After being knocked to the ground by an attacker during Sunday night’s Oasis show in Toronto, Noel Gallagher has been advised to cancel tonight’s show. At least he got a doctor’s note…

From NME:

Following an incident during Oasis‘ performance at the Virgin Festival in Toronto, when Noel was attacked by a stage invader Oasis are regrettably being forced to announce that tonight’s show in London, Ontario cannot go ahead as planned.

Noel fell heavily on to his monitor speakers when he was pushed suddenly from behind by his attacker and suffered bruising to his ribs and hip. He was examined in a local hospital after the band’s performance and has been advised to rest. Unfortunately, despite resting up yesterday, the extent of his injuries mean he will not be able to perform tonight. The band are very keen to complete their Canadian tour and options for rescheduling the final London, Ontario show are currently being looked into. Ticket holders are asked to retain their tickets until a further announcement is made in a few days.

I’m not exactly sure how historians mark the end of an era, but as far as music goes nothing marks an era like the second (or third…or fourth) Greatest Hits package from an artist or artists who defined and introduced a radial style of music into mainstream culture. Ice Cube’s The Essentials will be released on September 16th; N.W.A.’s N.W.A And Their Family Tree will street on September 30th. Pour some of that 40 out.

From Capitol / Priority Records:

World-famous rap artist and film star Ice Cube has personally compiled and sequenced 18 of his top solo hits and standout tracks for a new Capitol/Priority collection titled Ice Cube: The Essentials.  Available September 16 on CD and digitally, Ice Cube: The Essentials offers, in one hard-hitting collection, the best recordings of Ice Cube’s 18-year solo music career, including a track from his new album, Raw Footage.

In the late 1980s, Ice Cube began his career as a member of Compton, California’s pioneering, critically acclaimed and notorious gangsta rap group, N.W.A. On his first solo album, 1990’s platinum-certified AmeriKKKa’s Most Wanted, Ice Cube’s razor-sharp sociopolitical and cultural missives from the streets went beyond N.W.A’s gangbanging braggadocio, and he dismissed bicoastal rap rivalries to collaborate with New York’s hip-hop heavyweights Public Enemy. Rolling Stone awarded the album its highest 5-star rating, the album’s title track topped Billboard’s Hot Rap Singles chart, and the album peaked at #6 on the R&B/Hip-Hop chart.

Firmly established as a solo artist, Ice Cube became a musical and cultural lightning rod, his music attracting alternating praise and disdain from the media and moralists. Despite being singled out in an unprecedented public statement of condemnation from Billboard upon its release, Cube’s 1991 album, Death Certificate, debuted at #1 on Billboard’s R&B/Hip-Hop chart and at #2 on the Billboard Top 200, and was soon certified platinum.

To commemorate the historic and ongoing musical and cultural influence of N.W.A, Capitol/Priority will release N.W.A And Their Family Tree on September 30.  The new CD and digital collection features a cross-section of 18 genre-defining tracks by the pioneering gangsta rap group and its founders, plus Mack 10, Westside Connection, Snoop Dogg, and other N.W.A-inspired artists.  On October 3 at 11pm ET/PT, VH1 will premiere a new 90-minute Rock Doc, “N.W.A: The World’s Most Dangerous Group.”

Two decades have passed since N.W.A rocketed Straight Outta Compton to multi-platinum success, worldwide acclaim and notoriety as rap music’s most powerful force, redefining forever the boundaries of popular music. In the course of little more than three years, N.W.A’s Dr. Dre, Eazy-E, Ice Cube, MC Ren and Yella reached unprecedented gangsta superstardom with their no-holds-barred missives from Los Angeles’ toughest streets.

N.W.A And Their Family Tree charts the group’s lineage through 18 key tracks, including what could be considered the House of N.W.A’s most valuable heirloom, the explosive title track from Straight Outta Compton, the group’s history-making, double platinum 1988 release. Also included are N.W.A’s “Fuck Tha Police,” “Dopeman,” “Express Yourself,” and “Boyz-N-The Hood” (N.W.A featuring Eazy-E), Ice Cube’s “It Was A Good Day,” “Eazy-E’s “We Want Eazy,” M.C. Ren’s “Final Frontier,” The D.O.C.’s “It’s Funky Enough,” Westside Connection’s “Bow Down” and “Gangstas Make The World Go ‘Round,” Mack 10’s “Foe Life,” Snoop Dogg featuring Xzibit’s “Bitch Please,” and other top tracks from the scions of N.W.A.

There’s no doubt about it; Synthesis fucking loves Lamb of God. Currently, The only disk in my bathroom CD player is Sacrament, and the only disk I’ve listened to in my car for the last 3 weeks is Killadelphia. These dudes are one of the biggest/most important band on the current metal scene (and that’s including Metallica).

Following a recent trend of in studio camera work by bands like Saosin and Underoath, the quintet have recently turned on the red lights and started streaming the studio 24 hrs a day. Two cams have been setup (mixing and live room) to let voyeurs in on watching Chris Adler track his drums for the upcoming February, 2009 release.

Drummer Chris Adler will be heading into a NYC studio today to begin recording for the band’s upcoming album, slated for a February 2009 release on Epic Records. There will be 2 live streaming web cams in the studio documenting every moment of the process on Lamb of God’s Kyte channel at www.lamb-of-god.com.

One camera will be in the live room, filming everything drums, and the other camera will be in the mix room, where producer Josh Wilbur will be dialing in the signature, brutal LAMB OF GODsound!

“I’m showing up to kick ass and chew bubblegum, and I’m all out of bubblegum,” said Adler.

The as-yet-untitled album will see a February 2009 North American release on Epic Records withRoadrunner Records handling all NON North American releases. Following production, LAMB OF GOD will head out on an extensive world tour commencing with their support slot in December with Metallica.

Check out www.lamb-of-god.com all day, every day during the drum recording process and watch the foundation of the new LAMB OF GOD album being built.

Oasis has sucked balls since whatever album Champange Supernova was on was released.  Sure, we all get drunk at parties, pick up a guitar and sing Wonderwall, but thats besides the point.

Well, it turns out that Canadians, the most violent people in the world, desided to tell them to fuck off.  Some solo flying Canuk bum-rushed the stage whilst the band was playing Toronto’s Virgin Festival, and knocked Noel Gallagher strait on his ass.  He would have got to Liam too if security didn’t beat him into a mushy pulp.

Reminder: this is coming from a band that has claimed they’re bigger than The Beatles, talks shit on every other band imaginable and consistently bicker at the state of the music scene.

The Mars Volta? Gogol Bordello? Matt Costa? BEER TENTS?! Fuck yea I’m in!

For those of you from the greater LA region, this is a festival not to be missed. Boasting a number of sick DJs, local art and full sets from TMV and Bordello, the hot spot on October 4th is 1st and Main in the City of Angels (sometimes I feel like I don’t have a partner…). Check out the Detour Fest’s myspace for more info, and stay tuned for updates as I’m going to try and weasel some photo passes out of them…

Full line-up? Sheaah!

The Mars Volta
Gogol Bordello
Shiny Toy Guns
The Presets
Cut Copy
Matt Costa
Black Lips
Hercules and Love Affair
Grand Ole Party
Datarock
Bitter:Sweet
The Submarines
Adam Freeland
The Bloody Beetroots
Surkin
Para One
Guns N’ Bombs (live)
Peanut Butter Wolf
Buraka Som Sistema
Nico Vega
Japanese Motors
The Mae Shi
We Are Wolves
Afternoons
Noah and the Whale
Mugison
donMoy
DJ Kid Lightning
Paparazzi
AC Means

So it’s more than obvious nobody cares about CDs anymore. Technology waits for no man, and with new advances that threaten older formats every day it was only a matter of time before we moved from vinyl records to 8-tracks to tapes to CDs to MP3s to…vinyl records.

Not one to sleep on vinyl’s resurgence (considering their iconic office building was created to look like a stack of records…), Capitol Records are on the move to re-release your favorite albums of yore on vinyl. Remember when you replaced your Pet Sounds original print with a new CD? Get ready to start switching your catalog back to records everyone…

CAPITOL/EMI’S “FROM THE CAPITOL VAULTS” VINYL CAMPAIGN CONTINUES WITH SEPTEMBER 30 RELEASE OF ICONIC ALBUMS BY JIMI HENDRIX AND JOHN LENNON

Remastered Titles Presented on Limited Edition, 180-Gram Audiophile Quality Vinyl with Original Artwork and Packaging

Hollywood, California – September 8, 2008 – Capitol/EMI’s high quality “From The Capitol Vaults” U.S. vinyl campaign continues on September 30 with the limited edition release of two iconic rock albums.  Jimi Hendrix’s incendiary 1970 concert album, Band Of Gypsys, will be issued on fiery red 180-gram vinyl, and John Lennon’s chart-topping 1971 studio album, Imagine, will be released on 180-gram vinyl.

Capitol/EMI launched its “From The Capitol Vaults” campaign on September 2 with 13 classic titles, all previously out-of-print on vinyl. Included in the series’ debut were A Perfect Circle’s Mer de Noms, The Beach Boys’ Pet Sounds, Coldplay’s Parachutes, A Rush Of Blood To The Head, and X&Y, Radiohead’s Pablo Honey, The Bends, OK Computer, Kid A (two 10” 140-gram LPs), Amnesiac (two 10” 140-gram LPs), and Hail To The Thief, R.E.M.’s Document, and Steve Miller Band’s Greatest Hits 1974-78.

All “From The Capitol Vaults” titles feature carefully replicated artwork and packaging true to their original single or gatefold jacket LP releases. More “From The Capitol Vaults” titles will soon be announced.

For more information, visit http://fromthecapitolvaults.com.