blink 182 Release Exclusive Haiti Charity T-Shirt

9th IMA Judge Mark Hoppus and his blink-182 bandmates have just released an exclusive Haiti Charity T-shirt. All proceeds from the sale of this shirt will go to the Red Cross. Each shirt is $15 and is only available on the band’s official online store.
ORDER NOW: http://www.blink182merch.com

Tom Waits Hits the Big Screen

9th IMA Judge Tom Waits has taken his talents to the big screen. He’s currently starring as Mr. Nick in The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, alongside Christopher Plummer and the late Heath Ledger.

Here’s the 411 on the film:
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus is a fantastical morality tale, set in the present day. It tells [...]

Hanson Announce Gramercy Theater Concert Series Leading up to Bamboozle Appearance

HANSON ANNOUNCE “FIVE OF FIVE” SPECIAL CONCERT SERIES LEADING UP TO APPEARANCE AT THE BAMBOOZLE FESTIVAL FIVE CONSECUTIVE CONCERTS AT NEW YORK’S GRAMERCY THEATER, EACH CONCERT FEATURING ONE OF THE BAND’S FOUR PREVIOUS ALBUMS IN THEIR ENTIRETY, AND THE PREMIER OF THEIR UPCOMING SPRING 2010 RELEASE
New York, December 15th 2009, three time Grammy nominated independent [...]

The Crystal Method Release “Come Back Clean” EP (feat. Emily Haines)

Get it now on iTunes.

The Crystal Method have been referred to as America’s answer to the Chemical Brothers. A dance-based electronic duo with a definite rock band feel, the comparison would seem appropriate, although it tends to erase what makes the group distinct: a solid base in American hip-hop, rock, soul, and pop.
Formed in [...]

Pete Wentz Lists 10 Underrated Lyricists for AOL Radio

FROM AOL RADIO:
Pete Wentz, lyricist and musician of the pop/punk rock band Fall Out Boy, joins us this week as AOL Radio’s guest blogger — sharing with us 10 underrated lyricists overlooked because of their loose association with the label “emo.” Check out his list below — which includes lyric highlights hand-picked by Wentz himself [...]

Tom Waits Launches First Official Web Site And Previews New Album, Glitter and Doom Live

Anti-Records will release Glitter and Doom Live, a two-disc collection of the best of the best tracks from Tom Waits’ sold out, highly acclaimed, “Glitter and Doom” tour on November 24th. The 17 tracks were recorded during Waits’ sold-tour through the US and Europe during the summer of 2008. Included are versions of [...]

Smithereens drummer and pop music historian Dennis Diken releases new album, Late Music

“I guess I’ve been writing songs since I was a kid,” says Dennis Diken. “There are melodies and lyric ideas that I just can’t get out of my head and some of them have been lodged there since I was five or six years old! But I grew up thinking I was just a self-taught [...]

Butch Walker announces Hotel Cafe residency and new album

IMA Judge Butch Walker has announced a residency every Wednesday, the whole month of November at The Hotel Cafe in Los Angeles. Each show, Walker and his backup band, The Black Widows, will perform a select album from his repertoire in in its entirety, front to back, in chronological order.
-The first show will be [...]

Monsters of Folk Releases Long Awaited Debut Album

9th IMA Judge M. Ward joins Folk Rock heavyweights Jim James (My Morning Jacket), Mike Mogis (Bright Eyes) and Conor Oberst (Bright Eyes) in Monsters of Folk. The band released its debut album- five years in the making- this week.
Meet Monsters of Folk:
Five years ago, when Jim James, Mike Mogis, Conor Oberst and M. Ward [...]

Rob Wasserman’s Scaring The Children with Grateful Dead’s Bob Weir

9th IMA Judge Rob Wasserman performs with Bob Weir (Grateful Dead & Rat Dog) and Jay Lane (who’s played drums with Primus and Rat Dog) as Scaring the Children. The trio will play an intimate show on Friday, October 9 at New York’s Brooklyn Bowl, following a series of successful Scaring the [...]

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