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5 hrs ago | The West Australian

Buzzcock's pretty in punk

A graduate of punk's school of hard knocks, Steve Diggle is taking a badly rolled ankle in his stride.

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Related Topix: The Buzzcocks

13 hrs ago | MediaGuardian.co.uk

Sleeve Notes: Retracing punk's past

The Clash, shortly before scouting for extra virgin olive oil and sunblushed tomatoes on Portobello Road.

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Related Topix: The Clash

22 hrs ago | Flint Township/Swartz Creek Advance

Fenton punk rockers ready for Detroit show

The Fenton-based band The Swellers. From left, drummer Jonathan Diener, guitarist Ryan Collins, singer/guitarist Nick Diener and bassist Anto Boros.

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Related Topix: The Swellers, Detroit, MI, Detroit Metro, Pop/Rock, Paramore, Less Than Jake, Ska, Entertainment

Thu Nov 19, 2009

Earth Times

Green Day to Record New Version of Hit Single a oe21 Gunsa with Cast of Hit Musical American Idiot

Multi-platinum rock band Green Day are in the studio this week recording a new version of their hit single "21 Guns" with the cast of American Idiot - the critically-acclaimed stage version of the band's 2004 album that has been playing at Berkeley Rep since early September.

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Related Topix: Green Day

Omaha World-Herald

Rock Candy: Dueling duos, punk riffs and more

Matt Whipkey and Kris Lager With the Matt Whipkey Three now down to two members and the Kris Lager Band down to just a pair, the two duos are taking to a Benson stage to duel it out.

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Related Topix: Omaha, NE, Rancid

Stourbridgenews.co.uk

Punk star Monica takes time to play the Base

SWEDISH punk performer Monica and The Explosion is the latest act to feature in our online video section - The Base Sessions.

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Related Topix: The Explosion

Wed Nov 18, 2009

Pittsburgh City Paper

Acoustic folk-punks The Frantic Heart of It release debut at BRICKS benefit

When the youthful DIY/punk ideal collides with the middle-aged family idyll, you get acoustic folk-punk -- at least, that's the conclusion reached by the frontmen of '90s bands like Hot Water Music and Avail.

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Related Topix: Hot Water Music, Avail, This Bike is a Pipe Bomb, Pittsburgh, PA

Ventura County Star

When greatest hits go bad

You can tell a lot about a musical act by how it approaches one of pop music's worst inventions, the greatest-hits album.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, Britney Spears, Fall Out Boy, Comedy, Entertainment

The Mayo News

MUSIC Comfort food for punk fans

Henry McGlade Up-and-coming Irish Punk band Beanz on Toast is comprised of three hard-working souls from Dunmore, Co Galway.

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Related Topix: The Casualties

Tue Nov 17, 2009

Digital Spy

John Lydon: 'PiL will record new material'

John Lydon has announced that the recently-reunited Public Image Ltd will "definitely" record new material following their December tour .

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Related Topix: John Lydon, The Sex Pistols

Miami New Times

Ska Is Dead tour lands at Culture Room this Thursday

Deal's Gone Bad is a ska survivor. Details: With the Toasters, Mustard Plug, Voodoo Glow Skulls, and Deal's Gone Bad.

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Related Topix: Deal's Gone Bad, Ska, The Toasters, Mustard Plug, The Skulls, Voodoo Glow Skulls, Fort Lauderdale, FL, Music, Entertainment

Digital Spy

Zane Lowe presents more 'masterpieces'

Zane Lowe will play four albums in their entirety before the end of the year as part of the Masterpieces programme on Radio 1. Between 7pm and 9pm on consecutive evenings from Monday, November 30, the DJ will play Metallica's self-titled album, Original Pirate Material by The Streets, London Calling by The Clash and Discovery by Daft Punk.

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Related Topix: Hip-Hop, The Streets, The Clash

Stereogum

New Cribs Video - "We Share The Same Skies"

As far as wish fulfillment goes, the Jarman bros are second to nobody. Form a band, get a record deal, work with a range of producers from the eclectic to the heroic to the headline making on the way to a commercially sustainable career with your siblings, and then for your fourth album expand the roster to include the guy who played guitar for the ...

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Related Topix: The Cribs, The Smiths, Pop/Rock

Mon Nov 16, 2009

Andover Advertiser

The Strokes hailed for best album

They provided one of rock and roll's greatest soap operas over the past decade and now The Libertines have been acknowledged as creators of one of the greatest albums of the decade.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, The Strokes, The Libertines, The Clash

Aversion

Mick Jones' Carbon/Silicon Gives Away Another Album

Carbon/Silicon is going back to its free, digital roots. The act, which features onetime Clash and Big Audio Dynamite singer/guitarist Mick Jones and Generation X bassist Tony James, dropped another free digital album onto the world Saturday , slapped its The Carbon Bubble album onto its website .

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Related Topix: The Clash, Pop/Rock, Big Audio Dynamite

Rothwell Today

Wakefield: BMX track plan is off to a Flyer Designs for a BMX track in Wakefield have been drawn up.

Designs for a BMX track in Wakefield have been drawn up. Local group Wakefield High Flyers, who have been campaigning for around a year for somewhere for riders to go, have worked with local councillors and council officers to draw up draft designs for the project at Horbury Lagoons.

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Related Topix: Wakefield, West Yorkshire County, England, United Kingdom

Sun Nov 15, 2009

Broward-Palm Beach - News

Video: New Found Glory - "Don't Let Her Pull You Down"

Okay, so this one's been out for a few weeks, but it bears sharing. Broward County's best pop-punk exports are still releasing new stuff to support their most recent album, Not Without a Fight , which dropped this past spring on Epitaph.

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Related Topix: New Found Glory, Broward County, FL

Sat Nov 14, 2009

Http

Album review: 'Los Lobos Goes Disney,' by Los Lobos

" Los Lobos Goes Disney " sounds like a really, really bad PG-rated movie. And yet in actuality, it's a really, really entertaining cover album from one of Los Angeles' most enduring rock bands.

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Related Topix: The Dwarves, Entertainment

Fri Nov 13, 2009

Music-News.com

Mick Jones' Carbon/Silicon release free album

Carbon/Silicon the band formed by Mick Jones of the Clash and Tony James of Generation X are ready to release their long awaited new album 'The Carbon Bubble'. The album will be released as a FREE download via their website www.carbonsiliconinc.com on Saturday 14 November 2009 at 12 Midday UK time.

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Related Topix: The Clash

The Age

Lovebirds Perry and Brand duet

Russell Brand and Katy Perry have recorded a duet. The British comedian and his US pop star girlfriend were reportedly "messing around" in a Los Angeles studio where they recorded a version of Edward Lear's 1871 poem The Owl and the Pussycat .

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Related Topix: The Goons

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