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Stream Moves Like This, The Cars First Album In 24 Years

The list of things that are worth a twenty four year wait is pretty minimal. Of course the list would include sex, going to Benihana, a Who's The Boss? movie and a new album from the band that definitively proved being a rock star can land you a ridiculously hot girlfriend. Fans of the new wave legends will be pleasantly surprised to hear the latest addition to The Cars discography, Moves Like This, which is set for a May 10th release, picks up right where 1987's Door To Door left off, at a synth party. Thanks to Rolling Stone you can now preview the album in it's entirety for the next week, and while I may only be halfway through my first go around I can firmly declare so far so good. And yes, there will be hand claps.

Click this awesome link to open up a new window with the stream, then party like its 1985. Wait, what are you doing? Where's your monocle? Everyone wore a monocle in 1985, haven't you ever read a science book?

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Stream The First Soundgarden Concert In 13 Years

Soundgarden played a not all that secret show on Friday in Seattle that marked the band's first official performance since 1997.  To be coy the band went by the anagram of Nudedragons, which kind of sucks as I was thinking of starting a side project based specifically on nude dragons.  Luckily for you this version of Nudedragons kicks a lot more ass than mine would.  The band reportedly sounded great as they busted out a 15 song set followed by a three song encore that saw the night come to an end as Chris Cornell and company covered The Doors' Waiting For The Sun.

Wait, it gets better.  Some awesome youtube afficianado uploaded the audio from the whole show, and I made you a fancy playlist of all his hard work.  I guess that means that I'm the real hero here, toldja mom.  You can check out the rocking playlist below, and of course the official setlist.   [via blabbermouth]

Soundgarden at the Showbox at the Market - 4/16/10

01. Spoonman
02. Gun
03. Searching With My Good Eye Closed
04. Rusty Cage
05. Beyond The Wheel
06. Flower
07. Ugly Truth
08. Fell On Black Days
09. Hunted Down
10. Nothing To Say
11. Loud Love
12. Blow Up The Outside World
13. Pretty Noose
14. Outshined
15. Slaves And Bulldozers

Encore:
16. Get On The Snake
17. Big Dumb Sex
18. Waiting For The Sun (THE DOORS cover)

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Review: Satchel Reunion In Seattle

Satchel Reunion Show Hits Seattle Like a Freight Train; Seattle Likes It

Many of the dedicated Satchel fans throughout the years have followed singer Shawn Smith throughout his time with other projects, including solo material and other work with friends Regan, Steve Fisk, & "Brad" since the essential break up of the band 13 years ago.  Shawn's other projects have been dynamic but have also tended to sway toward more groove, pop or balled oriented rock including many songs that are essentially piano constructed from their nascent (excluding From the North).  But as a dedicated Satchel fan who had the pleasure of seeing the big reunion show at the Crocodile Cafe last week, I am deeply apologetic.  As much as I hyped up the show in my head ad nauseum beforehand, for some reason I never imagined Satchel rocking the shit out of that place.  And I am sorry for that.  And yes, I was expecting a rocking show, but not like that.  It was a lot of guitars, bass, and drums and ears were ringing.  If you can exempt the wonderful vocal work of Shawn Smith, then the rockingness is the story of the night.  'New Satchel Songs Live' is probably the headline after that.  And somewhere you also need to mention that guitarist John Hoag is talented, has really long hair, and is a big part of the Satchel sound.  John laid down much of the known EDC laced octaves on the electric guitar this evening and played some keyboard as well. And again, no jokes about the rocking.  It was guitars, bass, and drums to your face.  Ears were ringing.

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Are The Darkness Thinking Reunion?

While reading some gossip on a UK music blog this morning, I found some unbelievably fantastic news about The Darkness, so much so that I went and put on my skin-tight zebra 80s rocker pants and started pumping  [amazon B0000AZKM0] ridiculously loud for an early Thursday morning. 

But now frontman JUSTIN HAWKINS and his brother DAN have patched up their differences and are working together again.

The duo have been demoing new material in Justin's studio in Lowestoft.

And if they're happy with the results of their sessions they intend to reunite the rockers who had a string of Top Tens and a No1 album during 2003 and 2004.

A source said: "If their stuff is liked by label staff they will attempt to reunite The Darkness." [the sun]

Then I got ready to let you special people in on the news only to check the SHA twitter feed, and get a swift kick to the balls by man rock overlord Justin Hawkins himself.

  Don't believe everything you read!  [via]

Bastards!  Hopefully he's just having some fun, color me skeptical.  Either way Justin Hawkins is staying somewhat busy.  He's on the awesome Steel Panther album, he wrote and plays on a track on the Adam Lambert record, and of course he's got that kickass band Hot Leg.  Last but not least he is one of the key songwriters behind the new Meatloaf album.  I shit you not.  It is going to be awesome.

Hopefully this video of Mr Hawkins rocking out on a flying white tiger is some day repeated, in HD.


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Reunited And It Feels So Soundgarden

According to former Soundgarden frontman Chris Cornell's twitter:

The 12 year break is over & school is back in session. Sign up now. Knights of the Soundtable ride again! www.soundgardenworld.com

Pre 2010 I would chalk that up to a possible imposter or hacked post, but to be fair I am pretty sure that is as good of a confirmation we can get these days, with it being 2010 and all.  We will keep you updated but for now a nice reminder of the little band known as Soundgarden doing Black Hole Sun live in Virginia back in 96, I'm a sucker for bad VHS quality.


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Cut Your Hair There's A Pavement Reunion Coming

The Brooklyn Vegan first broke the 10,943,234th Pavement reunion story recently, and now Pitchfork claims to confirm this by saying  

According to a source who is real and official and not a figment of our imagination, Pavement will perform a benefit show at Central Park SummerStage on September 21, 2010. Mark your motherfucking calendars.

The Brooklyn Vegan article goes on to speculate that the band may officially make its reunited debut at next year's Coachella Festival, and that their Central Park appearance may in fact be a multi-night run.  I'm sure we will be hearing quite a bit about this over the next few months so we will keep you updated.

 

Check out the Spkie Jonze directed video Shady Lane below to be reminded of the awesome.

 

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Faith No More Reuniting, Just Not In America

Just last weekend Pavement had a pseudo not really at all reunion at a members wedding, now Mike Patton's publicist has confirmed that Faith No More will be reuniting for a European tour this summer. Seriously, are there any bands left that can reunite? Damn Yankees?

As confirmed tonight by his label and publicist, Mike Patton has announced that Faith No More will be reuniting for a European summer tour. While no other info has been given, we’ve been told that the tour will only take place in Europe, the dates are “to come” and there are absolutely no plans to tour the States. We’ve also been informed that Patton — as presumed — will not be doing interviews about the subject.

Sounds awesome, hopefully they get the real crew together meaning we can count on some Jim Martin. I'm not going to get my hopes up though, those people be crazy. I'll post any tour dates or actual audio from the shows when they happen. For now enjoy this interpretation of the Faith No More hit We Care A Lot.

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I'll Take Another Spinal Tap Please

Now this is something I can certainly get behind. Yes, that is what she said. According to the Brits Spinal Tap is recording a new album. Awesome.

Shearer, who these days voices several Simpsons characters, told BBC 5 Live: "It'll be for download as well as on conventional media later this year."

"We've never recorded the song we did at Live Earth, Warmer Than Hell, and I think they (Spinal Tap) are trying to revisit their old success."

"We'll do a song called Gimme Some More Money, probably with some dubious results."

I'll take it in any form I can get. Thanks to Awesome user Dob for the tip.

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