Perhaps they were looking to expand to a different audience but I'm guessing Arsenio's demo and WWF's demo didn't exactly cross. On the flip side, this could be the greatest guest on a talk show EVER.
Wolfmother - Cosmic Egg - Have to say I'm a little trepidatious about this one. Australian hard rock band Wolfmother were pretty great on their last few slabs, but that was before 2/3 of the band left. Now singer/guitarist Andrew Stockdale is carrying the name alone, with a new trio backing him up. What I've heard doesn't disappoint - massive, sludgy riffs, some absurd song structures, and a rumored collaboration with Slash. If you've got a bong, load it. If you've got a gas pedal, gun it.
Winger - Karma - Does anybody even still talk about karma anymore? I thought it was something like crystals or astral projection that white people with empty lives moved on from a while ago. Kip Winger, however, will never move on, and I love that little scamp for it. This is a Winger record, so you know what that means: New Jersey rejoices.
Tegan And Sara- Sainthood - Apparently people like this Canadian hot identical twin duo for their cunning songcraft, but I just can't get over that they're Canadian lesbian identical twins. Like, that's something you make up to impress kids at camp in between stolen sips of Communion wine. It's not even like a thing that's real.
Devendra Banhart - What Will We Be - I'll tell you what you will be. You will be forever hated by me as a guy who got to bone Natalie Portman despite having a disgusting beard with food caught in it and making intolerable modern "freak-folk" music. God, I'm dirty and don't know how to play the banjo, why aren't I getting major Hollywood tail? Life ain't fair.
Those energy drink companies are really slacking, this is a whole untapped market here people! How much for a can of the Virgina Slims? I'm trying to cut back a bit.
Are you fat, stupid, uninteresting, desperate and full of low brow poop jokes? Then you too can join the ranks of Lightsaber Boy, The Uma Uma Guy and Chocolate Rain as a YouTube sensation. Just ask this man/lady...
Placebo have put together a free ‘Tour Bundle’ download package, which features band performing Breathe Underwater live from Belgium’s Pukkelpop festival earlier this year. There are also five other tracks to download for free.
In addition to Placebo themselves, there are tracks included from all the support bands on their upcoming December tour, plus a PDF booklet with info on all of these bands.
The full track listing is:
1. PLACEBO – Breathe Underwater (Live At Pukkelpop 2009)
2. EXPATRIATE – Get Out, Give In
3. SILVERSUN PICKUPS – Panic Switch (Recorded live for radio station KCRW’s Morning Becomes Eclectic show)
4. THE HORRORS – Sea Within A Sea
5. UNITED - For What I Feel (Live At Debaser).
Speechless. Sometimes there's a thin line between nerdy and completely awesome. I personally want a dead Ewock cake. More pictures here (and a Bill Hader tauntaun imitation here if interested).
