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Suicide Machines Commit Suicide

punkbands reports: After torrent of rumors surrounding their demise, Suicide Machines' co-founder and guitarist Dan Lukacinsky has sent Punknews.org a statement regarding the future of the band: "Yes - the Suicide Machines have indeed disbanded and will no longer be playing shows. We originally had planned on calling it a day at the end of 2005 - but some great offers for tours came in late last year that we just could not turn down so we decided to take them and keep it going. Things just got to a point recently of where we could no longer continue doing this band although we had planned on trying to stay with it until the end of this year.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Stolen Concrete

The Tripwire reports: NYC is supposed to be safer than ever... so why do bands keep getting their gear stolen? In a sad turn of events, The Concretes are the latest to have experienced the wrath of musical instrument theft here in the Big Apple. The band got their guitars, an organ and a euphonium lifted from their locked trailer following last week's performance at NYC's Bowery Ballroom. [see full story for more.. perhaps there is a mob connection? you're not supposed to have anything to do with concrete in NYC without them getting their cut.]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Dissection Coverage

Reader Mail reports: I read Antimusic.com everyday, but I noticed you have no coverage for the band "Dissection". They are a Black Metal band from Sweden with a long history. Their new album "Reinka½s" comes out Tuesday May 15. I found out about "The Black Dahlia Murder" from Antimusic- Dissection is one of their influences. Maybe others will be able to find out about "Dissection" from you as well. 

answer: We've actually covered them a bit. Just had a story last month. We used to get news from their label [The End Records] but they stopped sending it to us for some reason, so blame the label! For those that want to learn more about the band and this release check out the full story link.- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Bio Talking

Press Release reports: TalkingMetal.com has posted episode 64 of their "Talking Metal" podcast. The episode features a 30-minute interview hosts Mark Strigl and John Ostronomy conducted with bassist/vocalist Evan Seinfeld of Biohazard and Damnocracy. Interview topics include VH1 "Supergroup," Biohazard, the Roadrunner Records 25th anniversary concert, Tera Patrick, clubtera.com, teratrailers.com, and the movies "Kiss Me Again" and "The Wizard of Gore." Additional podcast topics include GN'R and Paisley Babelon. The 40-minute podcast can be downloaded at the full story link- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Roadrunner Singing Spree

Roadrunner Records reports: We are on a signing spree! Recent Roadrunner signings - (yes, its true) Megadeth, Black Label Society, Hatebreed, Dragonforce, Daath, Sanctity - and MORE TO COME! [that's not fair, we can't make mall jokes after this]

*Drummer News! Stone Sour recently welcomed Roy Mayorga (ex-Soulfly) into the band upon the departure of Joel Ekman and Opeth recently parted ways with Martin Lopez and welcomed Martin "Axe" Axenrot - both situations were amicable and the bands wish their previous drummers well.- Click Here for the Full Story 

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New Way To Grab Your Cash!

Press Release reports: Cell phone rings will never be the same, thanks to the Pepsi Cool Tones & Motorola Phones promotion, which begins today. For the first time ever in a large-scale national promotion, music fans can download* new ringtones written and recorded by today's top artists specifically for the ringtone format, a length of 40 seconds or less. 

Pepsi and Motorola are teaming up to offer access to an unprecedented 150 original music and voice ringtones by Grammy Award-winning artists and producers. Mariah Carey, Mary J. Blige, The All-American Rejects and renowned producers Scott Storch and Luny Tunes are a few of the artists who have produced new ringtones that will only be available through the Pepsi Cool Tones & Motorola Phones promotion. [so, no cool ringtones are available yet... see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Death Cab For Henry

Cornerstone reports: That's right, your favorite band, Death Cab For Cutie will be on Henry's show this Saturday night, May 20th. The performance should be really cool as Henry's set is very intimate and small. It will be cool to see Death Cab play like that as they've been playing really big venues as of late. And for those of you who didn't know this already, Death Cab For Cutie takes their name from a song performed in the Beatles' movie "Magical Mystery Tour." [note: the publicist wrote that favorite band bit...]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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30 Seconds to Kill

Virgin reports: 30 SECONDS TO MARS has just released their exclusive "Two Beautiful Lies" EP through iTunes. Two weeks ago the band asked their fans to submit photos for a set of digital liner notes to accompany their new single for "The Kill" and the response was tremendous. In just 24 hours, over 1,000 fans submitted their digital photos. The photos have been transformed into a 36 page photo book that is now bundled with the EP, which includes "The Kill" and a previously unreleased live recording of "Attack" at iTunes for $1.49. 

The video for "The Kill," loosely inspired by themes of isolation and insanity present in the Kubrickian nightmare The Shining, was ranked #1 in the Hot 5 Videos on MTV.com for the past two weeks while, during the week of May 1, it was #1 on Fuse's Oven Fresh. [see full story to check it out]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Stream it

Day in Rock reports: So once again it's Tuesday, time to decide which new CDs to waste your money on this week. The kind hearted folks at AOL Music have once again taken the top releases of the week and are offering you the chance to stream them in their entirety. Best part? It's absolutely free. This week they have new cds from The Raconteurs, Hoobas***, Ben Folds, T-Bone Burnett, Doves, Dinosaur Jr., Rock Kills Kid and about a dozen more. Click the full story link to listen now. [and no they did not pay us to post this, we just think it's cool they talked the labels into offering free streams of these CDs.. but if they want to pay us we won't turn them down!)- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Tom Petty Confirms 2nd Leg

Press Release reports: The second leg of Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers' "Highway Companion" U.S. Summer Tour is now confirmed, and will begin on Saturday, July 29 at the Clark County Amphitheatre just outside of Portland, OR (see confirmed dates and venues below). On this second leg, Petty & the Heartbreakers will be joined by special guests the Allman Brothers Band and Trey Anastasio, who is also performing on many first-leg dates. Expect further announcements soon of additional special guests and opening acts that will be on selected dates. [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Reading with Sharks

Press Release reports: A unique, exciting book is finally completed, and the buzz is already in full bloom for what promises to be a sensation, both nationally and internationally.

Like any how-to book worth its while, Swimming with Sharks is replete with little-known facts and sound advice. It, however, also goes a step further Deskovic and Giacomazzo worked tirelessly, for months on end, collecting interviews from various music industry professionals in a variety of fields, including law, promotions, marketing, and publicity. Swimming with Sharks also boasts some never-before-seen photos taken by Giacomazzo whose professional represented photography is award-winning and published featuring goth legend Voltaire, punk rockers Suicide City (ex-Biohazard and Kittie), and rocknroll guitarist Wilson Lihn. Finally, Swimming with Sharks features snippets from Ask the Pros, a MySpace group moderated by Deskovic, in which up-and-coming bands ask the 200-plus-member cadre of professionals a variety of questions.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Angel City Outcasts Mp3s

Thorp reports: Two new tracks from Angel City Outcasts' "Deadrose Junction" are available for download. Check out... "Breakout" and "Down Spiral" at the full story link. 

Deadrose Junction is now shipping from the Sailor's Grave Records online store. Look for it in stores everywhere June 6.- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Dixie Embargo

antiMusic reports: We got a press release in stating that The Dixie Chicks have ended their "press embargo" with an exclusive interview on a certain TV show. However, we can't give you any more details because our reciprocal embargo remains in place. But we do enjoy the irony of receiving a press release about a press embargo. - Click Here for the Full Story 

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Staff Meeting: Jake Brown

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 Jake Brown a little better.

Jake Brown is from Nashville and has been with antiMusic for 2 years. The first album he purchased was Prince's "Purple Rain" and his first concert was Bon Jovi on the Slippery When Wet tour. He lists Izzy Stradlin & the JuJu Hounds, Motley Crue- Red, White & Crue, Tom Waits- Heart Attack & Vine, Paul Westerberg- 14 Songs, Janes Addiction- Nothing's Shocking, Smashing Pumpkins- Gish, Prince- Sign of the Times, The Pixies- DooLittle, A Tribe Called Quest- The Low End Theory and Fleetwood Mac- Rumors Top 10 Favorite CDs. His musical pet peeves are "That PAUL WALL has a career as a rapper. That reality TV shows can legitimize pop music stars, that J LO is still working as either an actress or singer, that Kevin Federline is getting ANY press at all about his stupid f***ing rap career, when grunge singers used to wine about being rich rock stars, Ozzy gave the best response to all of them: 'If you don't like it, go work in a f**king car wash!'" His favorite part of antiMusic is " The Newswire, without question. Definitely one of the most varied and current news summaries out there on the web". Click the full story to learn more about Jake Brown.
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