New Placebo

From the Placebo Website:

PLACEBO - THE RETURN!

Placebo are back in the studio working on a new album! The band finished their last touring campaign in September of last year in the USA (on the Projekt Revolution tour with Linkin Park and My Chemical Romance). Since then the band have taken some much needed time out and over the past couple of months have been hard at work writing and demoing new material in London. The boys are now recording with producer David Bottrill (the man behind Tool’s ‘Aenima’, ‘Salival’ and ‘Lateralus’ albums, Silverchair’s ‘Diorama’ and dEUS ‘The Ideal Crash’). Engineering the album is James Brown who worked with the band on ‘Meds’.

...And on the drums with Placebo...?????!!!!! Introducing... Mr Steve Forrest! Hailing from Modesto, California, he was previously the drummer with American rock band, ‘Evaline’. Some of you may have spotted Steve playing with Evaline supporting Placebo on their US tour in October '06.

Panther Live

Panther opening up for Girl Talk last month in Portland:

http://www.vimeo.com/1503062

The next Paul Weller Single (U.K.)

From Paul's camp:
Right, first up, and just in case you hadn't picked this up elsewhere the release date for Paul's new single 'All I Wanna Do (Is Be With You)' has been put back a week from 18th August to the 25th. The digital release will still occur on the 18th but the physical formats will now follow a week later.

The official release will have a three track CD with a radio edit of 'All I Wanna Do (Is Be With You)' along with 'Push It Along' and 'Big Brass Buttons' featuring Bobby Gillespie.

There will also be two highly collectible 7" vinyl options, the first coming in a Green Island Records 7" bag with 'All I Wanna Do (Is Be With You)' Radio Edit backed by 'Push It Along'. The second comes in an Artworked 7" bag with an acoustic version of 'All I Wanna Do (Is Be With You)' backed by an acoustic version of 'Pretty Flamingo'.

Be Your Own Pet Breaking Up?

Unfortunately - despite a good recent release for which I had posted a video - Be Your Own Pet appear to be calling it quits. Here is the word from their website:

To all of our fans,We are sad to bring you the news that our upcoming shows in the UK (dates below) are going to be our last as a band. We thank you for all your love and support these past few years - its been a blast but the time has come for the 4 of us to go our separate ways. 22 August: Reading Festival - Reading, UK 23 August: Leeds Festival - West Yorkshire, UK 25 August: Carling Academy 2 - Liverpool, UK 26 August: Dingwalls - London, UK

Beck Gamma Ray

Beck has managed to make another genius video. I always enjoy his/his director's choices. New Pollution is still in my top 5 favorite videos of all time. I would include it here, but Universal Music Group in it's wisdom has disabled embedding. I hope ths isn't a trend. Haven't the labels learned anything yet? It's promotion people. Sheesh.

To view Gamma Ray properly please visit: gammaray.modernguilt.com

SPAMTASTIC!

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Needless to say - I was very pleased.

Flight of the Conchordes

I'm so excited that they decided to release the Bowie track on the full length album. It's a classic.



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Electric Six VS. The Darkness

The controversy rages on and only you can decide...

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Dinner Lady Arms - The Darkness
Knockers - The Darkness
Slices Of You - Electric Six
DANGER! HIGH VOLTAGE! - Electric Six
Gay Bar - Electric Six
I'm the Bomb - Electric Six
Radio Ga Ga (Queen) - Electric Six
Get Your Hands Off My Womman - The Darkness
I Believe In A Thing Called Love - The Darkness
Growing On Me - The Darkness



Electric Six On the Road:
Wed 08/13 Hoboken NJ
Maxwell's

Thu 08/14 New York City NY
RocksOff Concert Cruise

Fri 08/15 Boston MA
Rock On! Concert Cruise

Sat 08/16 Northampton MA
Iron Horse

Sat 10/18 Grand Rapids MI
The Intersection

Mon 10/20 Columbus OH
Newport Music Hall

Tue 10/21 Indianapolis IN
The Vogue

Wed 10/22 St.Louis MO
Fubar

Thu 10/23 Chicago IL
Double Door

Fri 10/24 DeKalb IL
Otto's Nightclub

Sat 10/25 Madison WI
The High Noon Saloon

Sun 10/26 Minneapolis MN
First Avenue

Mon 10/27 Fargo ND
Aquarium

Wed 10/29 Omaha NE
Waiting Room

Thu 10/30 Lawrence KS
Jackpot

Fri 10/31 Denver CO
Bluebird Theater

Sat 11/01 Salt Lake City UT
Paladium

Mon 11/03 Seattle WA
Neumo's

Tue 11/04 Portland OR
Berbati's Pan

Thu 11/06 San Francisco CA
Great American Music Hall

Fri 11/07 Los Angeles CA
Key Club

Sat 11/08 San Diego CA
The Casbah

Sun 11/09 Tucson AZ
Plush

Mon 11/10 Tempe AZ
The Clubhouse

Wed 11/12 Dallas TX
Granada Theater

Thu 11/13 Austin TX
Emo's

Fri 11/14 Baton Rouge LA
Spanish Moon

Sat 11/15 Atlanta GA
Lenny's Bar

Mon 11/17 Spartanburg SC
Ground Zero

Tue 11/18 Carrboro NC
Cat's Cradle

Wed 11/19 Washington DC
Black Cat

Thu 11/20 Philadelphia PA
The Khyber

Fri 11/21 Cambridge MA
Middle East

Sat 11/22 New York City NY
Webster Hall

Mon 11/24 Buffalo NY
The Tralf

Tue 11/25 Cleveland OH
Grog Shop

Wed 11/26 Millvale PA
Mr. Small's

Fri 11/28 Covington KY
The Mad Hatter

Sat 11/29 Detroit MI
St. Andrews Hall

Thu 12/04 Murcia ES
Auditorium

Fri 12/05 Madrid ES
El Sol

Sat 12/06 Bilbao ES
Santana 27

Sun 12/07 Aviles ES
Articulo XX

Thu 12/11 Cardiff UK
Ifor bach

Fri 12/12 London UK
Shepherd's Bush Empire

Sat 12/13 Dublin Ireland
Academy

Sun 12/14 Glasgow UK
ABC

Redd Kross Live Video

Live and available for download at this groovy blog:http://ruhtf.blogspot.com/

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