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THE YEAR OF THE DOORS has officially kicked off this morning, with the release of She Smells So Nice, the first ''new, completely unreleased song in 40 years'' from THE DOORS.  The bluesy track features the band's iconic lineup--organist RAY MANZAREK, guitarist ROBBY KRIEGER, drummer JOHN DENSMORE and late singer JIM MORRISON. Bruce Botnick, the album’s co-producer with the band, recently made the discovery while reviewing the L.A. WOMAN session tapes. Hear the song below, right here on Kik Axe Music™.

Next Tuesday, Vagrant Records will release the Deluxe Edition of YOU ARE ALL I SEE, the recent album from ACTIVE CHILD. Tonight we've got a stream of one of the tracks from the record, with Diamond Heart available to hear in the player below. In addition to Diamond Heart the deluxe release will feature the b-side Body Heat, the Chad Valley remix of Playing House and a live version of Hanging On from WFUV. 

HOLLYWOOD UNDEAD have issued a new video for the DIGITAL DOG remix of their song Levitate from the upcoming AMERICAN TRAGEDY REDUX (available November 21). The video was shot exclusively for ''Big Band Presented By WHOOZNXT,'' and is available to view on Virgin Mobile's Facebook lifestyle portal, Virgin Mobile Live. Fans can download the track for free at Hollywood Undead’s Facebook page now.

Roadrunner Records has announced that a Vinyl Box Set containing all Roadrunner-released material from TYPE O NEGATIVE will be released on Black Friday 2011 (November 25) via select independent music retailers. Limited to just 1000 pieces worldwide, the new set contains double 12-inch versions of Slow, Deep and Hard, The Origin of the Feces, Bloody Kisses, October Rust, World Coming Down, and Life Is Killing Me. New liner notes documenting the creation of each record, along with six mini-bumper stickers will also be included. NSFW images below.

As Kik Axe Music™ first told you back in August, a 10th Anniversary CD/DVD Edition of IOWA, the 2001 album from SLIPKNOT is on the way. The release date has now been confirmed for November 1, 2011 (11.1.11). Below the jump you'll find a new 1:31 Trailer for the 1-Hour DVD entitled GOAT, along with a 30-second teaser, and three clips. In addition to the GOAT film and the original album, the 10th Anniversary Edition of IOWA is set to include audio from 2002's DISASTERPIECES DVD.

There was a part of me that didn't want to post a retrospective on the 20th Anniversary of NIRVANA's NEVERMIND, as we've already covered the hell out of it here at Kik Axe Music™. The PR machine has done a fine job of keeping the album fresh in all of our minds in hopes that we'll spend some money on it again when the reissues arrive this Tuesday, but today is the day.

Today - September 24th, 2011, NEVERMIND is twenty years old. Overkill or not, I've decided to share a few of my personal experiences with the record.

Some of the folks that know me well are familiar with a long-running rumor that I hate Bob Seger. That's not really accurate.

The truth is, that I hate the song Old Time Rock and Roll, and I don't particularly enjoy Like A Rock. I hold such a digust for Old Time Rock and Roll that I actually did tell the DJ at my own wedding that he would not be paid if he played the song (he complied). The opening notes alone are horrifying, and I could easily write paragraphs about my overall dislike of the song. Regardless, due to my relationship with the music of Mr. Seger, it was quite a surprise when remastered copies of LIVE BULLET and NINE TONIGHT showed up on CD here at Kik Axe HQ last week.

You know what's really punk rock? Charging someone $170 bucks to celebrate an album that's already sold over 30 million copies over the course of the past two decades.

The 20th Anniversary of NIRVANA's NEVERMIND is fast-approaching, and while we've covered the multiple configurations of Anniversary reissues here at Kik Axe Music™, it didn't hit me until tonight that the one that most people will want has an MSRP of $169.68. What fucking idiot over at Universal Music (which still uses the 'Geffen' or 'DGC' name to move units on occasion) decided that it would be acceptable to charge that for a five-disc box set?

MAN OR ASTRO-MAN? pretty much rule the planet, and since they're reissuing their 1994 compilation YOUR WEIGHT ON THE MOON next month (October 4 via Overground Records), the surf-rockers are blasting off from Astro HQ for a run of tour dates that start right here in the Midwest (where Kik Axe HQ is hidden) and wrapping up where the Devil went down in Georgia. The new version of YOUR WEIGHT contains all the songs from the original 10-inch EP along with earlier cuts and previously-unreleased tracks, all packaged nicely with a 16-page booklet. Tour dates below...

No official announcement has been made, but Amazon.com is taking pre-orders for what appears to be a 10th Anniversary Edition of the 2001 SLIPKNOT album, IOWA. Dated for October 18th, the pre-order page (FYI - we get no commission from Amazon thanks to Illinois Governor/Fuckhead Pat Quinn) only lists the release as being 2-Discs. While information has not arrived through official channels just yet, you may recall that a similiar re-issue arrived in 2009 to celebrate the 10th Anniversary of their debut album.