c4 posted an article on FANTASTIC WEAPON - New kids on the blog. - Nov 17, 2009, 12:53 pm
Straight from the horses mouth, guys: LOS ANGELES – The 2009 “We The People” Festival originally scheduled for Nov. 21 has been postponed until early 2010. From the Festival: As or...
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c4 posted an article on FANTASTIC WEAPON - New kids on the blog. - Nov 16, 2009, 11:37 am
I fucking hate mondays. I hate them so much that I’d rather not participate in them at all, but this morning was cool cause while I was driving with one hand/tweeting/facebooking/smoking in shit...
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c4 posted an article on FANTASTIC WEAPON - New kids on the blog. - Nov 14, 2009, 4:41 pm
Welcome to another edition of the Sunday Mixtape, brought to you by Fantastic Weapon. Except it’s not Sunday, it’s Saturday. So what. I’m early. DEAL. Plus, this one’s good. T...
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c4 posted an article on FANTASTIC WEAPON - New kids on the blog. - Nov 13, 2009, 5:24 pm
I’m not really sure whether I’m all that into Norah Jones, but Sunday marks her return to Soundcheck. This time, she’s back to promote her upcoming record, “The Fall” whi...
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c4 posted an article on FANTASTIC WEAPON - New kids on the blog. - Nov 13, 2009, 3:58 pm
The Academy encourages patrons to use the Blueline, public transportation or taxi services.  Please be safe! PARTY WEIRDO Saturday, Nov 14, 2009 COST: $10 • ALL AGES* *= THE VENUE BECOMES 21+ AF...
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c4 posted an article on FANTASTIC WEAPON - New kids on the blog. - Oct 31, 2009, 11:10 am
The search for a new mixtape service (among other things) continues. 8tracks.com works, but it’s not the greatest. Enter mixtape.me, which ALMOST does the job, but I sorta hate the way it looks....
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c4 posted an article on FANTASTIC WEAPON - New kids on the blog. - Oct 27, 2009, 10:58 am
Yeasayer have confirmed details about their second album release; the follow-up to their highly acclaimed 2007 debut ‘All Hour Cymbals’. The new record is called Odd Blood and will be rele...
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c4 posted an article on FANTASTIC WEAPON - New kids on the blog. - Oct 21, 2009, 8:18 pm
**Official Press Release** On November 2 at 11 p.m. ET, Fuse, the national music network, will televise the worldwide premiere of Nirvana Live at Reading, the band’s legendary, never-before-rel...
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c4 posted an article on FANTASTIC WEAPON - New kids on the blog. - Oct 20, 2009, 5:10 pm
82% – “Damn Good Record.” Ok, so you’ve heard it, I’ve heard it; it’s been all over the blogosphere lately.  The hip thing for the past 3-6 months has been chillwave.  You k...
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c4 posted an article on FANTASTIC WEAPON - New kids on the blog. - Oct 17, 2009, 11:51 pm
I don’t really remember how we found out about this guy, but it’s (kinda) true what they say – that he’s “the funniest man in america” – actually, right now I...
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c4 posted an article on FANTASTIC WEAPON - New kids on the blog. - Oct 17, 2009, 2:58 pm
I’ve been waiting forever to find the right time to post this. Once someone asked me, “Are there any CURRENT bands that I could go see now that are awesome and rock like Violent Femmes?...
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c4 posted an article on FANTASTIC WEAPON - New kids on the blog. - Oct 13, 2009, 7:17 pm
Checkout this clip of Nirvana performing “School” at the 1992 Reading Festival – I guess it was recently made available for fans and comes from the CD+DVD Nirvana Live At Reading whi...
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c4 posted an article on FANTASTIC WEAPON - New kids on the blog. - Oct 11, 2009, 6:12 pm
Mixwit has been dead for some time now, and today I spent like 3 hours trying to make it work on my server – unfortunately, it was to no avail. Enter 8tracks.com. Mixes can only be 8 songs long,...
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c4 posted an article on FANTASTIC WEAPON - New kids on the blog. - Oct 11, 2009, 1:01 am
Bassist Eric Wilson and drummer Bud Gaugh are hitting the stage as Sublime, just like they did in February – only, now everyone knows about it so FANS will actually get to go. The show is part o...
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c4 posted an article on FANTASTIC WEAPON - New kids on the blog. - Oct 9, 2009, 8:23 am
“I’m really high on life right now, but it’s ok cause I can quit whenever I want.” This is just genius quote #1 out of the other 341290834128947 that make up the 30 minutes of ...
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c4 posted an article on FANTASTIC WEAPON - New kids on the blog. - Oct 9, 2009, 4:49 am
Let me preface by saying I have not heard any songs by any of these artists except for the ones posted below. I kinda feel like the rest of them will probably suck, so at the risk of losing esteem for...
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c4 posted an article on FANTASTIC WEAPON - New kids on the blog. - Oct 9, 2009, 3:39 am
The Associates released ‘Club Country‘ on April 26th 1982, which appeared on their third album, Sulk. The B side was a non-LP track. The 12 inch version added “Ulcragyceptemol”...
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c4 posted an article on FANTASTIC WEAPON - New kids on the blog. - Oct 4, 2009, 4:16 am
Yes I know it’s Sunday, so what? Since I haven’t been vibing on any music lately, except for Shellac (obviously), and I can only post the same 5 Shellac songs so many times before someone&...
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c4 posted an article on FANTASTIC WEAPON - New kids on the blog. - Sep 24, 2009, 2:37 pm
Even though I’d say the readers of this blog are probably not interested in Shakira, the REMIX FAIL post got shit tons of traffic so some of you MUST be interested. Shakira stopped by Soundcheck...
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c4 posted an article on FANTASTIC WEAPON - New kids on the blog. - Sep 23, 2009, 1:19 am
Just got a stellar new track from the fellas in M.A.U., otherwise known as Man and Unable.  These gents are an electro-house duo from Portugal — unless they’re playing live, in which case...
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c4 posted an article on FANTASTIC WEAPON - New kids on the blog. - Sep 19, 2009, 10:50 pm
They say that “All you really need to know for now is that Gussy is Josh Gussy and Minna Gussy, and they make music together.” But I say you need to know some other stuff, too. For starte...
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c4 posted an article on FANTASTIC WEAPON - New kids on the blog. - Sep 16, 2009, 11:39 pm
At the beginning there was an atmosphere of breaking up. Whereas on the one hand face and body of his band Seabear (whose debut was released on Morr Music in August 2007) gained their outlines more cl...
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c4 posted an article on FANTASTIC WEAPON - New kids on the blog. - Sep 16, 2009, 9:19 pm
Brand New are gearing up for the release of their new full-length album, Daisy, out September 22nd, featuring the first single “At The Bottom.” The album, which promises to be another boun...
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c4 posted an article on FANTASTIC WEAPON - New kids on the blog. - Sep 12, 2009, 5:41 am
In the spirit of super groups (see previous post), the weapon brings you Monsters of Folk. The name would be fitting if the band consisted of Will Oldham, Jeff Mangum, and Samuel Beam, but it doesn...
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c4 posted an article on FANTASTIC WEAPON - New kids on the blog. - Sep 10, 2009, 8:50 pm
This is a fucking super group if I’ve ever heard of one. The band consists of HR from Bad Brains, Norwood Fisher of Fishbone on bass, Rocky George of Suicidal Tendencies on guitar, and DH Peligr...
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c4 posted an article on FANTASTIC WEAPON - New kids on the blog. - Sep 10, 2009, 7:39 pm
Photo Credit: Camilla Stephan Early last week, The Raveonettes unveiled an ode to overdosing and/or love called “Last Dance,” the first proper single from the Danish noir-rocker’s October 6th V...
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c4 posted an article on FANTASTIC WEAPON - New kids on the blog. - Sep 10, 2009, 6:41 pm
Columbia Records and Favorite Gentlemen are excited to announce that Manchester Orchestra will be touring with Brand New in the fall. The Atlanta natives have been touring around the world non-stop si...
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c4 posted an article on FANTASTIC WEAPON - New kids on the blog. - Sep 9, 2009, 2:38 pm
So thanks to Fever Dragon, Fantastic Weapon was able to secure press passes to FYF Fest at the last second – unfortunately, I was unable to make it because my car sucks and I’m a total str...
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c4 posted an article on FANTASTIC WEAPON - New kids on the blog. - Sep 7, 2009, 9:35 pm
I really, really, really wouldn’t ever want to eat a black apple, but I really dig listenin’ to ‘em. This band is R-A-D. They describe themselves as “a new psychedelic surf roc...
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c4 posted an article on FANTASTIC WEAPON - New kids on the blog. - Sep 7, 2009, 4:39 pm
John Lydon’s influential U.K. post-punk band Public Image Ltd is to return for a five-date British tour in December after a 17-year hiatus. The Sex Pistols frontman has brought late-1980s membe...
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c4 posted an article on FANTASTIC WEAPON - New kids on the blog. - Sep 6, 2009, 10:34 pm
Singer David Bowie has had a large, yellow, hairy spider from Malaysia named after him. A German spider specialist told the Observer newspaper he named the new species after Bowie — whose album The...
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c4 posted an article on FANTASTIC WEAPON - New kids on the blog. - Sep 2, 2009, 11:58 am
September 1, 2009 from WXPN – One of America’s most influential and captivating rock bands, Hoboken, N.J.’s Yo La Tengo celebrates its 25th anniversary with the release of Popular So...
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c4 posted an article on FANTASTIC WEAPON - New kids on the blog. - Sep 2, 2009, 12:23 am
The schedule for FYF Fest has been posted. It’s this weekend, September 5th, and gates will open at 1:00pm. The event is ALL AGES. Tickets WILL be available at the door but it is strongly sugges...
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c4 posted an article on FANTASTIC WEAPON - New kids on the blog. - Sep 2, 2009, 12:02 am
September has arrived and it’s still hot as hell in LA. Unbelievable. Sea Wolf will be sweating it out across the United States touring behind their love-struck sophomore record, White Water, Wh...
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c4 posted an article on FANTASTIC WEAPON - New kids on the blog. - Sep 1, 2009, 5:44 pm
Shitty Jingles is this kid Adam Finkin I’ve known for like a long time. He used to (or still does) run around with some kids who my ex boyfriend got in the divorce like 5 years ago – consi...
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c4 posted an article on FANTASTIC WEAPON - New kids on the blog. - Aug 30, 2009, 5:34 pm
What’s with all the good reviews of this track, man? Dude, it totally sucks. It’s like Calvin Harris extracted everything that’s wrong with techno and everything that’s wrong w...
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c4 posted an article on FANTASTIC WEAPON - New kids on the blog. - Aug 30, 2009, 1:13 am
I coulda sworn that my old roommate mentioned this years ago – that Belding does Karaoke at all the dives in like Glendale and Burbank. I wonder if this was the plan the whole time? Either way, ...
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c4 posted an article on FANTASTIC WEAPON - New kids on the blog. - Aug 29, 2009, 1:13 am
The Jazz Butcher, also known as The Jazz Butcher Conspiracy and The Jazz Butcher And His Sikkorskis From Hell, are a British musical group founded by Pat Fish. Their oeuvre is blackly humorous with su...
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c4 posted an article on FANTASTIC WEAPON - New kids on the blog. - Aug 28, 2009, 3:23 am
IAMSOUND records really scored with these dudes. I hear steel drums, and pretty much anything with steel drums scores points in my book. Seems like they’re gonna put on a pretty entertaining sho...
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c4 posted an article on FANTASTIC WEAPON - New kids on the blog. - Aug 28, 2009, 3:01 am
Every cover this band pick just seems to get better than the last. Or, better than the last one i found, and since I already blasted your brains with VU covers twice today, Let’s go for PTV cove...
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c4 posted an article on FANTASTIC WEAPON - New kids on the blog. - Aug 28, 2009, 2:06 am
Psychic TV performs “Foggy Notion” by The Velvet Underground. Filmed by Howard Wuelfing at WXPN at The University of Pennsylvania for NPR’s “World Cafe” with David Dye on...
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c4 posted an article on FANTASTIC WEAPON - New kids on the blog. - Aug 27, 2009, 3:28 pm
Dude, The Jesus Lizard are touring again! I mean, obviously they’ve already played Pitchfork fest and a couple other shows but that’s all the way over THERE and I’m all the way over ...
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c4 posted an article on FANTASTIC WEAPON - New kids on the blog. - Aug 27, 2009, 2:41 pm
Beck’s website is pretty bitchen. Back in June he launched a section called “Record Club” that features weekly videos of Beck and his friends re-recording entire albums. The first on...
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c4 posted an article on FANTASTIC WEAPON - New kids on the blog. - Aug 25, 2009, 12:29 pm
So I’m not sure how I missed this, but I just heard from my guitarist yesterday that the drummer from Lit had passed away about 2 weeks ago. The band released the following statement on their M...
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c4 posted an article on FANTASTIC WEAPON - New kids on the blog. - Aug 23, 2009, 3:31 am
Not that this is new news or anything, if you like Soulsavers, but I didn’t know about it until I decided to do a Mark Lanegan post and looked at his myspace. I don’t know if I really like...
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c4 posted an article on FANTASTIC WEAPON - New kids on the blog. - Aug 19, 2009, 10:07 pm
The reunited Butthole Surfers lineup of Gibby Haynes, Paul Leary, Jeff Pinkus, King Coffey and Teresa Taylor will be touring the US and Canada this Fall. SWEET! Best part: Nokia Theater LA date is wit...
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c4 posted an article on FANTASTIC WEAPON - New kids on the blog. - Aug 19, 2009, 5:49 pm
Who the F is Paolo Nutini? I’ve totally never heard of this guy whose 2006 release apparently sold over 2 million copies….you go listen to it and tell me if it’s as good as his June ...
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c4 posted an article on FANTASTIC WEAPON - New kids on the blog. - Aug 18, 2009, 9:38 pm
Featuring: Black Lips / Lightning Bolt / Tim & Eric (Adult Swim) / Lucero / Converge / F* Up / The Thermals / Glass Candy / No Age / Matt Skiba from Alkaline Trio / Japanther / Times New Viking / Dark...
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c4 posted an article on FANTASTIC WEAPON - New kids on the blog. - Aug 14, 2009, 10:35 pm
This band is like traditional mexican music meets punk rock. Maybe it’s the random tuba. Not sure. Whatever. This is by far the best cover of Michael Jackson’s Billie Jean I’ve ever ...
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