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conqueroo reports: Rain on the City is Freedy Johnston's first album of new originals in eight years. Recorded in Nashville with producer Richard McLaurin, it's one of the best song collections of Freedy's career, featuring a diverse array of rockers, heartbreaking twang, even hints of blue-eyed soul and bossa nova. The album will be released on Bar None on January 12, 2009.
Producer McLaurin (Justin Townes Earle, Allison Moorer, Slaid Cleaves, Matthew Ryan) has framed Freedy's voice with sympathetic arrangements, like the title track "Rain on the City," whose slashing strings and keyboard washes sound like so much precipitation in an Edward Hopper cityscape. There is radio-friendly fare, such as the epic "Don't Fall in Love With a Lonely Girl." and the Buddy Holly-style rave-up "It's Gonna Come Back to You." There are also fine vocal performances accompanying the acoustic majesty of "Venus" and the country-rocker "Rio Grande," where a full-throated Freedy confidently roars over some overdriven guitar pickin'.
Where has Freedy Johnston been wandering in the years prior to making this album? Some folks lost track of him after his 1994 hit "Bad Reputation" and his last Elektra album, 2001's Right Between the Promises. He has moved around, living in NYC, Austin, Kansas, Madison and Nashville. "It takes a while to re-adjust one's priorities and get back on track after working with the big budget that the majors give you," muses our hero. "I went through issues with the IRS, had a relationship go south and a touring vehicle grind to a halt but through it all I never gave up writing and gigging whenever possible."
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PR reports: Uncle Kracker is joining Kid Rock's Chillin' the Most Cruise! As you may already know, Kid Rock and Uncle Kracker have been friends for a very long time, collaborating on projects, and making waves (pun intended) in Detroit Rock City. Now they'll bring that awesome energy out to sea and make it a real Detroit party! On September 15, Uncle Kracker released his latest album, Happy Hour; featuring the smash single, "Smile." You're sure to hear some of the new hits alongside some old favorites on the cruise!Joining the riot on the water are Jonathan Tyler and the Northern Lights, a blues-rock outfit hailing from Dallas, Texas. Tyler and the band have stirred up excitement in the music industry in just a short time, and recently signed to Atlantic Records. They performed at Austin City Limits music festival, and will also be joining Sixthman on Lynyrd Skynyrd's Simple Man Cruise 2010.
We'll also be turning it up with DJ Mark EP, who has been part of Kid Rock's Top Dog extended family for the past 15 years. He started doing parties in the 90's playing a combination of hip-hop, rock, Motown, soul, and everything in between.
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PR reports: Oh No Not Stereo are joining Hit The Lights on tour this fall, taking their high-energy live show coast to coast. The four-piece will be jumping on the remainder of the Manatour�which also features There For Tomorrow, Fireworks, Vinnie Caruana and Sparks The Rescue�beginning this Saturday in Anaheim, CA.
Having self-released their third album "003" in March, Oh No Not Stereo are putting up their entire catalog for free download via their website until the tour's end.
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antiMusic reports: The Prodigy are rereleasing the recently released Invaders Must Die in a Special Edition 3 disc set (2 x CD / 1 x DVD) on November 9th. Here is the info their PR peeps sent over: There can be no doubt that this year belongs to the Prodigy. They're back, getting in the world's face and doing what they do best: they've proved themselves as the last gang in town all over again, selling over a million copies of new album 'Invaders Must Die' and playing a string of devastating live shows across the world that turn any gig into a festival and any festival into an snarling, pogoing orgy of full on rave power. Three men standing completely at the top of their game.So with the world at their feet, the bar has been set pretty high to make this three disc special edition of 'Invaders Must Die' a memorable end to a very special year� Featuring heavyweight underground rhythm tracks from Liam Howlett's now scarce and much talked about Lost Beats EP, new mixes from Liam Howlett, Yuksek and Bang Gang as well as collecting the cream of the album's remixes to date including radical dancefloor reworkings from Josh Homme, Sub Focus, Chase & Status, Benga, Herve and Rusko, as well as live versions of tracks, videos and live footage plus a 48 page tour booklet.
The album will also include Invaders Must Die (Liam H Re-amped version) and as a mark of respect to their fans this track will be available to download for free from www.theprodigy.com from Wednesday 21st October for 7 days and will then get a full release on November 30th.
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PR reports: Nashville based hard rockers Day Of Fire's latest release, Losing All, is set to hit stores on January 26th 2010. The album features 13 ambitious, high energy rock songs, including the first single, "Lately." The song was the # 2 Most Added at Active Rock Radio this week and the band has an interview confirmed with HARD DRIVE set to air November 14th (airs on 125 stations nationally).
The Grammy nominated band has sold over 150,000 albums and performed for over 750,000 devoted fans worldwide. They have previously toured with Saliva, Cold, Rev Theory, Collective Soul, and recently hit the road with Daughtry, who also co-wrote three tracks on the new album.
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PR reports: Glorious Day, the full-length debut CD from Over Mountain Men, will be released in early 2010 in Ramseur Records. The Over Mountain Men is comprised of Bob Crawford, bass player for The Avett Brothers; the Charlotte-based singer/songwriter, David Childers; guitarist Randy Saxon and drummer/percussionist Robert Childers, both formerly of David Childers and The Modern Don Juans.
The CD features nine original songs. All songs on the CD were written by Crawford, Childers, Saxon and Childers. The CD includes the song "Angola," which is featured in the award-winning documentary "Six Seconds of Freedom," an indie film about the famous prison rodeo at Angola Prison. A video with footage from the film is currently on YouTube.
The songs were recorded primarily at Old House Studios, Gastonia, NC. Additional songs were recorded at The Grange, Greenville, NC, and the Milestone Club, in Charlotte, NC. The recordings feature a slew of guest players including: Scott Daley, piano; Geoffrey White, fiddle; Andy The Doorbum, vocals, guitar; Charlie Lybrand, baritone trumpet; John Boswell, back up vocals; Matt Ranck, back up vocals and guitar; Joe Kwon, cello; Ingrid Stenzel, accordion; Will Kitchen, drums; and Eric Mullis, xylophone.
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PR reports: John Q Public are an established punk rock band based in the Welsh capitol of Cardiff. Having played together for seven years under the guise of 'May Contain Nuts', the band decided that 'May Contain Nuts' had gone as far as it was ever going to, and in January of 2009 they announced their name change to 'John Q Public'.Since that cold January morn, the band have gone from strength to strength, performing at various festivals around the UK, and sharing the stage with such great names as The King Blues, Sonic Boom 6, Sham 69, Mike Park and many others. John Q Public have received a fantastic response from audiences and promoters around the UK and have received rave reviews wherever they go.
Of course, regardless of the great response the band are receiving as John Q Public, they have not forgotten their roots as May Contain Nuts, and neither have their fans. It is for this reason that John Q Public have decided to re-release May Contain Nuts' last release, "Land Ho!" along with two bonus tracks taken from their new album to be released in the Summer of 2010. Land Ho! (Deluxe Edition) is a final goodbye to May Contain Nuts and a taste of things to come from John Q Public!
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PR reports: Vandaveer announces US tour dates (including the west coast) for November 2009 supporting the new album, Divide & Conquer released through Supply and Demand Music on August 25, 2009. Hailing from Washington DC, Vandaveer is the alt-folk project put forth by Mark Charles Heidinger and is accompanied by Rose Guerin on vocals. You may recognize Heidinger's name as he is a part-time member of These United Sates.
After releasing Divide & Conquer, Vandaveer toured the east coast and midwest and is just returning from Europe, which included dates with Joseph Arthur in France.
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PR reports: Derelict have announced more tour dates in support of their new album "Unspoken Words", which was released earlier this year by Year of the Sun Records. The band will round out the year playing shows with The Last Felony, Revocation, and Starring Janet Leigh.
"Things have been progressing quickly for us and it's all thanks to the crazy fans across Canada. The more we try to crush them with our music the more they eat it up, so we're going to keep up the pace and hope even more people jump on the bandwagon," says Derelict frontman Eric Burnet. "Playing with The Last Felony and Revocation in Montreal at the end of November, and then Starring Janet Leigh and numerous others in Woodstock in December will be an amazing way to end 2009!"
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Before you enter the stadium, the event staff is buzzing - Have you seen it yet? Its massive. Fans line up to take photos in front of it as if it were Mount Rushmore or a dead celebrity. It stretches half the length and reaches the ceiling of University of Phoenix Stadium
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