The neckbearded, long haired, slightly overweight Georgia rockers: Manchester Orchestra are giving away a free download of their single, “I’ve Got Friends,” from their sophmore release Mean Everything To Nothing. After you get your free download enter yourself for a chance to win tickets to see the band at Lollapalooza. See below for details…
I don’t know why rappers in recent years have used 9/11 as a backdrop to release their much-hyped albums (the “epic” Kanye West & 50 Cent Graduation/Curtis same-day numbers duel reigning most memorable) but this year, Jay-Z will undoubtedly be opening unopposed as he drops the third installment in his Blueprint series.
The original Blueprint is an undisputed classic, as well as both a critical and commercial success, whereas the second, two-CD affair left many with a much less positive review. Coming off the release of 2007’s American Gangster, Jay-Z has a lot to live up with these new album.
Last week Jay leaked a sampling of how the grizzled hip hop veteran sees the current landscape with his self-explanatory non-anthem “D.O.A. (Death of AutoTune)”. Give it a listen and tell us what you think in the comments box below!
Eddie, Jeff, Stone, Matt and Mike debuted the new song “Get Some” off their soon-to-be-released studio album Backspacer as as of this morning, critical response as been incredibly positive. Reviews have deemed this performance as showcasing the band as being in “top form” and the Rockworms concensous stands as a resounting “ooooooooh yeeeeeeeeeah!”
Check out “Get Some” and let us know what you think in the comments box!
This newly released Dr. Pepper commercial features some fresh beats off of Dr. Dre’s long-awaited 3rd solo album Detox, which has been in various stages of completion for the last 8 years. This commercial appearance is the first public near-pronouncement that the record might be near at hand.
The band that made me love music, New York’s Beastie Boys have unveiled that the title of their new studio album will be Hot Sauce Committee. The hiphop/rock/punk/awesome making trio will appear tonight (Memorial Day) on NBC’s soon-to-be alsoran Late Night with Jimmy Fallon to discuss the album in more in depth, profanity-laden detail. We here at Rockworms most likely will not recap this interview in any way.
For a little bit more info, last October Beastie Boy “Ad-Rock” aka Adam Horovitz sat down with online/print music rag Billboard to discuss the groups 7th “official” studio LP.
“It’s a lot of vocals, a lot of words — very wordy,” said Ad-Rock. “And it’s political, depending on what you call political. You know, if toilet talk and fart jokes are political, which they can be, in that sense yeah, very.”
You bet your sweet Jewish ass they can!
Previous studio albums have been 1986’s Licensed to Ill, 1989’s Paul’s Boutique, 1992’s Check Your Head, 1994’s Ill Communication, 1998’s Hello Nasty and 2004’s To The 5 Boroughs. All of them are amazing. They also have released many remix, greatest hits and b-sides collections. All of which are also quite enjoyable. I like them a lot.
The band that made us famous, Orange County’s Great Glass Elevatoris reuniting for a one-night only event. We haven’t heard from GGE in quite some time and this show is sure to be an evening to remember.
The show is Monday, May 25th at 10:30 PM at The Detroit Bar (843 W 19th Street, Costa Mesa, California 92627). The club is 21 and up and the cost: FREE!!! Also performing: Moostache and Evening Hour
“…and sometimes, baby Adam, you CAN get everything you want in life…”
Now this is what I call a “good morning!”
Discovered this A.M. via the bands Twitter page, the illustrious Seattle rock outfit PEARL JAM will be the featured musical guest on the debut episode of The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien on June 1st. The totally kick-ass band will be playing songs off of their new album as they welcome the incredibly talented Mr. O’Brien to this Late Night throne.
This will be good. If I owned a TV, I would totally watch it.
It hardly feels like 7 years since I was beating my hands across my desk to the beat of “Grindin’”, but like it or not, time has a way of changing some people. Luckily for us who enjoyed that infectious Virginia Beach sound, the ever-revolving calender has been kind to The Clipse who last night rocked a standing-room-only Webster Hall Studio crowd as the brothers from the V-A set the mood right for another big summer.
Choosing mostly to pull selections from their 2006 album Hell Hath No Fury (as well as their cleverly titled 2008 crew collaboration with Re-Up label mates Clipse Present: Re-Up Gang), biological brothers Malice and Pusha-T kept the capacity crowd on its feet and with hands waving. Allowing the crowd to fill in the hook left vacant by Slim Thug, The Clipse turned up the tempo on the radio anthem “Wamp Wamp (What It Do)” and the is-it-or-is-it-not pot shot at Lil Wayne with “Mr. Me-Too.”
Arguably the biggest moment of the night was when the boys announced that they were going to take it back to where it all started and the beat dropped on the aforementioned “Grindin’.” While eyes quickly scanned the room to see if hook-deliverer and close associate Pharrell Williams would make an appearance, thoughts of that cameo were quickly forgotten and the duo carried out the track like the trunk-rattler it always has been.
They closed-out the show with the new single (featuring a man who was barely even a name-worthy producer when Grindin’ came out, Kanye West) “Kinda Like a Big Deal” and if this performance showed anything, it is that The Clipse are still at the top of their game and ready to take their place atop the hip-hop game.
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