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Wolfmother‘s got big, bold stadium rock for the masses. Some might call it Stoner Rock, but it gets the job done , whatever it’s called.

Wolfmother‘s debut album, Wolfmother, reached multi-platinum status in 2006, becoming a big hit with the West Coast music aficionados before emerging as a global sensation.

Wolfmother‘s new album, Cosmic Egg, is out on Tuesday, October 27th. The band’s changed — with drummer Myles Heskett and bassist Chris Ross leaving the band in 2008 — but the man-in-charge, Andrew Stockdale, still seems to get it done.

This link is the first full-release single from Cosmic Egg:

“New Moon Rising“

Enjoy.

Afrika Bambaattaa, Soul Sonic Force, Egyptian Lover, Mantronix, Run DMC, LL Cool J, and EPMD are break-beat, hip-hop geniuses from the 70s through the 80s.

Everything hip-hop music has become starts with the sampling, looping, and remixing achievements of these forefathers.

Nary a piece of fresh cardboard has been dropped on pavement without a break, hyphy, or crunk dancer knowing these beats.

Boom, pop, boom, boom, pop. Repeat. Got a rock it, don’t stop it. Got a rock it, don’t stop.

Lesson #1: How a Black Spades gang member from the Bronx figured out a way to escape his tenement nightmare via the electronica of Soul Sonic Force and their search for a Planet Rock.

Rock, rock, to the Planet Rock, don’t stop.

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Brian Epstein was manager of The Beatles from his discovery of the Fab Four in the now-famous Cavern Club in 1961 until his untimely death in 1967.

Many believe The Beatles owe everything to Mister Brian Epstein as the architect of their band’s personality and captain of their traveling show.

Indeed, the result of his death was an ongoing dispute between Paul McCartney and John Lennon as to who should be their new leader, eventually leading to their breakup over this fateful decision.

The tragic overdose on prescription pills was so unexpected, the Beatles decided to take a vacation to India with their spiritual guru, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, to discover transcendental meditation and potentially communicate with their now-deceased leader.

On this day (August 27, 1967) 32 years ago, Brian Epstein left this world for his next journey, but the legend of his influence and guiding hand upon The Beatles hasn’t disappeared.

Who knows what would have become of the four mop-heads from England if Mister B.E. could have stuck around a little longer?

Check out the tribute video to Mister B. E. here.

Arctic Monkeys are a foursome out of Sheffield, England, who play a new-fangled spin on the Brit-pop emo-rock introduced by bands like Oasis, Radiohead, Catherine Wheel, and The Cure in the 90s.

Their 2009 release, Humbug, is now available and includes the first single: Crying Lightning

They’ve got the Super Good stuff. Check out the YouTube video here:

Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix is the name of the fourth album from the French Disco Funk band from Versailles, named Phoenix.

Phoenix is Thomas Mars, Deck D’Arcy, Christian Mazzalai and Laurent Brancowitz. Their sound emerged from the 90s club-scene in Paris (think Air and Daft Punk).

Phoenix’s lead singer, Thomas Mars, is married to Sofia Coppola. Their hit single, “1901,” has been the heavy-rotation club remix of the summer.

Listen to the YouTube mp3 here:

Phoenix rising.

The dude’s got ill skills to pay the bills, and he plays ALL of his instruments in studio sessions. What? Yea, like Prince and Lenny Kravitz, Raphael Saadiq handles it all when it comes to getting the right sounds for the record.

And he definitely gets some righteous sounds. With a background in the Motown downbeats of the 50s and 60s, the Oakland-born entertainer had found his groove with the 2008 release, The Way I See It. His reputation was built on the Tony! Toni! Tone’! and Lucy Pearl records he produced, but his solo effort is tip-top, body-rock, funk-soul solid.

Check out Mr. Saadiq’s YouTube video for “100-Yard Dash”, and see if that head doesn’t start bobbing. Mmmm-mmm, Goodness.

She isn’t barely five feet tall, but she plays like a fifty-foot queenie. And no matter how hard you try, you can’t get rid of her. She’s worked with Nick Cave, Bjork, Flood, and Kurt Cobain. Her music is a mix of blues, punk, and grunge, but with a British, potty-mouthed, sex-pot kind of twist.

Kurt Cobain called her first full-release, Dry, one his top-20 albums of all time. Of course, Kurt was more than a little crazy.

Way before Peaches, The Dresden Dolls, M.I.A., or what’s-her-name Courtney Love, PJ Harvey was making the world nod its head at her hard-pulsing, sexually charged anthems about feminism, love, anger, desire, jealousy, and lesbian encounters next to a river of some kind. She’s O.G. rock-n-roll like the big-red guitar she plays. Her 1995 album To Bring You My Love is an ode to sex and desire, and PJ sounds like she knows what she’s talking about. The album was recorded in New Orleans, and is meant to have a New Orleans’ Desire feel and flavor.

Her current album, A Woman a Man Walked By, may be her most professionally polished to date, thanks to her ongoing collaboration with John Parish. The March 31, 2009, release is making its rounds, but PJ Harvey’s style remains on the edge of most radio formats. Thusly, her current tour to support the release.

The little lady can play, that’s for sure. And she’s best when astride a microphone stand, yelling at the top of her tough-chick lungs. Take a look at the video clip for Rid of Me. Note the solo performance, and how the crowd loves every minute of it.