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Ric Ocasek Driving Bonuses on Iggy Live CD

antiMusic reports: MVD has set the release date for a new live Iggy Pop album that also features two previously unreleased bonus tracks featuring Cars frontman Ric Ocasek. The CD is set to hit stores on 09/18/2007. 

Iggy Pop, live and wild from 1981, plus two bonus tracks from a studio session with Ric Ocasek. Fronting a crack band featuring Blondie drummer Clem Burke and future David Bowie guitarist Carlos Alomar, Pop is as unpredictable and dominant as ever. This is a soundboard recording, taped near the end of their tour supporting his 1981 album Party.- more info and tracklist

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Bad Brains Release Sasquatch Video

PR reports: The Bad Brains first video off of Build A Nation has been finished by director and System Of A Down member, Shavo. The video for the track "Give Thanks And Praises" has posted online. Shot at Sasquatch Festival and also Portland Oregon by famed cinematographer Danny Hiele (U2, Green Day, Kanye West), the concept captures and merges punk and reggae. 

Thus, the main punk video "Give Thanks And Praises" is seen merging into the dub reggae of "Jah Love." It's a concept Shavo felt did justice to the band as being innovators of punk rock:

"I really wanted to respect this band and bring out and capture what they are about, which is a certain intensity...yet, also bringing out all sides of the band. So, the brutal fury of the first video merges into this beautiful dub song. It is some of the most stunning cinematography from DP Danny Hiele I have ever seen. Glorious film style," says Shavo.- watch the vid here

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Koop Waltz

PR reports: Atlantic recording group KOOP has announced details of their much-anticipated new album, "KOOP ISLANDS." The collection - which follows the Swedish nu-jazz duo's 2003 breakthrough, "WALTZ FOR KOOP" - arrives in stores across North America on October 9th. 

KOOP - aka Oscar Simonsson and Magnus Zingmark - is a true original, known for their groundbreaking sample-based amalgamation of jazz, hip-hop, dance, and electronica. Where "WALTZ FOR KOOP" was fueled by the duo's love of breezy Sixties jazz, the new collection sees KOOP venturing to the Caribbean in search of new musical inspiration. - more on this story

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Generating Mondo Talk

PR reports: The latest episode of "Talking Metal" features an interview host Mark Strigl conducted with Nick Oliveri of Nick Oliveri's Mondo Generator. 

Topics include Nick Raskulinecz, Kyuss, Queens Of The Stone Age, Casey Chaos, Lemmy, Mondo Generator's reasons for leaving Ozzfest, and Dean Ween. 

Additional podcasts topics covered by Strigl and co-host John Ostronomy include Paul Stanley's heart condition, Comic-Con 2007, Battlestar Galactica, Stan Lee, Jenna Jameson, Rob Zombie, and Henry Rollins. The 30-minute podcast can be downloaded at this location- at this location

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Just Surrender Tour

PR reports: Just Surrender will be embarking on a headlining tour in September to support the release of their sophomore album, "We're In Like Sin," out August 21st on Broken English Records. Joining the band will be Valencia, We The Kings and Metro Station.

Sep 05 2007 - BackStage Enterprises - Kingston, Pennsylvania
Sep 06 2007 - Vintage Lounge - Levittown, New York
Sep 07 2007 - Walter Johnson High School - Bethesda, Maryland
Sep 09 2007 - Greene St. Club - Greensboro, North Carolina
Sep 10 2007 - Masquerade - Atlanta, Georgia
Sep 12 2007 - Backbooth - Orlando, Florida
Sep 13 2007 - Culture Room - Ft. Lauderdale, Florida- more dates

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Loreena McKennitt DVD

PR reports: This fall Loreena McKennitt will release her first live concert DVD, Loreena McKennitt: Nights From The Alhambra on August 21, 2007. The performances were filmed in Granada, Spain at the Palacio de Carlos V in the Alhambra Palace historic monument over three nights in September 2006.

McKennitt is one of very few artists to have been granted the opportunity to perform in this breathtaking Unesco World Heritage site. Selections from the concerts originally aired on PBS as a "Great Performances" special.

The DVD includes debut performances of material from her first new album in nine years, An Ancient Muse, which the Los Angeles Times has called "a musical fusion that unites entire cultures," as well as newly orchestrated renditions of all of her familiar favorites, including "The Mummers' Dance," "All Souls Night," "The Bonny Swans" and "Cymbeline." - more on this story

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So They Say Set Rocktober Release

PR reports: So They Say hit the road and venues across the nation this summer with a new album and busy touring schedule. Their new album, "Life in Surveillance," demonstrates the growth of a band with the desire to make music their life. "We just knew we could do more musically, we wanted to do more, and we have done so with our new material," says bassist Joe Hoermann. Prepare to be blown away with the release of this new album, "Life in Surveillance" available everywhere October 9, 2007 on Fearless Records.

"Life In Surveillance," was produced with Matt Hyde who has also worked with Sum 41, No Doubt, and Slayer. "Working with Matt was one of the best choices we have made," says vocalist / guitarist David Schroeder, "we meshed really well." 

With the release of their new album comes another great year of touring. The band is currently on their 3rd Warped Tour and will continue in early Fall touring the nation with Atreyu, Haste the Day, and It Dies Today. Wake Me Up" the single from the new album can be heard on their- MySpace page

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All Teeth And Knuckles Looking Good

PR reports: San Francisco's synth n' labtop yielding sexlectro up and comers, All Teeth And Knuckles (or ATAK if you're into acronyms), have released the first video from their forthcoming album, "Club Hits To Hit The Clubs With". 

You can peep the reel for "Look So Good"- here

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Rammstein Set DVD Release

PR reports: German industrial metal powerhouses, Rammstein, have announced the release of their new DVD Völkerball on September 18th. The DVD features performances from France, England, Japan and Russia. Rammstein has a stage show that is unlike any other artist and this DVD captures all the excitement of the live show. 

The DVD will be released in three different packages. The Standard 2 disc DVD/CD package will contain 140 min live video and 75 min live audio. The Special Edition package will also include a documentary on the tour and a behind the scenes look at the "Making of 'Reise, Reise'." Finally, the Limited Collectors Edition contains 4 disks packaged in a 190 page book with photos from the tour.- details about all 3 versions

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Lyle Lovett Playing Large

PR reports: After a four year hiatus, multi-grammy winner Lyle Lovett is back with his Large Band with his new album, It's Not Big It's Large. Out August 28, 2007 and produced by Billy Williams

Seamlessly incorporating aspects of country, gospel, jazz, & bluegrass musical genres has always been a forte of his, but never has it been so effortless than with this most recent outing with his Large Band.- grab the tracklisting here

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Poison Breaks Fair Attendance Record

PR reports: Playing to a record breaking crowd of over 28,000 fans and bringing arena rock and roll back to the mid-west, legendary rockers Poison broke all previous attendance records at this year's Mississippi Valley Fair on Friday night.

Shattering previous records previously held by artists such as Gretchen Wilson and Def Leppard according to the venue's general manager, Poison rocked the fair, which they last played in 2002.

Poison's set included such hits as "Talk Dirty To Me," Nothin But A Good Time" and "Every Rose Has it's Thorn." Plus new renditions of classic rockers such as "What I Like About You" and "Can't You See" off of the bands newest studio release "Poison'd."- more on this story

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Zappa Plays More Zappa

PR reports: After an initial roll-out last month, an additional leg of North American tour dates has been added to the Zappa Plays Zappa tour. Demand for the concert experience that brings the music of the late Frank Zappa to the stage, under the direction of his eldest son, Dweezil, has exceeded expectations, prompting the new tour dates. A special Halloween concert at New York's Beacon Theatre kicks off the just-announced new leg of the "Tour de Frank." The date represents the renewal of a Zappa family tradition that began over 35 years ago as Frank Zappa could be counted upon to perform at a New York area venue every Halloween.

The new dates continue a tour that launched last month with performance dates in the U.S., Canada, U.K., Netherlands, Switzerland, Germany, France, Belgium, Denmark, Norway and Sweden. The newly announced dates, following the Halloween show in New York will see Dweezil and his group in Seattle, Austin, Edmonton and other top tier markets. - more on this story

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Music Returns To Sunset Blvd

antiMusic reports: Never thought you'd see Morris Day and Buzzcocks perform at the same event? What about the O'Jays and Hot Hot Heat? When it comes to charity you can always count on artists from all walks of life to do their part and such is the case with the 27th Sunset Junction Street Festival which is set to take place on August 18th and 19th. 

Filter says that it is "two days filled with food, art, games and rides, with entertainment blasting from three on going stages, all emerge to celebrate local diversity." And looking at the line up that seems to be the case and the best part is that tickets are only a couple bucks more than megaplex showing the latest forgettable garbage that Hollywood is churning out. Hum, two hours of a crappy movie from Hollywood or going to Hollywood for two days of music including Ben Harper, She Wants Revenge and more. Better yet the proceeds won't be going to fund more bad Hollywood movies and enrich idiot actors, it's going to the Sunset Junction Neighborhood Alliance.- more on this story

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