Microsoft recently announced that it’s Zune portable media player would retail for $249.95 and come preloaded with a variety of free audio and video content. The company also announced that the Zune digital media player and online service will be available to consumers in the U.S. on Nov. 14, 2006.
The player will ship with these [...]

Says-It.com has a stupid but fun cassette tape image generator.
Does the world need a cassette tape generator? No, you know you’re going to try it anyway…..

Nokia has decreed that David Bowie, formerly known as the Thin White Duke and The Man Who Fell to Earth, shall now be known as the Godfather of Music.
Nokia is working with forty leading independent music stores from around the world to provide music recommendations to Nokia users. The service, Music Recommenders, is designed to [...]

RedOctane announced today that Guitar Hero is coming to the Xbox 360 game system.
“The tour will continue the rockin’ gameplay Guitar Hero fans have come to enjoy, and will now include expanded Xbox 360 capabilities,” said Kai Huang, president of RedOctane. “With Guitar Hero II for Xbox 360 rock rhythm, lead, or bass guitar tracks [...]

Guitar Hero fans now have a real amp to rock out with.
The Ant Commandos (TAC), a leading designer and distributor of peripherals and accessories for the gaming world, have launched the Guitar Mania Amplifier 28r for PlayStation, PlayStation2, Xbox, and Xbox360.
The Guitar Mania Amplifier 28r plugs directly into a television or audio system via an [...]

Every Friday at Axehole, we try to bring you the most unusual music or audio find of the week. In previous weeks, we’ve delivered a promiscuous batch of strangeness, including Microsoft’s plan to buy its want into your pants, stripper ringtones and grunge-guitar robots.
This week’s pick is a pair of shoes. That play audio. And [...]

MTV today announced that it was buying Harmonix Music Systems, developer of the PlayStation 2 hit Guitar Hero and other music gaming titles. According to the company, “The acquisition of Harmonix demonstrates MTV’s commitment to music and furthers its strategy of engaging passionate music fans through a deep and immersive multi-platform entertainment experience.”
With the addition [...]

Guitarist Jan Davis is using an unusual approach to promoting his latest track, a flamenco tune entitled Gypsy from Andalusia. Davis is comparing his style of playing to homosexual’s sexual preferences and putting out unusual press releases.
This press release (below) goes out of its way to compare Davis’ guitar playing with the sexual preferences [...]