Mat Weddle’s Acoustic Cover of Outcast’s “Hey-Ya”

A friend showed me this last night, and I fell in love with it. Maybe I’ll pick up the damn guitar and learn how to play the song this way.

The song is an acoustic cover of the wildly popular song by Outcast called “Hey Ya”. Everyone and their mom has heard this song.

Sonic Youth leaving Geffen for Indie Label

The iconic New York quintet known as Sonic Youth have fulfilled their contract obligations with major label Geffen Recoreds, which has/is home to Nirvana, Guns ‘n’ Roses, Weezer and Counting Crows. But, the band doesn’t seem to mind a single bit.

AC/DC Streaming New Single “Rock N’ Roll Train”

AC/DC are currently streaming their first single “Rock N’ Roll Train” from their upcoming album Black Ice via the band’s official site. You can also expect to hear the track on radio airwaves sometime today.

Radiohead - “High and Dry”

Over the weekend I was watching I Know Pronounce You Chuck and Larry, yeah there was very little on the boob tube. Anyways, there is this scene between Adam Sandler and Jessica Biel where Radiohead’s “High and Dry” is playing in the background. I thought it was very good use of the song.

Search Camp, The Return of Albert Costill & the Music Snob

Albert is back! If you’ve been reading the blog at Evolvor since last spring, you may remember the first annual Pearl Jam Month of May and all the great in depth content from my bud Al Costill. Well, after a year long stint working on another music blog, the planets aligned and he’s here full time to dish the rock music news and provide some great analysis and conversation regarding rock music past and present. And I will be here to probably disagree with him on some things, which will make some great arguments! Feel free to join in when you get the chance.

Chris Cornell Sets Release Date For ‘Scream’

ANOTHER UPDATE: “SCREAM” HAS BEEN PUSHED BACK UNTIL EARLY 2009!? More details to come!

Update: The release date has been changed to NOVEMBER 4th!

Former Soundgarden and Audioslave frontman Chris Cornell will release his third solo album on October 14.

Metallica ‘Death Magnetic’ Track Listing

Metallica’s tenth studio album, Death Magnetic , now has a final track listing.

The track listing 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”

RIP: LeRoi Moore

I am almost in tears…

Staind Keeps Me As a Fan With “Illusion” Experience

I mentioned a few weeks ago that Staind was offering some very cool pricing options to sell it’s latest release, “The Illusion of Progress”, which goes on sale today.

Get A Sneak Peak at Metallica’s New “Cyanide”

Metallica debuted a new song over the weekend at Ozzfest called “Cyanide”. Luckily for us they released a decent-sounding stream of the song for us to pick apart before they release their first single “The Day That Never Comes” some time before the end of the month.

Become A Better Musician With AudioTuts

Those who have been following my blog for a long time no that originally, Evolvor.com was just another run-of-the-mill internet marketing blog. About 3 months after I started blogging, I began to feature some music related content to liven the place up.

ReverbNation Lets Musicians Add Press Clippings to Any Website

The ‘Press Widget’ allows Artists to aggregate accolades from the media or fans into one place, and then deploy them to all of their other sites. Artists can add an unlimited number of clippings, with each one containing a link back to the original source for fans to read more.

Why Video Is More Important to Your Career Than Your Music

Let’s get one thing out of the way; your music is important. It’s your art, it’s why you’re here on the planet, and you’ve got to pour your blood, sweat, tears and soul into it. It has to be real and you have to feel it. They have to feel it. it’s all about the music.

Vote For 61 North At The Spark Summer Series

I’ve got to give another shout out to my friends 61 North. They played an amazing show at the Deer Park Tavern the other night and am looking forward to their show Thursday as well. It’s great to see someone who you rode the school bus with up on stage playing some great original music (with an occasional cover of ole faves like Pearl Jam’s Dissident thrown into the mix.

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