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Close to 200 Acts Booked for AthFest

PR reports: AthFest is the annual arts and music festival held each June in historic downtown Athens, GA, a town long renowned for its thriving music scene. Close to 200 bands and artists will perform over the course of the festival, which will be held June 25-28, 2009. Performances on the three outdoor stages are open to all ages and are free of charge to the public.

The "headlining" artists on the outdoor main stage include: Black Lips, Dead Confederate, Patterson Hood & The Screwtopians, Randall Bramblett Band and Dreams So Real.

Additional performers include Nappy Roots, Venice Is Sinking, Don Chambers + GOAT, Jason Ringenberg, Bloodkin, The Corduroy Road, Dave Barbe & The Quick Hooks, Grogus, Liz Durrett, Gabriel Kelley & the Reins, Pam Blanchard & The Sunny Side Up Band, and more! - more on this story

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Todd Snider's Excitement Plan Includes Nervous Wrecks Reunion

Shorefire reports: Todd Snider is currently touring and performing songs from 'The Excitement Plan' (out June 9th, Yep Roc), a touching personal album about luck and appreciating what one has.

The tour will hit major festivals including Bumbershoot and Bonnaroo in addition to an almost sold out night at NYC's Bowery Ballroom June 11th.

Snider will also reunite with the original Nervous Wrecks, his band from the 1990s, for Todd Snider's Nervous Wrextacular, a special show in Memphis on June 18th. David Zollo, Tommy Womack and Will Kimbrough will open. - more on this story

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Monkee Peter Tork Not Letting Cancer Stop Him From Performing

PR reports: Peter Tork, 67, (The Monkees, actor, advice columnist, Two Man Band with singer/songwriter James Lee Stanley) is touring with his rock-blues band, Shoe Suede Blues ("Saved By The Blues", "Cambria Hotel") this spring and summer, despite extensive surgery in early March 2009 to remove a cancerous tumor from the lower part of his tongue. After announcing he had a rare form of cancer known as Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma, former teen idol Tork had surgery in New York where the tumor was successfully and completely removed, although his surgeon had to take his jaw apart in order to remove it. Two weeks after the operation, jaw once again intact, he was leading a film crew from "Inside Edition" around his farm, and talking openly about this newest challenge in his life.

After physical therapy to help his speech pattern return to normal, he will begin radiation therapy in June for a duration of six weeks. In the meantime, his next performance with Shoe Suede Blues will be May 29th in Storrs, Conn., at his alma mater, E.O. Smith High School. Following that he will appear with the band in Manchester, Conn., June 6th at the Pride of Manchester Kick Off Concert. (Full tour schedule listed below)

Tork remains cheerful about his health and prognosis, both of which have been given positive notes by his doctors and insists that despite the challenge and uncertainties, his outlook is good. While admitting "I had a bad moment or two upon being told (the diagnosis)" he soon bounced back. - more on this story

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Destroy Destroy Destroy Myspace

Black Market Activities reports: Nashville natives Destroy Destroy Destroy will exclusively premiere their new music video for "The Wretched Forest" today on MySpace Music.

The video for "The Wretched Forest," directed/produced by Steve Stemac and edited by Ryan Kendrick of Digital Bohemia, transcends historical time periods, taking us back to when quests for the Holy Grail and slaying dragons were more than mere legend spoken by elders.

"The Wretched Forest," from Dx3's recent Black Market Activities release "Battle Sluts," is in itself a perilous quest to revive the artistic premise on which creative music videos once began, with its 6 mm style film and fantasy-based story line.

Prepare to immerse yourself in a legend of honor, integrity and heroic valor before the video premiers on Tuesday by checking out songs from the band's release "Battle Sluts" on its - MySpace page

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Cleveland Indians Shakedown

PR reports: Cleveland-bred electro-rockers This Is A Shakedown! are holding it down for their hometown at an upcoming Cleveland Indians game. On Friday, May 29, the Indians will take on the New York Yankees, and TIAS! will be there to root them on with a special performance!

During the 7th inning stretch, the band will lead the Cleveland crowd in a sing-along of "Take Me Out To The Ballgame." This Is A Shakedown! will perform the classic tune from the "party deck" of the arena.

On Thursday, May 28, This Is A Shakedown! will celebrate the release of their debut album Love Kills (May 5 - Reversed Image, Unlimited) at the Beachland Ballroom in Cleveland, OH. Joining them will be special guests Terry Urban, The Kick Drums, DJ Kosher Kuts, and Chip Tha Ripper. You can view the TV commercial spot on - YouTube

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Value Packed Iron Monkey

Earache reports: Iron Monkey and Our Problem, the first two albums from UK aggro-doomsters Iron Monkey have been reissued together in one value-packed set, which is out now in Europe.

The band's 1997 self-titled debut album Iron Monkey and their 1998 sludgefest follow-up Our Problem have been long out-of-print until now, and now you can get both albums together for the price of just one regular CD.

The pack features the two classic albums, which were produced by legendary metal producer Andy Sneap (Megadeth, Testament, Machine Head, Cradle Of Filth, Exodus, Nevermore) and contains a total of 18 tracks, including 4 bonus tracks, featuring 3 songs from the much-sought-after We've Learned Nothing split with Church Of Misery, plus a cover of Black Sabbath's "Cornucopia". Also included are liner notes written by original guitarist Steve Watson, including unpublished photos from his personal archive. All of this comes housed in a smart slipcase sleeve. - more on this story

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Cathedral Debut Revisited as DualDisc Reissue

Earache reports: Forest Of Equilibrium, the classic debut album from British doom metal legends Cathedral has been reissued on DualDisc and is out now in Europe.

Cathedral's doom opus debut, Forest Of Equilibrium shocked the scene with its tortured sound upon its release in 1991. The reissue comes on a DualDisc, featuring the album - which has been remastered specially for this release - on one side, and a DVD on the other side.

The DVD side features a brand new 40 minute documentary titled "Return To The Forest", with key early band members, including longstanding core duo Lee Dorrian and Garry Jennings, discussing the formation of the band and the recording of the album, plus an interview with famed cover artist Dave Patchett. - more on this story

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Music City July 4th: Let Freedom Sing

Webster and Assoc reports: Nashville will once again celebrate July 4th like only the Music City can, with great music and one of the nation's best fireworks displays! Country music superstar Wynonna will headline the 25th anniversary of the "Music City July 4th: Let Freedom Sing!" celebration in Riverfront Park.

The show line-up will also include The Gabe Dixon Band, the Grammy-winning Nashville Symphony Orchestra (NSO) and Nashville actor Barry Scott. The world-renowned Fisk Jubilee Singers will perform the national anthem.

"Singing with the Nashville Symphony Orchestra? My favorite. Being in Nashville for the July 4th weekend with my family to celebrate the South's largest fireworks display? Even better. Using my gift to encourage and inspire others during this tough economic time? My purpose. This event is the total package for me and I'm going to sing it like nobody's business," said Wynonna. - more on this story

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Double Susperia Reissues

MMP reports: Metal Mind Productions presents one of Norway's most acclaimed metal acts � Susperia. The band emerged on the scene in the year 2000, bringing a powerful mixture of black and thrash metal, which instantly won the hearts of thousands of metalheads worldwide. In the following years the band's style has developed and improved - their music became a true melting pot of various genres, connected together with the same heaviness that Susperia delivered from the very beginning. These exclusive re-releases of the group's first two albums � "Predominance" and "Vindication" � showcase the birth of this talented metal acts.

Metal Mind Productions will re-release both albums on 6th July in Europe and 11th August in USA (via MVD). New 2CD digipak edition includes 5 bonus tracks and is limited to numbered 1000 copies. Digitally remastered using 24-Bit process on a golden disc.

Susperia's origins go way back to 1998, when drummer Tjodalv (Dimmu Borgir) and guitarist Cyrus (Satyricon, Old Man's Child) used to jam regularly, developing ideas for what soon was to become a brand new musical project. The newly found group was named Seven Sins and soon the search for the remaining members began. Luckily, Tjodalv bumped into vocalist Athera at 1999's Wacken Festival and handed him a CD with a bunch of song ideas written with Cyrus. Athera loved the material and decided to join the project, bringing along two musicians from his own band � bassist Memnock and guitarist Elvorn. The freshly formed line-up entered Pitfire Studios in Oslo and recorded a 5-track demo � "Illusion of Evil". The demo caused quite a commotion on Norway's metal scene, resulting in a bidding war between several labels. Eventually, Susperia decided to join the Nuclear Blast family, finalizing their deal in early 2000. - more on this story

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. Under Their Thumb (Rolling Stones Book)

Bill German gave his heart, body, mind, soul, bank account and adolescence to the Rolling Stones and finally, he has something to point to which represents nearly twenty-years of his life in the form of a memoir (4 stars) - Read the full Under Their Thumb: How a Nice Boy from Brooklyn Got Mixed Up with the Rolling Stones (and Lived to Tell About It review

. A Storm of Light Interview

Few bands boast a pedigree quite like Brooklyn, New York's A Storm of Light. (the band has featured members of Unsane, Red Sparowes, Tombs and Neurosis) Mark sat down with the visionary Josh Graham and talked about influence, innovation, and integrity. - Read the full A Storm of Light Interview

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