Song of the day: Bad Religion - "Fuck you"

My all time favorite punk band, legendary Bad Religion, are back with new record. It is called True North and it will come out on January 22, 2013.

To make the waiting shorter for us, they revealed first song of the album called simply "Fuck You". As the title, the track is straightforward fast punk tune as typical Bad Religion. I'm really glad that this song is good because I believe Bad Religion really can't disappoint. Check the track below.

Also, if you have half a hour to spare, watch video of their Google hangout during which they all answered the various questions from fans. It is actually pretty interesting and entertaining. Check it also below.

Green Day announced ;Quattro!

Couple of days ago, Green Day announced ;Quattro!. Because why not, right?

Well, it's not a new album featuring new tracks like some of you (including me) could have expected, but it's a documentary movie. It will obviously feature footage of making their ongoing album trilogy.

It was directed by Tim Lynch and according to a press release, the film "pulls back the curtain and takes fans inside the world of Green Day, from the various spontaneous live performances in select cities across the U.S. to the chronicling of their creative process while conceptualizing and recording their current trilogy of albums."

Bassist Mike Dirnt said about the film:

"Over the last year while we were recording our trilogy, we posted multiple clips every week so fans can see parts of the recording process of ¡Uno! ¡Dos! ¡Tré!. ¡Quatro! brings our fans one step closer by giving them even more access and revealing what it was like for us to make these records."

The documentary movie will be premiered on VH1 on Wednesday, November 28. Later, on November 30, it will be aired on MTV2 and also on Palladia. The full-length version of ;Quattro! will be released sometimes in 2013 (no exact release date is announced yet).

And don't forget, final album of the trilogy ;Tré! hits the stores on December 11.

R.E.M. have a new music video

Legendary rock band R.E.M., which called it quits in September of last year, have a new music video for track called "Blue". Video was directed by actor James Franco. Song that also features Patti Smith on vocals is taken from their last studio album entitled Collapse Into Now (released March 7, 2011).

Franco used footage of Los Angeles, parties in it, walking people and also Hollywood Walk of Fame. It also features controversial Lindsay Lohan during her photo shoot with famous photographer Terry Richardson at Chateau Marmont Hotel.

Famous actor's effort is part of Collapse Into Now Film Project, which started in March of 2011. It gave opportunity to different artists to create short video for each track of the album.

Michael Stipe said about the project following:

"I approached people which I really wanted to work with. This way I could just let them work as they wish. It was just up to them. In many cases, I was surprised and in others, I expected similar results."

The result in this case is really good in my opinion. The footage used for the video really fits the music. In fact, it makes me kind of sad that such an awesome band broke up. But still, we have their awesome music and we can listen to it whenever we want. R.E.M. still lives in our hearts!

Watch the video below.

Best Albums of 2012

End of the year is slowly approaching and that means that I will once again make a list of best albums of the past year. They will be obviously best albums only in my opinion - your opinions may differ a lot.

I don't know how many albums I will list but it will probably be something around 20. Maybe more, maybe less. We'll see. I will try to post new album every two or three days, but I'll see how that goes. Also, the list won't be in order.

I hope you'll like my choices and hopefully you discover something new because of me.

So stay tuned for this and thanks for you support.

Picture of the day: November 20, 2012

Yeah, I'm going to see Mark Lanegan in couple of hours. I'm really excited to see this awesome artist who stood on the creation of grunge.

Song of the day: Green Day - "Drama Queen"

"Drama Queen" is a track taken from Green Days last album of their ongoing ;Uno! ;Dos! ;Tre! album trilogy. Formerly, ;Tre! was supposed to come out in January of 2013. However, after the band was forced to cancel their scheduled tour dates because of Billie's treatment, they decided to release it earlier - on December 7. For all the Green Day fans, it is at least some kind of compensation...

Like I said, song "Drama Queen" will be on last album of the trilogy, however it was formerly featured on ;Dos! on early vinyl pressing instead of "Stray Heart". That's why it is already available to listen (of course, unofficially).

In fact, it is nice acoustic song. I'm glad they didn't put it on ;Dos! though because I think it wouldn't fit in there at all. Anyway, listen to it below.

Song of the day: The Beatles - "Love Me Do"

Song called "Love Me Do" is the first single ever released by this legendary band, which is probably one of the best bands ever. The single was released on October 5, 1962 - 50 years ago and therefore, The Beatles fans from all over the world recently celebrated band's 50th anniversary.

Hear new track from Biffy Clyro

Biffy Clyro are back! Yes, they are back with new single, new UK & Ireland tour and it seems like they're stronger than ever.

Just today, Scottish rockers Biffy Clyro revealed first single of their upcoming double-album entitled Opposites. Song called "Black Chandelier" is second track revealed from their sixth studio LP (after "Stingin' Belle", which you can check out here), which is set to be in stores on January 28, 2013.

Single will be released physically on January 14. Also, music video for the song is being made as it was revealed by actor Ricki Hall via his Twitter.

Track itself is really good. It's got typical, old-school Biffy Clyro sound mixed with catchy vocals. Check it out below.

Like I previously mentioned, after they finish this year's touring with two shows in Europe (November 26 in Paris and November 28 in Amsterdam) and two gigs in the US (On December 3 in New York and on December 8 in Los Angeles), they will return to UK in March and play 6 shows. For more information, visit their website.

Biffy Clyro 2012 UK & Ireland Tour dates:

Mar 20 - Newcastle Upon Tyne

Mar 21 - Birmingham

Mar 22 - Cardiff

Mar 23 - Sheffield

Mar 25 - Manchester

Mar 26 - Bournemouth

Check out Soundgarden's performance on Letterman

Grunge veterans, Seattle's Soundgarden, are back with new album entitled King Animal (you can still stream it in its entirety along with new Deftones and How to Destroy Angels records here). It's interesting that even though it is their first new full-length studio album in long 15 years (last one was 1996's Down on the Upside), it is really good.

To promote their latest effort, they recently stopped by at New York’s Ed Sullivan Theatre to appear in the latest installment of the Live on Letterman online concert series.

Their ten-song setlist, which lasted almost one hour, included 7 tracks from King Animal, two from 1988's Ultramega OK and one tune from 1994's Superunknown.

Band also performed current single "Been Away For Too Long" for Late Show With David Letterman TV series. Check both performances below.

 

Tracklisting of Live on Letterman:

"Worse Dreams" (from King Animal)
"By Crooked Steps" (from King Animal)
"Incessant Mace" (from Ultramega OK)
"Beyond The Wheel" (from Ultramega OK)

"Taree" (from King Animal)
"A Thousand Days Before" (from King Animal)
"Eyelid’s Mouth" (from King Animal)
"Non-State Actor" (from King Animal)
"Fell On Black Days" (from Superunknown)
"Rowing" (from King Animal)

Song of the day: Jane's Addiction - "Sympathy for the Devil" (The Rolling Stones cover)

The Rolling Stones' track "Sympathy for the Devil", which comes from their 1968's Beggars Banquet, is true classic rock song. It has been covered by many artists all over the world.

However, nobody probably has covered it the way like Jane's Addiction recently did. They completely stripped it down to its basics. Perry Farrell's vocals alongside Dave Navarro's acoustic guitar fits this track perfectly.

Reason why Jane's Addiction did this is soundtrack for TV series Sons of Anarchy entitled Songs of Anarchy: Vol 2. You can listen to their cover along with complete soundtrack here (embed code wasn't working for some reason...).

Also, check out the original version of the track and decide which one is better.