Radiohead Debut In Rainbows Live At Not So Secret Gig

Gigwise reports: After a day of crowds, queues, police interventions and a move of venue Radiohead have tonight (January 16) performed 'In Rainbows' for the first time live.

The band finally took to the stage in 93ft East at 10:20pm (GMT) after several hours of delays due to crowd safety fears. The gig was originally due to take place at the Rough Trade East shop but was moved on the advice of the Police.

Taking to the stage Thom Yorke promised the audience in the room and those watching on the live webcast a "warts and all" show. - more on this story

Chemical Brothers Roskilde

Gigwise reports: The Chemical Brothers have confirmed their first major festival appearance of 2008.

The dance act will play the Roskilde Festival in Denmark, which runs from July 3rd-6th.

The duo join Efterklang and L.O.C. as new additions to the line-up – which already includes Radiohead. - more on this story

The Hush Sound Set Release

PR reports: Decaydance/Fueled By Ramen recording group The Hush Sound has announced details of its much-anticipated new album, entitled "GOODBYE BLUES." The album – which follows the Chicago-based band's acclaimed second album, 2006's "LIKE VINES" – is due to arrive in stores and online on March 18th.

"GOODBYE BLUES" will first be available for pre-orders on the band's website, www.thehushsound.com, beginning on January 29th. Fans who pre-order the album will receive an exclusive digital download of the album's first single, "Honey," for free. "Honey" will then go on sale via iTunes on February 5th. In addition, FBR webstore customers pre-ordering Panic At The Disco's upcoming second album, "PRETTY. ODD.," will receive a limited $2 discount applicable to the purchase of "GOODBYE BLUES."

The Hush Sound will herald "GOODBYE BLUES" with a series of dates - more on this story

Idol Rating Drop

AP reports: It's only fitting that while American Idols are being dropped by their respective record labels left and right, now viewership for the show has dropped as well. AP has the report:

Fox's "American Idol" returned as the nation's most popular TV series, but with 4 million fewer viewers than the 2007 season premiere.

Tuesday's debut was seen by 33.4 million viewers, down 11 percent from the 37.4 million who watched the first show, according to preliminary ratings by Nielsen Media Research.

That still ranks as the most-watched show of the TV season, excluding sports. - more on this story

Coachella East

Contact Music reports: RADIOHEAD and JACK JOHNSON are among the frontrunners to headline the first Coachella music festival on America's east coast.

Festival bosses have confirmed Internet reports the offshoot to their annual California desert event would take place at New Jersey's Liberty State Park in August (08). - more on this story

Fall Out Obama Boy

antiMusic reports: Hilary Clinton's campaign got a surprise anti-emo boost with the announcement that Fall Out Boy's spokesmodel Pete Wentz plans to host a fundraiser for Barack Obama. Perhaps education will be a key topic at the event and Wentz can learn that proper nouns are capitalized? PunkNews has the story:

Pete Wentz of Fall Out Boy has announced that he will be hosting an Obama fundraiser next Tuesday in Chicago. The announcement came in the form a press release today wherein Wentz added:

I have been an Obama supporter from day one. After watching the new hampshire primary, I couldn't just be an observer anymore. I had to act. We'll pass on the string quartet, DJ Whiteshadow will put a new spin on politics as usual. Forget the wine and champagne. I will be pouring the night's specialty shot, the O-bomb(a). - more on this story

Maroon 5 and Sara Evans for Crossroads

Contact Music reports: MAROON 5 and country singer SARA EVANS have agreed to tape an episode of live music show CROSSROADS together in one of the new year's oddest collaborations.

The two acts will perform each other's songs together onstage in Nashville, Tennessee, on 29 January (08), before an invitation only audience.

The programme will premiere in May (08) on country music cable channel CMT.
- more on this story

CH3 DVD Coming

PR reports: LA Punk veterans CH3 have inked with TKO Records. This Spring, TKO plans on releasing CH3's "One More For All My True Friends" documentary on DVD.

In true TKO fashion, the DVD will be loaded with extras, including a CD with new studio material and some great live recordings of the band in action.

To celebrate this release, CH3 will be making a special appearance in Austin, TX this March for the TKO showcase at SXSW. - http://www.tkorecords.com/

The Morning Light EP and Begin LP

PR reports: The Morning Light will be entering the studio Feburary 4, 2008 to begin recording their new album with producer Matt Goldman (Underoath, Copeland, Cartel). This album is scheduled for release later in 2008.

The Morning Light is planning to release their debut EP The Sounds of Love March 4. This six song EP highlights the bands infectious sound that has been quickly winning over fans.

To preview all of the songs from this EP please visit - http://www.myspace.com/TheMorningLight

SeepeopleS Previewing Songs on Tour

PR reports: SeepeopleS plan to release their fourth full length album Apocalypse Cow Vol. 2, the follow up to the critically acclaimed Apocalypse Cow Vol. I, currently being recorded with long time SeepeopleS co-producer Will Holland (The Pixies, Dead Can Dance) at Chillhouse Studios in Boston.

As usual, the album promises to be overly ambitious, perplexing, anthemic and monstrous in scope. "Fans of the band's second album, The Corn Syrup Conspiracy, will probably like the second installment of the Apocalypse Cow series more than the first," states Will Bradford, band leader and songwriter for SeepeopleS. "It is certainly a return to the electronica-freak out roots we were once known for. 'Epic' might be a good way to describe it."

The band has also announced the first tour dates of 2008, starting with an East Coast run from the band's former home in the Northeast, to the Southeast, where the band is now based. Fans can expect to hear lots of new songs from both Apocalypse Cow Vol. 2, and the forthcoming Will Bradford solo album, as well as further improvements on the already visually stunning combination of moving lights and video screens. - more on this story

Broken Bottles Tour

PR reports: The BROKEN BOTTLES are kicking the year off right with the release of their second album, "Hospital." To celebrate the new record, the BOTTLES are taking the show on the road, starting off Tokyo, Japan on January 25!!!

Dates in Europe with label mates the NAZI DOGS and a North America tour will follow later in the year. For the latest dates, but sure and check our TOUR PAGE.

"Hospital" is available now through the band and the TKO web store. A limited LP version will be available in the very near future!! -

Bisc1 Sets Release

PR reports: Queens-based emcee and graphic artist Bisc1 will be releasing his first full length album, When Electric Nights Fall, this spring on March 11, 2008 via the Brooklyn-based indie hip-hop label, Embedded Music.

Bisc1 recorded the majority of WENF in the evening hours, not only because of the demands of his day job as a graphic artist but also because this is when his creativity thrives.

Nighttime is a time when most of us relax and try to make sense of our day, with all our successes, failures, conflicts, celebrations, doubts, and stresses. With When Electric Nights Fall, Bisc1captures these emotions we all share with a blatant sense of urgency. - Turbulenceascap-doesnt-want-labels-to-promote-their-artists-go-with-bmi-next-time

What's He Building In There Tour

PR reports: Canadian progressive-metal newcomers, What's He Building In There (WHBIT?), have announced more dates in support of their self-titled debut album, which was released earlier this year on Year of The Sun Records. The band will hit the road in late January with Metal Blade Recording Artist Epicurean for a string of tour dates.

"We're getting tingly feelings in our bathing-suit areas just thinking about playing with Epicurean," howls philanthropist and WHBIT drummer, Liam Epps. "Seeing them perform those songs on stage night after night will be as euphoric and inspiring as realizing that it was just a wet one, and that you, in fact, did not poop your pants." - more on this story

Salt the Wound Set Release and Tour

PR reports: Cleveland's Salt the Wound is preparing for their debut release, Carnal Repercussions, through Rotten Records. The album is set for release on February 5, 2008 and MANY tour dates are to follow. Fabricating their own style of metal and hardcore, Salt the Wound's debut album is a true testament that yet again, Rotten Records has delivered.

Salt the Wound was founded on September 11, 2001 in Cleveland, OH with one goal in mind; to dominate the Cleveland music scene and leave an undeniable mark in the heavy music industry. Over the course of the past six years, Salt the Wound has seen numerous line-up changes, but has finally come to rest upon the current line up of Rob Walters

With three Midwest and East coast large scale tours under their belt, Salt the Wound also just completed two back-to-back, successful full US tours fall of 2007 in preparation for their Early 2008 debut on Rotten Records. - more on this story

Colour Revolt Debut

PR reports: Oxford, MS gloominaries Colour Revolt are extremely excited for the release of their long-awaited full-length debut, Plunder, Beg, and Curse on new label home, Fat Possum on April 1st. For this album, the band has collaborated once more with producer and friend Clay Jones (Modest Mouse, Elvis Costello) at Sweet Tea Recording studio in Oxford. Plunder is the followup to the band's self-titled EP, released by local label Esperanza Plantation, with a re-release by Tiny Evil, an imprint of Interscope (Nine Black Alps, Jimmy Eat World) in October, 2006.

Colour Revolt's name is derived from Edwin Abbott's 19th century social commentary, Flatland, an exploration of life in two dimensions. But Colour Revolt is far from two-dimensional, eschewing Fletchers familiar sonic assault of unorthodox song structures and time signatures for a more melancholic though equally guitar-driven aesthetic of the post-grunge Southern gothic. The band's thematic impulse reflects the literary heritage of their native Oxford, Miss., channeling the jagged emotionality and moral ambiguity of the locales forefathers, William Faulkner and Barry Hannah. - more on this story

Nuclear Blast Reissues Coming

PR reports: Metal Mind Productions is very proud to announce a multi licensing deal signed with Nuclear Blast Records for their interesting, valuable back-catalogue. Among first titles to be re-issued as part of this deal are 8 Mortification albums, Control Denied and Macabre!

In the first half of 2008 Metal Mind Productions will re-issue nearly 70 albums from their deep archives. The selection of bands includes Brutallity, Control Denied, Darkseed, Disharmonic Orchestra, Gardenian, Horde, Hypocrisy, Impulse Manslaughter, Macabre, Mortification, Night In Gales, Slaughter, Warhammer or Winter to name a few. This is a must-have offer for fans of good music - re-issues of classic material in new digipak editions, each title limited to 2000 copies, digitally remastered using 24-Bit process. The albums will include additional features like bonus audio or video material, biography, liner notes from Artists etc. - more on this story

.... Through The Eyes Of The Dead - Malice

It's been a while since Through The Eyes Of The Dead's last album Bloodlust, but upon hearing Malice you will hear why the gap exists. The brute force behind this band makes for a near-orgasmic feeling of power that flows from your inner ear down to your toes. (4.5 stars) - Read the full Through The Eyes Of The Dead - Malice review

.... Slow Gun Shogun

This 6-song EP has some tunes that you will definitely want to crank. This is all-out, raw, guitar-driven rock. The band shows some pretty decent range, from balls-out rock to blues to mellow tunes (3.5 stars) - Read the full Slow Gun Shogun review

.... Wolves in the Throne Room Interview

The enigmatic trio known as Wolves in the Throne Room have caused the proverbial stir in the United States Black Metal universe. Mark questioned Wolves in the Throne Room about nature, transcendence, and what was one of his top five albums of 2007. - Read the full Wolves in the Throne Room Interview

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