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PR reports: Bam Margera has made it his mission
to expose an entire generation of his peers to some original high-energy
music through his Viva La Bands album and tour series. When discussing
"exposing" and the Viva La Bands, Vol 2 Cd, one immediately thinks of...
The Bloodhound Gang!
Their exclusive track on the compilation
that hits stores on September 4, 2007, "Screwing You On The Beach At Night,"
has spawned a video. This master-work, shot in the coastal paradise that
is Atlantic City, New Jersey, takes one of the sexiest videos ever made
and ruins it for everyone. They - and you - will thank Chris Isaak for
the inspiration.
Brought to you by Ferret Music and Filthy
Note Records, VIVA LA BANDS, VOL 2 features exclusive tracks, written and
recorded for the CD/DVD combo from some of Bam's favorite acts like The
Bloodhound Gang, Clutch, In Flames, Cky And Vains Of Jenna. Now about that
video.
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antiMusic reports: The Melvins and Big Business
are teaming up for fall U.S. tour. The tour kicks off on September 16th
Sacramento and will run through October 22nd where it concludes in Tempe,
Az.
9/16 Sacramento, CA - Harlow's Night Club
9/18 Seattle, WA - The Showbox
9/19 Portland, OR - Wonder Ballroom
9/21 Ft. Collins, CO - Aggie Theater
9/22 Denver, CO - Gothic Theatre
9/23 Colorado Springs, CO - The Black
Sheep
9/25 Lawrence, KS - The Bottleneck-
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PR reports: Rogue Male one of the most underrated
bands ever to emerge on the N.W.O.B.H.M. scene in the middle 80's. Called
"the next big thing" by Kerrang! magazine, the band recorded two brilliant
albums, but soon after that left the music business for good. Rogue Male
was in fact one of the first bands to establish the crossover genre, which
mixed various musical inspirations to form a completely new style.
And today Metal Mind Productions presents
re-release of those two albums: "First Visit" & "Animal Man". Classic
material from Music For Nations archives in a new digipak edition, limited
to numerated 2000 copies, will be available on 17th September 2007 via
Metal Mind Productions.- more
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PR reports: Photo Finish Records have joined
forces with the staff at Alternative Press to create a compilation of rare
and unreleased tracks from many of today's hottest artists. For the past
22 years, Alternative Press has been a bible for music enthusiasts, breaking
wide open the careers of countless bands on the Warped Tour's mainstage
and beyond.
The first-ever Photo Finish/ Alternative
Press compilation, Press Play: Volume 1, sees the staff of the magazine
compiling tracks from their favorite up-and-coming artists such as Chiodos,
Bayside and Gallows as well as established acts such as Say Anything, Gym
Class Heroes and The Used, to create a comp that's as groundbreaking and
diverse as the magazine from where it gets its name. ress Play: Volume
1 hits the streets September 25th- more
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PR reports: Luis Dubuc is the Secret Handshake,
a one man laptop show from Dallas, TX who's diverse music is a product
of a wide range of influences ranging from Kenna to Daft Punk to Death
Cab For Cutie.
TSH's debut album One Full Year was produced
by the up and coming production team Ocelot (recently signed to Check Yo
Ponytail's label). One Full Year is a very well crafted electro pop record
full of jams you're going to want to listen to over and over again. The
CD is due out sometime this fall.
TSH will be on tour with Powerspace through
September and will then head out with Family Force Five in October.-
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PR reports: August Burns Red are currently
gearing up for a string of dates with A Life Once Lost before heading out
with Unearth, Darkest Hour, and Suicide Silence.
August Burns Red are also preparing for
the debut of their brand-new music video. The video for "Composure" will
premiere on MySpace on September 6. For the video, the band traveled to
the farmlands of Pennsylvania.
August Burns Red called on Endeavor Media,
the production company that has previously worked with Bayside, Comeback
Kid, Becoming The Archetype, and Lovedrug, for the "Composure" video.-
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PR reports: The Exies are proud to announce
the re-release of A Modern Way of Living With The Truth on iTunes on 8/28,
featuring the internet-only track "God We Look Good (Going Down in Flames),"
as well as acoustic versions of "Ugly," "Genius," "My Goddess," "Tired
of You!"
"God We Look Good (Going Down in Flames)"
will be available at all other digital retailers on 8/28.
"God We Look Good (Going Down in Flames)"
is a hard-rocking track about how celebrity-obsessed the media has become
while ignoring legitimate artists. Check out the uncensored video-
here
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PR reports: Digital Shades is an ongoing ambient
series from acclaimed French musician M83, aka Anthony Gonzalez. "Digital
Shades Vol. 1" will be released in the U.S. digitally on September 4, 2007.
Originally recorded in 2006, "Digital Shades
Vol. 1 "will precede the release of M83's next full-length artist album.
The album, as yet untitled, is set for release in early 2008 and will be
a continuation of the vast and epic soundscapes that are synonymous with
M83. Gonzalez' is currently in the studio working on the album, which is
being recorded with Ken Thomas (Sigur Ros, Sugar Cubes, Cocteau Twins,
Suede) and Ewan Pearson (Tracey Thorn, The Rapture, Ladytron). -
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PR reports: As announced last week, Vader
will release their third DVD in October. The DVD entitled "And Blood Was
Shed In Warsaw" will feature the footage from the band's fantastic concert
at Stodola Club in February 2007, which was the final stop of the tour
promoting their latest album "Impressions in Blood".
The show was filmed with 7 cameras so you
can expect a truly amazing recording with great lights and dynamic shots
- over 80 min. of brutal, fast, uncompromising death metal!! As a special
surprise for the fans, the concert featured also a guest appearance of
Orion: a member of two other great Polish metal acts: Vesania & Behemoth.
The DVD is scheduled for release on 15th
October in Europe and on 5th November in USA (via MVD) and will also include:
fully animated menu, band bio, discography, interview with Peter, brand
new video clip "Sword of the Witcher" (taken from the forthcoming RPG game
"The Witcher"), desktop images, photo gallery, weblinks, and Dolby Digital
5.1 Surround Sound. "And Blood Was Shed In Warsaw" DVD will be also available
in a special DVD+CD limited swing case edition! - more
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PR reports: Metal Mind Productions presents
first ever CD release of the album from 1985 "Burning at the Speed of Light"
by Thrasher one of the most intriguing musical projects ever to emerge
on the 80's metal scene.
Gathering musicians from a whole catalogue
of rock and metal genres, this one-album collaboration delivers a handful
of stylistically variegated and brilliantly composed songs, each showcasing
the most unique features of the past metal era.
It's a collection of cleverly arranged
hits, each song revealing different themes and talents. This classic gem
from Music For Nations archives in a new digipak edition, limited to numerated
2000 copies, will be available on 10th September 2007 via Metal Mind Productions.
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PR reports: The infamous Genitorturers have
partnered with MVD to release their first ever in concert production titled
LIVE IN SIN (out October 30, 2007) delivering their exclusive brand of
rock music and on-stage mayhem that has earned them worldwide notoriety
for over a decade. True to their tradition the band has put together a
highly entertaining and artistic live presentation that is up close and
personal, giving the viewer a true sense of "being there".
This DVD features 10 intense live music
videos with excellent sound quality including 3 unreleased LIVE versions
of new songs set to debut on the bands 2008 album. Those who have seen
a GENITORTURERS show know what they are getting and consistently come back
for more ... Offer your gift of submission and be rewarded with this live
"Shock Rock" carnival sure to capture your soul and leave you begging for
more!- bonus
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PR reports: Groundbreaking record label Lovepump
United (HEALTH, Ghengis Tron) announced today the upcoming release of Hoarse
Lords, the debut full-length by Clipd Beaks on November 6th, 2007.
The creation of Hoarse Lords began in the
summer of 2005 when Clipd Beaks relocated from Minnesota to Oakland, California.
Influenced by hobo culture, the drugged-up hyphy sounds currently dominating
Bay Area airwaves, and underground "Neu San Francisco" warehouse parties
where techno bangers fade into tribal noise jams, everything on Hoarse
Lords is turned up to 11. Harsh and distorted, it's a fitting new sound
for a band that references "clipping" in their name, and feels every bit
as sick and violent as a severed, bleeding beak. - more
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PR reports: Rory write "Why are you spreading
lies about Van Halen? I've seen your lies at Yahoo, Blabbermouth, MTV,
Rolling Stone etc etc etc. Why can't you just be happy that Dave is back
in the band? You Hagar people make me sick!"
Our response: Rory, we do not know what
lies you are taking about. If you are talking about the apparent Michael
Anthony snubs then sadly it is the truth. We have no dog in that race but
last weekend a reader brought it to our attention that Anthony's songwriting
credit was removed from the song "Panama" in a new movie soundtrack. We
investigated and discovered that his credits were removed from the entire
1984 album according to ASCAP. Michael came out later in the week and took
the highroad, wishing his replacement luck and asking fans to give him
a chance. So we'll let Michael have the last word on that matter and wish
the band the best of luck on the upcoming tour and hope they show some
emo kids how it's really done!
[Trust but Verify] Normally we ignore a
few angry emails as that is to be expected, but we received over 100 complaints
about last week's Atreyu special. We won't reprint the emails but we do
want to clarify that unlike some publications out there we DO NOT SELL
editorial features, reviews etc. In fact, you will see plenty of ads across
the web for their new album but their people did not include us in that
side of things and we did not receive one cent to promote their new album
or to run the special. The biggest complaint was that the "song stories"
weren't really song stories at all but were rather vague statements about
how "rad" the songs were and were a waste of time that did not inspire
anyone to check out the CD. We apologize for this as we agreed to run the
special before we received the submissions from the band because we felt
it would be something our readers would enjoy and we stood by our commitment
to run the special. Maybe they didn't understand the concept of the special?
Who knows? But from now on if the band doesn't deliver the goods we won't
publish the special. Sorry some of you were disappointed in the special,
we'll do our best to make sure the future specials live up to the idea
of that series. Check out this week's special with Collective Soul and
you'll see things are back to how they should be!
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PR reports: Sign of the Times: The Very Best
of Queensryche is a celebration of career span of 25 years, 15 albums released
and over 20 million albums sold. The CD hits stores this week, just in
time for the band to join Heaven and Hell and Alice Cooper for a tour in
September.
The new career-spanning hits collection
features 17 of Queensrÿche's best singles and album tracks. The Collectors
Edition, presented in deluxe digipak packaging, adds a second disc of 15
rare and previously unreleased demos, outtakes, remixes, live recordings,
television performance audio, recordings for soundtracks and a new, never-before-heard
song making its release debut on this collection.- more
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