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5 of 05 |
Over the last few weeks of 05 we will be
posting our writers' picks for the best of 2005.
Each day we will post a new Top 5 list
from two of our writers. At the conclusion we will present the master list
comprised of the top picks from all of our writer submissions.
Gary Schwind's Top 5 (err 10) of 05.
10.
Little Barrie - We Are Little Barrie
9.
A Band of Bees - Free the Bees
8.
Oliver Mtukudzi - Nhava
7.
Nashville Pussy - Get Some
6.
Graceland Mafia - Family Business
5.
Mike Doughty - Haughty Melodic
4.
The Blue Van - The Art of Rolling
3.
Athlete - Tourist
2.
Clutch - Robot Hive/Exodus
1.
Lucero - Nobody's Darlings
Gary also has some honorable
mentions, so be sure to click on his list to see those too!.
Morley Seaver's Top 5 (or so) of 2005.
5.
Cori Yarckin - Ringing in My Head
4.
Crisis - Like Sheep Led to Slaughter
3.
Scarling - So Long Scarecrow
2.
My Ruin - The Brutal Language
1c.
Janeen Leah - Time is Never Wasted
1b.
Imogen Heap - Speak for Yourself
1a.
Green Carnation - The Quiet Offspring
(click on the CD lists to read that writer's comments on each CD and
for related links for release)
| Howie
Day Arrested |
MTV reports: Howie Day was arrested for rowdy
behavior on Wednesday at Logan International Airport in Boston after allegedly
mixing alcohol with a sleeping pill on a flight, according to The Associated
Press. The singer/songwriter was charged with interfering with the flight
crew... [see full story for more]- Click
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| Motley
Murder |
BW&BK reports: Boston's WHDH-TV is reporting
that professional bodybuilder Craig Titus � who helped MÖTLEY CRÜE
frontman Vince Neil lose 20 pounds as part of VH1's Remaking: VINCE NEIL
special � and his wife, Kelly Ryan, were arrested Friday (December 23)
in Massachusetts as fugitives in the slaying of a woman whose body was
found last week in Ryan's burned-out luxury car abandoned off a remote
desert highway. [see full story for more]- Click
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| Jacko
Reality TV |
Ananova reports: Michael Jackson is to appear
in a US reality TV show involving his family.
He is to appear in the pilot and make guest
appearances during the series reports the Mirror.
The show will focus on his brother Tito's
three sons as they try to break into the music industry[see full story
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| The
Who 06 |
Gigwise reports: The Who have confirmed that
they will definitely doing a World Tour in 2006, their first in nearly
four years.
The bands manager Bill Curbishley announced
the news telling Rolling Stone: "We plan to visit the USA, Europe, Japan,
Australia and also South America."[see full story for more]-
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| Jessica
007 Simpson? |
hecklerspray reports: Scarlett, Angelina and
Charlize have now all turned down the chance to be the new Bond Girl. So
the Bond producers are trying something new: forget getting a good actress
- they want Jessica Simpson.
At first, Jessica Simpson as a Bond Girl
sounds like terrible news, but let's look on the bright side. Jessica will
be cheaper, leaving more money to spend on invisible cars and space lasers
and stuff. And Jessica Simpson and Daniel Craig will be able to relax in
between takes by having competitions to see who has the most manly jawline.[see
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| Radiohead
Producer |
Aversion reports: Radiohead have named the
man who will sit behind the boards when the act records its next album.
Radiohead's tapped Mark Stent (Madonna, Bjork). The band plans to return
to the studio in February.[see full story for more]- Click
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| Congress
Rocks? |
Aversion reports: A bipartisan group of U.S.
Congressmen have put their political differences aside in the name of getting
their rock on.
The band, Second Amendment, features an
all Capitol Hill lineup: singer/guitarist Collin Peterson (D-Minn.), guitarist
Thaddeus McCotter, (R-Mich) keyboardist Jon Porter (R-Nev), bassist Dave
Weldon (R-Fla.) and drummer Kenny Hulshof (R-Mo.). The act, which juggles
covers of bands as diverse as The Beatles to Toby Keith, will head on a
five-stop tour of U.S. military installations this week to entertain troops.
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| Shelter
Deal |
Blabbermouth reports: MTV.com is reporting
that New York hardcore legends SHELTER have inked a deal with Good Life
Recordings to release the tentatively titled "Eternal" next year[see full
story for more]- Click
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| Brides
of Uncertainty |
Blabbermouth reports: BRIDES OF DESTRUCTION
guitarist Tracii Guns has posted the following message on the band's official
web site: "Right now, the future of the BRIDES is not clear. We have not
broken the band up, but we also will not be working or playing in 2006.
The BRIDES is constantly a work in progress and I would feel alot better
about the band if Nikki [Sixx] were to return, but I don't think that's
going to happen anytime soon, so for now, it is what it is." [see full
story for more including a lot on Tracii's recent jump into the Quiet Riot
camp]- Click
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| Rare
Tad |
Blabbermouth reports: Greg Prato of Billboard.com
is reporting that former members of acclaimed '90s rock band TAD are putting
together a DVD documentary, as well as a CD of unreleased tunes recorded
circa 1998, shortly before TAD's split. Singer/guitarist Tad Doyle says
the DVD will feature "interviews with people that knew us and saw us play,
interspersed with live video and some of the actual videos we did. There's
various stuff from being on tour with SOUNDGARDEN, ALICE IN CHAINS [but]
I don't think there's much of being on tour with NIRVANA. I don't thing
we were carrying cameras at that point. Most of the stuff I shot on video
myself."[see full story for more]- Click
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| Ace
Solo CD |
Blabbermouth reports: Original KISS guitarist
Ace Frehley is currently working on a solo album for a tentative spring
release, he revealed during a guest appearance last night (Dec. 23) on
the "Merry KISSmass Special" with Eddie Trunk on New York's Q104.3 FM.
Around 15 songs are being recorded for the effort (with about 10 expected
to make the final cut)[see full story for more]- Click
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| Tentative
Mastodon |
Blabbermouth reports: According to the new
issue of Resound magazine (the free magazine/mail-order catalog of Relapse
Records), MASTODON have set "Blood Mountain" as the tentative title of
the follow-up to 2004's "Leviathan", due next summer via Warner Bros.[see
full story for more]- Click
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| Lacuna
Coil Finish CD |
Blabbermouth reports: Italy's LACUNA COIL
have confirmed on their official web site that the recording, mixing, and
mastering of their forthcoming album, "Karmacode", is complete. The CD
is tentatively scheduled for release in early April via Century Media Records.
[see full story for more]- Click
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| AC/DC
Top Jewels |
Blabbermouth reports: According to The Sydney
Morning Herald, AC/DC's "Family Jewels" was Australia's top-selling DVD
in 2005. The veteran hard rock band was one of several artists � alongside
KYLIE MINOGUE, THE EAGLES, ROBBIE WILLIAMS, U2, QUEEN and ROD STEWART �
to have two DVDs in the top-40 DVD chart.[see full story for more]-
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| Sony
Spyware Continues |
Audio Aggression reports: Contrary to Sony's
recall of infected CDs, Sony's own stores continue to sell the infected
CDs to unsuspecting consumers. From The Consumerist.com:
I just got back from the Sony Style store
in the Westchester mall, (White Plains, NY) and I saw that they had many
CDs in the shelves that had the XCP rootkits. I asked the manager about
this and they said they were, and I quote, "still allowed to sell them".[see
full story for more]- Click
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| Foxy
Vs Judge |
E! reports: The good news is Foxy Brown's
tongue appears fully functional.
The bad news is the embattled rapper, revealed
this month to be all but deaf, nearly landed in jail Friday for sticking
out said organ and "making faces" at a New York City judge, the Associated
Press reported. [see full story for more]- Click
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| Warner
Downloads Subpoena |
Reuters reports: Warner Music Group Corp.
has been subpoenaed by the New York Attorney General in connection with
an ongoing antitrust investigation into the pricing of digital music downloads,
the company said in a securities filing on Friday.[see full story for more]-
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| W.A.S.P.
Tour |
KNAC reports: W.A.S.P. are continuing to tour
in support of "The Neon God Part 2: The Demise" announcing a number of
U.S. dates followed by European summer festival appearances and a full
European tour.
The dates so far are as follows:
Feb. 25 - St. Petersburg, FL @ State Theatre
Feb. 28 - Charlotte, NC @ Tremont Music
Hall
Mar. 01 - Hartford, CT @ Webster Hall
[see full story for more]-
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| Cursed
Tour |
The PRP reports: Cursed will be touring throughout
January, here's the stops:
January 06th Montreal, QC - Sala Rossa
(Feat. Cancer Bats)
January 07th Ottawa, ON - Cafe DuKuf (Feat.
Cancer Bats)
January 08th Kingston, ON - Scherzo (Feat.
Cancer Bats)
[see full story for more]-
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