Archive for November, 2008

  • Bubba the Love Sponge® To Add 4 Syndicated Stations In 2009

    Bubba the Love Sponge® To Add 4 Syndicated Stations In 2009

    Radio personality Bubba the Love Sponge®’s top-rated talk morning program, currently heard on Cox Radio stations WHPT-FM/Tampa (102.5 The Bone) and WFYV-FM/Jacksonville (Rock 105), will soon be heard on four more radio stations, covering the Florida cities of Miami, Orlando, Ft. Myers and Richmond, Virginia....

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  • Bubba Raw Vol. 2 (IMVD)

    Bubba Raw Vol. 2 (IMVD)

    3 1/2 stars (out of 4) Bubba the Love Sponge(R) presents Bubba Raw Vol. 2 is the latest DVD installment of the insanity that goes on during the highly-rated Tampa, Florida radio host’s show. Bubba, who is currently #1 in both the Tampa and Jacksonville,...

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  • Guns N’ Roses – “Chinese Democracy” (Geffen Records)

    Guns N’ Roses – “Chinese Democracy” (Geffen Records)

    1 star (out of 4) Taking 14 years (recording began in 1994), as many studios and possibly as many millions of dollars from Geffen Records, Axl Rose has finally unleased Chinese Democracy upon the world. And, even though many tracks had leaked in different versions...

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  • It’s No Longer A Myth: Guns N’ Roses’ “Chinese Democracy” Is In My Hands

    It’s No Longer A Myth: Guns N’ Roses’ “Chinese Democracy” Is In My Hands

    Ripped it and putting it on my Stiletto 2 now to listen to on the train ride into work. Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Subscribe to the comments on this post

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  • Magnetic Morning – “A.M.” (Friend or Faux Recordings)

    Magnetic Morning – “A.M.” (Friend or Faux Recordings)

    3 stars (out of 4) MP3: Magnetic Morning – At a Crossroads, Passive Interpol’s Sam Fogarino and Swervedriver’s Adam Franklin have teamed together as Magnetic Morning and the results are sublime. Low-key and haunting throughout, their debut A.M. is hypnotic and seductive. Franklin’s voice is...

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  • Mason Proper Video On MTV2′s “Subterranean”; On Tour Now w/ Cut Copy

    Mason Proper Video On MTV2′s “Subterranean”; On Tour Now w/ Cut Copy

    MP3: Mason Proper – Fog MP3: Mason Proper – Lock and Key Check out Mason Proper’s video for “Lock and Key” on MTV2′s Subterranean HERE Mason Proper Tour Dates: November 13 – Middle East Downstairs – Cambridge, MA *November 14 – University of New Hampshire...

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  • Barcelona Get Big Exposure Without Help Of Label; On Tour Now

    Barcelona Get Big Exposure Without Help Of Label; On Tour Now

    Seattle’s Barcelona are currently on a co-headlining tour with Low vs Diamond supporting their self-released debut Absolutes. Their song “Stars” made its way onto MTV’s vapid to the nth degree “reality show” The Hills recently and the band is generating a lot of love on...

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  • Titus Andronicus Sign To XL Recordings; Shakespeare Declines Comment

    Titus Andronicus Sign To XL Recordings; Shakespeare Declines Comment

    XL Recordings have signed Titus Andronicus and will re-release a newly mastered version of the band’s The Airing Of Grievances digitally in november and physically in January.  The album debuted in May of this year to widespread praise. The five-piece band hails from Glen Rock,...

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  • Love Is All’s New Album Out Now; Tour Starts 11/16 In Los Angeles

    Love Is All’s New Album Out Now; Tour Starts 11/16 In Los Angeles

    MP3: Love Is All – Wishing Well Love Is All’s forthcoming release, A Hundred Things Keep Me Up At Night is out now on NYC label What’s Your Rupture?Love Is All Tour Dates: 11/16 — Los Angeles, CA — Echoplex ( Part Time Punks Festival...

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  • The Black Keys’ “Live at the Crystal Ballroom” DVD Out 11/18

    The Black Keys’ “Live at the Crystal Ballroom” DVD Out 11/18

    Nonesuch Records Releases The Black Keys’ Live at the Crystal Ballroom DVD on November 18th. Trailer: The Black Keys – Live at the Crystal Ballroom MP3: The Black Keys – I Got Mine Video: The Black Keys – I Got Mine The Black Keys –...

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  • Los Campesinos! Set Tour Ahead of 11/25 Album Release

    Los Campesinos! Set Tour Ahead of 11/25 Album Release

    Los Campesinos! have announced tour dates in the U.S. to support their upcoming album, We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed, out November 25th on Arts & Crafts.  Los Campesinos! Tour Dates: 1/15/08 – Baltimore, MD @ Ottobar1/16/08 – Carrboro, NC @ Cat’s Cradle1/17/08 – Atlanta,...

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  • Brazilian Icons Bebel Gilberto & Suba Get Reissued

    Brazilian Icons Bebel Gilberto & Suba Get Reissued

    The daughter of João Gilberto (who co-invented bossa nova 50 years ago with his friend Tom Jobim), Bebel Gilberto was living in New York and couldn’t get a suitable record label in the US or Brazil when Brussels-based independent label Crammed signed her worldwide back...

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  • Rock & Roll Ghost’s Audio Jukebox (11/12/08)

    Rock & Roll Ghost’s Audio Jukebox (11/12/08)

    MP3: Chad Van Gaalen – City of Electric Light MP3: Chad Van Gaalen – Willow Tree Chad Van Gaalen’s Soft Airplane is available now through Sub Pop Records.Chad Van Gaalen Tour Dates: Nov 20 Vera, Groningen, NetherlandsNov 21 Crossing Border Festival, Den Haag, NetherlandsNov 22...

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  • Antony & the Johnsons’ “The Crying Light” Due Out 01/20/09

    Antony & the Johnsons’ “The Crying Light” Due Out 01/20/09

    MP3: Antony & the Johnsons – Another World Antony and the Johnsons’ 2005 album I Am A Bird Now (which won the prestigious Mercury Prize in the UK that year) still resonates with the Rock & Roll Ghost three years later.  Antony’s second album was...

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  • Jon Langford Opens “Song Paintings” Art Show November 14th In Chicago

    Jon Langford Opens “Song Paintings” Art Show November 14th In Chicago

    Rock legend Jon Langford will debut his first Chicago art show in nearly three years this coming Friday, November 14th at Thomas Masters Gallery. Entitled Song Paintings, the show will feature large birds, towering bridges, skulls, levitating singers and ghosts as promised by the press...

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