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 Hellyeah
Inside Track |
KNAC reports: Tune in to KNAC.COM Monday night
at 9:01pm Pacfic Daylight Time (Tuesday 12:01am Eastern Daylight Time)
to hear the world premiere of the entire debut album from HellYeah. Band
members Vinnie Paul (Damageplan, Pantera) and Jerry Montano (Nothingface)
will join KNAC.COM DJ Philthy Phil on a track-by-track play of the self-titled
Epic records release. Paul and Montano will give their insight into the
making of each song, and update fans on everything HellYeah.-
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| Idol
Producers Blame Sun for Drop in Ratings |
TMZ reports: Viewership of "American Idol"
has slipped compared to last season, and each episode has been watched
by less people than the one before it. Is the lack of talent, embodied
by Internet fav Sanjaya Malakar, the cause? Or maybe, as the show's EP
would have us believe, it's the sun's fault.
Nielsen stats show that the Tuesday performance
shows are down about 10 percent compared to last season (from roughly 31
million viewers to 28). This past Wednesday night's results episode, which
saw tongue-studded shrieker Gina Glocksen get the boot, was the least watched
episode of the season, according to TV Week.
But if you ask "Idol" producer Nigel Lythgoe
what is causing the problem, he'll blame Daylight Savings Time, which started
three weeks earlier this year. Ratings tend to dip every year whenever
the time change kicks in. "Even if we lost 50 percent of our audience,
we'd still be in the top three shows in the country," Lythgoe said at a
press conference on Monday. It's good to be king. [Weren't ratings also
down before DLST? Maybe it was the six month long, overly drawn out "audition"
episodes? Ok it wasn't six months long only seemed like it. Perhaps people
are just getting sick of televised karaoke. We can only hope.]-
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| Daft
Punk Rapture This Summer |
PR reports: The Rapture will joining French
discothèque astronauts Daft Punk on their US tour this summer. The
tour will also feature European underground house phenoms Sebastian and
Kavinsky.
July 27 - Berkeley, CA: Greek Theater
July 29 - Seattle, WA: WaMu Center
July 31 - Denver, CO: Red Rocks
August 5 - Toronto, Canada: Aarow Hall,
August 7 - Montreal, Canada: Bell Center
Arena
August 9 - Coney Island, NY: Keyspan Park-
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| Mystery
Supergroup Neon Horse Coming in May |
PR reports: Mystery Supergroup Neon Horse
to Release Tooth & Nail Debut May 8th, Will Music Video Betray Band
Identities? Meet Neon Horse, a musical trio that arose from the same Los
Angeles music scene that's filled with myriad cookie-cutter bands who've
played hundreds of shows at local clubs like the Troubadour, Spaceland,
Viper Room, El Rey, Knitting Factory and many more with so little to show
aside from their day jobs that span everything from catering temps to postal
workers. While so many fallen artists descend into this inevitable cliché,
the members of Neon Horse met a simple twist of fate the day a man by the
name of Norman entered their lives.
The band first met their larger-than-life
frontman back in the winter of 2005 at the recently closed nightclub Teddy's
inside the old Roosevelt Hotel in Hollywood. After an uncomfortable encounter
involving Norman and a four-foot length of chain in his hand, the trio
agreed to meet for what would be the first official band rehearsal. Two
songs later the lineup was settled and Neon Horse was born. In the tradition
of their humble beginnings, the members of Neon Horse prefer to leave their
identities a mystery. With the exception of establishing Norman as the
face of the group, the band simply wishes to be known as: Neon Horse. The
video for "Cuckoo!" will be released to the public in the coming weeks,
with the album to follow on May 8th. While the band aims for anonymity,
the video is reported to show some very familiar faces of the rock world.
Will the video give away the identities of our cloaked heroes? Stay tuned...[see
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| Before
the Music Dies |
PR reports: Is original music drowning in
the wake of big label marketing? Will radio ever again be the influential
force it once was? Does the next great artist even have a chance to be
heard? These questions and more are explored from a fan's perspective in
BEFORE THE MUSIC DIES, an unsettling and inspiring look at today's popular
music industry.
At the heart of BEFORE THE MUSIC DIES are
interviews with musicians, industry insiders, music critics, and fans that
reveal how music has reached its current precarious state. Featured performances
from a truly diverse group of artists, ranging from The Dave Matthews Band
and Erykah Badu to Seattle street performers and Mississippi gospel singers
show us that great music is always out there� as long as you know where
to look. BEFORE THE MUSIC DIES will renew your passion for great music,
and inspire you to play an active part in its future. Featured Artists
include: Erykah Badu, Doyle Bramhall II, Calexico, Ray Charles, Elvis Costello,
Branford Marsalis, Dave Matthews Band, My Morning Jacket, North Mississippi
Allstars, Les Paul, Billy Preston, ?uestlove, Bonnie Raitt, Hubert Sumlin,
Widespread Panic and many others! Check out the BEFORE THE MUSIC DIES hoooka
to view the film's trailer, photos and the "How to Create a Pop Star" bonus
footage from the DVD. - Click
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| Now
That's What I Call Indie |
EW.com reports: NEW COMPILATION CD: EW.com
has learned exclusively that a group of today's most prominent independent
music labels are joining forces to produce a series of compilations much
like the staggeringly successful Now That's What I Call Music series. Instead
of pop [s]hits by the likes of Xtina, Rihanna, and Hinder, however, this
as-yet-untitled series will feature songs from artists such as Bloc Party,
the Shins, Bright Eyes, Air, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, M. Ward, Ted Leo,
Cat Power, Silversun Pickups, and the indie-in-spirit-if-not-in-label Yeah
Yeah Yeahs and Sonic Youth. Go to EW.com for the full story.-
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| Silversun
Pickups Alt Rock Hit, Playing Kimmel |
PR reports: The little Silverlake band that
could, otherwise known as Silversun Pickups, has broken into the Top 10
on the Alternative Rock Chart, with "Lazy Eye" moving into the #9 spot,
up three slots this week. Due in part to the arresting lead single from
their Dangerbird Records debut, Carnavas, the album has generated impressive
sales of more than 110,000 to date and has remained in Billboard's Top
200 chart for weeks. Captivating audiences nationwide with their electric
performances, the Pickups will stop by the Jimmy Kimmel Live show, Tuesday,
April 17th to perform several songs on their outdoor stage. This will serve
as a prime opportunity to warm up for their Coachella performance, Friday,
April 27, on the Main Stage.
The foursome is at the tail-end of their
national tour with Snow Patrol and will play sporadic headlining dates
on both coasts before heading to the U.K. in support of their May 28 release
date.[see full story for dates]- Click
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| Digital
Elvis... Costello |
PR reports: On May 1, Hip-O/Universal Music
Enterprises will release The Best Of Elvis Costello: The First 10 Years
and Rock And Roll Music a rock-themed collection of hits, key album tracks,
b-sides and previously unreleased rarities.
May 1st will also see the digital premiere
of Costello's first 11 original albums, marking the first time they will
be available for digital downloads and mobile tones. These 11 original
albums will be available for download exclusively on the iTunes Music Store
(www.itunes.com) for 30 days before they are made available to all the
online partners. The albums will also be released in their original versions
as digipaks with booklets and obie sleeves.[see full story for more]-
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| From
10cc To Directing: Kevin Godley |
Rock N Roll Universe reports: In a brand new
exclusive interview conducted by Rock N Roll Universe, legendary former
10cc drummer and influential music video director Kevin Godley discusses
his days in 10cc, Godley & Creme, working with The Beatles on the video
for "Real Love" as well as his recently rekindled collaboration with fellow
10cc member Graham Gouldman, who have reunited after over three decades
as GG/06. Godley, a founding member of 10cc, has gone on to be one of the
most sought after directors in rock history. As a music director he has
worked on a total of 56 videos, both solo and with former partner Lol Creme,
from Duran Duran's "Girls On Film" (which had the distinguished honor of
being the first video banned by MTV), Asia's "The Heat Of The Moment,"
Yes's "Leave It," The Police's "Every Breath You Take," Herbie Hancock's
"Rockit," to Eric Clapton's "Forever Man" and until their last partnership
on George Harrison's "When We Was Fab." See the full story to read the
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| In
Case You Forgot Britney Sings |
EW.com reports: Is Britney Back In The Zone?
Exclusive Q&A With Her Producer Sean Garrett: Garrett tells EW.com
he's working on the new Britney Spears record and assures she has everything
under control
With all the hubbub over her public divorce,
revolving door rehab stints, and head-shaving wackiness, it seems like
forever since anyone talked about Britney Spears as a pop singer. But producer
Sean Garrett, who's helping Le Brit put together her new album, thinks
her upcoming new record will help her change all that.
''She will be coming back really strong,
I promise,'' Garrett told EW at the Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards. ''It
is possible for her to be big again and popular again. Hits always solve
everything. A hit makes people forget just about anything.'' See EW.com
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| David
Olney's One Tough Town in June |
PR reports: Over his four-decade career, David
Olney has built a reputation not as a kind-hearted troubadour but rather
as a performing songwriter possessed of a sharp literary mind that cuts
to the bone of the human condition. Whether the subject matter is heartbreak
or armed robbery, Olney's cinematic style and fearless approach to lyric
writing have won him renown as kind of a musical outlaw. Listening to his
latest CD, One Tough Town, due out on June 5 on Red Parlor, is like watching
a Sergio Leone Western: It's gritty, smart and dangerous, and you can't
take your eyes off the screen.[see full story for more]-
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| The
Black Scorpion of Baghdad |
PR reports: More reasons why VBS is better
than your TV. VBS is running a 7 part series called The Black Scorpion
of Baghdad. It's about Acrassicauda, the only heavy metal band in Iraq.
This series tells their insane story of playing metal during Saddam Hussein's
reign and then in war-torn, occupied Iraq. These guys are literally ready
to die for metal. Check out the showblog for more at the full story link.
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| The
new Crazy Frog a Donkey? |
PR reports: With a European groundswell behind
her, the animated singing and dancing donkey girl HOLLY DOLLY is on her
way to playdates and dance floors all over America through Capitol Records.
Following top 5 single debuts in France
and Sweden, and major national breakouts in Italy and the Benelux area,
Capitol Records will release the "Dolly Song" ringtune on April 17, and
the album Pretty Donkey Girl in the U.S. on May 22, 2007. Joining such
animated stars as Barney and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, who drove millions
of CD sales, Holly Dolly's kick-off single and video, "Dolly Song," also
inevitably recalls the drop-dead addictive quality of Euro-pop crossover
smashes by Eiffel 65, Crazy Frog and Aqua. Capitol Records is setting up
a major kids' marketing campaign utilizing, among other sales aids, a life-size
Holly Dolly costumed character that has made live appearances ever since
the European launch.- Click
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Threads of Life is the record
Shadows Fall was made to make. The 11 tracks boast boatloads of catchy
melodies, demanding musicianship and amazing songcraft. It's the best-sounding
metal record in recent memory, with loud, crunchy guitars that sit nicely
between the vocals and drums. One could listen to Threads of Life for days.
(5 stars)
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Here is the ultimate, unbiased,
word on Abigail Williams: they are a bunch young, obviously talented people
who have an idea on where to take their concept of black metal. Whether
they will accomplish this mission and sway the masses is only for time
to tell.- Read
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Stripped of imagery, This Too
Will Pass is gentle background music. Hrishikesh Hirway, whose unobtrusive
voice does not match the uniqueness of his name, spends the entire album
trying to match the pitch of a bedtime story reading father.
(2.5 stars)
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Makahiya sound like a cross
between 1970's classic Uriah Heep keyboards and thundering stoner/sludge
of the highest order. Psychedelic and trippy, no other band can compare
themselves to Hawkwind and Black Sabbath and still have it work!- Read
the full Makahiya Interview review
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