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Hoobastank Get Festive

Audio Aggression reports: Hoobastank has lined up several festival dates for the Summer

Hoobastank Festival Dates (subject to change):
July 21st in Plattsburgh, NY @ Clinton County Fair
July 23rd in Harrington, DE - Delaware State Fair Grandstand
July 28th in Minot, ND - North Dakota State Fair
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311 Dates

The PRP reports: 311's live schedule for the summer has been announced and shapes up as follows:

July 27th Santa Cruz, CA - The Catalyst
July 28th Santa Cruz, CA - The Catalyst
July 30th San Diego, CA - San Diego Street Scene Festival
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Tribute to Failure

The PRP reports: The Deftones, A Perfect Circle and Poison The Well look to have signed on for Renfield Records' upcoming tribute to Failure, which was already tentatively set to feature contributions from Cave In, Melissa Auf der Maur, Fairmont, On Fire, Avec, Statistics and more.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

dredg vid

The PRP reports: dredg's video for their current single "Bug Eyes" has been posted online and can be viewed over at www.dredg.com. The song is serving as the first single from the groups new release "Catch Without Arms", which is on track for a June 21st release date via Interscope. - Click Here for the Full Story

3 Inches of Blood Dates

siN's metal news reports: 3 INCHES OF BLOOD have lined up the following tour dates this month:

June 16 - Columbus, OH @ Al Rosa Villa
June 18 - Cleveland, OH @ Peabody's Down Under
June 19 - Davenport, IA @ Quad City Live
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Earth, Wind & Fire Return

MTV reports: Legendary '70s funk act Earth, Wind & Fire are plotting a comeback on September 20 with an all-star album, Illumination. It features production on two songs from Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis ("Pure Gold," "Love Dance"), production and vocals from the Black Eyed Peas' Will.I.Am ("Lovely People")[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

Goo Goo Dolls Recording

FMQB reports: The Goo Goo Dolls will celebrate their 20th anniversary together by entering a Los Angeles studio to record their ninth album, along with producer Glen Ballard (Dave Matthews Band, No Doubt). Bassist Robbie Takac told Rolling Stone, "The decision we made after touring on our last record was to do something that would be a significant jump. Some of the optimism that was gone last time has come back, and, as we've started work on the songs, it feels like we're doing something new and different." [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

"Si" Waronker RIP

Reuters reports: Simon "Si" Waronker, founder of Liberty Records, one of the top indie labels of the 1950s and early '60s, died in his sleep Tuesday in Los Angeles. He was 90.

During the rock 'n' roll era, Liberty was the home of singer-guitarist-producer Eddie Cochran, teen idol Bobby Vee, rocker-turned-pop vocalist Johnny Burnette and surf duo Jan & Dean.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

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Free Boyband

Reuters reports: Clear Channel Music Group, suffering from a slump in the concert business as fans rebel against forking out hefty sums for nosebleed seats, is teaming with the Backstreet Boys and AOL Music to offer two-for-one tickets for the group's summer amphitheater tour.

Beginning June 10, fans who visit http://www.aolcityguide.com and buy two reserved seats for the summer dates will get two free lawn or mezzanine seats to the same show. No facility fees or ticket surcharges will be applied to the free tickets. [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

Thorp On The Outside

Thorp reports: Thorp Records is stoked to welcome Maine's On The Outside to the family. On The Outside destroy all with their onslaught of brutal metallic hardcore in the vein of Terror, 100 Demons And Throwdown. On The Outside features members of Outbreak and have already been vigorously touring. They will head into The Outpost (Blood For Blood, Dropkick Murphys) this summer to record their debut full length. Expect a late fall 2005 release. Click the full story link to get an mp3 of "No Place To Call Home" - Click Here for the Full Story

Crash and Burn Get Warped

Thorp reports: Crash and Burn will join the Warped Tour for select dates on the Hooligan Skate Stage

August 10 Nissan Pavilion Lot, Washington, DC
August 11 Montage Mountain, Scranton, PA
August 12 Tweeter Center @the Waterfront Philadelphia, PA
August 13 Randall's Island New York, NY
August 14 Stage Englishtown Raceway, Old Bridge, NJ
August 15 Triple Crown Boston, MA
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Stan Ridgway on Extra!

conqueroo reports: A "music news" segment on veteran indie rocker Stan Ridgway on the "EXTRA" TV show will air this Saturday night, June 11.

In this short news segment, Ridgway discusses his current CD, Snakebite, and his career so far, along with a performance with Pietra Wexstun (keyboards) and Rick King (guitar) on a song or two.

In Los Angeles, "EXTRA" is seen on KNBC-TV (Channel 4) and will air this Saturday night at 7 p.m. repeating at 1 a.m. that night. (Check local listings for air dates and times in other locations.) [From Mexican radio to NBC, not bad!] - Click Here for the Full Story

Mr. & Mrs. Smith

press release reports: Commitment-phobic co-dependents rejoice! Mr. & Mrs. Smith: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, out June 7 on Lakeshore Records, is the album of and for dysfunctional relationships. Following the film's story of a married couple who lead double lives as spies - and have been hired to kill each other - the album mirrors the passion and tension between stars Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt with a choice selection of love and anti-love songs.

The love/hate relationship is played out on the album with a mix of classic, unreleased and exclusive songs. The classics include the J. Geils Band anthem "Love Stinks," Poison's "Nothin' But A Good Time," Soft Cell's "Tainted Love" and Air Supply's "Making Love Out Of Nothing At All" (Pitt sings along to the latter in the film's climactic car chase). Consisting of 17 tracks, the album contains all the songs from the film's most memorable moments, including the scorching sex scene between Pitt and Jolie, played out to Magnet's sensual cover of the classic Bob Dylan song "Lay, Lady, Lay." Add to this new covers of such timeless love songs as Modern English's "I Melt With You" (by contemporary French art-popsters Nouvelle Vague), countered with the over-the-top rendition of Bon Jovi's "You Give Love A Bad Name" by Victory Records' exploding new metal/screamcore band Atreyu, and the album stands alone as the perfect summer-love party mix. 8 mm contribute an exclusive cover of "Nobody Does it Better," adding a woozy yet orchestral twist to the theme from the classic James Bond film "The Spy Who Loved Me," and the Voodoo Glow Skulls take on Guns N' Roses "Used to Love Her (But I had to Kill Her)." - Click Here for the Full Story

Not in Kansas Anymore

press release reports: Steve Walsh's "Shadowman" to be released by Muse Wrapped and 33rd Street Records June 28th, 2005

Muse-Wrapped Records are proud to announce a new studio album release from legendary singer songwriter and keyboardist Steve Walsh. "Shadowman" is first new solo recording from lead singer of classic rock band Kansas in over five years - Click Here for the Full Story

Tremolo Debut

press release reports: Oakland, CA-based Tremolo is set to release its debut full-length album on August 9th. Entitled "Love Is The Greatest Revenge," it will be released on FLAGSHIP Recordings with national distribution via Fontana. The disc is actually a re-working of an album that was available previously via online outlets (CDBaby, Amazon, iTunes) and will feature remixes of four of the tracks as well as two brand new songs and a re-recording of the track "Promise Ring" (produced by John Painter [Ben Folds]). Tremolo is the brain child of songwriter Justin Dillon, and the album also features contributions from a number of players: Steve Bowman (Counting Crows) on drums; Max Butler (Chuck Prophet), Julian Coryell (Aimee Mann) and Dino Meneghin (Liz Phair) on guitars; Kris Pooley (Jane's Addiction) and Ben Patterson on keyboards; and Tim Hogan (Anna Nalick) on bass. The album was mixed by Joe Zook (Sheryl Crow, Mick Jagger, Jewel). The touring version of the band has a rotating line-up which is always fronted by Dillon. >From the catchy grit of "Evil Twin" to the gorgeous lilt of "Promise Ring," Dillon & Co. meld the bluesy, dirty guitars of The Stones and T-Rex with the lift-you-even-higher, anthemic bombast of U2, and tie it up in a hugely attractive package known as Tremolo. [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

Big Noise From Springfield

conqueroo reports: Springfield, Missouri has bubbled under the "next big scene" radar since 1982 when The Morells emerged from Lou Whitney's studio with the prototype American roots-rock album Shake & Push. Not youth-driven enough to compete with Akron or Athens, Springfield retreated to the background. But now, in 2005, it's getting ready to erupt for real. Once again, the man behind the action is Whitney, charter member of The Morells and The Skeletons, and his studio, dubbed succinctly The Studio.

HighTone Records of Oakland, California, is now in the process of putting Springfield music back on the national map by releasing four Whitney-produced CDs - The Morells' Think About It, The Bel Airs' Got Love, The Domino Kings' Some Kind of Sign, and Brian Capps' Walk Through Walls - and sponsoring a cross-country tour featuring all four acts. Billed as "Big Noise from Springfield," the tour kicks off on Friday, August 12, 2005, with a live two-and-a-half-hour broadcast over XM Radio Channel 12, X Country. The program, the first live XM concert broadcast of its type, will be repeated in its entirety several times; portions of it will then be aired on several different XM Satellite Radio channels. - Click Here for the Full Story

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