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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
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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
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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
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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"
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the tracks. The soundtrack hits stores 11/21- Click
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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 “Leilani
Pt 2”, “Be My Guru” and “Hoodoo
You Love”. Full of garage punk songs, big fat rhythm
section and a wall of guitars, the band’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. ]
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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]-
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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.
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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
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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]-
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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
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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 booking@heathencrusade.com - Click
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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. -
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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
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