Pop Zeus Blog - Bands on tour

• Die Die Die, All Right

  DIE!DIE!DIE! "Blue Skies"DIE!DIE!DIE! "Sideways Here We Come"DIE!DIE!DIE! "A.T.T.I.T.U.D."DIE!DIE!DIE! Promises, Promises full ablum streamMy favorite band of thee 00s, Die!Die!Die! has a new record being released in the US this week- Promises, Promises. It looks as if this is a pretty wide release so you really have no excuse for not...(read full post)

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  • Here ON TOUR (UK)
• Burnin' For All That Is Whacky

  Mike Watt "Burnin' For You"Mike Watt "Burnin' Up"Minutemen "The Red And The Black"If you've ever done any reading up on Mike Watt and the Minutemen, you probably know that they were all big fans of Blue Oyster Cult, specifically songwriter Richard Meltzer. Despite the stadium posturing and monster hits, the...(read full post)

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  • Blue Oyster Cult ON TOUR (US)
• Pull Me Under I'm Not Afraid

  Lifter Puller "Lifter Puller vs. The End Of The Evening"Lifter Puller seems to be an early incarnation of The Hold Steady with more of a Girls Against Boys feel to it. Somehow I missed out on 2000's Fiestas + Fiascos, but it certainly fits right in in with my vast...(read full post)

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  • The Hold Steady ON TOUR (US/UK)
• Unbunnier Than You Are Dude

  Unbunny "I Leave Stones Unturned"Unbunny "Nothing Comes To Rest"Unbunny's Jared del Deo writes melancholy confessionals best described as akin to the likes of Elliot Smith, but with a bit more of a sense of humour. Parasol Records' Snow Tires brings us into a world of heartbreak and lonliness that we...(read full post)

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  • Neil Diamond ON TOUR (US)
• You Can Finally Stop Beating It

  Dead Horse "The Latent Stage"Good news for fans of the seminal Texas thrash band Dead Horse. It looks like a DVD documenting the band's legacy is on the horizon in 2008. Dead Horse is a tragically overlooked band in the history of metal that could easily walk amongst the likes...(read full post)

  Artists mentioned:
  • Here ON TOUR (UK)