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 Rooney
Preview |
Total Assault reports: Favorite indie pop
band from The O.C., Rooney, is getting ready to release Calling the World,
their sophomore album out July 17th! The first single "When Did Your Heart
Go Missing?" is ridiculously catchy� preview it on Myspace at www.myspace.com/rooney
as well as another new track, "Don't Come Around Again." Every song on
the new album pays homage to favorite rock and pop bands of the 70s and
80s but with a totally modern twist.- Click
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| Lovedrug
Supporting Sparta and Straylight Run (With Edward Scissorhands inspired
music?] |
PR reports: Lovedrug has snagged the sole
support slot on the Sparta/Straylight Run national tour, kicking off May
28 in Tempe, Ariz. This comes immediately after a handful of headlining
dates following their extensive tour with the Plain White T's, supporting
their acclaimed LP, EVERYTHING STARTS WHERE IT ENDS (The Militia Group).
[Interesting side note. We received this
email from a reader last week: "I was talking to some of the guys from
the fairly popular indie rock band Lovedrug and they mentioned that their
album is based on the Tim Burton movie Edward Scissorhands and that their
music fits up to the movie perfectly. Here is the kicker though...it matches
up best when the cd/ipod is on shuffle. They mentioned that you can even
better the experience by
turning on repeat so it plays for the
whole movie. That's how perfect it is." We haven't tried it out but sounds
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| Nelly
Furtado US Tour |
PR reports: International superstar Nelly
Furtado will bring her Get Loose Tour to the United States for 17 concerts,
starting May 30 in Hollywood, Fl, close by where she recorded most of her
five-million-selling hit album LOOSE.
The Get Loose Tour started in Europe with
23 shows over five weeks. The next leg crossed her native Canada, starting
in Victoria, B.C. where the mayor's office proclaimed March 21 as Nelly
Furtado Day.
Get Loose U.S. Tour dates are:
May 30 -- Hollywood, FL @ Hard Rock Live
at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino.
May 31 -- Orlando, FL @ Hard Rock Live.
June 1 -- Atlanta, GA @ Fox Theatre.
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| Meat
Loaf Sprouts Another Leg |
PR reports: Grammy® Award winner and one
of the top-selling artists of all time, Meat Loaf, announced today dates
for the "Three Bats Tour" beginning on July 18 in New York, NY at the Madison
Square Garden Theatre. This is the continuation of his sold-out and critically
acclaimed Bat Trilogy tour which includes songs from all three Bat Out
of Hell albums.
Meat Loaf is scheduled to make several
national television appearances in the coming months including Biography
on the Biography channel (April 23), Dancing with the Stars on ABC (May
1), and History Rocks on the History Channel (May 29/30). A concert DVD
that was shot earlier in the year will be released this October on Universal.
The "Three Bats Tour" will hit the following
cities:
July 18 New York, NY MSG Theatre
July 20 New York, NY MSG Theatre
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| Arctic
Monkeys Preview |
PR reports: You can preview the entire Arctic
Monkeys' CD Favourite Worst Nightmare at their Myspace page. The CD hits
stores Tuesday. Hear it now at the full story link.- Click
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| Ex-Translator
Steve Barton Sets Release |
PR reports: You have heard Steve Barton on
Translator's huge hit "Everywhere That I'm Not." The veteran San Francisco
alt-rock outfit recorded four albums on 415/Columbia, and toured with R.E.M.,
Gang of Four and David Bowie. And Translator lives on to this day, soon
to announce new recordings, rarities and reissues. However, in Barton's
other, more day-to-day life, he's the vocalist/songwriter/guitarist in
Steve Barton & the Oblivion Click, whose new album, Flicker of Time,
will hit the streets on June 12. The album is on the Sleepless label, distributed
through Redeye Distribution.
The new album, Flicker of Time, presents
a more varied musical palette, the result of Barton's band of two years
� Oblivion Click � road-testing the material before they hit the studio.
The band contains Casey Dolan, guitar; Derrick Anderson, bass; and Robbie
Rist, drums. (As an inevitable footnote, Rist is known to many as Oliver
in "The Brady Bunch" television series and has accrued many Google-able
TV, film and indie music credits since then.) Bassist Anderson contributed
a photograph to the album's surreal cover graphic.[see full story for more]-
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| Charlie
Daniels Band Jam on DVD |
PR reports: On May 1, Eagle Eye Media will
release Volunteer Jam, the 1976 two-hour+ feature film taking the viewer
back to �75 for one of the greatest of the Charlie Daniels Band's greatest
Jams. Filmed at the band's annual Tennessee homecoming, this 30-year tradition
has consistently infused a country honky-tonk appeal with a jolt of rockin'
electricity. From the swizzle-stick of Daniels' fiddle, from which he mixes
the melting genres, to the guest artists who blend their oversized personalities
down to achieve a puree of thick Southern greasiness, these Jams bring
out the best. And this one, '75-style, might be the granddaddy Jam of all.
The CDB�singer/songwriter/guitarist/fiddler
Daniels, guitarist Tom Crain, organist Taz DiGregorio, bassist Charlie
Hayward and drummers Fred Edwards/Don Murray�was riding high in '75. "South's
Gonna Do It (Again)" and "Long Haired Country Boy" were ubiquitous, catching
the souls of Northern teens as well as wanna-be cowboys all over America.
Pre-dating the fashion-conscious Urban Cowboy craze by five years, the
CDB was showing America how cool country could be, especially when booted
in the behind by some straight-out rock'n'roll.[see full story for more]-
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| Black
Cobra To Strike the US |
PR reports: Black Cobra will return from the
shores of Europe to start another tour of the U.S. This tour will see them
do a bunch of dates with At A Loss alumni, Rwake.
B.C., will be also appearing at this year
infamous Emissions From The Monolith episode 9. EFTM 9 will have a ton
of kick ass bands such as Kylesa, Blue Cheer, Keelhaul, Minsk etc...!!!!
If you have not heard they moved it to Austin, TX and Emos. They then continue
their U.S. trek by going it alone until they reach their new base of operations
in San Francisco.[see full story for dates]- Click
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| America's
Worst Nightmare Not Over Yet |
PR reports: Sanjaya Malakar, the most recent
contestant eliminated from "American Idol," presents the Top Ten List on
the LATE SHOW with DAVID LETTERMAN, Monday, April 23 (11:35 PM-12:37 AM,
ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Malakar, 17, cultivated a popular
following and strong fan base during this season's edition of "Idol," and
despite lack of critical acclaim, managed to become one of the top seven
finalists before being voted off the show Wednesday, April 18. -
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| The
End of the World |
PR reports: THE END has announced more "Elementary
World Tour" dates, including a Canadian tour with BLEEDING THROUGH and
CANCER BATS as well as an extensive European run with FEAR BEFORE THE MARCH
OF FLAMES and HEAVY HEAVY LOW LOW.
THE END are currently concluding their
US tour with POISON THE WELL, FBTMF and HEAVY HEAVY LOW LOW. Immediately
following, the band will meet up with FJORD, PSYOPUS, DON CABALLERO respectively
for a string of mid-west and east coast dates.
In August, the band will head to Europe
for the first time since the release of their earthshaking Elementary album.
The tour will run through Germany, The Netherlands, Belgium, and the United
Kingdom as well as include a performance at the heralded Pukklepop Festival.[see
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| Kaddisfly
Get Warped |
PR reports: Hopeless/SubCity Records up-and-comers
Kaddisfly have signed on to play the entire second half of the Vans Warped
Tour this summer. Beginning on July 28th in Chicago, IL, the progressive
art-rock group will be one of the premier acts on the SmartPunk Stage.
Having recently finished their stint on
the Take Action! Tour, Kaddisfly are continuing to turn heads with their
live show. The band will be touring this spring with Ozma in support of
their much-acclaimed album Set Sail The Prairie, which was released March
6th.
Kaddisfly Warped Tour Dates:
07/28/07 - First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre
- Tinley Park, IL
07/29/07 - Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
- Minneapolis, MN
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| Sgt.
Hetfield's Motorbreath Pub Band |
PR reports: Although the Beatles certainly
had some 'heavy' moments ("Helter Skelter," "Revolution" or "I Want You
(She's So Heavy)," anyone?), they are certainly not considered a metal
band. And on the other side of the coin, Metallica is not considered a
pop band. But then along comes Beatallica, and the lines between both acts
have been erased - as heard throughout their first official, 'Sgt. Hetfield's
Motorbreath Pub Band'. Comprised of members Jaymz Lennfield (vocals, guitar),
Grg Hammettson (guitar), Kliff McBurtney (bass), and Ringo Larz (drums),
Beatallica has been converting naysayers into believers for years by this
point - having made fans throughout the world, and also with such renowned
headbangers as Dream Theater's Mike Portnoy and Anthrax's Scott Ian.
Originally coming to the attention of Headbangers
everywhere with their initial Internet phenomenon story, the quartet has
signed on with Oglio Records, to release 'Sgt. Hetfield's Motorbreath Pub
Band' on July 10th. [see full story for more]- Click
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| Metalmania
DVD |
PR reports: Metalmania 2006 will be released
on DVD on 06/05/2007. Metalmania is the biggest and the most prestigious
metal festival in Central-Eastern Europe. Every year the main stage plays
host to the top metal bands from around the world (DVD), while on the side
stage there's a preview of the young Polish metal scene (CD). The 2006
DVD features the best fragments of performances of such renowned artists
as Moonspell, Anathema, Therion, Acid Drinkers, Nevermore, Vesania, 1349,
Hunter, and Hieronymus Bosch. The DVD includes detailed info about all
bands (biographies, discographies, web links), photo gallery, festival
history, 4 downloadable desktop images, and short interviews with all main
stage bands featured on the DVD.[see full story for more]-
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| Neurosis
Preview |
PR reports: Neurosis -- the Bay Area's legendary
masters of behemoth, psychedelic operatic guitar girth -- has influenced
a wide array of artists and nearly singlehandedly defined vast extremes
of heavy music popular today. Now in its third decade, Neurosis announces
the release of yet another groundbreaking album which finds the group's
sound transforming yet again so dramatically that even to diehard fans,
Given To The Rising might seem starkly different, a stunning reintroduction.
To give fans and press a taste of the disc
slated for worldwide release on May 30, the influential sextet has posted
the track listing and an MP3 of the track "Water Is Not Enough" for free
download on the band's web site [see full story for that]-
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| Fall
Out Boy Behind the Scenes |
PR reports: Fall Out Boy has just released
a four-part behind-the-scenes special from the making of their video THKS
FR TH MMRS featuring never-before-seen footage and hilarious outtakes with
Pete Wentz, Patrick Stump, Joe Trohman, Andy Hurley and a slew of monkeys
exclusively at friendsorenemies[see full story for that]-
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