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Portugal. The Man House Party

PR reports: Portugal. The Man, currently on the road with Rocky Votolato, played an impromptu, acoustic show last night at a fan's apartment in Pittsburgh. P.TM and Votolato were scheduled to play an all-ages show at the Rex Theatre, but, at the last minute, the club changed its policy to "over 21," leaving some 50 underaged kids stranded outside the venue. Apparently, one of these kids - known only as Spencer - offered up his living room as a place that Votolato and P.TM could do a "house party" for the under-21 fans, and the musicians took him up on the suggestion. Directly following their respective sets at the Rex, P.TM and Votolato made their way the block or two to Spencer's apartment.

"It was crazy, the place was absolutely packed," laughed P.TM's John Baldwin Gourley. "We found this great colored strobe light ball, so we turned off all the lights and had all these colored lights rotating around the living room while we played. It was unreal. We played eight or nine songs, most of which we'd never done acoustically before, but everyone was standing up stomping, clapping and singing along. By our last song, 'Helter Skelter," the stomping and clapping and singing got so intense, the entire apartment was shaking. It was the coolest sing-along ever!" 

Portugal. The Man, whose music has been described as "the White Stripes meet the Mars Volta meets Led Zeppelin," will be on tour through late November in support of their newest album, "Church Mouth." At this time, they have no further plans to play at fans' houses, but who knows?- Read our Artist of the Month review for the band

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Emo Cover Album

Punknews.org reports: Doug Neumann, the manager behind Fall Out Boy, Gym Class Heroes and other Decaydence artists, will release a covers album of bands he represents on November 20, 2007 titled Does Decaydance. 

The album features "jazzed up" versions of songs like FOB's "Dance Dance" and Panic! At the Disco's "Time To Dance." He also sung the rap lyrics for his Gym Class Heroes Cover. 

Neumann will make his debut at this year's CMJ Music Marathon when he performs at Don Hill's on October 17. Expect to see him on stage for select dates with Fall Out Boy for the Young Wild Things Tour, as well.- more on this story

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Dirty Vegas Solo

PR reports: Grammy award winner with the band Dirty Vegas, singer/songwriter Steve Smith has found the inspiration to record his first solo album. In 2005, Smith felt tired of his native London, England and searched for a new beginning. Boston was it! With its musical heritage and the city's cosmopolitan feel, Smith knew this was his new home. When producer Anthony Saffery of Cornershop fame agreed to produce the album, the pair booked the legendary Camp Street Studios in Cambridge, MA and set to work.

Many musicians of all genres and styles appear on Smith's solo debut This Town to be released January 22, 2008 on Smith's own label, GAS Records (named for his late father, George Albert Smith.) Those who came out to play include Saffery known the world over for his sitar playing with Cornershop, Beck, Oasis and others, Claudia Gonson (The Magnetic Fields), Terry Barber (counter-tenor for the New York Symphony Orchestra), Jay Ungar (principal violinist for James Horner ["Titanic", "Legends of The Fall"]) and Rob Swift (The Executioners.) The result is a collection of songs that blend folk, rock and electronica with Smith's songwriting craft fusing all of those styles together. 

The album's title track, "This Town" features an inspired and poignant speech recorded by the acclaimed actor John Savage ("The Deer Hunter," "Hair"), which sets the mood for the whole record. In addition to the track listing below, the album will feature two bonus cuts: a new song "Late Nights and Street Fights" which was recently chosen as the main title theme to FOX TV's hit series "Standoff" and a previously un-released acoustic version of Grammy award winning Dirty Vegas tune "Days Go By," which will only appear on the album's initial pressing.

View the album trailer- here

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After Forever Kick off North American Tour

Metal Underground reports: Fresh off a European tour and eager to support their Nuclear Blast self-titled debut album released on September 25th, Dutch rockers AFTER FOREVER began their first-ever tour of North America with a headlining performance at this year's ProgPower VIII festival in Atlanta, Georgia on October 6th and will play through October 21st with 13 shows throughout the East Coast, the southwestern U.S., and Canada. 

Sander Gommans, founding member, lead guitarist, and main composer for AFTER FOREVER had this to say about the upcoming tour: "Now it's time to say goodbye to all of my He-Man figures and hit the road. It will be an emotional goodbye [laughter]. This tour means a very heavy schedule for us� a lot of computer game contests on the bus! 

Since AFTER FOREVER is only doing a limited number of shows, I know not all of our fans will be able to come out and see us, so I'll take my camera and laptop with me and try to stay in touch with everyone through our My Space site. To those fans who can make it out, see you on tour!"
- more on this story

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Suicidal Waste Tour

Lambgoat reports: Suicidal Tendencies and Municipal Waste will tour the West Coast later this fall. Here are the dates:

11/17 Tucson, AZ @ Rialto Theatre
11/18 El Paso, TX @ Club 101
11/19 Albuquerque, NM @ Sunshine Theater
11/21 West Hollywood, CA @ House of Blues
11/23 Santa Ana, CA @ Galaxy Concert Theatre
11/24 Ventura, CA @ Majestic Ventura Theatre
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Bonus Overkill

KNAC reports: Overkill's new album, Immortalis is out this Tuesday in North America, but on Monday, the German version will include a limited-edition digi-pack featuring a bonus DVD of footage from the band's August 2nd, 2007 performance at the Wacken Open Air festival in Wacken, Germany. 

The tracklisting for the DVD is as follows: � Rotten To The Core � Elimination � Necroshine � Thanx For Nothin' � Skull And Bones � In Union We Stand � Walk Through Fire � Wrecking Crew � Old School � F*ck You- more on this story

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KISS Loves You

PR reports: Ten years in the making, KISS Loves You is a film that began back in 1994 when the band KISS was at a career low and KISS fans around the world were starting tribute bands, uniting at unofficial KISS Conventions and growing increasingly more nostalgic for the 70's era classic KISS line-up. 

The zeitgeist exhibited at these conventions was not lost on the band and in 1996 they responded, rising up like a grease painted phoenix into a new era of success. On the surface, KISS fans got exactly what they longed for, but for some the return of their idols brought unexpected consequences. KISS Loves You follows a few KISS fans along the way. 

Bonus Materials: Never before seen silent Super-8 film of KISS in Stockholm 1976. - Extended footage from the 1996 KISS Press Conference on the USS Intrepid. - The Beyond Vaudville Kiss Spectacular Program - 90 minutes of Outtakes from the film. 

MVD will release the DVD on 11/20/2007 and you can get a little more info- here

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Semi Precious Weapons Debut This Month

PR reports: New York City's glam punk band Semi Precious Weapons are set to release their debut album, We Love You, on October 30 via Precious Records.

The much-anticipated album, executive produced by Tony Visconti (T. Rex, David Bowie, Morrissey), contains 10 original tracks including the rocking "Semi Precious Weapons," "Rock n' Roll Never Looked So Beautiful," and the heartfelt "Genius." We Love You also features the band's first single, "Magnetic Baby." 

The song is sonic perfection that opens with the line "It's not my fault I look better in her party dress" (he does!). Six foot tall, platinum blonde lead singer Justin Tranter evokes comparisons to music's most charismatic front men, from Bowie to Iggy Pop to Marc Bolan to David Johansen. In fact, Tranter recently performed at the Marc Bolan 30th Anniversary Concert at the Delacorte Theater in New York City.
- Myspace page

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YouTube Bloc Party

PR reports: Bloc Party have just announced a brand new track (Flux) to be released on the 12th of November in the UK through Wichita Recordings.

The band have played it a handful of times on their US tour and on Conan O'Brien last week, and it had it's first play on Radio One in the UK.

If you've not managed to hear it yet, you can check them out playing it live at the Theater @ Madison Square Garden on Wednesday night (3rd October), which by the miracle of technology is now on- YouTube.

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The Staple Singers Xmas Album Reissued

PR reports: The Staple Singers were best known for their '70s Stax hits like "Respect Yourself," "I'll Take You There" and "If You're Ready (Come Go With Me)," but in fact the Chicago quartet's recording career dates back to the '50s on the Vee-Jay and Riverside labels. Their fifth effort was a Christmas album titled The 25th Day of December, which the All Music Guide calls "the group's finest '60s collection." The long-out-of-print album will be available once again this holiday season on Riverside Records through Concord Music Group. The Staple Singers Christmas reissue has been digitally mastered and is enclosed in a DigiPack with all new artwork.

Reissued for the first time, the album contains 12 holiday and spiritual classics including "Joy To The World," "Silent Night" and "Go Tell It on the Mountain." Included also is the Staples' treatment of the Rev. Thomas Dorsey's "The Savior Is Born." - more on this story

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Flawed Solo Tour

PR reports: Chris Volz, formerly of FLAW and the recently-disbanded Five.Bolt.Main, will kick off his tour this weekend in support of his solo album, "Redemption," which was just released on September 11th on Rock Ridge Music. 

So far, dates are planned through the month of October with more to come. Joining Volz in his touring band are: Taz Marazz, drums; Johnny Pisano, bass (who played on the album); and Jack Frost, guitar.

Volz Redemption Tour Dates:
10/11 Creve Coeur, IL Tops N Tails
10/12 Ottumwa, IA The Casbah
10/13 Harrisburg, SD Phoenix Lounge- more dates

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Teen Metal Band Black Tide Hit the Road Again

PR reports: Black Tide burst onto the metal scene with a month long stint opening up the main stage of Ozzfest. Now with sights set on an early 2008 release of Light From Above, their major label debut on Interscope Records, Black Tide will call the road home over the coming months as they rock the stage with Avenged Sevenfold. 

Black Tide is a band you have to see to believe with members ranging in age from 14-19 who shred like the legends who inspired them. Black Tide not only embrace the charisma, character and unwavering attitude of those who shredded before them, but they do so in a manner that would make the virtuosos that inspired them proud.

Oct 29 The Wiltern - Los Angeles, California
Oct 31 House Of Blues - Las Vegas, Nevada
Nov 2 Sunshine Theater - Albuquerque, New Mexico- more dates

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Hanoi Rocks Geeks

Submitted News reports: Hanoi Rocks singer Michael Monroe guests on the latest episode of The Rock and Roll Geek Show. He speaks candidly about the new record Street Poetry, Hanoi Rock's influence on the whole 80's hair metal scene, the Razzle Tragedy and lots more. 

The interview show lasts 47 minutes and includes songs from Michael Monroe's career.

The Rock and Roll Geek Show, hosted by Michael Butler, is the longest running music podcast online. Find the show- here

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....Landmark Albums: T. Rex - Electric Warrior and The Slider

Electric Warrior and The Slider are the most enduring albums of the T. Rex catalog. They are also responsible for inspiring artists as divergent as David Bowie, Def Leppard and any other band that relied on greasy riffs and cheap lipstick. - Read the full Landmark Albums: T. Rex - Electric Warrior and The Slider review
 

....Overkill - Immortalis

From the Gutter, New Jersey Thrash veterans Overkill return with a deeper kind of sound called Immortalis. This record is bassier than pervious albums. Immortalis sounds like a faster, thrashier Guns N' Roses with double-bass.- Read the full Overkill - Immortalis review
 

....Maggie Sansone - A Celtic Fair

The album is a collection of 12 tunes and tune sets of Celtic music played in traditional Celtic and Elizabethan styles. On a few of the traditional tunes Maggie adds her own flair to the tunes. - Read the full Maggie Sansone - A Celtic Fair review
 
 

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