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Lopez Tonight has Californication’s David Duchovny, Bob’s Burgers’ Kristen Schaal, and music guests Saving Abel.

SAVING ABEL - THE SEX IS GOOD
STAIND - ITS BEEN AWHILE

Staind singer Aaron Lewis says that the band are working on their seventh album and that the record will be "heavy." Speaking to Vegas.com, Lewis said that the band are "in the studio right now recording another record." The hard-working frontman is also promoting and touring his well-received solo country album Town Line, but doesn't want anyone to think his country journey means a mellower Staind. He promises that the band are "steering clear of any ideas that come out of us that might be of the more poppy or mellow nature, and we're concentrating on this being a very in your face record."

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If there’s one thing Rage Against The Machine are good at besides music, it’s shining a light on injustice. And for their next protest, the band are lending their support to South Korean workers who have lost their jobs manufacturing the Fender and Gibson guitars that many of today’s top musicians use. Guitarist Tom Morello first met with workers who lost their jobs in 2007, after many felt they were let go after trying to form a trade union. Morello intends to be on hand at a press event at the NAMM music merchants conference in California where workers will present more details about their current situations.

RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE - RENEGADES OF FUNK
RISE AGAINST - SAVIOUR

Rise Against plans to release a new album, Endgame, on March 15. The lead single, "Help Is On The Way," officially impacts radio on January 25 but will land this Monday, January 17. Longtime producers Bill Stevenson and Jason Livermore – who have produced three of the band’s last five albums – are once again at the helm, and frontman Tim McIlwrath told Consequence Of Sound that, "We're living under this black cloud of doom. Everything's spiraling out of control. The record is all about that."

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Normally, someone performing at an awards show like the Grammys wouldn't be a huge deal. People do it all the time, and many Canadian acts have also done so. But when you're Arcade Fire and you're famous for saying "no" to appearing at awards shows, it becomes major news when you say "yes" to playing the Grammys. It's also kind of huge news because Arcade Fire have never performed at a major awards show throughout their existence as a band. We say "major," but we should probably add that they performed at the 2004 Indie Awards during Canadian Music Week along with the likes of The Trews, Pavlo and Jimmy Bowskill. That's not a "major" awards show on par with the Grammys, mind you. Arcade Fire have indeed been confirmed to appear at this year's Grammy Awards, which will air Feb. 13 at 5 p.m. on CBS. Their images are also being used in the Grammys' promotional ads and mobile application.

ARCADE FIRE - REBELLION