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DiR reports: Jive informs us "After a sold
out arena tour this past Spring, Jive Records recording artist Three Days
Grace announce their North American Fall tour with Breaking Benjamin and
special guest Seether. The tour starts September 8 in Hutchinson, KS and
runs through mid-November."
Hopefully this will give Breaking Benjamin's
frontman time to recover before hitting the road. We did get two press
releases about this tour from both camps. Jive didn't mention above that
this is a co-headlining tour, though BB's PR was kind enough to do so and
even called TDG BB's partner in the outing.
They also had some conflicting dates, so
we won't print either here but there is plenty of time to work that out
before the tour kicks off. Finally of additional note: the Sept 21, 22nd
dates will also include Live and Collective Soul according to Breaking
Benjamin's PR. - do
not click here
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PR reports: You have to love the excitement
of a good press release. They are almost as good as those TV commercials
advertising upcoming Monster Truck shows. Anyway, the excitement in the
following PR is called for according to our very own Mike Rapin, who gave
this album a near perfect score. (see this week's reviews for that one).
Here is the PR: New England’s own death-grind powerhouse The Red Chord
delivers a brutal new record!!! The album, titled Prey For Eyes, was recorded
at New Jersey’s Trax East with producer Eric Rachel (Atreyu, Every Time
I Die). The Red Chord is preparing for a tour with Between the Buried and
Me, Cephalic Carnage, and The End in July and August to support the release
of their new record.
The Red Chord also have a featured spot
on the Metal Blade Records 25th Anniversary Tour!! The tour marks The Red
Chord’s first full US tour in support of their upcoming release, Prey for
Eyes, out July 24th. - you
know you want those dates
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PR reports: Singer/songwriter Emerson Hart
digs deep into past, often painful, emotions and memories for inspiration
on his introspective solo debut, Cigarettes And Gasoline, to be released
July 17 on Manhattan Records. The 12-track CD, which Hart began conceiving
in 2005 after moving to Nashville, showcases his penchant for writing thoughtful,
memorable songs about life, love and loss, wrapped in some of the most
irresistible pop-rock melodies you’ll hear this year.
Hart also enlisted the production talents
of Bob Rock (Metallica, Bon Jovi), Jason Lehning (Guster, Steve Forbert)
and Mike Napolitano (Squirrel Nut Zippers, Joseph Arthur) for the recording
sessions in Nashville and New Orleans.
Standout tracks include the propulsive
opening track “Run To,” the reflective, exhilarating “I Wish the Best For
You,” the rousing first single “If You’re Gonna Leave,” the harmonious,
guitar-driven “Ordinary,” the transporting “Flyin’,” and the title track,
“Cigarettes and Gasoline,” which is drawn from childhood memories, and
touches on the difficult topic of Hart’s father’s still-unresolved murder
when he was a boy growing up in New Jersey. “I obsessively write every
day,” comments Hart. “Writing is my therapy, that’s how I exist.”-
Grab
a preview of the CD right here
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KNAC reports: The 6th Annual Layne Staley
Tribute & Benefit Concert takes place Saturday, August 25th, 2007 at
the Showbox in Seattle, Washington. Tickets are $25 and go on sale this
Friday, June 1st at all Ticketmaster locations.
This year features performances by: Daughtry,
Soulbender (featuring Michael Wilton of Queensryche), Riverbend, plus surprise
special guests.- more
on this story
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PR reports: While Dear and the Headlights
have been home in Arizona practicing for their appearance at Loserpalooza
on August 4th, and their upcoming tour with Mae and As Tall As Lions, the
band found time to film some acoustic videos to share with you!
Visit the link at the end of the story
to see Dear and the Headlights in their practice space performing acoustic
versions of three songs from Small Steps, Heavy Hooves.
Tour Dates
7/31 - Albuquerque, NM - Moonlight Lounge
8/01 - Denton, TX - Hailey's
8/02 - Oklahoma City, OK - The Conservatory-
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PR reports: World-renowned reggae band The
Wailers, have confirmed late summer U.S. tour dates to commence July 28th
in Anchorage, AK.
Hot on the heels of their European tour,
The Wailers return to America for a nationwide tour including stops in
Chicago, IL for Loserpalooza on August 5th and at the First Annual Pittsburgh
DiverseCity Festival on August 18th in Pittsburgh, PA. The tour wraps up
in West Palm Beach, FL, with a pair of shows September 14th and 15th.-
more
on this story including dates
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PR reports: The latest episode of “Talking
Metal” features an interview hosts Mark Strigl and and John Ostronomy conducted
with Lizzy DeVine of Vains of Jenna. Topics include Gilby Clarke, Stevie
Rachelle, Ratt, Poison, and Jenna Jameson. Additional podcast topics include
Emigrate, Overloaded, Spin magazine, and Berklee College of Music. -
The
45-minute podcast can be downloaded at this location
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PR reports: Looks you are gonna have to still
turn in to Total Request No Really Live to get a bit of music on Music
Television. On Tuesday nights, the station's focus now turns from teen
whores to horror as this press release give us the like 411 on like a totally
like new show from like the minds of like Ashton Kutcher and Jason Goldberg.
ok, our smartass intro is over. Here is the PR: Beware!! MTV turns Tuesdays
into a night of chills and thrills with the premiere of new series “Room
401,” as well as an extended season of the popular stomach-turning series
“Scarred” -- all beginning July 17 at 10pm ET/PT. Also premiering that
night is the one-hour special, “Scarred: The Worst of the Worst.”-
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PR reports: G. Love is back on tour and coming
out with his first video release ever: A Year and a Night with G. Love
& Special Sauce. Follow G. Love & Special Sauce as they trek around
the world from the US through Europe to Japan and back during their 13th
year on the road. A Year and a Night pulls no punches; it's a startling
look into the life of the legend, unblinking and brutally honest.
Additionally, the DVD includes an exclusive
concert shot on the final night of the tour as well as a live CD. Guest
appearances abound from the likes of Tristan Prettyman, Marc Broussard
and Donavon Frankenreiter.
A Year and a Night is being released through
Brushfire Records on July 31st, 2007. Also, G. Love and Special Sauce will
be headlining a run of Amphitheaters and sheds with Slightly Stupid and
Ozomatli in August - more
details and tour dates here
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PR reports: Ferraby Lionheart's forthcoming
album "Catch the Brass Ring" will be released digitally August 7th and
via traditional CD on September 4.
Here is a bit of PR on it: "Catch the Brass
Ring" is an eclectic album that has hints of big brass bands, notes of
vaudeville, and a great deal of insight. When you listen to Ferraby's song
"Small Planet" feel free to close your eyes and think of simpler time -
one where love meant something, where people cared, and where imagination
prevailed.- track
listing
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PR reports: Talib Kweli returns with his sixth
album EARDRUM, in stores on August 21st, 2007 on Kweli’s own label, Blacksmith
Music and Warner Bros. Records.
EARDRUM shows Kweli’s versatility ranging
from his new single, “Hot Thing” produced by will.i.am to the alluring
strings of “Soon the New Day” featuring the sultry vocals of Grammy Award
winning jazz artist, Norah Jones to the brassy horns of “Country Cousins”
which feature the underground kings of the south, UGK.
Other guests on the album include: Justin
Timberlake, Kanye West, KRS-ONE, Blacksmith artist Jean Grae and Musiq
Soulchild.- grab
some tour dates here
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PR reports: Part of a generic emo group or
better yet are you in a crappy mallcore band hoping to land a deal with
Roadrunner? Want to really stand out from the crowd? You know your music
stinks and now you can make the physical cd is comes on stink too! Tis
true, you can now sound and SMELL like crap according to the following
press release we received:
CDDVD Now! offers “scented inks” for CD
& DVD printed surface artwork, allowing music, video, marketing and
advertising professionals the ability to take their upcoming disc marketing
projects to the next level. “Integrating scent into a CD or DVD increases
consumer awareness of a particular product and stimulates purchase activity,
attraction and retention by incorporating “smell” into the marketing piece,”
says Phil Peretz, President and Founder of CDDVD Now!. “Rub 'n' Smell disc
printing increases the impact, recall, value, and effectiveness of any
marketing effort”.
The scented varnish is transparent and
remains dormant until the printed surface is rubbed and it actually lasts
for years in printed form. The smell dissipates after a few seconds but
can be re-activated by rubbing the surface again (similar to a “scratch
n sniff” sticker). - Feel
the stink here!
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