5. So. Central Rain
6. (Don’t Go Back To) Rockville
7. Driver 8
8. Life And How To Live It
9. Begin The Begin
10. Fall On Me
11. Finest Worksong
12. It’s The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)
13. The One I Love
14. Stand
15 Pop Song 89
16. Get Up
17. Orange Crush
18. Losing My Religion
19. Country Feedback
20. Shiny Happy People

Disc 2:

1. The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite
2. Everybody Hurts
3. Man On The Moon
4. Nightswimming
5. What’s The Frequency, Kenneth?
6. New Test Leper
7. Electrolite
8. At My Most Beautiful
9. The Great Beyond
10. Imitation Of Life
11. Bad Day
12. Leaving New York
13. Living Well Is The Best Revenge
14. Supernatural Superserious
15. Überlin
16. Oh My Heart
17. Alligator_Aviator_Autopilot_Antimatter
18. A Month of Saturdays
19. We All Go Back To Where We Belong
20. Hallelujah

AVA announces UK screening of Love

Angels and Airwaves finally bring their movie called Love to UK next month. It will be shown on Saturday, October 9 in London as part of Sci-Fi-London`s Octoberfest.
You can get tickets here.

Song of the day

Today`s song of the day has to be from Nirvana`s Nevermind. I picked my favorite song from this album - "Drain You".

Watch Pete Doherty`s “Amy Song”

Pete Doherty said to fans he has played his last gig for a long time during his show at O2 Brixton Academy, London. He also played new song dedicated to Amy Winehouse. You can watch the song below.

Coldplay payed tribute to REM

Coldplay played REM`s classic song “Everybody Hurts” during their show in hometown of REM - Atlanta, Georgia on September 24. The band decided to play REM song after they decided to split up after 31 years being together. Coldplay`s frontman Chris Martin said before the song: “One of our favourite bands of all time, REM, for some crazy reason have finished and it's sad. So with the most respect in the world, this is just to show how much they meant to us.“
Enjoy the fan video below.

Listen to the whole song "The View"

After previously unveiled 30-second and 90-second previews of this song from Metallica & Lou Reed, we can finally listen to the whole song. I just can`t help myself, but I am starting to get a little worried about this whole collaboration. Of course, we`ll have to see what the whole album will be like, but based on this song I am afraid that it won`t be good. I wish I was wrong though. Anyways, here`s the song:

Song of the day

Today`s song of the day will be "Glycerine" from Bush. It is a great song, especially this version from legendary Woodstock 99...Enjoy!

Watch Radiohead perform at Saturday Night Live

Last night, Radiohead played two songs on Saturday Night Live show. First song was “Lotus Flower” and the second “Staircase”. The band was joint by Portishead`s Clive Deamer on drums.
The band also recently revealed that the will go on tour in support of their newest album King of Limbs.
Enjoy watching.

Song of the day

Today`s song of the day is from one of my most favorite bands – The Subways. The song`s called “Oh Yeah”.

Listen to 90-second preview of Lou Reed/Metallica`s song “The View”

Metallica & Lou Reed put out 90-second preview of their new song “The View” from their forthcoming album Lulu. Well, another 60 seconds of this song does not really change the fact that it is very weird, but honestly, what did we expect?

Song of the Day

Today`s song of the day will be from new Red Hot Chili Peppers album I`m with You called The Adventures of Rain Dance Maggie. I really like this album and this song. Enjoy.

Jimmy Fallon to pay tribute to Pink Floyd

Late Night with Jimmy Fallon is going to pay tribute to Pink Floyd during the next week. Foo Fighters, MGMT, Pearl Jam, The Shins, and Dierks Bentley are going to perform Pink Floyd songs. It starts on September 26 with The Shins playing “Breathe” from Dark Side of the Moon. On Tuesday, Foo Fighters and Roger Waters will play “The Wall”. MGMT are going to perform on Wednesday song “Lucifer Sam” from the album The Piper at the Gates of Dawn. On Thursday, Dierks Bentley is going to perform “Wish You Were Here” and on Friday, Pearl Jam are going to play “Mother” from The Wall.

Watch new Mastodon music video

Mastodon`s new album The hunter is out in just 5 days and they have been really generous lately. First, three new songs leaked. Second, they made available the whole album on YouTube for fans to hear. Last, they released new music video for their song called "Curl of the Burl". Enjoy the video.

Watch the trailer for The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo movie featuring music from Trent Reznor

You can watch the trailer of David Fincher`s movie adaptation of Stieg Larsson`s book which is out on December 21. This movie is one of the most anticipated movies of 2011. The movie features Reznor` soundtrack. Reznor`s earlier description of the soundtrack was that it was processed "in a way that gives it a really interesting, organic, layered feel."

Hayley Williams sings with Taylor Swift Paramore`s “That`s What You Get”

Singer of Paramore joined onstage Taylor Swift during her concert in Nashville Friday night. You can watch the video below.

Guns`n Roses will be touring U.S. this fall

The band has announced their U.S. fall tour dates. The tour will begin on October 28 in Orlando. Also, there are more tour dates coming. The band`s current lineup consists of Axl Rose, bassist Tommy Stinson of the Replacements, drummer Frank Ferrer of the Psychedelic Furs offshoot Love Spit Love, keyboardist Chris Pitman and guitarists DJ Ashba, Richard Fortus, and Ron Thal.

Guns N' Roses Tour Dates:

10/28, Orlando, FL (Anway Center Arena)
10/29, Miami, FL (American Airlines Arena)
10/31, Greenville, SC (Bi-Lo Center Arena)
11/2, Atlanta, GA (Phillips Arena)
TBA, Houston, TX (TBA)
11/5, Dallas, TX (Gexa Energy Pavilion)
TBA, Omaha, NE (TBA)
TBA, Tulsa, OK (TBA)
11/12, Kansas City, MO (Sprint Center Arena)
11/13 Minneapolis, MN (Target Center Arena)
TBA, Chicago, IL (All State Arena)
TBA, East Rutherford, NJ (TBA)
TBA, Hartford, CT (TBA)
TBA, Wilkes-Barre, PA (TBA)
TBA, Worcester, MA (TBA)
TBA, Cameden, NJ (TBA)
TBA, Detroit, MI (TBA)
TBA, Cincinnati, OH (TBA)
TBA, Nashville, TN (TBA)
TBA, Indianapolis, IN (TBA)
TBA, Denver, CO (TBA)

Watch Coldplay playing new song “Paradise” on Letterman

Coldplay performed new song “Paradise” from their forthcoming album Mylo Xyloto which is out on October 24 on Letterman last Tuesday. Other two songs already revealed from the album are “Every Teardrop is a Waterfall” and “Major Minus. The singer Chris Martin recently said that the new album is almost like the musical. Hopefully, the new album will be as good as Coldplay say. Well, we`ll see…

Song of the day

Today`s song of the day has to be song from REM. I picked song called "Nightswimming" from the album Automatic for the People which was released in 1992.

Thank you, REM!

REM decided to split up

Alternative band REM split up after 31 years. They announced this unpleasant news vie their website.
Their statement was:
To all our Fans and Friends: as REM, and as lifelong friends and co-conspirators, we have decided to call it a day as a band. We walk away with a great sense of gratitude, of finality, and of astonishment at all we have accomplished. To anyone who ever felt touched by our music, our deepest thanks for listening.
Each bandmember then added personal note.
Michael Stipe wrote: "I wise man once said: 'the skill in attending a party is knowing when it’s time to leave. We built something extraordinary together. We did this thing. And now we're going to walk away from it. I hope our fans realize this wasn’t an easy decision; but all things must end, and we wanted to do it right, to do it our way. We have to thank all the people who helped us be REM for these 31 years; our deepest gratitude to those who allowed us to do this thing. It’s been amazing.”
Guitarist Peter Buck wrote: "One of the things that was always so great about being in REM was the fact that the records and the songs we wrote meant as much to our fans as they did to us. It was, and still is, important to us to do right by you. Being a part of your lives has been an unbelievable gift. Thank you. Mike, Michael, Bill and Bertis [Downs, manager] and I walk away as great friends. I know I will be seeing them in the future, just as you know I will be seeing everyone who has followed us and supported us through the years. Even if it’s only in the vinyl aisle of your local record store, or standing at the back of the club; watching a group of 19 year olds trying to change the world."
Bass player Mike Mills finished: "During our last tour, and while making 'Collapse Into Now' and putting together this greatest hits retrospective, we started asking ourselves, ‘what next?’ Working through our music and memories from over three decades was a hell of a journey. We realised that these songs seemed to draw a natural line under the last 31 years of our working together. We have always been a band in the truest sense of the word. Brothers who truly love, and respect, each other. We feel kind of like pioneers in this – there’s no disharmony here, no falling-outs, no lawyers squaring off. We’ve made this decision together, amicably and with each other’s best interests at heart. The time just feels right."

Panda Bear announces tour dates

Noah Lennox, guy behind Panda Bear and founding member of Animal Collective will go on tour with Spaceman 3`s Peter Kember. Experimental musician will also release reissue of his LP Tomboy on October 31.

Panda Bear Tour Dates:

September
23 – Philadelphia, Pa. @ Popped Fest
25 – Los Angeles, Calif. @ Hollywood Bowl
27 – Dallas, Texas @ Granada
29 – Chicago, Ill. @ The Vic
October
1 – New York, N.Y. @ Webster Hall
2 – Brooklyn, N.Y. @ Masonic Temple
November
27 – Utrecht, Netherlands @ Le Guess Who Festival
28 – Brussels, Belgium – Le Botanique
29 – Paris, France @ La Gaite Lyrique
30 – Lille, France @ TBA
December
1 – London, England @ Electric Ballroom
2 – Minehead, England @ All Tomorrow’s Parties

Bloc Party`s Kele hopes he`s not fired from the band

Frontman of Bloc Party is not sure whether he is in the band or not. He saw his bandmates in front of the recording studio. They did not invite him for the sessions. He added: "I hope I haven't been fired. I don't really know what's going on, because we haven't really spoken recently and I'm a bit too scared to ask."

Radiohead will tour in 2012

Thom Yorke has announced that Radiohead will go on tour in 2012. The band has so far played one show at Glastonbury in support of their newest album King of Limbs. The singer also revealed that Portishead`s Clive Deamer who played with Radiohead secret gig at Glastonbury, will be part of the touring band during the tour in 2012 as well.

Portishead to start working on new album in January 2012

Portishead`s Geoff Barrow recently told Rolling Stone magazine that the band has plans to start working on new album in January 2012. "I don't know when Beth's gonna start or when Adrian is gonna start, but I'm gonna get my head together for January basically to start writing," he said.

Portishead`s producer/instrumentalist also revealed that their debut LP Dummy will celebrate 20th anniversary. However, there won`t be any reisssue of the album.

Perl Jam almost done working on new album

According to bassist Jeff Ament, Pearl Jam should finish their tenth studio LP in early 2012. Producer of new album is their longtime producer Brendan O`Brien. However, the bands is currently working on new album in Los Angeles. Ament said:  “We made the bulk of our records in Seattle, so it`s just great to get out of Seattle for me. Everybody leaves all their stuff at home and you just go down for 12 days and it`s all you do.“

Watch new Girls – “Honey Bunny” music video

San Franciscan band Girls has released new music video for song “Honey Bunny” from their newest album Father, Son, Holy Ghost.   The video features singer Christopher Owens picking up girls and being real rock star.

You can watch the video and also read interview with the singer here.

Song of the day

I am also going to post song of the day each day. I think it is funny to have something like this. These songs are going to be songs from bands I like the most. I hope you enjoy this section as well.

First song of the day is: Avenged Sevenfold – “Afterlife” from their self-titled album.

Watch new Arctic Monkeys video for song “Suck it and See”

Arctic Monkeys put out pretty awesome video of their title track “Suck it and See”. Drummer Matt Helders plays the main role in this video and I have to say he`s doing pretty good. Now we get the whole meaning of the title of the album…Well, suck it and see:

Hear full Mastodon`s The Hunter

You can listen to the full new Mastodon album on YouTube before it is out on September 27 by clicking on video below.

Hear preview video of Lou Reed /Metallica song called "The View"

Here it is - Lou Reed & Metallica finally put out something to hear from their forthcoming album called Lulu which is expected to be in stores on November 1. Even though the preview is only 30-second long, we can say that it is fucking weird. We have to wait and see what the rest of the album is going to be like.

My first post

So this is supposed to be my first post on this blog. I just want to let you know that my blog is going to focus on music news of many kinds (rock, metal, punk, electric music, etc) and it`s going to be updated every day (hopefully). I do not really know how many people will actually be reading this, but I hope it won`t be just me...