Confessions of a Fanboy

Snow Patrol is set to release their fifth album in October, joining the typically crowded 4th quarter new release schedule.  A Hundred Million Suns will be released October 28, preceded by first single “Take Back The City” on October 13.

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I don’t think we’ll have to worry about whether or not the AC/DC has spent the last eight years getting any new or big ideas.  Just perusing the track list should comfort fans and detractors alike.
AC/DC will return with their first album in eight years when Columbia Records releases Black Ice on October 20 exclusively [...]

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Best Buy is going to be the exclusive retailer for the official live souvenir of The Police’s (likely) final tour ever; one more nail in the coffin of consumer choice. This is one more step down the path of destruction as foretold in the Book of Revelations. Good. Let’s hit something hard and get it [...]

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James Tayloris set to release an album of covers — cleverly named Covers — through Starbucks’ Hear Music label on September 30.
I’m kind of curious about this set.  I’ve never been a James Taylor guy in the past.  Don’t misunderstand me:  I think the man is incredibly talented.  He has a smooth voice, an inimitable [...]

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It hasn’t been the hottest summer for new music this year so I’m already anticipating a fall/winter overflowing with essential purchases.  Oct. 7th just got more expensive.  I’m already buying Oasis’ Dig Out Your Soul and now there’s a new Bob Dylan collection being released that same day. The eight volume of Dylan’s “Bootleg” [...]

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If you’ve missed R.E.M.’s phenomenal Accelerate tour, you’ve got a chance to get a sample of what you’ve been missing when Virgin Radio airs the band’s recent gig in Dresden, Germany.  The show will air Sunday, July 27th on Virgin Radio.
The Germany shows were good ones from a set list perspective, so this is pretty [...]

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We’ve heard some of the hipsters take the piss out of Radiohead and Nine Inch Nails’ new distribution models.  It reminds me of days spent schlepping videos to the masses, working my way through college.  You want to know what caused more headaches than anything else on that job?  Well, besides the customers?  It wasn’t [...]

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This story is a corrected, updated version of one that ran on the site earlier. Unfortunately there was an error in that first draft so I have re-written the story to correct that error. I apologize for any confusion and thank the source of the corrected information
There are some people in this world [...]

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Blame Canada! Blame Canada!
It turns out Depeche Mode was right when they said “People are people.” It turns out that despite the reporting of some media outlets, America doesn’t have a monopoly on assholes after all.
Nick Moss & The Flip Tops were the victims of theft this past weekend while traveling through Canada [...]

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I got an e-mail reminding me of something that happened while I was in South Carolina that I hadn’t yet written about here on the site. Bruce Springsteen & The E-Street Band are releasing a digital EP of tour highlights from the current run in support of the platinum-selling Magic.

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