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Message From Tori |
PR reports: Tori Amos' new studio album, American
Doll Posse, will be released on May 1, 2007. The tracklisting for the new
album is as follows: Yo George * Big Wheel * Bouncing off Clouds * Teenage
Hustling * Digital Ghost * You Can Bring Your Dog * Mr. Bad Man * Fat Slut
* Girl Disappearing * Secret Spell * Devils and Gods * Body and Soul *
Father's Son * Programmable Soda * Code Red * Roosterspur Bridge * Beauty
of Speed * Almost Rosey * Velvet Revolution * Dark Side of the Sun * Posse
Bonus * Smokey Joe * Dragon
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Static-X Videos |
PR reports: Static-X is two weeks away from
dropping the most metal record of their career. Cannibal hits stores on
April 3rd and brings the band's sound back to where it all started, hard
and fast. With sick guitar solos and Wayne roaring the lyrics, people will
know Static-X is back. Check out two new clips where you get to see them
laying down the guitar tracks and doing a little road test of the new tracks.
Static-X
in the Studio
Cannibal
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| Black
Rebel Motorcycle Club Tour |
PR reports: Black Rebel Motorcycle Club will
headline a spring tour that will start with support from The Fratellis
in San Diego on May 6th and have them touring through June. The tour will
fall on the wings of the release of their fourth album, Baby 81, out May
1st on RCA Records.
5-May Marquee Theatre Tempe, AZ*
6-May House of Blues San Diego, CA*
8-May The Wiltern Los Angeles, CA*
9-May The Filmore
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| Minus
the Bear Tour |
PR reports: Minus the Bear will embark on
a headline tour with supporting acts The Honorary Title and Suicide Squeeze
label mates Chin Up Chin Up this Spring. The trek kicks off in the band's
hometown of Seattle, WA on April 26 at the Vera Project and wraps up May
27 at the Sasquatch Music Festival in Quincy, WA. The band will debut new
material from their third album, Planet Of Ice, due out August 21, 2007
on Suicide Squeeze Records.
4/26 -- Seattle, WA -- The Vera Project
4/27 -- Portland, OR -- Hawthorne Theatre
4/28 -- Eugene, OR -- Indigo District
4/29 -- Reno, NV -- The New Oasis
5/1 -- Orangevale, CA -- The Boardwalk
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| Gene
Simmons "Ass"vertising |
PR reports: Gene Simmons has always had a
firm belief in the notion that it's not necessarily what's up front that
counts�he also counts the backs. He believes women are beautiful and the
world is a better place for it. He believes women should be looked at and
adored. And in light of that spirit, he has decided to unabashedly and
unapologetically create the first ever "Ass"vertising campaign to launch
season 2 of his hit real-life A&E series "Gene Simmons Family Jewels".
Gene will be joined by 25 scantily clad women at Hard Rock Cafe New York
in Times Square where his model entourage - wearing underwear that reads,
"Gene Simmons Family Jewels" across their rears - will be handing out branded
panties to the people of NYC. After about 30 minutes at Hard Rock, Gene
and his girls will make their way down to street level where they'll walk
through the busy streets to a chartered Double Decker Bus. From there,
they will hit various hot spots around NYC to spread the word � and the
panties.
Thursday, March 22, 2007 12:00pm � 2:00pm
HARD ROCK CAFE NEW YORK 1501 Broadway (Corner of 43rd) Times Square New
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| MTV
To Resurrect Boybands, American Idol Style |
PR reports: The search to recreate Menudo,
one of the biggest and most successful Latin pop singing groups, kicks
off in Los Angeles. Additional casting sessions in Dallas, Miami and New
York will be held through the end of April.
Celebrity judges along with renowned music
manager, Johnny Wright will be on hand to audition teenage boys on their
natural singing and dancing abilities, charisma and stage presence. The
auditions are open to males who are at least 15 years old and appear to
be less than 19 years old. All contestants will be asked to sing a song,
in English or Spanish, from a pre-selected song list available on mtvtr3s.com.
A legal guardian who can sign a release must accompany contestants under
18. Complete eligibility requirements are available at mtvtr3s.com.
Once selected, Menudo will be part of the
Epic Records family. The partnership between Epic and Menudo kicks off
with a first single in July and the group's "debut" album in December 2007.
[headline from March 2008?: Epic reports record loses]-
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| Cephalic
Carnage Set Release |
PR reports: CEPHALIC CARNAGE has completed
work on their brand new full-length, titled Xenosapien.
Xenosapien was recorded by the band and
long-time producer / engineer Dave Otero in their studio in Denver, CO.
Advance song titles include: "Endless Cycle of Violence", "Touched by an
Angel", "Vaporized", "G.lobal O.verhaul D.vice", and "Ov Vicissitude".
Xenosapien is scheduled for a May 29 North American release date (May 28
internationally).
Additionally, CEPHALIC CARNAGE has announced
the first European leg of the �Xenosapien World Tour.' This tour will kick-off
on May 4 in Utrecht, Netherlands and includes the band's first headlining
U.K. tour in over two years. Support on the U.K. portion of this tour will
be provided by AKERCOKE. [see full story for dates and more]
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| Patti
Smith Preview |
PR reports: On April 24th Columbia Records
will release Twelve, an album of classic songs newly interpreted by 2007
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Patti Smith. Twelve features collaborations
with an assortment of guest artists including playwright Sam Shepard on
banjo, early 60s Greenwich Village folk artists John Cohen and Peter Stampfel,
Red Hot Chili Peppers' bassist Flea and the Black Crowes' Rich Robinson.
With the help of these artists, Patti Smith and her band cover a range
of songs from the rock & roll cannon including works from Jimi Hendrix,
Bob Dylan, Stevie Wonder, Neil Young, Tears for Fears, the Doors, Nirvana,
Jefferson Airplane, the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, the Allman Brothers
and Paul Simon. check out the MP3 of "Gimme Shelter" at the full story
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| Paul
Rodgers Live In Glasgow CD/DVD |
PR reports: Eagle Rock Entertainment, will
release Paul Rodgers' debut solo DVD ($14.98) Live In Glasgow on May 29
and CD ($13.98) on April 17. Live In Glasgow, recorded in October of 2006
on the last date of his Sold Out UK tour (which included a date at London's
prestigious Royal Albert Hall), is stunning proof that Rodgers' voice has
gained strength and sounds stronger than ever. This 135-minute DVD, shot
with 13 cameras, includes brand new songs "Warboys (A Prayer for Peace)"
and "Far Distant Shore," as well as songs he has not performed in 35 years,
and many of his hits, including "All Right Now," "Feel Like Making Love"
and "Can't Get Enough." Soulful, bluesy, swaggering, he belts out his songs,
and also plays piano and guitar. The band: guitarist Howard Leese (Heart),
bassist Lynn Sorenson, drummer Ryan Hoyle (Collective Soul) and 17-year
old guitar prodigy Kurtis Dengler. [see full story for tracklisting]-
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| Despised
Icon Set Release |
PR reports: Canadian death/metalcore six-piece
DESPISED ICON will release the follow-up to 2005's much lauded "The Healing
Process" via Century Media Records on May 21st, 2007. Entitled "The Ills
Of Modern Man", the new full-length pummels the listener with sheer aggressiveness
backed with impeccable time changes, scathing blast beats and devastating
breakdown assaults. These Canadians walk a fine line between the death
metal and grindcore genres, resulting in an exciting juxtaposition that
will leave all fans of extreme music begging for more.
Furthermore, the band will be touring Europe
together with Unearth and Job For A Cowboy from next week on, so check
the dates given below and don't miss your chance to see DESPISED ICON presenting
their new material live!
To catch a glimpse of what to expect of
"The Ills Of Modern Man", check out the band's new track "In The Arms Of
Perdition" at the full story link.- Click
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| Becoming
The Archetype Tracks |
PR reports: Atlanta, Georgia's Becoming The
Archetype has completed work on their upcoming album titled "The Physics
of Fire". Produced by Rob Caggiano (Bleeding Through) this past winter,
mixing was finished earlier this month and mastering is currently underway.
The album will hit stores in Europe via Century Media Records on June 18th,
2007.
Here is the final track-listing:
01. Epoch of War
02. Immolation
03. Autopsy
04. The Great Fall
05. Nocturne
06. The Monolith
07. Construct and Collapse
08. Endure
09. Fire Made Flesh
10. Second Death
11. The Balance of Eternity
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| Amoeba
on the Radio |
PR reports: Amoeba Music, the world's largest
independent music store, is known for its legendary in-store performances.
Critically acclaimed New York band TV on the Radio are known for their
fantastic live shows. What better way to inaugurate the first-ever release
of an Amoeba in-store concert than by releasing a limited-edition EP? The
four-track disc, TV on the Radio Live at Amoeba was recorded at Amoeba's
Hollywood location in September of 2006. The songs, "Blues From Down Here,"
"Wolf Like Me," Province," and "Wash the Day" are live versions of tracks
from their latest album, Return to Cookie Mountain which Spin magazine
named "Album of the Year" in 2006.
This limited-edition, numbered EP will
be available exclusively from all 3 Amoeba stores, beginning March 27th,
for 30 days or while supplies last. Each person who buys the EP will receive
a limited edition poster. Produced by Chris Moore, the disc will be available
beginning March 27th at all three Amoeba locations (and online at www.amoeba.com
on Tuesday starting at 12:01AM) for $5.98.- Click
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Aqualung is, of course, British-born
Matt Hales who writes, sings and produces the material, along with help
from his brother Ben and wife Kim. I caught up with Matt as he landed in
the U.S. for a quick promo tour.- Read
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I was originally suckered into
buying this EP because I was convinced it would be a neat forgery of two
separate sounds with a touch of creativity, but that's the exact opposite
of what Legend is. Legend is just a chunk of trash with few good moments.
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Somewhere in a land far far
away (opium den?) Thom Yorke is jealously cursing Sneaky Thieves. Accident(s)
does exactly as Yorke wishes he could, if the success of OK Computer and
his sudden propensity for cackling did not handcuff him.- Read
the full Sneaky Thieves - Accident(s) review
This CD is solid, well-crafted
metal, and that's all there is to it. Particularly if you're into bands
like Soilwork or Arch Enemy, you need to have Facing the Thousand
on your CD rack. - Read
the full Light This City - Facing the Thousand review
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