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MLB 2K7 gets indie rocked (GameSpot) Wolfmother, Tapes 'n Tapes, The Pixies, Nirvana, The Walkmen lead list of indie all-stars for soundtrack; game goes gold, will be in stores February 27. 'Brand New' Lover (Entertainment Weekly) Our man at the NME feels Brand New -- after listening to the band's CD for the 176th time. Plus: an Arcade Fire world exclusive event, introducing the Stalkers, and the lowdown on the U.K. summer festival season Holy Apocalypse Cow Batman! (antiMUSIC) (PR) Asheville, NC-based SeepeopleS will release their third album, Apocalypse Cow Vol. I, on March 20, 2007. The band will be on tour, debuting new material from the album, from February through August, with festival appearances throughout the summer, including Wakarusa and Dogstock. YouTube Fan, White Stripes Rival: Friends, Colleagues Imagine Cobain At 40 (M... Nirvana's Kurt Cobain would have turned 40 this week. We asked friends and collaborators what he might be doing if he were alive. What Would Kurt Cobain Be Doing If He Were Alive? (Vh1) Producers, friends, writers weigh in; late musician would have turned 40 this week. This week ? on Tuesday the 20th, to be exact ? Kurt Cobain would have turned 40. The obvious next thought is: What would he be doing if he were alive to celebrate it? EVAN L. HANLON (The Harvard Crimson) Thanks to ?High Fidelity? and John Cusack, the art of mixtape-making has been hammered into each and every one of our music-loving heads. With every Nas record come the inevitable reviews stating the obvious: ?It?s not ?Illmatic.?? Joanna Newsom Preps EP, Tours Europe (Pitchfork) And we all thought Bruce Springsteen only influenced dude-rock bands like the Hold Steady and the Killers. But no, His Bossness' magic even infiltrates the enchanted forest where pixies like Joanna Newsom hang out! Band reunions bring in big bucks (The Pantagraph) Rock guitar icon Eddie Van Halen and his band's original lead singer, David Lee Roth, have spent the better part of 20 years bad mouthing each over their bitter split in the mid-1980s. Yet last Friday, the band Van Halen posted a message on its Web site indicating that it would reunite with the flamboyant Roth this year for a 40-city tour. 2007 Geneva Auto Show (Edmunds.com) There are a few reasons that Dodge decided to name its roadster for 2007 Geneva Auto Show the "Dodge Demon." First, car companies love alliteration. Start the brand name and model name with the same sound and ? bam! ? the car is an instant success. [AandE] Three-chord trinity (The Minnesota Daily) Portland post-pop punk outfit The Thermals want to teach you how to fight fascism in three chords or less, and "The Body, The Blood, The Machine" is their instructional, and far more liberating, alternative... Newsfeed display by CaRP |