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Contact Music reports: Guitar legend MICHAEL
SCHENKER has threatened to pull the plug on any future U.S. tours after
scrapping a series of MICHAEL SCHENKER GROUP dates due to customs and visa
issues.
The German rocker abruptly cancelled dates
on his most recent American tour and has now posted a fiery message on
his website, explaining his actions.
He writes, "There never will be another
tour in the U.S. unless particular people stop interfering.-
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PR reports: On Sunday, July 22 at 9:00AM ET/PT,
A&E Network will premiere PRIVATE SESSIONS, a weekly one-hour performance
and interview series hosted by Lynn Hoffman. Filmed in a small, intimate
studio in New York City, the series will showcase exclusive performances
and conversations with top names in entertainment with a focus on contemporary
music ranging from rock ‘n’ roll to pop to country. Each Sunday morning
PRIVATE SESSIONS will explore the body of work of a single artist or group
and feature current releases as well as career-building, influential or
defining projects.
The premiere episode of PRIVATE SESSIONS
features pop princess Avril Lavigne, whose third album“The Best Damn Thing”
debuted at number one on Billboard's Top 200 album chart. Avril chats with
Lynn Hoffman and performs “Girlfriend,” her new hit single which reached
number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, her first-ever hit “Complicated,”
and several other songs from her new album. - see
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PR reports: Machinima.com, the preeminent
site serving the Machinima community, and Wind-up Records, one of the largest
independent labels in the United States, have launched the “Game Over”
contest with Strata. Players will be able to submit their “most memorable
in-game death” displaying how their “virtual life ended.” Participants
will submit a story, music video, montage, “kill,” or “raid” using their
favorite video game, sharing why their “in-game death” is their most memorable
one.
Players will select one of four songs from
the band’s release STRATA PRESENTS THE END OF THE WORLD which hits stores
on July 17, 2007. No other music may be used in the submission. Strata
and Machinima.com will select ten machinima videos from all of the entries,
which will then be posted for the worldwide community to vote on. Three
winners will be selected from the ten finalists. The contest is open to
any legal resident of the United States (and the District of Columbia)
who is 18 years old and has Internet access. The four Strata songs available
are “Cocaine (We’re All Going to Hell),” “Stay Young,” “Hot / Cold (Darling
Don’t),” and “Night Falls.”- more
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PR reports: Australian natives Second Dan,
Tamarama, and The Kin have signed up to headline AusFest, a live concert
featuring the best of Down Under’s indie rock scene on July 18th at The
Delancey in Manhattan’s Lower East Side.
The idea for AusFest came from Sydney-based
brewers Scott Garnet and Richard Adamson, who wanted to combine the U.S.
launch of their premium craft beer brand, Barons of Australia, with their
love of music. As part of the international DJ troupe Kalide, Adamson’s
talent for moving international beats became the driving force to give
New York based Aussie bands a spotlight in the mainstream music scene.-
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PR reports: Much anticipated since 2004's
More Adventurous, Rilo Kiley will be releasing their fourth album, Under
the Blacklight, on August 21st via Warner Bros. Records.
For their major label debut, the band took
on production duties themselves along with Jason Lader (Vietnam, The Like,
Jay-Z) and Mike Elizondo (Dr. Dre, Fiona Apple), showing an eclectic new
side of Rilo Kiley. - Take
a listen to lead single "The Moneymaker".
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PR reports: Just 23 years old and hailing
from Dumfries, Scotland, Calvin Harris made his debut album I Created Disco
in his bedroom on a battered old Amiga computer. Now touring with a full
band and an explosive live show, he sets his sights on the US with his
debut release for Almost Gold Recordings on September 4th.
"Acceptable In The 80s," Calvin’s first
single in both the UK and the US, sparkles with high gloss, glitz and glamour
like a disco ball catching the light. Calvin Harris is making his mark
on 2007 in style -- "Disco disappeared, didn't it? Everyone got sick of
it. Now I'm reviving it, with space goggles, or something."
"The song titles say it all,” he explains.
“My tunes aren't supposed to invoke deep thought within people; they're
just to get you dancing. But musically it is for the brain - it's not music
for stupid people. I take great pride in my productions. It's not knocked
out in a few seconds."- Listen
to "Acceptable in the 80s"
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PR reports: This summer, Starbucks Entertainment
will distribute new digital EPs from emerging artists Rissi Palmer, Alice
Russell and WinterKids exclusively on the iTunes store. The release of
great new digital music furthers Starbucks commitment to foster musical
discovery both through the selection of physical CDs available in Starbucks
stores and digitally through the Starbucks Entertainment area on iTunes
(www.itunes.com/Starbucks). - details
about all 3 releases
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PR reports: Everyone is out on the road this
summer touring, so we here at Doghouse got together and thought, “What
can we do for those kids who can’t get to the shows”? How about a slue
of brand new Doghouse Records Videos?
Beginning TODAY, Monday July 16, we will
be hosting a “Music Video Release Party” on DOGHOUSERECORDS.COM featuring
BRAND NEW VIDEOS from Paulson, Limbeck, Army of Me, Weatherbox, and Jet
Lag Gemini. Every Monday through August 13 we will post a new video with
exclusives (as available).
Monday, July 16 Paulson Video: “Calling
on You” *includes the “Making of” from band member / video director, Jesse
Burton ON TOUR WITH HE IS LEGEND- Check
that out right here and visit Doghouse in the weeks to come for more.
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PR reports: The rock-n-roll assault known
as RAQ keeps steaming across the nation when they host the Lew-Au II in
Newport, VT this upcoming weekend on July 21st and 22nd. RAQ's "home fest"
also includes performances by Strangefolk, Al and the Transamericans, Tim
Reynolds, DJ Logic, and many more.
Following the Lew-Au, RAQ will be in New
York City for a Rocks Off Concert Cruise on July 27th and Camp Barefoot
II (Gore, VA) July 28th. August finds the band on the Champlain Boat Cruise
in Burlington VT, and then flying out to Vancouver B.C.'s Bonfire Festival.
RAQ's very productive summer wraps up with
a run of southeastern tour dates including the Georgia Theatre (Athens
GA), Blue Cats (Knoxville TN), Ashefest (Asheville NC), The Chameleon Club
(Lancaster PA), and Phanfest (Mariaville NY). For more information on RAQ
and complete tourdates, including the upcoming National Fall Tour schedule
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PR reports: On August 7 Eagle Vision releases
Ralph J. Gleason Presents A Night At The Family Dog on DVD. The concert,
held in September of 1970, featured the brightest three lights of the Bay
Area, Jefferson Airplane, Grateful Dead and Santana. Night At The Family
Dog first aired on The National Educational Television Network in 1971.
Carlos Santana and his band were riding
high on the wave of their classic 1969 self-titled debut. Their second
album had yet to be released. Grateful Dead was already five albums strong.
Their sixth, American Beauty, was on the brink of release. The band was
at the height of its power, with keyboardist Ron “Pigpen” McKernan still
alive. Jefferson Airplane was the headliner, at that time the biggest band
in the land. Volunteers, their politically-charged sixth album, had yet
to be released. - more
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PR reports: Currently on tour in the UK (including
performances at the famed Leeds and Reading festivals), Maps will begin
a US tour Saturday September 22nd with a headline appearance at KEXP's
"John In The Morning At Night" benefit show in Seattle. UK up-and-comer
Jamie T and indie favorite Vampire Weekend will support Maps at the benefit
concert.
During the tour Maps will also be performing
live on KEXP's The Morning Show With John Richards (September 21st) and
KCRW's Morning Becomes Eclectic (September 26th).- you
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PR reports: The prestigious Mods & Rockers
Film Festival presented annually by the American Cinematheque will honor
the 50th anniversary of Stax Records with a five-film cinematic salute.
The tribute will take place over the entire weekend of Saturday and Sunday
July 21st and 22nd. Films being shown include legendary filmmaker D.A.
Pennebaker's 2003 "Only The Strong Survive" together with Pennebaker's
"Shake! Otis At Monterey" - a film of Otis Redding's legendary performance
at the 1967 festival. This screening will be attended by D.A. Pennebaker
and Sam Moore of "Sam & Dave" — one of the stars featured in "Only
The Strong Survive".
Saturday July 21st also sees the World
Premiere of “Respect Yourself,” a new two-hour documentary celebration
of Stax Records that features a who’s who of Stax artists — including a
considerable amount of long-lost vintage footage — together with interviews
with fervent Stax admirers such as Bono, Elvis Costello and Chuck D. On
Sunday July 22nd the festival presents the American premiere of a newly-unearthed
1967 Norwegian TV special that captured the legendary “Stax Revue” of that
year – the only known full-length visual record of that tour. Rounding
off the Stax tribute will be the celebrated concert film shot in L.A. in
1972 “Wattstax”.- all
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