mikeatron85

Absolutely love it. Wasn't too keen on Black Heart originally, but it has grown on me. The rest of the EP is brilliant. Can't wait to see these guys at Soundwave next year!

Not in Australia by the looks of it. I got a response from the iTunes store team who advised that the song had been pulled - either by the label or by Apple themselves. Didn't give an explanation as to why. It still appears in search results since it exists as part of the pre-order for the RECHARGED album - but as an 'album only' track - meaning the download of it is no longer available. Not sure what's happened here. I checked the US store and it's still available there (and was placed at #23 when I searched before).

Grrr! Has anyone else who purchased ALTNC on their phone via iTunes suddenly had the song disappear from your files this morning?! I was literally playing it this morning and now that I've arrived at work it has disappeared? I've tried going back to iTunes but it isn't even showing up in my purchases, and when I search for the song it just shows up as 'album only'?!?! WTF!

For those interested in that kind of thing, the song is making a bit of a jump up the iTunes charts in Australia (albeit a gradual one). It's currently sitting at #77 but has been climbing steadily since last night where it was in the high hundreds. The band hasn't really had much of a chart impact in Australia since New Divide was released (hit #3 on the charts). The only other singles to crack the top 40 in Australia since then were The Catalyst (#33) and Iridescent (#39). Would be nice for them to have another top 20 hit again, even if it is a collab project. Nice words from Mike here (thanks to my mate for pointing this one out): http://news.xbox.com/2013/09/ent-xbox-music-linkin-park Absolutely. I have had to listen to their music for roughly 2.5 years now and I have never once complained or asked them to turn it off. So I've taken great joy in playing mine for the last few weeks and seeing their responses I do consider this girl one of my good work friends so I couldn't be harsh (even though I wanted to be!). I did however, subject her to it again in my car today - and she didn't say a thing this time

I bit the bullet and ordered the deluxe box set and two copies of the vinyl (I'll pick up the CD via local release). Pricey yes, but I've spent far more following this band around the country and I'd be kicking myself if I missed out. If the price drops, I'll likely grab a second so I can keep one sealed and open the other. I've seen deluxe editions of albums go for significantly more than this. Thirty Seconds To Mars' Love, Lust, Faith + Dreams had a $1000 version available - it included a personal thank you call from the band (and so it should at that price!).

Love the track. Have been pumping it all weekend. Though I played it at work today and one of the girls abruptly asked me to change it - said it was "doing her head in." Having said that, the people I work with have very "indie" tastes (in my opinion, frequently boring/whiny/depressing). Friends/family who have heard me play it have all enjoyed it so far. This one definitely has the potential to be a bit of a hit (if promoted properly).

He'll be right. The band worked wonders on the Soundwave crowds earlier this year. I can honestly say, judging from the response of the crowds at all five Soundwave shows, LP gave their reputation a massive boost in Australia from that tour. I think many will be eager to see Chester perform again. Plenty of people were commenting on how well the guy performs live and the sheer energy he had throughout each performance. Heard nothing but rave reviews at each show and can attest to how good they were. Half tempted to do another mini tour for Soundwave next year but I've already got Thirty Seconds To Mars booked in so doubt I'll be able to get the extra leave

I can't seriously be one of two, maybe three people that can hear Chester's unaltered vocals more loudly above the vocal effects?

I must say, when all is said and done for this tour, POWERLESS was the most surprisingly, criminally underused song on the album. There was a time when this would have been considered a front-runner for one of the album's singles. Yet, no official music video (I'm choosing to exclude the Abraham Lincoln abbreviated promo trailer), no official release (though there was that one track digital release in Japan) and no live performance. Really disappointing to me as it is my favourite track from LIVING THINGS.

Glad to hear other people are thinking along these lines. Would be great to arrange a single 24-hour period when everyone (who can) jumps on and purchases a particular DSP. One that isn't currently in the top 5 would be ideal. Likely to do absolutely nothing, but maybe someone at WB will sit up and notice something.

I agree with Mark. If bands can add the option to purchase either a physical or download copy of their latest album with a concert ticket purchase (most recent example being Thirty Seconds To Mars' Australian shows), then why can't they add an option to sell the DSP via that method? Most people I know would shell out an extra $10 knowing that they can have that show in a professionally mixed capacity for eternity... if they knew it existed! I'm fuming we don't have DSPs of the Australian shows from earlier this year. I've been to 18 LP shows now and have purchased the DSPs for all of them, with the exception of those recent 7 that are not available online. The fact that they were recorded but not yet released bugs me to no end!

5 songs deep. Package... so, so dirty!

This is actually hilarious. The wrong number thing a definite highlight!

5 songs deep. Sounds so dirty

Did anyone else sigh when he said he's going to be in front of the camera for the rest of the night? Haha

LOL. This thread is very quickly going to become flooded with 7/8 people posting the same song names throughout the set Good to have the stream to hear the setlist. Sucks that it's not closer but I'll take what I can get

No probs dude I still have the Sydney Soundwave show outstanding. There's been a number of... issues... I've had to deal with recently, hence the delay. But it should be online ASAP. Then I'll need to get the Melbourne show up via torrents also.

Amen. I gave up after the first few (couldn't take another BID remix), but surely it's borderline illegal what ended up happening with that?

Haha, my mates and I made a few appearances throughout that video - but going to 7 shows and 6 meet and greets will do that! And could the DSPs (which we've been hearing snippets of throughout these videos) finally be released please!?!

Awesome. Our local record store got a few copies in yesterday, except we are on the other side of the country and they've all gone.

Love those... straight to the point responses you got... :S FYI, the upload I supplied was the MP4 ripped from YouTube, so is as good quality as we'll likely ever see. I'm really spewing that they didn't include the 3D video on the Dark Of The Moon Blu-ray 3D disc. The YouTube upload didn't have a very high bitrate, so got mad pixelated as soon as there were any high levels of movement (see that shot near the end where the camera is going through the eyeball). It's also disappointing they didn't include the 3D version on that Dolby sampler disc that did the rounds that featured the music video with 7.1 surround sound.

Ha! Nice work. LOVE the shots taken from behind the band where you can see out into the crowd and everyone is jumping all over the place... AWESOME!

Haha - the second it got to that elevator scene I was thinking 'oh god, here we go'. Kinda disappointed now that it cut away haha. But I did see you. Downloading the HD version now so I can try spot myself near you. See, the red shirt came in handy after all

Thanks mate, glad you appreciate them In my opinion, of the two released so far, the quality of recording is better on the Sydney Sidewave show. Having said that, the Melbourne show has the very awesome appearance of A Place For My Head in the encore. The third and final show is going to be quite exciting for you guys however, so it may be worth waiting to see that one first - for 10 of the 18 songs (second half of the set), I shifted the camera away from the stage and pointed it at the big screen. So you get what is likely to be the closest thing to a professional recording of these Australian shows - multiple angles, etc. Sound is a bit f**ked on that release, since it was extremely echoey in the stadium, but it's still a good watch.

There will be three versions 1) YouTube - hopefully to stave off any that would upload the video on their own channel and for those that don't want to commit to a multi-gigabyte download of the show. 2) Torrent in standard definition - as a make-do until the high-def files are done and for those wanting to get the version that was used for the YouTube upload. 3) The eventual HD torrent release - as you've said, I don't want to be uploading multiple versions of this, so I'm holding off until I get the new computer/software to give the releases some justice.