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Trivium Do Over

The PRP reports: Trivium's latest album "Ascendancy" will see a CD/DVD special edition re-release in North America on May 09th via Roadrunner. The CD portion of the set will feature the following bonus songs tacked onto the albums original track list:
13 - "Blinding Tears Will Break The Skies"
14 - "Washing Me Away In The Tides"
15 - "Master Of Puppets" (Metallica cover)
16 - "Dying In Your Arms"
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HFStival

punkbands reports: Baltimore area radio station WHFS has announced the line-up to their long-running HFStival which will take place at the Merriweather Pavillion on May 27th and 28th. Rise Against, Panic! At the Disco, Matchbook Romance, and The Misfits all play saturday. Sunday will see performances from Dashboard Confessional, Coheed and Cambria, Yellowcard, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, AFI, HIM, Boy Sets Fire and Riverboat Gamblers. The entire lineup is at the full story link.- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Glenn Rejoins Hirax

SMN reports: HIRAX vocalist Katon W. De Pena has announced lead guitarist Glenn Rogers has rejoined HIRAX with lead guitarist Lance Harrison, bassist Steve Harrison and drummer Fabricio Raveli completing the new lineup.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Fraser Free in Cal

Press Release reports: Legendary FREE bassist, and songwriter of one of Rock's all-time anthems "All Right Now," Andy Fraser today announced that he would be performing two rare live concerts, to be held at the Temecula Community Arts Theatre, Thursday, May 4, at 7 and 9:15pm, in Temecula, in Southern California. 

Powered by a seven-piece band, the shows will be taped for broadcast around the world and will be highlighted by new renditions of classic Fraser compositions like "All Right Now," "Mr. Big" and "Every Kinda People," alongside material from his latest album, Naked�And Finally FREE.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Artists Needed

Press Release reports: Versailles Records is announcing a contest for rock fans who are also talented, up and coming or established artists to submit cover art concepts/designs for 3 of our up coming tribute projects, due for release throughout the remainder of 2006 and 2007. We're looking for the most exciting, cutting edge, left-field, radical, or traditional ideas you have. Each artist is free to submit a SINGLE idea for each of the three following tribute albums:

"Hysteria: A Millennium Tribute to Def Leppard" (due in summer, 07)

"Double Talkin' Jive: A Millennium Tribute to Guns N' Roses" (our second volume, due in late fall, 2006)

"Rock N' Roll All Night: A Millennium Tribute to Kiss" (due in late fall, 07)

Submissions are due by May 31, 2006 and may be emailed in medium-resolution JPEG form to [email protected].
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Illuminati Just in Time

Black & White PR reports: On Borrowed Time, the full-length debut from Toronto boogie-rockers THE ILLUMINATI, will be released in America on June 28. The trio � who just wrapped up a U.S. tour alongside The Hellacopters and Nebula that included a stop at South By Southwest � will continue touring before and after the album's release.

THE ILLUMINATI have recently received extensive critical acclaim for their self-titled EP, a six-track, 16-minute gem released last fall. The new issue of Revolver praises its "swinging roadhouse rock," while Outburn salutes their "rock anthems infused with jazz n' blues parts, as well as rip-roarin' solos."[see full story for a free mp3!]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Digital History

Press Release reports: Gnarls Barkley made music history this weekend when their debut single 'Crazy' topped the UK singles chart on download sales alone.

The single, taken from their upcoming album 'St. Elsewhere' set for release May 9th on Downtown/Atlantic is set to be one of the biggest hits of 2006.

Warner Bros UK, the group's UK label opted to make 'Crazy' available as a download three weeks ahead of its physical release due to phenomenal public demand following significant airplay. With consumers embracing a musical culture in which they can access digital files for portable media players immediately, this represents a progressive move that both satisfies consumer demand as wel [sic] as offering a legitimate alternative to illegal downloading.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Podcasts Success

Gigwise reports: Singer-songwriter Sandi Thom has been snapped up for a whopping £1million record deal on the strength her webcasts.

Thom performed shows in the basement of her South London flat every night, which were beamed out to a collective audience of around 200,000 people on the net. On the strength of these casts she has signed the huge deal with RCA/Sony.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Bunnymen Assault

Gigwise reports: Echo and the Bunnymen singer Ian McCulloch is set to stand trial for allegedly assaulting two people outside a Glasgow venue. 

46-year-old McCulloch allegedly attacked Julie Sebley and Gary Duncan after a concert at Glasgow Barrowlands last autumn. 

He's believed to have kicked open a toilet door which apparently injured Sebley's head, while Duncan was purportedly pushed a number of times, reports the BBC. [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Kearney a Breaker

Columbia reports: AOL Music has chosen to feature Mat Kearney in their innovative emerging artists series, Breakers, whose alumnae include John Legend, 50 Cent, Michelle Branch, The Game and other highly successful acts. Kearney is one of six artists to receive the honor this spring, which entails his music being featured on AOLMusic.com and across the AOL Music and Radio Networks. Mat will also tape an AOL Music Session this spring.

"I'm honored to be on one of the artists featured as an AOL Breakers," says Kearney. "I really appreciate AOL's belief in what I'm doing." This watershed moment in Kearney's career coincides with another-the release of his major label debut, Nothing Left To Lose, which Aware/Columbia Records releases April 18. The title track is currently in the Top 15 on the AAA radio charts and continues to climb.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Tower of Thursday

Fanscape reports: Thursday's new album A CITY BY THE LIGHT DIVIDED is on an exclusive pre-sale only at www.towerrecords.com. Each pre-ordered album will be accompanied by a limited edition 7 inch. The album drops officially on May 2nd.

Thursday, forerunners in the trend of including a day of the week or a month in the name of your band�but seriously, one of the very bands responsible for bringing post-hardcore into the mainstream, will release a second album since signing with Island recording group. From their New Jersey outpost, singer Geoff Rickley, guitarists Steve Pedulla and Tom Keeley, bassist Tim Payne, keyboardist Andrew Everding, and drummer Tucker Rule have brought a style of music that was long regarded as only an oblivion of guitars and yelling created in basements and listened to basements into recognition as a structured genre that actually gives a cultural voice to America's suburban youth. It is loud, tender, true and angry, which are also things that certain music fans really like. [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Elefant Tour

Hollywood Records reports: Hot off their sold-out tour with Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Hollywood/Kemado recording artists ELEFANT are returning to the road with a headlining club tour that begins May 3rd at The Social in Orlando, Florida. Opening for Elefant, from Orlando to Austin will be Austin, TX-based SOUND team and Boston's Aberdeen City. Picking up the support slot from San Diego to Seattle will be Austin, TX quintet Voxtrot and Los Angeles' Silversun Pickups.

The band will be touring in support of highly anticipated new album THE BLACK MAGIC SHOW.[see full story for more including dates]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Spam Allstars

Press Release reports: Spring/Summer is definitely kicking in as the Spam Allstars gets ready to head WEST, head NORTH, head ACROSS THE ATLANTIC (yeah!!), continue with their residencies, and always wanting MORE!!

4/7 - JACKSONVILLE JAZZ FEST, Metropolitan Park Jacksonville, FL
4/8 - Jazid, Miami Beach, FL
4/10 - Blue Martini, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
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Garage Willie

conqueroo reports: Willie Nile, whose career has received a boost from the buzz about his new Streets of New York album, has racked up yet more kudos. The song "Welcome To My Head," which kicks off Nile's album, was designated the "Coolest Song in the World" on Little Steven's "Underground Garage" syndicated radio show and the album itself was cited as the No. 1 "Coolest Garage Album" on Steven's new Coolest Garage Songs chart in Billboard magazine.

Singer/guitarist Little Steven, known of course for his work with Bruce Springsteen, his own Disciples of Soul, and his acting gig on The Sopranos, spearheads Sirius Satellite Radio's "Underground Garage" (channel 25), playing the "coolest rock 'n' roll records ever made, whether they're 50 years old or 50 minutes old." [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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SunnO)) USA

Earsplit reports: Still supporting the monolithic Black One release, SunnO)) return to American shores after annihilating Europe with Earth. Hitting the Midwest for a few dates they then import some help from Japan's Boris, making a much-welcomed re-appearance on their upcoming release Pink. A few Canadian dates enter the picture, the duo headline the Emissions From The Monolith festival, and then head east. 

05/18 Boston, MA - Middle East (downstairs) w/Grief, Sin of Angels
05/20 Victoriaville, Quebec - FIMAV w/Haino Keiji
05/22 Toronto, Ontario - Music Gallery 
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Godsmash

Press Release reports: Tune-in to SMASH on Yahoo! Music as "ANOTHER SIDE OF" takes an exclusive look at Godsmack's Sully Erna as he shows off his custom chopper and takes a ride down Pacific Coast Highway. The Boston bred rocker is currently gearing up for the release of the Godsmack's fourth album, IV, as well as a possible summer tour. The band's first single, "Speak," is currently number one on Billboard's Mainstream Rock chart and proving to be a fan favorite already. [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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