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 Eminem
Inks New Deal |
Jam! reports: Grammy award-winning rap mogul
Eminem has a new publishing home.
The Michigan-based star inked an exclusive,
worldwide administration agreement Tuesday with Universal Music Publishing
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| Walls
Of Jericho Tour Perishes |
Lambgoat reports: The April tour slated to
feature Walls Of Jericho, All Shall Perish, and I Killed The Prom Queen
in the U.S. and Canada has reportedly been cancelled. Apparently Walls
Of Jericho dropped off the tour to do another unspecified tour instead.
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| Testament
World Wide Tour Dates |
PR reports: Continuing the return of Testament,
the original line-up will perform shows world-wide within 2007. Influencing
a whole metal movement today, Testament maintain the originators of thrash.
Drummer Nick Barker (Dimmu Borgir/Cradle
of Filth) will join all original members Alex Skolnick (guitar), Greg Christian
(bass), Eric Peterson (guitar) and Chuck Billy (vocals) for this historical
year.
Testament Dates:
03/23/07 Budapest, Hungary Almassy MK
Hall
03/24/07 Katowice, Poland Hala Spodek
03/26/07 Dallas, TX the Granada Theatre
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| Darkest
Hour in July |
PR reports: The true masters of indie metal,
Darkest Hour, have started work on the long-awaited successor to their
2005 masterpiece, Undoing Ruin, at the Warehouse in Vancouver, Canada.
The new effort, to be called Deliver Us, is expected to be released July
10 on Victory Records. The band will follow recording by doing four U.S.
dates in April with Job For A Cowboy. It's up in the air whether the studio
will survive the renewed onslaught.
"I expect the new record to be a subversive
tool of godless Communism that will break down the morals among youth!,"
added the always understated bassist Paul Burnette.[see full story for
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| Victor
L. Wooten Tour |
PR reports: Just coming off his 4th Grammy
win, bass player Victor L. Wooten, best known for his work with the Grammy
winning super-group Béla Fleck & The Flecktones, will be touring
this spring in support of his first self-penned book, "The Music Lesson--A
Spiritual Search For Growth Through Music," as well as his last solo effort,
Soul Circus. Wooten is the only three-time winner of Bass Player Magazine's
"Bass Player of the Year" and has been the recipient of two Nashville Music
Awards for "Bassist of the Year." In select cities along the tour, Wooten
will offer "master" classes/clinics. This will be a rare treat for both
fans and aspiring musicians. More details will be announced.
The line-up for the band includes Wooten
on bass guitar and vocals; Regi Wooten on guitar and vocals; Joseph Wooten
on keyboard and vocals; Derico Watson on drums and vocals; Saundra Williams
on vocals; and Anthony Wellington on bass guitar.[see full story for dates]-
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| Rock
Save The Queen |
PR reports: Exolution Entertainment proudly
presents Meridian UK - a new venture sponsored by UK Trade & Investment
to raise awareness of UK indie bands on tour in America. ROCK SAVE THE
QUEEN is the first in the series of international tours and features UK
indie rockers Scanners and The Hedrons.
The debut tour features two of the UK's
brightest post-punk stars - London, England's Scanners and Glasgow, Scotland's
The Hedrons, who will be blazing across the West Coast following their
SXSW performances in Austin, TX. Of the Scanners, Rock Insider describes
their debut album Violence Is Golden, as "ridiculously catchy and deserves
all the attention it's getting." The Hedrons are receiving critical acclaim
from major British media with Mojo proclaiming them as "self-assured and
deliciously energizing... The Hedrons debut is a pedal-to-the-metal affair
of great promise," and the NME, who is sponsoring the tour, asserts, "Patti
Smith meets Penetration with a dash of early Blondie and a smidging of
The Runaways... you have to hear this band."[see full story for dates]-
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| Metal
For The Masses tour |
PR reports: This spring marks the Century
Family's inaugural Metal For The Masses tour, which will be co-headlined
by Swedish titans THE HAUNTED and DARK TRANQUILLITY with INTO ETERNITY
and Scar Symmetry rounding out the stellar bill. The trek will be sponsored
by Decibel magazine, Draven and Lambgoat.com, and the tour's moniker is
derived from The Century Family's annual Metal For The Masses compilation
series, which is available exclusively through Hot Topic.
See below for the tour's complete itinerary.
03/19 The Social - Orlando, FL
03/20 State Theatre - St. Petersburg,
FL
03/21 The Masquerade - Atlanta, GA
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| Shakira's
Dirty Little Secret |
PR reports: Today, MTV has launched the first
of three exclusive "webisodes", featuring superstar Shakira from her 2006
"Oral Fixation Tour." The footage, available only on MTV.com, is a follow
up to the "Dirty Little Secrets" contest, where one lucky fan accompanied
Shakira across Europe, Latin America, and North America. The first segment
includes footage from Barcelona, Spain, including one of Shakira's many
"Dirty Little Secret" reveals, an in-depth look at contest winner Rachel
Newhouse, a behind-the-scenes look at the tour production, and a live performance
of her smash hit "Hips Don't Lie" featuring Wyclef Jean.[see full story
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| Haste
The Day in Stitches |
PR reports: Indianapolis favorite, Haste The
Day is preparing for the release of their third album, Pressure The Hinges
on March 20th on Solid State Records. In doing so, they have released to
their Myspace page (see full story link) their new single "Stitches" and
are headed to LA to film the video for that song.
"Stitches" was written by Haste The Day
members Brennan Chaulk and Stephen Keech and Keech states what the inspiration
behind it is, "Everyone knows at least one person in their life who destroyed
their life with drugs or alcohol. The song is about the need of intervention
from a loved one (friend of family member), and the use of five words that
can change that person's life: you're worth more than this. Sometimes we,
as the loved one, have a hard time saying those words creating stitches
in our mouth." The video was shot in California and shows a powerful band
performance with undercutting images between two different stories. Both
stories will have the same theme; however each story will have an individual
feel, characters and problems.- Click
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| Safari
So Good UK |
PR reports: "Safari So Good" (ex Breaking
Pangaea, and The Commercials) and "Angels Cry" (winners of Ernie Ball International
Battle of The Bands) are announcing their UK tour. SAFARI SO GOOD are a
brand new band from Pennsylvania, U.S. containing past members of Breaking
Pangaea (Equal Vision Records), and The Commercials (Blackout Records).
Both previous bands toured extensively and then went on to greater achievements,
with past members of Breaking Pangaea moving on to join Taking Back Sunday,
and Straylight Run.
Tuesday March 13th - The Soundhaus, Glasgow,
UK
Wednesday March 14th - The Glebe, Stoke,
UK
Thursday March 15th - Le Pub, Newport,
UK
Friday March 16th - Regent College, Leicester,
UK
Saturday March 17th - Terry's Club, Trowbridge,
UK
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| Sly
Reissues |
PR reports: Epic/Legacy has set a strictly
limited edition run of custom digipaks of Sly & The Family Stone's
Re-issues, in stores April 10th.
The tumultuous hit making career of Sly
& The Family Stone continues to reverberate in every single genre of
contemporary music � from pop and R&B to hip-hop and jazz � more than
three decades after the group's last appearance on the Top 40 charts. The
groundbreaking saga of Sly & The Family Stone was played out over the
course of their seven original studio albums on Epic Records, recorded
and released between 1967 and 1974: A WHOLE NEW THING (1967), DANCE TO
THE MUSIC (1968), LIFE (1968), STAND! (1969), THERE'S A RIOT GOIN' ON (1971),
FRESH (1973), and SMALL TALK (1974). And now, 40 years on from Sly's original
signing to Epic, the catalog is being upgraded to a level worthy of these
timeless classics. For the first (and last!) time, newly remastered, numbered
expanded editions will be issued of all seven albums � with multiple (four
to seven) bonus tracks on each CD (a total of 33 bonus tracks, 21 of them
previously unreleased) and brand new liner notes written by some of today's
top music journalists. The seven albums will be manufactured in a strict
limited edition run of custom digipaks, and they will not be re-pressed
when they sell out. All seven albums will arrive in stores April 10th on
Epic/Legacy, a division of SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT. Additionally,
the seven titles will be available as a numbered, limited-edition box set.
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| Tool's
Retooled Dates |
PR reports: Tool has rescheduled the following
tour dates:
April 30 Reno, NV Reno Event Center
May 2 San Diego, CA Cox Arena
May 5 Las Cruces, NM Pan American Center
May 6 Tucson, AZ Convention Center Arena
May 8 Albuquerque, AZ Tingley Coliseum
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| Burning
Brides Set Release |
PR reports: Having played the major label
game, released 2004's critically-acclaimed "Leave No Ashes," been caught
up in label downsizing, and then walked away with their artistic integrity
intact and a six-figure check in their pockets, BURNING BRIDES are back
with a brand new album - but on their own terms. On April 24, "Hang Love"
will be released on the independent Modart imprint with distribution through
Caroline/EMI. Said Burning Brides' guitarist/vocalist Dimitri Coats, "We
may be one of the few bands doing it right now, but this is the way the
future is going to be. We own the masters, we dictate how and when we do
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| 300
Soundtrack |
PR reports: 300 Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
- the innovative score to the upcoming feature film 300 is in stores now.
The film, which stars Gerard Butler, Lena Headey, and Rodrigo Santoro,
is based on the acclaimed graphic novel by beloved comic book writer and
artist Frank Miller and hits theaters on March 9th. The film's score was
written and produced by Tyler Bates, a composer best known for his work
on the zombie horror films The Devil's Rejects (directed by Rob Zombie)
and 2004's Dawn of the Dead, directed by Zack Snyder, who also wrote and
directed 300. In addition to the 25-track CD, Warner Bros. Records have
released a special edition deluxe-version Digipak, which includes a 16-page
booklet as well as three two-sided trading cards.[see full story for more]-
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| Releases
in the Crossfire |
PR reports: Crossfire has lined-up rare, archival
releases by former Frank Zappa and the Mothers Of Invention members, such
as Jimmy Carl Black, Don Preston and Bunk Gardner. When Do We Get Paid?,
an archival collection of Jimmy Carl Black "the Indian Of The Group" rarities,
was originally released in the UK in 1996. Crossfire head honcho Greg Russo
has remastered and re-EQ'd the original recordings making them sound better
than ever! The CD also includes three bonus tracks. Other CDs in the Crossfire
catalogue include two rare compilations by surf music giants The Tornadoes,
Now And Then and Charge Of The Tornadoes (some of the recordings were engineered
by music genius Frank Zappa). Crossfire has released the Neonfire CD featuring
Candy Zappa (Frank's little sister), Nolan Porter, Napoleon Murphy Brock
(Zappa vocalist extraordinaire) and Andre Cholmondeley (of Project Object)
amongst others. Super violinist Joe Deninzon is also featured on one track.
The adventurous label also offers Yardbirds - Reunion Jam , fifteen live
recordings from the legendary British ensemble's reunion shows in December
1991 and March 1992. Also available is From Rock 'n' Roll To R&B, an
extremely rare edition CD that was available only from the Museum of Richmond
in the UK. The CD showcases performances by The Bruvvers, The Downliners
Sect, Tom Nolan Blues Trio and four exclusive tracks from the Yardbirds
concert on October 15, 1998.[see full story for more]-
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Switchfoot's latest album Oh!
Gravity. is speckled with instances of sweet, sweet moments of rock and
even more skip-worthy moments. What's worse that just writing a lame song
is writing forgettable songs. (2.5 stars)
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GMT's record Bitter &
Twisted is simply put, phenomenal. Bernie Tormé (who was Randy
Rhoads' replacement in Ozzy's band briefly after the tragic accident) has
a guitar sound that just warms the cockles of the heart with his fuzz-driven,
torque-y sound. Morley spoke with Bernie about the new GMT CD and more.-
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Sosohuman have constructed an
album full of good straight-up rock songs and melodic hooks. Some people
might find the pop hooks a bit too much, but that'd be their loss. This
is a solid, fun album which you shouldn't delay finding a copy of.
(4.5 stars)
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The thing about Fantomas that
separates them from other musical artists is diversity of each album. In
this case, Mike Patton and company have created an awesome experiment of
cartoon samples and metal.- Read
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