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Leng Tch'e Find Their Seventh Skinman

Lambgoat reports: Leng Tch'e has officially announced a replacement for recently departed drummer, Svencho. Now joining the band is Tony Van den Eynde, of Belgian death metal band The Seventh. Here's a statement from the band:

"Tony was actually recommended to us by our ex-guitar player and founding member Glen. Many people heeded the call when the word was out that we needed a new skinsman and it was a tough decision to make in the end, but we believe Tony has all the skills to take us to the next level. His power and technique will baffle you all.- more on this story

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Popper Pot Bust Dismissed

Jam! reports: John Popper has been granted a conditional dismissal in a marijuana case that resulted in his arrest in March. 

The misdemeanor charge of possession of pot and drug paraphernalia will be dropped if Popper avoids getting caught with marijuana for at least a year, said Deputy Prosecutor Ted Sams , adding that such agreements are common in misdemeanor drug cases in Adams County.

[FYI John Popper is the supersized guy in Blues Traveler]- more on this story

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Court Helps Kill Net Radio

CMJ reports: The US District Court of Appeals has denied an emergency stay petitioned by webcasters, according to SaveNetRadio, forcing the coalition to reach out to the public to contact Congress to support the Internet Radio Equality Act. 

In hopes to delay the upcoming July 15 royalty payments increase set by the Copyright Royalty Board (CRB) and enforced by SoundExchange, spokesperson Jake Ward considers the denial "a setback" but "not the end of the road."

"Webcasters aren't going to simply give up the music they love without a fight," he said in a statement. "We will fight against this unreasonable rate increase until a solution is reached."- more on this story

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Happy Mondays Help Label Head's Fight Against Cancer

launch reports: Rock musicians are helping pay for Manchester music legend Tony Wilson's $7,000-a-month cancer treatment after the Manchester NHS Primary Care Trust refused to fund it. 

The Factory Records boss, who famously discovered Joy Division and Happy Mondays, is taking controversial new drug Sutent after chemotherapy failed to beat the cancer diagnosed last year.

...Nathan McGough, former manager of Happy Mondays, set up a fund teamed up with Elliott Rashman, the Mondays' present manager, after they heard of Wilson's plight, and quickly collected enough money to fund his treatment for the next five months.- more on this story

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Deluxe Knife Set

PR reports: Mute releases The Knife's "Silent Shout Deluxe" on 2CD plus DVD July 17, 2007. The 3-disc package will include "Silent Shout," the album, the DVD "Silent Shout: An Audiovisual Experience" featuring the Andreas Nilsson-directed live show, the entire collection of Knife videos � including videos shot by Nilsson ("Silent Shout," "Heartbeats," and "Like A Pen") and acclaimed Japanese artist Motomichi Nakamura ("We Share Our Mother's Health") � as well as the animated short "When I Found The Knife." A previously unreleased live audio CD with music from the DVD performance will complete the package. 

MTV2 Subterranean will premiere footage from "Silent Shout Deluxe" during an episode devoted exclusively to The Knife. The episode will air at 1:00 AM EST on Sunday July 15, 2007. Additional content from the DVD � as well as a special greeting from the Knife - will be featured on the MTV2 Subterranean blog. - more on this story

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The Lordz on The Brooklyn Way

PR reports: The Brooklyn Way, the lifestyle series based on the lives of Mr. Kaves and ADM, also known as The Lordz, is back with an all new episode Friday night at 10:30 on MSG. Yes - that would be Friday the 13th! See The Lordz navigate their way through a tour of Texas(without killing each other), supporting the legendary Fishbone and meet the newest member of the family: their bus driver HOOT. He's a classic individual from Tennessee who you will absolutely love! 

Check it out and check your local listings for replays of all of the episodes. Episode 1 of the show is now up on You Tube in 4 parts. Just search for "The Brooklyn Way."- more on this story

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Mae Tour

PR reports: The third album from Norfolk, Virginia quintet Mae, 'Singularity', will be released on Capitol Records on August 14, 2007. This will be the band's first disc for a major label following two records for indie Tooth & Nail, which have sold close to 250,000 copies combined.

Mae will embark on a headline tour from August 7 to September 6 (dates below). They will also take the stage at the Bumbershoot Festival in Seattle on September 1. [where do they come up with these festival names?]

8/7/07 The Social Orlando, FL
8/8/07 The Orpheum Tampa, FL
8/10/07 The Casbah Charlotte, NC
8/11/07 9:30 Club Washington, DC- more dates

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Paul van Dyk is Limited

PR reports: Made Event, Paul van Dyk and Mute announced details today of a special edition of van Dyk's new original artist album IN BETWEEN. This limited two thousand (2000) unit run of the release will include a mixed version of the full album, an 8 track bonus CD (see tracklisting below) and an 8 page photo anthology. In addition, the CD package also will feature a free download voucher from www.vonyc.com for a worldwide exclusive Central Park remix of the anthem "New York City."

Attendees of the 5th Anniversary celebration of Paul van Dyk in Central Park will have the opportunity to pre-purchase special CD + ticket packages at www.made-event.com while supplies last. Reserved CDs will only be available for pick-up at the event. Paul van Dyk t-shirts and tour memorabilia will also be available for sale at the VONYC merchandise area. - more on this story

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Wensday Fighting Abuse with Alice Cooper Cover

PR reports: Arizona-based sultry singer-songwriter Wensday will soon be shipping her rendition of Alice Cooper's "Only Women Bleed" to AC radio next month when she releases her first single off her debut album Torch Rock. Written by the legendary Dick Wagner (Alice Cooper, Lou Reed, Meatloaf), "Only Women Bleed" has since been the anthem for tens of thousands who have been scarred by domestic abuse and is a catalytic tool used by many therapists in dealing with their patients. 

Wensday's expressed objective is to reach-out as an artist; to raise awareness inspire and empower all women� especially women who have been victimized by violence and abuse. The campaign will include a tie-in with the song and charities for women working to end domestic violence across the nation. More details to be announced.- more on this story

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McLachlan Gives New Child Silly Name

Jam! reports: Canadian songstress Sarah McLachlan has given birth to her second child. 

McLachlan's publicist says the artist welcomed a baby girl on June 22. The child has been named Taa-Jah, the Hindi word for "crown."

McLachlan and husband Ashwin Sood also have a five-year-old daughter named India Ann Sushil Sood. - Maybe moonbeam and brusselsprout were too western? Read more here

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More Jazz Icons DVDs Coming

PR reports: The eagerly anticipated release of the second series of Jazz Icons DVDs is here. Reelin' In The Years Productions and Naxos are proud to announce the September 4, 2007 release of the next seven titles in the illustrious DVD series featuring performances by John Coltrane, Dave Brubeck, Duke Ellington, Sarah Vaughan, Dexter Gordon, Wes Montgomery, and Charles Mingus. 

Filmed in Europe between 1958 and 1966, this set of Jazz Icons DVDs features concerts by seven of the most influential jazz artists of the 20th century captured in their prime and accompanied by some of the most legendary sidemen of the day. Previously forgotten or lost in the vaults of TV studios throughout Europe (in some cases for nearly 50 years!), they are now being made available for the first time.- more on this story

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Gamma Ray Magician

PR reports: After the successful demo Brief Magic Story, which received great reviews by South American rock and metal magazines, the power metallers of MAGICIAN came back to studio to release the long-awaited debut. The new album was mixed and mastered at High Gain Studios in Hamburg/Germany by a "heavy metal dream team" formed by:

Dirk Schlächte - Gamma Ray's guitarist.

Arne Lakenmacher - Besides of working on Gamma Ray's Skeletons in the Closet, he also produced albums of great metal bands like Nevermore, Freedom Call, Primal Fear, Kreator, Sodom, Iron Savior and Destruction.

Kai Hansen - Gamma Ray's vocalist and ex-member of Helloween and Iron Saviour - He worked in the beginning of the production of the album.

The result of their work can be checked in Magician's MySpace page, where the band posted one of the new song
- http://www.myspace.com/magicianband

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The Photo Atlas To Escape the Underground?

PR reports: Underscoring its bedrock support for Denver-based dance-punk phenoms The Photo Atlas, and their debut album NO, NOT ME, NEVER on Stolen Transmission Records, comes another high profile nudge from AP (Alternative Press) magazine, in the brand new July issue. 

AP, who named the Photo Atlas "One Of 100 Bands To Watch In 2007" earlier this year, narrows it down this month to "One Of The 22 Best Underground Bands That Likely Won't Stay Underground For Long!" 

Are they worth the hype? Will they really break out? Find out for yourself this summer when they hit the road with Portugal, The Man starting in Portland, Or on July 23rd. - grab the dates here

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A Bunch Of Bands With Funny Names Touring Together

PR reports: Prosthetic Records labelmates CREMATORIUM and INFERNAEON will team up along with Sons of Azrael to provide support for Pyrexia's forthcoming headlining run. The two bands are each supporting new material - INFERNAEON's debut record, 'A Symphony of Suffering,' was released earlier this year through Prosthetic Records, while CREMATORIUM will showcase new songs from the band's forthcoming full length and will continue supporting 2005's 'The Process of Endtime,'

Pyrexia, Crematorium, Infernaeon, Sons of Azrael Tour
8/17 Chicago, IL � The Note
8/18 St Louis, MO � Creepy Crawl 
8/19 Topeka, KS � Static Bar 
8/20 Papillion, NE � The Rock- more dates

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Kaura Needs Your Help

PR reports: You may have noticed that we haven't been covering Lollapalooza this year. That was their choice, not ours. But we're providing some related coverage today since this news came from a cool indie band and not the bellends running the festival. Here is their message, help them out if you can: 

Berkeley based band KAURA, is representing the San Francisco Bay Area and all of California for that matter for the Lollapalooza Last Band Standing Contest 2007. Jane's Addiction singer and Lollapalooza Founder Perry Ferrell hand picked 20 bands from the 100 bands who made it to Round #2 on Sunday Night to proceed to Round #3. Voting continues until Midnight on July 20th and people may vote every day. The Top 5 bands will then go to Chicago to battle live in concert in front of Perry Ferrell for the 2 slots available.

Kaura, are hoping that there small but dedicated following will score them a slot in Chicago. "We are totally independent and DIY and have no label or corporate backing like other bands in the contest have." said drummer Benjamin Jones on Monday. "Every vote we get is coming from our fans and people who want to help." The band, who was invited last year to open for TOOL in Sacramento last summer by Livenation, and had A Perfect Circle's Paz Lenchantin guest on their debut EP, is dying for a chance to compete

live in the last round in Chicago. "Our live show is what has gotten us this far" singer Malcolm Guess explained. "We are going to bring Burning Man to Chicago! I think it is important to have California representing in this contest and we can only do it with people's support."
- vote for Kaura

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Guitar Heroes

PR reports: The World Series of Video Games, Presented by Intel held it's second event on it's Guitar Hero II competitive circuit this past weekend in Dallas, Texas. Newcomer to the circuit and Internet superstar Freddie Wong erupted the crowd won the finals with an amazing performance of RUSH's YYZ. He earned 27 points from the guest judges which included illustrious MOTLEY THRU frontman VINCE NEIL, who judged on style and stage performance. Wong barely edged out Michael "Priest" Holmes who earned 26 points performing the hardest song in the game, BUCKETHEAD's "Jordan". 

Wong earned $2,625 for his winning performance while Holmes gained $1,500 for his effort. The top two placers at the inaugural event of the season in Louisville placed third and fourth in Dallas, with Nikolai "Kov" Shish taking home $1,050 and David "WuLFe" Briers earning $600. All four contestants will gain $1,000 in travel money for the next stop on the circuit at the E For All event in Los Angeles, California. 

"I didn't know you could actually play that good", an impressed VINCE NEIL comments on camera after Wong was named champion. "I've seen people mess around with it [Guitar Hero] before, but nothing like that." - Grab your pink headband and hear the rest of what NEIL has to say

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