http://www.thetripwire.com Rock music mp3, podcasts, news, blogs, reviews. Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:34:31 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The poptastic Apples in Stereo are set to release a greatest hits album on September 1st, entitled #1 Hits Explosion, a collection that will span all six of their studio albums. KABLAAM! Apparently this project signifies a new chapter for the Apples, and the Athens band are crafting something outside ... http://www.thetripwire.com/news/2009/07/02/the-apples-in-stereo-to-release-explosive-best-of/ Beck has begun to morph his wares even further, turning his site into a pool of covers he or guests have done as part of his recently founded Record Club. The Club is about to release it’s first collaboration, a re-imagining of The Velvet Underground & Nico. Weekly, Beck ... http://www.thetripwire.com/news/2009/07/02/beck-founds-record-club-covers-velvet-underground/ The Sony Walkman turned 30 today and yet no one has wheeled out a cake or piñata to celebrate. In fact Sony seems to be a bit bashful about this milestone birthday. Whether it is because of other issues going on in the company that take precedent or ... http://www.thetripwire.com/news/2009/07/02/the-sony-walkman-turns-30/ Famous Friends, Noise Problem, and Street Attack have teamed up in order to bring you the fattest beats in all of New York City at the second annual Brooklyn Electronic Music Festival. Headliners will include RJD2 and Juan MacLean (live) amongst dozens of other performers and DJs, and the party ... http://www.thetripwire.com/news/2009/07/02/brooklyn-electronic-music-festival-announces-line-up/ It’s been nearly a week since the King of Pop passed away from cardiac arrest, and perhaps the most intriguingly warped thing we’ve read about Michael Jackson so far is that Diana Ross could take guardianship of his three children. As specifics are coming forth about Jackson’s drug use (who gave ... http://www.thetripwire.com/news/2009/07/02/diana-ross-may-acquire-custody-of-michael-jacksons-children/ That's right. Win Butler is done battling with Wayne Coyne and even more done being on an Arcade Fire hiatus. The band made a conscious decision to keep things low key after wrapping their Neon Bible tour. They had a few performances including the epic staff ball show during Obama's ... http://www.thetripwire.com/news/2009/07/02/arcade-fire-having-jam-sessions/ Could watch this video all day every day. Will probably not watch this video all day every day because of things like work, sleep, food, girl. BE FREE. http://www.thetripwire.com/tripwiretvspotlight/2009/07/02/wavves-no-hope-kids/ R.E.M. has been kicking out music like mad lately. From the recent re-release of 1984's Reckoning last week to a new digital EP entitled Reckoning Songs From the Olympia to a double-disc album R.E.M. Live at the Olympia, said to come out this fall, R.E.M. diehards will have lots to ... http://www.thetripwire.com/news/2009/07/02/rem-releasing-live-double-album-ep/ Barely a week after Spoon sprung their quick new Got Nuffin' EP on our unsuspecting ears, the quartet now turns their energetic drive towards efforts of festival promoting with SPOONX3, a consecutive trilogy of hot nights that find the band nuzzling themselves amongst a number of handpicked artists (Black ... http://www.thetripwire.com/news/2009/07/01/a-spoonx3-reminder/ Even after celebrating 20 years together, The Bouncing Souls are still gunning out tour dates and new music for 2009. The New Jersey band announced that they will be on the road for the majority of the summer and into the fall, picking up stops on the Vans Warped tour, ... http://www.thetripwire.com/news/2009/07/01/bouncing-souls-still-very-bouncy/