Kenny Chesney Plots Stadium Tour

Reuters reports: Kenny Chesney will play 14 stadiums this summer on his 2008 Poets & Pirates tour, the most yet for country's top touring artist.

Chesney grossed more than $71 million in 2007, second only to the Police with $132 million, according to touring trade publication Pollstar.

The first stadium on Chesney's route is Williams Brice Stadium in Columbia, S.C., on April 26. - more on this story

A Wilhelm Scream Snag New Guitarist

Punknews.org reports: A Wilhelm Scream have announced the addition of a new guitarist, Mike Supina. Mike fills the space left vacant by the departure of Chris Levesque last fall.

The band had been touring with fill-in guitarist Nick Diener of the Swellers.

Speaking of AWS, the band was sufficiently stoked by your choice for album of the year 2007. - see that here

Radio City My Morning Jacket

Filter reports: My Morning Jacket have announced plans to headline their very first show at New York's Radio City Music Hall.

It's all going down June 20th and promises to satisfy MMJ fans of all degrees.

The show will coincide with the release of the band's currently untitled new album, which will be released via ATO Records on June 10th. - more on this story

Kaki King Returns

PR reports: Kaki King's new album, Dreaming Of Revenge, is set to release on March 11, 2008 followed by an extensive US tour. On Sunday January 20th she will be giving New Yorkers an exclusive sneak-peek performance at the Apple Store in SoHo (103 Prince Street) from 3:00-4:00pm.

Kaki King returns with her forth album after her contributions to Foo Fighters and Tegan & Sara's latest albums, and having been nominated for an Golden Globe award for "Into The Wild" together with Eddie Vedder.

Dreaming Of Revenge showcases Kaki King's desire to branch out with songs that feature electric and pedal-steel guitar, horns, and, for the first time, vocals. Produced by Malcolm Burn, a Grammy-Award winning musician and producer who is known for his work with Daniel Lanois, Peter Gabriel, and Emmylou Harris, Dreaming Of Revenge allows us to witness her evolution from acoustic instrumentalist to full-fledged, multi-faceted songwriter. - MP3 off of Dreaming Of Revenge titled "2 O'Clock"

Another Hendrix Legal Challenge

PR reports: Experience Hendrix, L.L.C., has responded to a spate of recent press announcements indicating that Fuego Entertainment has acquired North American rights to over 200 live performance music tracks by Jimi Hendrix. Experience Hendrix is the company founded by the late James Allen Hendrix, the father and sole heir of Jimi Hendrix. Since 1995, Experience Hendrix has owned and administered all the music and related rights created by the legendary guitarist, singer and songwriter Jimi Hendrix.

Experience Hendrix is familiar with the material acquired by Fuego: it is a collection of inferior quality bootleg recordings of Jimi Hendrix previously marketed in the UK by the now defunct record company Purple Haze Records. During the past several years Experience Hendrix filed legal actions in the UK against Purple Haze and its affiliates, and won several UK court judgments which held that Purple Haze had no legal rights to release these recordings, and enjoined any further release of same. On May 24 of last year, the Court of Appeal in London upheld the 2006 decision of the English High Court rejecting the claims of Purple Haze's purported licensor John Hillman to ownership of interests in the music of Jimi Hendrix.

It appears that Fuego Entertainment has purchased the discredited claims and inferior copies of Hendrix recordings from Hillman and/or Purple Haze and intends to resume their unauthorized distribution. Experience Hendrix serves notice that it will take all legal action necessary to remove this bootleg material from the market and recover damages against Fuego Entertainment and associated parties for infringement as authorized under applicable law. -

Earn MP3s with Sugar Water Purchases

CMJ reports: Amazon.com has announced it will team up with Pepsi for a promotion that will allow the beverage's drinkers to accrue points that can be used towards MP3 downloads via Amazon.

The soda giant will mark some four billion packages and, beginning February 1, consumers tally up their points at PepsiStuff.com to put towards DRM-free MP3s (five points is good for one song), meaning the songs are unprotected and can be played on almost every MP3 player - more on this story

Guerilla Carnival Tour Lineup and Dates Change

PR reports: More dates were just announced for DROID on the Guerilla Carnival Tour with Ill Nino. The tours line up has been changed as well. The shows will no longer see support coming from Bury Your Dead or Soil, both of whom had to unfortunately drop off the tour. The band Ekotren have been added in their place.

James "Buddy" Eason lead singer of Droid had this to say, "We are really excited to get back out on the road and the ILL NINO guys are good friends of ours so it will be great to see them rip it up every night.

'I really like the fact that all the bands on this tour are a little different than each other musically. This diverse package will give fans an exciting show from beginning to end. Get ready DROID fans...here comes the pain!!!!" - dates

The Dogs Divine Inked

PR reports: Chicago, IL based rockers The Dogs Divine has signed with Chavis Records for their debut release 'Way Of Life'. Paul Crosby (of SALIVA) was selected to produce the album and what has been delivered is 10 tracks of energetic, soul shaking, whiskey fueled thunderous rock n' roll.

The Dogs Divine features Tom Hart(v), Trent Anderson(d), Johnny Harley(g), Tommy Montgomery(g), and James Dean(b). THE DOGS DIVINE blend the old with the new and turn it up loud to deliver a non-stop macabre rollercoster ride as seen through the eyes of five rock and rollers who live it everyday.

The DOGS have already hit the road in support of 'Way Of Life' while the album is being mixed and mastered. Initially, 'Way Of Life' will be available exclusively through digital download via iTunes and Rhapsody with additional digital outlets to follow and the physical drop of the CD in April.
- http://www.myspace.com/thedogdivine

Zeppelin Soundalikes Wanted

PR reports: In the summer of 2008, Versailles Records will be issuing a Led Zeppelin Tribute, for which we're seeking to do is something a little different with the bonus disc, which is to feature ORIGINAL ROCK/METAL bands who sound derivatively alike or similar to Led Zeppelin in some manner (be it songwriting, vocal range, riffs, etc) performing an ORIGINAL song of yours on the sampler disc.

As with all our tributes, this album will be distributed nationally to retail outlets in the U.S., and each participating band will get promos, as well as a bio/pic in the cd booklet.

Interested bands should email an MP3 of their submittal song or a web link (myspace preferably) where we can check out your sound before getting back in touch with further details regarding a formal spot on the cd sampler. All interested bands should email versaillesrecords2006@yahoo.com for further details.
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One Be Lo Soph

PR reports: Successful and independent emcee, producer, and business man, One Be Lo will be releasing his second solo album, The R.E.B.I.R.T.H. via his own Subterraneous Records and Integral Music Group on February 19th, 2008.

The R.E.B.I.R.T.H., (Real Emcees Bring Intelligent Rhymes to Hip-Hop) is the end product of growth and the obstacles he's overcome since the release of his last album, S.O.N.O.G.R.A.M., which sold over 22,000 units in 2005.
Over the past three years, One Be Lo has kept his ear to the street and his eyes on the prize. A self-empowered artist, Lo has used his business savvy and work ethic to rise above some of the challenges he faced in recent years, which included dealing with shady business partners and phony cohorts, and amicably splitting with his former record label, Fat Beats Records. Instead of dwelling on these unfortunate situations, Lo focused his attention on being pro-active; he toured the world, set up a professional recording studio in his basement, and reached out to collaborate with other producers for the first time in his career. Says Lo, "My focus is stronger, and I'm hungrier than ever before. Whereas before, I was truly a 'one man army,' now I'm delegating responsibilities to a very competent team."

One Be Lo, also known as OneManArmy, first gained recognition in the late 90's as one half of the group Binary Star. Their final release, Masters of the Universe, sold over 30,000 units and at one point, fetched $90-350 on Ebay.
- MP3

Power Chord Academy Expands

PR reports: Power Chord Academy, the nation's leading summer camp for amateur musician training, has expanded its critically acclaimed program to include 6 new locations in Los Angeles, Dallas, Miami, Denver, Minneapolis and Washington D.C., with established sites in San Francisco, Boston, Seattle, Chicago, New York, and San Diego for summer 2008. This exciting expansion marks the celebration of PCA's 10 year anniversary.

"Over the past 10 years, Power Chord Academy has evolved into the most important pre-professional opportunity available for teen musicians," says Admissions Director Dave Wood. "It's amazing to witness the creative efforts spawned from the dreams and individual life experiences of our students. 2008 is going to be our biggest season ever and we can't wait to work with new young musicians from around the world." - more on this story

Pyorrhoea Debut

PR reports: Metal Mind Productions presents a long awaited release of the debut album by Pyorrhoea, one of the most promising Polish bands. "Desire For Torment" includes 14 songs of pure death grind carnage which sound like 'Napalm Death meets Terrorizer'. Beware: Pyorrhoea takes no prisoners! "Desire for Torment" will be available on 4th February in Europe and 15th April in USA (via MVD)

The band was founded in the middle of 2001 by two friends: Cyprian and Andy Blakk. After a couple of months, Daray and Analripper joined the band. In June 2002 Pyorrhoea entered Hertz studio to record their promo material, which contained nearly 15 minutes of intense death/grind. November 2002 witnessed a slight change in the line-up: new guitarist A.D. Gore joined the band. - more on this story

Spinal Cord Set Release

PR reports: On the 4th February Metal Mind Productions will release the second album of one of the most promising Polish bands, Spinal Cord. The album entitled "Stigmata Of Life" consists of 12 songs of pure devastation which will surely take you to hell and back!

Faster, heavier, more to the point than it was in the case of the debut album - that's what the second effort of this Polish death-thrash sensation is all about. This band cannot be missed by the fans of another Polish sensation, Vader, as the line-up features Novy on the bass guitar!

"Stigmata Of Life" will be available on 4th February 2008 in Europe and 15th April in USA (via MVD). - more on this story

.... Black Dahlia Murder - Nocturnal

Following up on their album Miasma, Detroit's own The Black Dahlia Murder has managed to take put out another album very much worth listening to, hell, maybe even the buy! (4 stars) - Read the full Black Dahlia Murder - Nocturnal review

.... PM's Top 11 of 07

Patrick recaps his favorite 11 albums of 2007. - Read the full PM's Top 11 of 07 review

.... Exodus - The Atrocity Exhibition: Exhibit A

Exodus has come a long way and this album is the proof. The album is packed with headbanging and moshing opportunities with no karate slam dancing in sight. One of my only problems with the album was the length. - Read the full Exodus - The Atrocity Exhibition: Exhibit A review

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