- A certain level of hell has just made room for the jerks who stole equipment from Iggy and The Stooges while they were in Montreal earlier this week. The Detroit Free Press reports that among the boosted equipment, valued at tens of thousands of dollars, was “the vintage Gibson bass that had been Mike Watt’s go-to instrument since his Minutemen days in the 1980s”.
- Siberian, joining the ranks of Das Llamas, Ice Age Cobra, and Hopscotch Boys, has decided to “move on to other things”. The quintet from Seattle won over locals with the 2007 release With Me and years of well-received performances; the band will be sorely missed.
- The RNC Convention will be held in the Twin Cities from September 1-4; politically charged Rage Against the Machine will be performing at Minneapolis’ Target Center on September 3. Coincidence? Unlikely.
- As discussed at Brooklyn Vegan, hip-hop artist DeLon has challenged M.I.A. for using images representative of the terrorist group, The Liberation Tiger Tamils of Eelam.
- Even more releases by the The Clash are en route, with a new live CD (featuring the band’s 1982 set opening for the Who’s farewell tour at Shea Stadium on October 13, 1982), a DVD, and an authorized biography.
- Past Lives, with Dead Science, will be at Neumos on September 7, Toadies will be at the Showbox on September 19, Sigor Ros will be at Benaroya Hall on October 5, Weezer will be at Key Arena on October 11, Kings of Leon, with The Stills and We Are Scientists, will be at the Paramount Theatre on October 20.
