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Joaquin Phoenix Bad Rap Career A Joke But Not A Hoax

Hecklerspray reports: Over recent months, Joaquin Phoenix has retired from acting in the most hapless way possible, grown a dirty great beard, trained to become a rapper with help from Diddy, got Ben Affleck's little brother to follow him around filming it and stumbled off the edge of a stage during his first ever show. You could literally give a million monkeys a million handgrenades and none of them would ever be able to come up with anything that even comes close to approaching the spectacular stupidity of Joaquin Phoenix's rap career.

Which is why rumours are building that it's all a great big fake. A report yesterday claimed that Joaquin Phoenix is only getting up to all these shenanigans because he and Casey Affleck are pulling a big Andy Kaufman-esque art prank on everyone, and the end result will be a spoof documentary lampooning self-important stars and, we guess, the gullibility of the media.

But that's not the case at all, says Joaquin Phoenix's mouthpiece Susan Patricola. Joaquin is definitely a rapper. Definitely. MTV reports: "The transition from one career to another is never seamless. It should come as no surprise to anyone that Joaquin came from a musical family, in addition to winning a Golden Globe for his portrayal of Johnny Cash. He intends on exploring his musical interests despite speculative, negative or positive reactions." - more on this story

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The Prodigy Plan March Invasion

PR reports: The Prodigy have set a new release date of March 3, 2009 for their new offering "Invaders Must Die," but digital fans can get it earlier when it's the subject of a
Worldwide Exclusive iTunes Release on Feb 24th. Here is the PR for the disc:

It's easy to forget that not only have the Prodigy given us some of the greatest hits of the rave era and beyond with 'Outer Space' 'Everybody In the Place', 'Charley Says', 'Firestarter' and 'Smack My Bitch Up', they also gave a face to rave and to the rest of us donated the whole idea of selling a credible, uncompromising dance music album with the personality and punk panache of a rock artist � and sold 16 million albums in the process.

Now, on Invaders Must Die, Liam Howlett, Keith Flint and Maxim all featured on the album, which is the first time since the release of Fat Of The Land in 1997. The result is back to their bone shaking best, a collision of old skool rave noise with the stratospheric limits of new technology. - more on this story

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The Cab Announce North American Tour

Atlantic reports: The Cab has announced a major North American tour schedule, set to keep the Las Vegas-based band on the road through late April.

First up is a series of shows alongside We The Kings, kicking off February 6th at Burlington, Vermont's Higher Ground and then continuing through early March (see attached itinerary). The multi-artist bill will also feature The Maine, VersaEmerge, There For Tomorrow.

The Cab will then be among the line-up traveling the country as part of the second annual Bamboozle Roadshow, sharing the bill with such bands as We The Kings, Forever The Sickest Kids, Mercy Mercedes, and NeverShoutNever! The dates begin on April 5th at Tucson, Arizona's Rialto Theatre and run through an April 30th finale at the Crazy Donkey in Farmingdale, New York. - more on this story

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Psychostick To Release Opus To Food, Email Spam, Bad Directions, Revenge and More

PR reports: Phoenix, Arizona, comedy/metal band Psychostick has finished recording their new album, "Sandwich." Work on the 24-track opus to food, email spam, bad directions, revenge and more food began in August 2008. A May 5, 2009, release (US only) is scheduled via Rock Ridge Music. "Sandwich" is the follow-up album to Psychostick's 2006 release, "We Couldn't Think Of A Title."

Song titles on Sandwich include "Caffeine," "Minimum Rage" and "#1 Radio $ingle." The band also recorded, as per their album fundraiser, "373 Thank Yous." 373 represents the number of fans � who are individually thanked in the song itself � who donated $50 or more to help the band pay for studio time and equipment. "373 Thank Yous" has a run-time of 14:19.

Psychostick gained notoriety in Spring 2007 when their song "Beer is Good.... And Stuff" became a #1 single on XM Radio's Liquid Metal show for seven weeks. - Video blog from the studio

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The Ettes EP

PR reports: Retro beat-punk band The Ettes, currently melting hearts and stages nationwide with their intense, hard-driving sound, are releasing a new EP, DANGER IS!, on April 7 through Take Root Records.

A limited-edition vinyl single of "No Home"/"Lo And Behold," recorded with friend/fan Dan Auerbach of the Black Keys, will be available as well.

The 5-track EP, a follow-up to their recent full-length, Look at Life Again, includes two tracks with Auerbach, one unreleased track from the band's UK Toe Rag sessions with Liam Watson and two unreleased live tracks. You can listen to the single, "Go Home," and check out tour dates on the band's - MySpace page

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Twisted People Needed for Dee Snider's Strangeland Sequel

PR reports: Dee Snider, frontman of heavy metal legends Twisted Sister, is set to begin production on the feature film Strangeland: Disciple later this year, the much-anticipated follow-up to Strangeland (1998), which he wrote and starred in as antagonist Captain Howdy.

His partners in the project, Nehst Studios, have put out an open casting call through http://www.screentest.biz to be a part of the film starring Snider and Robert Englund (Freddie Kruger of the Nightmare On Elm Street series).

"We are conducting a national casting call to find actors and extras to be in the film with Dee," explains Nehst head Larry Meistrich. "This is the best way for people to audition. The goal of this talent search is to give aspiring actors access to participate and work on a really high-profile project." - more on this story

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iCarly The EP

Sony reports: Nickelodeon/Columbia Records will release "About You Now," the five-track debut solo EP from Miranda Cosgrove, star of the top-rated Nickelodeon television series iCarly, on Tuesday, February 3, 2009.

Available exclusively on iTunes, "About You Now" includes the original and "Spider remix" version of Miranda's single, "About You Now," as well as the "Spider remix" of "Stay My Baby," one of Miranda's key tracks from iCarly - Music from and Inspired by the Hit TV Show.

As an added bonus, the "About You Now" EP premieres the songs "FYI" and "Party Girl," providing listeners with a first taste of new music from Miranda's forthcoming debut solo album. - Her mySpace page

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Manufacturing The Band 4 Premiere Set

MTV reports: "Making The Band 4" picks right back up where it ended, with Danity Kane shattered and Day 26 determined to not suffer the same fate. The extended season premieres on February 12th, at 9:00PM (ET/PT) and the new episodes will kick off with the viewers getting a look at what's in store for the future of Danity Kane, Day26 and Donnie Klang. On Wednesday, February 5th at 9:00PM (ET/PT) "Damaged: A Making The Band Special" recaps the last season with commentary from the people who lived through the turbulent third season.

In season 3 of "Making the Band 4" Diddy's heated relationship with Aubrey was brought to a head, ultimately leading to the decision that Danity Kane needed to move on without Aubrey. The stormy season finale also featured the emotional exit of D. Woods. Now that the destiny of Danity Kane is uncertain, Diddy will have to work his magic once again to put the pieces back together.

With the fate of Danity Kane up in the air, the new installments will focus on the guys of Bad Boy Entertainment � Day26. The guys are determined to not follow in the tainted footsteps of their label mates and will work tirelessly to ensure a successful future for the group as they work on their sophomore album. But will the explosive personalities of certain group members make taking their careers to the next level difficult? - more on this story

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Shadowside Dare to Dream

PR reports: Brazilian metallers Shadowside have just unveiled Dare to Dream cover artwork and tracklist, the band's forthcoming album.

The cover was designed by Brazilian artist Jobert Mellow who had previously worked with the band on the American edition of the successful debut album Theatre of Shadows (2007) and is also known for works with Sabaton, Grave Digger, Heavenwood, Stuck Mojo, Iron Fire and others.

Dare to Dream was produced and mixed by Dave Schiffman (System of a Down, Audioslave, Avenged Sevenfold) at LCM Studio in Sao Paulo, Brazil and mastered by Howie Weinberg (Aerosmith, Iron Maiden, Metallica, Pantera and several others) at Masterdisk Studio in New York. - more on this story

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. On The Record: Franz Ferdinand - Tonight (2-disc vinyl)

Nothing too surprising happens over the course of the first half of Tonight, which in the case of this 2-disc vinyl package means both sides of disc one. That doesn't mean there's nothing good going on---there is---it's just fairly typical Franz Ferdinand. - Read the full Franz Ferdinand - Tonight (2-disc vinyl) review

. Bruce Springsteen Month: Bruce Live

Concerts are distinctive experiences unlike any other artistic performance- it is where art literally comes to life. It's the only art form where the reactions of a crowd can make or break the experience and actually change it. - Read the full Bruce Springsteen Month: Bruce Live review

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