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Rogue Wave's Pat Spurgeon Takes a D Tour To TV This Week

PR reports: D Tour is a most unusual music documentary. Combining a band road trip with a personal quest for an organ donor, the film follows the journey of Pat Spurgeon of Rogue Wave, whose life becomes consumed with the care and feeding of his failing kidney. Spurgeon, a previous kidney transplant recipient, is part of the organ donor / recipient community, a special group whose lives become entwined in life and death. D TOUR premieres on the PBS series Independent Lens on Tuesday, November 10 at 10PM (check local listings).

As the film begins, Spurgeon is embarking on tour, an exhausting prospect even for healthy musicians, but almost impossible for someone coping with dialysis, dietary restrictions and the search for a living donor match. While his choice to keep touring and working towards the band's goals is put to the test, Spurgeon continues to deal with his challenges in a straightforward and matter-of-fact way.

D TOUR also addresses issues within the U.S. healthcare system, including the lack of affordable insurance, the importance of organ donation, and much more. Featuring live performances from Ben Gibbard (Death Cab for Cutie), Nada Surf, John Vanderslice, The Moore Brothers, and of course, Rogue Wave. - You can view a trailer here

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Evile Bass Player Needed

PR reports: With Evile having confirmed that they are carrying on as a band, they are starting to audition bassists for the New Year. Doing such a tough task so soon, with so little time until the New Year tours, they are simply looking for an experienced, friendly and skilled professional bassist/musician.

Applicants must be able to commit 100% to the band, be expected to be available for extensive global (w/ valid passport) touring from January 2010 onwards, be a resident of the UK (preferably close to Huddersfield, but not necessary) and have touring/performing experience.

To apply please E-MAIL the following to [email protected]: full name, age, location; a link to a video of you playing the bass (Youtube.com, etc.); a few pictures of yourself (on and off stage); details of playing and gigging experiences; a brief paragraph on why you want to join the band

All applications must be submitted by 8th December latest for consideration. -

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Sasquatch! Festival 2010

PR reports: The Sasquatch! Festival returns for its ninth year May 29-31 (Memorial Day Weekend), 2010 at The Gorge in Quincy, WA. For the first time, a special discounted 3-day festival pass will be available in time for the holiday gift season on Saturday, November 7 at 10:00 A.M. (PST) via sasquatchfestival.com. There are a limited number of discount passes, which will be available through December 31, 2009. The festival's complete lineup will be announced February 16.

Festival creator Adam Zacks founded Sasquatch! in 2002 with the aim of constructing an event that catered to the eclectic tastes of voracious music enthusiasts. Zacks personally curates the lineups for each Sasquatch! Festival, hand-picking the diverse array of artists. "It's our goal each year to present a fresh line up that reflects the independent spirit of the Pacific Northwest, respects the artists and audience, and celebrates the grandeur of The Gorge."

The Sasquatch! Festival has established a tradition of presenting critically acclaimed emerging artists alongside established headliners. Previous lineups have spanned a broad spectrum of genres from rock to hip-hop, electronic to singer-songwriters; past performers include R.E.M. Coldplay, Kanye West, Beastie Boys, Nine Inch Nails, Wilco, The Flaming Lips, The Cure, Bj�rk, and M.I.A. The festival also has a history of incorporating comedy including performances by Flight of The Conchords, Zach Galifianakis, Sarah Silverman, and many more. - more on this story

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The Digital Hostiles

PR reports: The Hostiles are an American fronted Ska/Punk band from Ayr/Glasgow who are currently taking over the UK with their brand of catchy horn fuelled tunes and proving to be one of the top acts of their genre on the UK scene!

The Hostiles' first love is performing live and over the last few years they've had the pleasure of sharing stages with great acts like Beat Union, The King Blues, Leftover Crack, Catch 22, The Toasters, Sonic Boom Six, Zebrahead any many more

They release their debut album "Always Looking Forward" to the world via SYWP Records on Monday November 9th via all good download stores (Including iTunes, Napster, AmazonMP3 and more) and have already received some great reviews. - Myspace link

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Paris Keeling's End of Ride Revisited

PR reports: Surgeland Records, a division of Serge Entertainment Group LLC, inked a worldwide distribution deal with Nightmare Distribution to distribute the CD "End of Ride Revisited" by rock band Paris Keeling. The deal provides distribution of the physical CD to retailers around the world.

The CD features songs previously released on the 2006 Paris Keeling CD "End of Ride" along with bonus tracks and remixes. The CD features the renowned vocal talents of Kelly Keeling (Baton Rouge, Michael Schenker Group, Blue Murder, Carmine Appice's Guitar Zeus, King Kobra, Trans-Siberian Orchestra, O'2L) and guitarist Marty Paris (The Marty Paris Band, Permanent Reverse) as well as celebrity musicians' performances by Don Dokken, Carmine Appice, George Lynch, Al Pitrelli, Erik Norlander, and Shane Gaalaas. Along with Paris and Keeling, core band members consist of Rick van Benschoten, Matt Goeke, Gintas Janusonis with additional performances by Nate Howell, and The Aevia Trio featuring Diane Cox, Maud Kelley, and Juli Roach. The collaboration between Paris and Keeling began several years ago with the culmination of their songwriting styles blossoming into melodic rock political and relationship-based songs.

"I've known Lance King, owner of Nightmare Distribution, for a good ten years now," remarks Sandy Serge, owner/president of Surgeland Records. "He distributed some of Surgeland's previous titles. I look forward to working closely with Lance to promote sales for this astounding melodic rock CD, especially in Europe and Japan." - more on this story

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Take Notice 7 Inch

I Surrender Records reports: Michigan's Take Notice is proud to announce details for their upcoming I Surrender Records release. While their full-length debut is in the works, the band will be releasing The Get-Go 7", available digitally on November 23rd and on vinyl December 15th!

Take Notice represents everything fast-paced and high-energy, breathing new life into the familiar, time-tested glory of melodic hardcore. "It's energetic. It's upbeat. It may be complicated when you break it down but it's accessible to everybody, that's important. It's raw, it's music you can feel." Midwest boys with a distinctly east coast sound, Take Notice calls to mind iconic bands like Kid Dynamite, Lifetime, and The Movielife.

The four-song vinyl will be pressed in four colors: Blue (ltd. 375), Yellow (ltd. 375), Black (ltd. 125) and Pink (ltd. 125). The Get-GO 7" is the perfect opportunity to get a taste for Take Notice, guaranteed to get listeners fired up and ready for more. - more on this story

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And Now For Something Completely Different From Oceansize

PR reports: One of the UK's true innovators, Oceansize have carved a unique place for themselves in the music scene. Their previous albums Effloresce, Everyone Into Position and Frames have been critically acclaimed, which is due to the fact that Oceansize look to do things differently than the mainstream. Their sound might be progressive but never forgets the importance of a good song.

With their last release, the comprehensive and strictly limited 3DVD+4CD box-set Feed To Feed, Oceansize had further underlined their status as an unusual band. The audio-visual document was recorded during a series of three gigs the band played at Manchester's Roadhouse in October 2008 to celebrate their tenth anniversary. Each gig was dedicated to a single Oceansize album - Effloresce, Everyone into Position and 2007's acclaimed Frames. The 3 DVDs are accompanied by the matching live-CDs as well as a 4th bonus audio-disc with the shows' encores.

Now, a project Oceansize had in mind for a long time finally took shape - the Home & Minor-EP: Everyone under the sun did their 'MTV Unplugged' session, David St. Hubbins had his collection of acoustic numbers with the London Philharmonic, Bernie Winters had Schnorbitz and, at long last, here is the Oceansize equivalent, the Home & Minor EP. This offering is only available digitally on either ITunes or all other digital download stores.

Fear not, Oceansize haven't gone acoustic. There are no "More Than Words" moments to be found here. Indeed, there's not even actually any acoustic guitar anywhere on it. Moreover, this is a short* collection of the bands more 'settled' numbers. More reserved, with not a distortion pedal in sight**, this lovely EP is a realization of a plan that's been kicking around their collective brains since before they signed in 2002. "Where in the past we've crowbarred-in every single dynamic, idea and style we could think of into a record, we thought it best this time to present a more thematic and cohesive collection, so's not to disrupt the more fainted-hearted listener from their blub-induced slumber." - Mike Vennart (vocals, guitars) - more on this story

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Uninvited Dreams Coming From Osada Vida

MMP reports: Osada Vida, one of the best progressive rock bands from Poland, returns this Autumn with their third full-length album - "Uninvited Dreams".

The album will be released by Metal Mind Productions on 23rd November in Europe and 1st December in USA (via MVD) in two editions: as a standard jewel case CD and as a digipak with 3 bonus tracks.

Łukasz Lisiak, Osada Vida's bass player and vocalist, says about the work on this new material: "Working on this album was a fantastic experience for me. Mainly, because we returned to the old way of composing. I mean the way we did it before our previous release "Three Seats Behind A Triangle". So it wasn't like we worked on a given complete song that had come to somebody's mind. We all just met for the sessions so that we could play and try different ideas and decide which of them would be the most suitable. Such an attitude resulted in totally uncommercial, uncompromising material, with the shortest song lasting almost 9 minutes! We approached the new album with no rules, no borders and no limits. Therefore, the new songs sound more as if we had recorded them live. There is a place for Bartek's great guitar solos, for Rafal's crazy keyboard passages, and for Adam's drum craziness � of course all in good balance and taste J. In my opinion, it's an incredibly precious album for a listener who searches for complex music, which you have to focus on, listen to carefully, discover and be part of. Consequently, it's definitely not a sort of music that makes you feel bored quickly. We traditionally mixed together all the music styles we love the most: rock, metal, jazz/fusion, prog, electronic and even funky. And I strongly believe Osada Vida has listeners who will enjoy it a lot!" - more on this story

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. KISS Live in Chicago Nov 2009

Arriving in Chicago for their first show in a half decade, and the bands first performance at the United Center, it was like a entering a time machine back to the 1970s where KISS ruled arenas. - Read the full KISS Live in Chicago Nov 2009 review

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