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Electric Soft Parade US |
PR reports: Mercury Music Prize-nominated
English indie-rockers The Electric Soft Parade are masters of reinvention.
If you trace the career of your favorite artists, there are said to be
two groups: those who stick to a sound you love and those that constantly
twist and turn your perceptions of them, while never losing their own unique
traits (think The Flaming Lips, Super Furry Animals.) With No Need To Be
Down-Hearted, The Electric Soft Parade have proven themselves to be in
the latter group.
The duo of brothers Tom and Alex White
have been winning fans and accolades in the UK for five years, and now
America will get a chance to experience the band as their new album, Need
To Be Down-Hearted, sees US release on April 24th via Better Looking Records.
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| Who
Likes to Jam? |
PR reports: In the age of the internet and
ipods, artists are discovering new ways to promote their music and use
the Intenet to their advantage. This advance is ignored by some of those
sticklers who tend to rely on the old "tried and true" methods. Others
choose to embrace it and use the internet as a creative outlet with which
they can share their art with the world. Rachel Fuller and her partner
Pete Townshend are the latter, having created Attic Jams, a webcast and
iTunes exclusive project!
In The Attic is an innovative web show
which features Rachel and Pete casually jamming out with The Flaming Lips,
The Racounteurs, The Zutons, Kooks, and more of today's most prominent
artists playing both their own songs and each other's. These live performances
were recorded in a trailer that was brought along on their European tour
last summer. They simply equipped the trailer with minimal recording equipment
and went from there! The laid back atmosphere of the show is what makes
this video show so unique. There are no dub-overs and no second takes,
it's just a jam session amongst friends. Rachel is completely at ease as
she idly chats with her guests. The web show is completely honest and totally
unscripted, each show broadcasting live. From those web shows came The
Attic Jams a compilation of some of their favorite recordings from the
sessions. The Attic Jams is available now on iTunes.[see full story for
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| The
Fratellis Debut |
PR reports: The sound of handclaps and dropped
beer bottle caps makes the album feel like sing-a-longs you stumble upon
in the back rooms of house parties. With that said, the highly anticipated
U.S. release of Costello Music, The Fratellis will debut their full-length
release on Interscope/Cherrytree Records on March 13th. The thirteen songs
off Costello Music were recorded in Los Angeles (with Beck producer Tony
Hoffer), letting in a bit of California sunshine to pierce any lingering
Glaswegian gloom. The album leaves no room for a single un-fun thought!
With Costello Music dropping March 13th,
The Fratellis are going to take a quick trip to the US in support of the
album! Dates listed below, come check 'em out![see full story for dates]-
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| Voices
Have Eyes for eccodek |
PR reports: On April 24, eccodek (aka the
multi-ethnic collective led by Canadian producer Andrew McPherson) returns
to the global music arena with Voices Have Eyes - the follow up to 2006's
widely acclaimed More Africa In Us. eccodek's Voices Have Eyes continues
to explore the crossroads where global groove, dub and electronica converge,
expanding on a palate shaped by such innovators as African Head Charge,
Bill Laswell, Mad Professor and Kruder & Dorfmeister.
eccodek's free floating membership of collaborators
weaves together an ethnically diverse mix of global dub, fusion and downtempo.
With over 15 singers and musicians contributing to Voices Have Eyes, it's
easy to hear how the 9 new tracks take on a fierce power when presented
live by this six-piece groove juggernaut. [see full story for more]-
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| Anberlin
Top 20 |
PR reports: ANBERLIN have entered the Billboard
Top 200 Album Chart at #19 by selling over 33,525 copies in one week of
their much-anticipated CITIES album, available in regular and special editions.
CITIES marks the group's third full-length offering and is the second highest
CD debut for a Tooth & Nail artist.
ANBERLIN are set to make their late-night
television debut when they perform "Godspeed"--the first single off CITIES--on
the "Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson" Monday, March 5. ANBERLIN's nationwide
headlining U.S. tour is off to a great start as eight of the first ten
shows have sold out, including New York City's Bowery Ballroom, Philadelphia's
Theatre of Living Arts, Washington, D.C.'s 9:30 Club, Charlotte's Tremont
Music Hall, Boston's Axis and Chicago's Metro to name a few. Their headlining
run will hit Los Angeles Tuesday, March 13 at the El Rey Theatre and this
year's SXSW Festival in Austin Wednesday, March 14 for the Tooth &
Nail Records Showcase at Spiro's Amphitheater (outside).[see full story
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| Idol
Advice for Britney |
Submitted News/Extra reports: [and for today's
mandatory BS] "Extra" has all new video of Britney Spear wearing a brown
wig out and about in Santa Monica, California last night. Spears is all
smiles and has what appears to be pen drawings on her hands. It is being
reported that she stepped out of Promises for the evening for an AA meeting.
And � Simon Cowell came to "Extra" with
a dose of tough love for Spears. He says, "I'd be saying go home to mom
and dad� lock the door, eat some normal food, don't go out with your stupid
friends. Grow your hair back and make a decent record." Cowell reveals,
"I know for a fact there are about 20 record producers� who are waiting
to get Britney Spears into a recording studio� some of the best in the
world actually." As to whether or not Spears can make a comeback, Cowell
adds, "If she makes a decent record� she'll have a hit." [Watch Extra for
all the BS news you can handle! Get airtimes and more at the full story
link]
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| SxSW
Blues |
PR reports: Los Angeles-based The Soul of
John Black is talented multi-instrumentalist / vocalist John Bigham's blues
ego. JB's musical history boasts an impressive resume. He's written songs
for Miles Davis and played percussion in the Davis group. Bigham played
guitar and keyboard for the pioneering rock-funk-ska band Fishbone for
eight years, contributing songs, guitars, keyboards, background vocals
and production expertise to several albums. Additionally, he toured as
a side man and played on sessions with artists as varied as Eminem, Dr.
Dré, Rosey, Joi, Nikka Costa, Bruce Hornsby and Everlast. However,
JB loves the blues and he is going to share the love in Austin for this
year's SXSW conference. JB is slated to appear at 8PM on Wednesday, March
14 at the Continental Club.[see full story for more]-
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| The
Appearance in May |
PR reports: OC's The Appearance is the band
to watch in 2007. The biggest MySpace sensation since the Arctic Monkeys
or Lily Allen. Over 160,000 plays on MySpace.com - Almost 45,000 "friends"
and already asked to perform on Playboy TV!
The Record... The Appearance entered the
studio (Stone Temple Pilot's Eric Kretz' Studios) to record their debut
album with veteran producer/engineer Chris Fudurich (AFI, Jimmy Eat World,
Nada Surf, etc.), and executive producer Michael Narlinger. The end result
is the amazing 12-track debut album, LOST IN AURORA, set for release on
May 5, 2007, via The Adrenaline Music Group (ADA/WEA Distribution) and
Read The Footnotes Productions. The first single, "Lost In Aurora" is available
now on iTunes. - Click
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| Yup,
Slayer Rules |
PR reports: Having won their first-ever Grammy
Award last month - "Best Metal Performance" for the track "Eyes of the
Insane" - thrash/punk icons SLAYER have just picked up a handful of even
more awards, and these are from the fans.
Revolver's 2007 "Readers Poll" singled
out Slayer's Kerry King and Jeff Hanneman as "Best Guitarist/Guitar Team,"
and also named Dave Lombardo as "Best Drummer." Slayer also placed Top
5 in the categories "Best Band Ever," "Best Live Band," "Album of the Year"
(for "Christ Illusion"), and Band of the Year."[see full story for more]-
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| Eric
Quincy Tate Sets Date |
PR reports: Emphasis Records is pleased to
announce the new release by the legendary southern rock band, Eric Quincy
Tate titled "Thirty-Seven". On September 9, 2006, EQT (Donnie McCormick,
Tommy Carlisle, David Cantonwine, Wayne 'Bear' Sauls) reunited to perform
a 37th Anniversary Eric Quincy Tate reunion show at Northside Tavern in
Atlanta. The recordings on the new album are the result of the show, which
captures the band true to form. The release contains 13 tracks, 79 minutes
of electrifying -- classic EQT. The band performed for a packed house of
excited fans both old and new. The evening was very special and magical.
There was also a fireworks display in celebration of the band's reunion.
On tracks 9 through 13, Donnie plays his famous "Chicken Coop". [see full
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| Stryper
DVD |
PR reports: Stryper's Greatest Hits: Live
in Puerto Rico DVDwill be in stores 4/24
Experience the revolutionary multi-platinum
artists STRYPER Live in Puerto Rico on March 6, 2004. The band originally
formed in Orange County, California by brothers Michael and Robert Sweet
and guitarist Oz Fox. STRYPER stands for Salvation Through Redemption Yielding
Peace, Encouragement and Righteousness. The Isaiah 53:5 under their logo
is the bible verse that states "by His stripes we are healed". The band
earned their stripes on the Los Angeles metal club circuit and in 1984,
and went on to sell millions of records worldwide. This DVD features all
of their greatest hits and much more!
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| Mortiis
Some Kind of Heroin |
PR reports: Industrial Goth enigma Mortiis
is set to release a remix album titled 'Some Kind of Heroin', reworking
material from 'The Grudge', on April 17 in Europe, via Earache Records.
For much of Mortiis' career, the striking visual aspect combined with his
rapid musical evolution has become a subject of much urban legend over
the years. And yet over a series of progressively more ambitious albums,
Mortiis has morphed into a band unit that has become known for aggressive
live shows and ambitious records, and has spawned two Top 50 UK singles.
In keeping with the rapidly developing
nature of the music and the direction of the band, 'Some Kind of Heroin'
offers diverse remix material including interpretations by a wide range
of contemporaries, such as Zombie Girl, Gothminister, Implant, XP8, Mental
Siege, PIG, The Kovenant, Velvet Acid Christ, Girls Under Glass, David
Wallace, Kubrick, Funker Vogt, Flesh Field, Dope Stars and In the Nursery.[see
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| Static-X
Cannibal |
PR reports: Static-X is breaking out of Hell's
sub-basement to release their fifth studio album, Cannibal, on April 3rd.
The band will also kick off a headlining tour on March 30th in Santa Ana,
CA. Comprising 12 of the harshest, most stripped-down tracks Static-X have
ever recorded, Cannibal also finds frontman Wayne Static & Co. sounding
leaner and meaner than they have in years�a change the vertical-haired
guitarist, vocalist and chief songwriter attributes to the back-to-basics
approach they took to recording the album. "I think it's the most metal
record we've ever made, and it's arguably the heaviest record we've ever
made," Static explains. "But with this record, I had a good time just getting
back to balls-out screaming and challenging myself vocally, as well as
in the songwriting. I felt like I was back working on Wisconsin Death Trip,
where I focused on stripping away the excess as much as possible to write
short, simple, catchy songs."[see full story for tour dates]-
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| Expatriate
US |
PR reports: Sydney four piece Expatriate hit
the USA in March 2007 to perform at the SXSW Music Festival in Austin Texas
from March 14-18. Expatriate will also showcase in New York and Los Angeles.
Expatriate's upcoming debut album, In The
Midst of This, was recorded in July 2006 at Robert Lang's Seattle studios.
Expatriate - Ben King (vocals, guitar), Damian Press (guitar/keyboards/production)
and Chris Kollias (drums, percussion) - created their debut LP with the
help of producer John Goodmanson (Wu Tang Clan, Blonde Redhead, Sleater
Kinney, Hot Hot Heat). Their debut EP, Lovers le Strange, saw Expatriate
touted as ones to watch by international media including the NME, hailed
by the Daily Record and featured in Disorder Magazine. Filter.com has also
been an avid supporter.
Expatriate International Tour
Tuesday, March 6 Cinespace, La
Thursday, March 8 Silverlake Lounge, La
Monday, March 12 Pianos, Nyc
Wednesday, March 14 Red 7, Sxsw, Austin
Texas
Wednesday, March 21 Indie 103.1 Passport
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| Rolling
Racist Stone? |
DiR reports: Rolling Stones is trying to tap
into the blogging market which includes an inane blog by Rob Sheffield
about American Idol. Remember you can't watch and draw your own conclusions;
you have to go to RS for opinions. (Good thing for Led Zeppelin, people
didn't do that in their day). Nevertheless, the latest blog had what some
may consider a bit of racism in it as Sheffield proclaimed that "white
girls can't sing". Oops, don't tell that to RS darlings the Dixie Chicks!
Another reason why they should leave the blogging to the professionals.
If you care to read the blog and can spare a few IQ points click on over
to the full story link. Next thing you know they'll try and make Clay Aiken
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Gnarls Barkley opened up Tues
night to a sold out crowd at the Allstate Arena. Then The Red Hot Chili
Peppers put 18,000 screaming fans in awe as they truly showed their staying
power as incredible musicians and their showmanship is unparalleled. Check
out Rob's photo blog of the show. - Check
out Rob's Photo Blog of this show
With this masterful, genre-redefining
album, Wolves in the Throne Room has nothing to do with the original black
metal scene at all! And therein lies the greatness that this band could
have; the fact that they aren't afraid to recast conventions, including
their own. - Read
the full Wolves in the Throne Room - Diadem of 12 Stars review
Listening to The Comfies is
akin to listening to The Romantics circa 1980, except "Close to Me" is
not the classic "What I Like About You" is, and the drummer does not have
the wherewithal to pull off milk on his drumheads. (2 stars)
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