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"Hello Cleveland!" - These Guy

So MySpace and Spin Magazine are doing this kinda cool tribute to Bad Religion (because they fucking deserve it!) where a bunch of bands cover Bad Religion songs. Pretty standard tribute stuff here. So far the stuff that’s been released on the MySpace page for the tribute is pretty dope.

Artists providing covers include Ted Leo and the Pharmacists, Tegan and Sara, The Weakerthans, Riverboat Gamblers, New Politics and a bunch of others.

Check it out here.

The album is called Germs Of Perfection: A Tribute To Bad Religion.

Neat!

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"Ha!" - These guys

You may not know it, but Ted Leo (of Ted Leo and the Pharmacists) is a funny guy. A couple days ago he posted a blog post on his band’s website that said (basically) that he was going to quit the rock ‘n roll business and write a rock musical for Broadway. You know, like that Green Day thing that’s happening right now.

Well, it turns out that was all just a setup for his band’s new video. The video, for the track “Bottled in Cork,” features the band along side the comedy stylings of John Hodgman, Julie Klausner, Paul F. Tompkins and was directed by Tom Scharpling. In other words, it’s a great video.

Check it:

My favorite part: “Take a whispering class!”

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"Good night Cleveland!" - Whoever these guys are

Yesterday I posted a link to a bunch of different bands that were headed out on tour. And since I posted that I’ve had a billion (literally, a billion! Ok… maybe not literally) people email me other people that are headed out on tour that I should have included.

So… to make everyone happy, here are a bunch more bands with link to their tour dates:

Brandon Flowers
Jason Mraz
Ted Leo and the Pharmacists
of Montreal
Kele Okereke

Again, I’m sure there are a bunch more so feel free to email everyone that I keep missing.

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