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Maryland Deathfest V

SMN reports: Three more bands have been announced for next year's highly anticipated Maryland Deathfest V, set to take place on May 26th and 27th at Sonar in Baltimore, MD. REGURGITATE (Sweden) -GOROD (France)-FLAGITIOUS IDIOSYNCRASY IN THE DILAPIDATION (Japan) [see full story for full lineup]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Somberlain Diego

PR reports: The brazilian death metal band Somberlain announced Diego Lucena as their new guitarist, three months after Yuri Leite left the band. Diego, who already played in Ark of Sin, is already working with Somberlain and recorded all the solos of the new album.

The release of the new album will be delayed to a sickness of the bassist Delano Lima, which made the band to reschedule the final mixing sessions.- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Forward, Russia Tour

PR reports: After bouncing from coast to coast from LA to NY, with an infamous stop at this year's SXSW, Forward, Russia! have finally confirmed a full US tour that will grace the rest of the country. The tour will be supported by fellow Brits Scanners and the up-and-coming Snowden.

10/25, Seattle, WA (Crocodile Cafe)
10/26, Portland, OR (Dante's)
10/28, Los Angeles, CA (Spaceland)
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Screech Sex Tape Planned?

TMZ reports: Dustin Diamond, aka Screech from "Saved by the Bell," may have known that a sex tape featuring him existed and that it was going to be released soon. According to a source at Globat.com, the Web hosting company that recently hired him to be its spokesman, Screech's management told them that something "huge" was going to happen next week and that they were "lucky to have him."

This, of course, was not what the company had in mind. The company says they are seriously concerned over the recent headlines and is contemplating its next steps. In a statement released to TMZ, Globat says: "We signed Dustin Diamond based on his persona as the recognizable lovable nerd. Through talks with his management, we knew they had something big planned -- but never expected this! We have not seen or received confirmation from Diamond's management of the alleged tape. We are reserving any judgment until further information is available."[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Van Wilder 2 Preview

Total Assault reports: Four tracks off the Van Wilder 2 Soundtrack are now featured on Myspace including:

Jonny Lives! - "Get Steady"
The Exies - "Different Than You"
Everclear - "Hater"
Marion Raven - "Heads Will Roll"

Check out the full story link to preview the tracks. The soundtrack hits stores 11/21- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Hoodoo Gurus Remastered

PR reports: For over twenty years and eight albums, Australia�s Hoodoo Gurus have given the world a dozen classic anthems, topped the charts and gained cult hero status. Hoodoo Gurus have now remastered their early albums and on October 24, the bands� own Hoodoo Gurus� Records will reissue their debut recording Stoneage Romeos. Additional back catalogue will be available digitally and a new studio release is planned for 2007. Hoodoo Gurus have also assembled all their favorite video footage together in a long-form DVD for the US release of Tunnel Vision.

The Stoneage Romeos reissue comes with the original Australian front cover art, as well as additional new material, including a fold out poster, and features bonus tracks â€�Leilani Pt 2â€�, â€�Be My Guruâ€� and â€�Hoodoo You Loveâ€�. Full of garage punk songs, big fat rhythm section and a wall of guitars, the bandâ€�s debut topped the US college charts ahead of The Replacements, REM and Black Flag and stayed at #1 for seven weeks. [the weird formatting is AOL's fault, this was the way we got the press release� so blame AOHELL if you can't read this. ] - Click Here for the Full Story 

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Kaura Godsmacked

PR reports: Just one month after being invited to open for TOOL on the bands 10,000 Days tour stop in Sacramento, Berkeley based rock band, KAURA (pronounced Kay-Ora) is looking forward to playing on one the summer's hottest hard rock tours. Berkeley based rock band, Kaura have been added to the Godsmack and Rob Zombie show in Concord, California on October 1st at 7PM.

The band has garnered a lot of attention in the year since they formed including having A Perfect Circle's Paz Lenchantin play on their self-released EP, and travels throughout India, Nepal, Cambodia, Thailand, Bali, and Laos collecting instruments to incorporate into their epic rock sound. They are currently in the process of deciding what label to release their much anticipated first album through. 
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Silversun Wolfmother

PR reports: Southern Cali's SILVERSUN PICKUPS will add a dose of fuzzy guitars and shoegaze collages to Wolfmother's primal retro-rock, when both hit the road together in late November. The Pickups have been steadily touring in support of their debut LP, CARNAVAS (Dangerbird Records), successfully selling out shows across the States. The foursome is about to embark on another national headlining tour, joined by Portland, OR-based Viva Voce, starting this week.

SILVERSUN PICKUPS ON TOUR WITH VIVA VOCE:
September 29 - Visalia, Calif. @ Howie and Sons
September 30 - Los Angeles, Calif. @ The Echo
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Trouble Escapi

PR reports: Escapi Music will be reissuing two classic albums from Chicago doom pioneers TROUBLE. * *Both Psalm 9 (1984) and The Skull *(1985)*, scheduled to be released on October 24th, have been digitally remastered and feature bonus DVD's containing exclusive live performances and rare photo's with liner notes.

Escapi Music have also bought out the worldwide rights to TROUBLE's forthcoming album, *Simple Mind Condition*, which is due out February 2007. This will be the bands first studio album since 1995's /Plastic Green Head/. A TROUBLE DVD, *Live In Stockholm* will follow with a release date scheduled for early 2007.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Live Pixies DVD

Kayos reports: Hot on the heels of its debut "Club Date" DVD (Elvis Costello & The Imposters Live In Memphis), Eagle Vision, the wholly-owned Eagle Rock Entertainment subsidiary, is proud to announce the October 3 release of Pixies Live At The Paradise In Boston, an intimate night of magic by a band that set the standard for all things "alternative" in the 1990s. 

This most influential American band�Singer/Songwriter/Guitarist Black Francis, Bassist Kim Deal, Guitarist Joey Santiago and Drummer David Lovering�had parted ways in 1994. Deal started The Breeders. Francis became solo artist Frank Black. The silence was deafening. 10 Years. But when Nirvana's Kurt Cobain stated in interviews that all he was trying to do when writing "Smells Like Teen Spirit" was write a Pixies song, interest in the Boston-based band piqued into an obsession. Fast�forward to 2004. [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Strait To No 1

PR reports: The King of Country Music strikes again, notching his 53rd number one. "Give It Away," the debut song from his forthcoming album, is Strait's fastest-moving single in five years before claiming the top spot in a mere 13 weeks, making him Billboard's all-time leader for number one country singles.

Humble as always, Strait had this to say about his latest coup: "First of all, it's hard to believe it has been 25 years. When I think about putting together an album, the process of listening to hundreds of songs each time and picking out the best 10 or so that will go on the record, it really sinks in as to just how many songs I've listened to all these years. Considering that and the fact that my fans and friends at radio have stuck with me all this time makes it seem even more incredible. I can only say thank you and thanks also to all of the great songwriters who wrote those wonderful songs that became number ones." 

Strait's highly anticipated 34th studio release, It Just Comes Natural, will be in stores on October 3. From sophisticated Western swing and clever barroom anthems to sawdust two-steppers and smoky neon ballads, the recordings are classic Strait. - Click Here for the Full Story 

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OK Go Fall Tour

Capitol reports: OK Go will headline an extensive North American tour that commences on October 7th with a special free show at Ann Arbor's Pontiac Garage Stage before the University of Michigan vs. Michigan State football game. While on the West Coast, the band will perform on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" on November 7th. After the tour concludes, OK Go will open for Death Cab For Cutie on a series of shows in late November.

10/7 Ann Arbor, MI University of Michigan/Pontiac Garage Stage (next to Michigan Stadium - free show � open to public)
10/8 Woodlands, TX Cynthia Woods Pavilion Buzzfest XVIII (KTBZ)
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Fire and Christmas

Columbia reports: Combine the most beloved, classic songs of the holiday season with the warm baritone of one of the most recognized voices in popular music, and this Fall will give fans reason to celebrate with James Taylor At Christmas. The 12-song collection of traditional and contemporary seasonal songs is set for release on Tuesday, October 10th, on Columbia Records.

James Taylor At Christmas, includes Taylor's heart-warming version of "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas," from the 1944 film Meet Me In St. Louis, "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town," as well as the premiere of a new recording of Joni Mitchell's composition, "River." Special guest performances on the CD feature jazz trumpeter Chris Botti on "Winter Wonderland," legendary harmonica player Toots Thielemans on "The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire) and with Natalie Cole on "Baby It's Cold Outside." [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Simple Man of the Hour

PR reports: Simple Plan's Sebastien Lefebvre and longtime friend Patrick Langlois of Role Model Clothing have teamed up to create Man Of The Hour, a new side project/podcast that airs every Saturday at 9 pm EST on idobi Radio. Though Man Of The Hour is theoretically a band with an EP, "En Memoire de la Famille" (In Memory of the Family), the project is currently most visible in its podcast incarnation, because the EP is out of print, and there are no plans to tour.

"The band side of Man Of The Hour has always been more for fun. We jam in basements and once made a CD of the things we did, but lost it," Lefebvre explains. As for the podcast side, Lefebvre and Langlois decided to do a show for idobi Radio at the suggestion of station head Tom Cheney. When over 12,000 people tuned in to hear the duo, Man Of The Hour was quickly turned into a reoccurring broadcast/podcast. The show currently boasts a total of over 50,000 listeners and more than 275,000 iTunes downloads since its August 13th debut.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Heathen Crusade Metalfest

PR reports: RUDRA (Singapore), HORDES OF YORE (Portugal), DARK FOREST (Canada), WILL OF THE ANCIENTS (Canada), GWYNBLEIDD (New York) and MANETHEREN (Minnesota) are confirmed to appear at the second annual Heathen Crusade Metalfest. Bands already announced are MÅNEGARM, SKYFORGER, and VREID. 

The Heathen Crusade II takes place in Minneapolis, Minnesota on Saturday, January 20, 2007. Additional information on the bands and the Festival can be found at http://www.heathencrusade.com. You can also visit at our Myspace page at http://www.myspace.com/heathencrusade. Bands who want to be considered for a slot in the lineup can contact the organizers at [email protected] - Click Here for the Full Story 

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Weather Buffett

PR reports: Multi-platinum singer/songwriter Jimmy Buffett releases his newest album, Take The Weather With You, on Mailboat Records/RCA Nashville on October 10. Take The Weather With You is the follow-up to his first #1 debut album (on both the Top 200 and Country Charts), License To Chill, which featured duets with some of country's biggest stars including Alan Jackson, George Strait, Kenny Chesney, Martina McBride and others. Buffett makes another foray into the arena of country music on Take The Weather With You but combines a variety of styles and sounds throughout the album from Nashville, New Orleans and Key West. - Click Here for the Full Story 

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Collective Soul UK DVD

noblepr reports: Liberation Entertainment announces the 6th November 2006 U.K. release of the first-ever live DVD from U.S based, multi-platinum recording artists, Collective Soul. Recorded in April 2005, this out-standing concert was filmed in the band's hometown of Atlanta, during two special sold-out performances featuring the Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra. Not only will 'Home' be available on DVD, but fans will also have the chance to purchase 'Home' as a 2 disc CD, comprising of the concert soundtrack with bonus tracks, and finally, the ultimate audio - visual treat, a DVD and CD double-bill package.

The 20-song collection spans ninety minutes and encompasses hits from Collective Soul's seven studio albums, including their most recent release, 'Youth'. The talented youngsters who make up the Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra do a sterling job, aided by the fact that Collective Soul's alternative rock lends itself to their atmospheric sounds. - Click Here for the Full Story 

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