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Combat Rock Industry has confirmed that the new Atom Notes and Särkyneet albums will both be released on August 31.

Yo here at 'DROP ON A CLASSIC' I understand that hitting all you heads with knowledge on hip hop music is a must but hip hop isn't just music its a cultural movement. Which many of you know to involve 'the 4 elements' which are rapping, djing, breaking, and graffiti. So in the spotlight today a little bit of knowledge about legendary graffiti artist Futura 2000. Continue Reading After The Jump... Born in 1955 in New York, he started to paint illegally on New [...]

A few times a year, Colonel Hector Bravado from the Donnybrook Writing Academy listens to the 30-second samples of the top-selling iTunes singles. Then he writes stuff. "I Gotta Feeling" Black Eyed Peas ...that this single's gonna be around a long time. That this single's gonna be around a long, long time. "Boom Boom Pow" Black Eyed Peas There's a glimmering toehold of admiration that can't be erased by the typhoon of my loathing of the Peas, and that is: this beat [...]

Since its 2002 birth by amalgamation, the Aggrolites have evolved from one more clutch of L.A. punks making rattletrap ska-noises to a slick and durable roadshow-reggae act, opening for cult-heroic likes of Madness and Michael Franti & Spearhead. This 21-track sprawl feels like an attempt at a kind of Exile on Main Street —a welter of hooks and ferocity whirling inside a restricted sonic space as emotionally expressive as the blues-rock the Stones pioneered.

• Download: The Aggrolites The Sufferer » theaggrolites-thesufferer.mp3

Mike has his Sunday Morning Massacre's . Consider this Monday Morning Fuck You music. Poke your head out your cubicle & mean mug that SOB you don't like. It's cool, simply because it's Monday. Sneer at'em. The nerve of that POS to ask you how your weekend was, knowing that you were hoping he/she was mauled by a rabid pack of hyenas. Calmly tell that fuckwad "Go straight to hell boy." Go to HHIR for an explanation as to how this shit even made my playlist, moreso last week than this particular [...]

By the time The Clash released Combat Rock in 1982, the band was on the verge of total collapse. The group had let go of a phenomenal drummer, Topper Headon, due to his growing addiction to heroin. Meanwhile, the remaining members of the band were at war as well. Singer/guitarist Joe Strummer and bass player Paul Simonon were becoming increasingly annoyed with the antics of guitarist/singer Mick Jones. The punk rock band that had taken flight in 1977 was suddenly falling apart after a remarkable five year run. How many other bands can cram three single, one double [...]

• The Clash - Armagideon Time
• The Clash - Career Opportunities
• The Clash - Should I Stay Or Should I Go