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 Lifesavas
Coming Next Week |
PR reports: Portland-based Lifesavas, which
are comprised of emcee/producer JUMBO and emcee VURSATYL, have captured
the nation's attention with this upcoming release, Gutterfly, which is
set for release April 24th on Quannum Projects. Rolling Stone listed them
as one of the Top 10 Artists to Watch in 2007 feature. The duo drew their
inspiration for the album from blaxploitation videos from the 70's, particularly
the cartoon flick Coonskin. They created a concept for a film, complete
with fictional characters and compiled it into the best format they know
- through poetic songwriting and powerhouse beats. Gutterfly is Lifesavas'
sophomore album and an incredibly artist and creative piece of work.
Lifesava Tour Dates with DJ Shadow:
23-Apr Mon Crystal Ballroom, Portland,
OR
25-Apr Wed Empire, Sacramento, CA
26-Apr Thu Fillmore, San Francisco, CA
27-Apr Fri Coachella Indio, CA,
29-Apr Sun Ogden Theatre, Denver, CO
01-May Tue Depot, Salt Lake City, UT-
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| Zappa,
Iced Earth Members To Appear on Todd Grubbs' New CD |
PR reports: Virtuosic Florida guitarist Todd
Grubbs, who has been prominently featured in national and international
publications such as Guitar World, Guitar FPM and Guitar (Japan), is currently
in the recording studio working on his fourth solo album titled Time, Space
and the Electric. For these sessions, Grubbs has enlisted the aid of legendary
Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention keyboardist Don Preston to lend
a hand. Preston, who is best known for his work with Zappa, Carla Bley,
The Residents, Grande Mothers, and John Carter, as well as a his own solo
work, will be recording his signature keyboards on a track or two.
Other musicians that appear on Grubb's
new CD are Jeff Henry (Drums), Alan Tatum (Bass), Mark Prator, who has
performed with Iced Earth and Sebastian Bach (Drums), Sean Malone from
Cynic and Gordian Knot (Bass) and Patrick Bettison from Acoustic Alchemy
(Bass). It is rumored that along with Don Preston, another music legend
will grace the recordings of Todd Grubb's new CD. At this point that information
is highly guarded but will be disclosed at a future date.[see full story
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| Leftover
Cake |
PR reports: CAKE is proud to announce their
upcoming release, B-Sides and Rarities, which features covers of Black
Sabbath's "War Pigs" and Barry White's "Never, Never Gonna Give You Up",
plus other covers and CAKE originals. CAKE is inviting fans to submit videos
for "War Pigs," with the winner earning $1,000 (deadline April 30). [the
PR didn't provide details]
CAKE "B-sides and Rarities" track listing:
1. War Pigs
2. Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town
3. Mahna Mahna
4. Excuse Me, I Think I've Got A Heartache
5. Conroy
6. Strangers in the Night
7. Subtract One Love (Multiply the Heartaches)
8. Never, Never Gonna Give You Up
9. Thrills
10. Short Skirt, Long Jacket
11. It's Coming Down-
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| Acute
Take Off For Debut |
PR reports: Los Angeles-based ACUTE will celebrate
the May 1 release of their debut album ARMS AROUND A STRANGER by taking
off in a hot air balloon this Friday, April 20 in Temecula, CA.
For ARMS AROUND A STRANGER, ACUTE--vocalist/guitarist
ISAAC LEKACH and drummer PATRICK EDWARDS (ex-Ozma)--returned to the studio
with producer Dave Trumfio (Wilco, My Morning Jacket), who worked on their
2006 EP Selections. The album expands on the EP by utilizing pedal steel
guitars, piano, strings and a horn section to fashion their finely etched
landscapes of sound.- Click
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| Connect
with Chimaira |
PR reports: Chimaira, in conjunction with
Sony Connect / Connect.com, proudly announce the exclusive download availability
of 'Paralyzed'.the bonus track off of Chimaira's debut Ferret Music release,
RESURRECTION. You have waited long enough to hear this brutal song, now
you can listen and purchase it from Connect.com!
Also live on Connect.com; a feature interview
with lead guitarist Rob Arnold and a show review from Chimaira's March
2007, Los Angeles stop on the sell-out No Fear tour along side Killswitch
Engage, Dragonforce and He is Legend- Click
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| Great
Northern Tour |
PR reports: Great Northern have announced
a string of shows around the release of their debut album, Trading Twilight
For Daylight (May 15, Eenie Meenie Records) including some dates with Swedish
singer-songwriter Loney, Dear.
Great Northern Tour Dates:
April
29 Claremont, CA - Pomona College [Kohoutek
Festival]
May
10 San Francisco, CA - Popscene
15 Los Angeles, CA - The Echo [Record
release show] +
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| Paradise
Lost Preview |
PR reports: British kings of gloom PARADISE
LOST present you their brand-new Ecard allowing further insights in the
band's upcoming masterpiece "In Requiem", which will be released via Century
Media Records, in the UK on Monday 21st May 2007. [see the ecard at the
full story link]
On the Ecard you can listen to three tracks
taken off "In Requiem", namely "Never For The Damned", "Ash & Debris"
as well as "The Enemy", which has just been released as a single (in Germany,
Austria, Switzerland, Italy only). Paradise Lost have been confirmed as
special guests to Type O Negative on their forthcoming tour. If you didn't
catch Paradise Lost at their recent show at Koko in London, then check
out one of these shows as this must be one of the essential tours of the
summer
19th June � Manchester Academy
20th June - Birmingham Academy
21st June � London Astoria-
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| Bad
Brains Reclaim Their Myspace |
PR reports: Bad Brains have taken back and
relaunched a new Myspace.com account in preparation for the forthcoming
new album release of Build A Nation. A cybersquatter had been sitting on
the account. The newly launched account can be found at the full story
link.
Underground punk legend Henry Rollins recently
debuted a Bad Brains' song "Universal Peace" on his radio show off the
forthcoming Build A Nation album.- Click
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| Verismo
Thrashing the Emo Competition |
PR reports: Forget bed-head haircuts, eye
shadow, and skinny jeans. Forget the whiny Clash-wannabe bands dominating
the airwaves, and dig into 'City of Kings,' the debut album from a rip-roaring,
headbanging, alcohol-fueled "thrash f*ckin' metal" band from Brooklyn,
VERISMO (which is Italian for 'realism'). Comprised of Stephan Laboccetta
(vocals, guitar), Vincent Cruz (bass), and Tamas Vajda (drums), Verismo
is a return to the good old days of thrash, when musicians knew their instruments,
vocals were both intense and intelligible, and a live show was truly an
experience. This is not a throwback or "old school" anything, this is three
dirty metalheads from Brooklyn who can shred on their instruments, drink
you under the table, and put on a live show that will leave you breathless.
"City of Kings", the crushing debut from Verismo, was recorded in one continuous
take under the watchful eye of Dean Baltulonis (Sick Of It All), mastered
at Trutone Studios by Joe Lambert (Ted Nugent, Alice Cooper), and delivered
in a package truly representative of the post industrial wasteland sections
of Brooklyn, the "city of kings" were the members met and wrote what is
sure to become an independent classic.
Already competing with the majors, this
record has independently charted on the FMQB top 50, and has been in regular
rotation in many local and distant stations, including a spot in the top
ten of WSOU for weeks by this point. All three members are no slouches
on their instruments, either, as Laboccetta received his degree music at
Radford University, ex- Ringling Brothers performer/acrobat Vajda received
a diploma from the Drummers Collective, and Cruz was trained at the Brooklyn
Conservatory of Music. As a result, Verismo is a band that fans of vintage
thrash and hard rock are guaranteed to appreciate. Check out the E card
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| Virgin
Black Coming To America |
PR reports: Australia's symphonic/gothic/classical
act VIRGIN BLACK will tour North America in June and July this year.
In a posting from Virgin Black singer/songwriter
Rowan London, he says, "It's been four years since our minor but magnificent
U.S. tour with Agalloch and Antimatter and it seems it's long overdue for
Virgin Black to return. This time we shall not be so stingy with dates
and will visit the US, Canada and Mexico. Beginning with shows in Canada
and the U.S. Northeast in mid-June, we'll then play three shows in Mexico
before the band joins up with Finland's To/Die/For on June 26th and subsequently
visit many a locale."
Confirmed dates/venues will be announced
in the coming weeks- Click
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| Weedeater
Set Release Date |
PR reports: After a long and arguably grueling
courtship, Southern Lord is finally harmoniously involved with North Carolinas'
filthiest, and finest heathens: WEEDEATER! Some of you may remember their
appalling and compelling appearance at the Southern Lord South by Southwest
showcase in 2003, and track on the very first Southern Lord label compilation:
"Let There Be Doom". Well now this summer�we are stoked to be bringing
you their Lord debut album "God Luck and Good Speed".
The album was recorded in Jan. and Feb.
of this year in Chicago at Electrical Audio with Steve Albini at the controls.
The result is massive, mammoth and crushing! To compliment the audio, artist
Arik Roper (Sleep, High on Fire etc..) will be handling graphic art duties.
Please have a shot of whiskey in honor of this glorious moment.[see full
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| Eleni
Mandell Tour |
PR reports: Fueled by rave reviews in the
U.S. for her new album, Miracle of Five, and a successful European tour
during which The Times of London proclaimed her possessed of "a voice that
should be heard by millions," Eleni Mandell will finally tour North America
in May and June. The dates begin in May with several headlining shows,
followed by a June tour supporting Nettwerk recording artists Great Lake
Swimmers. Mandell and the Swimmers begin their tour on June 5th in Boston,
with stops in New York, Philadelphia, Atlanta, Austin, Los Angeles, Seattle
and many other fine cities along the way (see below). Stay tuned as dates
continue to be confirmed.
Eleni Mandell North American Tour Dates
� May/June 2007:
Fri. 5/4 MALIBU, CA Malibu Performing
Arts Center *
Wed. 5/9 TORONTO, ONT The Mod Club
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| Black
Moth Super Rainbow CD/Tour |
PR reports: The rural Pennsylvania psych-damaged
bubble-gum-pop enigma known as Black Moth Super Rainbow has officially
set May 15th, 2007 as the release date of Dandelion Gum, its most ambitious
album. The group's recent collaboration with The Octopus Project cracked
the CMJ Top 20, and this album promises even greater things for the band
whose packed show in NYC last month proved in droves. The quintet's remaining
spring tour dates can be found below.
Black Moth Super Rainbow Live:
04/26 Rochester, NY AV Space
04/27 Brooklyn, NY Silent Barn
04/28 New York, NY Pianos
05/19 Washington DC DC9-
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| BritBus
Tour |
PR reports: The BBC America BritBus Tour will
be invading the US from April 24th through June 18th, hitting 15 major
markets for a series of two to four day events, all of which are free to
the public and feature the latest and greatest in British music, product,
television and entertainment. As the title sponsor of the Tour, BBC America
is inviting all visitors who attend the BritBus events to board the bus
and check out sneak previews of new summer shows on the network -shows
that are "a little Brit different". Consumers can also enter on-site for
a chance to win amazing prizes such as a Triumph Bonneville motorcycle
or a Gibson guitar.
The talent is a classic mix that has existed
since rock and roll first started criss-crossing the Atlantic � three UK
groups influenced by three different genres of music. The Crave, Jyrojets
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