Failsafe’s latest release Routines is not only the band’s North American debut but also the first release from Hawthorne Heights’ new label Cardboard Empire.
Silverstein are in the studio working on a collection of songs each clocking in at under 90 seconds. The album will feature 22 tracks in total, an even split of new material and covers of bands like NOFX, Green Day, and The Descendents.
Record-store owners owe Apple iTunes a tremendous debt of gratitude for being an uncaring, scatter-brained, inhuman little jukebox: It’s saving their skin right now.
The running narrative in the music world during the past decade is that the physical album is dead, and file-sharing, downloads and, most notably, Apple’s iTunes killed it. Yes and no.
Episode 4 playlist for First Person w/ Josh Madden: Ramones – Pinhead The Clash – Train in Vain (Stand by Me) The Runaways – Cherry Bomb Death – Politicians in My Eyes Social Distortion – Another State of Mind Circle Jerks – Back Against the Wall The Dictators – Baby, Let’s Twist Minor Threat – Good Guys (Don’t Wear White) Bad Brains – I Against I Black Flag – Rise Above Misfits – Static Age Bad Religion – suffer Bikini Kill – Reject All American Dead Milkmen – Punk Rock Girl Pinhead Gunpowder – Big Yellow Taxi Descendents – Nothing… Read more »
Summoned to success by President Barack Obama, the Democratic-controlled Congress approved historic legislation Sunday night extending health care to tens of millions of uninsured Americans and cracking down on insurance company abuses, a climactic chapter in the century-long quest for near universal coverage.
NEW YORK – J.D. Salinger, the legendary author, youth hero and fugitive from fame whose “The Catcher in the Rye” shocked and inspired a world he increasingly shunned, has died. He was 91.
On Sunday, dozens of the world’s best-known entertainers gathered on the site where Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his “I Have a Dream Speech” 45 years ago to offer an exuberant welcome to President-elect Barack Obama. U2 provided one of several emotional highs of the day, performing their tribute to King, “Pride (In the Name of Love),” during which Bono declared, “On Tuesday that dream comes to pass!” Bruce Springsteen, James Taylor, Beyoncé and Garth Brooks were among the A-list performers who helped set the joyful, optimistic tone at the concert, officially called “We Are One: The Obama Inaugural… Read more »
TOP 20 SONGS OF 2008 1. We The Kings – Check Yes Juliet (Run Baby Run)2. Metro Station – Shake It3. Holiday Parade – Slam Crunk4. Paramore – That’s What You Get5. Fall Out Boy – I Don’t Care6. 3OH!3 – Don’t Trust Me7. Katy Perry – I Kissed A Girl8. Secondhand Serenade – Fall For You9. Weezer – Pork And Beans10. Forever The Sickest Kids – Whoa Oh! (Me Vs. Everyone)11. Runner Runner – So Obvious12. The All-American Rejects – Gives You Hell13. All Time Low – Dear Maria, Count Me In14. Simple Plan – Save You15. Katy Perry… Read more »
These days, the old west rail hub of Las Vegas, New Mexico, is little more than a dusty economic dead zone amid a boneyard of bare mesas. In national elections, the town overwhelmingly votes Democratic: More than 80 percent of all residents are Hispanic, and one in four lives below the poverty line. On February 5th, the day of the Super Tuesday caucus, a school-bus driver named Paul Maez arrived at his local polling station to cast his ballot. To his surprise, Maez found that his name had vanished from the list of registered voters, thanks to a statewide effort… Read more »
First off, I’d like to thank everyone for the overwhelmingly positive feedback I received for the first edition of “Bigger Than the Sound.” There were a whole lot of really great comments made about the column – from your basic “this guy/MTV sucks” to the more advanced “this is my least favorite kind of pseudo-journalism” – but this was perhaps the best of the bunch: “For a bad, bad man he’s got some wack witeboy p—y taste in music.” – ILX member félix pié, Wednesday, 25 April 2007 17:41 If I knew how to work this Web site, I would… Read more »
