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David Cobb, donewaiting.com’s Houston writer, has been doing a great job educating us about that wee little Texas town’s music scene. Today he brings us an interview with Houston punk legends, The Hates. Read it here and feel good about yourself.

The Tough and Lovely are a Columbus band fronted by a lass that will sing life back into your black, dead heart. They’ve got New York and Mass. shows coming up that are worth your while:

thurs. July 31 abbey lounge 3 beacon st. inman sq., somerville, ma 9pm w/ mr. airplane man

fri. aug. 1 club luxx 256 grand st. brooklyn, ny 7:30pm EARLY SHOW w/ suntanama and primordial undermind

You remember love, don’t you?

Tankboy, our Chicago Man With the Plan, hits us up with reviews of five albums from Chicago bands including The Assembly, Local H, The GC5 and more. Give it a go.

Rock ‘n’ roll pioneer Sam Phillips, the Sun Records founder who discovered Elvis Presley and also launched the careers of such stars as Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis and B.B. King, died on Wednesday at age 80. (full story)

Remember when we got word that the Apple store is going to start selling music from smaller, independent labels? Well, they’re certainly living up to their word. Beginning today you can download the first track from a very small, unheard of indie rock act. Check it out:

“Love of Strings,” Moby’s remix of his track “Signs of Love,” is available for paid download exclusively from Apple’s iTunes Music Store, beginning today (July 29). The cut represents the first track from an independent label available in the Music Store, which is now also offering Moby’s past two V2 albums, “Play” and “18” for download.

When I think of independent artists, Moby is the 26,322 person I think of.

Durst Watch, donewaiting.com’s music humor column/Fred Durst shrine is getting reinforcements. The main writer, Charlesworth (aka Ol’ Dursty Bastard) has been following the Summer Sanitarium Tour like a man possessed, and does not always have internet access. Because of this we’ve enlisted a second writer, The New Joe Holmes. He’ll make sure you know what you need to know, starting now.

What the fuck?

Cranberries lead singer Dolores O’Riordan plans to lend vocals to a long-incubating musical play version of the “Helen of Troy” story being created by AC/DC frontman Brian Johnson.

Maybe my eyes are playing tricks on me, let me re-read…

Cranberries lead singer Dolores O’Riordan plans to lend vocals to a long-incubating musical play version of the “Helen of Troy” story being created by AC/DC frontman Brian Johnson.

What a weird world.

Don’t deny:

The popularity of mixtapes has empowered DJs to move from the street to the studio: radio, recording, etc. Not only have they all but taken over New York rap radio?Reid observes that of Hot 97’s DJ lineup, “Kayslay, Funk[master] Flex, DJ Clue, Whoo Kid, Green Lantern, DJ Envy . . . these are all kids who made their name in the mixtape game”?they’re also joining labels as artists. Eighties legend Kid Capri was the first to translate his craft for the industry with The Tape (Cold Chillin’) in 1991; later came Funkmaster Flex’s five-volume 60 Minutes of Funk series (1995-2002, Loud), DJ Clue’s double-platinum The Professional Pts. 1 & 2 (1998/2000, Roc-A-Fella), and, most recently, Kayslay’s The Streetsweeper Vol. 1, released in May on Columbia. (full story)

I made a mix tape of Christmas songs last year that my girlfriend enjoyed.

Andrew WK tourdates:

8/2 – Louisville, KY @ Waterfront Park
8/3 – Detroit, MI @ Pontiac Silverdome
8/16 – Birmingham, AL @ Furnace Fest
8/17 – New Orleans, LA @ The Parish
8/18 – Houston, TX @ Engine Room
8/19 – Dallas, TX @ Trees
8/20 – Austin, TX @ Mercury
8/21 – El Paso, TX @ Club 101
8/22 – Las Vegas, NV @ Huntridge
8/23 – Los Angeles, CA @ Henry Fonda Theatre
8/24 – San Francisco, CA @ Slim’s
8/26 -Vancouver, BC @ Richard’s
8/27 – Seattle, WA @ Graceland
8/30 – Denver, CO @ Ogden Theatre
8/31 – Lawrence, KS @ Bottleneck
9/2 – Minneapolis, MN @ Fine Line Music Caf?
9/3 – Chicago, IL @ Metro
9/4 – Sauget, IL @ Pop’s
9/5 – Cincinnati, OH @ Bogart’s
9/6 -Detroit, MI @ St. Andrew’s Hall
9/8 – Cleveland, OH @ Peabody’s
9/9 – New York, NY @ Irving Plaza
9/10 – Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club
9/13 – Washington, DC @ University Yard
9/14 – Atlanta, GA @ Masquerade
9/15 – Tampa, FL @ Masquerade
9/16 – Orlando, FL @ Social/Wills

The headline just makes me laugh.