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Flash Concerts

andPOP reports: Ford and Sony have announced the creation of Fusion Flash Concerts, a free, "unannounced until the last minute" series of concerts that will feature many popular and up and coming artists.

Artists already announced include:
- Jermain Dupri
- Fat Joe
- Yellowcard
- Pete Yorn
- The Roots

To find out the secret locations and to get tickets to these free concerts, fans must register online at http://www.fusionflashconcerts.com[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

Blindside Tracks

IAYM reports: The previously announced tentative tracklisting for Blindside's upcoming new effort "The Great Depression" has seen a number of revisions, here is how the outing is now expected to shape up when it hits stores through Wasa Recordings/DRT on August 02nd:
01. "The Great Depression"
02. "Heartattack"
03. "Ask Me Now"
04. "We're All Going To Die"
05. "Yemkela"
06. "Put Back The Stars"
07. "Fell In Love With The Game"
08. "Citylights"
09. "We Are To Follow"
10. "Bleeding Under Your Eyelids"[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

Sigur Ros Release

NME reports: SIGUR ROS have confirmed details of their new album ’TAKK’.

The record, the band’s third, will be released on September 12. The title of the album is the Icelandic word for “thanks”,
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Franz Fall Tour

NME reports: FRANZ FERDINAND will return to North America for a tour beginning on September 20 in CHICAGO.

The sixteen-date trek will find the Scottish four-piece out in support of their second self-titled album, which will be released in the US on October 4.

Chicago Aragon Ballroom (September 20)
Minneapolis Target Center (21)
Kansas City Uptown Theatre (22)
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Street Dogs Need You

punkbands reports: Street Dogs are making a new video for Back To The World and need your help. Back To The World is a song that attempts to get inside the human condition and thought process of a soldier deployed to a far away place or combat zone. If you have photos and or video footage of you or a brother, sister, or father, or friend from any nation in uniform stationed overseas we would love to include them in the video.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

Nightrage Vocalist Swap

siN's metal news reports: Swedish and Greek melodic metal band NIGHTRAGE have announced the departure of vocalist Tomas Lindberg (ex-THE CROWN) from their ranks. In a website update, the band revealed that the position has already been filled by Jimmie Strimell. [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

Trust Co Split

siN's metal news reports: Failed nu-metallers TRUST COMPANY have finally handed in their time card and called it a day. Despite no official announcement, the band has in fact disbanded - more information is expected shortly.
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Cold Summer

Atlantic reports: Florida-based hard rockers Cold return to spotlight with their fourth studio record A Different Kind of Pain. The introspective new album will be released on Lava Records, a division of the Warner Music Group, on August 30, 2005.

After a two year hiatus since their Gold-selling previous album Year of the Spider, Cold triumphantly return with their most eloquent album to date. Different Kind of Pain demonstrates the band's tremendous growth as songwriters and was recorded at Bearsville Studios in upstate New York and Studio Barbbarosa in Virginia. The disc was produced by Michael " Elvis" Baskette (Chevelle, Iggy Pop, and Puddle of Mudd) and mixed by Ben Grosse.
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Taj Weekes Release

press release reports: Reggae recording artist Taj Weekes and Adowa will release their debut album, Hope and Doubt, on AlphaPocket Records on Tuesday, August 16, 2005. Produced by Weekes, engineered by Joe Blaney (Lauren Hill, The Clash, Prince) and mastered by Alan Silverman (Norah Jones, The Kinks Chaka Khan), Hope and Doubt is an album of finely-crafted classic roots reggae, with something to say.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

Stephen Bruton 5th

conqueroo reports: From The Five, the new album from Stephen Bruton which ships on July 26 on New West Records, finds the artist in high gear with a new collection of original songs -- many of them co-written with friends like NRBQ guitarist turned Nashville songwriter Big Al Anderson, Memphis rocker John Kilzer, Little Feat anchor Bill Payne, Austin player and composer Stephen Barber and Randy Jacobs.

He is joined in the studio by Payne on keyboards, drummer Steve Ferrone (Tom Petty, Average White Band) and Fort Worth pal Glen Clark (formerly of Delbert & Glen). The album’s one cover is “Ordinary Man,” which Bruton heard sung by Sam Moore and Junior Walker at the end of the movie “Tapeheads” and has since incorporated into his live show.- Click Here for the Full Story

Paul McCartney's 20th Solo CD

PFA Media reports: "Chaos And Creation In The Back Yard," Paul McCartney's 20th studio recording since The Beatles, marks an end to a nearly four-year hiatus since his last studio recording, 2001's platinum certified "Driving Rain." The new 13-track album is produced by Nigel Godrich (Radiohead, Travis and Beck) and was recorded in London and Los Angeles over the course of the past two years. Its release coincides with the September 16th launch of McCartney's all new 37-city "US" Tour, his fastest selling concert tour ever. [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

Yngwie Malmsteen Release

Chipster reports: The long wait is over for fans of neo-classical rock guitar genius Yngwie Malmsteen. The new Yngwie Malmsteen’s Rising Force album Unleash The Fury will be released in North America on July 26, 2005, through Eagle Rock Entertainment's Spitfire Records.

The new album bursts with 18 songs, including four instrumentals: “Locked And Loaded,” “Revolution,” “Crackin” “The Whip,” “Winds Of War (Invasion),” “Crown Of Thorns,” “BogeyMan,” “Beauty And A Beast,” “Fuguetta (Instrumental),” “Cherokee Warrior,” “Guardian Angel (Instrumental),” “Let The Good Times Roll,” “Revelation (Drinking With The Devil),” “Magic And Mayhem (Instrumental),” “Exile,” “The Hunt,” “Russian Roulette,” “Unleash The Fury” and “Paraphrase (Instrumental)”. Both “Fuguetta” and “Paraphrase” are variations of themes composed by Johann Sebastian Bach, one of Malmsteen’s favorite composers. Unleash The Fury also features CD-ROM bonus clips of Malmsteen demonstrating his signature guitar technique. [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

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