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Paragon Records Update

PR reports: Eyes of Ligeia have decided to call it a day, in a statement from the band's leader, Dante "After nine years, the cycle is complete. Eyes of Ligeia has been laid to rest, having accomplished all that was meant to be. No further information will be forthcoming."

Ash Pool's Black Bondage in the North 7"ep will finally be available in early April. We have finally received the covers, and are expecting the vinyl's by the end of next week at the latest. Our sincerest apologies to those of you who have been waiting patiently, and to those waiting not so patiently. Trust us in that, this ep will be worth the wait. 

In other Ash Pool news, their appearance at this years No Fun Festival has been canceled; no further information is available. Grab the "Whipped to Death" MP3 at the full story link. - Click Here for the Full Story 

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Sick Puppies Join Justice and Mercy tour

PR reports: Following their April 3 RMR / Virgin Records debut release, Dressed Up As Life, Australian indie-rock trio SICK PUPPIES will tour in support of Flyleaf on the second leg of the Justice and Mercy tour.

SICK PUPPIES TOUR DATES: (with FlyLeaf, Kill Hannah, and Resident Hero)

5/5 Dallas, TX Palladium Ballroom
5/6 Austin, TX Antone's
5/8 Little Rock, AR The Village
5/9 Oklahoma City, OK Diamond Ballroom
[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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The Rapture / Shiny Toy Guns Tour

PR reports: Universal Motown Records' rock icons The Rapture, will join label mates Shiny Toy Guns, who are currently finishing up their third tour of the UK, on a 21 city, propulsive dance/funk tour that kicks off in Hattiesburg, Mississippi on April 21, and ends up in Burlington, Vermont on May 23. New York foursome The Rapture are also winding down their European/Asian/Australian jaunt, showcasing their current album Pieces Of The People We Love

The following are The Rapture/Shiny Toy Guns Tour Dates kicking off in late April:

Apr 21, 10:00PM, Hattiesburg, Mississippi - The Bottling Company
Apr 22, 3:00PM, Austin, Texas - The Backyard
Apr 24, 6:30PM, Tempe, Arizona - The Marquee Theatre
Apr 25, 9:00PM, Tuscon, Arizona - Club Congress
Apr 29, 6:00PM, Reno, Nevada - Club Underground
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Broken Teeth Tracks

PR reports: Broken Teeth, the Austin Hard Rock quintet featuring former Dangerous Toys/Watchtower vocalist Jason McMaster, have set the tentative track listing for their upcoming LP release, Electric, a collection of new and re-recorded tracks from their self-released LP's Broken Teeth and Guilty Pleasures. The album is set to hit stores in August via Corporate Punishment/Navarre. The track listing is as follows:

1. Hell For Sale
2. Electric
3. Blood On The Radio
4. Undertaker
5. She's Gonna Blow
6. El Diablo
7. Stick It In
8. Burns Like Love
9. Roll Over
10. Hangin' By The Skin
11. Devil Money
12. Bonfire- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Flea's Hullabaloo Benefit

PR reports: An extraordinary evening of musical entertainment to aid a musical cause will celebrate its third year when the "Hullabaloo" benefit takes place Saturday, May 5, at The Music Box at the Henry Fonda Theater (6126 Hollywood Blvd.). Created by Flea, bassist of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, and Keith Barry, dean of the nonprofit Silverlake Conservatory of Music (SCM), which they co-founded in 2001, "Hullabaloo" raises funds for the SCM, including to provide scholarships to more than 100 low-income students whose families would otherwise be unable to afford instruments and/or lessons as well as to expand the school's summer camp program. Tickets will go on sale Saturday, April 21st and will be available only over the web at: www.silverlakeconservatory.com 

Attendees at the festive event, which begins at 6 p.m., will be treated to a night of entertainment from actor Woody Harrelson and magician/musician Rob Zabrecky plus very special performances by the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam, Charlie Haden, Ditty Bops, students and faculty of the SCM, and other special guests. Hors d'oeuvre, a light buffet, and an open bar with spirits, wine, beer and champagne will be served throughout the evening. There will also be a silent auction and Zabrecky will conduct the live auction to raise funds for the school's programs.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Sonic Youth Sign up Wooden Wand

PR reports: The legendary musicians and tastemakers in Sonic Youth have professed their love for folkadelic troubadour Wooden Wand, taking him on tour as their opening act in February and lending their support in the making of his latest album, James & The Quiet. 

Thurston Moore -- Sonic Youth's spry, eternally-teenaged guitarist/vocalist -- recently signed Wooden Wand to his Ecstatic Peace label (home of Be Your Own Pet), announcing a June 12th release date for James & The Quiet. The album was produced by SY guitarist Lee Ranaldo (who also plays some stringed things on the recording), and longtime SY drummer Steve Shelley provides his signature rhythmic strut. 

The label has posted "Delia", the first sample MP3 from the album at the full story link. - Click Here for the Full Story 

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Bowling For Soup Tour

PR reports: Jive Recording Artist Bowling For Soup kick off their spring tour in Kansas City, MO on April 13th. 

Tour dates and venues are as follows:
April 13 Kansas City, MO The Grand Emporium 
April 14 Tulsa, OK Cain's Ballroom 
April 15 Frisco, TX Edgefest 16 - Pizza Hut Park 
April 18 San Antonio, TX Jack's Patio Bar 
April 19 San Marcos, TX Lucy's 
April 21 Memphis, TN Newby's
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Drowning Pool USO

PR reports: Drowning Pool, in collaboration with the USO will launch a free download and Internet video campaign today, featuring their new song "Soldiers." Written for the troops after returning from an overseas USO tour, "Soldiers" can be downloaded for free through the USO's MySpace page. In addition, the new Internet video, featuring exclusive live footage of the band's USO performances in Iraq and Kuwait, can be viewed on Drowning Pool's MySpace page. 

"We are proud to be working with Drowning Pool to make "Soldiers" available as a free download," said USO president and CEO, Edward A. Powell.

Since the band's first USO tour in 2005, Drowning Pool and the USO have worked closely in an effort to boost the morale of thousands of service members stationed overseas. "The USO appreciates Drowning Pool's willingness to perform for American troops stationed far from home, and for encouraging other groups to do the same," said Powell. "Last year the band entertained more than 12,000 troops in Germany, Kuwait and Iraq, and we look forward to their next USO tour." - Click Here for the Full Story 

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Graduate Extend Tour Plans

PR reports: The time is almost here! The Graduate 's debut album, Anhedonia, will be released next week on Icon Mes. To gear up, the band has released a new set of tour dates through May and June as well as an official e-card with audio streams and a glimpse into the making of Anhedonia. 

April 
6 - Madison, WI - The Loft *
7 - Detroit, MI - Magic Stick *
9 - Des Moines, IA - House Of Bricks *
10 - Springfield, IL - Capitol City *
11 - Papillion, NE - The Rock *
12 - St. Louis, MO - Creepy Crawl *
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Epitaph for

PR reports: Epitaph Records is thrilled to announce the signing of Gallows, touted by Kerrang magazine as "the world's most exciting new band". The legendary punk label will release the band's already completed and much acclaimed album Orchestra Of Wolves, with the addition of three exclusive bonus tracks for North America, on July 10. "Punk rock is back and its new name is Gallows," says Epitaph president Brett Gurewitz. "This is the band we've all been waiting for."

Comprised of Frank Carter (vocals), Steph Carter (guitar/vocals), Laurent Barnard (guitars/keys/vocals), Stuart Gili-Ross (bass) and Lee Barratt (drums), Gallows hail from the gloomy streets of Watford, UK where they formed in 2005. Inspired by early 80s hardcore bands like Minor Threat and Black Flag, 90s Swedish hardcore such as Refused, the metal riffs of Mastodon and the discordance of underground bands such as Swing Kids, and JR Ewing, Gallows' ultimate goal was to wrestle punk back from the fashion police and re-invest it with the passion, brutality and menace that characterized their British forebears.- Click Here for the Full Story 

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PlayRadioPlay EP

PR reports: Seventeen year-old Texan, Dan Hunter is the �poptronica' genius behind PlayRadioPlay (PRP), which has already hit one million plays on MySpace and opened for Fall Out Boy all in the space of a single year. The highly anticipated EP The Frequency will available in stores April 24, 2007. And one short month later fans can find him on tour with some of the biggest names in music on Warped Tour.

PRP is often compared to Postal Service and The Smashing Pumpkins, the songs are like the soundtrack to your dreams. On the surface they're like cupcakes - sweet, cute and just bursting with pure happiness. But if you listen carefully to what this blissfully gentle voice is singing on songs such as "Bound To Get Caught" and "Compliment Each Other Like Colors", you'll discover a darker dimension to Dan's music. It's this diverse combination of sound and subject that gives his music depth and realness. It's what makes PRP stand out from everyone else.- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Sea Wolf is coming

PR reports: Sea Wolf is the moniker of multi-instrumentalist Alex Church, former member of Los Angeles indie-pop wonders Irving. His brilliant 5-song EP, Get To The River Before It Runs Too Low, will be released May 8th via Dangerbird Records, as he hits the road supporting labelmates Silversun Pickups later this month. Get in early on this one, his songs will win you over in a heartbeat, and his full-length is soon to follow. [see full story for "You Are Wolf" MP3] 

Sea Wolf Tour Dates:
April
12 Vancouver, BC - Richards On Richards *
13 Seattle, WA - Neumos *
14 Portland, OR - Crystal Ballroom *
16 San Francisco, CA - The Independent *
26 Los Angeles, CA - ExPlx + [The Echo downstairs]
May
01 Los Angeles, CA - Troubadour #
08 Rochester, NY - Water Street Music Hall *
09 Toronto, ON - Lee's Palace *
10 Buffalo, NY - Town Ballroom *
13 Baltimore, MD - Recher Theatre *
14 Philadelphia, PA - Trocadero *
15 New York, NY - Webster Hall *

* = w/ Silversun Pickups
+ = w/ Earlimart & The Watson Twins
# = w/ Sloan- Click Here for the Full Story 

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TFD Coming

PR reports: Following the (previous) demise of Brutal Truth, drummer/vocalist/performance artist Richard Hoak seized the opportunity to take grindcore music to its next and possibly final logical extreme with the creation of Total f***ing Destruction. Bored sick of the current state of punk rock �etiquette' and label politics, TFD's music is preformed for the sheer joy of musical annihilation! Nauseatingly hyper blast beats are entangled with musical contortions inspired by a fast and pissed attitude that has been sorely missing from the sterile and stagnant state of so-called "extreme music." 

With grind on the mind and destruction boiling in their veins, TFD has taken grind to a new place with an extremely unique album that consists of three parts: Part 1 is a proper grinding, metallic and perversely catchy batch of songs. Part 2 is an acoustic monster all in itself, completely different from anything heard in grind today. Part 3 is an enhanced cd that contains Live from Hazel's, a legendary live performance recorded in the bowels of Philadelphia. TFD's newest slab of filthy Philly cannabis-core Zen and the Art of Total f***ing Destruction is out in May with a carpet-bombing of live attacks lining up ahead of the occasion[see full story for the dates]- Click Here for the Full Story 

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Today's Reviews

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....Bon Jovi: 52,612 Fans Can't Be Wrong

People may snicker at Bon Jovi and not take them seriously, but their songs still resonate. Bon Jovi may not be everyone's Beatles, but their material connects deeply with their audience and this is why, when they choose to be, they are the liveliest, most entertaining, energetic and fun live band on the planet. - Read the full Bon Jovi: 52,612 Fans Can't Be Wrong review
 

....Relient K Photos

- Check out Live photos from this show
 

....Bladesmith - The Darkness Remains Unsent

Cutting like the steel of an enemy's sword and just as unforgivingly cold, Bladesmith have forged quite The Darkness on this wonderful debut. Five f***ing hails, and can't wait for the rest! - Read the full Bladesmith - The Darkness Remains Unsent review
 

....Pizzasaurus Rex � Traveling Today on Yesterday's Maps...

Pizzasaurus Rex sounds like a 3AM slice shop in a college town. This is hardly a great name for a band, especially for a band that doesn't play stupid 2-minute punk ditties. To further muddle the message, P Rex compliments its stupid name with a great album title. (2.5 stars) - Read the full Pizzasaurus Rex � Traveling Today on Yesterday's Maps� review
 

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