News Highlights

Tiny Mixed Tapes posted an enlightening article about the upcoming album, Guilty by Association where Superchunk covers Spice Girls, Luna covers Paula Abdul, etc.  (Scoll down to the disturbing Jim O’Rourke album artwork.  Uh…don’t worry, you’ll know it when you get there.)

Most of Muse is violently ill due to food poisoning after a gig in Virginia.  Virginia ham or an unlucky trip to The Claude Moor Colonial Farm?  Actually, we’ll never know because the NME article doesn’t cover this.

The Adventures of Big House and Cell Mate:  Pitchfork reported yesterday that CocoRosie have been arrested, resulting in the cancellation of the band’s remaining US and Canadian tour dates.

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Coco ???

New today: The Sea and CakeEverybody, Bjork Volta, ClienteleGod Save the Clientele
 

 

Mystery Jets – The Boy Who Ran Away

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As you can see, the white mystery jet is a B747 and not a B707.

Mystery Jets’ new album Zootime was released today.  And it’s not the soundtrack for that Seattle-area dude who was nailed by a horse and died.  Instead, the band has combined tracks from past releases and new material with remixes by London-based DJ Erol Alkan and Simian Mobile Disco founder James Ford. Below you’ll find two songs from the album.

The Boy Who Ran Away mp3
Diamonds in the Dark mp3

BRMC Tour Kicks of Tomorrow in Tempe, AZ

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We are thrilled to announce that usounds will be representing the Seattle leg of Filter’s tourzine for BRMC. Basically, awesome blogs from around the country will review shows and each blog will mention and link to the previous and next blogs AND to blogs 20 light years in the future on New Earth so rabid fans can progressively track the tour!  Check out the first review on Arizona’s Rock Sellout!

Also some news: The Fratellis and The Horrors will no longer be on this tour (no word yet on a replacement.) However, Eastern Conference Champions will still support from Boise to Milwaukee.

May
5 Tempe, AZ – Marquee Theatre
6 San Diego, CA – House of Blues
8 Los Angeles, CA – The Wiltern
9 San Francisco, CA – The Filmore

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News Highlights

Remember when Iggy Pop sang, “My Dick is Turning into a Tree”?  Well, that’s a fresh lyric off the newest Stooges album and Nme posted an article today about the importance of Iggy’s wood (to him).  Also, he has a coniferous Coast Redwood brewin’ down there.

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Sub Pop’s best worst band name winners have been announced HERE.  Sorry, MC Vagina, maybe next year.

Check out new videos for The Shout Out Louds and Dizee “your head splits like banana” Rascal.

Ted Leo will be making a guest appearance on MTV’s sketch comedy Human Giant this Thursday, May 3rd at 10:30 pm.

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Human G