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PR reports: Tune in to the The Late Late Show
w/Craig Ferguson (CBS 12:35am ET/PT) tonight, June 21st, to see Jesse Malin
perform.
Jesse is currently out on a headlining
tour of the US and available for press, full list of dates is below.
6/22/07 San Diego, CA Casbah
6/23/07 Phoenix, AZ The Sets
6/25/07 Albuquerque, NM Launchpad
6/26/07 Lubbock, TX Jake's
6/27/07 Dallas, TX House of Blues
6/28/07 Austin, TX Stubbs
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PR reports: Zappa Plays Zappa, the concert
experience that brings the music of the late Frank Zappa to the stage,
under the direction of Dweezil Zappa, will this summer again embark on
a North American tour. The tour starts July 18 at Winnipeg’s Centennial
Hall with a total of 30 performance dates set for the tour’s first leg
which concludes in Los Angeles at the end of August. Following a break,
Zappa Plays Zappa embarks on a 17 city European tour including dates in
the UK, Netherlands, Switzerland, Germany, France, Belgium, Denmark, Norway
and Sweden.
In concept and performance, Zappa Plays
Zappa offers audiences an opportunity to spend an evening with Frank Zappa’s
music, performed meticulously by a group of top flight musicians who have
been schooled in its subtleties. Far from a “tribute band,” Zappa Plays
Zappa is more of a vehicle that underscores the compositional genius of
Frank Zappa much as a symphony orchestra would perform pieces by a master
composer. Nate Chenen, writing about Zappa Plays Zappa in the New York
Times recognized this when he wrote that the show fully realized Dweezil's
intent for it to be "an argument for Frank Zappa's legitimacy as a composer."[see
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PR reports: Fresh out of Japan comes a new
cure for depression! Listening to ORESKABAND's cheerful, ska-rock tunes
will leave a smile on your face and your head bopping. The teen girl sextet
has already taken the Japanese pop music scene by storm with the release
of their EP Ore and the 2007 debut LP WAO!! (short for "We Are ORESKABAND!!").
American fans won't have to wait much longer with the U.S exclusive CD,
ORESKABAND, (which combines Ore and WAO!!) set for an August 7th release.
ORESKABAND made their US live debut this
year at SXSW where their infectious songs and personalities made them one
of the festival's top new discoveries. ORESKABAND will return to the US
this summer for a performance at the Anime Expo in Long Beach, CA and a
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PR reports: This June, Atlanta's The Swear
will record with legendary producer Ted Niceley. Ted's work with Fugazi
rocketed him to prominence in the late '80s/early '90s and helped launch
the alternative rock revolution as well as lay the groundwork for today's
emo/hardcore scene. His status as a seminal figure was solidified with
productions for artists such as Jawbox, Shudder to Think and Quicksand.
His production of the Future Kings of Spain won the 2004 Meteor Prize.
Ted has also produced Girls Against Boys, Sparklehorse, Tracy Bonham, Frente!,
Dead Milkmen and Tripping Daisy. These new recordings will be a part of
The Swear's second album, set for release in fall 2007. The band has already
tracked three songs for the record with producer Jeff Tomei (Smashing Pumpkins,
Jerry Cantrell).
The album will be mixed by Girls Against
Boys' Eli Janney, known for his recent work on albums by Garbage and Clap
Your Hands Say Yeah!. Listen online at http://www.myspace.com/theswear.
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PR reports: This coming Friday, June 22, Queens
of the Stone Age will be the featured artist on the Henry Rollins Show.
At 11pm on 6/22, QOTSA will be performing "Misfit Love", so tune into IFC
for that.
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PR reports: Versailles Records is seeking
submissions from KISS fans for original album cover designs for the label's
forthcoming 'LICK IT UP: A MILLENNIUM TRIBUTE TO KISS', due in the spring
of 2008. Any submissions should be EMAILED in JPEG (300 DPI) to Versaillesrecords2006@yahoo.com.
A final decision will be made on the official album cover selection in
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PR reports: In the early 1980s Laurie Anderson
was already respected as a conceptual artist and composer and as a familiar
figure in the cross-pollinating, Lower Manhattan music-visual art-performance
circles from which Philip Glass and David Byrne also emerged. At the time
of its original release, the NME wrote of Big Science, "There's a dream-like,
subconscious quality about her song which helps them work at deeper, secret
levels of the psyche." With instrumentation ranging from tape loops to
found sounds to bag pipes, Big Science anticipated the tech-savvy beats,
anything-goes instrumentation and sample-based nature of much of the contemporary
electronic and dance music that followed over the past 25 years.
The re-mastered 25th anniversary enhanced
edition includes liner notes written by Anderson, the classic video for
the surprise 1981 hit single "O Superman", and the original B-side track
"Walk the Dog". It will hit stores on July 17th[see full story for more]-
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PR reports: With theatrical rock decidedly
back en vogue (just check ‘Headbanger’s Ball’ and metal publications for
the proof), it’s fitting that this year’s edition of the Sounds of the
Underground Tour will feature one of metal’s all-time most over-the-top
theatrical bands, Gwar. Having already performed as part of the tour on
two previous editions, this year’s SOTU line-up sees the masked monsters
headlining the entire festival – resulting in the full-on Gwar experience.
“Gwar will be playing in the dark – which
is great, we’ll have the full light show, a longer set, and close the day’s
festivities,” explains Gwar frontman, Oderus Urungus. “This year, we’ve
been playing almost exclusively songs from the new album, and for the Sounds
of the Underground Tour, we’re going to go back into our catalog a bit
– play some of the stuff from the earlier albums. It’ll be the ultimate
Gwar show – everything’s that’s cool about what Gwar is doing nowadays,
but also taking elements out of our past. If you’ve never seen Gwar before,
you’ll be able to walk away from the show pretty much understanding what
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PR reports: Two years after their strong debut-album
“Merlin”, the Heavy Metal band ROADKILL is now revealing the first details
from their upcoming EP “Dark Side”. “Dark Side” will contain 5 tracks with
a total playing time of 24 minutes and will show you the absolute, undeniable
dedication of this band to Heavy Metal. The official release-date for “Dark
Side” will be June 30, 2007.
The EP will be available for sale for the
1st time during the ROADGRILL on June 30,2007. The ROADGRILL is an initiative
from ROADKILL-fans and together with Heavy Metal Maniacs and ROADKILL themselves
a great summer-event for Heavy Metal fans has been organised.[see full
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PR reports: Independent hip-hop label Hiero
Imperium has just released July tour dates for three of its artists; Del
The Funky Homosapien, A Plus, and The Souls of Mischief. Del will headline
a tour of Canadian dates, backed up by A Plus. Meanwhile, Souls of Mischief
will tour Canada and the US as well. These dates come on the heels of Souls
member A Plus' new solo release, My Last Good Deed, as well as Del’s hotly
anticipated album 11th Hour, due this fall.
Long-time fixtures in the hip-hop underground,
the artists of Hiero Imperium Records set the standard for independent
hip-hop record labels. This year marks their 10-year anniversary.
Del The Funky Homosapien feat. A Plus:
07/18/07 Victoria, BC Sugar
07/19/07 Vancouver, BC Richards on Richards
07/20/07 Nelson, BC Spirit Bara
07/21/07 Edmonton, AB The Starlite[see
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Reader Submission reports: CIRCA: the new
band formed by veteran YES rockers Billy Sherwood, Tony Kaye and Alan White
with Jimmy Haun on lead Guitar are on the verge of releasing their debut
album 'Circa: 2007' and the band have begun rehearsals for a tour.
Bass player and lead vocalist Billy Sherwood
said in a blog post on the band's myspace website: CIRCA: rehearsals have
officially begun... Lots of notes to remember, We are looking forward to
announcing our 1st string of gigs, stay tuned.... We are really excited
to get the CIRCA: train rolling, see you all there!
The full CD release of "CIRCA: 2007" is
going to be available very soon, for all our friends around the world to
enjoy {at the same time}.... We promise ! ! !
A first gig has been announced which will
take place on August 23 at the Coach House in San Juan Capistrano, LA.
and in another Blog Billy Sherwood has said the album will be released
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PR reports: Adam Franklin spent the 1990s
as singer, guitarist and main songwriter for London-based Swervedriver,
the genre-breaching Creation Records rock band. Since then, he's collaborated
with friends (most recently, a project with Interpol drummer Sam Fogarino
called Setting Suns) and led the ambient/experimental Toshack Highway.
Now, in support of his forthcoming solo debut, Franklin has announced a
NYC album release party and West Coast tour dates in July. Plans for a
full national tour at in the works for the fall. See below for tour dates.
Those on the East Coast can catch Franklin
live on July 2nd, celebrating the release of Bolts of Melody at the Mercury
Lounge in New York City.
07/02 New York, NY Mercury Lounge (Album
release show)
07/13 Seattle, WA KEXP (In-studio)
07/14 Seattle, WA The Crocodile Cafe
07/14 Seattle, WA Sonic Boom Records (In-store)
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PR reports: Every Avenue, from Marysville,
Michigan, joins the Fearless Family and is set to release a new EP titled
Ah! on August 14.
This five piece ensemble is made up of
vocalist / pianist David Ryan, guitarists and vocalists Joshua Randal and
Jimmie Deeghan, bassist Cameron Grenstiner, and Michael Govaere on drums.
06.21.07 - Rochester, MN @ Midwest Skatepark
06.22.07 - Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue
06.23.07 - Burnsville, MN @ The Garage
06.24.07 - Madison, WI @ The Annex (18+)
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PR reports: It was just another Monday night
for Danny Ross. Happily crooning Beatles-like melodies, arranging electric
guitars with piano, and locking in the drums and bass, Ross was preparing
his band for a summer tour of beer-drenched music clubs across New York
City. By the time he left the sweaty rehearsal space in Brooklyn, his voice
was shot and ears were ringing. Still, back in his downtown apartment,
Ross planned to blog on his website, run piano scales and jot down lyric
ideas before calling it a night.
But from nine to five, Danny Ross lives
a very different life. As a staffer for United States Congressman Jerrold
Nadler, you would hardly recognize the twenty-two year old singer-songwriter
from Long Island. Sorting through invitations, maintaining the Representative's
schedule and coordinating the office operations in a clean shirt and tie,
Danny Ross is your tax money at work.
Ross describes his music as "piano-pop
rocked out. Think Ben Folds meets rock n roll." Self-taught on piano, he's
also an expressive singer, guitarist and disciplined songwriter. With more
than 10,000 MySpace plays, and on the verge of releasing his first album,
Introducing Danny Ross!, the young musician plans to celebrate with a Record
Release Show on Saturday, June 30 th 8PM at The Bitter End in Manhattan's
West Village. You'll be sure to find congressional staffers singing along.
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