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ANTI-SNOB.COM: ANTI-SNOB RADAR: Indie Rock News From All Over The Web, All Around The World (10/22/08)

ANTI-SNOB RADAR: Indie Rock News From All Over The Web, All Around The World (10/22/08)

The CMJ Music Marathon in New York is going on as I write this. No, I am not there, but heard word that Louis XIV performed a free kickoff show at Terminal 5 last night. No fuzzy low quality vids on You Tube as of yet.

Speaking of free shows, Pegboy played a surprise free show at the Cobra Lounge for Chicago's third annual Riot Fest on Friday October 10th. Some cool pictures of the show can be found here. Is it me or does this new bass player for Pegboy look like Naked Raygun frontman Jeff Pezzati?

The Kills have released a "Cheap and Cheerful" remix EP that is so far unavailable in the U.S. Go to Beatport to download or directly to Domino Records to order the vinyl.

The Hard Lessons have started recording songs for their new album. They have brought back producer Zach Shipps who has worked with the band in the past. Right now they are in the middle of a short east coast tour with a show tonight at Bar Bleu in State College and continuing through Arlington, VA (10/23/08), Brooklyn, NY (10/24/08), and New York City (10/25/08) for the rest of the week.

Anti-Snob's two favorite female led Phoenix bands are playing with legends The Seeds and other garage contemporaries. The show takes place Saturday October 25th at The Vex in L.A. and is a benefit for Self Help Graphics. For $10.00 and a few gallons of gas you can see the Green Lady Killers shine in Los Angeles alongside their hometown pals The Love Me Nots while witnessing the magic that is Sky Saxon. I say go while gas prices are a $1.00 lower than they were a few months ago ...and before ol' Sky kicks the bucket.

Tomorrow night (10pm Eastern) Motorhead will be debuting the music video for their new single "Rock Out" on Headbanger's Ball on MTV2. The video debut coincides with H.B.'s 20th Anniversary which has all but taken over MTV2's programming this week.

Fountains of Wayne will be doing a full band acoustic tour in January 2009. The tour starts on the west coast and will include fan favorites and never-before-heard premieres. Dates and ticket information can be found of FoW Official Website.

Other bands working on new albums: Antigama (Relapse Records), Zolar X (Alternative Tentacles), and Orange (Hellcat - currently scoping out big name producers).

English post-punk duo Deathline will be doing a mini Northern European Tour next weekend, including the New Glam Festival in Germany and the RECession Festival in Denmark. Details on the Deathline Myspace Page.