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Bonnaroo's Greatest Sets |
PR reports: The Bonnaroo Music & Arts
Festival has launched a new website, www.LiveBonnaroo.com, touting exclusive
downloads of live recordings from the past three years of Bonnaroo festivals.
Highlights from 2006, 2005 and 2004 including sets by The Black Keys, Steel
Train, Rusted Root, Calexico, My Morning Jacket and many others have been
archived with new content being added almost daily. The high quality, multi-track
audio recordings have been mastered and remixed and are available in both
MP3 and FLAC formats. Performances are available for purchase with custom
printable booklets, tray inlays, and labels.
Recent additions to www.livebonnaroo.com
include Buddy Guy's first Bonnaroo performance in 2006 featuring classic
covers of Cream's "Strange Brew" and blues staple "Hoochie Coochie Man."[see
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| Young
Dubliners Celebrate St. Patty's in LA |
PR reports: Lovers of Celtic-Rock can ring
in the holiday on St. Patty's Eve, March 16th, with fan favorite YOUNG
DUBLINERS. After a multi-city tour leading up to the big night, they'll
make a stop at Key Club this Friday!
Supporting their new record, "With All
Due Respect � The Irish Sessions", The Young Dubliners are conquering new
territory they describe as a labor of love. Although better known for their
brand of hard-hitting original Celtic-Rock, this album is centered around
reinterpreting the work of other contemporary Irish songwriters. Singer,
Keith Roberts, says of the fans overwhelming demand for an album of Irish
covers, "They asked for it, so we gave it to them! And had a lot of fun
along the way!" Come see for yourselves, only this Friday at Key Club.[see
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| Kings
of Leon Tour |
PR reports: RCA Records is proud to announce
that Kings of Leon have confirmed the first leg of a nationwide US tour.
The tour is in support of the new record, "Because Of The Times," to be
released on April 3rd. Bookended by appearances at the Coachella and Bonnaroo
festivals, the tour will start at Coachella and heads to Seattle on May
2. After the June 14 date in Columbus, OH, the tour finishes at the Bonnaroo
Music and Arts Festival. More touring is to follow during the summer and
into the fall and winter of 2007.
On March 26, one week before release date,
Kings of Leon return to the "Late Show with David Letterman" to perform
the single "On Call." One month later, on April 27, just before the Coachella
performance, the band will return to the "Tonight Show with Jay Leno."[see
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| Breaking
Benjamin Release Breath |
PR reports: Breaking Benjamin is back with
their second single "Breath" from their latest album Phobia. "Breath" once
again returns Breaking Benjamin to the top of the Rock Radio charts following
up on the successes of "Diary of Jane" and "So Cold". With Phobia selling
in excess of 500,000 copies the band has proved they are here to stay.
If you have not had a chance to check out "Breath" now is your chance.
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| TVT
Ink The Polyphonic Spree |
PR reports: Dallas symphonic rock group THE
POLYPHONIC SPREE have signed with TVT RECORDS for the release of their
third full-length album, THE FRAGILE ARMY. The new album's title was given
to the group by director/filmmaker/artist Mike Mills, whose 2005 film Thumbsucker
was scored by the Spree's Tim DeLaughter. THE FRAGILE ARMY reveals a collection
of sonic blasts filtered thru The Polyphonic Spree's trademark sound: an
unorthodox blend of brass, strings, choir and auxiliary rock elements.
The album explores a search for the zeal in life, by way of loss and frustration,
confusion and clarity. Ultimately, the Spree discover the power of love
and the collective of hope in songs such as "Running Away," "Light To Follow"
and "Overblow Your Nest." The album will be in stores in June 2007 (exact
release date TBA). [see full story for tracklist]- Click
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| Metal
And Porn |
PR reports: Powerful heavy metal music and
skin-slappin' hardcore sex collide in Radium, a revolutionary adult-oriented
music series from the world-bending mind of Matt Zane. In this new line,
available exclusively from Pleasure Productions, Zane realizes a dream
of combining metal's sexual energy with porno's lustful sensuality all
in a single series. "Metal has a huge fan base around the world, and I
know from touring the world and speaking with all the fans that about 99%
love porn," says Zane, an acclaimed adult director and world-renowned front
man for the metal band Society 1.
Sharing Zane's passion for music and sex,
Pleasure Productions' Tera Wray will host the unique series. Zane hand-picked
newcomer Wray after witnessing her energy and appeal while shooting her
for his "Tattooed & Tight" series. For the series' first episode, Tera
will visit California Metal Fest 2007, at the Galaxy Theatre in Santa Ana,
CA, and will interview the band "With Passion" before introducing their
new music video. She will also get a drum lesson from Society 1 drummer,
Berzerk Kirk. [see full story for more]- Click
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| Unauthorized
Linkin Park and More |
PR reports: Locomotive Records is readying
a plethora of pulsating heavy metal music to get spring started in the
right way. The new quartet of releases starts April 3 when metal fans worldwide
will get to taste Incoming Destiny by Spellbound and Breaking The Rabbit,
an unauthorized documentary on Linkin Park. [see full story for more details
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| Static-X
Destroyer |
PR reports: With only three weeks till the
release of Static-X's album on April 3rd, the band wants to give their
fans another taste of Cannibal. "Destroyer" is the second track off of
the new album with the raw heavy sound that Wayne Static wanted to bring
this time. "I focused on stripping away the excess as much as possible
to write short, simple, catchy songs," Static says. This back-to-basics
style for Cannibal has a lot to do with Wayne taking over most of the producer
duties. Static teamed with producer/engineer John Travis (Kid Rock, Buckcherry)
to help create the new sound. "I had a vision for this record, which is
why I wanted to produce it myself," Static says.
Check out the new track from Static-X and
look for the new album, Cannibal, in stores on April 3rd. [see full story
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| the
bird and the bee Join Lily Allen Tour |
PR reports: the bird and the bee, the L.A.
duo made up of singer Inara George and keyboardist/producer Greg Kurstin,
have announced that they will be the opening act for British singer Lily
Allen on 22 upcoming concert dates throughout the United States, and Canada
March 16 Engine Room Houston TX
March 17 House of Blues New Orleans LA
March 19 The Loft Atlanta GA
March 20 Culture Room Fort Lauderdale
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| We
Are I EP |
PR reports: What was the last band that managed
to successfully merge classic rock's multi-layered sound with prog metal
sonic exploration? Few have been so bold - but Boston's We Are I are no
average band. "Everybody in the band is a really great player," explains
guitarist Rich Chamberland. "It's really diverse. Jay Staples (singer)
is a freak - he's very melodic, his voice has a Freddie Mercury-like quality
to it. Keenan Wakem (bass) is amazing - his stage show is killer. New blood,
Ralph Arsenault (drummer) has kicked the band up an extra notch."
On the heels of their first release, 'Off
the Hook,' the quartet has just unleashed a self-titled EP produced by
Anthony J. Resta, who has worked with the likes of Collective Soul, Megadeth,
Perry Farrell, and Elton John. "Listen to our music, it's heavy but melodic,
everybody sings. This is a four-part-harmony band. What you hear is what
you get. We don't 'kind of pull it off.' I like to think of us as a 'hybrid
band,' not alternative. We fuse together a lot of influences. When you
listen to the music, you've got Jay delivering rapid fire lyrics, with
the band playing three over four time, so it's like Tool but a little crazier
- controlled chaos hybrid rock."[see full story for more]-
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| Evil
Dead The Musical |
PR reports: From the moment the cast launches
into "What the F�k Was That," "Blew That B--- Away," and the Rocky Horror
"Time Warp" homage "Do the Necronomicon," it's frighteningly clear that
Evil Dead The Musical ups the ante from the standard Broadway theater fare.
Peppered with enough four-letter words to make a grown man blush and bursting
with more farce than a Monty Python skit, the original cast recording to
Evil Dead The Musical will be released on April 24th(Time Life).[see full
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| Gutterfly
Set Release |
PR reports: Straight outta Portland, Lifesavas
stay ahead of the game with a new album entitled Gutterfly, a concept-driven
ensemble of tracks that are both densely rich in production and stylistically
beautiful. Gutterfly, the follow-up to the duo's debut release Spirit in
Stone, will hit stores April 24, 2007 on Quannum Projects.
Gutterfly was inspired by a blaxploitation
film project that was conceived and only partially completed by Brooklyn
native Baraka Feldman in the early 80's (who later moved to Portland and
shared his ideas with the Lifesavas), in addition to blaxploitation films
from the 70's, in particular Coonskin and the Zatoichi series of Japanese
cult films. Gutterfly is a movie concept brought to life in the way Lifesavas
do art best; through poetic lyricism and powerhouse beats. Lifesavas created
characters - a trio of ghetto superheroes for the 00's - Bumpy Johnson
(VURSATYL), Sleepy Floyd (JUMBO) and Jimmy Slimwater (DJ Rev SHINES) -
through which they were able to leap into subjects they'd yet to cover
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| Lou
Reed's Berlin Shows |
PR reports: Tickets will go on sale this week
for Lou Reed's European premiere of the entirety of Lou Reed's 1973 landmark
album 'Berlin'. These rare European concerts will see Reed performing with
a 30-piece ensemble including his band, a string and horn section, and
a children's choir. The European concerts start in Brussels on June 18th,
and include Holland, France, Germany, Britain and Italy.
Lou Reed will perform two UK concerts at
the London Hammersmith Apollo on Saturday June 30th and Sunday July 1st.
Tickets for the London concerts will go on sale at 9am on Friday March
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| Clouds
Announce U.S. Tour Debut |
PR reports: Boston's balls-out, whisky-con-Jager-fueled
heavy hitters, CLOUDS, announce their first ever U.S. Tour (taking along
LA's politically charged, technical-spazz-punks, AUTONYM) in support of
the band's debut full-length, "Legendary Demo," out February 6th on Hydra
Head!
Apr 11 2007 Mountain Bar Los Angeles,
California
Apr 12 2007 Scolari's Office San Diego,
California
Apr 13 2007 The Phix Phoenix, Arizona
Apr 15 2007 Emo's Austin, Texas
Apr 16 2007 the Vortex Beaumont, Texas
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| Carla
Thomas Stax Reissue |
PR reports: Carla Thomas became famous thanks
to several great singles on Stax Records: "Gee Whiz," "B-A-B-Y," "Let Me
Be Good To You" and a duet with Otis Redding, "Tramp." In 1969, she recorded
The Queen Alone, produced by Stax co-founder and president Jim Stewart,
in which the Queen of Memphis Soul proved that she was keenly aware of
the uptown soul music being produced in the industrial north. The album
produced two hits � "Something Good (is Going to Happen to You)," penned
by the hot team of Isaac Hayes and David Porter, which notched No. 29 on
Billboard's R&B singles chart, and "I'll Always Have Faith in You,"
written by Eddie Floyd with Stax's then-promotion man Al Bell, which reached
No. 11.
The classic soul album will be reissued
on the reactivated Stax Records through Concord Music Group on March 20
as part of the label's yearlong series of 50th Anniversary events. The
remastered reissue contains four previously unreleased tracks, plus liner
notes by Stax historian Rob Bowman, author of the award-winning Soulsville
U.S.A.: The Story of Stax Records.[see full story for more]-
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Brothers Franklin and William
Sammons continue the catchy, jangly guitar and pop-friendly piano jaunts
in Cotton Teeth, an album oozing with Radar Brothers-like folk jams
and heart-felt lyrics that lazily slip off Sammons' tongue with a touch
of twang. (4 stars)
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Slingshot Echoes is the best
unsigned release since Clap Your Hands�, but once this is released on a
label (which would only make sense unless the band is intentionally anti-establishment),
there is no reason for it not to take off like Turn on the Bright Lights.
(5 stars)
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There is no such thing as a
band that can constantly create masterpiece after masterpiece without a
bad release. No matter how strong a band starts out, they'll eventually
run out of ideas and make something not up to par with their other releases.-
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the full Malevolent Creation � Stillborn review
One second you're up the track's
high bank, the next second you're swooping down low for that left hand
curve. Yes, I have done it. I've shed my civilian clothes and donned a
racing suit.- Read
the full NASCAR and Guitars: Charlotte Rocks! Road Trip article
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