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​For a group of delinquent hooligans, the kids of Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All sure are a busy and accomplished bunch. More >>

​Fifteen rockers are up to bat for the five available slots at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame this October. The nominee list (posted after the jump, along with our Top Five picks) has garnered mixed responses from the public--with some expressing outrage over the inclusion (and exclusion) of certain performers.

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UPDATE, Sept. 7, 9:44 a.m.: And what do you know, there's a 20th anniversary edition of Pocket Full of Kryptonite that features the album "as you remember it."

Original post, Sept. 6, 10:36 a.m.: Nostalgia for the 1990s has been surging lately, spurred, as nostalgia often is, by a yearning by simple people for simpler times.

Last week, Rolling Stone blew the trend to noxious proportions with a story on the 20th anniversary of Pocket Full of Kryptonite, the debut album by the Spin Doctors.

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Kanye West has always been more of the "do shit, think later" type, so Justin Vernon (of Bon Iver)'s discovery that his hook had been used on "That's My Bitch" off the newly-dropped Watch the Throne couldn't have come as too much of a surprise to the indie-rocker.
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​Opening up a new business is pretty anti-punk, but Pennywise guitarist Fletcher Dragge's new biz is anything but a suit-and-tie kind of joint. In between working on the band's new album (set to drop sometime around December and inspired by the departure of 20-year long frontman Jim Lindberg) plus the group's upcoming European tour, the rocker found time to open his new, grungy parlor, 3rd Street Tattoo. "Hermosa Ink just sounded a little to Miami Ink or LA Ink," Dragge says. The place, which opens today, is born of his love of controversy and, well, tattoos.


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​Nielsen Soundscan's mid-year numbers are in, and despite the economic doom and gloom being reported by news outlets across the land, it would seem Americans have a lot to be optimistic about.

Soundscan is the music industry's data information service and tracks sales at the point of purchase. It's reporting that overall music sales, which include singles, CD's and digital tracks is at 821 million units sold versus 756 for 2010, an 8.5 percent increase.
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​Like your funny-but-often-embarrassing uncle, Aerosmith only come around to visit once in a blue moon. However, every time they do, it's memorable for better or for worse.  It's been seven long years since the group's last album, the covers collection Honkin' on Bobo. A decade has passed since they've released an original studio album, and relations between the members, particularly singer Steven Tyler and lead guitarist Joe Perry, have been strained at best. More >>

​​Yes, we've gone way overboard writing about Paramore, but it's news, and the soap opera just drags on (we're sorry; we know they aren't good). To refocus his attention, guitarist Josh Farro has already formed a new band with some high-school friends called Novel American. In an interview with MTV, Farro claims he was influenced by artists such as Jimmy Eat World, Radiohead, Explosions In the Sky and Sigur Rós (ummm . . . weird). He said, "We want to be a new breath of air to the music scene." More >>

ICE's message on the seized sites

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The New York Times reported that the Immigration and Customs Enforcement, a division of the Department of Homeland Security, seized a number of sites that "either hosted unauthorized copies of films and music or allowed users to search for them elsewhere on the Internet."

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Fingerprints Record Store

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A few weeks ago, the people behind Record Store Day announced their plan to host "Back to Black Friday," where indie music stores will be carrying exclusive and limited vinyle and CD releases by Metallica, U2, Bob Dylan, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Bruce Springsteen, Cee-Lo, Iron & Wine, and more.

After the jump is a list of participating record stores throughout the OC/LB area. Watch out for rarities such as George Harrison's All Things Must Pass and Jimi Hendrix's Christmas EP, Merry Christmas & A Happy New Year! (Editor's note: And if it's video games you're looking for, check out Peter Mai's comprehensive post on all the mega chains' best video game deals and bargains this Black Friday.)

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