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The Weirdos Destroy All Music Again

PR reports: Los Angeles' own legendary Bomp! Records label has announced it will reissue L.A. punk band The Weirdos seminal recording "Destroy All Music!" on October 30th. In honor of the 30th anniversary of its release, "Destroy All Music" compiles their first single on Bomp! and the 1979 "Who, What, When, Where, Why?" EP in its entirety. 

Also included in this special release is The Weirdos first demos, released here for the first time. Although some of these tracks have appeared on various compilations before, they have never been released together in their original form. "Destroy All Music" has been remastered and includes 12-page liner notes penned by long time Weirdo, guitarist/bassist Cliff Roman, as well as cool photos and graphics. 

In many ways the greatest of Los Angeles' punk bands, The Weirdos formed in 1977 with brothers John (vocals) and Dix Denney (guitar) recruiting Cliff Roman (bass) and Nickey Beat (drums) to round out the bands' lineup. In early 1977 their mighty sound and singular style were the big-bang igniting the L.A. punk rock scene, as they proclaimed "we're not punks, we're weirdos from Hollyweird!" This wasn't just goofy sloganeering, this was a stance intended to distinguish them from the burgeoning punk rock scenes in New York and London. 

Bomp! is currently offering a free "Destroy All Music!" single download online- here

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Soulsavers Headlining Tour

PR reports: Having recently canceled a handful of US shows with Jesus and Mary Chain, Soulsavers have just announced their own headlining US trek in late-November. Rich Machin will be headed stateside for some highly anticipated shows, bringing an 8-piece band fronted by the incomparable Mark Lanegan along with gospel singers, Carmen Short & Wendi Rose.

Their creative collaboration has yielded one of the most memorable and haunting albums of the year and It's Not How Far You Fall, It's The Way You Land is being released in the US tomorrow (October 16th) on Columbia Records. Seek it out � it's one of the must-have releases of 2007!
Soulsavers US Tour Dates:

11/27 New York, NY - Gramercy Theater
11/28 Philadelphia, PA - North Star Bar
11/29 Washington, DC - Black Cat
- more dates

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Dream Theater Charity Auction

PR reports: Progressive metal trailblazers Dream Theater have launched a charity auction series in conjunction with Camp Good Days and Special Times. Camp Good Days and Special Times is a non-profit organization dedicated to improving the quality of life for children, adults and families whose lives have been touched by cancer and other life threatening challenges. Camp Good Days facilitates residential camping experiences at their recreational facility in Branchport, New York and year-round support activities. All proceeds collected from these auctions will be donated to the charity and will be used to support the many programs and services offered. The band will continually donate a variety of memorabilia to the charity until June 2008 and the items will be available for auction via eBay.

The next item to enter the auction is drummer Mike Portnoy's "Iron Mike" boxing robe. Portnoy has famously worn this black Everlast boxing robe for his curtain call during the band's last three world tours and can be seen wearing it on "Live at the Budokan," "Score" and "In Constant Motion" DVDs. 

This item will be up for auction from October 16 through October 26, 2007 with a starting bid of $200. 100% of proceeds collected from this auction will be donated to Camp Good Days. For bidding and more information go- here

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Ticketmaster Win Computer Scalper Case

PR reports: A federal judge in Los Angeles has ordered a Pennsylvania company to stop creating, trafficking in, or facilitating the use of computer programs that allow its clients to circumvent the protection systems in the ticketmaster.com Web site. These programs have, in effect, allowed ticket brokers to cut to the front of the line and deprive consumers of fair access to tickets.

The Order issued today by Judge Audrey B. Collins also bars RMG Technologies, Inc., of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, from using information gained from access of Ticketmaster's website to create computer programs designed to circumvent Ticketmaster's copy protection and Web site regulation systems. RMG's software allows its clients to buy tickets from Ticketmaster faster than Ticketmaster's human customers can. RMG's clients are ticket brokers or suppliers to ticket brokers who use RMG's software to buy tickets they can resell to the public at higher prices. Such actions have blocked consumers from getting those tickets at the "face" price shown on the ticket. [That statement is more than a tad disingenuous as you can't get tickets at face value from Ticketmaster.com. For example two $49.50 Van Halen tickets came to $127.10 after all of the "fees". That works out to $28.10 over the "face" price for the "convenience" of buying from Ticketmaster. -ed]

Ticketmaster hailed Judge Collins' ruling as a major victory for the ticketing company and for consumers. Ticketmaster President and CEO Sean Moriarty commented after the ruling, "Ticketmaster is committed to ensuring that consumers have fair and equitable access to tickets.- more on this story

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Late Night Sondre in Real Life

PR reports: Sondre Lerche will perform "To Be Surprised" from the original soundtrack for the upcoming Touchstone Pictures film Dan In Real Life on "Late Show with David Letterman" tomorrow, October 16th. The film and the soundtrack are both scheduled for release next week.

The acclaimed Norwegian singer-songwriter and his band, The Faces Down, will launch a North American tour on November 7th in Vancouver, BC. Highlights include a two-night stand at the legendary Troubadour in Los Angeles (November 12th & 13th) and shows at Brooklyn's Music Hall of Williamsburg (November 26th) and New York City's Bowery Ballroom (November 27th).

The soundtrack for Dan In Real Life, which was produced by Sondre Lerche, Mitchell Leib and Dana Sano, features 13 tracks recorded exclusively for the movie, including four new songs penned by Lerche and seven cue tracks from the score, which he composed as well. The collection also includes appearances by two rising new artists: A Fine Frenzy, who perform a searing version of the Peggy Lee classic "Fever," and Regina Spektor, who duets with Lerche on "Hell No."- tour dates

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Belay My Last Tour and CD Preview

PR reports: With their Mediaskare debut album 'The Downfall' in stores now, BELAY MY LAST have made five tracks from the album available for listening on their Myspace page (http://www.myspace.com/belaymylast). 

With their stock quickly rising in the metal world, BELAY MY LAST's unique fusion of brutal and melodic harmonies has sparked a buzz in the underground metal community that has them poised to be the next break out band. Letting the music speak for itself, the band has already surpassed 500,000 plays on Myspace, and has received over 14,000 views of their music video for "One More Foot In The Grave" on Myspace and YouTube.

In support of the album, the band will hit the road with Bloodjinn, The Classic Struggle, The Demonstration, and Catalepsy from October 19th to November 19th, and then follow that up as a part of Mediaskare label mates As Blood Runs Black's headlining tour with Walls Of Jericho, The Warriors, and Born Of Osiris.- dates

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The Eight Set World Wide Hanukkah Concerts

PR reports: Taglit-birthright israel and JDub Records announced today the launch of the first-ever multi-city Hanukkah concert event series. All taking place on December 8, 2007, The Eight (goeight.com) celebrates the Festival of Lights with parties in New York, Los Angeles, Boston, Seattle, San Francisco and Washington DC (as well as Tel Aviv, Mumbai, Moscow, and Sydney!) that will feature music from up-and-coming artists handpicked by JDub, multimedia performances, and a unique menorah lighting ceremony at each event. 

Confirmed musical guests include Israeli hip-hop superstars Hadag Nachash at Webster Hall in New York; the indie-vaudeville-art-rock-act Trachtenberg Family Slideshow Players at Crocodile Café in Seattle; hip-hop-inflected Middle Eastern-Gypsy collective Balkan Beat Box and Cambodian Rockers Dengue Fever at the Echo Plex in Los Angeles. 

The Eight was conceptualized based on Jewltide, JDub's successful annual Hanukah concerts, which evolved over the last five years into mini-tours the week during the holiday. By partnering with Taglit-birthright israel, the two organizations will create a worldwide, interactive Hanukah event on a massive scale, offering participants a unique shared opportunity to engage with Judaism outside of an institutional or religious Jewish setting. - more info on each US show

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Queensrych Release Floyd Cover

PR reports: "Welcome to the Machine," the first single from Queensrÿche's new album, Take Cover, is being released on iTunes today. Queensrÿche pay tribute to some of their favorite songs with an adventurous collection of covers that range from Black Sabbath and The O'Jays to Italian opera and Broadway musical.

Singer and chief songwriter Geoff Tate, guitarists Michael Wilton and Mike Stone, bassist Eddie Jackson, and drummer Scott Rockenfield put their stamp on 11 classic tracks with Take Cover. The album is available November 13 at regular physical retail outlets.

Take Cover also features Queensrÿche's distinctive arrangement of Pink Floyd's "Welcome To The Machine," an acoustic version of Buffalo Springfield's "For What It's Worth," and a highly charged live version of U2's "Bullet The Blue Sky." "We'll never top the originals; they're classics for a reason," Tate says. "We were more focused on finding different approaches that took the songs in unexpected directions."- iTunes

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Liberty N' Justice Hits CD

PR reports: Versailles Records is excited to announce the forthcoming release of Christian rockers Liberty N' Justice's Greatest Hits LP, due in late March, 2008. Entitled '4-ALL: The Best of LNJ', this compilation features a whose-who guest-star list of hard rock and heavy metal legends, including Lou Gramm (x-Foreigner), Sebastian Bach (x-Skid Row), Michael Sweet (of Stryper), Mark Slaughter (of Slaughter), Jack Russell (of Great White), Jani Lane (x-Warrant), Stephen Pearcey (of Ratt), Tony Harnell (x-TNT), Pete Loran (Trixter), Leif Garrett, John Corabi (of Ratt, x-Motley Crue/Union/Brides of Destruction/The Scream), Kelly Keagey (of Night Ranger), Ted Poley (Danger Danger), Jamie Rowe (Guardian), and Kelly Keeling (of Blue Murder/TSO). 

Featuring the best from 2004's 'Welcome to the Revolution,' 2006's 'Soundtrack Of A Soul,' 2007's 'Independence Day,' as well as four new tracks featuring Dug Pinnick (of Kings X), Steve Brown (of Trixter/ Stereo Fallout), Derrick LeFevre (of Lillian Axe), Larry Worley (of FearNot) and Russell Arcara (of Surgin/ Prophet) written exclusivley for the 'best of ' CD. This collection additionaly features guest musical appearances by Tommy Denander, Tim Gaines (x-Stryper), Richard Kendrick (Straitjacket Smile/Near Life Experience), and Keri Kelli (Alice Cooper, x-L.A. Guns, Slash's Snakepit, Warrant, Pretty Boy Floyd, and Dad's Porno Mag), among many others! 

Of the pact, LNJ frontman Justin Murr commented, "I am really proud the songs included in this collection. It shows where LNJ has been and where we are going musically in the future. It all so shows what got us here, and that is all the great vocalists that have sang on the last three Liberty N' Justice CDs. I am thankful to Versailles Records, and their distributor Big Daddy Music, for believing in us enough to reach a wider audience." Check out LN'J's website for further information as it becomes available at
- http://www.libertynjustice.net

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Apes To Play Ghost Games in Feb

PR reports: Apes will release their fourth full-length album, "Ghost Games" through Gypsy Eyes on February 19, 2008. This is the follow up to "Baba's Mountain" (Birdman, 2005) and is the first album to feature the new singer, Breck Brunson.

When Apes' former singer, Paul Weil, left the band in 2005 to start a family after six years, three EPs, three full-length albums, and hundreds of legendary live shows, Apes found themselves scrambling for a replacement. Bassist Erick Jackson and keyboardist Amanda Kleinman met fellow visual artist Breck Brunson at a party in their hometown of Washington, DC, and - on nothing more than a hunch - asked him to come out to drummer Jeff Schmid's house the very next day to play music. 

By the end of that first jam session, Apes knew they had found their man. Always an eclectic group - coming from varied musical backgrounds and tastes ranging from 60's and 70's rock, pop and psych to 80's hardcore to Providence noise to reggae to hip-hop - Apes found a singer with a similarly wide range of music interests, along with the vocal flexibility and willingness to experiment in order to make it all work. Furthering the mind-meld, Breck shared Apes' strong conviction that a powerful visual aesthetic, far from being an after-thought to the music, should inspire its creation and support its performance. Fans were treated to the new line up when Apes opened for Liars with seven brand new songs, during the summer of 2006.

Check out the first single from the CD "Beat of the Double," which can be heard streaming at 
- http://www.myspace.com/apes

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An Evening for the Station

PR reports: An ensemble of incredible musicians will perform at the eighth annual presentation of An Evening for the Station: The Timeless Sounds of Sergio Mendes and Brazil 2007. LA Music Academy in Pasadena will host the celebrity concert and reception Saturday October 20th, beginning at 5:30pm. Proceeds benefit Union Station Foundation, the largest social service agency serving homeless people in Pasadena and the West San Gabriel Valley. Guests will enjoy wine, hors d'oeuvres, a silent auction and an intimate reception with the world-renowned musicians and actors following the concert. 

Sergio Mendes headlines the evening performing classics as well as selections from his newest album. Accompanying Mendes are veteran musicians Gracinha Leporace, Dawn Bishop, Kleber Jorge, Carlos Yutaka Del Rosario, Leo Nobre, Gibi, Mike Shapiro and Krishna Booker of Brazil 2007. Adam Arkin is Master of Ceremonies. - more on this story

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....Review: Ministry - The Last Sucker

With every track, Ministry sticks a finger in the eye of the basic, sloppy, improvisational rock 'n' roll ethic. It's easy to respect a band that quits on a positive note. But The Last Sucker will leave fans wanting another. (5 stars) - Read the full Ministry - The Last Sucker review
 

....Review: Dan Deacon - Spiderman of the Rings

Deacon makes his dance-til-you-drop performances worthy of being some of the most creative and loving. There's something beautifully absurd about Dan Deacon's hyperactive concoctions - multiple listens are a must. (4.5 stars) - Read the full Dan Deacon - Spiderman of the Rings review
 

....Review: Rock in Asia

While the album is a compilation of songs from rock artists all over Asia there is very little other than language to signify the artist's origin or nationality. This is strictly a rock album put together with rock musicians who happen to live in Asia. - Read the full Rock in Asia review

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