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Dirty Devil: Race To Hell Tour

TKO reports: Roger Miret of Hardcore legends Agnostic Front, is setting the road on fire this fall with his "Dirty Devil: Race To Hell Tour", a greasy, gritty mix of punk rockers and rock and roll wild men, in a 15 city, 15 show rally that will cover over 3200 miles of the US, kicking off with a wild festival and car show, with some surprise guests.

Headlining the Tour are the sultans of the Salton Sea, Throw Rag, and Austin, TX punk rocking four piece the Lower Class Brats. Also on the bill are Roger Miret's Street Punk band The Disasters, Static Thought from the East Bay, and Psychobilly rockers Viva Hate. Local openers will be handpicked by Roger Miret, as a battle of the band interaction with up and coming talent.

The Tour will feature a 14 band, all day festival show in LA on September 20th, adding Mike V's Revolution Mother to the bill along with Southern California's premiere up and coming talent. Tour Dates, Throw Rag, Lower Class Brats, Roger Miret And The Disasters, Static Thought, Viva Hate are All Ages - dates

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More Classic Monterey Jazz Festival Performances Coming

OTM reports: On August 5, 2008 in its second full slate of archival releases, Monterey Jazz Festival Records, an imprint of the Concord Music Group, will release a new series of never-before-heard concert performances by six jazz greats: Art Blakey, Dave Brubeck, Shirley Horn, Tito Puente and Cal Tjader and classic blues singer Jimmy Witherspoon.

The MJFR label was founded in 2007 in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Monterey Jazz Festival. It made its debut with a remarkable series of historic live-at-Monterey CDs, rolled out shortly before the September festival: Louis Armstrong & His All-Stars (recorded in '58), Miles Davis Quintet ('63), Thelonious Monk Quartet ('64), Dizzy Gillespie ('65) and Sarah Vaughan ('71).

In addition, MJFR issued a 50th-year compilation disc that included selections from the five albums as well as live Monterey material from Diana Krall, Joe Henderson, Dave Brubeck and Pat Metheny's trio with Larry Grenadier and Brian Blade. - more on this story

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Free Bun B Show

PR reports: MySpace Music is proud to announce that Bun B will be performing a free show for his MySpace friends at Torch in Dallas, TX on August 1.

Celebrating his recently released album "II Trill," Bun B will be returning to his home state of Texas to showcase his newly-christened material. Attendance is free for 21+ adults for the performance on a first come, first served basis starting at 10 p.m. on August 1.

Emerging from Port Arthur, Texas, as one-half of UGK (Underground Kingz) alongside the late Pimp C, Bun B has also made a name for himself as a hugely-successful solo artist in the hip-hop game. The three years between his debut solo album "Trill" and the present time have been turbulent for him but have provided inspiration for the wordplay featured on the highly-anticipated sequel "II Trill." Since Pimp C's death in 2007, Bun B's solo career has taken on an entirely new meaning, and the new album, along with his continued popularity, are a testament to the type of impact he continues to have on Dirty South music and beyond. Featuring guest shots from the likes of Lil Wayne, Sean Kingston and others, "II Trill" is a statement that Bun B is able to carry on the spirit of UGK despite the absence of his partner in rhyme. - more on this story

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Nashville Pussy Live DVD

MVD reports: Nashville Pussy 'Live In Hollywood' DVD will hit stores on September 30th from MVD. This DVD features Nashville Pussy rifling through 19 blistering songs at the Key Club in Hollywood.

Blaine Cartwright, Ruyter Suys, Jeremy Thompson, and newcomer Karen Cuda, give the crowd exactly what they want and more.

All your favorite tracks are here, plus a bonus feature entitled "Pussy Home Movies" has been added. So sit back, grab your bottle of whatever, and let the pussy do the work! - more on this story

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Upsidedown Join Dandy Tour

PR reports: Acting as support for The Dandys throughout their entire upcoming fall North American tour, The Upsidedown have found the perfect platform on which to display their new record, Human Destination, out digitally-only on August 12 (eMusic subscribers will be able to download it August 5).

The album captures the group's live energy without sacrificing any of the subtleties developed in the studio, and songs like the West Coast-country tinged "Umbrella," which contrasts bassist Tristan T-bird Evans's breathy harmonies with frontman (and former member of The Bella Low) Jsun Atoms's deep, near-growling vocals. "Ernestine" finds guitarist/accordionist Matt Moore singing in his higher range over minor picked guitar chords, but both the title track and "Silver Wind" are catchy and upbeat, driven by hooks and handclaps and alternating vocals.

Beginning in Minneapolis on September 9 and ending October 5 in Portland, both bands (with added help from Darker My Love, and one-off appearances from A Place To Bury Strangers, The Charlatans, and fellow Beat-The-Worlders Monstrous) will bring their shows to their American and Canadian audiences, supporting their new albums. Now fully independent, The Dandy Warhols' release their sixth full-length, �Earth To The Dandy Warhols�, on August 19. - more on this story

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Ray LaMontagne North American Tour

RCA reports: Ray LaMontagne one of the most distinct and recognizable voices in music announced his first North American tour in support of his new album Gossip In The Grain due out October 14 on RCA Records. The six week tour starts September 30 in Indianapolis.

October 14 is the new release date for the album as LaMontagne, struck by inspiration, went back into the studio last week to record additional material.

Recorded with returning producer, Ethan Johns in Box, England, and touching upon a range of styles and musical settings- spanning pastoral folk, railroad blues, front porch country, and plangent balladry - Gossip In The Grain proves to be his most creative and emotionally expansive collection to date. - more on this story

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Brother Von Doom Announce Relentless Release

Adrenaline reports: Naming the album Relentless might not have even been necessary for Dayton, Ohio thrash newcomers Brother Von Doom. Evil WALL-E's actions speak volumes of the sonic ammunition inside their debut album endlessly jacking blast beats, puking-up-blood screams and de-tuned six strings that alight like punctured fireworks bought at roadside stands.

The touchstones are their�gracefully nodding to the Scandinavians and Californians who birthed these sounds�but this is a more local brew, born amidst endless rehearsals in crummy mid-western basements but always meant for a large stage looming high above a battlefield somewhere�IN THE FUTURE. As the great prophet Nathan Explosion once said, "Brutal".

The CD hits stores on October 14, 2008 but they are currently on Thrash and Burn Tour with Darkest Hour, Parkway Drive, Misery Signals, Winds Of Plague, Stick To Your Guns, Arsis, + more! - more on this story

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Seduced by Suicide Pull A Radiohead

PR reports: Seduced by Suicide made the "Gothic Dream" CD available online, and fans will choose the price they want to pay for it.

Earth, the band's vocalist and multi-instrumentist comments this unusual decision: "Seduced by Suicide has fans on several places in the world, and I would like that all of them, no matter their geographical or economical situation, to have access to the complete songs. I don't like the idea to give for free something which took so much effort to be done, but I like the idea of letting the fan to choose how much he can and want to pay."

To download the album just visit the band's website www.seducedbysuicide.com and click on "Discography". - more on this story

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The Black Lips Add Dates

PR reports: The Black Lips announce new tour dates, playing Lollapalooza, Free show at MacCarren Park Pool (aug 3), Detour Fest and many more:

BLACK LIPS

August
1 Chicago, IL @ Lollapalooza
1 Chicago, IL @ Empty Bottle
3 Brooklyn, NY @ MacCarren Park Pool FREE SHOW 2PM
October - more on this story

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Rock Against Diabetes With A Limited Edition Bumblefoot Cable

PR reports: Ron Thal, a.k.a. Bumblefoot and Spectraflex have joined forces to help fight Diabetes. Spectraflex is proud to present the Bumblefoot Limited Edition Guitar Cable. Designed in conjunction with Ron himself, these cables are being made available for a limited time only.

A portion of all sales of the Bumblefoot Cables will go directly to Rock Against Diabetes. These 25 foot guitar cables feature the Bumblefoot and Abnormal logos and are serialized to ensure authenticity. But when they're gone.....they're gone!

In addition, Spectraflex will contribute a portion of sales of ALL cables purchased between July 23rd, 2008 and September 23rd, 2008 to Rock Against Diabetes - more on this story

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. Darker My Love - 2(artist of the month)

Darker My Love's 2 has completely taken over my car stereo. With waves of sound both tranquil and hard rocking, 2 finds the group fine-tuning their My Bloody Valentine shoegaze vision, this time pointing their ambitions more towards Pink Floyd's mid-70's output. (4.5 stars) - Read the full Darker My Love - 2 review

. The X-Files: I Want To Believe

Ultimately what makes The X-Files: I Want To Believe compelling is Mulder and Scully- the case they are working on is irrelevant in the larger scope of things. Watching these two people be re-born and reexamine their faith is as staggering as a resurrection. - Read the full The X-Files: I Want To Believe review

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