October 7, 2005

King Elementary: Kudzu

Having first butted heads over the respective merits of metal and pop-punk in middle school, King Elementary eventually made up over Strokes and At the Drive-In covers, and Kudzu, the second album from the still adolescent Mississippi quartet, moves them one step closer to the final post-teen realities of manhood. King Elementary still aren

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Fruit Bats: Spelled In Bones

No doubt the Fruit Bats have had to endure endless comparisons to their label and sometime tour mates the Shins. But with their second Sub Pop release, Spelled in Bones, the Fruit Bats challenge listeners to set aside those comparisons and to judge them on their own really, really catchy merits.

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Bomb Scare Disrupts Stones / Anastasio Show

A bomb threat halted a Rolling Stones concert in Charlottesville, Va., last night, but police found nothing and the band returned to the stage about 45 minutes later, officials said on Friday.

The threat was made in a phone call just before 9 p.m. and was “specific to the stage area” of the concert at the University of Virginia’s Scott stadium, which was packed with 50,000 fans, said university spokesperson Carol Wood.

“Word was got to [Stones frontman] Mick Jagger and he announced that the band would take a 10-minute break,” Wood said.

The band, which had performed eight songs, left the stage and police with sniffer dogs, already in the stadium for checks before the concert, searched the area.

When the all-clear was given, the Stones went back on stage and played past midnight to complete the concert.

Source: Billboard

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