Bellamy Brothers Team Up With The Bacon Brothers

"This song gave all of us an opportunity to do something a little different," says David Bellamy. "We had a great time recording and filming with the Bacon Brothers and feel like we had the perfect song to bring both of our styles together. Having Shannen Doherty in the video was an added bonus, and shooting in a real, working prison gave the whole thing the right look and vibe." - more on this story

Suicide City Starting a Frenzy This Summer

PR reports: On August 4th, Suicide City releases their debut full-length effort, entitled 'Frenzy,' via Brooklyn label The End Records.

Suicide City was first conceived when Biohazard vocalist/guitarist Billy Graziadei met Karl Bernholtz, vocalist of the south Florida band The Groovenics. The pair was joined by drummer Danny Lamagna, who had been recommended by members of Sworn Enemy. Soon after, Groovenics guitarist AJ Marchetta was added to the fold, and the lineup was finally rounded out by former Kittie bassist Jennifer Arroyo.

"'Frenzy' is such an eclectic blend of music," says Marchetta. "This band is unafraid and unapologetic about what we create, and because of that we have an album with a really wide musical landscape." Graziadei points out, "In our short time together, Suicide City has achieved more on our own than most bands do in their whole career with the help of a label." Perhaps Bernholtz sums it up best: "Suicide City thrives on making people happy and smile through our music without having to candy coat anything. Life does not 'suck and then you die.' Life is great, dangerous, exciting, strange, and then you die. I guess that's what we're trying to portray with our music." - more on this story

Music is Not A Reality for Vh1 Viewers

vh1 reports: VH1 has teamed up with Sandra "Pepa" Denton of Salt n Pepa and Chilli from TLC – giving each pioneering hip-hop artist her own series revolving around their current lives as single women. The yet-to-be titled "Pepa" and "Chilli" series will premiere on VH1 in 2010.

The Entertainer, from the "I Love NY" and "I Love Money" shows has also scored his own series called "The Entertainer," featuring his parents as well as the infamous basement bachelor pad. VH1 has also renewed two other hit series: "Celebrity Fit Club" (season 7) and "Sober House with Dr. Drew" (season 2).

These programming additions come on the heels of recent announcements about upcoming new original primetime series on VH1 including Jessica Simpson's new series "The Price Of Beauty;" a series centered on the family and career of American Idol winner Fantasia Barrino as she refocuses and tries to get her career back on track with the untitled "Fantasia" series; "The OCD Project," centering on OCD patients living together as they strive to overcome their disorder; and "The Aspen Project," focusing on the highs and lows of living and dating in one of the wealthiest communities in the world. - more on this story

Ed Palermo Gives Frank Zappa A Jazz Makeover

Glass Onyon reports: Jazz is not dead - at least not when the Ed Palermo Big Band plays it. Part of the Cuneiform 'Contemporary Masters' series, 'Eddy Loves Frank' is the third album to feature the music of Frank Zappa as arranged by Ed Palermo and performed by the Ed Palermo Big Band.

A brilliantly original and entertaining big band jazz CD, 'Eddy Loves Frank' shows that Zappa's music has become assimilated into the American songbook. It also reveals that Zappa, as an American rock composer, deserves to be recognized with as much respect as America's other revered popular music composers, including jazz composers such as Duke Ellington, Charles Mingus, Thelonius Monk, Oliver Nelson, and popular song composers such as George Gershwin and Cole Porter. Despite the music's complexity, Palermo's incredibly skilled 18-piece band and three guest musicians play it with inspiration and apparent ease.

"I'm prouder and happier than ever about this CD because I felt less constrained to follow Zappa's structural formats," says Ed. "It has never been my intention to replicate Zappa's recordings (what would be the point?) and with this new CD (my 3rd of Zappa music) I felt freer to manipulate the structures more than I ever have. I suppose it's a natural evolution." - more on this story

Since October Expand Their Summer Tour Plans

Adrenaline reports: Since October have announced several additional dates to their summer tour, including a West Coast run with Trapt PLUS three huge festivals where they'll be playing alongside such huge bands as Judas Priest, 3 Doors Down, Shinedown and more!

Since October recently wrapped up a string of dates with RED, which included some of their first East Coast shows ever! Singer Ben Graham checked in from the road with an update: "We've been on this tour for about 8 weeks now, so the show is nice and tight, and we're really excited about that. We're also psyched that on these upcoming Trapt dates, we'll be playing markets we've never played: the House of Blues in Las Vegas and the Troubadour in Los Angeles will be awesome!

"And to be able to play with such legendary bands as Judas Priest and Whitesnake is absolutely amazing to us. The big festival shows will be great because there will be over 20,000 people there, and we're definitely ready to take advantage of that opportunity. - more on this story

Country Thunder USA Festival TV

PR reports: The 17th Annual Country Thunder USA festival, held in Twin Lakes, Wisconsin July 15-18, 2009 will be showcased on Great American Country television network. GAC festival hostess Suzanne Alexander will be filming from the festival grounds - visiting with country music stars and their fans for GAC Nights and GAC's Top 20 Country Countdown. (Actual airdates / times TBD)

Also announced today are three 'new' performers – superstar Neal McCoy will play for a full 90 minutes Friday night in the all-ages Howlin' Coyote Dance Hall following Alan Jackson's main stage performance. Newcomers Gloriana and GAC's web series stars KingBilly will also entertain. KingBilly is scheduled for 10:30pm Wednesday, Gloriana at 10:30pm Thursday.

Neal McCoy"We're so excited to be partnered with such a great country television network. We couldn't be happier – having GAC on-hand to celebrate the weekend with us… and with the great lineup. Adding Neal McCoy will make Friday night a huge party – and he puts on an incredible show. We've made a lot of changes this year – from traffic routing, to a less-cluttered festival 'bowl' area, more vendors, cheaper concessions and keeping the price low," said festival Executive Producer Brian Andrews. - more on this story

The Devil Makes Three Frontman Goes Solo Again

PR reports: The Devil Makes Three frontman Pete Bernhard unveils "Straight Line" Pete's second solo album will come out on September 15th on Milan Records

Pete will be playing solo dates this summer and will be doing substantial touring around the release of the reord. Pete will also be touting with The Devil Makes Three on their dates in October and November. - more on this story

Inward Eye Set Album Release

RCA reports: Canadian rockers Inward Eye are set to release their debut album Throwing Bricks Instead of Kisses on August 18th (RCA Records).

With a sound reminiscent of The Jam, The Kinks, The Clash and The Who, Throwing Bricks Instead of Kisses was recorded at producer Arnold Lanni's (Simple Plan, Finger Eleven, Our Lady Peace) studio in Temecula, California the boys took the lessons learned from logging ungodly long trips in their van, criss-crossing the continent on tour, and put them to the test in the studio.

Fresh off a club tour supporting Sum 41 as well as a performance at Bamboozle, the brothers Erickson, Dave (vocals/bass), Kyle (guitar/vocals), and Anders (drums), will be introducing American fans to their high energy set that has won over hoards of Canadian tastemakers as well as The Who, who handpicked the band to open for them on their past two tours. Inward Eye was recently nominated for a Much Music Video Award in the category of "MuchLoud Best Rock Video" for "Shame", their first Canadian single. - more on this story

Glass Pear Is Coming

PR reports: Glass Pear, the quirky moniker for Welsh singer-songwriter Yestyn Griffiths, will release his debut album "Streets Of Love" on August 25 on WOL Records. Self-produced with cohorts Tom Welham and Tasha Baylis in a tiny north London flat, "Streets Of Love" is a collection of ten stellar songs that feature Yestyn's epic piano-clad melodies, soaring voice and existential lyrics. The first single "Last Day Of Your Life", mixed by Coldplay producer Danton Supple, was featured in Grey's Anatomy and 90210.

The younger brother of recording artist Jem, Yestyn started his career co-writing tracks for her acclaimed debut "Finally Woken" and follow-up "Down To Earth". In 2008 he sent a demo of Glass Pear songs to the then Music Director of KCRW 89.9 FM Los Angeles, Nic Harcourt, who became an early supporter. Others such as Alex Patsavas, the music supervisor for Gossip Girl, soon caught on to the buzz, predicting that Glass Pear "would have a big impact in 2009. [He writes] beautiful, melodic, well-crafted pop songs."

Echoing the influence of early Radiohead and Coldplay, "Last Day Of Your Life", "Listen To The Music" and "Come Alive" weave pretty guitar melodies into complex, modulating arrangements, climaxing in huge, sing-a-long choruses. "Violet Waters" deceptively opens with Keane-like piano before bursting into an exotic beat reminiscent of Bloc Party. Just as intriguing is the shuffling, Cure-inspired romp of album title track "Streets Of Love", where Yestyn's lyrical obsession with love and death finds its outlet: "People punch and people bruise on these streets of love/Where we live and die." In "Wild Place" and "My Ghost", Yestyn strips back his sound to naked acoustic and voice, reaching his most powerful emotional expression at the finale of the album's closing track. - more on this story

organicArma Release New EP

PR reports: Miami, Florida-based organicArma will be digitally releasing their second EP, entitled "Awarned," on June 30th. It features four versions of the title track: Radio Edit, Extended Mix, King Unique Remix, and Degenerate Remix.

In "Awarned" the band tells a tale from the eye of a person who is confused about his life and unsure about his dreams. organicArma sings about taking the risk of coming into the understanding of an individual's collective duality as opposite to the addiction of social equality. Through the video, the story of this mysterious character is revealed and one will ask, "Could he trade the omnipotent for free will?"

The "Awarned" EP follows on the heels of their first EP, "Discordia," which came out on February 3rd. A full album is planned for fall release as well. The group is fresh off their tour opening for Fischerspooner, a trek which logged stops in fifteen cities including Dallas, Houston, Denver, San Diego, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Portland, Seattle, Minneapolis, Chicago, and others, through the latter half of May and first week of June. - more on this story

. Michael Jackson: The Curtain Has Fallen on an Icon

Beneath the TV movie of the week that his life has taken on the last fifteen years, was a very sad, incredibly talented and tortured soul who created music that wasnt just revolutionary for its time, but will continued to be listened to for decades to come. - Read the full Michael Jackson: The Curtain Has Fallen on an Icon review

. Noism - +

Noism aims at a new ground in brutal death metal by adding techno influences, but in reality, + is not worth a gallon of milk that expired two years ago. Electronic brutality meshed up into random noise without any soul, more importantly intelligence. - Read the full Noism - + review

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