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Oslo Announce Tour Dates

PR reports: Oslo will set out on tour this Fall in support of their new album THE RISE AND FALL OF LOVE AND HATE (Six Feet / Sidecho). Oslo has enjoyed much success independent of any label support. Their emotive and engaging live shows and self-titled, self-produced debut release (2005) garnered significant buzz and coverage from RollingStone, Billboard, Music Edge, LA Weekly and the Los Angeles Times, which named Oslo one of the top 10 bands to download in the Fall of 2006. 

Oslo's forthcoming sophomore release "The Rise and Fall of Love and Hate," which they co-produced with Grammy Nominated engineer/mixer Ryan Hewitt (Red Hot Chili Peppers), Mickey P (Beck, Peaches, The Eels) and Sam Fogarino (Drummer, Interpol) also features guest appearances by Adrian Young, Melissa Auf Der Maur, Paz Lechantin and Ana Lechantin. "The Rise and Fall of Love and Hate" is available digitally on September 25 and will hit stores October 9, 2007. - more including tour dates

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The Warlocks Set Release

PR reports: The Warlocks will release their new album, "Heavy Deavy Skull Lover," through Tee Pee Records on October 23, 2007. This is the follow up to Surgery (Mute, 2005). The Warlocks will tour North America in October with Darker My Love. Confirmed to play NYC's CMJ Music Marathon, The Warlocks will play the Tee Pee Records showcase on October 18 and the Luna Lounge in Brooklyn on October 19. European dates will follow in November. Further details about these tours will be announced shortly.

Picking up where the Los Angeles band left off, "Heavy Deavy Skull Lover," still features the core members of the Warlocks: Bobby Hecksher (vocals, guitar, bass, keyboards), Jenny Fraser (bass), Bob Mustachio (drums) and Jason Anchondo (drums). An additional 2 more players will be added for the touring band. - more on this story

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Maximo Park Theatre Tour

PR reports: Maximo Park have announced an eleven date theatre tour of the US and Canada culminating in San Diego on the 26th of November. This is the band's second tour of the US in 2007 following their sold out tour in July. Filter reports that the tour will also include Travis.

The dates are:
November
13 - MacEwan Hall, Calgary
14 - Edmonton Event Centre, Edmonton
16 - Centre for the Performing Arts, Vancouver
17 - Moore, Seattle
18 - Crystal Ballroom, Portland
20 - Warfield, San Francisco- more dates

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The Johnny Cash TV Show Coming To DVD

Sony reports: At 9:30 p.m. on Saturday night, June 7, 1969, the Tennessee Three struck the opening riff of "Folsom Prison Blues," and "The Johnny Cash Show," live from the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, made its debut as a summer replacement variety series on the ABC television network. The prospect of yet another new tv variety series was still hot news in the late '60s, and the novelty of it being hosted by The Man In Black � at the undisputed peak of newfound popularity in his career � made it even sweeter. 

But the announcement that the ultra-camera-wary, reclusive Bob Dylan was to be Johnny's guest on the first show (which was actually taped on May 1st) placed the premiere on an entirely different historical platform. The two songs performed live by Dylan were both from Nashville Skyline, his brand new April LP release on Columbia � the single "I Threw It All Away," and a reprise of his duet with Cash on Bob's vintage "Girl of the North Country," which dated back to 1963, when they first met.

Those two performances, preceded by Johnny's own "Ring Of Fire," kick off THE BEST OF THE JOHNNY CASH TV SHOW, a long-overdue compilation of archived treasures from the run of 58 shows through May 1971. The collection of 66 live performances, hosted by Kris Kristofferson (whose "Loving Her Was Easier (Than Anything I'll Ever Do Again)" follows the Dylan clips), with voice-over by Will Lyman (of Frontline) has been gathered onto two DVDs and will arrive in stores September 18th on CMV/Columbia//Legacy, a division of SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT. - more on this story

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Diana Krall TV

PR reports: As the release date for Diana Krall's first ever career retrospective, 'The Very Best of Diana Krall' (9/18, Verve), approaches, the pianist and vocalist enjoyed praise from journalists all along her national tour route. 

Krall, who performed on Live with Regis & Kelly Monday morning, will also revisit these selections from her illustrious 14 year career with appearances on The Tonight Show on 9/24 and the Late and Late, Show w/ Craig Ferguson on 10/5.

Pulling out many tunes from the 'Best Of' during her sets, some of which she hasn't played in 5 years, critics raved, "Krall is the best thing that ever happened to American song" (Hollywood Reporter, 8.20.07). The new record celebrates selections from six albums of the multi-platinum vocalist's repertoire, and debuts three previously unreleased songs "Only The Lonely" (from 'The Look of Love' sessions), "You Go To My Head" (from 'The Look of Love' sessions) and Tom Waits' "The Heart of Saturday Night" (from 'The Girl In The Other Room' sessions). Listen to the latter song - here.

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Virgin Record Stores Sold

Contact Music reports: Sir Richard Branson's Virgin group today revealed that it has sold its chain of record stores to a team of senior management personnel at the firm.

Under the deal the 125 stores which currently operate under the Virgin Megastores brand in the UK and Ireland will all trade under the new name Zavvi.

Announcing the sale of the high-street music business, Sir Richard said the move was part of a withdrawal that his business empire had been making from the entertainment retail sector over the past six years.- more on this story

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Heart Book Gets A Publisher

PR reports: Toronto-based Publishing House ECW Press has acquired world-wide rights to 'HEART: In the Studio,' written by biographer Jake Brown, authorized by Heart, and featuring exclusive interviews with Ann and Nancy Wilson, as well as producers (Ron Nevison, Mike Flicker, Ritchie Zito, Keith Olsen, Duane Baron), and band members (Howard Leese), focusing on the writing and recording of the band's multi-platinum catalog of hit albums/singles, including 'All I Wanna Do (Is Make Love to You)', 'These Dreams,' 'Crazy on You,' 'Magic Man,' 'Alone,' 'Who You Gonna Run To,' 'Barracuda,' 'Stranded,' and a host of other fan favorites.

Publisher Weekly has recognized ECW Press as one of the fastest growing and most diversified independent publishers in North America, with almost 1000 titles in publication, including biographies on or directly by names like Rush, K.D. Lang, Angelina Jolie, Tom Waits, Judas Priest, Leonard Cohen, Mariah Carey, Melissa Ethridge, Radiohead, Randy Newman, Shania Twain, and a ton of wrestlers. 'Heart: In the Studio' is due for publication in the late summer of 2008.- more on this story

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King Concert Gets Some Idol Backup

PR reports: Lead back-up vocalist on American Idol Sy Smith, will for the first time sing backup at The Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial 'Dream Concert' on September 18th, 2007. 

Sy will sing back up for an all star line up including Garth Brooks, Queen Latifah, Joss Stone, Kenny "Babyface" Edmonds, Stevie Wonder, Aretha Franklin, Carlos Santana, Robin Thicke, Bebe Winans, Cece Winans and Jessye Norman for a once-in-a-lifetime concert. Whoopi Goldberg has joined as a special guest presenter and Grammy-award winner Alicia Keys, along with Oscar-winner Mira Sorvino, Petra Nemcova and Chris "Ludacris" Bridges.

The Dream Concert will embody the ideals of hope, love, democracy, and justice for which Dr. King stood. The concert will capture the essence of his lasting teaching by joining together musicians from across genre lines, featuring unique musical combinations not usually found on the same stage. The Memorial Foundation has already raised $81 million of the $100 million needed to complete and maintain the memorial, and this event will help secure the additional funds.- more info

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Jay Clifford Solo Tour

PR reports: Jay Clifford, former front man and primary songwriter for Atlantic Records recording artists Jump, Little Children, will hit the road in October in support of his first solo effort, Driving Blind, which was released on September 4, 2007, on the Hollywood-based label, 33& 1/3 Records.

Driving Blind was recorded at Swing House Studios with producer Warren Huart (Hot Hot Heat, The Thrills, Joe Strummer). The impressive crew of musicians on Driving Blind include drummer Travis McNabb (Better Than Ezra, Sugarland), bassist Dan Rothchild (Beck, Fiona Apple), and guitarists Dave Levita (Alanis Morissette, Daniel Powter) and Greg Suran (Sunny Day Real Estate, Jewel). The record was mixed by Mark Needham (The Killers, Chris Isaak).- more including the dates

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Redondo Beach Lobster Fest

PR reports: The 12th Annual Original Redondo Beach Lobster Festival. Featuring fresh Maine Lobsters flown in nightly from the crisp Atlantic ocean - cooked to mouth-watering perfection by Bristol Farms in the World's Largest Lobster Steamer.

The current entertainment line-up is as follows: Friday, September 21 - Music by: James Intveld and Big Sandy & his Fly-Rite Boys 

Saturday, September 22 - Featuring: Heart Brigade (a Heart tribute band), Motown Soul Review, The New Breed Band, The Chris Anderson Group and the welcome return of HUSH featuring Eddie Estudillo 

Sunday, September 23 - Music by: Surf City Allstars, Orquesta Charangoa, LA Hip Kids, and Kate Russell- more info

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Steve Goldberg and The Arch Enemies Go West

PR reports: On the off chance one of you is interested, here is the official announcement: Steve Goldberg and The Arch Enemies first spread the good news of its debut album to the eastern US this summer on the "Cheesy Western Tour '07", and now the band has set its sights on the west coast this fall with a tour that commences in Las Vegas on October 10th.

The Arch Enemies first materialized as a rotating cast of live backing musicians for Pittsburgh pop auteur and music student Steve Goldberg who was studying music composition and creative writing at Carnegie Mellon University. It began innocently, as these stories often do, with a trumpet here or a violin there. But before he knew it, Goldberg was living on the outskirts of London and performing with a tuba player named King Wang. It wasn't long before he got to experimenting with string quartets. 

And it was there, under the influence of meat pies, ale, and low brass, that most of the songs that would become Steve Goldberg and The Arch Enemies were conceived.- more on this story

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Are You Sick of Sarah?

PR reports: Sick of Sarah releases "Bittersweet" through Adamant Records. The 3 song EP featuring "Bittersweet," "Hello Good Morning," and "Paint Like That," will be available digitally and on seven-inch vinyl. This release follows the "Los Angeles 2006" EP which featured "Mr. Incredible" and "Common Mistake." Sick of Sarah will play CMJ Music Marathon on Thursday, October 18th, 2007 in New York City.

After Sick of Sarah asked fans to make and post videos for their songs to You Tube, one fan edited clips from the cable show, "South of Nowhere" which has generated thousands of downloads and while introducing Sick of Sarah to a legion of new fans. This helped lead the band to the show.- more on this story

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....Review: Ryan Adams - Easy Tiger

The potential for something classic lurks inside him but maybe he just has to purge whatever it is that makes him repeatedly write the same two or three songs. It is hard to fault a musician for being consistent but easy to fault him for being consistently boring. (3 stars) - Read the full Ryan Adams - Easy Tiger review
 

....Review: George Thorogood and The Destroyers - Bad to the Bone: 25th Anniversary Edition

George Thorogood is one of those guys who, when you think about the pantheon of rock n roll, he may not be one of the first you consider. But I ask you: who is more rock n roll than George Thorogood? (4.5 stars) - Read the full George Thorogood and The Destroyers - Bad to the Bone: 25th Anniversary Edition review
 

....Review: Full Blown Chaos - Heavy Lies the Crown

Full Blown Chaos has always been one of the greats of hardcore-leaning metalcore. This album certainly proves it. Heavy Lies the Crown is a mixture of great metal riffing and hardcore aggressiveness and brutality.- Read the full Full Blown Chaos - Heavy Lies the Crown review
 
 

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