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PR reports: Portugal. The Man, currently on
the road with Rocky Votolato, played an impromptu, acoustic show last night
at a fan's apartment in Pittsburgh. P.TM and Votolato were scheduled to
play an all-ages show at the Rex Theatre, but, at the last minute, the
club changed its policy to "over 21," leaving some 50 underaged kids stranded
outside the venue. Apparently, one of these kids - known only as Spencer
- offered up his living room as a place that Votolato and P.TM could do
a "house party" for the under-21 fans, and the musicians took him up on
the suggestion. Directly following their respective sets at the Rex, P.TM
and Votolato made their way the block or two to Spencer's apartment.
"It was crazy, the place was absolutely
packed," laughed P.TM's John Baldwin Gourley. "We found this great colored
strobe light ball, so we turned off all the lights and had all these colored
lights rotating around the living room while we played. It was unreal.
We played eight or nine songs, most of which we'd never done acoustically
before, but everyone was standing up stomping, clapping and singing along.
By our last song, 'Helter Skelter," the stomping and clapping and singing
got so intense, the entire apartment was shaking. It was the coolest sing-along
ever!"
Portugal. The Man, whose music has been
described as "the White Stripes meet the Mars Volta meets Led Zeppelin,"
will be on tour through late November in support of their newest album,
"Church Mouth." At this time, they have no further plans to play at fans'
houses, but who knows?- Read
our Artist of the Month review for the band
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Punknews.org reports: Doug Neumann, the manager
behind Fall Out Boy, Gym Class Heroes and other Decaydence artists, will
release a covers album of bands he represents on November 20, 2007 titled
Does Decaydance.
The album features "jazzed up" versions
of songs like FOB's "Dance Dance" and Panic! At the Disco's "Time To Dance."
He also sung the rap lyrics for his Gym Class Heroes Cover.
Neumann will make his debut at this year's
CMJ Music Marathon when he performs at Don Hill's on October 17. Expect
to see him on stage for select dates with Fall Out Boy for the Young Wild
Things Tour, as well.- more
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PR reports: Grammy award winner with the band
Dirty Vegas, singer/songwriter Steve Smith has found the inspiration to
record his first solo album. In 2005, Smith felt tired of his native London,
England and searched for a new beginning. Boston was it! With its musical
heritage and the city's cosmopolitan feel, Smith knew this was his new
home. When producer Anthony Saffery of Cornershop fame agreed to produce
the album, the pair booked the legendary Camp Street Studios in Cambridge,
MA and set to work.
Many musicians of all genres and styles
appear on Smith's solo debut This Town to be released January 22, 2008
on Smith's own label, GAS Records (named for his late father, George Albert
Smith.) Those who came out to play include Saffery known the world over
for his sitar playing with Cornershop, Beck, Oasis and others, Claudia
Gonson (The Magnetic Fields), Terry Barber (counter-tenor for the New York
Symphony Orchestra), Jay Ungar (principal violinist for James Horner ["Titanic",
"Legends of The Fall"]) and Rob Swift (The Executioners.) The result is
a collection of songs that blend folk, rock and electronica with Smith's
songwriting craft fusing all of those styles together.
The album's title track, "This Town" features
an inspired and poignant speech recorded by the acclaimed actor John Savage
("The Deer Hunter," "Hair"), which sets the mood for the whole record.
In addition to the track listing below, the album will feature two bonus
cuts: a new song "Late Nights and Street Fights" which was recently chosen
as the main title theme to FOX TV's hit series "Standoff" and a previously
un-released acoustic version of Grammy award winning Dirty Vegas tune "Days
Go By," which will only appear on the album's initial pressing.
View the album trailer-
here
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Metal Underground reports: Fresh off a European
tour and eager to support their Nuclear Blast self-titled debut album released
on September 25th, Dutch rockers AFTER FOREVER began their first-ever tour
of North America with a headlining performance at this year's ProgPower
VIII festival in Atlanta, Georgia on October 6th and will play through
October 21st with 13 shows throughout the East Coast, the southwestern
U.S., and Canada.
Sander Gommans, founding member, lead guitarist,
and main composer for AFTER FOREVER had this to say about the upcoming
tour: "Now it's time to say goodbye to all of my He-Man figures and hit
the road. It will be an emotional goodbye [laughter]. This tour means a
very heavy schedule for us
a lot of computer game contests on the bus!
Since AFTER FOREVER is only doing a limited
number of shows, I know not all of our fans will be able to come out and
see us, so I'll take my camera and laptop with me and try to stay in touch
with everyone through our My Space site. To those fans who can make it
out, see you on tour!"
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Lambgoat reports: Suicidal Tendencies and
Municipal Waste will tour the West Coast later this fall. Here are the
dates:
11/17 Tucson, AZ @ Rialto Theatre
11/18 El Paso, TX @ Club 101
11/19 Albuquerque, NM @ Sunshine Theater
11/21 West Hollywood, CA @ House of Blues
11/23 Santa Ana, CA @ Galaxy Concert Theatre
11/24 Ventura, CA @ Majestic Ventura Theatre
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KNAC reports: Overkill's new album, Immortalis
is out this Tuesday in North America, but on Monday, the German version
will include a limited-edition digi-pack featuring a bonus DVD of footage
from the band's August 2nd, 2007 performance at the Wacken Open Air festival
in Wacken, Germany.
The tracklisting for the DVD is as follows:
Rotten To The Core Elimination Necroshine Thanx For Nothin' Skull
And Bones In Union We Stand Walk Through Fire Wrecking Crew Old
School F*ck You- more
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PR reports: Ten years in the making, KISS
Loves You is a film that began back in 1994 when the band KISS was at a
career low and KISS fans around the world were starting tribute bands,
uniting at unofficial KISS Conventions and growing increasingly more nostalgic
for the 70's era classic KISS line-up.
The zeitgeist exhibited at these conventions
was not lost on the band and in 1996 they responded, rising up like a grease
painted phoenix into a new era of success. On the surface, KISS fans got
exactly what they longed for, but for some the return of their idols brought
unexpected consequences. KISS Loves You follows a few KISS fans along the
way.
Bonus Materials: Never before seen silent
Super-8 film of KISS in Stockholm 1976. - Extended footage from the 1996
KISS Press Conference on the USS Intrepid. - The Beyond Vaudville Kiss
Spectacular Program - 90 minutes of Outtakes from the film.
MVD will release the DVD on 11/20/2007
and you can get a little more info- here
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PR reports: New York City's glam punk band
Semi Precious Weapons are set to release their debut album, We Love You,
on October 30 via Precious Records.
The much-anticipated album, executive produced
by Tony Visconti (T. Rex, David Bowie, Morrissey), contains 10 original
tracks including the rocking "Semi Precious Weapons," "Rock n' Roll Never
Looked So Beautiful," and the heartfelt "Genius." We Love You also features
the band's first single, "Magnetic Baby."
The song is sonic perfection that opens
with the line "It's not my fault I look better in her party dress" (he
does!). Six foot tall, platinum blonde lead singer Justin Tranter evokes
comparisons to music's most charismatic front men, from Bowie to Iggy Pop
to Marc Bolan to David Johansen. In fact, Tranter recently performed at
the Marc Bolan 30th Anniversary Concert at the Delacorte Theater in New
York City.
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PR reports: Bloc Party have just announced
a brand new track (Flux) to be released on the 12th of November in the
UK through Wichita Recordings.
The band have played it a handful of times
on their US tour and on Conan O'Brien last week, and it had it's first
play on Radio One in the UK.
If you've not managed to hear it yet, you
can check them out playing it live at the Theater @ Madison Square Garden
on Wednesday night (3rd October), which by the miracle of technology is
now on- YouTube.
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PR reports: The Staple Singers were best known
for their '70s Stax hits like "Respect Yourself," "I'll Take You There"
and "If You're Ready (Come Go With Me)," but in fact the Chicago quartet's
recording career dates back to the '50s on the Vee-Jay and Riverside labels.
Their fifth effort was a Christmas album titled The 25th Day of December,
which the All Music Guide calls "the group's finest '60s collection." The
long-out-of-print album will be available once again this holiday season
on Riverside Records through Concord Music Group. The Staple Singers Christmas
reissue has been digitally mastered and is enclosed in a DigiPack with
all new artwork.
Reissued for the first time, the album
contains 12 holiday and spiritual classics including "Joy To The World,"
"Silent Night" and "Go Tell It on the Mountain." Included also is the Staples'
treatment of the Rev. Thomas Dorsey's "The Savior Is Born." -
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PR reports: Chris Volz, formerly of FLAW and
the recently-disbanded Five.Bolt.Main, will kick off his tour this weekend
in support of his solo album, "Redemption," which was just released on
September 11th on Rock Ridge Music.
So far, dates are planned through the month
of October with more to come. Joining Volz in his touring band are: Taz
Marazz, drums; Johnny Pisano, bass (who played on the album); and Jack
Frost, guitar.
Volz Redemption Tour Dates:
10/11 Creve Coeur, IL Tops N Tails
10/12 Ottumwa, IA The Casbah
10/13 Harrisburg, SD Phoenix Lounge-
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PR reports: Black Tide burst onto the metal
scene with a month long stint opening up the main stage of Ozzfest. Now
with sights set on an early 2008 release of Light From Above, their major
label debut on Interscope Records, Black Tide will call the road home over
the coming months as they rock the stage with Avenged Sevenfold.
Black Tide is a band you have to see to
believe with members ranging in age from 14-19 who shred like the legends
who inspired them. Black Tide not only embrace the charisma, character
and unwavering attitude of those who shredded before them, but they do
so in a manner that would make the virtuosos that inspired them proud.
Oct 29 The Wiltern - Los Angeles, California
Oct 31 House Of Blues - Las Vegas, Nevada
Nov 2 Sunshine Theater - Albuquerque,
New Mexico- more
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Submitted News reports: Hanoi Rocks singer
Michael Monroe guests on the latest episode of The Rock and Roll Geek Show.
He speaks candidly about the new record Street Poetry, Hanoi Rock's influence
on the whole 80's hair metal scene, the Razzle Tragedy and lots more.
The interview show lasts 47 minutes and
includes songs from Michael Monroe's career.
The Rock and Roll Geek Show, hosted by
Michael Butler, is the longest running music podcast online. Find the show-
here
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Electric Warrior and The Slider
are the most enduring albums of the T. Rex catalog. They are also responsible
for inspiring artists as divergent as David Bowie, Def Leppard and any
other band that relied on greasy riffs and cheap lipstick.
- Read
the full Landmark Albums: T. Rex - Electric Warrior and The Slider review
From the Gutter, New Jersey
Thrash veterans Overkill return with a deeper kind of sound called Immortalis.
This record is bassier than pervious albums. Immortalis sounds like a faster,
thrashier Guns N' Roses with double-bass.- Read
the full Overkill - Immortalis review
The album is a collection of
12 tunes and tune sets of Celtic music played in traditional Celtic and
Elizabethan styles. On a few of the traditional tunes Maggie adds her own
flair to the tunes. -
Read the full Maggie Sansone
- A Celtic Fair review
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