Well I know what I’m doing as soon as I get to my laptop today. One of my personal favorite record labels, Topshelf Records, have released a 78-track sampler from bands off their roster. The kicker? It’s free. You heard right! If you have never heard of the label before, or some of their bands, […]
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Topshelf Records Release Free 78-Track Sampler
September 20th, 2013 
Kriston McConnell 
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Watch 30 Seconds To Mars Cover Rihanna’s “Stay”
September 20th, 2013 Kendra Beltran 30 Seconds To Mars recently covered Rihanna’s “Stay” for BBC Radio’s Live Lounge. It’s pretty much the same song minus the bathtub breakdown. They kept the music similar, and the only major difference was of course Jared Leto’s grizzly vocals. In the end this cover could be a contender for those Buzzcut CDs. You know, […]
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Walter White’s Tighty Whites: Breaking Bad Props Up For Auction
September 20th, 2013 Derek Scancarelli How desperate are you for a used pair of Walter White’s underwear? Well, if you’re pretty damn desperate, the team over at ScreenBid have you covered. The production based auction website will be selling hundreds of items of memorabilia used in filming of the AMC hit series “Breaking Bad.” As the series finale rapidly approaches, […]
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I Am The Avalanche Cheers Brew To A Complete Third Record
September 20th, 2013 Derek Scancarelli Finally, the day has come! This time it didn’t take way too many years to get some new music from the boys in I Am The Avalanche. Vocalist Vinnie Caruana (who we spoke with at Warped Tour) posted a photo to Instagram about an hour ago proclaiming the band’s third record was now complete. “Album […]
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REVIEW: Volcano Choir – ‘Repave’
September 20th, 2013 Nina Corcoran Artist: Volcano Choir Album: Repave Genre: Indie Post-rock Label: Jagjaguwar Justin Vernon is a man of many talents, many bands, and many snarky comments. When it was announced that Volcano Choir, one of his earlier projects, would be coming out with a new record, it almost seemed out of boredom. Had he tired of the […]
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Universal Begins Shutting Down Smiths/’Peanuts’ Mashup Tumblr
September 20th, 2013 James Shotwell God save micro-blogging. It’s Friday, and like you we really don’t want to be at work anymore. UTG is fun and all, but most of us work day jobs that put us in front of monitors full of numbers and reports we pretend to work on while secretly sneaking off to enjoy whatever nonsense the […]
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HOLY SH!T: Quentin Tarantino to Play Roger Corman In Joe Dante’s Biopic ‘Kaleidoscope Eyes’
September 20th, 2013 James Shotwell Well, this is one we didn’t see coming… After rumors surfaced in recent months that Colin Firth was circling the role, news broke today via The Telegraph that claims director Quentin Tarantino has been cast as legendary filmmaker Roger Corman for Joe Dante’s upcoming (and long-gestating) biopic, Kaleidoscope Eyes. The 87-year-old film innovator opened up […]
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Tupac Shakur Biopic To Begin Production In 2014
September 20th, 2013 James Shotwell Here’s something you don’t see everyday: Studio announces production plans for long-awaited biopic and leaves off all information regarding a star or director. Morgan Creek Productions and Emmett/Furla Films announced in a Thursday news release they are in final negotiations to partner on the production of Tupac, a film about slain rap icon Tupac Shakur. […]
‘Adventures In The Sin Bin’ Trailer Finds Bo Burnham Helping Nerds Get Laid
September 20th, 2013 James Shotwell With parents and siblings at home all hours of the day, it can be incredibly difficult to find a little time for romance with your high school sweetheart. That is, unless you have a friend with a van. Bo Burnham is a rare breed of celebrity. He’s one of the very few YouTube sensations to […]
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Azealia Banks Says Lady Gaga Stole Her Song Title
September 20th, 2013 Nina Corcoran Today’s most outspoken rapper Azealia Banks loves nothing more than making trouble, and she’s gone and picked another fight again. This time she’s throwing punches at the big names, claiming pop icon Lady Gaga stole her song titles… based off two words. As FACT notes, Banks and Gaga recorded a track called “Red Flame” together in […]
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Required Listening: Justin Timberlake – “TKO”
September 20th, 2013 James Shotwell Justin Timberlake‘s 20/20 Experience – Part 2 is fast-approaching, and this morning I awoke to find the album’s second single waiting to be shared with the world. So far in 2013, Justin Timberlake has more or less stuck to his unique brand of larger-than-life instrumentation backing relatively simple pop songs with super catchy hooks. We […]
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Reggie and the Full Effect to Release a New Album Nov. 19
September 20th, 2013 Nina Corcoran Back in May we saw Reggie and the Full Effect pass a Kickstarter campaign to record a new album, update about guest singers, and announce that they would be touring. There was no set date for its release and pretty few facts overall, but some over-enthusiastic quotes from frontman James Dewees were able to keep […]
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