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PR reports: Bad Brains announce a string of
European and USA dates in support of their new album, Build A Nation. The
first proper Bad Brains studio album in over a decade, Build A Nation,
was just released to critical acclaim, June 26, 2007 on Megaforce/Oscilloscope
Records. The album features all the original members of the group: HR,
Darryl Jenifer, Dr. Know and Earl Hudson.
Produced by long time fan, Adam Yauch of
the Beastie Boys, Build A Nation is a return to form for the band that
helped define American Punk and Hardcore music. It also represents the
first studio album, outside Beastie Boys albums, to be recorded at the
Beastie Boys' Oscilloscope Laboratories and Studio compound in New York
City. - more
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PR reports: Hear ye! Hear ye! Donita Sparks,
front person extraordinaire for the legendary rock band L7, hits the road
backed by her new band The Stellar Moments for a five-week tour with The
Donnas. The last time Sparks was on tour was in 2000 with L7. Today she
finds herself in the midst of her first national solo tour ever that began
September 19 at The Great American Music Hall in San Francisco and ends
October 27 at The Roxy in her hometown of Los Angeles.
Donita Sparks is also set for another first,
this time in 2008 when her debut solo release Transmiticate is scheduled
for January 22, 2008. The record is filled with dance rock and dark pop
gems that sees Donita moving solidly into interesting new territories.
Long time fans will get their rock on as well with the twin guitar attack
and the catchy, melodic, booty shaking sounds.
This fall solo tour kicks off an extensive
end-of-year schedule for Sparks and her band, that includes Lady Dee Plakas
(also of L7) on drums, Dat T. Ngo on bass and Alan the Italian Santalesa
along with Sid Brown on guitar. - more
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BBC reports: Oasis star Noel Gallagher has
become a father for a second time, it has been announced.
His partner Sara MacDonald gave birth at
1115 BST on Saturday, a spokeswoman for Gallagher said.
The boy, who weighed in at 7lb 5oz, has
been named Donovan Rory MacDonald Gallagher.
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PR reports: Steve Moore, best known for his
work as one half of the sci-fi instrumental duo Zombi, has announced the
forthcoming release of his first solo effort The Henge via extreme music
label Relapse Records (Mastodon, Pig Destroyer, High On Fire.) In contrast
to Zombi's tightly structured nightmare epics, The Henge is a huge, sprawling,
psychedelic symphonic affair. Over the course of its five tracks, the album
treats listeners to a blissful dose of audio vertigo, by mixing vast ambient
dronescapes and soaring beat driven melodies with Moore's patented cinematic
brand of keyboard virtuosity.
Relapse will issue The Henge in late October,
a fitting choice for Moore's horror-movie style songs. Moore describes
his approach to the self-recorded album saying, "this album represents
a turning point in my writing - a subtle shift in direction that is only
apparent when considering the album as a whole. While no track is too far
removed from the harmonic language I create through my work with Zombi,
this album gives me a chance to expand my tonal palette by experimenting
with different instrumentations."- more
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PR reports: Amazing Journey: The Story of
The Who and Amazing Journey: Six Quick Ones, two exhilarating feature-length
films about one of the seminal and most influential rock bands in history,
produced by Spitfire Pictures in association with Trinifold Management,
will be released by Universal Studios Home Entertainment on DVD on November
6, 2007.
Marking 40 years since The Who's first
U.S. appearance in North America, Amazing Journey: The Story of The Who
will make its worldwide debut at the Toronto International Film Festival
on September 12, 2007.
Spanning over four decades, Amazing Journey:
The Story of The Who reintroduces The Who now and to generations-to-come,
as it tells one of the greatest stories of rock. The film tells the unfolding
story of The Who and how they have straddled the rock world for forty years,
in a tale as gripping in adventure, life and personality as the searing
power of their music. The film features all-new, exclusive, never-before-seen
interviews with Pete Townshend, Roger Daltrey and others, rare and recently
discovered concert footage, artist profiles and much, much more, all in
5.1 Surround Sound. - more
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PR reports: On September 25, Starbucks will
host an intimate "Lunch and Listen" event to celebrate Joni Mitchell's
Hear Music release "Shine." From 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM, more than 6,500 Starbucks
stores in the U.S. and Canada will participate in the event by playing
"Shine" along with a retrospective of classics which have made Mitchell
one of the most beloved singer/songwriters of our time.
"'Lunch and Listen' gets to the heart of
the connection between Starbucks customers and music," says Ken Lombard,
president of Starbucks Entertainment who also oversees Hear Music. "We're
very proud of this record and on September 25, Mitchell's timeless resonance
will be felt in a very profound way."
Born out of a burst of creative energy,
"Shine" is one of three new artistic endeavors launched by Mitchell this
year. The first, "The Fiddle and the Drum," a ballet based on Mitchell's
music, debuted with the Alberta Ballet in Calgary earlier this year with
Mitchell serving as co-creator and artistic director. The second is a politically
charged visual art exhibit by Mitchell that will debut in New York in the
fall.
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PR reports: Bay Area thrashers Light This
City have been confirmed as a support band on the upcoming Death By Decibels
tour, featuring Vader, Malevolent Creation, Cattle Decapitation, Abigail
Williams and Veil of Maya.
Currently out on the road across North
America with Edguy and Into Eternity, Light This City is continuing to
support 'Facing The Thousand,' the band's latest effort which saw a September
2006 release via Prosthetic Records.
LIGHT THIS CITY
(with Edguy, Into Eternity)
9/21 Cleveland, OH Peabody's
9/23 Mokena, IL The Pearl Room-
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PR reports: Los Angeles blackened death metal
band The Funeral Pyre will again hit the road in October with Bay Area
act Apiary for nearly three weeks as the last leg of national touring behind
the band's Prosthetic Records debut, The Nature of Betrayal.
The band will be playing one new, as-yet-unrecorded
song during their set and will return home in late October to finish writing
and recording The Funeral Pyre 's follow-up album, tentatively scheduled
for a mid-2008 release via Prosthetic.- tour
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PR reports: Alison Sudol, aka A Fine Frenzy,
will make her acting debut on the season opener for "CSI: NY," which airs
Wednesday, September 26th (10:00-11:00PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television
Network. Sudol will also perform two songs: "Almost Lover," the lead single
from One Cell in the Sea, A Fine Frenzy's debut, and "Last of Days," another
track from the album.
the band is currently on the road with
Brandi Carlile for VH1's "You Oughta Know" Tour 2007. A Fine Frenzy will
appear on VH1's "Top 20 Countdown" on September 29th just prior to the
tour's two nights at New York City's Fillmore/Irving Plaza (10/3 &
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PR reports: Kaz Murphy is a well-traveled
singer/songwriter with a knack for reinventing his music. Stirring the
pot of the rich Los Angeles roots rock scene for the last two years, Murphy
emerges with Home for Misfits, an album that reaches across the pop/country
divide. Weaned on Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, Bobby Gentry and Leadbelly, Murphy
sets aside his alt-country leanings to cross back to his Lovin' Spoonful
/ Simon & Garfunkel / Mamas and the Papas roots. With a voice as distinct
as Tom Petty, John Prine, David Byrne or Dylan, Murphy has coined an album
with a classic rock mood - and a current pop/Latin edge - a highly melodic,
rhythmic roots rock album with a nod to his '60s and '70s pop heroes.
Murphy's new album Home for Misfits will
be released in the fall of 2007. For this album Murphy retreated to the
studio, spending almost two years writing new material. Culling from the
wealth of talent that is the LA music scene, Murphy and co-producer Rich
McCulley enlisted support in the studio from Murphy's long-time band members
Brian Young (Fountains of Wayne, Ivy), John Skibic and Sully Sullivan (Ivy,
Twilight Singers), and wife Jacqueline Grad, along with McCulley, Amy Farris,
Kip Boardman, John McDuffie and Duane Jarvis.
What have emerged are Kaz's best work yet,
a sonically rich and emotionally compelling collection of songs that share
the stories of ordinary people gone awry; Home for Misfits authentically
examines through carefully taken long-shots and close-ups, the misfit that
lingers in all of us.
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PR reports: After years of playing live around
the St Louis area with great success, Charles Wells is finally ready to
release his first album. It's My Turn is the culmination of hard work,
natural talent and the innate passion of a man steeped in the musical heritage
of the sixties and seventies, the groups he has played in, and the gospel
music he was brought up with.
"This CD has an old-school R&B feel,"
says Charles of his debut. "It also has a flavour of blues and a little
of country. It has a very earthy sound. I've tried to bring back the days
when artists used horns and strings on their projects to enhance their
groove."
"I have always felt music in my spirit.
I started at such an early age, my heart has never known another way to
express itself." Influenced by radio in the sixties and seventies, his
first band was called "We Friends," performing at talent shows and the
like. Thus began Charles' career in music, from performing at private events,
country clubs, casinos and local clubs. Currently his band "Music Box"
is one of the most sought after bands in the region.-
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PR reports: Block Entertainment/Bad Boy South
recording artist Gorilla Zoe has announced details of his upcoming new
album, "WELCOME TO THE ZOO." The ATL-based rapper's eagerly awaited debut
collection - which features the banging hit single, "Hood Figga" - lands
in stores and online on September 25th.
Zoe is quickly marking himself as one of
the hottest, most original new voices in hip-hop, via his featured role
on Block Entertainment/Bad Boy South labelmate Yung Joc's current hit single,
"Coffee Shop," as well as by his recent membership in superstar rap combo
Boyz N Da Hood (whose highly anticipated second album, "BACK UP N DA CHEVY,"
drops on October 2nd). He is also featured on "Bottle Poppin'," the latest
single from Yung Joc's top-charting second album, "HUSTLENOMICS," which
has just arrived at multi-format radio outlets across the country.-
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The Allman Brothers Band has an omnivorous love of music and never performing the same show twice. The world is a full of talented musicians, but it's rare for them to blend together and form a cumulative interrelated unit.
- Read the full Allman Brothers Band Live review
Some musicians work towards the rock-star MTV thing, complete with parties, groupies and bling. Others opt for a more low-key position with the emphasis aimed at the music. Count Patrick Goble in the latter category. He's a real talent that crafts his records on his own terms.
- Read the full Patrick Goble MorleyView
The Shape Of Everything is a diverse eclectic type music with both acoustic and electric guitars throughout. The songs have a jazzy folky funk sound which draws a slight comparison to groups like The Dave Mathews Band or Kings of Leon. (1.5 stars)
- Read the full The After Effect - The Shape Of Everything review
Jeff Nardone's return to the underground metal scene isn't a glorious comeback in any sense- there's a lot issues here, and Birthright unquestionably lacks core parts of Nardone's previous talent in Goatlord.
- Read the full Spun in Darkness - Birthright review
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