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Chris Griffin RIP

AP reports: Chris Griffin, a member of the acclaimed trumpet section in Benny Goodman's big-band orchestra, has died. Griffin, 89, died June 18 at Danbury Hospital. The cause was melanoma, according to his fiancee, Louise Baranger.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

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Nasum Death Split

siN's metal news reports: NASUM drummer Anders Jakobson has posted the following message on the band's official website: "Today I got a very appreciated package from Denmark with Nasum's three shows from Japan January 2004 on CD... I will soon pic out the best stuff, polish it a little bit and prepare it for release. The idea is to do a live split with NAPALM DEATH (also recorded at the same tour), but I don't know when and how it's going to be released. I know Shane wants to release it on the FETO label. We'll see. [see full story for a lot more details plus news of a preview]- Click Here for the Full Story

Evergreen Terrace Tour

Adrenaline PR reports: Evergreen Terrace Takes The World By Storm With Their June 21st Eulogy Records Release "Sincerity Is An Easy Disguise In This Business"!!!! These Hard Core Hellions Are Bound to Break Through; Continuously Touring The US, and Europe, Also, Playing The History Making -Heavier Then Ever -Hellfest 2005� Plus ET Will Shoot A Brand New Video!!!

In the months ahead Evergreen Terrace trek the globe on three separate tours in support of their recent release "Sincerity Is An Easy Disguise In This Business". ET's album charted #4 for top sellers on interpunk.com. Evergreen Terrace tour the Nation from the Atlantic to the Pacific this summer; with Bane then with Most Precious Blood. Then, ET head overseas to Europe this fall with As I Lay Dying. [see full story for more including dates]- Click Here for the Full Story

Aphasia Debut

Chipster reports: DRT Entertainment has signed Burlingame, CA's, Aphasia. The band's debut album, titled Fact & Fiction, 11 searing rock tracks produced by Trapt's Chris Brown, is slated for a September 2005 release. The video for the album's first single, the powerful "Flatline," was directed by Chris Sims (Lamb of God).

The band has already been named one of XM Radio's "best of unsigned,' and has over 150,000 downloads on their page at purevolume.com. Look for Aphasia on their debut mini tour beginning July 18 in Concorde, CA with Hey Mike!, Shorty and Drake's Equation.

Catch Aphasia on the road: July 18 Bourbon Street Concorde, CA
July 19 The Underground Café Roseville, CA
July 21 Rock and Roll Pizza Portland, OR
[see full story for more dates and tracklist, music, photos etc. etc. etc.]- Click Here for the Full Story

Hard Fi Diska America

Cornerstone reports: Hard Fi are releasing an EP via Vice on July 12th. Hailing from the same town as Mike Skinner of the Streets, Hard Fi sound a lot like the Ordinary Boys. Apparently they are calling themselves "diska," a self-created genre melding disco, punk and dub.

HARD-Fi having recently toured with the Kaiser Cheifs and The Bravery, emerged from South by South West as one of the bands for 2005 and just completed a sold out UK tour, HARD-Fi are coming to a town near you:

July 18 - Boston, MA @ Great Scott
July 20 - New York, NY @ Rothko
July 21 - Toronto, ONT @ Mod Club
July 23 - Chicago, IL @ Lollapalooza
[see full story for more dates]- Click Here for the Full Story

Disciple Make History

Big Machine Media reports: DISCIPLE has been making waves with their self-titled debut record and now has broken R&R Chart history. For the first time since R&R began publishing the Christian Rock Radio chart, 100% of reporting stations are on Disciple's first single, "The Wait Is Over", which has been #1 for an unprecedented 5 weeks.

"Now the world knows what DISCIPLE fans have known for years�THIS BAND ROCKS�.With 5 Weeks at #1 and with every Christian Rock Station playing the song, this is just the beginning for this band." Says Kevin Peterson, Christian Editor for the industry newspaper, Radio and Records.

Disciple debuted at #1 on the Christian Retail Soundscan charts, and #8 on the Billboard Heat Seekers chart. DISCIPLE headlined 2 tours this year and is on tap to play almost 200 shows before the close of 2005. Disciple recently signed with powerhouse agency WILLIAM MORRIS. Expect several exciting tour announcements for Disciple in the coming weeks. [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

Pharcyde Return

Audible Treats reports: Lest you thought they had disappeared in a haze of smoke, The Pharcyde have been hard at work and will be unveiling several new projects this summer. First, they will drop their 4th studio album, Humboldt Beginnings, in July on Chapter1 Records (Their own imprint). Accompanying the album will be the lush video for the lead single, "Knew U". Thirdly, Booty Brown recently lent his vocal skills to the upcoming Gorillaz single "Dirty Harry".

It's been over a decade since the young California quartet called the Pharcyde released the classic Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde album. The group has been through a lot since then: 4 studio albums, a line-up change, and the formation of their own label. Summer 2005 finds founding members Booty Brown and Imani in fine form, now music industry veterans who are firmly in control of their own destiny. Humboldt Beginnings gives their fans a trip down memory lane with the same laissez-faire vibe and fertile lyrics from the Pharcyde's past classics while paying homage to their favorite plant (and even providing a recipe for "special" brownies on the inside sleeve of the CD). With a mischievous smile Brown explains, "Some hip-hop is so serious these days. We made this album for people to vibe to."[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

Blindside Tour

Chipster reports: Sweden's Blindside have just announced their upcoming U.S. headlining tour dates. The band will hit the road June 22 in support of their new album The Great Depression (produced by Lasse "Lars" Marten), out in August.

30-Jun - Downtown Farmingdale, NY
1-Jul - Theatre Of The Living Arts Philadelphia, PA
2-Jul - The Buffalo Icon Buffalo, NY
5-Jul - The Intersection Grand Rapids, MI
[see full story for more dates and info on the new DVD plus recent reissues]- Click Here for the Full Story

Embrace America

Insound reports: Britpop stars Embrace return for the second leg of their US summer tour in support of the Lava/Atlantic album Out of Nothing. You can expect the band to play their moving hit "Ashes" as well as the sweeping Chris Martin penned track "Gravity".

All dates with Longwave and Augustana unless otherwise noted

07/01 - Shelter Detroit, MI
07/02 - Basement Columbus, OH
07/03 - Exit / In Nashville, TN
07/05 - Verizon Wireless Amphitheater Kansas City/Bonner Springs, KS< with Weezer and Cake)
[see full story for more dates]- Click Here for the Full Story

Hawthorne Heights A Hit

Victory Records reports: Hawthorne Heights are enjoying another fantastic week, with sales of 17,378 and a Top 200 chart hike from #62 to #56. This feat is even more remarkable when their longevity on the chart is taken into account - this is their 26th consecutive week. They hold down the #4 spot on the Independents chart. "The Silence In Black And White" was released in June of 2004 - it remains the fastest selling debut in Victory Records history. The deluxe re-issue hit stores one year later, jam-packed with live performances, interviews, and behind the scenes footage. The album has shipped gold and is expected to be certified platinum by year end.

Catch Hawthorne Heights live on the main stage at Warped Tour 2005. [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

Prom Kings Debut

MSO reports: Los Angeles-based THE PROM KINGS--four creative brothers, related not by blood but the sturdy bonds of harmony and rhythm--will release their self-titled debut August 2 on Three Kings Records, with distribution through Geffen/Universal. The band's second single, "Birthday"--an infectious party anthem--is set to hit radio in July as "Alone"--the group's hip-thrusting debut single--continues to impact radio stations nationwide. Meanwhile, the group's explosive rocker "Blow" appears both in upcoming film and on the soundtrack for the DreamWorks movie The Island, which arrives in theaters July 22.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

Sounds of the Underground's Big Kicks Off

Adrenaline PR reports: Nowhere is the clout of the local and national metal scene more evident than in this weekend's Sounds of the Underground tour.

Bursting forth is an ear-splitting wave of harder, brasher bands that have metal fans worldwide thrusting their devil horns in the air !!! (Boston Herald)

The Tsongas Arena in Lowell, Mass. and on June 26 Philadelphia's PA's Festival Pier hosted more than 8,000 Metal and Hardcore fanatics for the first two dates of the Sounds Of The Underground Tour!!! The shows went without a hitch, the lineup so anticipated that fans stood for twelve hours through 97 degree heat to see the heaviest and hardest bands on the planet. [see full story for more including the remaining dates]- Click Here for the Full Story

Duane Peters Update

TPG Publicity reports: DUANE PETERS [US BOMBS, DIE HUNNS] is a skateboarder and punk rocker with serious cred. The DUANE PETERS GUNFIGHT is Duane's most recent band project. With members of The Ultravires, Spent Idols, The Sleepers, The Masons and Black Lab -- this is a 6 piece"punkrocknroll" band with an impressive punk rock pedigree. Gut wrenching, guitar slinging, hip-shaking, saloon stomping tunes, that'll make your ears bleed. [You can catch them on the road this summer on tour with the Circle Jerks! see full story link for dates]

The Duane Peters-steered U.S. BOMBS are a boulder of truth and authenticity in a sea of slick poseur sewage. Extolling the virtues of classic punk, where razor sharp riffs cut ardent rants into little sticks of musical dynamite - the U.S. BOMBS are real punk rock! Duane has also been at the helm of the infamous HUNNS since 2000. With the addition of ex-Nashville Pussy bassist, COREY PARKS, DIE HUNNS has evolved into a threatening, swaggering, kick-face menace -- combining raw, American rock'n'roll with punk rock ethics. New DIE HUNNS and new U.S. BOMBS CDs scheduled for release later this year. [see full story for more including upcoming dates with The Circle Jerks]- Click Here for the Full Story

Spaghetti Covers

KP Group reports: Eddie Spaghetti, lead singer and bass player for legendary rock-n-roll renegades, The Supersuckers, has just crapped out the follow up to his critically acclaimed and surprisingly successful first solo album, The Sauce. It's called Old No. 2 and it's more of the same for Eddie. Only Better! Recorded once again at Studio Litho in Seattle with engineer and co-producer David Fisher, Spaghetti "went all crazy" and indulged himself with 5 whole days to record and mix Old No. 2. (one more than The Sauce!) Michael Murderburger returns on drums and percussion and Spaghetti also up and splurged for a ringer to help make it sound "more like real music" (as he puts it). The incredible, multi-talented comic genius, Jordan Shapiro was flown in all the way from Los Angeleez, California,! Mr. Shapiro lends his guitar, dobro and pedal steel talents to Old No. 2, making it bigger and even sweeter than The Sauce. Old No. 2 once again showcases Spaghetti's impeccable song selection with covers ranging from Willie Nelson and Bob Dylan to AC/DC and Tom Waits as well as his ability to make up his own songs that hang with (and sometimes outshine) the classics. Old No. 2 is a must have for Supersuckers fans and fans of good music in general. You will play this record to your kid's kids. It's an instantaneously timeless classic.

Look for Old No. 2 in-stores on October 18, 2005 with a solo tour to follow. If you can't wait until October, you can catch Eddie in a rare solo performance on Thursday, July 28 at Dante's in Portland, OR as well as select Supersuckers dates with Pearl Jam in September. [see full story for tracklist and those dates with PJ]- Click Here for the Full Story

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