News Roundup: 7/14/2008
July 14th, 2008 | 3:00 pm est |
Mudhoney, the Vaselines, and Iron & Wine were some of the standouts at this weekend’s SP20 bash, which commemorated quintessential indie label Sub Pop’s 20th anniversary. [Billboard.com]
Johnny Cash Remixed, which comes out in October, will feature Snoop Dogg’s take on “I Walk the Line” as well as remixes by Alabama 3, Mocean Worker, and Pete Rock. [CountryStandardTime.com]
The handwritten lyrics to “Give Peace a Chance” — which John Lennon scrawled during his 1969 “bed-in” protest at Montreal’s Queen Elizabeth Hotel — fetched over 400,000 pounds at auction. [XFM.co.uk]
That potential list of songs featured on Rock Band 2 just got a little more interesting: “Shackler’s Revenge,” a track off of Guns N’ Roses famously delayed, now allegedly upcoming album Chinese Democracy, will make its world premiere in the game. [RollingStone.com]
One of the pioneers of digital downloading services with his OD2 service back in 1999 and his current We7 project, Peter Gabriel believes that record labels need to reinvent themselves as a service industry instead of “owners” of music. [BBC.co.uk]
Of Montreal have revealed the artwork for their upcoming album Skeletal Lamping, as well as a new member, drummer Ahmed Gallab (a.k.a. Sinkane). [Pitchforkmedia.com]
It’s on! Def Leppard’s Joe Elliott has taken ’80s glam metal bands like Poison to task for the lack of “substance” in their music; Poison’s Bret Michaels responded by saying Elliott’s band gets “a kick out of knocking every band.” [Blabbermouth.com]
Peanut Butter Wolf will uphold the tradition of his June 6, 2006 metal DJ set and his July 7, 2007 gospel DJ set with eight days of music video sets in Los Angeles, culminating on, — you guessed it — August 8. [StonesThrow.com via UndergroundHipHop.com]





