Doherty Avoids Jail Again

Normally, if you are out of bail and get arrested, you'll find yourself behind bars for violating said bail conditions. Not if you're Pete Doherty. Police screwed up and didn't produce Doherty in court within 24 hours to face the bail violation charges. So those charges have been dropped. 

Perhaps he signed a deal with the devil to get out of all of his numerous drug busts, or UK courts view drug laws like US officials view immigration laws, inconveniences to be ignored? Police issued a statement about this latest screw up. "Senior officers from Tower Hamlets are currently reviewing processes to establish why Mr Doherty was unable to be brought before the court within the 24-hour time frame.

"It would be inappropriate to go into any further detail until the MPS is absolutely clear about the exact sequence of events." - Read about why he was out on bail in the first place.

Patti Scialfa Sets Release and TV Blitz

Patti Scialfa will make a series of rare live TV appearances the week of her album launch including both "The Today Show" (NBC-TV) and the "Late Show with David Letterman" (CBS-TV) on Tuesday, September 4 as well as "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" (NBC-TV) and "The View" (ABC-TV) on Thursday, September 6. Patti will also be performing her new song "Looking For Elvis" on the ABC-TV Special Elvis: Viva Las Vegas, airing September 18th. (Please check your local listings).

"Play It As It Lays" premieres 10 new songs, written and performed by Patti Scialfa, showcasing the artist's soulful command of melody and language in a series of expressive and intimate musical narratives incorporating elements of roots rock, folk, country, street corner doo-wop, girl groups and more into a sound and sensibility uniquely her own.- more on this story

Pietasters Return

The band releases All Day in Japan on August 24, 2007 on Ska in the World/Disk Union. The album's Japanese release will feature three bonus tracks, including a cover of Teenage Fanclub's "The Concept." Despite 2 previous album releases in Japan (Willis in 1997 and Awesome Mix Tape #6 in 1999, both on Hellcat/Epitaph), The Pietasters will make their tour debut in The Land of the Rising Sun this fall 2007. Also this fall, the band will tour throughout Europe in support of the album's UK/European release. Look for the band's video "Don't Wanna Know" to be available soon.

In the meantime, The Pietasters bring their high energy live show, and their new material, to venues coast to coast this summer.- more on this story

Chuck Ragan Between the Lines

The song "Between the Lines" came to fruition after Ragan met with directors Ty Ponder and Scott Bass through a mutual friend. Following a day-long surf trip and a briefing on the film, Ragan took books of transcribed interviews home, and days later delivered a song interpreting the Vietnam War and its effects on two men's lives, thoughts and balances; the natural born fighter and the natural born peace maker. 

"For me I believe the most important part of seeing this film and having the opportunity to write a song for it, was the learning," says Ragan.- more on this story including dates

Adam Franklin Tour Plans

This week, in support of his recently released solo debut, Franklin launches a short East Coast tour for the end of August with Hopewell as support. The singer/guitarist will commence a nationwide tour in October- more on this story

Skate Rockers McRad Reunite

FDR, named after the famous Philadelphia skate park, is due out on September 4 on Uprising Records and is the first new material from McRad in over twenty years and it picks up right where the band previously left off. Much has changed in the world since McRad first formed from the internet to iPods to plasma TV's but McRad still plays the same brand of skate punk that has earned them place on the soundtrack to skateboarding's history. 

Formed in 1982, shortly after Treece earned his first skate sponsorship, McRad has had music featured in skate video staples such as Public Domain, Ban This, and Propaganda. Unfortunately, McRad would only last one album. In 1990, Chuck Treece would leave skate boarding to record his lone solo project Dream'n for Caroline Records. This album helped to open the door for Treece to venture into the world of studio work for the likes of Sting, Amy Grant, and The Goats among others.
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Grand Ole Party Supporting Rilo Kiley

They recorded their debut album, Humanimals, in March 2007 with Blake Sennet (Rilo Kiley, The Elected) over a five-day stretch of live recording, which perfectly captured the stripped-down power that embodies the Grand Ole Party sound. 

Humanimals will be released September 4 exclusively on iTunes with bonus track "Shot In The Alley," but the band will also be selling CDs at their upcoming shows opening for Rilo Kiley.- more on this story

Till We Die Join PM5K Tour

But despite this being the group's debut album, TILL WE DIE is already an experienced live act, having played with RA, LACUNA COIL, STAIND, TANTRIC, SEVENDUST, and DROWNING POOL. The group welcomes the opportunity to open for POWERMAN 5000, a group they have played with previously.

"This will be our fourth national tour and I can't express how excited I am to be playing a support role for a band like POWERMAN 5000," gushes TILL WE DIE guitarist Joe Demarco. "That band has done it all and we are so excited to be a part of this tour. We will be playing in some new markets which we have been dying to play as well returning to some cities that have been supporting us since the beginning."- more on this story

Slightly Stoopid Fall Tour

Currently, Slightly Stoopid is co-headlining the high profile 20+ date Summer Haze Tour with G. Love & Special Sauce and Ozomatli. The tour is selling out 4,000 – 8,500 seat amphitheatres across the country including the Pacific Amphitheatre in Orange County, Ca., Red Rocks in Denver and the Santa Barbara Bowl among others. 

A new headlining fall tour has just been confirmed with more dates expected to be added shortly.- more on this story

New Travis Mitchell Band CD in September

Earlier this year, the band headed down to Gautier, Mississippi to record "Waiting On Tomorrow," their sophomore record, with Grammy-nominated artist Chris Henderson of the rock band 3 Doors Down. 

The album, which Mitchell says is a "Nashville/Texas country mix," was completed in a rather hectic 22 days of pre-production, writing and recording. "I feel like this is the first time I've found my voice and my sound," says Mitchell. And that sound is quite versatile, as evidenced by the mix of honky-tonk, ballads, and rock-infused alt-country peppering the new album.- more on this story

White Shoes and the Couples Company Get US Release

Not that a few people in the U.S. haven't already taken notice; White Shoes was named one of the Top 25 Bands on MySpace by Rolling Stone and One of the Most Crushworthy Bands of 2006 by AllMusic.com. Their self-titled debut is due out on Minty Fresh as a digital release on September 25th and on CD in October. 

Hailing from Indonesia, this sextet makes pop songs that you'd be excused for thinking had come straight off the soundtrack of Katamari Damacy, or a tender Sonny Chiba movie.- more on this story

MTV Get Real

As part of this alliance, MTV Networks and Real are forming a new company, Rhapsody America, whose offering will be the exclusive digital music service for Real and for MTV Networks' premier music and pop culture brands in the United States. Both partners will bring complementary strengths, including MTV Network's storied history in music programming, unparalleled connection with music fans, and youth marketing prowess, with Real's innovative technology, market momentum for Rhapsody, and deep relationships within the consumer electronics industry. - more on this story

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