China has recently deemed Lady Gaga a threat to their “national cultural security,” according to the censors at the country’s Ministry of Culture. As part of the “regulation of management of Internet culture,” music downloading sites have been told to remove around 100 songs, including 20 foreign songs, or face the music (no pun intended). […]
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China bans pop artists
August 29th, 2011 
Grant Trimboli 
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Tags: banned music, china, kanye west, katy perry, lady gaga, natalie walker, Simple Plan, the backstreet boys 
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Daytrader 7-inch planned for late 2011
August 29th, 2011 Grant Trimboli Daytrader unveiled news today that they are planning to release a new 7-inch by years end. Property Of Zack recently sat down with the guys to discuss future plans and obtained a statement from Daytrader, that can be viewed by looking below. A full-length album has been confirmed for next year as well! Daytrader stated: […]
MUSIC VIDEO: Yelawolf – No Hands
August 29th, 2011 Grant Trimboli Yelawolf has released his hard-hitting music video for his new single, “No Hands,” that comes off of the forthcoming release Radioactive. Be sure to pick up this Ghet-O-Vision Ent./Shady Records album when it drops on October 25. This video is originally inspired by Ubisoft’s video game, Driver: San Francisco, and shows the rapper in many […]
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Mother Nature Is Trying To Kill Us
August 29th, 2011 James Shotwell Let’s face it, mother nature has been kicking our ass recently. Earthquakes, tsunamis, hurricanes, when will it stop? The writing duo of Thomas Lennon and Ben Garrett have recruited a slew of Hollywood’s finest to try and band the planet together against mother nature. If she wants war, maybe we should give it to her. […]
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Barely Blind releases stream of new song “Inner Child”
August 29th, 2011 Grant Trimboli Texas rockers Barely Blind are currently streaming their new song called “Inner Child” right here. This song is off of the group’s October debut release, Wilder Child Of A Thousand Suns. Check out this upbeat tune and let us know what you think of Barely Blind’s latest material.
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I Am The Avalanche Reveal Album Art
August 29th, 2011 James Shotwell I Am The Avalanche have released the cover image for their upcoming Sophomore effort, Avalanche United. The artwork, which can be viewed after the jump, brings to mind the great album covers of the 70’s and 80’s punk scene. No gimmicks, just some dudes that love music more than anything. Avalanche United is slated to […]
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REVIEW: Primus – Green Naugahyde
August 29th, 2011 James Shotwell Artist: Primus Album: Green Naugahyde Genre: Experimental Rock Label: ATO Records/Prawn Song Collectively speaking, artists are the weirdest group of people I’ve ever come across. And I am talking about “artists” in the all-encompassing sense; painters, graphic designers, writers, musicians, pretty much any profession where 90% of their time is spent sleeping until noon, and […]
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Pop music videos being removed from Youtube
August 29th, 2011 Jacob Tender The big media buzz this morning is obviously the MTV Video Music Awards. I didn’t watch them myself, but isn’t it more or less the same every year? Regardless, mixed among the hub-bub of auto-tuned pop star winnings is a peculiar web occurrence that is raising many questions.
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New in-studio video from The Used
August 29th, 2011 Jenna The Used are currently in the studio recording their new album Vulnerable. It will be released sometime before February 2012 on their own record label, Dental Records. An in-studio update has been posted in the form of a video; it features a short clip of singer Bert McCracken doing vocals. Click here to see the […]
The Front Bottoms stream new song
August 29th, 2011 Jenna New Jersey’s The Front Bottoms will be releasing their self-titled album on September 6 through Bar/None Records. In the meantime, the band have released one of the songs from the album for the fans to hear. The song is called “Mountain” and is track four on the album. Click here to listen to “Mountain!” If […]
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