Fleetwood Mac Members Guest on New Buckingham CD

Whereas 2006's "Under the Skin" was a mostly drum-less album featuring Buckingham's guitar and vocals, "Gift of Screws" is a more rock-driven project. - more on this story

Guns N' Jive Tribute

antiMusic reports: Today's Running Out of Patience Meter® reading: it has been 5,349 days since the last new Guns N' Roses album was released. Now here is today's GNR related story: On August 5th, 2008, Versailles Records will return to stores with Double Talkin' Jive: A Hard Rock Tribute to Guns N' Roses.

The roster features current/former members of Guns N' Roses, Ozzy Osbourne Band, Deep Purple, Heart, Motley Crue, Dio, Poison, Ratt, L.A. Guns, Zebra, Riot, Brides of Destruction, Riot, Rainbow, Lita Ford Band, Keel, Rockstar: Supernova, Dangerous Toys, Ace Frehley Band, Uptown Horn, Grammy Award winning keyboardist Randy Cantor, as well as millennium rockers including Richard Kendrick & A.J. Caruso of Straitjacket Smile, Corey Craven, Rose Reiter, Chris Catena, Marko Pulluka, Artie Dillon, Chris Heaven, Urban Preacher, Katet, and Lee Thompson & the Sidewinder band.
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Krum Bums Tour

TKO reports: A cross combining the heaviness of Motorhead/Entombed with the buzzsaw attack of Reagan Youth & early Circle Jerks, the KRUM BUMS fresh off their tour with the CASUALTIES are heading right back out to embark on a full U.S. tour with UK82 legends G.B.H.

The boys were recently on the cover of the AUSTIN CHRONICLE and the story featured a tour diary written by Dave KRUM BUM from their recent tour.

They've got quite the buzz going on in their hometown and they even snagged "Best Punk Band Of 2008" at the Austin Music Awards. Their new album "S.O.S." will soon be released on TKO Records. - more on this story

Gama Bomb Soulfly for Kerrang

Let's Capitalize Every Other Word In Our Press Releases Records reports: Kerrang! are putting on five days of gigs leading up to this years K! Awards, and Irish thrashers GAMA BOMB are stoked to reveal that they will be taking part in the run-up by playing a show with SOULFLY!

GAMA BOMB will be performing with SOULFLY and TRIGGER THE BLOODSHED at ULU in London, UK on August 16th. GAMA BOMB frontman PHILLY BYRNE comments:

"It's going to be an honour to light up London with Soulfly next month. We're all massive Max fans, so it's a bit of a dream come true for us. Also, it's part of the Kerrang! awards, which is very cool. They're an excellent periodical, and they obviously have good taste in bands since they asked us to do this. See all you bangers and ragers there on the 16th! Scream faster! Mosh louder! Faster is gooder!" - http://www.myspace.com/gamabomb

What Do A Van, A Priest, And Queen Have In Common?

PR reports: So, what do a van, a priest, and Queen have in common? They all added up to one momentous night that lead to the birth of The Hush Now.

It was a dark and stormy night in Los Angeles when Noel Kelly found himself careening down a windy road trying to drive stick shift with a broken wrist. Unable to make the turn in time, he came to with a flagpole shooting through the windshield, Queen's "Don't Stop Me Now" on the radio, and one angry priest (due to one large dent in the side of his church) peering down at him. With this near-death / bone-shattering experience, Noel packed up and moved to Portland. It was there he began writing what we now know to be The Hush Now's debut self-titled album. - more on this story

Kenneth Vasoli Goes Back To The Starting Line With Person L

PR reports: Person L, the new band from The Starting Line's lead singer/songwriter Kenneth Vasoli, will release its debut album, Initial, on August 5th via Vasoli's own imprint, Human Interest.

The band - which features Vasoli on lead guitar and vocals, Ryan Zimmaro and Brian Medlin on drums and percussion, Charles Schnieder on bass and Nathaniel Vaeth on Rhodes piano and guitar - will be the direct support for Anthony Green (Circa Survive) on his upcoming tour, which launches August 6th.

With Initial, Vasolisteps away from The Starting Line's melodic punk legacy and draws from a broader palette, resulting in an adventurous album that not only pushes the envelope - it licks and seals it. - more on this story

Sonya Kitchell Going Soph in September

PR reports: Sonya Kitchell's sophomore album, This Storm, is scheduled for release this fall (September 2nd).

At only 19 years old, the singer, guitarist, and songwriter shows confidence and sophistication well beyond her years – with an incredible voice to match. Kitchell has formed an ongoing creative partnership with jazz legend Herbie Hancock, performing extensively both on tour and on television, in addition to a collaboration on a bonus track for 2007's Album of the Year Grammy recipient, the Hancock-helmed Joni Mitchell tribute River - The Joni Letters.

Kitchell will be on tour this summer with Herbie Hancock singing songs from The Joni Letters, and will headline her own national tour in the fall. - more on this story

New Music Is Just A Click Away

antiMusic reports: We're all about finding new music here and helping you find it. So with that in mind, here is a PR we got today that tells you about a free way to find what you're looking for: "Wow, I haven't heard this song for years," or "I really like that new song by..." We discover new and/or rediscover old music all the time when we listen to Internet radio, but not with our MP3 player or iPod. With online portals such as miRoamer, where users can access the world's largest and most diverse selection of Internet radio content and even add their own favorite stations, the Internet can expand your ears and open your mind to music territory that may have been dormant for years.

Torian Wireless recently launched FREE miRoamer - an online portal where users have the ability to select from hundreds of providers and tens of thousands of Internet radio stations and streams, and then customize how they access them at will. Users can setup their own search options, remove certain providers, subscribe to premium service, even lookup a station guide, all from the same place. miRoamer allows users the ability to create custom playlists from those stations. - more on this story

A Legal Rave?

PR reports: Spiegelworld, the tented creative extravaganza, returns to New York City's South Street Seaport on August 6 and once again hosts nightly dance parties in conjunction with 'parties for a purpose' organization RainDanceNYC and Global RainDance. Dancing under the stars meets social responsibility as DJ's and live performers provide the soundtrack to summer fun, and fundraising on the fly.

For the third year in a row the creative masterminds at Spiegelworld have set up their palaces at New York's Pier 17 to bring fin-de-siecle decadence to the modern metropolis. Hosting not one but two hand-hewn Dutch entertainment palaces under the Brooklyn Bridge, Spiegelworld will present exotic reviews, live performances and dance parties throughout the summer and into fall.

As they did in 2007, Global RainDance will produce the evening dance parties by showcasing over 60 underground DJ's five nights a week for 14 weeks. From Wednesday through Sunday a different nightly event will entertain partygoers and allow charitable organizations to distribute information and collect donations.
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Baby Grascal

PR reports: Jamie Johnson, lead vocalist and guitarist for the well-known country bluegrass band The Grascals, is a proud new father. Jackson Cole Johnson was born on July 12, 2008 to Jamie and Susanne Johnson. The 8 pound 2-1/4 ounce 20-1/2" long bundle of joy has been nicknamed "Cole Train" and is sure to grow up surrounded by music and love.

Their new addition couldn't have come at a more exciting time. With the band's 3rd album Keep On Walkin' hitting store shelves July 15 and a television appearance on Fox & Friends July 18, The Grascals are basking in the glow of personal and professional excitement and success. - more on this story

Exotic Erotic Strippers & Hustlers Ball

PR reports: What do you get when you combine America's hottest DJ's spinning House music on opening night, smoking-hot live rock and metal performances on the second night, a massive nationwide stripper competition where strippers from Hustler, Déjà vu, and other top chains compete for over $20,000 in cash and prizes both nights, plus a few of America's hottest burlesque artists, the world's sexiest emcee, the planet's most downloaded supermodel, and the world's largest ever girl-on-girl pillow fight? You get Perry Mann's Exotic Erotic Strippers & Hustlers Ball, which takes over The Orleans Hotel in Las Vegas over Labor Day Weekend (August 30 and 31, 2008). The Ball has just announced its talent lineup, and it's quite the lineup indeed.

"Between the musical acts, burlesque performers, celebrity guests, and - of course - the strippers – this might just be the greatest talent lineup we've ever assembled," says Perry Mann, who also founded the Exotic Erotic Ball in San Francisco which has been going strong for 29 years and been called The World's #1 Wildest and Sexiest Party by E! Entertainment TV. "We needed to go over the top for this event because - as they say – it's Vegas, baby!" - more on this story

. Keith Urban Live

If you've been seeking out a performer who leaves you mentally and physically exhausted where both band and fan are drained, then look no further, you've found someone to love as Urban is one of the five best live acts on the planet at this moment in time. - Read the full Keith Urban Live review

. Steel Attack - Carpe DiEnd

This CD is blatantly horrible. Aside from having the most retarded title possibly imaginable, Carpe DiEnd does much more than make your gut unleash laughter uncontrollably, it actually attempts to crush everything power metal has ever represented. - Read the full Steel Attack - Carpe DiEnd review

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