Nirvana's iconic 1991 single "Smells Like Teen Spirit" beat out hits from Madonna, Britney Spears and U2 to be named the best pop song in 20 years by Britain's Q Magazine. Read up on it here.
Attention Bands and labels: We want your best of 2006 lists! Please send us your top 10 albums from 2006 lists and we'll include them in our feature at the end of the year. We've already got a bunch of bands signed on - don't miss out! Please email gabe.gross@absolutepunk.net with your list (and please include your band name and label name) or any questions you may have.
Note: This is just for bands and labels - we'll have a place for users to post their lists as well.
Little Man Tate will release their debut album And What You Know on January 29th.
Tracklisting
01) Man I Hate Your Band
02) European Lover
03) Sexy In Latin
04) This Must Be Love
05) House Party At Boothys
06) Who Invented These Lists?
07) Court Report
08) Little Big Man
09) 3 Day Rule
10) This Girl Isn't My Girlfriend
11) Down On Marie
MTV and Epic Records have teamed up for a "best music on campus" contest. The winner will receive a a record deal with a minimum of one album, two music videos, retail and radio support, marketing, video premieres on mtvU, booking on mtvU series, and a "Making Of" series on mtvU.
Getting ready to put your "best of 2006" list together, but just feel like you're missing an album? Check out our listing of 2006 releases to make sure you don't forget anything.
Attention all bands and labels: The time has come again. The year 2006 is drawing to a close and it's time for Absolutepunk to start compiling our "Best of 2006" lists. We're asking you all to submit to us your top 10 CDs of 2006. You can e-mail the lists to Melissa Johnson or Gabe Gross. You can do a collective list amongst the band or label or each submit your own individual lists. Please include band/label name and your name (if you choose to contribute an individual list). We're getting...[read more]
What do you get when you cross Tears for Fears and the XBox360 game, Gears of War? Check the replies for quite possibly the coolest commercials you have ever seen.
According to a recent bulletin, you can expect to see a Reel Big FishGreatest Hits collection via the band's former label, Jive Records, in stores this November.
In an article in this month's GQ magazine, Kevin Federline talks about his new album, making such claims as, "I'm gonna make so much fucking money on the back end, it's gonna be ridiculous" and "It's gonna be huge. I'm doing shit not even Eminem does."
If you're looking to purchase the album, Every Second Counts by Plain White Ts tommorrow, try Best Buy. All of their copies come with 2 special bonus songs.
Ernie Ball are going to be releasing a CD showcasing who they call the "13 Best Unsigned Artists in North America". You can read a press release about the CD below.
Electronic, featuring Johnny Marr of The Smiths and Bernard Summer of New Order, will be releasing Get The Message - The Best of Electronic on September 19th.
For those of you worried about not being able to find The Format's new album, Dog Problems, in stores tomorrow, fret not! Every single Best Buy in the country will have many, many, many copies. The price might vary from store to store, but should be around $10. The CD is being featured on the new artist rack and if anyone there tries to tell you they don't have it in stock, make them go look for it in the back, because they definitely have it.
Across Five Aprils made a trailer for their "Let's Whisper" video. Check it out here and pay particular attention to the guy on the bike. He's going to be big, Kel Mitchell big.
Third Eye Blind will be releaseing Third Eye Blind: A Collection, which will be a 19-track CD featuring: "Semi-Charmed Life," "How's It Going To Be," "Jumper," b-sides, bonus tracks and more. A DVD will also be included that will have all seven of the band's videos as well as two clips for their previously unreleased "Losing A Whole Year."
The Classic Crime's new album, Albatross, has become the best selling debut in Tooth & Nail history. The band's new video for "The Coldest Heart" can now be viewed at Yahoo. Below is a press release.
