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antiMusic reports: This week we asked The
Last Goodnight's Kurtis John to tell us about his five favorite tracks
from their major label debut Poison Kiss. Today Kurtis tells about "Return
to Me":
Before I left for LA, we had 100+ songs
written in demo form. We wanted a ballad on the album, and we felt that
Return to Me was emotional and powerful enough to stand up with the rest
of the songs as they were shaping up on the album. It's a song where I
feel I have to leave everything out there on the stage or we're not doing
the song justice.
Hear for yourself and grab more info on
the band, tour dates and more right- here
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Gigwise reports: The Police's guitarist Andy
Summers has hinted that the band might consider recording a new album after
their reunion world tour finishes.
Originally there had been no plans for
the band to record new material, however, Summers has said that he would
now consider it a "challenge."
"It's sort of like living with the elephant
in the room," Summers told AP. "I would see it as a challenge, to make
an absolutely brilliant pop album at this stage of our career, and that
would be something quite remarkable"- more
on this story
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antiMusic reports: Nine Inch Nails mastermind
Trent Reznor has been very public about his dissatisfaction with some label
policies including what he saw as overpricing of the band's latest CD in
Australia to which he was told that the label charged that much because
the fans would pay it. That didn't sit well with Trent and during a recent
concert Down Under he encouraged his fans to steal his music instead of
paying inflated prices. Now Reznor won't have to worry about such things
as he announced on Monday that Nine Inch Nails are officially free agents
having left their record company behind. Here is his message:
Hello everyone. I've waited a LONG time
to be able to make the following announcement: as of right now Nine Inch
Nails is a totally free agent, free of any recording contract with any
label.
I have been under recording contracts for
18 years and have watched the business radically mutate from one thing
to something inherently very different and it gives me great pleasure to
be able to finally have a direct relationship with the audience as I see
fit and appropriate.
Look for some announcements in the near
future regarding 2008. Exciting times, indeed- more
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antiMusic reports: In bitter turn of irony
Green Day's Billy Joe Armstrong finds the current scene stagnant making
the recording of their new album difficult. The irony comes from the fact
that most "emo" groups are built around imitations of Armstrong's nasal
vocal style. Gigwise has the report:
Green Day have a huge 45 songs primed and
ready to record for their new album but say they're finding it hard to
draw inspiration from the current 'stagnant' music scene.
Peter Pan-esque frontman Billie Joe Armstrong
explains that the band are in the midst of a chaotic writing process in
studios in Oakland and California, and that they hope to whittle down the
songs soon.
"We've been doing this for 20 years now.
You want to make sure you're being honest with yourself. I also have to
ask myself 'what's real out there?' Right now, it seems stagnant."-
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antiMusic reports: When Testament needed a
drummer for the recording of their new album, only the best would do so
they called on their longtime friend Paul Bostaph (Slayer) to fill in for
Nick Barker who couldn't take part due to via issues.
Here is the official announcement: Paul
Bostaph will join the ranks alongside originating classic thrash legends
Chuck Billy on vocals, Alex Skolnick on lead guitar, Eric Peterson on rhythm
guitar and Greg Christian on bass.
Unfortunately Nick Barker will not be recording
with TESTAMENT on this new album, due to Homeland Security and International
Work Visa issues.
Rather than delaying this long awaited
return of TESTAMENT, the band has chosen to recruit Paul Bostaph, long
time friend and member, to record on the much anticipated album, which
is tentatively scheduled for a spring 2008 release via Nuclear Blast. -
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Gigwise reports: Guy Hands, the new owner
of EMI Records, has told his employees that they must look for digital
alternatives to the music CD.
Hands' request was made in a confidential
email to EMI staff just days after Radiohead - a former band of EMI - announced
that they would allow fans to choose the price of their new album, 'In
Rainbows.'
In the email, Hands reportedly described
Radiohead's decision to offer the album as a download as a "wake-up call"
to the company. He added: "The recorded music industry... has for too long
been dependent on how many CD's can be sold, rather than embracing the
digital revolution and all the opportunities is brings for promotion, the
industry has stuck its head in the sand."- That's
not the only thing Hands is challenging, Gigwise has more
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antiMusic reports: Bad news from the The Decemberists
camp. Seems an illness have forced the band to nix the remaining dates
on current tour. The upcoming US dates appear to still be a go at this
point as they are still listed on the band' Myspace. Here is the announcement:
With much regret The Decemberists have cancelled the remainder of our European
tour. One of our band members is ill and needs to return immediately home
to mend.
Our deepest apologies to all of our fans
whom have purchased tickets to our forthcoming European shows. Unfortunately
our calendar doesn't allow us to return to Europe at any point soon so
please refund tickets at point of purchase.
It saddens us to disappoint our fans. We
hope everybody understands that it is because of an extreme situation that
we had to make such an abrupt change in plans.-
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Metal Underground reports: A former rock star
convicted of trying to rape a teenage boy in his Northamptonshire cottage
is to write an expose of his life story when he is freed from prison. Dave
Holland, the ex-drummer of heavy metal band JUDAS PRIEST, always denied
any involvement in the attempted rape of the special needs student but
was convicted of the crime at Northampton Crown Court in January 2004 and
sentenced to eight years in jail.
Author Neil Daniels, who has now written
and published The Story of Judas Priest: Defenders Of The Faith, claims
Holland wrote to him from his prison cell and is planning to write a tell-all
biography of his life and career, as well as appeal against the court's
decision.
The letter, dated November 2006 and published
in full in Mr Daniels' book, said: "I was convicted of a crime that I didn't
commit and like so many others in similar situations to the one in which
I find myself, an offence that never even existed in the first place...
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PR reports: On October 11th, the organization
behind the Grammy Awards, the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences,
will be honoring legendary rockers Cheap Trick in Chicago.
The Plain White T's will be performing
two songs by their fellow Windy City rockers at the gala event. Robin Zander
and Rick Nielsen of Cheap Trick have been rumored to be joining the T's
on stage for some of the performance.
The band will be filming a video for their
new single, "Our Time Is Now," later in the month which they will be performing
on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on October 10th.- tour
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PR reports: At the recent Bell Celebrity Dinner
in downtown Toronto former Triumph guitarist Rik Emmett strongly hinted
a Triumph reunion is in the works with former bandmates Gil Moore and Mike
Levine.
In a video interview seen on web TV show
KayvonTV.com Emmett looks into the camera and says, "keeps your eyes peeled
"
in reference to whether Triumph could reunite. Emmett then goes onto remark,
(with Moore and Levine) "we've had some positive conversations."
The three original members of Triumph recently
came together during Canadian Music Week when then Triumph was inducted
into the Canadian Music Hall Of Fame. see the video interview with Rik
Emmett on KayvonTV.com- here
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Rockdirt reports: Rock acts on television
this week include: Kid Rock, who performs on 'The Late Show with David
Letterman' on Monday and visits 'Total Request Live' on Tuesday
Paramore, who perform on 'Late Night with
Conan O'Brien' on Monday and 'TRL' on Thursday
Black Lips, who perform on 'Late Night'
on Tuesday
Modest Mouse, who perform on 'The Late
Late Show' on Wednesday
Foo Fighters, who visit 'The Sauce' on
Wednesday and are musical guests on 'Saturday Night Live'
Klaxons, who perform on 'Late Night' on
Thursday
Serj Tankian of System of a Down, who visits
'The Sauce' on Thursday- Lots
more listed here
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PR reports: Western Massachusetts purveyors
of all things heavy, The Acacia Strain, have confirmed most dates for an
upcoming fall headlining tour dubbed Crashing Through the Holidays to continue
supporting the band's latest release, 'The Dead Walk.'
Joining the band on the road will be Despised
Icon, Full Blown Chaos and the Tony Danza Tapdance Extravaganza, with additional
support from Recon, Implosive Disgorgance and Ligeia on select dates. Currently
wrapping up dates alongside labelmates All That Remains as well as Protest
The Hero and Too Pure To Die, THE ACACIA STRAIN will take a month off the
road before heading back out in late November.- more
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PR reports: In support of the critically-acclaimed
release "Church Mouth," Portugal. The Man announces the third - and final
- leg of their 2007 concert itinerary. Once their current run with Rocky
Votalto ends on October 20, P.TM will play a series of headline dates and
then join up with the post-hardcore band Thursday in Worcester, MA on November
1 for about two week's worth of shows.
Portugal. The Man is proving to be one
of the hardest-working indie/rock bands on the planet; by the time they
hunker down for the holidays, they will have played more than 160 concerts
around the globe, including two tours of Europe, just this year.-
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PR reports: On November 27th, Waxploitation
will launch its inaugural Causes album series with Causes 1 which includes
exclusive and rare tracks donated by Animal Collective, The Black Keys,
Bloc Party, Bright Eyes, Cornelius, The Cure, David Sylvian, Death Cab
for Cutie, (International) Noise Conspiracy, The Shins remixed by Clint
Mansell, Spoon, Teargas & Plateglass, Thievery Corporation and Travis.
One hundred percent of the proceeds will
go to three non-profit organizations: Doctors Without Borders (www.doctorswithoutborders.org),
Human Rights Watch (www.hrw.org) and Oxfam America (www.oxfamamerica.org).
The album will be available digitally on
iTunes for only 90 days beginning on November 27th. "We've made a conscious
decision to create a sense of urgency - to mirror what is a dire situation
in Darfur. It's not just a symbolic gesture," says Waxploitation's founder
Jeff Antebi. "These non-profits need help there now."
Waxploitation will also be pressing a limited
edition CD which can be pre-ordered by signing up- here
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PR reports: Metal Blade Records has just added
the infamous Southern sludge grind-metallers Soilent Green to its roster.
Expect the new album to be out in 2008 with heavy touring to follow. Soilent
Green has been releasing consistently brutal and groove-laden albums since
their first full length Pussysoul in 1994. Soilent Green are true road
warriors and have played a countless number of shows and toured with bands
like Pantera, Clutch, Morbid Angel, Eyehategod, Brutal Truth, Anal Cunt,
Napalm Death, The Black Dahlia Murder, GWAR, and Isis just to name a few.
The band will begin recording their 5th full length album, and Metal Blade
debut, on October 15th at Mana Studios in Tampa Florida with Producer/Engineer
Erik Rutan (Cannibal Corpse, Hate Eternal, Goatwhore, Vital Remains).
"It is very exciting to have a band of
Soilent Green's caliber signed to Metal Blade Records. We look forward
to working closely with the band to enhance their trademark sound while
forging a new chapter in the bands career." Mike Faley, President of Metal
Blade Records. - more
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