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PR reports: Riding the wave of success of their latest album Fantasies, Metric announces that they will hit the road for a fresh round of North American tour dates this fall, beginning on November 16th at Town Ballroom in Buffalo, NY.
Metric stands out amongst a new breed of music acts that opts for a hands-on approach, as opposed to turning to established labels and large management companies to chart their destiny and develop fan relationships.
That success is punctuated by the fact that Metric's debut single, "Help I'm Alive," has officially cracked the Top 20 Alternative charts on US commercial radio (Mediabase.) The single got something of an organic start as it was accidentally leaked online, picked up by The Hype Machine blog and then put on air by Seattle's KNDD last February.
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PR reports: When world-renowned banjoist Bela Fleck (winner of 11 Grammys and nominated in more categories than any other musician in Grammy history) realized that his instrument had lost its musical heritage, he decided to make a pilgrimage to Africa to rediscover the banjo's folk music roots.Overflowing with the incredible music of Fleck and the many celebrated folk musicians who hosted him in Africa, B�LA FLECK: THROW DOWN YOUR HEART follows the banjo virtuoso on a musical adventure that takes him from Uganda to Tanzania and from the Gambia to Mali. As he travels through the continent to research the history of the banjo and record an album with some of Africa's finest musicians�and, in his words, "to make great music"�Fleck discovers the rich and diverse musical traditions of Africa, as well as the warmth and generosity of its people.
Through its stunning location footage, enthusiastic jam sessions, and hauntingly beautiful music, director Sascha Paladino's multi-award-winning B�LA FLECK: THROW DOWN YOUR HEART captures one of the world's greatest musicians demonstrating how music transcends languages, cultures and continents. With an inspirational soundtrack and several prestigious film awards including Best Music Doc from Silverdocs and Audience Awards from SXSW and Vancouver International Film Festival, THROW DOWN YOUR HEART premiered theatrically to the highest national per-screen average earning in its opening weekend. And now you can bring home this treasured film on DVD on November 3, 2009 from Docurama Films.
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PR reports: Rammstein's first single from LIEBE IST F�R ALLE DA, "Pussy" with album track "Rammlied," is available today exclusively via iTunes. The Jonas �kerlund (Madonna, U2, Prodigy) directed video for "Pussy" debuted last week and raised eyebrows world wide as it became the first video from a multi-platinum artist to feature graphic adult content
As the release of Rammstein's first studio album in over four years nears, plans for deluxe physical and digital versions of LIEBE IST F�R ALLE DA (Oct. 20, Universal Music Germany through a marketing and distribution deal with Vagrant Records) have been confirmed.
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Fresno Media reports: New York's evolutionary Metal/Hip Hop/Jazz outfit, Candiria, will host a record release party in celebration their latest effort, Toying With the Insanities, which came out on September 9th. The party will be held in the band's hometown of New York City at Three of Cups (83 1st Ave.) on Oct 1st. The festivities will begin at 9:00 PM.
Fans that attend the record release party will have the chance to hear the first two volumes of Toying With the Insanities, while hanging out with the band and special guests, such as Fuse TV's Mistress Juliya, and superstar DJ JennCity (Suicide City, Super Chix, Ex-Kittie). Limited edition hard copies of 'Volume One' and 'Volume Two' of the four-volume set of rarities and remixes will be available for purchase.
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PR reports: Youth Group are currently touring the U.S. as main support for the reunited Get Up Kids, as they warm up for their own headline tour next month. The band's second return to the States in support of their latest LP, The Night Is Ours, will kick off October 4 in Urbana, Ill. and snake its way through the Midwest and East Coast.
The Syndey-based band's fourth full-length album, The Night Is Ours, is the newest chapter in the band's impressive catalogue of shimmering, melody-driven rock. Produced by Tim Kevin, Anthony The and Youth Group, the album was recorded in a near-derelict 1920s mess hall on Sydney's harbor. Like their previous work, the 10-song collection is replete with chiming guitars, pensive lyrics and strong hooks, all buoyed by frontman Toby Martin's wafting croon.
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PR reports: Coming off a solid summer of touring behind the release of their Virgin Records debut album How To Call A Bluff, pop-rock foursome My Favorite Highway is living up to its own name, enthusiastically taking the scenic route around the country again, by joining "The Cheap Date Tour," with coast-to-coast shows set for late October through early December (full schedule below). My Favorite Highway joins an ace collection of emerging bands for "The Cheap Date Tour," including Forever the Sickest Kids, The Rocket Summer, Sing It Loud, and Artist vs Poet. Young acts Vita and Down With Webster will also be joining selected dates.
Meanwhile, the vibrant, addictively hooky single and video clip "Say So" remains a steady building burner at top 40 radio through this early fall, and the video, shot with witty references to the plot and visuals of the Eighties comedy classic Ferris Bueller's Day Off, is an add on The N and MTVu's fan-driven Freshman video countdown. To date, My Favorite Highway has drawn nearly 7 million song plays on MySpace.com -- with nearly 900,000 for "Say So" alone -- and over 50,000 friends on the social networking site. They also keep close contact with their growing following on Facebook, Twitter and the SayNow personal message network.
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PR reports: Brooklyn-based Terrible Records, formed by Chris Taylor of Grizzly Bear, and Ethan Silverman of Lust Boys, are excited to announce the launch of their label with the release of the first in a series of 7-inches recorded at Terrible Studios, followed by the release of NY quintet Acrylics' debut EP, All of the Fire.The 7-inch features Chris Taylor's first solo release as well as a previously unreleased song by Arthur Russell. CANT, as Taylor has chosen to call his project, offers the aptly-titled "Ghosts." The song is a haunting underwater trip through his familiar sonic territory that is found on each Grizzly Bear release. "Come To Life" is a previously unreleased folk track written and recorded by Arthur Russell in the late '70's. Its origins are a mystery but the beauty of the song shines brightly. Initially intended for inclusion on last years compilation of unreleased folk, pop, and country tunes "Love Is Overtaking Me." The track comes courtesy of Audika Records who will release the digital download of the song on October 13th. The CANT 7-inch release is limited to 1000 copies and will be available at the label's website and select retailers.
The 7-inch series will continue with songs produced by Taylor, recorded at his church-studio in Brooklyn where Taylor produced much of the latest Grizzly Bear record, Veckatimist.
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PR reports: Texas musical gun slingers The Mag Seven ready the release of their fifth album, Cotton Needle Sessions on October 6 through label, End Sounds.
The Mag Seven are "instrumentalists for hire," combining their musical influences of Black Flag and the Descendents to John Coltrane and Ennio Marricone, The Ventures, and Stravinsky, they have managed to produce a sound of their own that includes everything from punk-surf and spaghetti western themes to jazz.
Cotton Needle Sessions is a true instrumental journey. "I want people to enjoy it for what it is and listen to it from start to finish (as was intended). The songs and sequence work together like the soundtrack for a date," explains guitarist and songwriter, Brandon Landelius. "It starts out slow and suggestive and slowly builds tension and finally ends with...you know what...probably in a car somewhere..."
With the album starting off as mainly a jazz collection, with a bit of a surf bend to it, Landelius wanted to do something different with their fifth album. He enlisted the help of close friend, Bill Stevenson, to play drums. Stevenson brought in all of the key elements of a stellar percussionist, expertise that extends far beyond the norm. Bassist, Donivan Blair's playing is also a departure from familiar territory and exhibits an amazing sense for music's inner nature, regardless of the genre. Together, they are a musical tour-de-force and an excellent instrumental ensemble.
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PR reports: Porter's Call, the Franklin, TN organization that offers free counsel, support and encouragement to recording artists and their families, has partnered with the premier celebrity auction website, www.clothesoffourback.org, to host an online celebrity auction September 14th � 30th. The auction's direct link is www.clothesoffourback.org/porterscall.The auction is an effort to sustain the organization's long-term financial health and to continue to offer free services to the community of recording artists. More than 30 music and sports stars, television personalities and best-selling authors have donated several one-of-a-kind, autographed items for this auction.
Some highlights include: - Autographed Guitars from Gene Simmons, Tim McGraw, Brooks & Dunn, and Paramore- Autographed wardrobe items from Alan Jackson, Reba McEntire, Keith Urban, Big Kenny, Michael W. Smith and tobyMac- Concert and meet & greet packages from Casting Crowns, Diamond Rio and Mandisa- Titans and Predators tickets with special passes- Framed autographed handwritten lyrics from Vince Gill and Amy Grant- Autographed books from Mike Huckabee, Steve Harvey and Rick & Bubba- Other autographed items from Jonas Brothers, Kenny Chesney, Carrie Underwood, Billy Bob Thornton, Alison Krauss, Gretchen Wilson, Sara Evans and Josh Turner
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FTW reports: Monty Are I returns to the front line with the appropriately titled new album, Break Through The Silence, scheduled to arrive in the physical and digital marketplace on September 22nd on Island Records.Break Through The Silence is the long-awaited follow-up to Monty Are I's debut album Wall Of People, released August 2006. Their upcoming sophomore release is produced by by Matt Squire (Panic! At The Disco, Boys Like Girls, 3oh3!)and Don Gilmore (Linkin Park, Good Charlotte).
Monty Are I � comprised of Steve Aiello (vocals, lead guitar), Mike Matarese (bass), Andrew Borstein (keyboards,synthesizer, trombone, sequencing), and identical twins Justin (drums) and Ryan Muir (vocals, trumpet, guitar) �arrived at the Island Def Jam Music Group in 2006, with three Vans Warped Tours under their belt. They've toured nonstop with bands including My Chemical Romance, Taking Back Sunday, The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, Saving Abel and more! In addition, Monty Are I's "The Legacy" was also featured in Xbox/PS2 games; ATV, Offroad Fury 4 and Tony Hawk's Project 8.
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PR reports: The second It Came from Brooklyn concert will take place September 25, 2009, at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum with performances by Julian Plenti (aka Paul Banks of Interpol) and I'm In You and readings by authors Rivka Galchen and Hampton Fancher. Comedian Eugene Mirman will serve as the MC for the evening.
It Came from Brooklyn, the new concert series showcasing Brooklyn's emerging and established talents in the fields of music and literature was conceived by coproducers Sam Brumbaugh and Bronwyn Keenan as part of the museum's 50th Anniversary celebrations. The title of the series references Robert Gordon's book It Came from Memphis, which details the birth of rock-n-roll in the 1950s.
"Over the past decade, Brooklyn has emerged as a place of astonishing artistic creativity and interdisciplinary experimentation," said Brumbaugh, "Our aim is to share the spirit of this scene with the museum's audience and beyond, while keeping a local feel for New Yorkers."
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PR reports: The Used have announced the release of The Beginning: The Used Music Video Collection. The limited edition DVD contains the complete archives of The Used's professional music videos, in chronological order. The Beginning will be available only at www.theused.net starting September 22, 2009.
The Used are out now supporting the release of their fourth studio album, Artwork, which is in stores now. After a European run they will return home to begin a nationwide headlining fall tour. The month-long run kicks off October 9th in Las Vegas, NV and runs through November 13th in Seattle, WA. The Almost and Drive A will be supporting.
The first single, "Blood On My Hands" premiered on iTunes with over 5k downloads in the first day, the highest digital debut in the band's history. The video for the song debuted on MySpace and shot directly to the #1 spot, with 200,00 views in the first 24 hours. The Used performed "Blood On My Hands" to a sold out crowd on Jimmy Kimmel Live September 11, 2009.
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PR reports: Mumiy Troll, Russia's biggest rock band, have confirmed today that they will make their network television debut on November 2, 2009 on CBS' Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson.Shortly after performing on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, Mumiy Troll will head down to San Diego to perform at The Casbah as previously scheduled.
The band also confirmed the October 13th release of a digital-only, five-song EP Paradise Ahead which features the band's first English language songs. Tracks include "Paradise Ahead", "Smog", "Me Eskimo (Polar Bear)", "Mothers and Daughters" and "Nuclear Station". The EP will be available to all major online retail outlets to coincide with Mumiy Troll's massive two-month North American tour. Physical copies will be made available to consumers on demand via Amazon.
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PR reports: Super 400 released their fifth studio album, Sweet Fist, September 15th, 2009 on Response Records/Rock Ridge Music. Recorded on tape at the famed Ardent Studios in Memphis, TN, with cover art by Klaus Voormann, the renowned creator of the Beatles' 'Revolver' album cover, this album is the band's most skillful work to date, holding strong to their influences from legends like Jimi Hendrix, Cream, Blind Faith and Zeppelin.
Super 400 takes the classic 'power trio' approach: three instruments taking up the sonic space of an airplane hangar, rocking to the heavens - but their vocal dynamics and spiritual synergy cause the sounds to swell to the bursting point. In the band's first year, Geoff Travis of Trade 2 Records brought them over to London, and they were signed by Island Records. Island planned to herald the return of Rock and Roll with Super 400 as a flagship force in the new millennium. The young band had their first album in the chamber, ready to take on the world. In a twist of fate that would foreshadow an unstable music biz, Polygram Co was soon bought out, folding the hierarchy at Island, but this didn't break the bands bond, only made them stronger.
When asked where the title "Sweet Fist" originated from, bassist Lori Friday says, "The sweet fist is a beautiful moment in imagination, a sincere effort, strength in kindness, truth in a message, this family's assemblage of love and warmth through sound. Recording the record in Memphis allowed us to absorb the grit and fever of the town - the album title revealed itself through the adventures we had there and is a adjective for the sounds we will share with fans."
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Riot Act is still a very crucial record with illuminating lyrics many choose to overlook. However, its also deemed to be the bands least sonically rewarding. Records live inside of you and despite some of their faults; a song like this can appear out of nowhere and just reinvigorate you
- Read the full Pearl Jam Month: Riot Act review
Breckenfeld is a working drummer and instructor in addition to being a regular contributor to Modern Drummer Magazine This book collects more than fifty of the columns that he has written over the past decade. (4 stars)
- Read the full Rock Reads: Off the Record- Inside the Playing of Today's Top Drummers by Ed Breckenfeld review
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