Google’s slogan isn’t just a pile of regular shit, but full on bullshit. (I believe I’m paraphrasing Steve Jobs when I say that.)

Cypress Hill have jumped on the bandwagon, and started offering up songs for free! Get it while you can.

When it comes to awards shows, I’ll be the first to tell you I don’t mind watching to get inspired, and to watch people be rewarded for all their hard work–but I’ve finally had enough of The Grammys. I tuned in for a portion of this year’s awards and after seeing the selection of nominees for the particular awards that I know most about, (Rock, Heavy Metal, Alternative) I decided I’d never watch The Grammys again.

Third World Timmy received an email. It made him so angry that he had no choice but to spew 2,000 words of pure vitriol, aiming the spray at record execs, arrogant bands, and inept managers. Put on some safety goggles!

We have a free Cartel CD that we want to give to one of our loyal Twitter friends!

Our resident musicologist Oswald Hobbes has donned his white lab coat and performed a series of experiments to create a comprehensive list of ultimate happy-making jams. Behold the glory!

What is your only guaranteed shot at a chance to win over strangers as a fan?

One of the first hardcore heavy metal bands I ever became a die-hard fan of has just released their newest video featuring front man Corey Taylor. If you’ve never heard of Slipknot, punch yourself in the face.

Chicago Music Commission’s panel on using social media to market yourself as a musician. The panel covers what sites you can use to upload music to for sale on iTunes, Twitter, Facebook, Reverb Nation, Cd Baby, Tune Core, and more.

Michigan’s finest punk band brought the thunder to Chicago; Oswald Hobbes and Third World Timmy were there.

Ten songs that better represent Fall Out Boy’s pop-punk dominance.

Good news: Editors are back with their third album, and they’ve got a brand new sound. Bad news: They still suck (mostly).

It’s been almost a year since I last had a chance to see Rise Against, but they’re finally coming back to my favorite venue in Chicago, The Metro.

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to our RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!Let’s face it, unless you have a full time person to make your MySpace totally  bitchin, it’s time to look into another platform to use as your main contact point with your fans. I understand MySpace has always been a [...]

America loves a comeback story, and Creed’s is a doozy: after racking up huge sales, conquering the world, and becoming the critical community’s favorite punching bag, the band’s arrogance and stupidity finally caught up with them. After listening to their new album Full Circle (opens in iTunes) for six long hours, I have returned with a verdict…

The amount of enjoyment you get out of any Rammstein record depends on your ability to ignore certain factors that define their sound. First, there’s the whole foreign-language thing: the lyrammrics are almost exclusively in the band’s native German. Second, there’s the creepy cabaret element as a backdrop to all of their tunes. The band can pulverize with some truly explosive riffage, but, even at their most forceful, everything is accented with dance floor keyboards.

There’s plenty of punchy, sugary goodness for the band’s die hard excitable-teenage-girl fan base to latch on to here, but study the grooves closely and you’ll find enough substance to enchant even those over the legal drinking age.

Out of Ashes is a refreshing switch from the uniformly downbeat output of Bennington’s other band, and one that figures prominently in Out Of Ashes overall success – every time a lowly angst-nugget like “Let Down” clogs the record’s flow, a stomper like “Condemned” is right around the corner to blast the proceedings back into high gear.

Daisy is a rare beast in the oft-uninspiring alternative rock genre. It can clobber and caress in equal measures, and at no point does the band consider those qualities mutually exclusive.

From the Broken, a new local Chicago band, have released a 3 song EP, and are playing in your neighborhood this summer.