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Cold War Kids Announce New Album Plans

Cold War Kids are returning this fall with new material, and you are greeted with a cool video preview upon arrival to their website.

Also, new tour dates have been announced, which get started in San Francisco at the Outside Lands Festival on August 22nd.

Dates:

08/22/08 Outside Lands Festival / San Francisco, California TICKETS

08/02/08 Splendour in the Grass / Byron Bay, Australia SOLD OUT

08/03/08 Tivoli / Brisbane, Australia TICKETS

08/04/08 Enmore / Sydney, Australia TICKETS

08/06/08 Palace / Melbourne, Australia TICKETS

08/09/08 Belladrum Festival / Inverness TICKETS

08/10/08 Summer Sundae / Leicester TICKETS

08/11/08 Bloomsbury Ballroom / London TICKETS

08/12/08 Concorde 2 / Brighton TICKETS

08/14/08 La Route Du Rock / St. Malo TICKETS

08/15/08 Pukkelpop / Hasselt TICKETS

08/23/08 Sunset Junction Festival / Los Angeles, California TICKETS

08/24/08 Les Schwab Amp w/Beck / Bend, Oregon TICKETS

09/20/08 Street Scene / San Diego, California TICKETS

09/27/08 Wonder Ballroom / Portland, Oregon TICKETS

09/28/08 Richards On Richards / Vancouver, B.C., Canada TICKETS

09/29/08 The Showbox at the Market / Seattle, Washington TICKETS

10/01/08 The Neurolux / Boise, Idaho TICKETS

10/02/08 In The Venue / Salt Lake City, Utah TICKETS

10/03/08 Boulder Theatre / Boulder, Colorado TICKETS

10/10/08 Fine Line Music Cafe / Minneapolis, Minnesota TICKETS

10/11/08 Vic Theare / Chicago, Illinois TICKETS

10/14/08 Paradise Rock Club / Boston, Massachusetts TICKETS

10/15/08 Webster Hall / New York, New York TICKETS

10/16/08 Williamsburg Music Hall / Brooklyn, New York TICKETS

10/17/08 Theatre of Living Arts / Philadelphia, Pennsylvania TICKETS

10/18/08 Nightclub 9:30 / Washington, D.C. TICKETS

10/20/08 Cat's Cradle / Carrabo, North Carolina TICKETS

10/21/08 Mercy Lounge / Nashville, Tennessee TICKETS

10/23/08 Lola's / Ft. Worth, Texas TICKETS

10/24/08 Emo's Alt Lounge-Outside / Austin, Texas TICKETS

10/25/08 Warehouse Live / Houston, Texas TICKETS

10/26/08 Voodoo Music Experience / New Orleans, Louisiana TICKETS

Video: Liz Phair "Fuck and Run" (Live In Chicago)

Exile In Guyville just hit the 15th anniversary mark, and there isn't a place you can't spot Liz Phair.

I didn't want to be excluded in this revival, so here's the Phair one (see what I did there?) with "Fuck and Run" live.

What's In My iPod By Barack Obama

How many times can one guy be on the cover of Rolling Stone?

Barack Obama is the current cover boy (again), this time sharing his love for many artists that are currently in the iPod.   

Artists who have endorsed him like Bruce Springsteen and Bob Dylan are among his favorites, including 30 tracks by Dylan.

Obama calls "Maggie's Farm" "one of my favorites during the political season, It speaks to me as I listen to some of the political rhetoric.”

He calls Stevie Wonder his musical hero, name checks Earth, Wind and Fire, Elton John and the Rolling Stones and adds he has everything from Howlin’ Wolf to Yo-Yo Ma to Sheryl Crow.

Yeah, but any Weezer?

He names other songs and albums specifically. For all the goodies go to RS.

Video: Weezer "Pork and Beans" (Live AOL Session)

Weezer did a bunch of tracks for AOL acoustic and also did a Q&A session that's pretty cool.

"Pork and Beans" is almost reinvented as an acoustic track, demonstrating that the band can write one hell of a song, even without the crunch.

On another note, Pat is having knee surgery today, so get well soon.

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