TV on the Radio guitarist, multi-instrumentalist, and producer David Andrew Sitek has announced his new project Maximum Balloon.  Expect tons of great collabos with some familiar names and a few suprises. The self-titled album is due on August 24th so you have a couple of weeks to get in shape before your favorite DJ starts spinning this on repeat.  David talks about the new album and waxes poetic about Madonna in his Brooklyn Vegan interview, read here.

TV on the Radio guitarist, multi-instrumentalist, and producer David Andrew Sitek has announced his new project Maximum Balloon.  Expect tons of great collabos with some familiar names and a few suprises. The self-titled album is due on August 24th so you have a couple of weeks to get in shape before your favorite DJ starts spinning this on repeat.  David talks about the new album and waxes poetic about Madonna in his Brooklyn Vegan interview, read here.

 

Weezer rockin n rollin at Milwaukee’s Verge Fest, don’t ya know.

 

“We put together a whole bunch of pictures that people have emailed us and some that we and our crew took ourselves while on the road, and created a slideshow of our adventures on the stage and off the stage in the last year” - Rise Against

Sarah Palin sporting a Rise Against Hoodie at 1:29 = best part of your day.

 
True to form, Rise Against has joined a prestigious and eclectic group of artists cooperating in a boycott of Arizona as protest to the state’s passing of controversial bill SB 1070.  Organized by Zack de la Rocha, of Rage Against the Machine and One Day As A Lion, Rise Against and dozens of other artists and activists have been have joined The Sound Strike, read the press release here.

True to form, Rise Against has joined a prestigious and eclectic group of artists cooperating in a boycott of Arizona as protest to the state’s passing of controversial bill SB 1070.  Organized by Zack de la Rocha, of Rage Against the Machine and One Day As A Lion, Rise Against and dozens of other artists and activists have been have joined The Sound Strike, read the press release here.

 
Rivers made it out to the Cobra Starship show yesterday and apparently someone was a happy camper: “Last night was like a dream come true. Rivers (my idol) came to our show & it made my life complete. I can die happy. =w= =w= =w= =w=” - Cobra’s Vicky-T

Rivers made it out to the Cobra Starship show yesterday and apparently someone was a happy camper: “Last night was like a dream come true. Rivers (my idol) came to our show & it made my life complete. I can die happy. =w= =w= =w= =w=” - Cobra’s Vicky-T

 

Nick Zinner and Karen O played an acoustic set at New York’s Museum of Modern Art last Wednesday.  Enjoy this stripped down version of “Maps”.

 
Multi-Instrumentalist, Constant Collaborator, Free Form Gymnast…Nick Zinner is also an accomplished Photographer. With a few titles under his belt, No Seats on the Party Car (2001), Slept in Beds (2003) and I hope you are all happy now (2004), Akashic Books is publishing the new collaboration between Nick, Zachary Lipez, and Stacy Wakefield Please Take Me Off The Guest List.  Check out all the cool limited edition pre-order options here.

Multi-Instrumentalist, Constant Collaborator, Free Form Gymnast…Nick Zinner is also an accomplished Photographer. With a few titles under his belt, No Seats on the Party Car (2001), Slept in Beds (2003) and I hope you are all happy now (2004), Akashic Books is publishing the new collaboration between Nick, Zachary Lipez, and Stacy Wakefield Please Take Me Off The Guest List.  Check out all the cool limited edition pre-order options here.

 

Dude, Buddy Holly glasses and a pressed pair of chinos or not, Rivers could beat you up and steal your girlfriend.  Check out Weezer playing “I Want You To” on The Ellen DeGeneres Show.

 

Check out Street Drum Corps invade American Idol!  Playing alongside Travis Garland, the whole nation just got a taste of things to come.  Head over to the new website and see if you can’t find the QR code for an exclusive video greeting from the band.

 

The theme park ride, the musical, spin-offs, endless merchandising, a fourth film, and the first Walk of Fame star to be presented to an ogre…Shrek is kind of a big deal.  Give a listen to Weezer’s cover of The Monkees’ “I’m A Believer” which will be released on the Shrek Forever After soundtrack.  Shrek Forever After comes out this Fri.