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Strapping Young July

TuneLab reports: Strapping Young Lad have announced a July 11th release date for their upcoming new album 'The New Black' via Century Media.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Tesla Tour

KNAC reports: KNAC.COM Contributor Mitch Lafon recieved this e-mail from the boys in Tesla:

"Dear Tesla Fans, We are proud to announce The 2006 Electric Summer Jam Tour. Listed below are the dates:

5/19 Bone Bash at the Shoreline Amphitheatre Mountain View, CA 
6/16 Ogden Amphitheater Ogden, UT 
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Hot Water Split

punkbands reports: After more than a decade together, a letter from Chuck Ragan suggests that Hot Water Music's extended break is now a break up. In the letter, Ragan explains: 

My friends, Hot Water Music as we all knew it is no longer. A great chapter in our lives has come to a close. We must say so long, and farewell. This is not to say by any means that we will never take a stage again together or find our way onto some tracks together, but where we are in our lives at this moment, it won't be anytime soon. [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Nanna Vs Lymphoma

punkbands reports: Bob Nanna, former vocalist/guitarist from Braid and Hey Mercedes and currently of The City on Film, was recently diagnoisted with Extranodal Marginal B-Cell Lymphoma. According to his website - which has been updated with photos and fairly detailed accounts of chemotherapy treatments - the diagnosis came shortly after a surgery on his right eye. Several body scans revealed no immediate spread of the lymphoma, but extensive chemo treatments are needed to combat the disease fully. [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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RoadDeth

SMN reports: MTV.com is reporting that MEGADETH will be releasing their next album through Roadrunner Records.- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Cowboy Crash

SMN reports: On thursday May 11th JOB FOR A COWBOY guitarist Ravi Bhadriraju was injured in a car accident. We're glad to announce that hes ok, but his left shoulder and arm are banged up. Ontop of that, for the first few days hes been forced to wear a sling by doctors. In the past week we've had to let our second guitarist go and have been uncapable of finding a fill in on time. [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Solo Yorke

The Tripwire reports: After rumors have bounced around about the possibilities of Thom Yorke's work on a solo album, the Radiohead frontman has finally let the cat out of the bag. Stereogum was keeping an eye on this over the weekend, and happened to catch the good news! Although at first it seemed like a possible hoax, NME has confirmed the solo-tastic announcement.

The original note from the W.A.S.T.E. email list, written by Thom, stated:
this is just a note to say that something has been kicking around in 
the background that i have not told you about.
its called The Eraser. 
nigel produced & arranged it. 
i wrote and played it.
[he gives more details see full story for that]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Unplugged 3

Metal Blade reports: In order to make life fit a bit better sometimes things happen that on second look, look better. Like there are a few shows on this tour that are not official 3 shows and a couple of unique Joey Eppard Solo shows. 

Fri. June 2nd. Joey Solo at The Mint. 6010 W. Pico Blvd. Los Angeles, CA . I think this is Joey's first solo show ever on the west coast! We are gonna make a party out of it. 

Sun. June 4th. Joey Solo at Mountain Jam. Hunter Mt. Hunter, NY. This is a Big Outdoor Festival at a cool Ski Center up in the Catskill Mts. Lots of Bands. Govt. Mule etc. [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Talking Cheerleaders

Press Release reports: TalkingMetal.com has posted episode 62 of their "Talking Metal" podcast. This episode features interviews hosts Mark Strigl and John Ostronomy conducted with Ethan Deth of Kill Cheerleader and Scott Boland of Obsession. Interview topics include Spinerazor Records, Kill Cheerleader's association with Lemmy, Nikki Sixx, and the Hellrose skateboarders as well as Obsession's upcoming album, "Carnival of Lies." Additional podcast topics include Helltrain, Night Train wine, Wolfmother, Guns N' Roses, Axl Rose, New York City's Americal Trash bar, and letters from Talking Metal listeners. Pictures as well as the 40-minute podcast can be downloaded at the full story link- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Digital Brothers

Special Ops reports: The Jonas Brothers will now release their debut album It's About Time on Tuesday, May 30th. In a special twist, the Jonas Brothers are embracing technological advances by offering It's About Time online ONLY! "Music on Red Bull" - Without hesitating, that's how 17-year-old Kevin Jonas describes the hyper-adrenaline sounds he's created with his two brothers, 13-year-old Nicholas and 16-year-old Joseph, on the Jonas Brothers' debut album, It's About Time, which hits iTunes on May 30.[see full story for a preview]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Rand to Miss Atheist Gigs

Relapse reports: Veteran ATHEIST guitarist Rand Burkey has been forced to bow out of the band's forthcoming festival performances due to legal troubles. 

Filling in for Burkey will be veteran guitarist Chris Baker. Baker will be joining core ATHEIST members Kelly Shaefer, Tony Choy, and Steve Flynn as well as guitarist Sonny Carson (who will be playing Shaefer's guitar role due to Shaefer's long-running battles w/ tendonitis and carpal tunnel.) Baker and Carson are currently playing with Steve Flynn's new band GNOSTIC.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Gomez's Anatomy

Red Music reports: After gaining significant exposure at this year's SXSW, the ATO Records-signed British alternative rock band Gomez is set to face greater national broadcast. The title track of the band's fifth studio album "How We Operate" will be featured on the 2-hour season finale of ABC's top rating show "Grey's Anatomy." 

Gomez is no newcomer to the music scene. Under the guidance of Foo Fighter's producer Gil Norton, "How We Operate," released in the U.S. on May 2, showcases the band's relentless versatility and refreshing sound. 

The season finale of "Grey's Anatomy" will be aired over two days�an hour on Sunday, May 14 (10/9 c) and a two-hour special on Monday, May 15 (9/ 8c). "How We Operate" will be featured on the latter date. The band is in the midst of their U.S./U.K. tour alongside I-Nine, David Ford, Magic Numbers, Army of Me, Dave Matthews Band, The Elected, Tunng, and Clayhill, lasting until July 2. - Click Here for the Full Story 

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Staff Meeting: Dr Fever

antiMusic reports: A lot of people work hard to make antiMusic what it is. So with our 8th anniversary we felt it was time to spotlight each writer so you can get to know them a little better. Over the next few weeks we will be posting a small portion of each staff person's new profile page. So let's get to know Dr Fever a little better.

Dr Fever has been with antiMusic since 1999. The first cassette he purchased was Poison's "Look What The Cat Dragged In" his first CD was Green Day's "Dookie" and his first concert was "with my parents to see George Jones...I remember him being so blindingly drunk he cut the show short. Hilarious." He lists Clutch, Cave In, ISIS, Waylon Jennings, Fiona Apple, Ryan Adams, Black Sabbath, High On Fire, KillWhitneyDead, Sick of It All, Converge and Bloodjinn as his Top 12 Favorite artist. His musical pet peeve is "People like Karen O. I often pray that she, and people like her, get hit by a speeding train." His favorite part of antiMusic is "Not having to pay to see Clutch" Click the full story to learn more about Dr Fever and discover how he got to party with Dimebag and members of Slayer, who he saves the most venom for (hint it's a she) and a lot more!
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