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Lady Gaga Announces Tour

PR reports: Lady Gaga today announced plans for her next North American tour, entitled "The Monster Ball." The tour will begin on November 27 in Montreal, and will wind up on January 21, 2010 in Gaga's hometown, New York City. Kid Cudi will be the supporting act for the entire tour.

Says Lady Gaga, "The Haus of Gaga had been designing 'The Monster Ball' for premiere in 2010 at the O2 Arena in London, but due to diligent work and preparation, 'The Monster Ball' will begin on November 27 in Montreal. 'The Monster Ball' is a multimedia artistic experience in the style of the first-ever 'pop electro opera.'"

Lady Gaga will release a re-package of her breakthrough album, The Fame, called The Fame Monster, earlier that week, on November 23. The re-package will include eight brand new songs, including the club-banging first single "Bad Romance." Continues Lady Gaga, "A message to all my little monsters: The Fame Monster will come out four days before the first live show. You have exactly 96 hours to learn all of the lyrics so you can sing along. Dress accordingly." - more on this story

A-ha Take On Retirement

BBC reports: Pop group A-ha have announced they are to call it a day, just months after scoring a top 10 album in the UK.

"We've literally lived the ultimate boy's adventure tale," the group said in a statement. The trio added that the split would allow them to pursue "other meaningful aspects of life, be it humanitarian work, politics, or whatever else."

The group have announced they will mount a farewell tour before disbanding. Only the final date, in Oslo on 4 December 2010, has so far been confirmed. - more on this story

Twilight New Moon Out Today

reports: Responding to unprecedented popular demand, Summit Entertainment, Chop Shop Records and Atlantic Records will release "The Twilight Saga: New Moon – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack" in stores and online today, Friday, October 16th.

By far the most anticipated soundtrack of the year, digital files from the album became available on the Internet this past weekend. In response to the overwhelming demand, the compilation will now be released four days earlier than scheduled. The Twilight Saga: New Moon is slated to open in theatres nationwide on November 20th.

The musical companion to the highly anticipated second installment in Summit's film franchise features new tracks from some of modern music's most gifted and admired artists, including Thom Yorke, The Killers, and Death Cab for Cutie, who contributed the album's first single, "Meet Me On the Equinox." The track is currently #15 at Modern Rock radio, while its companion video – directed by Walter Robot, a.k.a. the team of multimedia artist Bill Barminski and writer Christopher Louie (Gnarls Barkley, Modest Mouse, Cute Is What We Aim For) – recently premiered on MTV. - more on this story

Ben Frost Goes Soph

PR reports: Heralded by Resident Advisor as "awe inspiring...the most visceral show of the festival," following his performance at Sonar 2009 festival in Spain, Ben Frost has captured the public imagination and seized critical attention. One of a new breed of composers willfully crossing genres, Frost continues to defy classification with his second full length BY THE THROAT released October 20 on Bedroom Community.

Frost took the spotlight in 2007 with his critically acclaimed LP Theory of Machines. Wire Magazine called it "simply awesome—this is Arvo Pärt as arranged by Trent Reznor," and the BBC's Mary Anne Hobbs called it "arresting and exquisite" including the title cut on her acclaimed Evangeline compilation. Taste-making European music retailer Boomkat named Frost "one of the most interesting and groundbreaking producers in the world today" and even went so far as to call Theory of Machines "the future of electronic music."

Three years later, Frost returns with BY THE THROAT. Produced in Iceland by Frost and Valgeir Sigurðsson (Björk, Coco Rosie, Bonnie "Prince" Billy), the album also features performances by Amiina, The Arcade Fire's Jeremy Gara, Swedish metal outfit Crowpath and composer Nico Muhly. - more on this story

Diamond District Releases Pre-Album Mixtape

PR reports: Gearing up for their October 27th release of In The Ruff, DMV's Diamond District is leaking a twelve-track mixtape compiled by DJ Buddy. Featuring four songs from the upcoming album along with a mix of each of the group member's solo work, these tracks all come together to comprise the Diamond Exchange Mixtape with all of the tracks laced together seamlessly with cuts and transitions courtesy of DJ Buddy, who states, "I mulled it over with my mom and we decided Diamond District is the definitive hip-hop group of today."

Returning the compliment, group producer/emcee, Oddisee, speaks highly of DJ Buddy and his involvement in putting the mixtape together, saying, "DJ buddy is great and in all honesty this mixtape is all him. He's an actually fan and supporter of our music and movement. The mixtape was actually DJ Buddy's idea and he presented the idea to us. We're fans of a lot of his remixes, so it was in honor to be included in his series." Each of the tracks throws the spotlight onto one of the group's members, letting them each showcase their talent, including the track "In the Jungle," which features a purely instrumental performance by Oddisee.

Although a pre-album mixtape, don't let it throw you that a handful of these songs are not on the album – not one of them lacks in the high quality production or deft lyrics that the group has become known for. - Get the Mixtape here and grab the first 2 singles now at iTunes

Ray Wylie Hubbard Sets Release

PR reports: Ray Wylie Hubbard will release A. Enlightenment B. Endarkenment (Hint: There is no C) on January 12, 2010 on Bordello Records with marketing and distribution provided by Thirty Tigers/RED.

The album was produced by Hubbard with help from George Reiff. With a keen eye for observation and a wise man's knowledge, Ray Wylie Hubbard composes and performs a dozen songs that couldn't spring from anywhere else but out of his fertile rock and roll bluesy poet-in-the-blistering-heat southern noggin. "I like to look at both enlightenment and endarkenment," he declares. "I feel comfortable observing each." A. Enlightenment
B. Endarkment demonstrates the kind of talent that every great songwriter yearns for. Throughout the album, his focus remains on the song- constructing and performing stories set to music that resonate in a way that is completely his own.

Hubbard recruits an ensemble of accomplished musicians to make the album's larger than life outlaw tunes echo from track to track. Among the musicians featured on the album are Kevin Russell (The Gourds), Gurf Morlix (Lucinda Williams, Robert Earl Keen), Bukka Allen (Ian Moore, Jack Ingram), Ray Bonneville (B.B. King, JJ Cale, Muddy Waters), Seth James (Percy Sledge, Delbert McClinton), David Abeyta (Reckless Kelly) and The Trishas as well as his own son, Lucas Hubbard. - more on this story

Maps Remixed

Mute reports: Maps, aka James Chapman, will release his new album, "Turning The Mind" via Mute on October 20th 2009. Maps also announced details of the release of their next single, "Die Happy, Die Smiling," which will be released on January 12th, 2010 on Mute.

The digital-only single includes remixes from Maxine Dangles, Mute label-mates A Place To Bury Strangers and Subscape.

"I'm really happy with the remixes," commented James Chapman, aka Maps. "Maxime Dangles has done an amazing disco-killer of a mix, and also A Place To Bury Strangers have produced something truly special. Everything about the new record and "Die Happy, Die Smiling" is much harder, purely electronic, the way things should be." - more on this story

Cold Flamez Video Is Revenge of the Nerds meets Animal House

Audible Treats reports: For some college kids, with the arrival of fall come fraternity initiations. Eastside Long Beach rappers Cold Flamez invite you to witness their initiation to the Delta Psi Omega Fraternity, headed by Pledge Master DJ Skee.

What begins as a sketchy introduction turns into a raucous house party with a 4:1 girl to guy ratio. Scene after scene, cameras cut away to shots of cutesy party-starters threatening enough to make Cold Flamez claim, "Girl, you nasty." While emcees D-Real, his little brother Mic 3rd, and emcee/producer Dash share tales of their conquests, DJ Skee sizes them up, assessing if they're ready to join the brotherhood. Keeping in line with the song's light-hearted feel that comes from Dash's catchy bass-heavy production, the video retains a fun demeanor while maintaining the edge Skee.TV always brings to the table.

If you've ever wondered what a house party in one of hip-hop's highly heralded cities would be like, Cold Flamez invites you to join their take on Revenge of the Nerds meets Animal House, complete with the energy and grit that only Eastside Long Beach could bring. - Check out the video here

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