When it comes to renewable resources, Oklahoma’s very own Colourmusic seems to possess a seemingly endless amount of creativity and songwriting talent. Trust Hypeful, it’s a powerful combination that may not fuel your car but will definitely fuel your soul. The group is prepping for the upcoming release of their full-length debut f, monday, orange, february, venus, lunatic, 1 or 13 (September 9th) - an album that is certain to build on their wildly inventive live shows and further push the group towards indie superstardom. One of the first tracks to be released from the album, “Put In a Little Gas,” is sure to get your motor running with its crunchy driving bass. Check it out below.

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Colourmusic - “Put In A Little Gas”

Don’t worry - the angry banging of elderly walking canes you may be hearing is actually just the latest “war cry” from Metallica, who apparently still doesn’t understand the internets even after that whole Napster hullabaloo. This time the heavy metal band’s cyber rage is directed at *uh oh* bloggers. Metallica is demanding that early reviews of six tracks from its new album be removed from blogs…after the band invited journalists to come listen to them without signing any non-disclosure agreements. Seriously, not cool. Read more about it here.

EMI has stuck an exciting deal with the BBC that could set free unreleased material by the likes of the Beach Boys, Pink Floyd, David Bowie, Coldplay, and many more from their extensive vaults. The broadcasting giant is housing thousands of hours of video, audio and radio recordings, which EMI will be granted access to. How the label will parcel out this new material is unknown, but the label could release it digitally or tack it onto future reissues of albums by their roster of artists. The deal will only cover artists that are under contract with EMI, but that includes some seriously heavy hitters like Paul McCartney and Queen.

Philly based outfit Dr. Dog are a little over a month away from the release of Fate (July 22nd), their newest album and the long-anticipated follow-up to 2007’s We All Belong. The first track to leak off of Fate, “The Old Days”, is a jubilee of a song and a pretty good indicator that Dr. Dog is ready to expand on the classic rock sound cemented in We All Belong.

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Dr. Dog - “The Old Days”

BOAT is getting ready to release their first vinyl venture in the form of a 7 inch EP entitled Topps. The baseball-centric record not only contains 3 new BOAT songs, the super-ace packaging will include 5 hand drawn baseball cards of the band’s favorite players (5 random cards from the set of 25 hand drawn cards made by D. Crane), 1 piece of crunchy/sugary/pink bubble gum, and a 4 song mp3 download ticket of all three songs on the vinyl, as well as a bonus song “The With Confidence Anthem.” Awesome! Check out the first song from the release, “Four Beds for BOAT” below!

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BOAT - “Four Beds for BOAT”