If you haven’t realized, we have a tab on our page entitled ‘Sweeps‘.  Roll on over to check out some of the free stuff we’re giving away.  We’ve got hot shwag from Shwayze, CSNY, Sick of Sarah, Def Leppard, Atmosphere, a bajillion graphic designers… really, the list is huge.  This stuff is laying in a giant, well kept mound on Ms. Nickel’s desk, and she’s fed up with it.  Go check it out, sign up and win!

Video Matt keeps cranking out the vids, so here’s another segment of Kotton Mouth Kings‘ set from their Strange Noise Tour ever.  The filming is so high quality you can almost smell the massive quantity of blunts being passed around.

The wait is over, the highly anticipated Avalon from Circa Survive vocalist Anthony Green is available today. The disk sports a whopping 20 tracks, although over half are demos, re-recordings and remixes from past work. Check out the press release…

Anthony Greens new album “Avalon” is now available everywhere. Avalon can now be purchased at Itunes, Target, Hot Topic, Best Buy, the Photo Finish Records webstore and plenty of great indie retailers. Along with the 13 newly recorded unreleased tracks, Avalon also includes 4 tracks from the High & Driving EP, 5 unreleased demos/remixes and 2 bonus videos. Check out the complete tracklist below…

AVALON CD

She Loves Me So

Dear Child (I’ve Been Trying To Reach You)

Drugdealer

Stonehearted Man

Babygirl

Miracle Sun

Califone

Springtime out the van window

Slowing Down (Long Time Coming)

The First Day of Work at The Microscope Store

Devils Song (This Feels Like a Nightmare)

High & Driving EP

Babygirl

The First Day of Work at The Microscope Store

The Fisherman Will Be Bewildered

Plays Ugly for Daddy

Demos

She Loves Me So

Stonehearted Man

Slowing Down

Devils Song

Dear Child (I’ve Been Dying To Reach You) (good old war version)

Bonus enhanced video content
Making of the Video - 3 minute long behind the scenes look at making Dear Child
Avalon - Making of the Album - 10 minute long documentary

I’m pretty bummed that the ‘Making of the Album’ is only 10 minutes long, but everything else seems really cool.

Okay, so I can try and pretend that I’m about half as hung over as I am right now and write a brilliant, brief description of A Static lullaby’s music and why you should care about their cover of Britney Spears’ “Toxic” and that they’re on tour with Dance Gavin Dance. But I’m not. I am just too far gone today. Instead I’ve chosen to quote the press release HEAVILY>

From the press release:

The fourth album from A Static Lullaby, “Rattlesnake!” is available for pre order today through Interpunk, Smartpunk, and Merchnow.

A Static Lullaby goes head to head with Britney Spears on the band’s not so bubblegum-pop cover of her hit song, “Toxic”. After the popularity of their cover of Frou Frou’s “Let Go”, A Static Lullaby went back into the studio to give fans an addicting new bonus track. Everyone who pre orders the album before its street date will receive this Britney Spears cover of “Toxic” from A Static Lullaby as an MP3 download the same day.

If you can’t wait until September 9th for the CD, you can listen to the “Rattlesnake!” sampler, now playing on their Myspace page. The sampler plays clips from every track off their upcoming album.

See? That wasn’t’ so tough. More press release and tour dates after the jump.
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Synthesis has been listening to Devin The Dude for awhile. In fact, he’s quite popular among the college crowd here in Chico, Cali. He’s got something to P-S-SAY for those who hate their 9 to 5:

High Y’all Doin (Episode 2 - PSA) from Devin The Dude on Vimeo.

Metallica have sucked fucking dick since …And Justice For All but maybe Rick Rubin told them to quit fucking whining, check out of rehab and start pounding enough Jaeger to help them write riffs in standard-E that still sound heavier than anything nu-metal ever fucked with. Doubtful? Yes. But nevertheless, there’s still hope.

Metallica have announced their tenth studio album, Death Magnetic, will be released globally on Friday, September 12th.

News about Death Magnetic has been flowing out of Metallica’s camp via the band’s official website (www.metallica.com) and a brand-new site, missionmetallica.com, which offers users a unique, ground-breaking look-in on the making of the album, with producer Rick Rubin. Fans who can’t wait for the September 12th release date will be able to purchase a digital-edition version of the album, to be delivered at midnight on release day, by joining the free site, which launched on May 29th. Missionmetallica.com features a treasure trove of exclusive content, including the low-down from the band members themselves about their progress in the studio via fly-on-the-wall video footage, live concerts downloads, exclusive new and never-before-seen archival photos from the studio, contests to fly to foreign lands to see the band perform and much much more.

Metallica are currently finishing up the mixing and mastering of Death Magnetic. The cover art and full-track-listing (below) have been posted at missionmetallica.com, where fans can purchase the album plus web content in various configurations. Users should continue to check the site for the chance to win tickets and meet-and-greet passes to Metallica’s live concert events this summer. Upcoming dates include headlining slots at Ozzfest on August 8th in Dallas, TX and at England’s Leeds and Reading festivals later this month.

Death Magnetic is Metallica’s first studio album since 2003’s multi-platinum St. Anger, which hit No. 1 in 30 countries and has sold nearly six million copies worldwide. Formed in Los Angeles in 1981 by drummer Lars Ulrich and guitarist and vocalist James Hetfield, Metallica has become one of the most influential and commercially successful rock bands in history, having sold 100 million albums worldwide and playing to millions of fans the world over. They have garnered numerous awards and accolades, including seven Grammy Awards, two American Music Awards, and multiple MTV Video Music Awards. In addition, their 1991 album, Metallica, which has sold 15 million copies in the United States, has been awarded the prestigious “Diamond Award” from the Recording Industry Association of America, given to those albums with U.S. sales of 10 million or more.

The track-listing for Death Magnetic is as follows:

“That Was Just Your Life”
“The End of The Line”
“Broken, Beat & Scarred”
“The Day That Never Comes”
“All Nightmare Long”
“Cyanide”
“The Unforgiven III”
“The Judas Kiss”
“Suicide & Redemption”
“My Apocalypse”