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Cutting, cheating, bipolar disorder — Unfortunately, no one is perfect and everyone has problems. Luckily, MC Lars, post-punk laptop-rapper and nerdcore extraordinaire, is here to lend a hand (but sadly, not spit rhymes) in this edition of "Rock N Roll Therapy." Stellar.

Sick of listening to Danger Radio's Punch Your Lights Out EP? The full-length is arriving this July! Yay!

Angels and Airwaves are set to release a Rock-'n-Roll documentary this summer. Time to get educated! Awesome.

Frank Iero has been keeping busy ever since My Chemical Romance finished touring. In fact, he's about to perform with his own Cure tribute band. No way!

Less Than Jake won't release its seventh studio album, GNVFLA, until June 24 ... but the band will give you a free download of its new single right now. Read more.

Muse have been very busy this past week in Italy. And they're not making pasta — they're making a new record. More.

Artist: Sunny Day Sets Fire
Song: "Brainless"
Sounds like: The Flaming Lips

Bring Me the Horizon is prepared for a Suicide Season this fall. Read more.

Electronic-rap duo 3OH!3 will release its new album, Want, this summer. More.

LONG BEACH, California — Surfboards, a "mystery" bartender and stage-diving security guards: Foxboro Hot Tubs pulled out the shenanigans for the final stop of their brief tour on Wednesday night. Tell me all!

My Chemical Romance recently spoke out about suicide amid a controversy over the tragic death of a fan. Read.

Claudio Sanchez, singer for Coheed and Cambria and creator of the comic book series The Amory Wars, has just released a brand new comic strip. Tell me!

Los Angeles — Foxboro Hot Tubs put on the show of a lifetime last night for the lucky 300+ spectators who made it into The Roxy in Hollywood. More!

SAN DIEGO — Foxboro Hot Tubs hit the tiny stage of the Bellyup Tavern on Monday night as part of their brief tour in support of their debut release, Stop, Drop and Roll!!! — and put every Green Day show I've attended to shame.



From the opening guitar riff of "Stop, Drop and Roll," the 600-plus attendees knew it was time to dance. As "Mother Mary" and "Alligator" followed, Billie Joe Armstrong's vocals sounded better than ever, and the entire band seemed thrilled to be performing onstage.

Three themes defined the night, showing the many sides of Billie Joe: stage-diving (which he must have done 27 times); drinking too many beers while performing (and dumping many of them on the audience); and bringing people onstage to dance with him (many of them didn't even know the lyrics, and many of them were girls who groped and provocatively danced around him).

I'm still unsure if Billie Joe was completely hammered or if it was just part of the show — but it was great to watch! Billie Joe danced around the stage with more energy and spunk than any 20-year-old emo band could and frequently went on rants that were sometimes hard to decipher. During the breakdown of  "27th Ave. Shuffle," Chris Cote, of the band Kut U Up — who toured with Green Day back in 2002 — found his way onstage and created an impromptu song with Billie Joe. Cote even took control of the bass, while Mike Dirnt stage-dived. It was during "27th Ave. Shuffle" that the band also launched into two verses of The Who's "My Generation," a cover of which appears on the band's 1992 album, Kerplunk.

The band returned to the stage for a two-song encore. "Red Tide" was first, followed by a cover of The Who's "A Quick One, While He's Away." Foxboro Hot Tubs turned this nine-minute mini-opera into a 20-minute long performance — chanting the words "you are forgiven" for seemingly forever. Every time the band "finished" the tune ... it would start right up again at the exact same point.

If there were one word to sum up the entire performance, it would be "fun." Green Day shows are famous for featuring a high-level of audience participation, but the Foxboro Hot Tubs took that level of interaction and gave it two shots of adrenaline. It was definitely worth the eight-hour wait on line for tickets, as well as the four-hour wait in the venue before the band actually played.

And the best part is ... I get to do it all again tonight in Los Angeles. Stay tuned.

Artist: Ida
Song: "Road to Ruin"
Sounds like: Low, Aimee Mann

Artist: Chin Chin
Song: "Appetite"
Sounds like: "A wedding band on acid" - El-P

Artist: The Hood Internet
Song: "Watch My Big Feet Jump"
Sounds like: Danger Mouse, Outkast

Artist: Wire
Song: "One of Us"
Sounds like: Gang of Four, The Fall

After two years, a legal battle with Victory Records and the untimely death of guitarist Casey Calvert, Hawthorne Heights are ready to release their third full-length. Read more.

Will Noon of Straylight Run has provided an update on the two "rap songs" the band will be recording in June. Read on.

There's a new cause for celebration among Holiday Parade fans: The pop-rockers will hit the road in June. More!

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Las Vegas pop-rockers (and nice boys) The Higher are coming to DJ Rossstar's Punk Rock Show tonight. More.

Me First and the Gimme Gimmes are traveling back in time to the '60s and '70s — again! More.

In a tragic development, Lit drummer Allen Shellenberger has been diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor. Details.

Billie Joe Armstrong The Reverend Strychnine Twitch is up to his old tricks again, posting another blog on the Foxboro Hot Tubs MySpace page that takes more than a few reads to fully understand. Show me!

Artist: Y-Love
Song: "Bring It on Down"
Sounds like:  Outkast

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Living punk legend Trever Keith will be bringing the "punk" to DJ Rossstar's Punk Rock Show tonight. More!

Call them punk, rockabilly, punkabilly, whatever — The Living End are back with their fifth studio album. Tell me!

Electronic-rockers Powerspace are running low on "power" — bassist Dan McMahon's departure has left the band with a "space" to fill. What!?

Goth-rockers Aiden have found themselves with "less than Jake"— Jake Wambold that is. More!

Artist: Citay
Song: "First Fantasy"
Sounds like:  Led Zeppelin

The original Yellowcard lineup – without singer Ryan Key, violinist Sean Mackin or bassist Peter Mosely – will perform a reunion show Saturday in Jacksonville, Florida. Read on!

MXPX are hitting the road for a co-headlining tour with Lagwagon in September. Now that's what I call a punk rock show! Dates!?

Mindless Self Indulgence bassist Lyn-Z is more than happy being the wife of My Chemical Romance singer Gerard Way — but she's more than pissed at people who are just interested in her because of who her hubby is. More!

Artist: Surrounded
Song: "Safe Tomorrow Sun"
Sounds like: Grandaddy

Greta Salpeter, Gabe Saporta, Frank Iero and Andy Hurley are just a few of the many names in the running for peta2's fourth annual Sexiest Vegetarian competition. Who else!?

Billie Joe Armstrong The Reverend Strychnine Twitch, singer of the Foxboro Hot Tubs, has posted a tour update on the band's MySpace page — in his own hip lingo. Ya dig?

Artist: Ellen Allien
Song: "Bim"
Sounds like: Brazilian Girls, Goldfrapp

Artist: Frog Eyes
Song: "Bushels"
Sounds like: Xiu Xiu

Artist: Simon Joyner
Song: "Javelin"
Sounds like: Bright Eyes

Over two years ago, Malibu rapper Shwayze was recording music for fun with Whitestarr singer Cisco Adler serving as his producer and laying down some vocals. Who would have guessed that 22-year-old Shwayze would end up signed to Geffen Records or that his single "Buzzin' " would be played on both mainstream radio and an episode of "The Hills." Did we mention that Shwayze and Adler appear in a car for commercial for Pontiac with "Buzzin' " playing in the background!?



Buzznet caught up with Shwayze and Adler at "The Hills" season finale party in Hollywood to discuss some of the new tracks on the record (due out July 15). Read on to find out what Shwayze and Adler really think of "The Hills" and what tunes the duo have discovered themselves from watching television.

Buzznet: When does your album come out?

Shwayze: July 15th

Buzznet: And other than "Buzzin' " [Shwayze's current single] what songs should people look out for?

Shwayze: A song called "Mary Jane," that Cisco does himself. It's amazing. We got "Flashlight" featuring Dave Navarro ... "Don't Be Shy."

Cisco Adler: It’s a deep record. Get it.

Shwayze: If you like "Buzzin', " it gets a lot deeper.

Buzznet: And you had a song on [MTV show] "The Hills" ...

Cisco:" Buzzin’ "was on "The Hills" a while ago ... This season.


[Click the picture to view the video interview.]

Buzznet: So do you guys think that good music is coming out of television now? Do you think that more bands and more artists are becoming known because there songs are getting played on TV?

Cisco: Sure ... It's a big medium.

Buzznet: Has there ever been a song that you've found through television?

Cisco: You were totally into "Drops of Jupiter by Train [referring to Shwayze] when it came out.

Shwayze: That one was so epic.

Cisco: You used to dress up like that guy.

Buzznet: What other things to do you love about "The Hills?"

Shwayze: I like it all. I like the drama.

Cisco: The air is fresh up here.

Shwayze: Brody [Jenner], you're hilarious. Wud up.

Buzznet: What's your background story? How'd you guys get hooked up?

Shwayze: Malibu's a small town and we're both from Malibu so …We started making music and here we are.

Cisco: Coconuts ... Banging them together and then we came back to the studio and made a record.
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Foxboro Hot Tubs hit the stage last night for the very first time, and if their attire doesn't entice you to see them live — the set list will. More!

Is it possible to stay sane in a long distance relationship? Is the juice worth the squeeze? Coby Linder of Say Anything has lived through this mega-tough situation and stopped by Buzznet HQ to advise us on how to make it work in this edition of "Rock N Roll Therapy." More.

Artist: Bottle Up & Go
Song: "Wayward Son"
Sounds like: The Strokes

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We Shot The Moon
A Skylit Drive

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Lodi: California's favorite screamo sextet, A Skylit Drive, are coming to DJ Rossstar's Punk Rock Show — and they'll be teaching DJ Rossstar how to yell like a pro! More.

In another day filled with exciting Weezer news, the band has issued a new single and announced that British fans will get some extra treats on their copies of The Red Album. Do tell!

Taking Back Sunday have created their own dish to appear on all Denny's menus this August — emoburgers and scenefries, anyone? What!?

Electronica dynamic duo Breathe Carolina have a brand-new reason to party. Find out more.

Bring Me the Horizon have reportedly been busy in the laboratory inventing a deathcore potion in the form of their second full-length. More!

Artist: Daedelus
Song: "Make It So" ("XXX-Change Remix" featuring Michael Johnson)
Sounds like: Four Tet

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An Orthodox Jew and a Michigan sextet will join the likes of Gym Class Heroes, Paramore, Angels & Airwaves and Cobra Starship on the 14th annual Vans Warped Tour. Read!

Rapper MC Lars is coming to DJ Rossstar's Punk Rock Show tonight — and there will be a freestyle battle! More!

Fans of Weezer have been clamoring for news about the band's new studio album. Well, Buzznet has the goods: Guitarist Scott Shriner spoke with us on Wednesday, spilling deets about the group's self-titled release, "Pork and Beans" video and more. Get the scoop.

It's hard to believe that beloved singer/songwriter Neil Diamond has been cranking out tunes since 1958 yet hasn't had a single album debut at #1 on the Billboard 200 — until now. More!

Artist: The Orb
Song: "Katskills"
Sounds like: Orbital

Have you missed Motion City Soundtrack on the Honda Civic Tour? Fear not, the sideburn-riffic Justin Pierre and his cohorts are hitting the road in July for a string of headlining dates. Where?