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 LIFEbeat
/ VMA Preshow |
PR reports: MTV2 will hold its annual concert
to benefit LIFEbeat, The Music Industry Fights AIDS, the national nonprofit
organization dedicated to reaching America's youth with the message of
HIV/AIDS prevention. The MTV2 Presents A LIFEbeat Benefit concert will
be held at Webster Hall (125 East 11th Street) on Wednesday, August 30th
at 7pm ET. Performing at this year's concert are 2006 MTV2 Award nominees
Taking Back Sunday and 30 Seconds to Mars.
Pre-VMA Concert: Take part in the 2006
MTV Video Music Award festivities by getting your free ticket to the VMA
Kick Off Concert! Dont miss your chance to see live performances by All-American
Rejects, Rihanna, New Found Glory, Chamillionaire and Cartel. You can also
win tickets to the 2006 Video Music Awards! It's all going down on Tuesday
August 29th at 5PM in Battery Park. To get in the mood, click the full
story link to check out some funny Moonman promo clips on YouTube featuring
All American Rejects, Panic At The Disco, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Taking
Back Sunday, and many more- Click
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| Beer! |
PR reports: Every once in a while, a band
comes along and starts a musical revolution. Whether Psychostick is one
of those bands or not is a subject of debate, but one thing is for sure:
they probably couldn't care less either way.
Coming straight out of Phoenix, and glad
to get out of the heat, Psychostick is a self-proclaimed "humor-core" band,
successfully blending a combination of heavier genres such as metal and
hardcore with an off-the-wall sense of humor. Their highly energetic and
entertaining live show made them a local legend. They self-released their
first full length album "We Couldn't Think of a Title," which gained them
national exposure on XM Radio's Squizz 48, and landed them a record deal
with Rock Ridge Music, who will release the album nationally September
12, 2006. [Grab some Beer at the full story link]
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| Gwar
Tour Expands |
SMN reports: More tour dates have been released
for GWAR's upcoming tour with THE RED CHORD and MUNICIPAL WASTE:
October 13 - Philadelphia, PA @ Electric
Factory
October 14 - Worcester, MA @ The Palladium
October 15 - Sayreville, NJ @ Starland
Ballroom
October 16 - Norfolk, VA @ The NorVa
October 17 - Winston-Salem, NC @ Ziggy's
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| Heaven
& Earth DVD |
DiR reports: Heaven & Earth in conjunction
with Dave Honaker and Dan Pavlick Productions are in the process of compiling
a "Making of Heaven & Earth" DVD which will be hosted by Rockline's
Bob Coburn. It will feature interviews by Bob Coburn with many of the artists
that appeared on the album as well as previously unseen footage of both
the recording sessions and live shows. The DVD will be available for the
first few weeks to fans directly from the Heaven & Earth web site before
going on general release in the stores around the end of September. [as
a refresher the album headed by guitarist Stuart Smith included guest appearances
by Joe Lynn Turner (Rainbow), Richie Sambora (Bon Jovi), Kelly Hansen (Hurricane),
Glenn Hughes (Deep Purple), Paul Shortino (Rough Cutt) and more - Stuart
also tells Day in Rock that a brand new studio album is in the works. -
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| Blues
Rock! |
PR reports: Gut Active is proud to introduce
Blues Rock; the most comprehensive blues rock album of the decade. Presented
by Classic Rock magazine, the album is released on September 11th 2006,
making it the perfect gift for any blues rock completist.
Classic Rock Presents Blues Rock is comprised
of 2 CDs spanning 37 vintage tracks, featuring the finest blues rock recording
and performing artists. Artists include Fleetwood Mac, The Steve Miller
Band, Ten Years After, Thin Lizzy, Gary Moore, Cream, Alexis Korner, Santana,
Humble Pie, The Allman Brothers, George Thorogood, ZZ Top, Taj Mahal, plus
many more. [The irony with the tracklisting is they follow up Fleetwood
Mac's killer "Man of the World" with Santana's cover of the Mac song "Black
Magic Woman". - get the full tracklist and details at the full story link]
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| Paul
Stanley Solo Set |
PR reports: New Door Records/Universal Musical
Enterprises are proud to announce the October 24, 2006 release of Live
to Win, the solo release from iconic KISS frontman Paul Stanley. The voice
and songwriting force behind such KISS classics as "Detroit Rock City,"
"Black Diamond," Hard Luck Woman" and "Tears Are Fallin'," Stanley's career
with KISS spans more than three decades and in excess of 100 million records
sold worldwide. [see full story for more]- Click
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| Don't
Download This Song |
PR reports: "Weird Al" Yankovic is releasing
a new album on 9/26/06 titled "Straight Outta Lynwood" and the first single
is titled "Don't Download This Song." In celebration of this, Al's label
is offering "Don't Download This Song" as a free unprotected MP3 in order
to generate as many downloads as possible. Oh, how thick the irony. Want
it? Click the full story link to download it. - Click
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| New
Found Timberlake |
PR reports: New Found Glory, performed a live
rendition of pop-superstar Justin Timberlake's hit song "Cry Me A River"
exclusively on SMASH on Yahoo! Music. The extraordinary cover fuses the
band's signature [ponk] style with Timberlake's hip-pop rhythm to create
a stellar and unique performance. In addition to rocking on Yahoo! Music
the band is launching a US tour beginning next month in support of their
fifth studio album, Coming Home, scheduled for release on September 19th.
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| Cum
on Feel The Big Noize |
Blabbermouth reports: Legendary hard rock
vocalist Joe Lynn Turner (RAINBOW, DEEP PURPLE, YNGWIE MALMSTEEN) has been
working on helping to put together the "supergroup" BIG NOIZE for several
months. With the line-up now shored up, BIG NOIZE will travel to Nashville
late August/early September to film a DVD. The band includes:
Joe Lynn Turner (RAINBOW, DEEP PURPLE,
YNGWIE MALMSTEEN) - Vocals
Carlos Cavazo (QUIET RIOT) - Guitar
Vinny Appice (DIO, BLACK SABBATH) - Drums
Phil Soussan (OZZY OSBOURNE, BILLY IDOL)
- Bass
Gary Corbett (CINDERELLA, LOU GRAMM) -
Keyboards
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| Love
Is The Best Con In Town |
PR reports: According To Grand Mal, Love Has
a Fast Hand, a Fake ID, and Sports a Ski Mask. New Album, to Be Released
Fall, 2006 titled Love Is The Best Con In Town. Grand Mal is the project
of ex-St.Johnny leader and classic New York City rock'n'roll songster Bill
Whitten. The album contains less costume changes than Gnarls Barkley, less
hair than Devendra Banhart, and less sibling rivalry than The Fiery Furnaces.
You won't find any fireworks here - just a dozen of the finest compositions
of Whitten's prolific career rendered with solid timelessness.
Tracks: 01. From Hartford to Times Square
* 02. Cold as Stars * 03. Count Me In! * 04. Not a Penny to My Name * 05.
People Change (Maybe They Don't) * 06. His Baleful Eye * 07. The Best Con
In Town * 08. Living on Charity * 09. C'mon * 10. World I Thought You Turned
Yer Back * 11. Here's to Our Estrangement * 12. Down At The Country Club-
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| Are
You a Hater? |
DiR reports: Are You a Hater? Wanna make a
video? If so you can stuff. Here is the lowdown. The Plain White T's are
holding a contest for fans to make a video for their song "Hate (I Really
Don't Like You)". Use your cellphone, webcam, video camera, etc. and upload
it to Youtube to win a phone call from the band and a new Sony DV Camera.
If you think you have what it takes click the full story link for details.
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| Sirius
Rapture |
Submitted News reports: On Monday, August
31st, at 10pm, Product Shop NYC (www.productshopnyc.com) will be joined
on their Sirius Blog Radio program with The Rapture. Not only will this
be the bands first promotional radio interview, but they'll be premiering
tracks from their highly-anticipated new album, Pieces of the People We
Love![see full story for more]- Click
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| Robert
Randolph Colorblind |
PR reports: Petal Steel superstar Robert Randolph
is back with new release Colorblind hitting stores on September 25th. You
can also catch Randolph's first single "The Thrill of It" featured every
Saturday during football season on ABC's College Football Saturday's beginning
on September 9th
With Colorblind, Robert Randolph and the
Family Band have taken the difficult leap from being great performing artists
to being great recording artists. Since emerging from a House of God church
in Orange, New Jersey steeped in the "sacred steel" tradition, Randolph's
astonishing pedal steel playing has had a revolutionary impact. The big
step this time around was the decision to collaborate with other songwriters,
including Tommy Sims (who has written songs with Eric Clapton, Bonnie Raitt,
and Garth Brooks), Jeff Trott (Sheryl Crow), Mark Batson (Dave Matthews
Band, Gwen Stefani), and the team of Drew Ramsey and Shannon Sanders (India.Arie,
Heather Hedley). [check out the full story link for a preview]
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| Wax
On Radio Debut |
PR reports: Wax On Radio, a four-piece coming
from the city of Chicago mixes catchy songwriting, intelligently evocative
lyrics and an overall engaging style. The music is sonically spacious and
beautifully composed in the vain of Pink Floyd or Yes. Wax On Radio has
also been compared to the prog rockers Coheed & Cambria, along with
the sounds of Mars Volta, Bright Eyes, Muse and the latter day King Crimson.
Wax On Radio performs the trick of sounding both progressive and nostalgic.
Wax on Radio is set to release their debut album Exposition on Downtown
Records, the home of Art Brut, Gnarls Barkley and Eagles of Death Metal.
The debut album is set for a September 12th release. [When in Rome, click
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| Master
of Maiden Tribute Show |
PR reports: Desolate Ways is finishing the
last details for the release of their second album, after their debut Eternal
Dreams (released in 2003). Meanwhile the vocalist Max Lima will be part
of a great tribute concert to celebrate the 20 years of the classics Master
of Puppets (Metallica) and Somewhere in Time (Iron Maiden).[see full story
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