"Sorry, Dudes, My Bad,"

So where the hell have I been? Parties, friends, everything in between. Until I can catch up, check out the AP.net best of 1008 list right myah. It has over 150 best of lists from staff, to labels, to bands.

The Lamb Of God Wrath Map

First the in studio videos, and now this. Lamb of God have a Google Earth sort of configuration that allows you to plot your place on it and upload a photo and your thoughts on the song or anything else. The prognosis thus far is global domination, mark your place on the Wrath map, and assist the cause.

Just Like The Good Ole' Days

The first track from New Found Glory's upcoming album Not Without A Fight can now be seen below.  



This song could be "My Friends Over You part 2" for a number of reasons, but mainly because its totally awesome. I was right in my hope that this album would be more like the music that got me to love music like I do. I can already imagine blasting this cd with my windows down on the first warm spring day.

Presenting: Lamb of God - Contractor

Unlike the live concert video that has given us our previous peeks at the new Lamb of God, finally we have a near studio quality rip of a new track off of one the most anticipated albums of 2009. Be amazed by "Contractor".

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 This whole album is gonna be a shark attack. (Oh, and there's album art too).

New Taking Back Sunday

Be appalled by a new Taking Back Sunday song.  I was hoping that the loss of Fred wouldn't leave the band devoid of awesomeness, however, given this new song, it seems that TBS has lost their luster.  Does anyone like this song?

Punk Goes Pop 2 Tracklisting

This is gonna be awesome.  The tracklisting for Punk Goes Pop 2 has been released, and it's totally badass.

Alesana- "What Goes Around...Comes Around" by Justin Timberlake
Attack Attack- "I Kissed a Girl" by Katy Perry
August Burns Red- "...Baby One More Time" by Britney Spears
Bayside- "Beautiful Girls" by Sean Kingston
Breathe Carolina- "See You Again" by Miley Cyrus
The Cab- "Disturbia" by Rihanna
A Day To Remember- "Over My Head (Cable Car)" by The Fray
Escape The Fate- "Smooth" by Rob Thomas
Four Year Strong- "Love Song" by Sara Bareilles
Mayday Parade- "When I Grow Up" by Pussycat Dolls
Silverstein- "Apologize" by One Republic
A Static Lullaby- "Toxic" by Britney Spears
There For Tomorrow- "Ice Box" by Omarion

I'm exited as hell for this.  My love for pop covers runs deep, and imagining what some of these bands are gonna do to some of these songs has me giddy.  I can hear Bayside's version of "Beautiful Girls" in my head already.  It's gonna be a long wait till March 10th (that's when the album comes out.   See what I did there?)

More Best of 2008: Pitchfork

If you been paying attention to my blog than you understand my feelings twoard Pitchfork (hint: they aren't good).  However since I promised comprehensive best of coverage, you can find their list here.

More Best of 2008

James Montgomery already released his list of the best songs of 2008, now here is his list for the best albums of 2008.  Discussion encouraged.  

Instant Inspiration: Criteria

The "Instant Insperation" tags are for songs that might randomly come up on shuffle (or just get stuck in head) that no matter what the circumstances just really juice me the fuck up: the following is such a song. Not only is thia song totally awesome, but despite its simplicity, it's one of the best music videos I've ever seen too. It's very possible that Criteria are one of the best alt rock bands that you've never heard; and if you have heard of them, why haven't you told your friends...dick.

It's a shame that this band has fallen into relative obscurity. If you like this song, you'll definately like the rest of their album. Pick it up at you local record store or get it on Amazon.

More New Lamb of God Videos

A new fan video of a new Lamb of God song allegedley called "Fake Messiah" has been posted on youtube.

This shit sounds sick. I can't think of any more ways to express how stoked I am for this album than I already have.

Pitchfork Best Songs of 2008

Though I'm often skeptical and critical of Pitchfork, I figured I'd link to their very comprehensive list of best tracks of 2008.  Check it out myah.

Senses Fail Tour Update

From Senses Fail's Myspace:

National tour dates were announced today for Saints & Sinners, one of the most cutting edge music tours of 2009, featuring Hollywood Undead, Senses Fail, Haste the Day and Brokencyde. The tour kicks off on February 27, 2009 in Fort Lauderdale, FL at Revolution with more dates to be announced soon. Saints & Sinners tickets go on sale beginning December 12th and are available at www.livenation.com.



I'm not sure how Senses Fail and Haste The Day got roped into this tour, but I hope they're getting a lot of money for it.  I guess Senses Fail and Haste The Day can hang out and Hollywood Undead and Brokencyde can kick each other in the balls and do drugs with prostitutes.

Between the Buried and Me Writing New Material

According to a Lambgoat post, Between the Buried and Me are at their practice space in Winston-Salem writing new material.  Sweet.