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Zero 7's Sia Announces Solo Release

PR reports: Whether you are a long-time Sia fan from her days with Zero 7 (Simple Things, When It Falls and The Garden), or a more recent convert after hearing her solo track "Breathe Me" featured in the final episode of "Six Feet Under," you will no doubt be excited to know that Sia will release a new solo full-length CD this fall entitled Some People Have Real Problems. 

The new collection of music is at once upbeat, quirky, and achingly gorgeous, featuring incredible song writing and lush arrangements to frame Sia's stunning vocals. Sia also enlisted the help of a few talented friends when recording Some People Have Real Problems, including Beck, who sings on a track called 'Academia.' Now living in Los Angeles, Sia will support her new release with a month-long U.S. tour this fall. And New York fans take note: Sia will also perform an exclusive show in New York at Hiro Ballroom on September 12.
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Mondo Generator Asks What Is Rock?

PR reports: Mondo Generator has announced the dates for the upcoming "What Is Rock" tour with Turbonegro. The tour will kick off in September and go through the middle of October. 

Mondo Generator was originally formed by ex-Queens of the Stone Age and Kyuss bassist Nick Oliveri in 1997. Initially intended as a side-project, the band has now become Oliveri's full time venture. Mondo Generator's new album "Dead Planet" was recently released through Suburban Noize Records.

Scandinavian rock outfit Turbonegro is touring in support of their eighth full-length album "Retox."- more on this story and dates are here

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Evans Blue Release Video

PR reports: Evans Blue's first single, "The Pursuit" has been climbing the rock radio charts with the video recently released. Check out the video for "The Pursuit". Evans Blue combines eerie stop motion animation with live action to create a distressed film look that brings the album art to life. The Pursuit Begins When This Portrayal Of Life Ends is in stores now.- check out the video here

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Rogue Wave Set Tour Plans

PR reports: Just announced today, Rogue Wave is going on tour! Coinciding with the release of their upcoming album Asleep at Heavens Gate, they will be embarking on a six date trip opening for Feist in September and then head out on their own in October through November across North America.

Tickets go on-sale this Friday, August 3rd. Asleep at Heavens Gate is out September 18th on Brushfire Records.

9/9 Burlington, VT - Flynn Theatre w/ Feist
9/11/07 Baltimore , MD - Ram's Head Live w/ Feist
9/12/07 Upper Darby, PA - Tower Theatre w/ Feist
9/13/07 Pittsburgh PA - Carnegie Music Hall w/ Feist
9/14 /07 Grantham, PA - Messiah College w/ Feist
9/15/07 Ann Arbor, MI - Michigan Theatre w/ Feist- get the headlining dates here

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UK Celebrate Elvis

PR reports: To commemorate the 30th Anniversary of Elvis Presley's death (16th August, 1977), Sony BMG Music Entertainment will celebrate his outstanding contribution to popular music with a triumphant return to the U.K. singles chart. Following the huge success of 2005's 18 No.1 Singles Campaign, Sony BMG Music Entertainment will offer fans the opportunity to collect singles week by week to build the 'Elvis The King' singles boxset.

Each classic single will be released in a limited edition numbered CD and 10" vinyl format, beautifully packaged utilising the original U.S. and U.K. sleeve and label artwork. They will also be available as digital download singles for the first time.- more on this story

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Plies Testifies

PR reports: Big Gates/Slip-N-Slide/Atlantic recording artist Plies has officially announced the upcoming release of his debut album, "THE REAL TESTAMENT." The eagerly awaited collection - which features the breakthrough hit single, "Shawty (Feat. T-Pain)" - will drop into stores nationwide on August 7th. "I got the most anticipated situation in the streets right now," says Plies. "The streets told me that."

Plies will return to Florida, Georgia, and the Carolinas during the week of his album release, where he'll complete a whirlwind promo tour of over 10 cities in just four days, including Ft. Myers, Orlando, Tampa, Miami, Jacksonville, Savannah, Charlotte, and Columbia.
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Prog Supergroup Amaran's Plight Set Release

PR reports: ProgRock Records, formidable US progressive rock label, is pleased to announce the release of the exciting debut CD by Amaran's Plight. The band's premier CD release has been greatly anticipated throughout the 'prog world' and immediate reaction has been fervid! Amaran's Plight can only be described as a new 'Supergroup' and features the talents of: DC Cooper (Ex-Royal Hunt, Silent Force) - Gary Wehrkamp (Shadow Gallery) - Nick D'Virgilio (Spock's Beard, Kevin Gilbert, Tears for Fears, Genesis) - Kurt Barabas (Under the Sun)

The band's debut album Voice in the Light upon release by Progrock Records and its label partners has been receiving rave reviews from fans and music critics worldwide. Voice in the Light was recorded in 2006 at Gary Wehrkamp's New Horizon Studios and described as textbook Symphonic Progressive Metal. It combines the soaring vocals of DC Cooper with the master riffs and melodies of Gary Wehrkamp, backed by the sonic, dynamic and explosive rhythm section of D'Virgilio and Barabas. - more on this story

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Monterey Jazz Festival Records Set Debut Releases

PR reports: In celebration of the 50th Annual Monterey Jazz Festival, Monterey Jazz Festival Records will make its debut with a remarkable series of historic live-at-Monterey releases. Not only does this mark the first time a festival has launched its own label, but the riches of its tape archives�more than 1600 tapes with more than 2000 hours of concerts in the vault�makes this ambitious endeavor a jazz bonanza.

Monterey Jazz Festival Records is a stand-alone label in partnership with the Monterey Jazz Festival and Concord Music Group. The profits realized by the Monterey Jazz Festival will be re-invested into its ongoing internationally recognized jazz education programs. The MJFR imprint's first five recordings, to be released on August 21, capture the crème de la crème of the jazz heritage: Louis Armstrong (caught headlining the first night of the festival in 1958); Miles Davis (introducing to the West Coast his soon-to-be-classic '60s quintet rhythm section in 1963); and Thelonious Monk (his quartet augmented by bassist Steve Swallow and an expanded five-piece festival workshop in 1964), plus sets by Dizzy Gillespie (in 1965 having expanded his usual quintet with Kenny Barron and James Moody to a sextet by adding Big Black on congas) and Sarah Vaughan (backed by a young Bill Mays, Bob Magnusson and Jimmy Cobb � and one tune with the Jazz at the Philharmonic All-Stars in 1971).
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Negativland The DVD

PR reports: Negativland's greatest hits become all new moving pictures in the amazing and long awaited DVD release of Our Favorite Things, to be issued via the Other Cinema (Sonic Outlaws, So Wrong They're Right) imprint on October 23rd. Years in the making, this package is an epic career-capping project from Negativland. Sure to please the group's old fans, this very accessible DVD is also an incredible introduction to Negativland's work for new ones. 

Created with a crew of 18 other experimental filmmakers from all over the USA, Our Favorite Things is a collaborative project that takes a striking visual leap into the same legally gray area that Negativland has been exploring with sound for the last 27 years. A dark and charming film collection of unforgettable collage and classic cut-up entertainment for all ages, it also comes with over 90 minutes of bonus material, as well as a truly silly and bizarre 50-minute bonus CD of 100% acapella versions of Negativland's work by The 180 Gs, a five-person black acapella group from Detroit, that has endeavored to "cover" Negativland's cut up collage work in R 'n B, Doo-Wop, and Gospel styles. The resulting album 180 D'Gs To The Future! is extremely fun, funny, and very weird.- more on this story

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Horse The Band Release Their Greatest Video Yet

PR reports: HORSE the Band recently filmed a video for the powerhouse new song "New York City" with director Roboshobo (Mastodon, The Blood Brothers, Poison The Well). The vocalist for HORSE the Band, Nathan, had this to say about the song and the video:

"If 'A Natural Death' is about the vast scope of nature from the horror of birth to the beauty of death then 'New York City' is a song about the life in the middle. It's about civilization and society and the brief moments in time when we as people come together. 

The director uses these elements to weave a retro-modern science fiction tale rooted in the concrete and asphalt world of today about two tragic lovers trying to find each other against the odds. It's beautiful and touching as well as intense and epic. HORSE the Bands greatest video yet!!!!"- Decide for yourself here

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Can A Sista Rock A Mic?

PR reports: The Washington, DC-area Can A Sista Rock A Mic? festival's featured artist this year is critically acclaimed producer/vocalist Georgia Anne Muldrow, known for her soulful innovations, free-jazz soundscapes, and bottom-heavy beats. Half of the soul, funk, hip-hop project G&D, Georgia will be joined on stage by her partner Dudley Perkins. 

Known to underground hip-hop fans as Declaime, Dudley is the only man slated to take the stage; the festival is a live music and visual arts showcase charged with giving female independent hip-hop artists a platform to speak their minds, be seen, and be heard.

G&D will be headlining the opening event "Beauty and the Beat:" D.C.'s first ever "lady beat maker" competition. The event will also feature visual art and DJ Earth1ne on the decks and will take place on August 8th at 8:30PM (doors at 7) at the Rock & Roll Hotel in D.C. - more on this story

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Greg Kihn Goes Corporate

PR reports: Greg Kihn, the 1980's recording artist known for his chart-topping songs and MTV videos, "Jeopardy," and "The Breakup Song (They Don't Write 'Em Like That)," as well as San Jose's current #1 FM Radio Morning Man, will make a personal appearance at the Silicon Valley Business Expo II, August 16, 2007, from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. Greg will meet and greet fans and sign autographs as he promotes his latest business venture as an in-demand corporate and trade association special event celebrity performer, motivational and keynote speaker, and event emcee for national and Bay Area clients. 

As a motivational and keynote speaker, and event emcee, Greg relates to, motivates and captivates the audience with real-world and, often times, hysterical tales from over 30-years of overindulgent Rock Star exploits and escapades. Greg's presentation drives home messages of innovation, creativity, stick-to-itiveness, passion, determination, motivation, perseverance, teamwork, leadership, ambition, goals and success. Regardless of the audience, from Casino appearance, university commencement, corporate golf outing, sports hospitality event, corporate function, trade show, and VIP meet-and-greets, Greg weaves engrossing and elaborate messaged tales about his Rock and Roll adventures, encompassing those times he's been at the top of the charts or the bottom of the barrel that everyone can relate to. - more on this story

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