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Man-About-MySpace: Black Gasoline

April 2, 2008 / Dr. Flucke

Black Gasoline is the ultimate MySpace band, summed up in one sentence from the band’s MySpace bio: “With its debut album She Gave Us Magic, Black Gasoline demonstrates exactly why it has long been hailed as one of the most promising bands in Kansas.”

They do have something of a Deep Purple/AC-DC/Grand Funk je ne sais quoi to ’em–and let’s not forget that, despite those band’s shopworn licks and FM oversaturation, when they came out they were awesome. And some rock fans pine for the days when men were men, rock stars were rock stars, and guitars were loud.

I, for one, give these working boys two thumbs up, and hope you do, too. Here’s a video of their song “Lady Iron Wing” from She Gave Us Magic released last November….rock on!

Man about MySpace

Video Vault – Glenn Frey

April 2, 2008 / Captain Capm

Yeah, OK, so I was 11 years old when this song came out and at the time wasn’t really aware that Mr. Frey had been in the Eagles before this. Not that it would have mattered; I remember thinking how bad this song sucked then, and it still sucks now. But sometimes we have to look to our past to not make the same mistakes now. So here is “Sexy Girl” from The Allnighter.

And for some reason…this song still didn’t stop me from buying the equally sucky album it was taken from way back when. See what I mean about making mistakes?

Video Vault

American Idol: Welcome To Dollywood

April 2, 2008 / Mike Farley

So after dumbass host Ryan Seacrest told America that “American Idol” was being postponed due to some writer’s strike, pulling a fairly predictable April Fool’s joke, it was on to business. For a split second though, I forgot it was April 1, and thought “Awesome, I can go back to watching the Mets/Marlins game,” but no dice.

The mentor this week was Dolly Parton, and the remaining nine contestants were asked to sing something from Dolly’s catalog. This could go a few different ways for these singers, and you might expect just a few of them to do well. But what happened was that many of them stepped up their game, some in surprising fashion. Here we go….

THE GOOD

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Alternative, American Idol, Country, Pop, Rock

STP returns full-on with a tour

April 1, 2008 / Captain Capm

Ot was only a matter of time. But hey, thank God on high that Stone Temple Pilots have regrouped. What’s more, the band is taking it out on the road for a summer tour of 0f dates. In the meantime, Scott Weiland’s “other” band Velvet Revolver is finishing up its European tour, but since Scotty and drummer Matt Sorum are acting all bitchy towards one another, there may be no more of that group in the near future.

Artists, Concerts, News

New Tunes on Tuesday – Accelerate the attack & release projects

April 1, 2008 / Captain Capm

Hello once again! It’s time to check out some of the latest CDs arriving this week once again here at your friendly ESDMusic news depot. Let’s get to it, then, shall we? We shall, indeed.

The Apples in Stereo return this week with Electronic Projects for Musicians. Feel free to hear some of it on the band’s MySpace page.

Danger Mouse produced the latest from The Black Keys entitled Attack & Release, hitting the shelves today. For the full lowdown, peep the tale over at Billboard.

Brand spanking new “hip hop supergroup” Dino-5 featuring Prince Paul, Chali 2na, Lady Bug Mecca, Scratch, and Wordsworth ship out their debut effort called Baby Loves Hip Hop Presents Dino-5. Groove to some cuts at the group’s label page.

Kylie Minogue is back with X, previously released in the UK last November. Hopefully it’s a little better than Body Language was. Listen to it over at Kylie’s MySpace.

Moby’s new one, Last Night finally arrives. Good or bad? You decide! Have a listen to it here.

Accelerate, the new and highly-praised album by R.E.M. is available for your money. Not sure yet? Their MySpace beckons.

And to cap this week off, we have Sevendust who are offering up Chapter VII: Hope & Sorrow. Need the 411, kids? Read all about it over here.

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