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**Updated** Chairlift Cancel October 22nd Paradise Show (Another Reason Paradise Worse Off Now)
**Updated**
I misreported that Yeasayer has canceled their performance - they have not. Chairlift will not be opening for Yeasayer, but Yeasayer will still perform October 22nd at the Paradise.
Yeasayer and Chairlift have canceled their upcoming show at Paradise. The band was scheduled to play on October 22nd, but will forfeit their scheduled stop in Boston […]
Johnny Lydon Endorses…Butter
Okay. Now punk is dead right, or at least accumulating plaque?
I guess shakey Neil was wrong. (Everybody has to eat.)
Muxtape is Dead
Justin Oullete, founder of muxtape, has posted a lengthy article on the development and downfall of muxtape. It seems that the RIAA filed a lengthy complaint through Amazon Web Services in order to end muxtape in the midst of negotiations with the major labels.
Feeling too much of a burden from sorting out the intracies and […]
Rock The Vote Propaganda Tour
Rock The Vote is propaganda.
They operate not to register young voters, but to register young Democratic voters under the guise of bipartisanship. Rock The Vote says about themselves,
We are creative, effective, and controlled by nobody’s agenda but our own – we tell it like it is and pride ourselves on being a trusted source for […]
Slipknot Loves Irony
Torrent Freak is currently reporting on recent comments made by Corey Taylor at the Kerrang Awards. In regards to music piracy and who is to blame in the whole mess, Taylor had this to say,
Why would you blame (people who download music)? Half the f**king albums that are out there are s**t. I don’t download, […]
Muxtape Is Down
Muxtape has been temporarily shut down by the RIAA. Little is currently known about the current or future status of the website, but CNET has was able to offer a good piece of insight via the EFF’s Fred von Lohmann. Lohmann commented awhile back that,
a site like Muxtape was only able to scrape by if […]
Magic Wands To Tour With The Black Kids…sigh…
The Magic Wands (who still aren’t dead) are opening for the Black Kids starting September 20th.
Ugh.
Now everyone will have to deal with hyper-inflated ticket prices for a hyper-inflated band in the Black Kids in order to see the Magic Wands and the Virgins if you’re so inclined.
The good news is you can leave you can […]
Isaac Hayes Is Dead
Study Finds Musical Taste Linked To Teen Angst
The Age is reporting that a teen’s musical taste is a good place to for parents to start when trying to figure out which type of fucked up your teen thinks they are. The study the report is based on was recently published in the Australasian Psychiatry journal and it links different musical genres to […]
Tonight in Boston - Wednesday, And Mountain Goats 2008 Tour Dates
Red Winged Blackbird, Roadside Graves, Gladiola, Alan Cohen Experience @ Abbey Lounge
Ed Harcourt, Jeff Klein, Boxborough @ TT the Bear’s
MGMT with Violens, Kuroma @ Paradise, Sold Out
Chris O’Brien, Danny Schmidt @ Club Passim
The Devil Makes 3, Slim Jim & The Mad Cows, The Willows, Hot Molasses @ Middle East upstairs
This Car […]
