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 Ferry
Does Dylan |
PR reports: Fulfilling a long-held dream,
BRYAN FERRY will release a full album of classic songs written by Bob Dylan
in early spring. The album, titled DYLANESQUE, is scheduled for release
on Capitol Music Group on June 19, 2007.
The album, Ferry's 12th solo project, was
largely recorded in one week with his touring band in the studio, resulting
in a warm, live, acoustic sound. Among the songs recorded for the album
are such definitive songs of the singer-songwriter canon as "The Times
They Are A-Changin'," "Knockin' on Heaven's Door," "Just Like Tom Thumb's
Blues," "Simple Twist of Fate" and "All I Really Want To Do." Aside from
his songs of the Sixties and Seventies, Ferry also includes "Make You Feel
My Love," from Dylan's acclaimed 1997 album Time Out of Mind. "The singer
in me is overjoyed to be singing these songs," Ferry said recently.
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| Bonnaroo
Mortgage Payments |
PR reports: This year's Bonnaroo Music &
Arts Festival is offering what is turning out to be an irresistible line-up
of rock, jam, hip hop and comedy. Currently the eco-conscious, 4-day, �round-clock-event
has put together a roster including everyone from The White Stripes, The
Black Keys, Regina Spektor, The Hold Steady, Spoon, Ben Harper, The Flaming
Lips, Hot Chip, Cold War Kids, David Cross, DJ Shadow, Wilco and over 70
others. Confirmed headliners for the event will be the newly reunited Police,
Tool and Widespread Panic.
In fact, the line-up is so irresistible,
that the first two price levels of tickets are already sold out! In just
under a week (tickets went on sale Friday, February 23rd) both lots of
discounted tickets have been sold through leaving regularly priced tickets
available for everyone who still hasn't hopped on board the Bonnaroo train.
Fear not, if you missed the early bird discounts and the regular price
is a little steep for your check card, for the first time ever Bonnaroo
is offering a two payment plan. Pay for half this month, and the other
half next month! To spread the Bonnaroo bill between two paychecks, tickets
must be purchased before March 9th, 2007. For more details and information
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| Beyonce
Not Hep |
Submitted News reports: "EXTRA" has confirmed
with a rep for Beyoncé that she is NOT at risk for Hepatitis A as
she did NOT eat at the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Party. Reports recently
surfaced that a prep cook for Wolfgang Puck, who catered the party, has
been diagnosed with the disease and that all party attendees who ate raw
food should be tested.- Click
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| Lair
of the Minotaur Dates |
PR reports: Lair of the Minotaur (Southern
Lord Records) will be heading out west this March. With a stop at the Murderfest
(w/ Repulsion, Obituary, Atheist, Brutal Truth, Pig Destroyer + more) in
LA along the way.
3/13/2007 Chicago, IL Empty Bottle w/ Plague
Bringer, Salt of the Earth
3/14/2007 Dekalb, IL Otto's w/ Nachtmystium
3/15/2007 Iowa City, IA the Picador w/
Terraseethe
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| Buckcherry
Leno |
PR reports: Grammy®-nominated, Gold-certified,
rock n' roll torchbearers Buckcherry will be performing their new single,
"Everything" on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on Friday, March 2 (check
your local listings for times).
Additionally they have given a call to
action for fans to create their own video for the single, "Everything"
directing them to upload homemade videos to YouTube by March 9th. The band
will then choose their favorite submission and the winner and a friend
will receive roundtrip airfare, hotel accommodations, tickets and VIP access
to the Buckcherry show in London on March 20 at the Mean Fiddler. Additionally
the winning video will run/air for a month on Buckcherry's official website
and myspace page. Once fans create their "Everything" music video, they
can upload it to youtube.com/group/buckcherrycontest and fill out the entry
form through the contest page at the full story link.
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| Alt
Press Hit The Lights |
PR reports: Alternative Press Mobile has picked
Hit The Lights upcoming 'Let It Ride' Tour as its first ever tour sponsorship!
AP Mobile will be featuring exclusive content from the road including photo
blogs, video, contests and more to application users. Throughout the month
of April you'll also be able to get free ringtones from your favorite artists
on the tour. Here are the upcoming tour dates for the "Let It Ride" tour
that will see All Time Low, Valencia, The Secret Handshake, Just Surrender,
Forgive Durden and Love Arcade all playing select dates.
Confirmed Dates:
3/8/07 Columbus, OH The Basement
3/9/07 Pittsburgh, PA Diesel
3/10/07 Williamsville, NY Club Infinity
3/11/07 Rochester, NY Water Street Music
Hall
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| Ponderosa
Stomp SXSW |
conqueroo reports: The Ponderosa Stomp SXSW
Showcase, slated to take place at Opal Divine's in Austin, Texas, on Friday,
March 16th, will offer a sneak preview of the 6th Annual Ponderosa Stomp,
scheduled for the Big Room and The Parish at the House of Blues in New
Orleans on Wednesday, May 2, 2007.
Performers at the SXSW showcase represent
a veritable dream team of music pioneers from the fringes of America's
music scenes of the 1950s and �60s. Kicking off the seven-plus hours of
high-octane insanity are rockabilly great Jay Chevalier and the ever-enigmatic
Ray Sharpe.[see full story for more]- Click
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| Ike
Reilly Assassination Set Date |
PR reports: Chicago-based band The Ike Reilly
Assassination is slated to release its next album, "We Belong To The Staggering
Evening," on May 8th on Rock Ridge Music (see track listing below). Recorded
in Chicago at IV Lab Studio, the album was produced by Ike Reilly and engineered
by Manny Sanchez and Ed Tinley. Additional production came from Assassination
member Phil Karnats. Tinley and Sanchez split the mixing responsibilities
in Chicago with Reilly overseeing. Mastering was completed in LA, with
Ike Reilly Assassination friend Eric Drew Feldman (who has produced the
Pixies, Frank Black, Pere Ubu, and PJ Harvey) and Mark Chalecki (Scott
Weiland, Brian Jonestown Massacre, June Carter Cash) sharing the mastering
responsibility. "The Staggering Evening" is the follow-up to the critically
acclaimed "Junkie Faithful," which came out in the fall of '05.[see full
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| Estradasphere
Tour |
The End reports: Santa Cruz's unclassifiable
and eclectic act Estradasphere, who released their debut album last fall
for THE END RECORDS titled �Palace of Mirrors,' are heading out on the
road for a North American tour starting at the end of March.
The confirmed dates are:
03/26 - The Phoenix Theater - Petaluma,
CA (w/ Secret Chiefs 3)
03/29 - Urban Lounge - Salt Lake City,
UT
03/30 - Larimer Lounge - Denver, CO
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| G.B.H.
Race Against Time |
PR reports: G.B.H. 'Race Against Time: The
Clay Years' (3 CDs) is released by Sanctuary Records on March 13, 2007.
Like Iron Maiden G.B.H. is credited for helping create thrash metal. The
influential, long-lived punk metal band rose to prominence in England during
the early '80s when hardcore punk inched toward heavy metal. Formed in
1979 in Birmingham, England, G.B.H. took their name from the criminal offence.
In August 1981 they released their hard-hitting debut EP, Leather, Bristles,
Studs & Acne on Clay Records. In O82 they released their debut album,
City Baby Attacked by Rats. Two years later their second album City Baby's
Revenge was released in O84. They continued recording and releasing albums
through the '80s, G.B.H. soldiered on, recording new albums throughout
the '90s and into the next millennium. By this point the band was often
cited by both metal and punk bands as a huge influence, and a renewed interest
in G.B.H.'s early recordings resulted. Race Against Time is a 3 CD collection
of the entire G.B.H Clay recordings, 2 studio albums, 1 EP and all the
singles releases from the period. Also included is the live, No Survivors
album, originally released years after the band left the Clay label. It
is now available again as disc three of the box set. The booklet is filled
with photos, emorabilia and detailed liner notes. The set is packaged in
a 5x5 mini collector's style set. The 3 CD set is a fine intro to one of
the '80s more underrated punk bands. Many a mosh pit has been started over
the years to the punk anthems "Time Bomb," and "War Dogs".[see full story
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| Young
Jeezy Street Dream |
PR reports: As Young Jeezy's "Go Getta" (featuring
R. Kelly) bullets its way up the pop, Urban, and Rhythmic charts this week
� inside the Top 40 on the Billboard Hot 100 Airplay list with a 32 million-plus
audience � the time has arrived for the Def Jam Recording artist to launch
the first release from his Corporate Thugz Entertainment co-venture. Jeezy's
group USDA � United Streets D-Boys of America, comprised of ATL spitter
Slick Pulla, Panama City's Blood Raw and the Snowman himself � is set to
release its as-yet-untitled major label debut early this spring. The album's
first single, "Check," is being released to radio this week.
Gearing up for the release of the USDA
album, and in support of the platinum-certified The Inspiration, Jeezy
is now set to headline his first major national tour. "I am the Street
Dream," proclaimed the Atlanta Snowman's 2006 mix-tape, and now he hits
the road on the 2007 "Street Dream Tour," with Jim Jones, Baby, Lil' Wayne,
and Fat Joe (on various dates). The tour opens on Saturday night, March
3rd at the Cricket Arena in Charlotte, and wraps up seven weeks later on
April 29th in Los Angeles.[see full story for dates]-
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| Tangerine
Dream Anniversary Show |
PR reports: To celebrate their 40th anniversary
(1967-2007), 'Tangerine Dream' have announced their only UK concert at
London Astoria on Friday 20th April. The band will perform the entirety
of their forthcoming studio album "Madcap's Flaming Duty" (released in
the UK by Voiceprint on 2nd April). The album is dedicated to Pink Floyd's
Syd Barrett, with song lyrics adapted from 17th and 18th century poets
including Walt Whitman and William Blake. [see full story for ticket info]-
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| New
Atlantic Debut |
PR reports: New Jersey's New Atlantic has
no problem embracing their penchant for pop. Refusing to mask their melodies
and hooks with any sort of genre-splicing, the quintet crafts irresistible
and infectious songs in which even the smallest of details has been scrutinized
and polished. The tell all sign of masterful pop writing, one that New
Atlantic undoubtedly carries, is making such a difficult process sound
so natural and easy. Their debut full length, "The Streets, The Sound,
And The Love" is slated to be released April 10th on Eyeball Records
03/03 - Jaggard UMC - Altoona, PA - w/
Capital Risk, Northern Lights
03/05 - Bean Counters - Highland, IN -
w/ TBA
w/ Cartel, Cobra Starship, Boys Like Girls
03/08 - St. Mary's Univeristy - Winona,
MN03/09 - The Eagles Club - Milwaukee, WI
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| Sick
of Rap |
Jam! reports: Maybe it was the umpteenth coke-dealing
anthem or soft-porn music video. Perhaps it was the preening antics that
some call reminiscent of Stepin Fetchit. The turning point is hard to pinpoint.
But after 30 years of growing popularity, rap music is now struggling with
an alarming sales decline and growing criticism from within about the culture's
negative effect on society.
Rap insider Chuck Creekmur, who runs the
leading Web site Allhiphop.com, says he got a message from a friend recently
"asking me to hook her up with some Red Hot Chili Peppers because she said
she's through with rap. A lot of people are sick of rap ... the negativity
is just over the top now."[see full story for more]- Click
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In the liner notes, the band
declares, "we found ourselves with a record that is alive." They aren't
kidding about that. From the outset, this album is alive with wave after
wave of sound. This band incorporates soul, rock, ska, and Latin influences
into their sound. (4.5 stars)
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A few months back a friend and
colleague told me of Michael Franti and called him the "Modern Marley"...
I went out and bought "Yell Fire" and to my great surprise, the praise
my mentor threw upon him was more than well deserved. -
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Forgotten Land is full of epic
grandeur and starry-eyed wonder; the melodies are thematically exquisite
(this is loosely inspired by J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit in another Summoning
coincidence) and memorable to boot. - Read
the full Forgotten Land - A Forest is Myne Home review
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