Declaration, the latest album from the Orange County Metal-core band Bleeding Through hit stores today.  I received an advance copy a few days and was able to listen to it for the past week.  The sound is much heavier than their previous release with faster drums, Heavier riffs and a much more intense delivery of the vocals. The album begins melodic and calm and then explodes with eleven tracks of aggression and power. I highly recommend picking this album up, it is probably the greatest Metal-core album of the year so far.  It is available for $9.99 on Itunes or you can the actual CD for the same price at your local Best Buy.

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In honor of there upcoming album, Oasis is going to be playing the Staples Center in LA on December 4th with special guests Ryan Adams and The Cardinals.  Tickets go on sale to the public on Friday October 3rd at 10 AM; however, Tickets begin going on Pre-sale with a password tomorrow morning 10 AM and lasts until October 2nd at 10 PM.  The password is Wonderwall.  Tickets range from  $39.00 to $79.00 and can be purchased here.  Remember that the Staples Center is huge, so getting your tickets through pre-sale will help ensure you closer seats.  And, also don't forget to pick up Oasis's new album entitled "Dig Out Your Soul" which will be in stores on October 7th.

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The Smashing Pumpkins are celebrating their 20th anniversary by going on a new tour.  The new tour includes three southern California dates.  These dates go as follows,  November 30th at the IMAC Arena in San Diego, December 02 at the Gibson amphitheater in Universal City and December 03 at the Gibson Amphitheater in Universal City again.  Tickets range from 50 to 70 dollars.  Tickets for the San Diego show are already on sale and can be found here.  Tickets for the Universal City dates go on sale on October 4th and can be found here.  The Smashing Pumpkins playing a show is pretty rare, so I would recommend getting your tickets ASAP because these dates will sell out.  For more information on the band you can visit there website here.

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That's right Lisk Fest found some new investors and is back on for Saturday October 11th at Oak Canyon Ranch.  In case you haven't heard about it yet, the line up includes some pretty awesome bands such as Pennywise, Gorilla Biscuits, The Aquabats, Bleeding Through, Death By Stereo, H2O and many more, apparently they have also added a second stage that will have all local bands.  Tickets are $24.95 and if you have the cash, you can get VIP tickets for $100 dollars.  VIP gets you a backstage wristband and included drinks all night.  Tickets can be purchased here.  More information on the festival such as the full lineup and directions can be found here.  Hope to see ya there!

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Beck is going to be performing at the grand opening of Club Nokia on Monday, November 10th.  Tickets go from $41.50 to $71.50 and are available for purchase at 10 AM this Saturday, however, with the special pre-sale password you can get your tickets today at 10 AM. The password is KROQGUILT.  The link to the Beck Ticketmaster page is here.  Good Luck!!

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The new Cold War Kids album entitled "Loyalty To Loyalty" hit stores today, You can get the CD for $9.99 at your local Best Buy, Or for only four dollars more you can purchase the deluxe edition that comes with a bonus DVD.  To hear a track off of the new album, visit their Myspace here.

"Dear Science," the latest release from experimental rock band TV on the Radio was also released today.  This can also be purchased for $9.99 at Best Buy, For $12.99 you can get the bonus version which comes with five bonus tracks, On Itunes you can get the bonus version plus another extra track for the same price.  Two of the songs from "Dear Science" can be heard via Myspace here.

And finally, for all you Radiohead fans, the latest single "Reckoner" was released today via Internet and Itunes. The unique quality of this single is that it is simply the stems (parts of the song) of the whole song, split up on individual tracks, so that the fans can remix "Reckoner" however they like through the Mac program Garageband and then upload it to the Radiohead remix website here.

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Some good news came on the TV today.  Travis Barker and DJ AM are expected to have a full recovery.  As I posted yesterday, a private jet carrying Barker and AM as well as some of Barkers entourage crashed off the runway yesterday killing everyone inside with the exception of Barker and AM. Barker suffered second and third degree burns to his lower body and AM suffered from burns to torso and head, but it was announced today that both will fully recover and be back on the scene soon. I urge everyone to keep them in their prayers for a speedy recovery and to pray for the best for the families who lost someone on the plane crash.  For the article on their recovery go here.

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Ex-Blink-182 and current +44 Drummer,Travis Barker was in a plane crash today,  He is apparently in critical condition with burns on his lower body. For more information on the even to here.  I would find it hard to believe that someone did not know who Travis Barker is, but in case I'm wrong, Travis became famous while drumming for pop-punk band Blink 182.  After their hiatus, Travis did many other ventures such as clothing lines, TV shows and other bands.  Travis Barker is one of the most amazing drummers I have ever seen, and I have been fortunate enough to see him drum on many occasions.  I encourage everyone to keep him in their prayers as well as DJ AM who was also injured in the crash. Thanks!

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The anunual LA Weekly Detour Festival is coming up, October 4th to be exact and The Mars Volta is headlining.  The rest of the line up this year is pretty awesome, it includes bands such as Shiny Toy Guns, Gogol Bordello, Datarock and many others.  The festival is being held in Downtown LA and Tickets are going for $40.50 through Ticketmaster.  Additional information such as directions and the full line up can be found at the Detour Festival Official website here. Hope to see you there!!

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"Dear Science," the upcoming third album from TV on the Radio is set to hit stores on September 23.  This Friday, Myspace is having a listening party which will allow you to hear the full album in it's entirety before it hits stores.  For more information go to there Myspace.  There you will also be able to hear "Golden Age" and "Dancing Choose," two tracks from the upcoming album.  TV on the Radio is also currently on tour in support of the upcoming release, the dates can also be found on their Myspace or at their official website here.

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In the year 2000, a horror-punk super group by the name of Son Of Sam was formed consisting of Davey Havok from AFI, Steve Zing and London May from Samhain and Danzig guitarist Todd Youth.  A year after forming, they released their debut album, "Songs From The Earth" then went on tour and disbanded to continue with all their main projects.  Well Son Of Sam is back! ahem, sort of, Bassist Steve Zing and guitarist Todd Youth have returned with a new vocalist, Ian Thorne and a new drummer by the name of Karl Rosqvist.  Their new album entitled "Into The Night" was released today and is available at your local Hot Topic for the very low price of $6.99 which is also the cheapest you will be able to find it for you.  I highly recommend picking up this intense burst of horror-punk.  Hot Topic is the only retail store selling  the album, but it is also available on Itunes as well as through Amazon.com.

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The Glass House has a good line up of shows coming up for the rest of September....

Tuesday - September 16th 

Vampire Weekend, White Williams, Abe Vigoda

Wednesday - September 17th

Foals, Health

Friday - September 19th

Tokyo Police Club, The Whigs, We Barbarians

Saturday - September 20th

August Burns Red, A Skylit Drive, Sky Eats Airplanes, Greeley Estates, This or the Apocalypse

Sunday  - September 21st

Sterolab, Atlas Sound

Wednesday  - September 24th

CSS, Tilly & the Wall, SSCION

Friday - September 26th

Trapt, Smile Empty Soul, Takota, Runner Runner

Tuesday - September 30th

MSTRKRFT, Felix Cartal, Congorock

All of these shows, to the best of my knowledge are not sold out.  Tickets can either be purchased at The Glasshouse for twenty or less dollars or through Ticketmaster for a higher price.  If you are unfamiliar with The Glasshouse, it is small venue in Pomona, that offers shows from many different genres of music. For more information go to their website here.

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Even if you don't remember the name, I'm sure you remember the 1998 hit, "Inside Out" or perhaps "Here's To The Nights" was played at your graduation.  However you remember them or even if you don't, the pop-punk band from so-cal has reunited and played The Key Club in Hollywood last night.  I was fortunate enough to attend the show and after what seemed like a year long opening act, Eve 6 appeared with two of the original members and a new guitarist.  Eve 6 has been on a three year hiatus, but with how they played you would have never guessed it.  As the curtain dropped, the band opened with the song "Rescue" from their sophomore album, "Horoscope".  The whole set list included many classic Eve 6 songs such as "Promise" and "Inside Out" as well as some later stuff like "Think Twice" and a few newer songs from their side project "Sugi Tap".  Rumours of a new album have been circulating since 2007 and Eve 6 is signed up to do more shows.  Next time they are in your area, I highly encourage going out and supporting this amazing band.  For more information go to their Myspace here.  Below is the full set-list from last night as well as some photo's I took. 

The Key Club - 9/12/2008

Rescue

Promise

Open Road Song

Think Twice

Little Tiny Everything

Leech

Anytime

Here's to the Nights

Nightmare

At Least We're Dreaming

Tongue Tied

On The Roof Again

Pick Up the Pieces

Inside Out

Superhero Girl

Friend of Mine

Amphetamines

Max Collins - Vocals, Bass

Tony Fagenson - Drums

Matt Bair - Guitar, Back-up vocals

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"Lost in the Sound of Separation", the new album from metal-core group Underoath hit stores on August 30th.  Underoath has grown up a bit since their 2006 release, "Define The Great Line" into a harder more polished burst of post-hardcore.  Their latest album contains eleven of the darkest/hardest songs they have ever released.  Sound of Separation contains a more anthemic feel in some of the songs with a much more diverse musical sound than any of their previous releases.  Aaron Gillespie's clean vocals compliments the anger and intensity that is the main vocalist Spencer Chamberlain.  I highly recommend picking this album up, It comes in four different versions, A standard edition, a special edition, a limited edition and a deluxe edition.  The standard edition comes with the CD and a 20 page booklet, the special edition comes with the previous and a 40 minuted DVD making of documentary, The limited edition comes with the CD, 20 page booklet, DVD and a vinyl version of the album and the deluxe edition comes in a 5 panel digi-pak containing two 10" vinyls, a 56 page booklet, the CD and the DVD.  The deluxe edition is limited to 5,000 copies and is hand numbered and signed by the band.  The prices vary with each edition.  For more information on the album as well as their latest tour go to their official website here.

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The Quilt, the latest album from Gym Class Heroes hit stores yesterday.  If you want to hear some of their new tunes before you pick the album up, you can hear their latest single entitled "Cookie Jar" here.  If you decided to go out and buy The Quilt, You can pick up your very own copy at Target for the very low price of $9.99, get it on Itunes with three extra tracks for $12.99 or you can pay $20.00 at Hot Topic and get the CD and an exclusive T-shirt.  Gym Class Heroes are also on a new tour in support of The Quilt.  The tour dates can be found here.

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Bloc Party will be releasing a new single tonight on Zane Lowe's Radio One show.  The title of the new track has not yet been announced but is one of the new songs off of their forthcoming album entitled "Intimacy".  Be sure to head here tonight to hear the new song. Bloc Party's latest album "Intimacy" hit stores on October 27th and is available for pre-order through Blocparty.com.

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The Cold War Kids are playing a free show in LA on September 19th for Jimmy Kimmel Live.  To get your tickets go here!  If you can't make the show, you can check it out on ABC at midnight on the 19th.

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Doyle Wolfgang Von Frankenstein, Former guitarist for The Misfits i

s back on the scene with the same hulking presence, some familiar faces and a new band.  Doyle, along with his wife, Former Pro-wrestler Gorgeous George,  Argyle Goolsby (Front-man for the horror-punk band, Blitzkid) on Vocals/Bass and the legendary Resurrected Misfits 

Drummer, Dr. Chud all played as Gorgeous Frankenstein at The Glasshouse in Pomona on August 23rd.  I was fortunate enough to be able to attend the show and was completely blown away with the intense power that came from Doyle's guitar.  The new music is more Metal than Punk, giving Doyle more room to show of his talent at shredding on his custom made Annihilator.   The show was even more enjoyable due to the fact that they threw in a bu

nch of  Misfits songs throughout their set. If your a Misfits fan or just a fan of some good Metal/Punk, then I highly recommend checking Gorgeous Frankenstein out.  Below is a link to their Myspace as well as some photo's that I took at the show. 

http://www.myspace.com/officialgorgeousfrankenstein

Argyle Goolsby - Vocals/Bass

Doyle Wolfgang Von Frankenstein - Guitar

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If you are a Metallica fan, then you most likely know about the new album entitled Death Magnetic which drops into stores on September 12, however you might not know that Metallica has announced the first few dates of their Death Magnetic Tour which include the Southern California events.  Tickets are not on sale to the public but are on presale.  The presale password is Magnetic.  To purchase tickets go to  www.Ticketmaster.com/Metallica-tickets/artist/735647.  If you are unable to get them through presale, you can still try your luck through Ticketmaster on Saturday, September 13th at 10 AM. Good Luck!

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