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DiR reports: Silverstein's new CD ' Arrivals
and Departures' hits stores this week and to celebrate we asked Shane to
pick his favorite five songs from the disc and tell us a little bit about
each. We'll be giving you Shane's picks all week. We conclude today with
two songs, " The Sand Will Turn To Glass" and "Vanity and Greed," here
is Shane!
"'The Sand Will Turn To Glass': This was
another one that took almost no time to write. It's a simple 5 chord song,
but I love the energy it has. It's also the shortest song we've ever written.
I wasn't sure what to put in the little break part and Neil came up with
that solo. I think it really adds to the song. I also used all these weird
old fender guitars and amps for the intro. It has such a cool vibe. * 'Vanity
and Greed': I wasn't around when the band wrote the music for this one,
and when they played it for me I was really nervous about writing vocals
over top of it. It was in a time signature I could barely figure out, and
the chord structure was a little odd too. I even had a demo of it and I
showed my friend and he was like, 'haha dude, good luck writing over that!'
However, I'm pretty stoked on how it came out. The chorus is huge and the
verses and super catchy. I also love how heavy some of the parts of the
song are. Not to mention the key change at the end!"
Listen to the song, learn more about the
group and grab their latest tour dates at the following link. And don't
forget to pick up a copy of "Arrivals and Departures"!
- http://www.myspace.com/silverstein
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Gigwise reports: Arctic Monkeys say that wouldn’t
consider performing at Live Earth this weekend because it would be hypocritical
to play.
The band feel that their expensive stage
set up and the fact that they jet all over the globe for their gigs isn’t
good advertising for preventing climate change.
Speaking to the French new agency AFP,
drummer Matt Helders said: We're using enough power for ten houses just
for lighting. It'd be a bit hypocritical." - more
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PR reports: Songwriters Tommy Dunbar and James
Gangwer have filed suit against pop princess Avril Lavigne and others,
alleging that her smash hit song “Girlfriend” is copied from their song
“I Wanna Be Your Boyfriend,” first performed and recorded by the Bay Area
new wave power pop quartet The Rubinoos of which Dunbar was a founding
member.
The suit, Dunbar, et al. v. Gottwald, et
al., filed in the Federal District Court in San Francisco, and amended
today to add new allegations and parties, charged Lavigne, her co-writer
Luke Gottwald and others with copyright infringement and seeks damages
for copying the plaintiffs’ song without permission. United States Magistrate
Judge Wayne Brazil has set a first court date in the case for August 28th
in Oakland.- a
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Reuters reports: In a battle between two top-selling
female acts, Miley Cyrus triumphed over Kelly Clarkson to score the No.
1 position on the U.S. pop album charts Wednesday.
The confusingly titled double album "Hannah
Montana 2 (Soundtrack)/Meet Miley Cyrus" sold 326,000 units during the
week ended July 1, according to Nielsen SoundScan. Clarkson's "My December"
opened at No. 2 with 291,000, an improvement upon her previous release
[250,000. Bon Jovi dropped to 3rd place with sales of 125K].
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AP reports: Bill Pinkney, the last survivor
of the original members of the musical group The Drifters, died Wednesday.
He was 81.
Pinkney was found dead at the Hilton Daytona
Beach Oceanfront Resort, Daytona Beach Police spokesman Jimmie Flynt said.
The death was not considered suspicious, he said.
Pinkney was scheduled to perform for Fourth
of July festivities there.- more
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UPI reports: Legendary Chicago jazz musician
Johnny Frigo, who famously switched from bass to violin late in his career,
has died at the age of 90.
The Chicago Tribune reported that Frigo
played with Jimmy and Tommy Dorsey and with an orchestra led by Chico Marx,
one of Hollywood's Marx Brothers.
He also performed in clubs all over the
world, played background music for commercials and co-wrote songs like,
"Detour Ahead" and "I Told Ya I Love Ya, Now Get Out!" [Johnny was the
father of Derek Frigo, the late guitarist for Enuff Z'nuff] -
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Gigwise reports: Live Earth has a pretty impressive
line-up of acts so far, and now we know the newest addition to the bill
– Mr Justin Timberlake.
The Sexy Back singer is already in the
UK promoting FutureSex/Loveshow, his arena tour which seems to be never-ending.
But he is due to take a short break from his gruelling schedule so he is
able to perform.
The tabloids report that Justin and his
producer Timbaland will come on-stage with fantabulous Duran Duran to showcase
some new songs they have collaborated on. - more
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Contact Music reports: A Los Angeles Live
Earth-related concert has become the third leg of Saturday's (07JUL07)
global extravaganza to be cancelled. The Viva Earth benefit concert, which
was due to take place at the city's famed Memorial Coliseum, has been called
off for reasons unknown as WENN went to press.
Stars including Ciara, Tyrese and Busta
Rhymes were due to perform at the cancelled event- more
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Blabbermouth reports: According to NEWS.com.au,
MARILYN MANSON will tour Australia and New Zealand this October.
Manson toured Australia in 2003 following
the release of the concept album "The Golden Age of Grotesque".
Before that his group was a headline act
for the 1999 Big Day Out. Each time they were met with disdain by political
and religious groups, and lauded by their often black-clad fanbase.-
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BW&BK reports: The complete tracklisting
for the soundtrack to ROB ZOMBIE's remake of 70's slasher flick Halloween
has recently been made available.
The final tracklisting is as follows: BLUE
OYSTER CULT - 'Don't Fear The Reaper', NAZARETH - 'Love Hurts', PETER FRAMPTON
- 'Baby, I Love Your Way', RUSH - 'Tom Sawyer', BACHMAN TURNER OVERDRIVE
- 'Let It Ride', KISS - 'God Of Thunder', THE SWEET - 'Love Is Like Oxygen',
ALICE COOPER - 'Only Woman Bleed', MISFITS - 'Halloween 2'-
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Gigwise reports: Snoop Dogg is set to launch
a bid to become an Australian citizen as part of a fly-on-the-wall documentary.
The rapper – who was denied entrance to
the country in April because of his criminal record – has filmed an eleven
minute film which shows him buying property in Sydney and urging people
to “get the girls ready and put on the barbeques.”
The footage will be shown as nineteen individual
‘campaign pitches’ on MTV in Australia. Fans can then sign an online petition
in support of the rappers bid, according to All Hip Hop.
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PR reports: This Saturday July 7th @ 10 PM
EST- MTV 2 Headbangers Ball Celebrates The Launch Of Third Annual Sounds
Of The Underground Tour!
This weeks episode of "The Ball" features
your favorite 2007 SOTU bands videos airing, tune in or miss out!
Video playlist is as follows:
Amon Amarth- Cry Of The Black Birds
Chimaira- Ressurection
Shadows Fall- Redemption
Every Time I Die- The New Black
Goatwhore- Alchemy of The Black Sun Cult
Darkest Hour- Sound The Surrender
Job For A Cowboy-Embedded
This Is Hell- The Polygraph Cheaters
The Acacia Strain- Angry Mob Justice
See you in the pit !!!
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Jam! reports: A Brazilian judge decided Thursday
that South America's Live Earth concert could go ahead as planned, after
organizers convinced her there would be adequate security at the Copacabana
Beach event.
The office of the prosecutor who had sought
to cancel the concert confirmed that Judge Maria Galhardo reversed her
earlier decision to nix the show, ensuring the worldwide music fest against
global warming will happen on all seven continents. -
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punkbands reports: Ignite have lined up their
touring plans for the summer. Starting at the end of July, the band will
do a week of dates along the west coast with Stick to Your Guns before
heading to Europe for all of August and most of September.
July 29 Oakland, CA Oakland Metro
July 30 Reno, Nevada Club Underground
July 31 Portland, Oregon Hawthorne Theater
August 1 Seattle, WA Studio Seven
August 2 Bend, OR Domino Room
August 4 Ventura, California Alpine
August 5 Pomona, California The Glasshouse
August 15 Frankfurt, Germany Batschkapp
August 16 Hasselt, Belgium Pukkelpop Festival
August 17 Torgau, Germany Endless Summer
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punkbands reports: Gogol Bordello are rumoured
to be playing with Madonna at Live Earth on Saturday (July 7). The band
have pulled their appearance at T In The Park to play the charity event
with a mystery artist. In a statement a spokesperson for the band explained:
"The band have been forced to pull out of T In The Park because some of
the members have been invited to guest at Live Earth.
"Gogol Bordello apologise to all their
Scottish fans and will do everything they can to make it up."-
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