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I Read The News Today... For June 8, 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) June 8, 2011 4:17 pm
Danko Jones drummer Dan Cornelius has left the band, and will be replaced on tour by Rocket From The Crypt/Angels & Airwaves/Offspring drummer Atom Willard. Hopefully this means Danko Jones will not start sounding like the latter two bands. Want some free tracks from Austra, Young Galaxy, Winter Gloves, PS I Love You, The Rural Alberta...
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I Read The News Today... For Jan. 10, 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) January 10, 2011 3:30 pm
Vince Vaughn's new movie The Dilemma might look like it's going to be awful, but its soundtrack looks awesome. It'll feature The Black Keys, Band Of Skulls, The Hold Steady and other awesome bands and is out tomorrow online and in stores Jan. 18.The 11th Wavelength festival will be held Feb. 16 to 20 at venues throughout Toronto. It'll feature...
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I Read The News Today... For Oct. 25, 2010

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) October 25, 2010 1:02 pm
Nine Inch Nails' Pretty Hate Machine debut album will be reissued on Nov. 22. Trent Reznor remastered the album himself with Tom Baker, and the cover's also been changed this time. It's still as angry as before. —nin.com Girls will release a new EP, Broken Dreams Club, on Nov. 22. It's not known whether it will contain any singles, nor whether...
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I Read The News Today... For Aug. 10, 2010

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) August 10, 2010 1:12 pm
Tegan And Sara are auctioning a signed Yamaha guitar and two tickets to see them in Toronto with City And Colour. The proceeds go to War Child Canada. —eBayLuke Doucet's new album, Steel City Trawler, is out Aug. 31 through Six Shooter. Protest The Hero have just released a guitar tabs book for their 2006 Kezia debut album. Now all you...
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I Read The News Today... For July 28, 2010

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) July 28, 2010 1:10 pm
Win Butler says he will "forever give" Bono "credit" for "engaging with George W. Bush when he was president," no matter how much people slag the U2 frontman. We're less concerned about Bono as we are this codified endorsement of GWB by an "indie rocker." —NME Kanye West might hate Twitter with...
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I Read The News Today... For July 26, 2010

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By CHARTattack Staff July 26, 2010 11:05 am
Gorillaz became the first British band to play a show in Damascus, Syria this weekend, performing at an 11th century palace. —NME Jimmy Eat World will tour North America this fall in support of their new studio album, Invented. —jimmyeatworld.com Elvis Presley's autopsy tools are no longer being auctioned. Sorry, creeps; you...
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I Read The News Today... For June 11, 2010

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By CHARTattack Staff June 11, 2010 1:52 pm
Singer/songwriter Shannon Lyon's just released a new album called This Love This Love, which is available now. MySpace Women will release their Public Strain sophomore album on Sept. 28 in Canada. It's out through Flemish Eye here and Jagjaguwar in the U.K., Europe and the U.S. Europeans will get the album earlier, since it's out there Aug. 23....
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I Read The News Today... For May 28, 2010

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By CHARTattack Staff May 28, 2010 1:10 pm
The Like are giving away three tracks from their Release Me album for free download. RCRD LBL Parlovr have released their debut single, "Pen To The Paper," which will appear on the re-release of their self-titled debut album, due out June 8. MySpace Bored? Want to hang out with three of the most awesome ladies in indie rock? Le Tigre...
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Today In Music History: Elvis Presley Buys Graceland On March 17, 1957

Submitted by Kate Harper on Wed, 03/17/2010 - 11:27am
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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) March 17, 2010 11:27 am
Elvis Presley bought Graceland, the Memphis mansion that was his longtime home and place of death and is also his final resting place, on this day in 1957. Presley purchased the house and grounds for $100,000 U.S. from Ruth Moore, who had built the house and inherited the grounds from her aunt, Grace Toof. The Toof family originally owned Memphis...
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Happy 75th Birthday, Elvis!

Submitted by Kate Harper on Fri, 01/08/2010 - 12:34pm
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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) January 8, 2010 12:34 pm
Elvis Presley would have been 75 years old today. There are going to be countless stories written today about Presley's importance, about how he was influenced by R&B and country music, about how Public Enemy's Chuck D and numerous other people have said Presley stole his sound from black artists, about what he would be doing if he was still...
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Elvis' Hair Sold For $15,000 U.S.

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) October 19, 2009 4:41 pm
A clump of Elvis Presley's hair was auctioned for $15,000 U.S. (about $15,500 Canadian) this weekend. The hair was reportedly cut when Presley joined the army in the late 1958, according to BBC News. It was sold at Chicago's Leslie Hindman auctioneers along with 200 of Presley's items previously owned by Gary Pepper, the late president of a...
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Elvis' Pills For Sale

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) May 27, 2009 4:19 pm
A variety of Elvis Presley memorabilia owned by Dr. George Nichopoulous (who's perhaps better known as Dr. Nick) — the doctor who prescribed the singer ridiculous amounts of pills, liquids, inhalants and douches before his death in 1977 — will be auctioned off by Julien's Auctions on June 26 and 27 in Las Vegas. The items include a pill bottle of...
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Birthday: Elvis Presley

Submitted by Kate Harper on Thu, 01/08/2009 - 11:40am
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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) January 8, 2009 11:40 am
  Biographical details aren't really necessary here, but if the King were still alive today, he'd be 74 years old. Instead of boring you with the usual details that everyone knows about Elvis, here's a recipe for Elvis Presley sandwiches, instead. This was apparently Elvis' favourite sandwich and he'd get his cook to make it for him...
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Pumping: Elvis vs. Spankox — Re:Versions

Submitted by The Stereo on Wed, 11/05/2008 - 2:47pm
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By The Stereo (CHARTattack) November 5, 2008 2:47 pm
We have no idea who Spankox is or how they tricked the Elvis estate into doing a dance remix record but it's definitive proof that despite Obama, there's still tremendous evil lurking in this world. Any record that can make people compare it to Jive Bunny is wrong.
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DJ Spankox Remixes Elvis

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) November 3, 2008 3:37 pm
Elvis Presley's songs have been sampled many times before, and 11 of them will be remixed for a new DJ Spankox compilation that's due out on Nov. 25 through SPG Music. Re:Versions also includes a video for "Baby Let's Play House" and a 24-page hardcover booklet. Italy's DJ Spankox (real name Agostino Carollo) attracted attention last...
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Not The Marrying Kind?

Submitted by Kate Harper on Wed, 08/13/2008 - 4:24pm
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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) August 13, 2008 4:24 pm
I hate Barbie and everything to do with her and her stupid doll friends. Yet for some reason, I kind of half want one of these.
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Kurt Cobain Earned More Than Any Other Dead Celebrity This Year

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By CHARTattack Staff October 26, 2006 6:30 pm
Movie stars make big money up front, but singers' records keep selling and songwriters' compositions keep earning royalties long after they're gone. So it shouldn't be too surprising that three of the top four and seven of the top 13 people on Forbes magazine's list of deceased celebrity earners come from the music world. Leading the way...
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Loose Ends: Barenaked Ladies Remixing, Alex Kapranos' Book And Elvis Joins The Circus

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By CHARTattack Staff June 15, 2006 5:30 pm
Barenaked Ladies are posting multiple tracks from their song "Easy" on their website and MySpace page that will allow fans to remix, reconstruct, re-edit and reconfigure the track to create their own personal version. In addition to this first single from the band's forthcoming Barenaked Ladies Are Me album, four more songs will be made...
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Loose Ends: T.I. Violates Probation, Danger Doom Releasing Online Tracks And Jewel Appears On The Y&R

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By CHARTattack Staff May 18, 2006 5:30 pm
Rapper T.I. cancelled his Japanese tour after he was briefly jailed in Atlanta on May 10 for failing to perform community service in Florida in connection with convictions for assaulting a law enforcement officer, trespassing and disorderly conduct at a Tampa mall in 2003. He was originally sentenced to 18 months probation and 75 hours of...
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The King Is Online

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By CHARTattack Staff July 11, 2001 3:30 pm
Hardly any entertainer has undergone as many transformations and experienced as much success as the late, great Elvis Presley. Through the hip-shaking leather jackets phase, the sex drugs and rock n' roll days, even the obese sequined jumpsuit phase, Elvis managed to keep his fans thoroughly entertained. Even from the grave, Elvis has yet...
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