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Tom Ruffino, a longtime Warner Bros. Records executive, died June 25 in Thousand Oaks, Calif., due to complications from kidney disease. He was 70. more
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Lady Gaga Polaroid Added To the MIT Museum

Lady Gaga has a new title: Polaroid's Creative Director. The company kicked the partnership off yesterday when Polaroid presented an exclusive photo of Lady Gaga, Polaroid's Creative Director, to the MIT Museum that will become a part of the Polaroid artifacts at the museum, while naming Bobby Sager as Chairman of the Board for Polaroid.

Lady Gaga's recent appointment as Polaroid's Creative Director is the first of many corporate objectives toward developing the new and exciting products – introducing Polaroid to a new generation.

Yesterday Lady Gaga presided over a product design and development session for future Polaroid products. The session was a milestone in the road to developing Lady Gaga's co-branded Polaroid products that blend fashion, technology and photography. - more on this story

Craig Morgan's New TV Show Debuts This Weekend

Craig Morgan's new show Craig Morgan: All Access Outdoors is set to debut on Outdoor Channel this weekend on July 3rd at 11 am (EST).

Craig's everyday life is an adventure and he allows everyone to come along with him on tour, at home and on his outdoors adventures. Whether he's bungee jumping in New Zealand or playing jokes on his band and crew – you will get an all access pass to enjoy the thrills, suspense and laughs. Ride along as he's motocross racing, feel the rush of screaming fans at sold-out shows or head off into the great outdoors.

Craig's life is high-octane and his schedule is unrelenting…and it's all captured in a cutting-edge visual presentation. This new reality show gives viewers an all access, backstage pass to Craig's travels, as he and his crew pursue big thrills and big laughs worldwide in a quest for the ultimate adventures. - more on this story

League510 Release Free Compilation

How does a free compilation from League510 grab you? Read on for details and the link: As League510 prepare to drop their compilation album, Invasion, Vol. 1,, they've already released a handful of songs from the project to wet the appetites of fans. But as of today, the waiting stops; fans can now get the compilation project free.

The collection of original songs is League510's way to circulate their Town Techno style, new and imaginative to those getting their first taste and a favorite to those who have already become fans of the burgeoning Oakland foursome. Composed of three emcees, TK, Mont, Mr. Knowitall, and one DJ, DJ Blacksmith, League510's talent strikes hard at anyone who listens, with the unconventional lyrical stylings of the emcees and the inventiveness and staple sound of the group's in-house production.

The first track, "MontyGoBay", has a space age melody laced with synthesizer beats and strong lyrics about the League. Full of confidence that shines throughout the project, the song brings about a light-hearted way to invite listeners to their spaced-out world. However, Town Techno isn't always just party music as the song, "Reacquainted" produces a more soulful side; still on those signature synth melodies, the song is more relaxed, talking about lost love and how important it is to never let true love go. League510's many facets include fun and romance, with an ability to easily portray their genuineness to their audience. Elsewhere, in the song "Simple Things" featuring GQ, Ant, and R.O. Tudda, League510 takes the synth melody to accompany their subject about glamour and how it doesn't always equate with happiness. Invading planet Earth with their compilation project today, the Town Techno takeover is upon us. - Download Invasion, Vol. 1 here for free

Dish Ditches Fuse For Another MTV Channel

It looks like fans of Fuse's original programming will have to settle for repeats of stuff from MTV, Vh1 and other MTV related channels if you happen to be a DISH Network subscriber.

Dish announced the addition of Palladia, which they say in the announcement showcases the best in music from the world's most popular artists.

DISH Network customers who subscribe to America's Top 200 and above now receive this upgraded programming in place of Fuse. - more on this story

Pull In Emergency Announce Album and Free Song Download

Pull In Emergency have announce details of their self-titled debut album which will be released this fall. The track "Everything Is The Same" is being offered as a free download.

Produced by Gordon Raphael (The Strokes, Regina Spektor), the album sees Pull In Emergency offer up a debut album oozing human emotion. Full of love, lust, glee and anger, the ten-track collection sees the band move from a jangly indie combo into a grittier, fuzzier proposition, though their collective ear for a catchy melody is still impeccably well tuned.

"At this stage we all agree on the direction we want to follow – it's largely based on 1990s American indie rock but with a bit of Pullinemergency-isation. It's a style that is probably the most fun to play - and see - live and that's a big reason for the change," explains Frankie. - more on this story

Bess Rogers Presents Bess Rogers

Bess Rogers will release a new EP called 'Bess Rogers Presents Bess Rogers,' on September 7th.

Singer/songwriter Rogers, whose sound at times recalls Regina Spektor on speed, Juliana Hatfield, Wilco's 'Yankee Hotel Foxtrot', the GoGos and Patty Griffin, is also a multi-instrumentalist and a fearless tinkerer in the studio, evoking Prince at his impish best.

She is currently on tour with Ingrid Michaelson, and will headline this Fall to coincide with her EP release (see itinerary below.) Rogers' music threads the line between aggression and tenderness, and those extremes give her memorable writing its firm sense of drama and wit. - more on this story

Big Top Idol Finalists

After three days of auditions and much deliberation by judges, the following singers have been chosen as finalists in the first-ever Big Top Idol Competition.

Finalist are: Lori Barningham, Amanda Suga, Danielle Nepstad, Lissa Flemming, Natalia Van Vlack, John Dormady, Hannah Rennicke, Charlene Basina, Lucas Gosser, and Michael Dalzell

The Junior Idol winner is Claudia Burst of Bayfield. Claudia will perform on August 7, before the competition begins. - more on this story

Jamie Tate Releases Song To Help The Troops

Jamie Tate wrote the new anthem "I'll Give My All" to simply to show her support for our troops, but the song has since taken on a much bigger role.

In fact, "I'll Give My All" was chosen to become part of a national campaign to deliver one million free downloads of Jamie's patriotic anthem to our troops stationed around the world.

Every download will result in a donation to the Wounded Warrior Project, the USO of North Carolina and the Military Family Lifestyle Charitable Foundation.
And, Jamie had some very special guests helping her record this special anthem – the 82nd Airborne All-American Chorus. Once the world-renowned group from Fort Bragg heard her song, they offered to lend their services. The result is a stirring tribute to the sacrifice our men and women have made, and continue to make, every single day. -

Jordan McGraw Scores New Deal

Organica Music Group has signed Jordan McGraw. Joining as a primary songwriter to the label's publishing division, McGraw will work with various artists writing and recording songs, as well as scoring films.
Passionate about his craft, Jordan has immediately contributed by co-writing a song to be featured on the upcoming album of breakthrough OMG artist Margo Rey—whose current single "Habit" is currently #1 on the Perfect Beats Dance Charts and continues to rise on the Billboard Charts. The song, whose name has yet to be released, was written together with Margo Rey and highly successful music producer and 5-time Grammy nominee, Michael Blakey.
Jordan McGraw originally hails from Dallas, TX and began playing the piano in the first grade. At the age of 15, Jordan moved to Los Angeles with his family when his father, Dr. Phil McGraw began hosting a daytime talk show. It was at this time when Jordan fell in love with his current instrument of choice, the guitar. In April of 2005, Jordan formed the band "The Upside" and was their lead guitarist and also sang vocals. Following their debut at the legendary ROXY in Hollywood, the quartet played several gigs throughout the Los Angeles area that summer and then the following year under the name of "72." Jordan McGraw currently serves as ambassador to Little Kids Rock Across America—an initiative designed to restore, revitalize and enhance musical programs in schools in 10 cities across the country. In this role, Jordan represents the program at various schools and events. - more on this story

Remix Xzibit and Win

Wanna remix Xzibit? Indaba Music are proud to announce the Xzibit "Hurt Locker" Remix Contest.

Xzibit is providing the track's stems to his new single "Hurt Locker," to Indaba community members with the challenge to remix the song. Fans, fellow artists and producers can now visit this link to remix the track from his upcoming project, MMX, due out later this year.

The Grand Prize winner will attend SKEETOX, which marks the kick off of Los Angeles' Sunset Strip Music Festival on August 25, record on Blue's legendary Bottle mic, featured on SkeeTV and receive a major Monster prize package and much more. - more on this story

Kyle Andrews Releases Song From Holiday Inn Commercial

Kyle Andrews has released a new single, "You Always Make Me Smile," at Amazon and iTunes.

You may have already heard "You Always Make Me Smile" as it has been spreading joy across the country on the "Stay You" Holiday Inn commercial, which has led to a heap of excitement online inquiring how to get the track.

You can grab a free remix of the song here. The inspiration for the danceable, mood-elevating "You Always Make Me Smile" came during a cold, rainy week in Nashville when Kyle and his roommate Neil challenged themselves to "write a song that was so happy, it would entice the sun to shine once again." Four hours later, they finished writing and recording the song, and, sure enough, the sun was shining brightly. - more on this story

The Disco Biscuits Announce New Dates

The Disco Biscuits have announced 15 new shows in addition to their annual 3-day music and arts festival, Camp Bisco, July 15-17, 2010. The ninth installment of one of the country's longest running electronic/rock music festivals will be held at Indian Lookout Country Club, 20 minutes outside of Albany, for the fourth consecutive year and will feature three full nights of The Disco Biscuits along with LCD Soundsystem, Ween, Thievery Corporation and many more of the best acts in the world.

One month after the Camp Bisco, the Biscuits will hit the road for a 15 performance late summer tour that will take the band through much of the United States. Late summer tour support will feature Oakland's MiM0SA at most scheduled dates, in addition to other supporting acts including Papadosio and others to be announced.

The band begins close to home, on August 25, at Dewey Beach, Delaware's Bottle & Cork. After two scorching back-to-back seaside performances in South Carolina this summer, fans of the band know this intimate beach party is not to be missed. - more on this story