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PR reports: On August 7, the soundtrack to
the new Ethan Hawke film “the Hottest State” will be released. The soundtrack
features sixteen songs, plus two score passages, all recorded exclusively
for the film. Grammy-winning singer/songwriter Jesse Harris wrote all the
music for the soundtrack and serves as the album’s co-executive producer
along with Hawke. Together they assembled a peerless group of artists to
record Harris’ songs: Willie Nelson, Emmylou Harris, Norah Jones, Cat Power,
Bright Eyes, Feist, The Black Keys, M. Ward, Brad Mehldau, Tony Scherr
and Argentinean newcomer, Rocha. Jesse Harris recorded three songs for
the soundtrack himself and also has a small role in the film. The soundtrack
will be released through Hickory Records.- tracklisting
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PR reports: In honor of this week's Live Earth
concerts, Dave Grohl and The Red Hot Chili Peppers will be making an appearance
on Comedy Central’s “Lil Bush” Wed night at 10:30 pm. If you haven’t heard
already, “Lil Bush” premiered three weeks ago as Comedy Central’s highest
rated premiere in 3 years and continues to go strong. Guest appearances
from Jeff Tweedy (Wilco), Frank Black (The Pixies) and Colin Meloy (The
Decemberists) are planned in the future, while you can hear Iggy Pop every
week providing the voice for Lil Rummy.- more
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PR reports: Independent record label Embedded
Music will release the self-titled debut album of hip-hop duo Iller Than
Theirs this fall. Brooklyn-based Iller Than Theirs is a mellow opposition
to the commoditization of hip-hop culture that has resulted in fake MC’s
peddling their own posturing while crazed billionaires buy up and tear
down the old neighborhoods. In a world that’s growing more convoluted,
complex, and corrupt, they’ve decided to respond with a simple, easygoing
honesty of lyricism, free of pretension and thug theatrics. “We’re not
saying that we’re better than anybody, alright? We’re not better than nobody.
We’re just Iller.”
Iller Than Theirs is made up of Tone Tank
and Krayo, artists from the Nuclear Family collective. Known as Nuk Fam
for short, these New York-based musicians pride themselves on their unique
humor and humility. Nuk Fam boasts artists Junk Science, who released their
debut Feeding Einstein in 2005, as well as Iller producers DJ Snafu, J.
Howells Werthman, and Scott Thorough. The album is set for release on September
18, on Embedded Music, and will feature guest appearances from Mastah Ace,
Cool Calm Pete, and varied Nuk Fam artists.- Sneak
a Listen to the first single "Razor Bumps"
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PR reports: Superdrag will be back on tour
this Fall, with all four original members. Last seen onstage together more
than 8 years ago, the original line-up of John Davis (guitar, vocals),
Don Coffey Jr (drums), Brandon Fisher (guitar) and Tom Pappas (bass) have
6 performances scheduled for 2007.
Though Superdrag may be best-known for
their 1996 major-label debut Regretfully Yours and the hit single “Sucked
Out” that helped launch the band towards international success, the follow-up
Head Trip In Every Key, issued in 1998, was widely regarded as the band’s
creative peak. - more
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PR reports: Yellowcard returns with new album
Paper Walls on July 17th, the follow-up to 2006’s gold-certified Lights
and Sounds and their multi-platinum 2003 smash, Ocean Avenue. Drawing from
both the universal, buoyant, hook-filled style of Ocean Avenue and the
tougher edges of Lights and Sounds, Paper Walls takes it all a step further
with an energized, anthemic and forward-looking set of songs.
Paper Walls which will be available in
both CD and Deluxe versions will be previewed exclusively on their Myspace
Page from July 10-12th.
After a stint on the 2007 Vans Warped Tour
from June 29 – July 19 and headlining shows to be announced, the band will
join Blue October’s on a fall tour from September 20 – November 10. -
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PR reports: Closing in on the one-year anniversary
of their self-produced debut album BEST STOP POP, Los Angeles' The Oohlas
will hit the road this week with Maximo Park and Monsters Are Waiting.
The 12 city trip begins July 11th at the Paradise in Boston and wraps up
at the Casbah in San Diego on July 28th, and will also head in to Canada
for a few dates
July 11 Boston, MA Paradise Club
July 12 New York, NY Webster Hall
July 13 Montreal, Que. La Tulipe
July 14 Toronto, Ont. Mod Club-
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PR reports: The time has finally arrived for
Cary Brothers to take his long-awaited debut album Who You Are on the road!
Coming off his successful record release party at the career-launching
Hotel Café, Brothers’ and his band are all set to criss-cross the
country with an array of musical friends including Carina Round, Stars
of Track and Field, Priscilla Ahn, and Rachel Yamagata (for one special
show in New York).
Cary Brothers Tour Dates
July
11 – Santa Barbara, CA - Hiro Ballroom
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12 – San Francisco, CA – Café du
Nord ^
14 – Portland, OR – Doug Fir Lounge ^
15 – Seattle, WA – Tractor Tavern ^-
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PR reports: Mayday Parade from Tallahassee,
FL releases their debut full-length, A Lesson In Romantics today on Fearless
Records.
A Lesson In Romantics began to take shape
early in 2007 as vocalist Derek Sanders, bass/vocals Jeremy Lenzo, guitarist
Alex Garcia, guitarist Brook Betts and drummer/vocalist Jake Bundrick began
to write tracks while touring nationwide last year and sleeping in parking
lots weeks at a time.Once tracks and demos were created producers began
to see potential and Zack Odom and Kenneth Mount (Cartel, All Time Low,
and Collective Soul) came on board helping to create an amazing full-length
debut album.- more
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PR reports: The past few months have been
nothing short of jam-packed for OLD CROW MEDICINE SHOW (OCMS). The band
took a break from their hectic touring schedule and met up with established
photographer/director Danny Clinch in the Mid-City area of New Orleans
to shoot the video for their latest single, "I Hear Them All," an anthem
in the classic Woody Guthrie tradition.
The video features New Orleans local residents
who each had their own inspirational stories regarding Hurricane Katrina,
including George Porter Jr. of the legendary group The Meters, considered
by many to be the Father of Funk. Band member Ketch Secor (vocals/fiddle/harmonica)
commented: "Shooting this video in the Crescent City showed us first hand
the strength and dedication of all those hardworking people committed to
the rebuilding of New Orleans."
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PR reports: Ben Jelen will kick off his new
CD and tour with a record release party headlining the Bowery Ballroom
in NYC on July 16th and in-store performance to follow on July 17th at
the Virgin Megastore in Union Square. Jelen will then set out on tour with
Pete Yorn on his East Coast tour starting in St. Louis on July 21st. See
all confirmed tour dates below.
Ben Jelen’s sophomore CD ex-sensitive will
be available in stores on July 17th through Linda Perry’s Custard label.
Jelen is the first artist release for 2007 from Custard, home to multi-platinum
selling “You’re Beautiful” singer James Blunt. Jelen recorded the tracks
for the album with producer/label head Linda Perry whom also mixed the
majority of the songs in addition to two mixes from famed producer Bill
Bottrell (Shelby Lynne, Tom Petty, Rosanne Cash, Elton John).-
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PR reports: Amy Winehouse's Back To Black
album, a mainstay of the Billboard Top 10 Albums Chart since its release
a little more than 4 months ago has been certified platinum by the RIAA.
Amy will be bringing her raved about live
show to the U.S. in a pair of popular music festivals this August, with
the V Festival in Washington, DC on August 4, and the Lollapalooza Festival
in Chicago, IL on August 5. The charismatic star's much anticipated end-of-summer
jaunt kicks off at NYC's Summer Stage on September 12, with a show the
following day - September 13 - at the Tower Theatre in Upper Darby, PA.
She will be appearing at the Austin City Limits Festival in Austin, TX
on September 15, with stops in Los Angeles on September 18 & 19, San
Francisco on September 21 & 22, Seattle on September 25, Minnesota
on September 28, and pulling into Chicago, IL on September 29 - with more
dates to be announced.- more
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PR reports: The mail is rolling in! We're
ignoring the dozens of whining "your just jealous" emails from Claybots
as they will complain about any article that does less than canonize their
favorite karaoke singer. But some are right, a lot of people in the press
have blown this latest incident way out of proportion. But what else is
new? The price of fame. Anyway, Clay Aiken aside, we're sticking with more
relevant topics on the minds of our readers.
Tim writes us today about our coverage
of Moby's rant against the serving of meat at Live Earth. Here is what
he had to say: You guys can make fun of Moby all you want but the fact
remains that I learned far more about the problems with the environment
in the two minutes it took to read his message then I learned during the
entire 24 hour Live Earth nonsense. [point well taken, we take back our
suggestion about a Live Stock concert unless Moby agrees to rant for at
least 15 minutes of each hour. At least that WOULD be educational for the
viewers.]
Slashette sent us this angry missive about
the Velvet Revolver story from yesterday: Velvet Bomb? Almost any band
would kill to sell a hundred thousand cds in a week. How is that a bomb?
Idiots! I noticed you didn't even bother to review it either.[you are right.
Sorry. Congrats to Weiland, Slash and those other guys for selling less
than half of what their debut sold and being outsold by the daughter of
the guy that gave us "achy breaky heart". As for the review, an oversight
on our part as we tried to listen to it telepathically, since the band's
publicist didn't send us a copy, but it didn't work. We'll try harder next
time or call in Anthony Michael Hall to do it.] - Mailbag
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