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antiMusic reports: Dishwalla's former frontman
isn't spending his time counting blue cars since the band split. J.R. Richards
is instead focusing on what he does best, making music. He announced to
his fans last week that he plans to go into the studio early next year
to begin work on a new solo album.
J.R. made the announcement with the following
Myspace blog: Hey all - Finally its On. I'm scheduled to be in the studio
with Producer Sylvia Massy to begin recording the new Album in January.
The new record is going to be called 'The Ghost of Sorrow' and will be
recorded in Weed, California @ Sylvia's - Radiostar Studios.
You may remember that Sylvia produced 4
songs on the last Dishwalla record and I've been looking forward to working
with her again. She truly does Rule - I'll keep you posted - thanks JR
- J.R.'s
Myspace
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antiMusic reports: It appears that Andrew
Hercules tenure has come to The End. The Canadian rockers have been forced
to pull the plug on their tour with Between the Buried and Me after Andrew
decided to exit stage left. Here is the announcement from The End:
Unfortunately we have some sad news for
you, Andrew Hercules has decided to leave the band. We all wish him the
best in his future endeavors. Due to this development we will need to immediately
cancel the rest of the dates with Between The Buried And Me. We'll head
home after the Seattle show and sort out how we will bring out the rock
on our tours with Gwar and Chimaira.
We apologize to anyone that had planned
on attending our shows, we appreciate your support, and we will be back
as soon as possible.- more
on this story including who is taking their place on the tour
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antiMusic reports: Although Gene and Paul
are afraid to talk to us (or their publicist is afraid to let them) we
do know that there are a lot of KISS fans that read the Day in Rock so
here is some big news for you from their official site: The third installment
of the multi-platinum, hugely successful KISSOLOGY Series. KISS is back
with their biggest statement to date - nearly TEN hours of KISS live on
stage. KISSOLOGY VOL. 3 also features - MTV's UNPLUGGED performance, including
songs that didn't make it into the broadcast or CD version! Plus, a behind
the scenes documentary shot during rehearsals and back stage - Never before
seen!
KISSOLOGY VOL. 3 1992-2000 has been super-expanded
to four DVD's - nearly TEN HOURS of KISS live and on stage! Includes over
100 live performances, commentary from Paul, Gene, Bruce Kulick & Tommy
Thayer as well as a 20 page full color booklet!
FIVE CONCERTS included : DETROIT - 1992,
DETROIT - 1996, LOS ANGELES - 1998, NEW JERSEY - 2000 and QUEENS, NY -
1973. And we teased this on KISSOLOGY VOL. 1 - the much heralded Queens,
NY Coventry Show from December, 1973 - the band's first ever concert filmed
in make up in its entirety!
One version of the release will feature
a FIFTH BONUS DISC of KISS' performance at the KROQ WEENIE ROAST on June
15, 1996. Tracks include: "Deuce", "Love Gun", "Calling Dr. Love", "Firehouse",
"Shock Me", "100,000 Years", "Detroit Rock City", "Black Diamond" and "Rock
and Roll All Nite"
- Iin
stores Ded 18th. See the tracklisting info here
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CBS reports: The debut television performance
of the Spice Girls, and performances by Grammy Award-winning recording
artists Kanye West and Seal, will be featured on THE VICTORIA'S SECRET
FASHION SHOW, Tuesday, Dec. 4 (10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television
Network.
Kanye West will open the show. This will
be the Spice Girls debut television performance since reuniting.
Top models appearing in THE VICTORIA'S
SECRET FASHION SHOW will include Heidi Klum, Adriana Lima, Karolina Kurkova
and Selita Ebanks.
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PR reports: After spending the past couple
of months holed up in an Atlanta studio working on their full-length (expected
in March), Atlanta, GA's Morning State will be playing four shows during
CMJ week, including a day party at The Delancey on Thursday to be recorded
by Break Thru Radio, The MuseBox / Paper TV party Thursday night at Orchard
Bar, the indie outlaw and After the Jump show Friday at the Annex, and
.
A VIP late night party with Pitchdork wunderband Black Kids, and Peter
and Bjorn (of PB & J, of course!).
Thursday daytime: The Delancey @ 3:15 PM
(w/ Tigercity, Middle Distance Runner, Syme, and more)
Thursday, Nighttime: The Orchard Bar (w/
Stylofone, Stone Figs, and more). FREE PBR and Dewars!
Friday, Daytime: The Annex @ 5:00 PM (indie
outlaw and After the Jump: "North Vs. South Showdown") ***With a FREE Circoc
Vodka pour five minutes prior to every set!
Saturday, Late Night: Galapagos @ 12:15
AM (w/ Peter and Bjorn, Black Kids, and Zambri)- more
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PR reports: Atlantic recording group KOOP
has announced details of their upcoming North American tour. The dates
celebrate the recent release of "KOOP ISLANDS." KOOP - aka Oscar Simonsson
and Magnus Zingmark - will kick off their concert schedule on November
2nd at New York City's Hiro Ballroom, with dates continuing through a November
10th show at Los Angeles' Barker Block
When performing, Simonsson and Zingmark
magically transform KOOP from a two-man studio project into a full-scale
orchestra, complete with multiple singers and up to nine live instruments.
KOOP themselves play piano/accordion (Simonsson) and sampler (Zingmark).
KOOP is a true original, known for their
groundbreaking sample-based amalgamation of jazz, dance, and electronica.
"KOOP ISLANDS" sees Simonsson and Zingmark absorbing the influence of the
classic Big Band sound of the Twenties, Thirties, and Forties to create
an inimitable groove they call "SWINGTRONICA." Joining KOOP on their remarkable
musical journey are a number of guest vocalists including Hilde Louise
Asbjornsen (featured vocalist for the U.S. tour as well as a featured recording
artist and co-lyricist of "Strange Love" from "KOOP ISLANDS"), Yukimi Nagano,
Mikael Sundin, and ex-Galliano frontman Rob Gallagher (all of whom appeared
on "WALTZ FOR KOOP"), as well as the acclaimed Norwegian singer-songwriter
Ane Brun.- dates
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PR reports: On November 6, Recall Records
will release the soundtrack to cult American film Downtown 81. Starring
the legendary American artist Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960-1988), the film
vividly depicts the explosive downtown New York art and music scene of
1980-81. Not a documentary, it presents a slightly exaggerated, romantic
and magical version of the reality of the time: the entire cast is composed
of the movers and shakers on the downtown scene.
Downtown 81 not only captures one of the
most interesting and lively artists of the twentieth century as he is poised
for fame, but it is a slice of life from one of the most exciting periods
in American culture, with the emergence of new wave music, new painting,
hip hop and graffiti. The cast includes Deborah Harry and leading bands
of the era including Kid Creole and the Coconuts, James White and the Blacks,
DNA, Tuxedo Moon, the Plastics, and Walter Steding and the Dragon People.
Also heard on the soundtrack are rap legend Melle Mel, John Lurie, Lydia
Lunch, Suicide, Kenny Burrell and Basquiat's own band, Gray.-
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PR reports: After a rousing run on the Warped
Tour this summer, As I Lay Dying is readying their tour of the USA. These
dates are in support of their hit album, AN OCEAN BETWEEN US, out now on
Metal Blade Records.
The tour begins on October 27 in Tempe,
AZ and will criss-cross through states to finish up in their hometown of
San Diego, CA on November 30th.
Supporting Acts on the tour will be All
That Remains, Haste The Day and Through The Eyes Of The Dead.-
Dates
are here
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PR reports: Plies has also announced the official
launch of BidLong.com, an online community blog that expresses the rapper's
concerns regarding the prison system in this country. The site not only
features updates from Plies himself, but it will also be a forum for fans
to express their own feelings about incarceration and personal stories.
Plies recently released a viral music video
for his song "100 Years," in which he addresses the injustices that people
are being faced with in courtrooms on a daily basis; from inadequate legal
council and excessive sentencing, to crooked law enforcement officials.
"I feel like the song is well needed,"
says Plies of "100 Years." "There hasn't been a record that I can remember
over the course of the last 10 years that has touched on the system like
this song."- the
blog site
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PR reports: Borders is the exclusive retailer
for legendary music producer Phil Ramone's new compilation CD, "Making
Records," which hits shelves today at its stores across the country. In
conjunction with the CD, Ramone's accompanying book, "Making Records: The
Scenes Behind the Music" with co-author Charles Granata published by Hyperion
Books is also available today.
"Making Records" is a compilation CD of
tracks from some of music's brightest stars such as Tony Bennett, Gloria
Estefan, Billy Joel, Kenny Loggins, Barry Manilow, Paul Simon and Barbra
Streisand all either produced or engineered by Ramone. These recordings
on this exclusive compilation are the original versions of timeless classics
as released by the original artists all on one CD for the first time. The
cover art to this special CD is also Borders exclusive having been designed
and created in-house by Borders.- more
on this story
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PR reports: The Bombs Of Enduring Freedom
(the new project of James Fogarty - formerly of defunct left-field metal
project 'Ewigkeit') have uploaded a new song at the Death To Music Productions
myspace page.
The track is called "Beware The Bombs..."
(the P.N.A.C. edit) - the original version of which appears on the self
titled debut CD, which is exclusively available via newly formed 'anti-record
label' Death To Music Productions (www.deathtomusic.com)
The debut CD of 'The Bombs Of Enduring
Freedom' is intended as a follow up to Ewigkeit's last album "Conspiritus",
released in 2005 by Earache records and is limited to 665 'slightly less
evil' copies - available now.- song
is here
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PR reports: Tune in to MyNetworkTV this Saturday,
October 20, 2007 at 9/8c to watch James Blunt performing songs from his
latest release "All The Lost Souls" on Control Room Presents.
You'll catch electrifying live versions
of "1973," "You're Beautiful," plus an exclusive interview with James!
Please double check your local listings
for times- here
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PR reports: Dan Wilson releases of his solo
debut Free Life this week. Produced by Wilson, a Grammy winning songwriter
and former member of cult band Trip Shakespeare and the critically acclaimed
group Semisonic, the album will be available on American Recordings now.
Executive produced by label head Rick Rubin, Free Life features contributions
from Sheryl Crow, Sean Watkins (Nickel Creek) and Eric Fawcett (N.E.R.D.),
among others.
Now working as a solo artist and collaborating
with a collective of notable musicians from his home city of Minneapolis,
Wilson earned a Song of the Year Grammy® in February for his co-writing
work on the Dixie Chick's "Not Ready To Make Nice" from the album Taking
the Long Way. He also contributed writing to six songs on the album, which
won the Dixie Chicks a total of five Grammy® Awards including Album
Of The Year and Country Album Of The Year. Wilson has also collaborated
with such acclaimed artists as Mike Doughty, Rachael Yamagata, Jewel, Jason
Mraz and others.- more
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Clapton came full circle. He
started his career mining the blues, now he is one of its most notable
historians. Long-time fans probably have everything they would need from
him already, but anybody newly interested would find a perfect career overview
here. (4 stars)
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Read the full Eric Clapton -
Complete Clapton review
Steeped in the southern/roots
rock sounds made famous by The Band and others. They craft really strong
songs that are complex in structure but easy to listen to. If you are looking
for some vintage-sounding roots rock, this is definitely an album to check
out. (4.5 stars)
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Read the full The Payola Reserve
- 200 Years review
Twenty years ago this release
could have been hailed as godsend. These days, especially after Sodom's
other releases, The Final Sign of Evil just doesn't "cut it". It is purely
THRASH, in the sense that it is made by futureless drunkards and it is
played fast- Read
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