release of the 2008 live album Live in Phoenix
In 2008, Pollard admitted to almost bringing GBV back for his album Robert Pollard Is Off to Business but decided against it, instead forming a new label titled Guided by Voices Inc.
On April 9, 2008, Dexter announced that the album would be called Rise and Fall, Rage and Grace and would be released on June 17. The album’s first single, “Hammerhead”, went to radio on May 6. Additionally, the Offspring’s website provided an MP3 download of the song to the general…
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Released in late 2008, ” Lost! ” became the third single from the album, featuring a new version with Jay-Z called “Lost+”.
They were presented with Best Album and Best Group at the 2008 Swedish Grammy Awards .
On October 27, 2008, the band announced via a MySpace bulletin that they would release their newest album independently. The album would be their first release through their own “Abstract Dragon” label. The album, titled, The Effects of 333 is instrumental and was made available as a digital download through…
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In 2008, Sweet released Sunshine Lies , his 10th studio album, which also incorporated a 2-LP set featuring 4 bonus tracks.
The band members all attended Citipointe Christian College in Mansfield together, and as of 2008 continued to reside there. The postcode of the suburb, “4122”, appears in the band’s merchandise artwork and frequently appears in band-related images.
In early 2008, Brand New toured Australia and New Zealand on the Big Day Out festival.
The band’s interest in new releases emerged from a 2008 meeting about their shared properties, both financial and legal, where they realized Soundgarden lacked online presence such as a website or a Facebook page.