Hola Nimrods, how's it going so far? Looking forward to this weekend? I know we definitely are!

Here's some cool news for ya. Producer Butch Vig has listed his top 10 for the year 2008. Some of the singles happen to be his own work as well. 

It is unknown when his band, Garbage, will get back together. Since he is busy producing A+ albums for Green Day, The Subways and many more, that idea is still up in the air somewhere. They formed back in 1994 in Wisconsin, and have sold 14 million albums globally. 

On to our top 10 list, here are Vig's favorite singles for the year:

1. Fleet Foxes-"Mykonos"
2. MGMT-"Time To Pretend"
3. Liam Finn-"Gather To The Chapel"
4. Tom Gabel-"Anna Is A Stool Pigeon"
5. Rogue Wave-"Lake Michigan"
6. Santogold-"L.E.S. Artistes"
7. The Ting Tings-"Great DJ"
8. The Subways-"Strawberry Blonde"
9. Iglue and Hartly-"In This City"
10. Mae Shi-"Run To Your Grave"

To read the entire article, click here. If you still want to listen to these songs, click on erockster.com! Don't forget to check out lead singer, Shirley Manson's TV show, Terminator: The Sarah Connors Chronicles. She stars as Catherine Weaver a major CEO of a technology company. The show has been given a second season by Fox and should resume on February 13, 2009.

I hope you enjoyed today's news, and I wish you all a great day and weekend! Enjoy it!

Hey boys and girls welcome to another day on Nimrod Street!

Just wanted to let you know a bit of info. Have you checked out Alternative Press's website? On their main page it has a beautiful background of none other than Green Day! It's sort of a blend of the guy's newly designed website, as well as photos from the AP cover. I just had to tell you guys when I saw it, because it really is so well made. I LOVE it, it's too freakin' awesome!

Another update I wanted to share, that magazine you all keep hearing about, will be in fact on sale starting December 9, 2008. That's just a few days from now if you didn't get a chance to pre-order it, so don't fret.  As you may have read on our main site already, it will contain the scans we've all been so bonkers over. Which explain everything the guys have been doing over the course of 4 years, as well as ideas for their new songs.

AP also did an interview with lead singer and guitarist, Billie Joe Armstrong. It explained what has gone into production, and what it was like to work with giant music producer, Butch Vig. You're in luck, because our guy is also doing a second interview with the music magazine. We promise we'll have that interview up and ready for all of you to enjoy!

I wanted to also go over our past story too. Armstrong has hinted that they will possibly do a power-pop album coming out in the spring/summer of 2009. I am dead excited and I know you are too! There may be some possible confusion over what genre power-pop possibly is. It can be defined as British and American rock from the 1960's mixed with some pop too. It is amongst rock's most enduring sub genres. Does that make sense? I think it's an innovative idea and sure will spice up this next era coming up. 

Now that we're all caught up, I want to wish everyone a great week and an even better weekend ahead!

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Good day Nimrods! What's happening?

We all have been hearing non stop about Green Day's new upcoming album. But what we haven't heard is what direction they have decided to take. Well in this article, you may very well find out. Brace yourselves! 

Music magazine, NME has stated that their brand new record could possibly be taking a "power-pop" direction. As Billie Joe told AP Magazine before, "I am pushing myself to be progressive in songwriting and as a songwriter." He didn't reveal any song titles, but has cited The Creation, The Who, The Beatles, Cheap Trick, and The Jam as major influences.

This seems pretty interesting and I know it'll be a smash. It certainly is cool to see the guys putting their creative juices to good use. You can read the NME article here. All in all, the band has enjoyed working with producer, Butch Vig on the project. Vig is best known for drumming in his own band, Garbage and producing Nirvana's 1991 smash, "Nevermind." 

There ya have it! I hope this week is going great for you guys so far!

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Howdy Nimrods,how are you all doing? Are you excited for another busy week? We're always ready here on Nimrod St. If you haven't noticed already!

Here's some interesting news! On Friday, Green Day's own keyboardist, Jason Freese will be chatting to a camera discussing his passion for rock and roll, and motorcycles. It will also feature other musicians, such as the Bravery and Incubus. Plus, many many more artists will be featured too. I don't know about you, but kinda reminds me of You Tube and Myspace, but for rockers. And not as cheesey of course.

Fresh web videos will be shown weekly on RockMoto.com, the article describes this site as, "social networking for bikers who rock." Their concept was expanded to help other bikers to support and mingle with each other, whereas before it was only used to screen videos. I give them kudos for creating a great idea, and a pat on the back for making it reach out to others as well.

Users will be able to upload their own videos and trade messages on their own MotoMatch service. Pretty cool! Surveys can be filled out about interests, riding abilities, and you can view models of bikes you may want to ride. That's not all, there are two interet radios hooked up to the site for your listening convenience. One of them goes by the name of RockMoto radio!

Host and webmaster of the site, Jessica Prokup speaks about it, "A lot of the same emotions we get from music, motorcyclists get from motorcycles." The site is funded by Honda, Yamaha, Kawasaki, and last but not least, Suzuki.

But keyboarding extaordinare, Jason Freese isn't just one of the musicians interested. Angels and Airwaves guitarist, David Kennedy also talks about the passion of bike riding. The whole LA Times article can be read right here. Check out the site sometime!

Hello Nimrod Street how's your weekend going so far? Ours is just going peachy keen!

As you probably read in a past story, Irish super group, U2 will release their album sometime early next year.They've made some major changes when it comes to who their lucky producer will be. 

They wrote a total of 60 songs, and are only using 50 of those. None of the songs their former producer, Rick Rubin, worked on will be on the record. U2's guitarist, The Edge, says it was for the best, "We actually laid all that stuff to one side. Really out of deference to Rick and that set of songs we just said, 'OK, that's that', and we drew a line. So none of the Rick material went into this project. Everything has been written subsequentially. He gave us great advice as much as anything." 

However, they worked with their former The Joshua Tree producers, Brian Eno, who worked with Coldplay on their last album, Viva La Vida, and Daniel Lanois. There is no set album title as of yet, it is still rumored to be No Line On The Horizon. Edge describes it as, "It's an image, Bono tells me. It's like when you're moving forward, but you're not exactly sure what you're heading towards-that moment where the sea and the sky blend into one. It's an image infinity, I suppose- a kind of Zen image." 

Looks like 2009 will be a great year for music! This will be their 12th album and is a follow up to How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb from 2004. All you U2 fans can find the article from RollingStone.com here. OH yeah bet you're all super excited now!

Hello Nimrods how are you doing this fine day? You're chillaxing on Nimrod Street of course!

So did you enjoy those reading through those scans? I sure did enjoy it! The news doesn't stop there, I've got more to keep the fans pumped up.

Besides a brand new baby, an upcoming album and tour, what else does Mike have up his sleeve? Our beloved bass player  is teaming up with Macbeth to release his own pair of footwear.  What do you think they will look like? Knowing it's coming from Mike, it's gotta be awesome.

He will be working for the first time with the famous brand, I for one am very very excited about this. First Green Day shoes and now Mike Dirnt shoes. What other innovative idea will the guys come up with next?  

The super cool shoes will be out in stores during the Summer of 2009. And to make things just a tad bit special, it is perfect timing for Green Day's brand spankin' new album!! We can expect loads of new stuff from the guys in the coming year....tunes and threads? Sounds wicked awesome no?

I certainly cannot wait for the guys to conquer all in 2009. The news can be read here on GreenDay.com. By the way, I'd like to wish everyone a very happy and safe Thanksgiving weekend.

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