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Metal Underground reports: KOCH Records has
announced a new revenue-sharing partnership with OTEP. The deal is a multi-album,
worldwide deal. The first release under this new agreement is the band's
highly anticipated new full-length album, "The Ascension," slated for release
on Tuesday, October 30th, 2007.
The Ascension is their third full-length
album, and the band challenged itself to avoid clichés and classifications
and find a new landscape of sound and vision. "We said 'genre limits and
music fads be damned, let's write music that is important to us and that
motivates us," explains Otep Shamaya, the band's namesake and driving force.
"I wanted to write songs we believe in and let nothing stop us from building
the album we want to make."
Look for the band to tour soon in support
of The Ascension with band members Brian, Aaron and eVil J. The band just
completed a National tour with Static-X this past summer and is set to
begin touring in support of the album in the very near future.
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PR reports: Rhino Entertainment will reissue
the Bee Gees Greatest on September 18, 2007. The Bee Gees were already
established hitmakers in the U.S. and the U.K. when the group became an
unstoppable musical force in 1975.
In four short years, Barry, Robin, and
Maurice Gibb rose to international superstardom as they recorded a string
of worldwide hits, sold 180 million records worldwide and helped define
an era with the Grammy-winning SaturdayNight Fever soundtrack. The Brothers
Gibb capped their amazing run in 1979 with the multiplatinum Bee Gees Greatest,
a double album spotlighting the group's meteoric run of R&B dance hits
between 1975 and 1979.
Out-of-print for five years, and in celebration
of the 30th anniversary of Saturday Night Fever, Rhino will reissue the
monumental collection as a two-CD deluxe edition that contains two previously
unreleased tracks -- "Warm Ride" and an extended version of "Stayin' Alive,"
originally a 12" promo vinyl -- along with four contemporary dance remixes
of classic Bee Gees songs by some of today's hot club DJs. -
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PR reports: Projekt Revolution may be over
but fans can still get a taste of the bands at nowwhat.com. The new music
site serves as a home base for everything Projekt Revolution with special
content from the bands on this year's roster.
Fans can check out the latest interviews,
concert footage, and photos from bands like Linkin Park, The Fray and Madina
Lake. Nowwhat.com was a familiar face on the tour this year with an onsite
interactive booth where concert goers could enter to win free prizes and
get free pictures taken.
Linkin Park's video is the latest in a
long line of behind-the-scenes footage where bands have taken the opportunity
to sit down and intimately talk about their latest albums, favorite moments
on the road and much more. In the latest videos the boys of Linkin Park
take fans to Rick Rubin's Haunted Mansion Studio. Fans get the ultimate
VIP pass to watch the band in the making of "Minutes to Midnight".
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PR reports: Tupac 'Assassination' unfolds
as a compelling whodunit, revealing the entire murder-conspiracy plot surrounding
the untimely death of Tupac Shakur in September 1996. Supported by evidence
provided by key experts involved in the investigation, this film delivers
both-sides of the story, how the events actually took place and how they
were portrayed to the public.
The release of the film Tupac 'Assassination',
which was written and directed by RJ Bond and Frank 'Big Frank' Alexander,
Tupac's former bodyguard, is already creating waves in the US, and looks
set to do the same in the UK when it is released on DVD by Liberation Entertainment
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PR reports: Get interactive with Motörhead.
Their Stage Fright DVD, an extraordinary look at the band's life, was released
in the US earlier this year, but is now getting an upgrade - It is the
first music HD DVD to feature online functions. The HD DVD production,
released on SPV and produced in collaboration with Authoring Studio Imagion
AG, is due out October 10, 2007 and will be the first HD DVD worldwide
to use HD DVD-standard online functions.
Since the US saw the arrival of the first
two HD DVDs featuring online functions in early July, Motörhead's
Stage Fright will be the first music production to follow suit and join
the roster of dynamic HD DVDs. As defined by the HD DVD standard, each
player will have a network interface to expand the pressed disc with additional
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PR reports: dance-punk sensation Cobra Starship
has disclosed details of their new album, entitled "¡VIVA LA COBRA!"
The album - which follows the band's 2006 debut, "WHILE THE CITY SLEEPS,
WE RULE THE STREETS" - will arrive in stores on October 23rd. The sophomore
release was recorded in Brooklyn, NY in July and was produced by Fall Out
Boy's Patrick Stump.
"¡VIVA LA COBRA!" was written in
its entirety while the band was on a North American tour with labelmates
Fall Out Boy. About the writing experience, frontman Gabe Saporta says,
"We were always bored on tour because we played these enormo-domes outside
the city. There was nothing around for miles, so we started writing songs
on our laptops." Patrick Stump, a long-time friend of Saporta's, saw the
tour as the perfect opportunity to collaborate with the band. -
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PR reports: Live In Paris, Lionel Richie's
first concert DVD, which premiered on PBS television pledge drives across
the country this month as part of the prestigious Great Performances series,
will be released commercially by Island Records on September 11th. The
concert, taped at the Bercy Arena in May 2007, will be available on DVD
(with 19 live songs), and also as part of a deluxe package coupled with
the 10-song audio CD counterpart
Live In Paris is a feast for Lionel Richie
fans, as it intersperses his litany of career-refinancing Motown hits
among them "Running With the Night," "Endless Love," "All Night Long (All
Night)," "Hello," "Say You, Say Me," "Dancing on the Ceiling," and more
with signature tunes from his years with the Commodores "Easy," "Still,"
"Lady (You Bring Me Up)," "Three Times a Lady," and more. Along with these
are live performances of two songs from Richie's current RIAA gold Grammy-nominated
Island album, Coming Home, the #1 R&R Urban AC chart hit "I Call It
Love" and "All Around the World."- more
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PR reports: deSoL have added a handful of
dates to their current tour now underway. deSoL will be opening for Soulive
on Sept 6th at the House of Blues in L.A.. There are also new dates added
for Denver and Pittsburgh too.
Over the course of their six years together,
deSoL has scored notable successes both on stage and on radio. With Rock,
Pop and Latin influences abounding, deSoL's music has managed to cross
cultural borders and musical formats, surpassing many boundaries.
'On My Way,' pushes them even further through
rediscovery of their passion for classic song writing and the Latin rhythms
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PR reports: Fionn Regan's last tour in the
US was extremely well-received, but sadly all too brief. Lucky for us the
young Irishman is coming back! Following the release of his stateside debut
The End Of History, Regan will be returning for a string of dates, some
supporting Lucinda Williams, but all with his plaintive guitar and arresting
vocals.
September
14 Austin, TX - San Jose Hotel
15 Dallas, TX - Longhorn Ballroom *
16 Austin, TX - ACL Festival
19 Birmingham, AL - Work Play Theatre
20 Atlanta, GA - Five Spot-
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PR reports: On October 2nd, Capitol Music
Group is set to release the original soundtrack for the upcoming Touchstone
Pictures film Dan In Real Life. The soundtrack - produced by Sondre Lerche,
Mitchell Leib and Dana Sano - features 13 tracks recorded exclusively for
the movie, including four new songs penned by Lerche and seven cue tracks
from the score, which he composed as well. The collection also includes
appearances by two rising new artists: A Fine Frenzy and Regina Spektor.
Norwegian singer-songwriter Lerche's Faces
Down, landed on numerous critics' "best of" lists, including Rolling Stone's
"The 10 Best Debut Albums" and "50 Best Albums of 2002." His fourth and
latest full-length album, Phantom Punch, has been equally well received.
"Shimmering melodies, heartfelt lyrics, and chord structures that veer
from Brazilian pop to punk. What more could you ask for?" asked Interview
while Entertainment Weekly said it "Evokes '80s Britpop at its zenith,
with Duran Duran-ish guitars and synths underpinning lyrically self-aware
ditties like the title track." Lerche will be supporting AIR on their upcoming
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PR reports: HIM have just announced new U.S.
and Canadian tour dates on http://www.heartagram.com/tour along with a
special internet pre-sale that begins today and ends on Wednesday, September
5th at 10:00pm. Get pre-sale tickets, the new album Venus Doom, and a free
month in the heartagram.com fan club for one special price and kick off
the tour with HIM on Thursday, October 18th in Sayerville, NJ.
To be a part of this special offer, just
go to Ticketmaster.com and enter the HIM INTERNET PRESALE code "vitruvian"
to activate the pre-sale bundle. For those that do not wish to be a part
of the special internet pre-sale, tickets will be available after 10:00pm
on Wednesday through Ticketmaster. A public on-sale is available September
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PR reports: Out of the chaos, tumult, and
uncertainty, Blackbird, Alter Bridge's sophomore album, was born. In the
time between One Day Remains and Blackbird, Alter Bridge have found a new
label, tapped the songwriting skills of Myles Kennedy, and funded their
own record. Putting all the chaos behind them, Alter Bridge are set to
follow up their gold record with a new album that uses the full musical
arsenal of the band, on October 9th.
Alter Bridge recruited producer Michael
"Elvis" Baskette (Incubus, Chevelle, Three Days Grace). The recording process
began in Nashville in February 2007. With no label to back the band they
put up their own money to make the album they wanted and needed to make.
The first single off Blackbird, "Rise Today"
asks the personal question: Could this world be a better place? With a
true collaboration between the former members of Creed and Myles Kennedy,
Alter Bridge is ready to take their fans on an emotional journey that shows
what combined efforts of the whole band can do. Check out new tracks from
Blackbird, including the first single "Rise Today," and "Ties That Bind."-
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