Status Quo Con

Claiming that he would perform at a festival in the town and invite celeb friends including Paul McCartney, Brian May and Charlotte Church, 'Graham' was treated to limousine rides and expensive meals. He even judged a local beauty contest. We're pretty sure he'd do whatever you want. - more on this story

Satyricon Ink Deal and Announce CD Release

PR reports: Satyricon has signed a North American recording deal with KOCH Records. The Norwegian outfit will release its seventh studio album, The Age of Nero, on January 13, 2009.

Largely written in a remote cabin in the Norwegian mountains by headman Satyr, The Age of Nero features eight of the most ashen, yet fascinating songs in Satyricon's critically acclaimed history. From the unstoppable urgency that drips from the roll out cut 'Black Crow On A Tombstone' to the epic frenzy of 'Die By My Hand' and through to the bleak nihilism of album closer 'Den Siste', The Age of Nero dispatches both rocking blackness and a chilling sonic intensity. - more on this story

Lee Boys Late Night

PR reports: The Lee Boys, a "sacred steel" sextet from Miami, will perform on Late Night With Conan O'Brien on Monday, December 8th.

This follows a recent performance on the prestigious West Virginia Public Radio show, Mountain Stage, and a successful November tour with the Dirty Dozen Brass Band.

On December 2nd, The Lee Boys will release a new DVD entitled "Live At Bonnaroo" that will be available at shows and on their website. - more on this story

Tommy Keene Sets Release

PR reports: Tommy Keene, the critically acclaimed power-pop pioneer, is set to release his first solo album in nearly three years, In The Late Bright, on Feb. 17 via Second Motion Records.

The 11-track album, co-produced by Keene and R. Walt Vincent (Pete Yorn, James Blunt), was recorded in Keene's Los Angeles home earlier this year and features a wide range of songs from the rollicking opener, "Late Bright," to his first recorded instrumental ("Elevated") and the wistful "Save This Harmony."

Keene, a DC-area native whose resume is littered with cred-building milestone after milestone, released his solo debut Strange Alliance in 1982. However, it was a six-song EP (Places That Are Gone, 1984) that brought him national attention, landing him atop the venerable Village Voice Pazz & Jop critic's poll. Since that time, Keene has won numerous fans and accolades and shaped modern power-pop. Keene has also become an in demand player, touring and recording with Paul Westerberg and Robert Pollard. His most recent release, Blues and Boogie Shoes, was a duet with Pollard, dubbing the outfit the Keene Brothers. - more on this story

School of Seven Bells On the Road

PR reports: School of Seven Bells are currently out on the road with M83. Helmed by Benjamin Curtis and sisters Alejandra and Claudia Deheza, they came together in 2004 while their bands - Secret Machines and On-Air Library!, respectively - were on tour.

While watching PBS at 3am, Alejandra caught a show about the School of Seven Bells: a mythical South American pickpocket academy that may or may not have existed in the '80s. The idea of seven minds working as one appealed to her, as did the phrase's cryptic musicality, and a creative spark ignited.

After early recordings popped up on Sonic Cathedral, Table of Elements, and [Career] Suicide Squeeze, the band landed at Ghostly International and released their highly acclaimed debut full length, Alpinisms. And now with their 7" single Half Asleep/Caldo, School of Seven Bells is stylishly splitting the difference between shoegazing introspection and stargazing dream pop. - more on this story

An Alternative Christmas For Negative Space and Others

PR reports: Tuesday, November 18, 2008, Alternative Addiction is releasing 'An Alternative Christmas' CD compilation to raise money for charity. Negative Space's "I'll Be Home" is featured on the album along with songs by Lifehouse, Better Than Ezra, Shinedown and many others.

The CD will be available digitally on Alternative Addiction, iTunes and Amazon. All profits will be donated to a charity for kids, but due to some of the music being a little risqué, the name of the charity cannot be associated with the CD. - more on this story

Riverboat Gamblers Set Release

PR reports: In the wake of a somewhat checkered past, one that conjures up images of broken teeth and lacerated body parts, Austin-by-way-of-Denton, TX's Riverboat Gamblers return this coming Spring 2009 with a new album, "Underneath The Owl" out March 10th 2009.

Beginning November 17th, 2008, Riverboat Gamblers will release the first single, "A Choppy, Yet Sincere Apology" from their new album and encourage fans and casual freeloaders alike to download the DRM-free mp3 from either the band's own website or their pages on iLike and PureVolume.

Riverboat Gamblers "Underneath The Owl" was recorded and produced by the "band ruining Famous Hollywood Producer" Mudrock. - Download and share "A Choppy, Yet Sincere Apology"

. The Biz: Springsteen's Fumble

The music industries rules have changed and instead of coming up with inventive new ways to market his music, Springsteen and his management have taken the easy way out by partnering with the NFL. - Read the full Springsteen's Fumble op/ed

. Marduk - Infernal Eternal

Here we have another live recording of these black metal goons continuing a saga so bad, it could make zombies wish they were still buried. "We don't need flesh! We're just trying to get away from this sh*t," they'll cry in suffering unison. - Read the full Marduk - Infernal Eternal review

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