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Bands write original songs for “Batman: Arkham City” soundtrack
 The tracklising for the soundtrack to the upcoming video game Batman: Arkham City has been released. The soundtrack, which is out on October 4 through Watertower Music, features new, original songs from bands including Panic! At The Disco, Coheed And Cambria, AFI side project Blaqk Audio, the Damned Things and more. Coheed and Cambria frontman Claudio Sanchez explains about their involvement in the soundtrack, "I write in a very conceptual format with the stories that surround Coheed and Cambria, but Batman has a much larger, defined history and rules that go along with it," "My goal was to find universal themes from Batman's existing history to help give the lyrics legs and dimension so that the song could live within that world." The full tracklisting is as follows; 1. Panic! At The Disco - Mercenary 2. Coheed and Cambria - Deranged 3. The Duke Spirit - Creature 4. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Shadow On The Run 5. Blaqk Audio - Afterdark 6. The Raveonettes - Oh, Stranger 7....
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Missing Link Records closing down after 30 years
One of Melbourne's best known independent record store's Missing Link Records will be closing down after nearly 30 years of trading. Earlier in the year rumours spread about the stores closure, but owner Nigel Rennard had stated that it wouldn’t happen ‘any time soon’. He has now issued a statement announcing that as of Friday October 7th, Missing Link Records will be no more. In July, Brisbane's Rocking Horse Records announced they were on the verge of closing only to be saved by locals coming back to the store and spending in numbers out of protest. The tatement from Missing Link Records reads: After 30 years of retail, in the Melbourne CBD, Missing Link Records will cease trading on Friday 7th October. The doors at 405 Bourke Street will be closing for the last time, however the store will continue under the management of Collectors Corner, as it has traded for the last year, in a new location to be announced shortly. Adverse trading conditions over the past few years and ...