A couple of widely-disparate bands, Arcade Fire and pop-punks Relient K, will vy for top spot on next week's sales charts, with both acts' new albums selling between ninety and a hundred thousand copies. Amazing. Anyone remember Relient's first song ever, 'Hello McFly'? I do! [absolutepunk]
NOFX bassist/songwriter/loudmouth Fat Mike has busted himself up down in Australia and won't be walking for another month. Get better, Fat Mike!
Comic book freaks, take out your black mourning wear: Captain America is no more.
In honour of their 100 millionth download, the folks at eBay asked the smartest pop nerds in music, Barenaked Ladies, to write a song about the 100 millionth downloader, a guy named Michael Brennan. Check out the result over here.
All is not poppy and shiny in the Good Charlotte camp; guitarist/twin Benji Madden is being investigated by Beverly Hills cops after a female photographer filed an assault charge against him. Sounds to me like someone is trying to make a few bucks after undoubtedly being obnoxious. That's all we're saying here, because anything more would make us look like dinks.
A "victory"(pun intended) for Hawthorne Heights.
Minutes to Midnight is the forthcoming third studio album from Linkin Park, the followup to 2003's Meteora, which despite being hailed as "different" by the band prior to its release, was just a rehash of Hybrid Theory. I hope LP are actually doing something new with this one. The album comes out May 15th.
Posted by mike at March 7, 2007 09:34 PM