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 Stereoside
Inked |
SMN reports: Bieler Bros. Records is proud
to announce the signing of Florida's STEREOSIDE to a worldwide recording
deal. After spending 2006 touring and playing shows with the likes of 10
YEARS, DROWNING POOL, KITTIE, and many more, the "Tallahasee Idol" fronted
band is currently finishing up pre-production on their debut album and
has announced plans to enter Bieler Bros. Studios in Pompano Beach, Florida
later this month to begin recording[see full story for more]-
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| Dirge
Coming |
SMN reports: Out of the depths of Chicago,
Illinois a new modern thrash styled side project, dubbed DIRGE, has been
born. Featuring guitarist Shaun Glass of SOiL, drummer James Knight of
THE DOOMSDAY SOCIAL (and formerly of THE BLANK THEORY/CHACOPA), and vocalist
Jermz from A TEXAS FUNERAL, the trio plan to release their own brand heavy
new music later this year.[see full story for more]- Click
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| Autumn
Offering Lose Their Voice |
Lambgoat reports: Following their current
tour, The Autumn Offering vocalist Dennis Miller will reportedly be leaving
the band on good terms to pursue other interests. At that time the group
will begin accepting demo submissions and holding tryouts for the open
position. [see full story for more]- Click
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| All
Smiles For Grandaddy Guitarist |
PR reports: Let's get it out there early:
Jim Fairchild was the guitarist in Grandaddy. Once that band imploded,
he formed something altogether more delicate and personal named All Smiles.
After recording snippets of songs in borrowed spaces up and down the West
Coast, an album started to come together.
"It was a no-budget record," says Jim.
"There wasn't any backing yet. I just set up whatever gear I had in the
kitchen of our borrowed house in Portland, and our living room in Los Angeles.
It sounds like the places it was recorded in. You can hear the walls, and
the floors, and the ceilings, and you can hear the cars, and the trees,
and the guys selling drugs outside." Surrounding himself with talented
musicians such as Janet Weiss (Sleater Kinney, Quasi), Joe Plummer (Modest
Mouse, Black Heart Procession), Danny Seim (Menomena), and Solon Bixler
(Great Northern), Fairchild has put together an album of lo-fi pop gems,
sketching songs and stories with his spidery acoustic guitar lines. Ten
Readings Of A Warning will be released on April 24th via Dangerbird Records.
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| SXSW
Live |
PR reports: DIRECTV, the nation's leading
satellite television provider, announced today a star-studded line-up for
SXSW Live, the first-ever 24-hour live broadcast from the celebrated South
By Southwest (SXSW) music festival in Austin, TX. The special, airing March
15 through 17 exclusively on DIRECTV's channel 101 (The 101), will be hosted
by Abbey Gennet, lead singer of Slunt, along with MTV VJ Matt Pin[head]field,
and feature performances by Rachel Fuller, Aqualung, Bowling for Soup,
The Bravery, and many more.
SXSW Live will be the biggest live music
event to air on national television since the LIVE 8 concert, and DIRECTV
has dedicated resources to ensure that those in the audience, as well as
at home, will get to take part in all the action. The live performances
will feature a mix of 24 of the hottest bands and up-and-coming artists
including Annuals, Polyphonic Spree, Brandi Carlile, Get Cape. Wear Cape.
Fly., Ian Moore, Jon McLaughlin, Marc Broussard, Ozomatli, Razorlight,
Rocco DeLuca, The Buzzcocks, Stars of Track and Field, Tiny Masters of
Today, Lee "Scratch" Perry, Young Love, Tracy Lawrence, Rickie Lee Jones
and Pam Tillis. �. For more information on SXSW Live visit the full story
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| Triclops |
PR reports: Bay Area insanity peppers Triclops!
will be touring to SXSW and back with Qui and 400 Blows. The singer of
Qui you may recognize from his days in the Jesus Lizard. Then again, you
may not recognize him. Depends on how well he's aged. Triclops! debut,
Cafeteria Brutalia, is out now on the marvelous Sick Room Records.
Triclops!/Qui/400 Blows Tour Dates:
3.13 San Diego, CA Casbah
3.14 Tucson, AZ Vaudeville Cabaret
3.15 San Antonio, TX Rock Bottom Tattoo
Bar
3.16 Austin, TX Ben Snakepit's Yard Party
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| Euro
Rocket Scientists |
PR reports: After receiving numerous accolades
including the Best Album of 2006 at Sea of Tranquility along with extensive
media coverage worldwide, acclaimed American progressive rock legends Rocket
Scientists are poised to return to Europe for their first live concerts
in several years. The tour kicks off on Saturday, April 7th in Rotherham,
England sponsored by the Classic Rock Society commemorating Rocket Scientists'
first ever live concert there 10 years ago in 1997. Additional shows are
scheduled for Belgium, The Netherlands and Germany. [see full story for
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| Winehouse
Rehab |
PR reports: Hailed by Newsweek Magazine as
a cross between Billie Holiday and Lauryn Hill, British soul singer Amy
Winehouse's U.S. debut, Back To Black (Universal Republic Records) hits
stores this Tuesday, March 13, amid a flurry of accolades, radio and TV
buzz unprecedented in recent years for a young siren. Back to Black has
already reached #1 in England and garnered the 23 year old Winehouse a
Brit Award for Best British Female Solo Artist.
Her brassy mix of emotive vocals tinged
with 60's girl-group stylings, sly funk, and anguished jazz, sparked the
New York Daily News to crown Back To Black a "marvelous debut that would
do Etta James proud" while New Yorker Magazine called her "a fierce English
performer whose voice combines the smoky depths of a jazz chanteuse with
the heated passion of a soul singer," and Spin Magazine affirming "there's
never been A British star quite like her." R&B and Modern Rock radio
have already embraced songs "Rehab" and "You Know I'm No Good" while Winehouse
videos are quickly becoming a mainstay at VH1 and MTV. [see full story
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| Weather
Report Live DVD |
PR reports: As part of its acclaimed "Live
At Montreux" series, Eagle Rock Entertainment, through its wholly-owned
Eagle Eye Media, will release Weather Report Live At Montreux 1976 on April
17. This 10-track 80-minute DVD retails for $14.98.
Existing heretofore only as a bootleg of
a television broadcast, this historic set is the only known full-length
concert DVD of this legendary Weather Report lineup: keyboardist Joseph
Zawinul, saxophonist Wayne Shorter, the tragic late bassist Jaco Pastorius,
drummer Alex Acuna and multi-percussionist Manolo Badrena. [see full story
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| Rum
& Roses |
PR reports: BACARDI B-LIVE, a one-of-a-kind,
cutting-edge concert, brings together a never-before-seen collection of
artists to collaborate together at Miami's Bayfront Amphitheater on March
17th. The concert kicks off a world-renowned week full of winter music
events and DJ conferences throughout Miami and Miami Beach.
The star-studded talent set to take the
BACARDI B-LIVE stage includes world renowned DJ Paul Oakenfold, accompanied
by members of the Florida Classical Orchestra; and Camp Freddy, a rock
superstar band including Dave Navarro and Chris Chaney of Jane's Addiction,
Scott Weiland of Stone Temple Pilots and Velvet Revolver, Matt Sorum of
Guns and Roses[um and Velvet Revolver], Donovan Leitch and Billy Morrison
of The Cult, who will be joined by special guests Mark McGrath, Jerry Cantrell,
Duff McKagen and Billy Duffy. Fans will also be able to watch the celebrity
spinner DJ AM collaborating with punk rock drummer Travis Barker. Miami's
own DJ Le Spam and The Spam Allstars will open the show, playing their
innovative blend of improvisational electronic mix of Latin, funk, hip
hop and dub. [see full story for more]- Click
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| Eastern
Conference Champions Tour |
Filter reports: Recovering from the theft
of all of their gear and instruments right after finishing their monthlong
residency at LA's Silverlake Lounge, Eastern Conference Champions are now
looking at brighter horizons and a cross-country tour outing. After several
SXSW appearances next week, ECC will hit the road on mini-tours with Ambulette,
The Films and those lovable Scottish upstarts The View.
Eastern Conference Champions Tour Dates
March
15 - Austin, TX - SXSW Red 7 Patio (1am)
15 - Austin, TX - SXSW Suretone Party
@ Habana Annex (3:30pm)
16 - Austin, TX - SXSW
17 - Austin, TX - SXSW
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| The
Ice Man Cometh Again |
conqueroo reports: Jerry Butler was accorded
the nickname "The Ice Man" by a Philadelphia DJ who once called Butler's
show "the coolest thing I ever saw." That was in the early �60s after Butler
had left the Impressions, with whom he'd scored the doo-wop hit "For Your
Precious Love." More than 40 years later, he's still the Ice Man, but you
can call him "Commissioner Ice Man," as he is Cook County Board Commissioner
in his native Chicago. On April 24, Collectors' Choice Music will reissue
two of Butler's seminal solo albums on one CD � The Ice Man Cometh and
Ice on Ice, both produced by the multi-platinum Philadelphia writing and
production team of Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff.
Pop historian Gene Sculatti wrote notes
on the reissue, which includes an interview with Butler.[see full story
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| Sick
Puppies Invasion Underway |
PR reports: Sick Puppies have announced their
first major string of US tour dates since signing with RMR/Capitol Music
Group. The Australian trio already sold out their first major US show in
LA
Mar 13 2007 The Saint Asbury Park, New
Jersey
Mar 14 2007 Living Room Providence, Rhode
Island
Mar 17 2007 Shamrock The Block Downtown
Richmond, Virginia
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Dustin Kensrue of Thrice fame
has yet to do wrong in my eyes. On Please Come Home he doesn't even go
anywhere near a typical Thrice song. Instead he channels Johnny Cash, Ryan
Adams, Pete Yorn, and some good old blues. (5 stars)
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Originally lumped in with the
slew of post-hardcore, emo bands that have cropped up in the early part
of this decade, We are the Fury have made a wise decision to distance themselves
and have since become a quite credible and entertaining rock and roll band.
(4 stars)
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Vengeance Rising is the invigorating
follow-up to Twilight on Humanity, which made a splash in 2002. Zandelle
puts so much passion and oomph into their performances, and you may feel
your fist rising to the air without your consent.- Read
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The debut release from Malphas
(otherwise of Nargul), Lands of Ice and Snow is an attempt to recreate
Winter via music. Lands of Ice and Snow is an interesting journey through
an entire season, one typically associated with the greatest beauty and
the starkest death.- Read
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The EP is a teaser of sorts
for a full length album that is scheduled to be released later this year.
Hest's voice is slightly raspy and draws you in so that you forget about
everything else; a voice you can get lost in. (4 stars)
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