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 John
Mayall Tribute to a King |
PR reports: John Mayall, the "Godfather of
British Blues", returns with the Bluesbreakers for his latest studio album
"In The Palace of The King". This new album is John's tribute to one of
his blues heroes, the late, great Freddie King. King was a blues guitar
pioneer from the mid-50's through to his tragically early death in the
mid-70's and he influenced everyone from Peter Green to Dave Edmunds to
Stevie Ray Vaughan and probably most of all Eric Clapton, who produced
and played on King's final album. "In The Palace of The King" features
John Mayall's take on his personal selection of Freddie King favorites
and is a fabulous combination of two true blues legends.
TRACKLISTING: 1. You Know That You Love
Me * 2. Goin' Down * 3. Some Other Day, Some Other Time * 4. Palace Of
The King * 5. I'd Rather Be Blind * 6. Time To Go * 7. Big Legged Woman
* 8. Now I Got A Woman * 9. I Love You More Every Day * 10. Help Me Through
The Day * 11. Cannonball Shuffle * 12. You've Got Me Licked * 13. King
Of The Kings * 14. Living On The Highway
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| Free
Hatebreed For Ladies |
PR reports: HATEBREED will be headlining the
2007 Monsters of Mayhem II Tour � featuring metal and hardcore brethren
God Forbid, Terror, The Acacia Strain, Evergreen Terrace and After the
Burial. Sponsored by Jagermeister and Monster Energy Drink, the Monsters
of Mayhem tour has launched its very own "Ladies Night," putting the females
front and center by offering FREE admission for the first 150 females over
21 attending each show. Advance tickets will be available for pre-sale
on Hatebreed's official website, as well as advance pre-order consideration
for Hatebreed's official fan club. VIP tickets will also be available,
enabling fans to meet the band before each performance. Select dates will
include dual stage festivities, affording local acts the opportunity to
reach out to audiences along side the supporting acts. A savvy marriage
of hardcore and metal's finest talents, the Monsters of Mayhem tour marks
Hatebreed's return to the US after a successful UK tour with the Acacia
Strain.
Spanning over 21 cities, Monsters of Mayhem
II will kick off on May 18th lasting until June 9th. Hatebreed will then
head over to Europe for select dates, before returning to headline the
second stage at this year's free Ozzfest.[see full story for dates]-
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| Details
about the Beastie Boys Dramastically Different CD |
PR reports: Mike "Mike D" Diamond, Adam "MCA"
Yauch and Adam "Adrock" Horovitz have confirmed a June 26 release date
for their seventh studio album, "The Mix-Up", on Capitol Records. The Mix-Up
is Beastie Boys' first-ever full album of all-new instrumental material.
The follow-up to 2004's To The 5 Boroughs, The Mix-Up features Diamond,
Horovitz and Yauch back on drums, guitar and bass, with able assistance
from Keyboard Money Mark and percussionist Alfredo Ortiz, on 12 brand new
wordless, sample-less, scratchless originals. Sure to please fans of the
instrumental cuts from Check Your Head and Ill Communication and the cult
hit compilation album made up largely of those tracks, The In Sound From
Way Out!, The Mix-Up finds NYC's favorite sons drawing on one of their
arsenal's primary strengths and pushing it into bold new directions.
Beastie Boys will kick off a summer's worth
of worldwide touring May 26 & 27 with two sets at the Sasquatch! Festival
at the Gorge in Washington State. The band will be playing at several European
festivals throughout June and July, including Live Earth at Wembley Stadium
on July 7.[see full story for the tracklisting]- Click
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| Jeff
Buckley Anthology |
PR reports: Buckley's "lamentably brief career,"
as it has been characterized by his mother, Mary Guibert, came to a tragic
and untimely end on May 29, 1997 (at age 30) when he died in a swimming
mishap outside Memphis by the banks of the Mississippi River, during a
recording stint in Memphis. One week prior to the 10th anniversary of that
date, SO REAL: SONGS FROM JEFF BUCKLEY the first official anthology of
his work (including two previously unreleased performances) will arrive
in stores on Columbia/Legacy,
Of primal interest to fans, collectors
and completists will be the two tracks making their album debuts on SO
REAL: SONGS FROM JEFF BUCKLEY. "So Real," originally the centerpiece of
Grace, is heard in an acoustic version recorded in Japan. [have a listen
to "Last Goodbye" at the full story link]
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| Wu-Tang
Clan Bodog'd |
PR reports: Bodog Music is proud to announce
the European signing of legendary hip-hop crew Wu-Tang Clan. Bodog Music
will release The 8 Diagrams, Wu-Tang's first studio album in 6 years, in
Germany on September 7, with a separate release in the UK and the rest
of Europe on September 10.
The album contains new tracks by the eight
remaining original members, as well as unreleased vocals by the late Ol'
Dirty Bastard, which were recorded during sessions for the group's first
album. There will also be a tribute song to ODB called "Life Changes."[see
full story for their tour plans]- Click
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| Bravery
on the Road |
PR reports: The May 22nd release date is just
five weeks away for THE SUN AND THE MOON, the eagerly awaited second album
by Island Records group the Bravery, as the first new single, "Time Won't
Let Me Go" moves up the R&R (Radio & Records) BDS Alternative chart
to #19-bullet, and the band prepares for its first major headlining tour
of North America in support of the new album.
On the road with fellow Island group The
Photo Atlas, the five week, 17-city tour will open at the Commodore Ballroom
in Vancouver on May 14th, and wrap up on June 20th at Pop's in St. Louis.[see
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| Iggy's
TV Picnic |
PR reports: "I didn't want a reunion. I did
not want to have a picnic anywhere and run through our old s***." - Iggy
Pop on The Henry Rollins Show this Friday
Henry sits down with Iggy Pop and The Stooges
as they appear as both the sit down AND musical guest, performing 'ATM'
off their new album "The Weirdness".
The Henry Rollins Show - Season Two - Fridays
@ 11pm ET/8pm- Check out a second musical performance by The Stooges exclusively
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| Munky
Business for Monster In The Machine |
PR reports: Monster In The Machine's BUTTERFLY
PINNED is more than just music--it's an active aural experience. The debut
album by the California band--Shannon Crawford (vocals/keyboards/guitars),
Doug Ardito (bass) and Josh Freese (drums)--is due out July 10 (online)
and August 21 (retail). It's one of two releases on Emotional Syphon Recordings
(ADA Distribution), the independent label owned by Korn guitarist James
"Munky" Shaffer.
Artistic freedom remains paramount to Emotional
Syphon Recordings. "When Korn was on Sony," explains Shaffer, "we were
so lucky the label never came in and said we couldn't say things on our
records. We were able to have 100 percent creative freedom. One of my main
goals is to maintain that. I'm never going to tell artists on my label
what they can and can't say. I want them to push the envelope."[see full
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| The
White Stripes Tickets on sale details |
PR reports: Tickets for The White Stripes'
upcoming North American tour officially go on sale starting as early as
today. Please see below for general info on sale dates.
On Sale dates:
May 3rd: Mile One Center/St. John's, NF
(7/16)
May 4th: All Canadian dates
Madison Square Garden/NYC, NY (7/24)
Chevrolet Theater/Wallingford, CT (7/25)
May 5th: Grand Opera House/Wilmington,
DE (7/27)
House of Blues/Myrtle Beach, SC (7/29)
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| Wish
Upon A Dog Star Video |
PR reports: Perry Farell's Satellite Party
"Wish Upon A Dog Star" video has been released. Check it out at the full
story link. It comes from the Ultra Payloaded cd which hits stores May
29.
If you like the song you can grab it now
at iTunes.
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| McCartney
Explains New CD |
PR reports: Paul McCartney's 21st solo album,
Memory Almost Full will be released June 5th. Memory Almost Full is the
first release on the new Hear Music label (formed by Starbucks Entertainment
and Concord Music Group). Memory Almost Full will be available at Starbucks
locations and traditional music retail outlets internationally. Below is
a letter written by Paul McCartney introducing Memory Almost Full and explaining
its creation.
I started this album, Memory Almost Full,
before my last album Chaos And Creation In The Backyard (released September
2005). The first recording session was back in the autumn of 2003 at Abbey
Road with my touring band and producer David Kahne. I was right in the
middle of it when I began talking with Nigel Godrich about a brand new
project (which became Chaos And Creation In The Backyard).
After the Grammy nomination when everything
concerning Chaos was finished I returned to making this album. I was wondering
if I would enjoy it, but actually I really loved it. In places it's a very
personal record and a lot of it is retrospective, drawing from memories
of being a kid from Liverpool and summers gone. The album is evocative,
emotional, rocking, but I can't really sum it up in one sentence. [see
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| Nickelback
Cares |
PR reports: "If Everyone Cared," the latest
single from Nickelback's five-times platinum album All The Right Reasons,
reached # 1 on last week's Hot A/C chart, making it the sixth consecutive
single from the album to reach #1. An unprecedented feat, all singles from
All The Right Reasons have reached #1 at various formats. On January 29th,
Nickelback announced a charity initiative that has the band, along with
Roadrunner Records, WEA Corp. and Warner Chappell donating 100% of the
proceeds from the digital sales of the single and video for "If Everyone
Cared" to charity. Since the single's February release, the band has raised
$500,000 for Amnesty International and International Children's Awareness
Canada. Now, just halfway through the campaign, YouTube is reporting 1,000,000
streams of the track, while the single has been downloaded over 500,000
times.
Hot off the heels of a sold-out North American
spring arena tour, the band has announced new summer tour dates. Kicking
off on June 28 in St. Johns, NF, the routing takes the band through Canada
to the Northeast and Midwest states, ending in Alberta on July 30.[see
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| Lifesavas
Tour |
PR reports: Portland-based hip-hop group Lifesavas
are hitting the road for a seven-week headlining run, "The Gutterfly: Urban
Legend Tour," in support of their newly released album GUTTERFLY: The Original
Soundtrack (April 24/ Quannum Projects). Along for the ride are Strange
Fruit Project and DJ Marc Sense.
WED 5/9 --- SEATTLE, WA @ Chop Suey **
THU 5/10 --- NELSON, BC @ Spirit Bar @
Hune Hotel
FRI 5/11 --- MISSOULA, MT @ Other Side
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SAT 5/12 --- BOZEMAN, MT @ Zebra Cocktail
Lounge **
MON 5/14 --- MINNEAPOLIS, MN @ Triple
Rock Club �
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| SQY
Rocking Team Kick Off UK Tour Tonight |
PR reports: In order to promote their latest
CD, "Top Fuel Tendencies", SQY Rocking Team is touring the UK for the 7th
time. The major event in this tour will be the Paignton based BMAD-festival.
Together with local heroes and major acts Wishbone Ash and Lucie Diamond,
SQY Rocking Team is headlining on Friday May 4.
The complete UK tour will look as follow
:
May 03, 2007 Ford Hall Newton Abbot
May 04, 2007 BMAD Bike Festival Paignton
May 05, 2007 Good Companions Plymouth
May 06, 2007 Lime Tree Paignton
After their UK tour SQY Rocking Team will
be busy promoting their new video-DVD called "Get it Done", stay tuned
for more info about this ! Special shows in New York are part of much more
to come ! For more information, dates and gigs, please visit : www.sqy.nl
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| Peel
Buzz |
PR reports: Rousing. Stylish. Playful. Fun.
Boisterous. These are some of the words used by the influential All Music
Guide to describe Peel's self-titled debut. Pavement. Stereolab. Yeah Yeah
Yeahs. Roxy Music. The Pixies. The Hold Steady. These are some of the bands
critics have mentioned in reviews of the record. So basically, what we're
saying is that these wild and crazy kids in Peel have gone and made a highly
enjoyable record that is essentially impossible for even the biggest indie
rock connoisseur to resist. Whether it was the band's intention or not,
Peel has placed itself in the company of some of the most critically praised
indie favorites of our generation.
Listen and decide for yourself with the
album stream at the full story link or see Peel live at the following dates.
*w/ The Octopus Project
**w/ Page France
05/11 Austin, TX Emo's
06/02 Austin, TX Emo's *
06/08 Denton, TX Hailey's
06/13 Wilmington, NC Bella Festa
06/14 Washington, DC The Black and the
Red**
06/20 Fort Wayne, IN The Firehouse
06/21 Chicago, IL The Darkroom
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| The
Used Paralyze YouTube |
PR reports: Check out the latest addition
to The Used Youtube Channel � a stop-motion self-made instrumental version
of the new track "Paralyzed." You check it out along with more videos from
The Used including "The Bird and the Worm," at the full story link.
"Paralyzed" is off Lies for the Liars,
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