Happy Halloween - 31

TOURS/GIGS/LIVE

• TOOL expands tour
• Okkervil River expand tour
  
• Silverchair expands tour
• Stars 2008 dates
  

ALBUM ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Radiohead - In Raibows "discbox", possibly Dec. 3 (on XL Label)
• Pink Floyd - Oh By the Way boxset, Dec. 4
• I Hate CD's: Norton Records 45 RPM Singles Collection Vol. 1 - Dec. 4

TODAY'S SPECIAL!
Robert Goulet dies at 73

A dirty town gets me down - 30

TOURS/GIGS/LIVE

• Two B-52's shows in the U.S.
• Iron and Wine 2008 dates
• Razorlight make changes to U.S. tour
• A Northern Chorus Canadian dates

ALBUM ANNOUNCEMENTS

• B-52's - Funplex, Feb. 26
• The Helio Sequence - Keep Your Eyes Ahead, Jan. 29
• Rufus does Judy at Carnegie Hall, Dec. 4
• Atlas Sound - Let The Blind Lead Those Who Can See But Cannot Feel, Feb. 19
• Goldfrapp - Seventh Tree, Feb. 25
• Oasis - Lord Don't Slow Me Down DVD, Nov. 6

Today's Special!
First Nirvana track to be used commercially

Let's do the time warp a-gain! - 29

TOURS/GIGS/LIVE

• Caribou extends tour
• Travis U.S. tour
• Bon Jovi takes over the world
• Stevie Wonder extends tour

ALBUM ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Sons and Daughters - This Gift, Jan. 29
• Magnetic Fields - Distortion, Jan. 15

TODAY'S SPECIAL!
Woodstock museum to open

THIS WEEK'S NEW RELEASES
U.K.
Jimmy Hendrix Experience - Live at the Monterey DVD
Time for Heroes: Best of the Libertines
Ray Davies - Working Man Cafe
N. America
Buck 65 - Situation
Smashing Pumpkins - the Umpteenth Unnecessary Edition
Enter Shikari - Enter to the Skies
Arrested Development - Since the Last Time
Britney Spears - Blackout

Video of the Week - 26

VIDEO OF THE WEEK
Cuff the Duke "The Ballad of Poor John Henry"

Gah! I've been busy! - 23

Today's Special!
Illegal download site shut down in police raid

THIS WEEK'S NEW RELEASES
U.K.
The Duke Spirit - Ex Voto EP
Battles - Tonto EP
N. America
Cuff the Duke - Sidelines of the City
Tokyo Police Club - Smith EP
Ryan Adams - Follow the Lights EP
Euros Childs - the Miracle
Scum of the Earth - Sleaze Freak
The New Rivals S/T
Coheed and Cambria - No Word for Tomorrow
A Place to Bury Strangers S/T
Say Anything - In Defense of the Genre
LittleSunday - Can't Wait for Tomorrow
Plants and Animals - With/Avec EP

Video of the Week - 19

VIDEO OF THE WEEK
Queen "Bohemian Rhapsody"

Blog Action Day! - 15

TOURS/GIGS/LIVE

• the Courteeners Winter tour
• Cornelius 2008 tour
  
• What's he Building in There? Eastern Canadian dates
• Beach Boys Spring U.K. tour
  

ALBUM ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Alone - the Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo, Dec. 11 OMFG
• Saturday Looks Good to Me - Fill Up, Oct. 23
  

Today's SpecialS

• iPhone contains hazardous chemicals and materials
• Air pollution linked to Bronchitis in preschoolers
• Energy Alternatives
  
• Canada not listening to lead environmentalist
• Electronics Recycling
  

ba ba ba badadadadadadada - 12

TOURS/GIGS/LIVE

• Deborah Harry North American tour
• BANG! festival postponed
  
• the Cribs North American tour
• the Cult extend tour
• Some Flatliners dates
  

ALBUM ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Nine in Nails - Y34RZ3R0R3MIX3D, Nov. 20
• Hot Chip - Made in the Dark, Feb. 4 & 5
• Black Mountain - In the Future, Jan. 22
  
• Arrested Development - Since the Last Time, Oct. 30
  

Today's Special!
Paul McCartney and Heather Mills set for court battle

VIDEO OF THE WEEK
Minus the Bear "Knights"

Brain eating amoeba - 10

TOURS/GIGS/LIVE

• Robert Pollard dates
• Wallflowers expand tour
  
• the Avengers co-headline with the Pansy Division
• Stevie Wonder fall tour
  
• Radioslave fall tour
  

ALBUM ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Cat Power - Jukebox, Jan. 21
• Johnny Greenwood - There Will Be Blood, Dec. 18
  
• Britney Spears - Blackout, Oct. 30
  

Today's Special!
Yoko Ono joined by Ringo Starr for Peace Tower unveiling

TL/RX - 8

TOURS/GIGS/LIVE

• Soulsavers fall tour
• Decemberists cancel U.K. dates
  
• Ben Lee North American tour
• Thurston Moore adds dates
  
• Castanets U.S. tour
  

ALBUM ANNOUNCEMENTS

• ABBA - The Album reissue, Nov. 26
• Enter Shikari - The Zone, Nov. 12

Today's Special!
Pete Doherty did not attempt suicide

THIS WEEK'S NEW RELEASES
U.K.
The Hives - the Black and White album
British Sea Power - Krankenhaus? EP
N. America
radiohead.com
the Hives - some sort of fancy iTunes thing
Giantees - Tomorrow's Eager Hands
British Sea Power - Krankenhaus? EP
She Wants Revenge - This is Forever
Deborah Harry - Necessary Evil
Craig Cardiff - Good Night (Go Home)
So They Say - Life in Surveillance
Sydney - When We Were Safe
Beirut - Flying Cup Club

Also just a side note, October 15 is "Blog Action Day" and this year's theme is the environment. Along with your regularily schedule program, I'll also sprinkle some environmental knowledge into that day's blog. Yay! *hugs tree*

Happy Thanksgiving! - 5

TOURS/GIGS/LIVE

• Modest Mouse North American tour
• Ben Lee North American tour
  
• Some Be Your Own Pet dates
• John Mellencamp adds dates
  
• Justice North American dates
• Pepper fall dates
  

ALBUM ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Scum of the Earth - Sleaze Freak, Oct. 23
• Euros Childs - the Miracle, Oct. 23
  
• Coheed and Cambria - No Word for Tomorrow, Oct. 23
  
• Britney Spears - Blackout, Nov. 13
  

TODAY'S SPECIAL!
Music fan fined $222,000 for file sharing

VIDEO OF THE WEEK
the Hives "Tick Tick Boom"

Seriously, watch them live if you get the chance

Tick Tick Boom - 4

TOURS/GIGS/LIVE

• Pipettes reschedule North American dates
• Feist expands tour
• Sigur Ros adds dates
• Plants and Animals Canadian dates
  

ALBUM ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Sons and Daughters - The Gift, Jan. 29
• The Drones - Custom Made, Nov. 5
• Plants and Animals - With/Avec EP, Oct. 23
  
• Nirvana - MTV Unplugged DVD, Nov. 20
• Sigur Ros - Heima DVD, Nov. 20
• The New Rivals S/T - Oct. 23

Today's Special!
Exclusive Radiohead interview Part II

House - 2

TOURS/GIGS/LIVE

• Sondre Lerche fall tour
  
• Athlete U.S. dates
• Voxtrot reschedule dates
  
• the Verve U.K. dates
• Kanye West "World" dates
  

ALBUM ANNOUNCEMENTS

• INCUBUS - LOOK ALIVE DVD, Nov. 13
  
• Jay-Z - American Gangster, Nov. 6
• Paul McCartney - Memory Almost Full, Nov. 6
  
• Neko Case reissues, Nov. 6
• Sydney - When We Were Safe, Oct. 9
  

Today's Special
Radiohead exclusive interview

Subtract the Bear - 1

TOURS/GIGS/LIVE

• The Pipettes cancel most of their North American tour
• M.I.A. adds dates
  
• Meat Puppets add dates

ALBUM ANNOUNCEMENTS

• RADIOHEAD - IN RAINBOWS, Oct. 10
  
• British Sea Power - Do You Like Rock Music?, Feb. 12
• AC/DC - Plug In DVD, Oct. 16
  
• Giantees - Tomorrow's Eager Hands, Oct. 9
• Beirut - Flying Cup Club, Oct. 9
  

THIS WEEK'S NEW RELEASES
The Cult - Born Into This
the Ramones - It's Alive: 1974 - 1996 DVD
Wintersleep - Welcome to the Night Sky
Bob Dylan - Dylan
Most Serene Republic - Population
Bruce Springsteen - Magic
Annie Lennox - Songs of Mass Destruction
the Pipettes - We are the Pipettes
PJ Harvey - White Chalk

Today's Special
Kanye West starts a blog!