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Anybody who’s followed Coldplay or Joe Satriani for any period of time recently has already heard about the lawsuit Satch launched against the pop/rock group for allegedly ripping off his song. Satch claims that Coldplay blatantly plagiarized from him, and is sueing for damages. Coldplay had this to say in repsonse:

“Yeah, some people are suing us at the moment and although it was initially a bit depressing, now it’s become really inspiring. You think, ‘Right, if everyone’s trying to take away our best song, then we’d better write 25 better ones.’ And so just at the point where I was thinking about getting fat and becoming complacent, I’ve been finding more inspiration. Now we’ve got more to prove than ever before.”

For me, Coldplay has always been a guilty pleasure. I mean, their albums are alright and when I’m needing something new to listen to I might just snag one up and listen for a few days. At least it’s been something different from the same old thing. Personally though, I’ve researched the two songs and placed them up against one another and the difference is hardly there. I’m going to have to take Satriani’s side and say, yeah Christ Martin, you ripped him off - also, you’re a dick for the previous statement. Nice try.

Well, in celebration of record store day (which frankly I’m surprised is still alive, but thankfully), Magnolia Electric Co released a new 7 inch. It’s called “It Made Me Cry”. This 7 inch only had a limited number of copies made. I know, us fans always want the vinyl as opposed to it’s digital brethren, but if you didn’t get a copy (which I’d be surprised if anyone did), you can get it on iTunes. Happy hunting vinyl lovers!

05-22 New Orleans, LA - The Zeitgeist
05-23 Houston, TX - Rudyards
05-24 Austin, TX - Red 7
05-25 Denton, TX - Rubbergloves
05-26 Birmingham, AL - Bottletree
07-11 Miami, FL - Churchills
07-12 Gainesville, FL - Common Grounds
07-13 Birmingham, AL - Bottletree
07-14 Memphis, TN - Hi Tone
07-16 Nashville, TN - Exit/In
07-17 Indianapolis, IN - Emerson Theater
07-18 Chicago, IL - Subterranean
07-19 Columbus, OH - Ravari Room read more…

50 Cent has come out with a new mp3, produced by Dr. Dre

You can check it out here:

50 Cent - OK, You’re Right (prod. Dr. Dre) | Mediafire

Listen to the new David Byrne EP or buy it at  everythingthathappens.com.

05-07 New York, NY - Roseland Ballroom
05-08 Providence, RI - Lupo’s Heartbreak Hotel
05-11 New York, NY - Roseland Ballroom
05-30 Jelling, Denmark - Jelling Festival
06-01 Landgraaf, Holland - Pinkpop Festival
06-05 Krakow, Poland - Blonia Park
06-19 Scheesel, Germany - Hurricane Festival
06-20 Neuhausen ob Eck, Germany - Southside Festival
06-22 Arendal, Norway - Hove Festival
06-24 Zagreb, Croatia - INmusic Festival
06-27 Pilton, England - Glastonbury Festival
06-28 Luxembourg, Luxembourg - Rock a Field Festival
07-01 Sopron, Hungary - The Volt Festival read more…

05-14 San Diego, CA - House of Blues
05-15 Anaheim, CA - House of Blues
05-16 Los Angels, CA - The Wiltern
05-18 San Francisco, CA - The Fillmore
05-19 Eugene, OR - McDonald Theatre
05-20 Seattle, WA - Crocodile Cafe
05-21 Vancouver, British Columbia - Commodore Ballroom
05-22 Portland, OR - Wonder Ballroom read more…

04-24 Vancouver, British Columbia – Thunderbird Stadium #
04-26 Calgary. Alberta – Pengrowth Saddledome #
04-27 Edmonton. Alberta – Rexall Place #
04-30 Milwaukee, WI – Eagles Club #
05-01 Indianapolis, IN – Murat Theatre #
05-02 Bonner Springs, KS – Capitol Federal Park at Sandstone #
05-04 St. Louis, MO – Fox Theatre * read more…

Massive Attack have announced tour dates for the U.K. We’ve hand picked them and brought them for your reading pleasure.

09-17 London, England - 02 Academy Brixton
09-18 London, England - 02 Academy Brixton
09-21 Sheffield, England - 02 Academy Sheffield
09-22 Birmingham, England - 02 Academy Birmingham
09-24 Leeds, England - 02 Academy Leeds
09-26 Manchester, England - Apollo
09-28 Glasgow, Scotland - 02 Academy Glasgow
09-30 Newcastle, England - 02 Academy Newcastle
10-02 Leicester, England - De Montfort Hall
10-03 Swindon, England - Oasis