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Friday news: Elderly MTV owner forces network to make show about ‘talentless’ girl group, a noise masterpiece updated for YouTube, L.A. gang tours, the porn capital of America, & INCREDIBLE new videos from Halloween Swim Team and David Lee…
Monday re-cap: A great weird start to the summer
Ignore the forms Bitches, Manicorn, Former Ghosts, Nicole Kidman, & SOAM use to communicate. These performers are all so superb because of the very personal stories they relate through their music.
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Today’s news: William Burroughs doc finally gets a distributor, Cleveland left off ‘rock cities’ list, EDC auditions, & we are all one day closer to Compton Metal Night. Woohoo!!
Inside Dio’s memorial with HEAVY METAL FUNERAL
It was like Metal Pride…Everyone loose and freaky, together under the bright sun.
The Caw! Caw! of the wild
‘A harbinger of pestilence’? ‘A long-suppressed shriek from a simpler, forgotten world’? ‘Enya rock’?! Call Caw! Caw!’s music what you like—you will be rocked regardless. See them with Cockwind at McWorld tonight.
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Today’s music headlines: Suburban Lawns’ Su Tissue & other classic L.A. rockers in new exhibit, Lee Dorrian on Napalm Death, Belinda Carlisle really gets off coke this time, Sid Vicious’ swastika t-shirt, everything you always wanted to know about Byron Coley & more…
Meet the Cochina Fest bands, part 2
Interviews & MP3s from No Babies, Nicole Kidman, Peter Moran, & Kyle H. Mabson.
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Happy summer! June 1 headlines: Hot Ahab pix from The Smell, Dio’s funeral, McRefugees, ‘Shaved Bieber’ creator gets death threats & more…
Ghosts’ story
Former Ghosts’ Freddy Ruppert has excellent songs, excellent singing, amazing beats, pristine image…& he’s playing Pehr on Monday. Read the exclusive interview.
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Ke$ha sued for $14 million, Kurt Cobain’s nanny marries Mika Miko singer, ‘sack tapping,’ Watain interview provokes hipster/metallist bloodbath & more in today’s headlines…
Who invented the ‘satanic salute’ aka the goat?
Ronnie James Dio is being laid to rest at Forest Lawn in Burbank at 2pm this afternoon. Read about Dio’s incredible music career—from doo-wop to Elf to Sabbath—and get the details on his memorial service.
Hello, Bitches
22-year-old twins Blake and Staz know how to wring great songs out of the simplest instrumentation: “drums, bass and screaming.” Read the exclusive interview & see them at The Smell on Saturday & Pehr on Monday!
SEANCARNAGE.COM gets a logo
I couldn’t be more pleased with Chris Payne’s new logo for SEANCARNAGE.COM.
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It’s Friday woo-hoo! Here are today’s headlines: Uncensored “rejected” album covers, medical advice for headbangers, Drugstore Cowboy back in jail at age 73, Ian Astbury joins Boris, new Clip’d Beaks & more…
Monday recap: Peter’s Poolboys de-pantsed
As soon as this Peter’s Poolboys showcase (featuring Essay, Whisky Dick, I.E., Bongo Fury, Voice on Tape, and DJ Vegan Share the Road) ended, people were saying “show of the year.”
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Thursday headlines: I.E.’s Margot ‘n Angie report on Rennfaire 2010, No Age bludgeoned by bouncers, Jason Newsted is a serious artist, the Greatest Summer Jams of All-Time & more…
This coming week: Two blasts of Carnage
This week we’ll celebrate Memorial Day with Bitches, and on Wednesday June 2nd at McWorld there will be some Cock(wind) worship. See you there?
Tonight: Two great shows…and Jason Alexander
See the insane new video from Tubby Boots promoting their show at Pehrspace. Also: Wednesdays at McWorld info on Rapid Youth’s last (?) performance EVER. It’s all happening this evening!
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Hump day headlines: The coolest new prank “Bros Icing Bros” (Kyle Mabson said it made him want to start drinking immediately), real life teen werewolves in San Antonio, David Lynch on the iPhone & a gothy guide to etiquette.
Meet the Cochina Fest bands, part 1
Interviews & MP3s from So Many Wizards, Moses Campbell, The Monolators, & Manhattan Murder Mystery.