Testament Go Green For Vinyl Release

Supplies are limited to 2500 copies worldwide, so order your copies today before they sell out! The Formation of Damnation limited edition green vinyl also ships with a bonus poster and band logo patch.

Testament just returned from Australia and is preparing to kick off a headlining tour with Soilent Green starting October 1. A tour of Mexico with Judas Priest will follow in late October. - more on this story

Seven Talking Witches

PR reports: The latest episode of "Talking Metal" features an interview hosts Mark Strigl and John Ostronomy conducted with Seven Witches, Hades, and Non-Fiction vocalist Alan Tecchio.

Topics include Hades, Watchtower, Seven Witches, Jack Frost, Non-Fiction, Dan Lorenzo, All Time Low, Steppin' Out Magazine, skiing, motorcycle riding, and Autumn Hour Project.

Additional podcast topics include Satan, C.C. Banana, Vinnie Vincent, Ted Poley, Guns N' Roses, Del James, and Malthus. The podcast can be downloaded at this - location

The New Driving While Britney Defense

TMZ reports: She may not have put the brakes on when she should have, but Britney now wants the judge in her lil' traffic accident case to slam those suckers down.

You'll recall Brit is set to stand trial for driving without a valid California license -- a case that has dragged on for a year. Remember, the crazy version of Britney struck a car in August of last year and the cops found she was driving with a Louisiana license in Los Angeles.

Now her lawyer wants the judge to stop the trial, at least for now, because of the conservatorship. According to the docs, she's still not totally with it. Brit is "unable to participate meaningfully in her defense." - more on this story

Gogol Bordello Non-Stop At AFI Fest

PR reports: Gogol Bordello Non-Stop, Margarita Jimeno's rollicking feature-length music documentary that goes behind the scenes of the gypsy punk band Gogol Bordello and its charismatic front man Eugene Hütz, will make its North American Premiere on November 1 at the prestigious AFI Fest in Los Angeles.

From the birth of a New York City downtown Ruso-disco phenomena, known as Bulgarian Bar, to a non-stop touring marathon, with his band Gogol Bordello, Eugene Hütz takes us deep into his artistic foundation. Through music, the film delivers messages of social and political commentary, and captures Gogol Bordello in the act of performing, whether as headliner or as the spark of incendiary jams. Gogol Bordello Non-Stop unfolds from 2001 to 2006, following Gogol's steps from underground legends to international attention. - more on this story

Miranda Nettwerk

PR reports: A revered singer and songwriter, Miranda will release her Nettwerk debut Light of X on February 10, 2009.

For her new album, Miranda composed all of the material, string arrangements, acoustic guitar, piano and Hammond B3 on the disc. It's an album that shimmers with folk, country, psychedelic and even a slight classical influence, balancing her beautiful, close to the heart vocals, with music that has the wide open, spacious feel of a desert sky or an empty church. Light Of X is an album full of love and loss, desolation and salvation, both moody and comforting. - more on this story

Give Seventh Angel A Second Chance

MMP reports: Seventh Angel is without question one of the most acclaimed Christian metal bands in the history of the genre. Both of their full-length albums – "The Torment" and "Lament for the Weary" – deliver a powerful dose of prime thrash metal madness, complete with a meaningful message. Metal Mind Productions presents these exclusive re-releases which bring back a true legend of Christian metal, as one of the most talented groups in the history of thrash!

Both titles are digitally remastered using 24-Bit process on golden disc. The release date is scheduled for 27th October in Europe and 9th December in USA (via MCD). - more on this story

Second Round of Black Top Records Reissues Coming

conqueroo reports: Hep Cat Records, the roots label of the Collectors' Choice Music family, has launched a reissue initiative for Black Top Records, an influential '80s and '90s blues label with New Orleans roots. The project began this past summer with re-releases by Anson Funderburgh & His the Rockets (Talk To You By Hand), James Harman Band (Two Sides to Every Story), Rick "L.A. Holmes" Holmstrom (Lookout!), Rod Piazza & the Mighty Flyers (Blues in the Dark) and Ronnie Earl & the Broadcasters (Surrounded by Love).

Coming on October 28 are five more: James Harman Band (Do Not Disturb), Rod Piazza & the Mighty Flyers (Alphabet Blues), Anson Funderburgh & the Rockets (She Knocks Me Out), Ronnie Earl & the Broadcasters (Soul Searching) and Anson Funderburgh & Sam Myers & Anson Funderburgh (My Love Is Here To Stay). - more on this story

Airborne Toxic Event In the UK

PR reports: Los Angeles indie upstarts the Airborne Toxic Event are set to embark on their first UK Tour as they race across the UK to play an unheard of 30 shows in 30 days.

The UK is no doubt going to be experiencing a great live band. The Orange County Register (don't hold this against the band) wrote in a recent review of the group's show with the Fratellis (part of their current tour): "the real excitement this night came from a first encounter with opening act the Airborne Toxic Event, a striking quintet from the Los Feliz area that has been racking up next-big-thing talk from Rolling Stone and the L.A. press all year." [OC Register and Rolling Stone? Ouch! Where is the third strike going to come from? At least PitchDork didn't praise them.]

The Airborne Toxic Event have enormous grassroots support. The band's first single "Sometime Around Midnight" underwent the rarest of occurrences when it was added to rotation at KROQ and Indie 103.1 prior to having a record label or a manager. - more on this story

. Bourgeois Gypsies - Faulty Fairytales

Kaisa MacDonald is kind of a blend of Joni Mitchell and Edie Brickell. She has that kind of Bohemian/folk vibe embodied in both of those artists. That being said, Kaisa is a pretty unique singer who requires a unique term: soulfolk. (4 stars) - Read the full Bourgeois Gypsies - Faulty Fairytales review

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