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Thursday, May 15th

Tell Us What Shows You’re Going To, Win a Shirt, Millencolin Stuff

Hey, you know our “Shows This Weekend” thing? I think it’d be more fun to hear about what shows YOU’RE going to. Or playing.

Send me an email (seth@buzzgrinder.com) telling me the details of the show you’re going to next weekend (May 23, 24 or 25). Include your name, city, state, venue, bands playing and a URL if possible. And you can write about your plans, too. Like, “OMG, I’m driving five hours to see the hunks in Edison Glass” or something like that. Make it interesting. I get boring emails all day.

To make things more fun, I’ll pick one of the emails and you’ll win a the new Millencolin album, Machine 15 [iTunes], some stickers and a poster, and a Buzzgrinder tshirt. So mention what your shirt size and mailing address, too, okay? Mkay, thanks. Have your email to me by May 19.

Fueled By Ramen Runs a Tight Ship

The NYTimes takes a close look at Fueled by Ramen, exploring how they manage to actually sell CDs and actually make money.

“Fueled by Ramen has its acts promote one another as well as the company itself, as indie labels have done since the 1960s heyday of Motown and Stax. But Mr. Janick has brought such cross-promotion into the Internet era, where fans of one band are just a click away from information on another on the label’s Web site. His bands often tour together, and many were discovered by Pete Wentz, of Fall Out Boy, and benefit from his implicit endorsement.”

It appears that label owner John Janick watches every dollar spent, too:

Ryan Ross of Panic at the Disco recalled talking over the $500 it would cost to add cello and horns to the band’s debut album, which was made for $18,000. And (Pete) Wentz says that Mr. Janick does not like the expense of FedEx, so much so that he sometimes sends out royalty checks by mail.”

[link, 9giantSteps. photo, PPDIGITAL]

What’s that ‘It’s Love’ Song in that Heineken Commercial?

While I don’t really enjoy giving a beer company free ad space, I do enjoy their song selection.

The song here is It’s love, by this guy Chris Knox from New Zealand. It was originally on the the album Beat [iTunes] and released way back in 2000.

The usage of this track in this case seems to illustrate that by crossing cultural divides with beer you can make people smile. Or at least buzzed. Either way, I like the song but still won’t order a Heineken.

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Morning Buzz: The Offspring, Warrant, Beirut

:: New Man Man video, Mister Jung Stuffed. Remember, them guys is broke broke.

:: British Sea Power played for a shoe company.

:: The Offspring are streaming a new track on that Fox News owned website.

:: Some band that used to wear lots of white spandex is doing stuff again, and you’re supposed to care.

:: Beirut got too big for their britches.

:: Peter Buck likes baseball, hates Bush.

Wednesday, May 14th

Death Cab For Cutie on Late Show

Death Cab For Cutie played Letterman last night to celebrate the release of Narrow Stairs. Good performance, great album.

Salon Says Hip-Hop is Passé, Thanks to Bo Ryan

Over at Salon.com, Paul Kix tell us why he has given up on rap music. He used to be an ardent supporter of the genre, even hanging on against his better judgment as of late.

What put him over the edge? Good question. It was 60-year-old white Wisconsin Badgers coach Bo Ryan doing the “Soulja Boy.” And Kix says Ryan does the dance better than its eponymous originator, Soulja Boy himself.

I don’t know if it’s any consolation, but is seems that ole Bo has some other hot moves.

Cellphones Are Killing Concerts

Thor Christensen of the Dallas Morning News asks: Are cellphones ruining the concert experience? And really, besides “convenience fees” and $4 for a gallon of gas, what isn’t ruining the concert experience these days?

Some big names, of course, chime in on the subject, like Roger Waters and jazz guitarist Bill Frisell. But Carrie Brownstein, guitarist for Sleater-Kinney comments too:

“As a performer, it’s frustrating to look out and see a sea of cellphones instead of faces. There’s definitely a problem where people are so busy documenting the moment that they forget to just live in the moment.”

And when she’s not dancing around selling iPods, Feist talks about cell phones:

“Everyone has this strange archiving addiction now. It’s like they’re trying to pin a butterfly to a corkboard. To me, a gig isn’t supposed to be for posterity,” she says. “It’s supposed to be a bunch of people tossed together in a room, making a mood, and then it’s over. You can’t see the world through a viewfinder.”

Photo by Rick.

Shows This Weekend: Edison Glass, All Time Low, Head Automatica

Friday, May 16

• Hartford, CT - Nightmare Of You, Paper Rival, Edison Glass, The Graduate [info]
• Washington, D.C. - Local H [info]
• Pensacola, FL - Play Radio Play [info]
• Grand Rapids, MI - Killswitch Engage, Throwdown, Poison The Well [info]
• Saginaw, MI - XTYRANTx, Rhinoceros, Fight It Out, Pledge, Punch It [info]
• Bronx, NY - Crash Romeo, The Bride Wore Black, Unending, In Sleep [info]
• Oswego, NY - Pound For Pound, These Words Remain, Hard Response [info]
• Tarrytown, NY - The Wood Brothers [info]
• Bethlehem, PA - Vertigo, Sugar Glyder [info]
• Philadelphia, PA - The Black Keys [info]
• Sturgis, SD - Eths, Superbutt [info]
• Corpus Christi, TX - With Dead Hands Rising, The Classic Struggle, Ghost Of A Fallen Age [info]
• Edmonton, Alberta, CA - Nightwish, Sonic Syndicate [info]
• Toronto, ON, CA - Augustana [info]
• Manchester, UK - All Time Low, Cobra Starship, Broadway Calls [info]

(more…)

Morning Buzz: Panic At The Disco, Take It Back!, Murder By Death

:: Stream 24 Hour Break-Up Session by Local H.

:: Murder By Death announce European and UK tour.

:: Take It Back! post a new song from Can’t Fight Robots, which is due out Jun 24.

:: Rob Dickinson (Catherine Wheel) to re-release debut solo album on Jun 10. Download End Of The World [MP3], the albums first single.

:: VIDEOS>
LES Artistes - Making Of The Video
Panic At The Disco - That Green Gentleman

Tuesday, May 13th

Buzzgrinder Makes Alltop

Hotness. We got added to the music section of Alltop, so our awesome headlines are seen along with AbsolutePunk, Rolling Stone, Pitchfork and many more.

If you’re still not hip to RSS feeds, check out Alltop to stay up to date with music, movies, design and so much more. Wee!

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