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PR reports: Swerve Festival announced its
lineup of live musical performances taking place September 28-30, including
We Are Scientists, DeVotchKa, The Black Angels, Bonde Do Role, Illinois,
Oh No! Oh My!, Foreign Born, Thee More Shallows, and Snowden.
The dynamic lineup features an eclectic
mix of internationally known headline acts as well as critically acclaimed
up-and-coming artists performing at the Echoplex and in free shows at the
Barnsdall Art Park. These live music artists are being booked in association
with ASCAP, a non-profit performing rights organization.
The FUEL TV initiative includes the premiere
of Anton Corbijn's hotly anticipated biopic Control, the story of Ian Curtis,
lead singer of the legendary post-punk rock band Joy Division.-
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PR reports: "Create an Online Banner for Pearl
Jam's DVD Immagine in Cornice," campaign is an online contest that asks
fans to design an online banner promoting the commemorative DVD.
The "Immagine in Cornice" DVD chronicles
the group's performances and features behind-the-scenes footage from five
Italian shows during their 2006 European tour. The grand prize will be
awarded based on the most shared entry across the Internet, and the winner
will receive the 'Immagine in Cornice DVD', the Pearl Jam 7 CD Box Set
and a limited edition Pearl Jam silk screen poster by Brad Klausen.
Anyone can review the entries and vote
for their favorites. This is a great chance for Pearl Jam fans to interact
with the band and win some cool stuff! Think you have what it takes?-
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hop to it!
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PR reports: TalkingMetal.com has posted their
Rock and Roll Fantasy Camp New York 2007 photo gallery. Over 150 images
of Paul Stanley, Glenn Hughes, Bruce Kulick, Scott Ian, and more from both
rehearsals and the concert finale are included.
Talking Metal co-host John Ostronomy was
honored to have been asked by Glenn Hughes to join him, Paul Stanley, Bruce
Kulick, and the Late Show Horns to perform the KISS classic "Detroit Rock
City" with Fantasy Camp band Kaiser Soze during their performance at the
B.B. King Blues Bar and Grill in New York City.
The gallery can be viewed at this-
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PR reports: Great Northern's sun-soaked dreamscapes
will help everyone forget summer is coming to a close. The Angelenos are
going back on tour this fall, joining New York-based quartet Robbers on
High Street, sharing the headline slot.
Great Northern meticulously brings their
luscious textures to life at each show, their distinctive boy-girl harmonies
permeating every melody, introduced on their debut LP, "Trading Twilight
for Daylight" (Eenie Meenie Records).
Some warm-up shows include the Lobsterfest
in San Pedro, Ca. alongside label mates Scissors for Lefty, and opening
for electronic cult heroes Ladytron, at various stops along the California
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PR reports: After years of touring and releasing
platinum selling records, Lonestar has built a strong and loyal following
of music fans across the country. The band is about to hit the road again,
this time with a new lead singer and a new Christmas CD that's only available
at Cracker Barrel Old Country Store locations and online.
"It's an honor to be involved with Cracker
Barrel on this project. I can't think of a better combination than Lonestar,
Christmas and Cracker Barrel," said Lonestar's Keech Rainwater. "These
recordings are a perfect reflection of what Lonestar has evolved into as
a group of musicians."
Available in early November, this Lonestar
CD, titled My Christmas List, will feature a new sound as Cody Collins
joins the band as its new lead singer.- more
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PR reports: Don Preston was quite possibly
the first person to add synthesis to live rock performances, taking Frank
Zappa's Mothers of Invention into uncharted musical territories over several
tours and albums.
Today, four decades after having built
"analog synthesizers" from scratch before most people had heard of such
things, Preston is a living legend and a pioneer who now tweaks synths
on his Apple laptop. This summer Preston toured in Europe with his Akashic
Ensemble, including stops in Prague, Vienna, and at the legendary, annual
ZAPPANALE festival in Bad Doberan Germany. Now, Don Preston will bring
his jazz-electronica-experimental trio to the stages in the Northeastern
USA. He will also hold lectures at several esteemed Universities.-
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PR reports: During her award-winning 30-year
music career, Amy Grant has sold more than 30 million albums around the
world. On October 2 (October 1 outside of North America), Amy Grant's first-ever
career and label-spanning hits collection, Greatest Hits, will be released
around the world in CD and Special Edition CD/DVD packages and digitally.
In the U.S., the new title will be released by Sparrow/EMI America Records.
Amy Grant: Greatest Hits features 19 tracks
culled from all of Grant's studio albums, including nine #1 and nine Top
5 Pop and Contemporary Christian chart hits. The Special Edition's DVD
adds more than an hour of exclusive content, including a new 40-minute
interview with Grant about her career, a rare acoustic performance (audio),
five music videos, a photo gallery, a bonus ringtune and a complementary
three-month trial membership to the official FOA (Friends Of Amy) Fan Club.-
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antiMusic reports: The Apples in Stereo are
happy to announce that Barsuk Records recording artist Aqueduct will be
joining them on their upcoming tour. Previously, Aqueduct has graced the
opening stages of Modest Mouse and The Flaming Lips.
The tour kicks off today (Sep 13th) in
Lexington, KY and will stay mainly on the East coast but will also include
a headlining performance at the Spark Con festival which takes place on
September 22nd in Raleigh, NC and an appearance at the Union County Music
Fest in Crandord, New Jersey on the 15th.
They'll also have a one off with the Old
Soul at Music Hall of Wililamsburg in Brooklyn on September 16th. The tour
will last through the end of the month five dates spanning Florida before
the conclusion on the 30th in Tallahassee. - more
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PR reports: UK favorites Hard-Fi are the sound
of the summer. In their native Britain they are dominating airwaves with
the Radio 1 A-list single 'Suburban Knights', wowing live audiences and
soaring to Number 1 with their eagerly awaited new studio album 'Once Upon
A Time In The West'. Now, fresh from a sold-out intimate club tour, they've
announced 11 UK arena dates for December.
"This is our first real tour for the new
album," says frontman Richard Archer. "We can't wait to take it on the
road with all the old favorites from the 1st LP. These will be our biggest
shows so far - and we intend to make them our best!"-
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PR reports: Paramore has unveiled details
of their eagerly anticipated headline tour. The coast-to-coast trek will
take off on October 23rd in Sayreville, NJ, with dates running non-stop
through a New York, NY finale on November 28th. Joining Paramore on the
trip will be The Starting Line and special guests The Almost, with Set
Your Goals on select dates.
"RIOT!," the new album from the Tennessee-based
quartet, debuted in the Billboard 200 this past June at #20, marking one
of the highest sales and chart debuts for Fueled By Ramen (second only
to Fall Out Boy) and recently jumped to #15 on the chart with over 258,000
total copies sold to date. - more
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PR reports: Deadstring Brothers are gearing
up for the release of Silver Mountain on October 9th with a new video for
"Meet Me At Heavy Load" and tour dates announced for October- November
schedule is coming soon.
The video for "Meet Me At Heavy Load" will
be on the airwaves soon it was filmed by Nick Hill for Lucky Airlines,
the folks responsible for clips for Brendan Benson, Thunderbirds Are Now,
Outrageous Cherry and Bad Wizard. Taking the Heavy Load party concept to
a new level, it was filmed entirely inside a vintage elevator.
Much of the story behind Silver Mountain
is the band's late nights at the Heavy Load, an underground club night
in London's West End, where they met future Brother Spencer Cullum. -
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PR reports: Rob Zombie has proved that he
is not only a heavy metal god, but also a horror film master. "Halloween"
murdered the box office record for a Labor Day release with $31 million.
Rob Zombie not only brought the classic horror franchise back to life,
but also used his musical talents to make a killer soundtrack to accompany
the release.
The Halloween soundtrack features classic
hits from the 70's like Alice Cooper's "Only Women Bleed" and Blue Oyster
Cult's "(Don't Fear) The Reaper." In addition to the sinister arena rock
from the '70s, Rob also had some original music created for the film.
Check out the haunting remake of "Mr. Sandman"
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