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Twisted Murder Mystery Deepens

Phillip Bantz reports: While investigators have said the death of a promising Cape Coral musician was likely the result of an accidental or intentional overdose, an autopsy reveals apparently non-lethal amounts of drugs in the man's system. The report also indicates that injuries found inside 23-year-old Andrew J. Howard's throat are more significant than officials previously said.

Howard, a former guitarist with the now defunct heavy metal band "Twisted Method," was found dead inside his Cape Coral home Sept. 16, 2005. He had been lying in bed deceased for approximately 18 hours before being discovered by a member of his new band "The Fallen."

Rebecca Hamilton, a Lee County medical examiner, has ruled the cause of Howard's death as undetermined and the case remains a mystery nearly two years later. … Hamilton reported evidence of acute blunt trauma in the autopsy, which states that Howard's esophagus showed "multiple, irregular acute hemorrhages" and that his right sternothyroid muscle had "an irregular, acute 3.0 cm hemorrhage." [there is a lot more to the story, see the full story for that] - Click Here for the Full Story

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MotorStorm Soundtrack

PR reports: MotorStorm™ is a new extreme off-road racing title available on March 6th exclusively for the PlayStation®3 system. Featuring a compilation of tracks from some of the most popular rock bands, the MotorStorm in-game soundtrack accentuates the game’s smash em’ up derby of off-road mayhem, providing players the ideal background music to get in the mood for complete destruction and cut-throat competition. The MotorStorm sound design not only makes for a more intense and entertaining gaming experience, it perfectly complements off-road racing culture. Here is below for the complete soundtrack list:

Queens of the Stone Age – “Medication Monster”
Magnet – “Power Trip”
Wolfmother – “Woman”
The Experiment – “Cost of Freedom”
Every Time I Die – “The New Black”
Nirvana – “Breed”
Primal Scream – “The 99th Floor”
Trash Palace – “Animal Magic”
Slipknot – “Before I Forget”
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Trent Explains NIN Year Zero Concept

PR reports: There have been a ton of stories circulating online about Nine Inch Nails’ new album, Year Zero, due out 4.17.07. The concept is somewhat difficult to explain, so here is a pasted note from Trent below that sums up his vision for this record:

This record began as an experiment with noise on a laptop in a bus on tour somewhere. That sound led to a daydream about the end of the world. That daydream stuck with me and over time revealed itself to be much more. I believe sometimes you have a choice in what inspiration you choose to follow and other times you really don't. This record is the latter. Once I tuned into it, everything fell into place... as if it were meant to be. With a framework established, the songs were very easy to write. Things started happening in my "real" life that blurred the lines of what was fiction and what wasn't. The record turned out to be more than a just a record in scale, as you will see over time. [wait there is more see full story for that plus a link to hear the first single]- Click Here for the Full Story

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The End Extended for Poison The Well

PR reports: THE END will join the first half of the impending POISON THE WELL U.S. Tour. THE END, touring in support of their incredible new album Elementary, will first hit the Southeastern region with POISION THE WELL and THIS IS HELL in late February. In early April THE END will join POISON THE WELL again, this time with FEAR BEFORE THE MARCH OF FLAMES and HEAVY HEAVY LOW LOW, for the first half of PTW’s headlining tour. A listing of confirmed tour dates can be found below with more to be announced soon.

***All Dates w/ POISON THE WELL, THIS IS HELL***
February 22 Tallahassee, FL Beta Bar
February 23 West Columbia, SC New Brookland Tavern
February 24 Wilmington, NC Soapbox Laundrolounge [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

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We Are The Fury Set the Date

PR/DiR reports: FINALLY it's time...Venus, We Are The Fury's debut full length is set for a May 22nd release on One Big Spark/East West. "This band doesn't waste any time. Press play and they're off with glammed-out, Rolling Stones-influenced rock. Instead of trying to placate the masses they focus on writing instant dance-rock classics that T.Rex would sanction." 5 Stars - Penthouse

"Think Guns N' Roses meets Bowie meets reckless abandon" Entertainment Weekly

Will they live up to that hype? We'll see in May. But you can learn more at the full story link and find tour dates there too. It's handy that way.
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Static-X Preview

DiR/PR reports: Static-X's new album 'Cannibal' is coming April 3rd. The first single "Cannibal" off the album is available right now at iTunes and other digital services, and the track "Destroyer" was released on Saturday.

Track listing: Cannibal, No Submission, Behemoth, Chemical Logic, Destroyer, Forty Ways, Chroma-matic, Cuts You Up, Reptile, Electric Pulse, Goat, Team Hate.

Want a taste? Click the full story link. If you're real nice we may post a link to the other track later this week. - Click Here for the Full Story

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Malajube Us Debut

PR reports: Malajube’s Trompe l’oiel may have come out in ‘06, but the sophomore release from our favorite Canadian indie pop act is turning out to be one of the biggest records of 2007. Over the past two months, the band has been making friends left and right, recently landing glossy coverage in both Spin and Billboard, while re-igniting the interest of folks over at Pitchfork, Brooklyn Vegan and My Old Kentucky Blog, enjoying love from ASAP’s Hit Refresh column, AOL’s Spinner, and most recently, Yahoo’s Who’s Next feature. Presently Malajube is pitted up against Silversun Pickups, Peter, Bjorn & John and Sick Puppies, in a no-holds-barred online fight, where fans choose which of the four acts will drop by Yahoo for an in-studio session later this month. Meanwhile, the band is gearing up for their first tour of America: a massive, 19-date jaunt with Snowden, which finds the band making a stop in San Fran for Noise Pop before marching down to Austin for SXSW. Once in Austin, Malajube will be playing a slew of incredible showcase. Presently, they’re on board for the Bonsound Showcase atop Maggie Mae’s on Thursday, March 15th, and are slated to play the Blogger-Curated Hot Freaks party at Mohawk on Saturday, March 17th. More to come. [see full story for dates]- Click Here for the Full Story

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Leonard Cohen Reissues

PR reports: The liturgy of timeless songs to be found on Leonard Cohen’s first three albums has mystified poets and professors for ages. And so the stage is set to commemorate the 40th anniversary of Cohen’s debut album. For the first time in the digital era, expanded editions of Songs Of Leonard Cohen, Songs From A Room, and Songs Of Love And Hate will arrive in stores April 24th on Columbia/Legacy, a division of SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT. Each will contain previously unreleased bonus material of monumental historical importance to Cohen aficionados, as well as separate newly commissioned liner notes essays written by Rolling Stone contributing editor (and Cohen devotee) Anthony DeCurtis. Each will be specially packaged in a hardcover digipak configuration, similar to Legacy’s June Carter Cash retrospective of last year, Keep On the Sunny Side. [wait there is more. see full story for that]- Click Here for the Full Story

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Emerick Now A Paperback Writer

Kayos reports: The critically acclaimed 2006 memoir from legendary Beatles recording engineer Geoff Emerick will be released in paperback today, making his work even more widely available to the public. Here, There, and Everywhere: My Life Recording the Music of the Beatles, published by Gotham Books (a Penguin/Putnam imprint) is now available in both hardcover and in trade paperback format.

Emerick’s groundbreaking work with the Beatles included the landmark albums Revolver, Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, and Abbey Road, as well as the singles Paperback Writer / Rain and Strawberry Fields Forever / Penny Lane. He has received four Grammy awards for his work with the Beatles and with Paul McCartney as solo artist (including the multiplatinum album Band on the Run), including a prestigious lifetime Technical Award, and many of his innovations have become standard practice in recording studios to this day. In his post-Beatles career, he has worked with a wide variety of top artists, including Elvis Costello (for whom he produced the albums Imperial Bedroom and All This Useless Beauty), Jeff Beck, America, Cheap Trick, and the Mahavishnu Orchestra. In 2003, he produced Nellie McKay’s debut CD, Get Away From Me. [an aside for you... for what it's worth. When it came time to pick the best CD of 06, I didn't pick one. I picked the hardcover version of this book instead. - ed now see full story for George Martin's take on Emerick]- Click Here for the Full Story

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Foxy Brown Arrested Again

TMZ reports: Rapper Foxy Brown was arrested in Florida yesterday for battery and obstruction of justice. TMZ has obtained the rapper's mugshot taken Thursday.

Foxy, whose real name is Inga Marchand, was booked by Pembroke Pines Police Department after a disturbance at a beauty supply shop.

According to the Broward County Sheriff's Office, Foxy was held on $1,500 bail for the two offenses.[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

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Thomas Dolby Plots Tour / SxSW Show

conqueroo reports: If you’re wondering what Thomas Dolby has done in the two decades since he cunningly fused pop and electronic music, the answer is in the palm of your hand: Twelve years ago Dolby left music and proceeded to develop the Beatnik software technology used in two-thirds of the world’s cell phones. Unlike many performers who return to the stage, he doesn’t need to do it for the money. Pumped up by new technologies and changing business models in the music industry, and re-invigorated by reaction to his initial tour dates earlier this year, Dolby is now writing his first album of new music since the early ‘90s.

He will also hit the road in March, with shows in Northern California and Texas, including SXSW in Austin on March 15. Ever the innovator, Dolby is pioneering a new blend of instruments: high-tech electronica plus live jazz brass. His spring touring ensemble will feature real-time looping on a computer laptop, along with a three-piece horn section (the Jazz Mafia Horns) comprising some of the San Francisco Bay Area's finest young jazz soloists: Adam Theis on trombone, Rich Armstrong on trumpet, and Ron Cohen on tenor sax.[see full story for more including dates]- Click Here for the Full Story

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June Carter Cash Celebrated

PR reports: The life of the late country music legend JUNE CARTER CASH will be celebrated this June 19 just a few days before the anniversary of her June 23 birthday - with the simultaneous release of an all-star tribute album as well as an intimate memoir/biography written by her son, John Carter Cash.

"Anchored In Love: A Tribute to June Carter Cash" (Dualtone Music Group) was conceived and produced by John Carter Cash, the only child of Johnny and June, and features songs written by or associated with the beloved singer, and performed by an eclectic collection of family and friends that range from Elvis Costello to Billy Bob Thornton, Sheryl Crow to Willie Nelson. John Carter recorded "Anchored In Love: A Tribute to June Carter Cash" throughout 2006, primarily at the fabled Cash Cabin Studio on the Cash property in Hendersonville, TN.

The release of the CD will coincide with the publication of Cash's book, "Anchored in Love: An Intimate Portrait of June Carter Cash" (Thomas Nelson). The only biography of June Carter Cash available[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

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Rise To Addiction Land Deal

PR reports: Rising UK rockers RISE TO ADDICTION, have signed a worldwide deal with legendary Belgium metal label MAUSOLEUM Records. The label will release the bands debut studio album "A New Shade Of Black For The Soul" which contains twelve tracks and was produced by Andy Sneap (Machine Head, Killswitch Engage, Trivium, Megadeth etc). Finishing touches are currently being made to the artwork with a release due in May 2007. Full details are expected to be announced shortly. [see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

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Fair To Midland Release Another Track Preview

PR reports: Fair To Midland have posted their third new track, “Walls of Jericho,” from their new album Fables From A Mayfly: What I Tell You Three Times Is True. The new album is set to hit stores on June 12. Fair To Midland will join Flyleaf on March 28th for a string of shows that will culminate with their performance at Coachella on April 29th. To check out “Walls of Jericho” and all of Fair To Midland’s tour dates go to the full story link- Click Here for the Full Story

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Counting T-Recs

PR reports: Counting Crows lead singer and Oscar-nominated songwriter, Adam Duritz, ventures into the label side of the music business with the launch of Tyrannosaurus Records (T-Recs). Starting a new label was not on Duritz’s to-do list, especially while he was busy writing new material and laying tracks for Counting Crows upcoming record (being recorded in NYC as we speak). But a trip to MySpace.com changed all that when he discovered two exceptional artists, Notar and Blacktop Mourning.

According to Duritz, "The talent of Notar and Blacktop Mourning just blew me away and I wanted to be a part of their evolution. But I know that when you start a label you’re responsible for the hopes and dreams of the artists you sign and that’s a big deal to me. We’re here to create a partnership with our artists, help them make great music and navigate the treacherous waters of the music business. Simple as that."

"My vision for T-Recs is an intimate boutique label," continues Duritz. "We’re in the studio with the bands, talking to them constantly about their careers and their music. We handle everything in-house and we’re taking on a very limited number of artists so that each band gets personal attention."[see full story for more]- Click Here for the Full Story

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Britney Shaves Head, Goes To Rehab

TMZ reports: TMZ has learned that while Britney Spears checked in to rehab, she refused to stay and checked out -- one day later!

As "EXTRA" first reported, the pop star entered a rehab facility two days ago. Now TMZ has learned that the center was located outside of the country, and she refused to stay. TMZ is told that Britney checked in at the urging of friends and family, after being seen intoxicated in public places and was so "exhausted" on New Year's Eve she collapsed

Update: Britney Spears, back from less than 24 hours in a Caribbean rehab facility, showed up at a Sherman Oaks, Calif. tattoo parlor Friday night sporting a new hairdo. KABC in Los Angeles caught her as she got a new tattoo of red lips on her wrist..

Ladies and gentleman, she is now completely bald. [see the photo at the full story link]
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