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TuneLab reports: Tantric members Matt Taul
(drums) and Bruce LaFrance (bass) have announced their departure from the
band and will now focus on the band Nova Red. Former Fuel drummer Kevin
Miller will step in behind the drum kit and Eric Leonheart has been added
as their new bassist. The band has also named their new guitarist, Joe
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PR reports: At the end of summer, Trapt will
be releasing the album Trapt Live! which will feature the new single “Stay
Alive”. Check out “Stay Alive” at the full story link. Trapt will head
into the studio in July to start work on their next studio album with producer
GGGarth Richardson, who co-produced the bands debut album. The band is
also putting together a new tour and will hit the road in October. For
more info on Trapt and their new live album, check out their Myspace page,
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PR reports: KITTIE regrets to announce that
bassist, Trish Doan, will not be performing on their upcoming SWEET REVENGE
tour. Standing in for her on the tour will be Jeff Phillips from THINE
EYES BLEED. Doan has written a note to fans explaining the hiatus... Dear
Kittie Fans,
Due to pressing personal health matters,
I must sadly inform you that I will be taking a hiatus from touring with
Kittie commencing immediately. With the complete and ongoing support from
the band and management it is clear, as unfortunate it is, that these matters
be addressed promptly. I want to thank everyone for the tremendous support
over these past two years. It has been nothing but an amazing experience
so far and this decision has been made to do what is best for everyone.
Sincerely
Trish Doan- Click
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PR reports: Multi-platinum rockers Silverchair--singer/guitarist/songwriter
Daniel Johns, drummer Ben Gillies and bassist Chris Joannou-are back and
stronger than ever, as evidenced on their fifth album, YOUNG MODERN, due
out July 24 on Eleven: a music company, in association with Warner Music
Group.
The trio will celebrate the release with
performances of the album's explosive first single, "Straight Lines," on
"The Tonight Show With Jay Leno" on Tuesday, July 10 and "Late Late Show
With Craig Ferguson" on Thursday, July 12.
The next day, Silverchair's U.S. headlining
tour will launch in San Diego, CA at the House of Blues. Many stops along
the tour route are already sold out, including San Francisco (July 17),
Portland (July 19), Vancouver (July 21), Atlanta (July 23), Boston (July
29) and Toronto (August 1). WMG labelmates We Are The Fury have been tapped
to open all except two of the tour dates (Seattle on July 20 and Vancouver).
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PR reports: Lou Reed's 'Berlin' is currently
taking Europe by storm with some of the best concert reviews of his career.
The UK leg of the tour starts on Friday 29th June at the Manchester International
Festival, and London Hammersmith Apollo on Saturday June 30th and Sunday
July 1st. The former Velvet Underground front man is touring his classic
1973 album "Berlin" complete with a 25-piece ensemble including original
"Berlin" guitarist Steve Hunter, his core rock band, a string section,
horn section and the London Children's Youth Choir.
The 'Berlin' concerts have received standing
ovations in Paris, Amsterdam, and Berlin. This is the first and only time
Reed will perform "Berlin" in its entirety in the UK. To celebrate this
rare concert event, BBC 2 TV will air "Lou Reed: A Culture Show Special,
a half hour interview with Lauren Laverne with live concert performance
footage from Reed's recent "Berlin" concert in Paris. Footage will also
include Reed performing in rehearsals for the tour and contributions from
musicians Peter Hook and Antony Hegarty. Lou Reed is also interviewed on
Channel 4 News at 12 noon and 7:40pm on Thursday 28th June, and will perform
one song from 'Berlin' on BBC Newsnight (BBC 2) at 10:45pm on Friday 29th
June.
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PR reports: Against Me! have launched the
third episode of their “Making of the Record” series on YouTube.com. In
the new episode, the band takes you inside their rehearsal space where
they put the finishing touches on the new songs before they hit the studio.
Against Me! has also released a video for the Butch Vig remix for "White
People For Peace." Against Me! will release their new album, New Wave,
on July 10th. If you pre-order album now at Interpunk.com or Smartpunk.com
you will receive a limited edition 7” of “Thrash Unreal.” Watch the video
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PR reports: More than 27,000 young voters
have spoken, and actor Kristen Bell and AFI frontman Davey Havok have been
crowned the winners of the third annual World's Sexiest Vegetarian contest.
The online contest is held by peta2, the world's largest youth animal rights
organization. Bell and Havok narrowly edged out Andy Hurley of Fall Out
Boy, Greta Salpeter of The Hush Sound, Jared Leto of 30 Seconds to Mars,
Heroes star Milo Ventimiglia, and one of last year's winners, actor Natalie
Portman. Bell now joins Portman as the only women in the history of the
World's Sexiest Vegetarian contests to have won the title in both the peta2
and PETA categories.
Havok started AFI with some high school
friends, and the group has put out a steady stream of popular and critically
acclaimed albums ever since, culminating in last year's release Decemberunderground.
Havok says that going vegan makes the world a better place for animals
and humans. "I certainly would encourage anyone to explore a vegetarian
or vegan lifestyle .... I think we must begin with the betterment of humanity,
which would then naturally result in compassion for animals."
The complete list of vegetarian celebrities
who were in the running in this year's poll is available at the full story
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PR reports: Critics darling Nikka Costa joined
Prince onstage for the finale of his first 3121 show at the Hollywood Roosevelt
on Saturday, June 23. Costa shared the mic with Prince on his anthemic
track "Purple Rain," bringing the house down and all its attendees to their
feet. The exclusive two hour show kicked off at 1AM and was host to a star-studded
crowd including Penelope Cruz, P.Diddy, Nas, Hilary Swank and Erykah Badu
and others. Costa was right at home with the evening's swampy, Louisiana
tinged funk sounds melding old Hollywood with the South circa the 1940's.
Her relationship with Prince dates back to her co-write of his track "Silver
Tongue" which became the b-side to his single "Call Your Name."
Costa is perhaps best known for her radio
hits "Everybody Got Their Something" and "Like A Feather." She is no stranger
to the music business as she's the daughter of famed arranger/producer
Don Costa (Frank Sinatra, Paul Anka, Dinah Washington, Tony Bennett) and
the goddaughter of the late Frank Sinatra. Her dynamic, sultry and soulful
vocals make her a highly regarded and relevant musician. Currently, Costa
has recorded a song for a pending Cy Coleman tribute project which also
features tracks from Fiona Apple and Elvis Costello amongst others. In
addition Costa is writing and preparing to record her 3rd album due out
next year.
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PR reports: A.i. will release Sex & Robots
online September 11th, 2007 through their own independent record label,
A.i. Music. This is the band's second album; their debut Artificial Intelligence,
was released in August 2002 through DreamWorks Records. A.i. consists of
Nick Young on vocals and guitar, younger brother Zack Young on acoustic
and electronic drums, and Milen (Mee-LEN) Kirov on keyboards and synth
bass.
" A.i. is first and foremost a rock band,"
says drummer Zack Young, "but electronic drums and synthesizers are an
integral part of our sound." Zack's setup consists of a traditional rock
drumset mixed with electronic triggers which allow him to perform live.
"We play everything in the moment without using sequencers or backing tracks.
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PR reports: After more than 15 years of conveying
negative vibes, warning listeners about the dangers of being in a band
and lamenting their time in the music industry (case in point: the band's
radio hit, "Sell Out"), the members of Southern California ska-punk stalwarts
Reel Big Fish want to let the world know of a big change: They're finally
happy. Some of that happiness stems from being released from their former
label's contract. "We're very happy to be off the major label because they
didn't understand us," says front man Aaron Barrett. "They didn't know
what to call us, how to market us or who to market us to. They are used
to pre-packaged pop and radio-ready rock and I think we were just too weird
for them to comprehend. So eventually they just ended up doing nothing."
Freed from such obligations, Reel Big Fish
is finally releasing its first independent studio album since leaving its
former label. The self-produced Monkeys For Nothin' And The Chimps For
Free finds the members of Reel Big Fish doing things their way. In fact,
it features material done their way, from quite a long ways back. "We decided
we were going to do a B-sides and rarities thing, but we didn't have anything
to release, so we were going to re-record some things that we were going
to call B-sides and rarities," explains Barrett. "But then we realized
that most of that stuff no one had ever heard, so it wasn't really B-sides
and rarities, it was just new songs. But those weren't good enough, so
we wrote some new songs that were actually new, and suddenly we're making
a new album."
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PR reports: New Jersey hardcore metal rockers
No Hollywood Ending have launched a presale for their upcoming sophomore
LP, “Everybody’s Talking.” The album comes out July 17th via No Milk Records,
but if you preorder now, you’ll receive a free signed poster and personal
phone call from the band. Visit www.nomilkrecords.com for details, and
check out www.myspace.com/nohollywoodending for No Hollywood Ending’s summer
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PR reports: Next week, two albums by Taiwan’s
premier metal act ChthoniC – dubbed the “Black Sabbath of Asia” by their
home country’s largest newspaper, and soon to be the first-ever Asian act
to take part in Ozzfest – will finally be released in North America. Relentless
Recurrence, initially released in 2002, and last year’s A Decade On the
Throne live double album/DVD will continue the momentum started by the
acclaimed Seediq Bale, the group’s first American release.
The music of ChthoniC (pronounced THON-ick)
focuses in part on the history of the Taiwanese people. The band has even
christened its upcoming international tour – which will commence in suburban
Seattle when the group kicks off the summer’s first Ozzfest – "UNlimited,"
in part to protest how the United Nations (UN) limits Taiwan's full participation
as an independent country. (Visit www.myspace.com/ChthoniCtw for more on
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PR reports: August Burns Red are celebrating
the Top 100 debut in the Billboard 200 Album charts for their new CD 'Messengers'
with a string of summer live appearances. The album's first week sales
were strong enough to land the band at No. 81 on the charts the first week
in stores and they'll be making more converts on the road at the following
stops including a full fledged tour with Evergreen Terrace, The Warriors
and Casey Jones:
August Burns Red at Lifest
7/11 – Oshkosh, WI – Sunnyview Fairgrounds
August Burns Red at Sonshine Festival
7/12 – Willmar, MN – Sonshine Festival
August Burns Red with Evergreen Terrace,
The Warriors and Casey Jones
7/20 – Atlanta, GA – Masquerade
7/21 – Birmingham, AL – Cave 9
7/22 – Nashville, TN – Rocket Town
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