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You Ought To Know Tour 07

PR reports: Emerging Columbia Records artist Brandi Carlile will headline this year's VH1 "You Ought To Know" tour featuring special guest, Capitol Music Group artist A Fine Frenzy, showcasing the music of 22-year-old Alison Sudol. 

The month-long "You Oughta Know" tour kicks off September 6 in Eugene, Oregon and wraps up on November 2 in Seattle, Washington, the hometown of both Brandi and Alison (see full itinerary following). 

The tour will donate $.50 from every ticket sold on the fall tour to the environmental non-profit organization Reverb (www.reverbrock.org). With this donation, Reverb will help Brandi plan an environmentally sustainable tour and will offset the estimated global warming CO2 emissions from the tour with NativeEnergy by helping build new Native American and family farmer owned renewable energy projects.- more on this story including dates

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Iggy Pop and The Stooges Live Reunion DVD

PR reports: Some 30 years after splitting in 1974, Iggy Pop reunited with his original band, The Stooges, to record some new tracks and tour. Liberation Entertainment is proud to release this performance recorded at Belgium's Lokerse Festival in August 2005 on a special double DVD and audio CD, including blistering versions of nearly all the great tracks from the first two Stooges albums, as well as new songs Skull Ring and Mindroom.

The bands performance combined the raw vigour of youthful song writing and the out of the world techniques of veteran musicians. All members of the original line appeared - the Asheton Brothers, Dave Alexander and of course the legendary Iggy Pop. Barely out of their teens in their heyday (1967-1974), The Stooges were as much influenced by Detroit's industrial noise as they were rock groups like the Velvet Underground, The Who, the Stones and experimental jazz artists such as Sun Ra and John Coltrane.

'Escaped Maniacs � Live at Lokerse' comes packed with over 5 ½ hours of footage, together with bonus material, including interviews with the band members and Iggy Retrospective � more than 30 years in 60 minutes. - tracklisting

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The Mid-Atlantic Blues And Music Festival

PR reports: Bubba Mac, the namesake of South Jersey's most popular blues destination, is celebrating summer's end and building a new tradition by throwing the largest blues party in Jersey Shore history, as Bubba Mac Presents: THE MID-ATLANTIC BLUES AND MUSIC FESTIVAL, a two-day blues bonanza with over 18 hours of music to benefit the community through United Way.

Shemekia Copeland, the Dirty Dozen Brass Band, Lil' Ed & the Blues Imperials, Kenny Neal, John Lee Hooker Jr., Bernard Allison, Tab Benoit and the Legends of the Chicago Blues are just some of the blues giants gathering at THE MID-ATLANTIC BLUES AND MUSIC FESTIVAL, Saturday, Sept. 29 and Sunday, Sept. 30 at Bernie Robbins Stadium, 545 N. Albany Ave., in Atlantic City. Gates open 9 a.m. and music starts at 11 a.m. - more on this story

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As I Lay Dying to Have A Ball This Weekend

PR reports: AS I LAY DYING's brand new video for "Nothing Left," the first single off of their highly-anticipated album, AN OCEAN BETWEEN US, will debut this weekend on MTV2's Headbanger's Ball. 

The bleak, futuristic clip was shot in Van Nuys, California at Sound City Studios with Brian Thompson (Killswitch Engage, Angels & Airwaves) lending his directorial talents. The video will see its initial debut on www.headbangersblog.com on August 10th along with a special blog entry from the band and will then air on MTV2's Headbanger's Ball on August 11th. The highly-anticipated AN OCEAN BETWEEN US is due in stores on August 21, 2007.- more on this story

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Virtual Concerts

PR reports: Attending your favorite rock concert may be as easy as a click of the mouse. A growing music scene has landed in the virtual world. Music fans are tuning into virtual communities such as Second Life (www.secondlife.com) to hear new musicians from around the world perform live concerts. 

Shiger Seattle is a popular singer/songwriter in Second Life. He hails from Raleigh, NC and has been performing live virtual concerts in Second Life for two years. Shiger (she-ger) has built a global following in the virtual community and has been selected to perform at the Second Life Community Convention in Chicago in August 2007. - more on this story

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Last Goodnight Video Now Online

PR reports: Capitol has released the new video for "Pictures of You" from The Last Goodnight directed by Marc Klasfeld (Foo Fighters, Gnarls Barkley).

"Pictures of you, pictures of me remind us all of what we could have been" sings Kurtis John, front man of The Last Goodnight, in the video for "Pictures of You." Piecing together like a stained glass window, moving from dark to light, the video poetically tells the story of the stark contrast between how things are and how they could be.

The debut album, Poison Kiss, from the Connecticut band hits stores on August 28 through Capitol Records.- Check out the new video here

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Nire Set Debut

PR reports: Nire releases their debut full length CD, Vespers, on October 9, 2007 through Abandoned Love Records. Erin Morgan and Josh Hinton are the duo behind Nire and are currently based in Portland, OR. North American tour dates are scheduled for this fall after embarking on a European tour in August; playing shows in London, Dublin, Galway, Vienna and Berlin.

Vespers is hushed and intimate, laced with lo fi whispers and the protection of light sleep. Instrumentation and arrangements are sparse, yet the songwriting and performances are rich with thoughtful restlessness. Vespers was birthed by a culture of the bedroom, a culture rooted in introversion, urgency, and a humble appreciation of the sublime.- more on this story

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Another Way To Discover New Music (and Food)

antiMusic reports: We got the following email today and thought we'd pass it along: I just read a story from the site about new ways to discover indie bands -- I hope you'll take a look at Dinner with the Band (www.dinnerwiththeband.tv), an Internet TV show from ON Networks. 

Dinner with the Band is a "virtual cooking show meets indie rock concert." The show features NYC hipster chef Sam Mason cooking for up-and-coming indie bands and talking with them about life on the road, performing, etc. To date, the show features Cities on Fire, El-P, Tokyo Police Club and Pela. Coming soon are Matt & Kim, Pigeon John and F**ked Up.

What's cool about Dinner with the Band (and all ON Networks shows) is it's an original show, professionally produced in high-def, and fully compatible with iPhones. Users merely go to iTunes and download the show for free (and of course, they can go to www.onnetworks.com, too). 
It's a fun, entertaining look -- and great promotion for the bands. Take a look -- I think you'll enjoy it.- check it out here

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Indie Band Giving Free Access to XM Radio

PR reports: New York indie rockers BLOOD RED SUN will soon be coming to radio near you. Tune into XM Radio's Radar Report this Thursday, August 9th at 10PM to hear a brand new track from their forthcoming release A Nation of Saviors.

But what's that? You don't have XM Satellite Radio? Don't sweat it! BLOOD RED SUN's got your hook-up. 

You can listen to XM online with A FREE ACCOUNT courtesy of BLOOD RED SUN by simply going to http://xmro.xmradio.com and using the following code: XMB4MD. Your free account will be valid for 14 days free. No credit cards needed, all you need is an email address.- more on this story

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Hard Attack Testament

PR reports: This week Hard Attack welcomes the almighty thrash legends Testament for a very special extended version of Hard Files. Join host Jose Mangin and original Testament members Chuck Billy, Eric Peterson, Alex Skolnick, and Greg Christian for an audio gathering to discuss the band's past, present and future.

The interview will begin airing Thursday at 7PM EST, and will be rebroadcast Friday (12 PM EST), Saturday (3 PM EST), and Sunday (6 PM EST).

Hear the metal gods discuss everything from their current metallic tastes, to fashion, to their forthcoming new album set to come out next year, to medicine men that helped Chuck kick cancer. It's a true testament to the band that helped shape metal today and continues to take the music to new levels.
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Canada Forever In Terror

PR reports: Forever In Terror have announced some Canadian tour dates with Dear Black Diary in support of their recently released debut album "Restless in the Tides", which was recently released on Metal Blade and includes a guest appearance by Mark Hunter of Chimaira.

Forever In Terror, who's sound is a mix of modern day metal, black metal and thrash, began just over three years ago with five fifteen year olds in Streetsboro, Ohio about 30 miles outside of Cleveland. Dear Black Diary is supporting their Year of the Sun Records self-titled debut. Produced by Scott Sherar, the album is a display of technical brutality and subtle emotion. The album was called "extremely impressive and worth checking out" by EXCLAIM! Magazine.- more on this story

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