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MegaTalking Ellefson

PR reports: The latest episode of "Talking Metal" features an interview host John Ostronomy conducted with legendary former Megadeth bassist, David Ellefson of F5.

Topics include F5's forthcoming album, "The Reckoning," Jimmy DeGrasso, Montrose, The Alien Blakk, and Rock 'N' Roll Fantasy Camp.

Additional podcast topics covered by Ostronomy and Mark Strigl include Hammerfall and Jersey City, NJ. Photos as well as the podcast can be downloaded at this - location

Bigelf Set the Date For Their New Album

PR reports: Psychedelic progressive rock band Bigelf has completed work on its long-awaited new album, entitled Cheat the Gallows. The follow up to the band's acclaimed full-length Hex; Cheat the Gallows will see an August 12 release via the Custard label.

Cheat the Gallows was recorded at Kung Fu Gardens studios in North Hollywood and produced by Bigelf frontman Damon Fox. The album features 10 diverse tracks of hallucinatory hard rock, showcasing the band's multi-layered arrangements, rich, sophisticated vocal harmonies and Fox's spectacular dual-Mellotron / Hammond organ / Moog synthesizer saturations.

On Cheat the Gallows, Bigelf's "new classic" sound blends strong post-Hendrix ferocity with a potent post-Beatles tunefulness, resulting in diabolically-heavy pop rife with epic guitars, infectious hooks and unforgettably refined melody patterns that will undoubtedly find appeal with classic hard rock fans, vintage prog-heads and heavy metal enthusiasts alike. - more on this story

Snooty Martha's Vineyard People Need A Festival Too!

PR reports: Festival Network (FN) is proud to announce the line-up for the second annual Martha's Vineyard Festival, taking place on August 10 at Ocean Park in Oak Bluffs, MA.

The legendary seven-time GRAMMY® winning vocalist Gladys Knight is set to headline this year's festival with the Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra conducted by Keith Lockhart.

The island's must-see event also features performances by The Neville Brothers, Steel Pulse, Willy Mason, Kate Taylor, Entrain with Phil DaRosa plus piano sensation Minami Morita with her quartet. - more on this story

The Boy Will Drown of an Earache

Our Caps Lock Key Is Like A Hit of Crack To Us Records reports: EARACHE is proud to announce the signing of British technical metallers THE BOY WILL DROWN to a multi-album, worldwide recording deal.

THE BOY WILL DROWN are a four-piece band based in Norwich/Colchester in the UK who formed in late 2006. Currently regarded as one of the most flamboyant and intense bands in the UK, they play a vicious blend of technical and experimental music based around grindcore and death metal.

Refusing to play "sugar-coated" metal like so many other bands, THE BOY WILL DROWN do everything in their power to mesmerise and pulverise the listener, whilst simultaneously injecting an element of humour, fun and youth into the otherwise serious face of the extreme metal genre. Drawing influence from such bands as DECAPITATED, NECROPHAGIST and PSYOPUS, THE BOY WILL DROWN create music that's technically breathtaking, with punishing metal riffage, yet still retains that "groove" factor. - more on this story

Level-C Hints That All Female Metal Bands Before Them Weren't Real

PR reports: July 29 is the date that will change the way metal fans view all-female metal bands, with the release of Level-C's debut album on Locomotive Music/Ryko Distribution.

A hard-hitting slab of music with a modern edge, Level-C's self-titled release is journey into the minds of this long-standing, hard-working Cleveland-based band.

"Level-C is real," said vocalist Christine Maynard. "The lyrics were written about real experiences. The music was constructed with real emotion. When I listen to the songs, it's like opening a diary of my life." - more on this story

Women Make A Deal

PR reports: Jagjaguwar has just announced the signing of Women, and will release the band's self-titled debut full length on October 7th, 2008 throughout the world (January, 2009 release in the UK, and Canadian label Flemish Eye is releasing the record in Canada.)

The band will tour the U.S., Canada and Europe in support of the album throughout 2008, and tour dates will be announced soon.

The band's debut was recorded by Sub Pop and Flemish Eye artist Chad VanGaalen over 4 months on ghettoblasters and old tape machines in his basement, an outdoor culvert and a crawlspace. Sometimes light and spacious, at other times eerie and dense with an ominous weight, Women hint at the Velvet Underground, Swell Maps or This Heat; a lo-fi masterpiece cloaked in layers of vibrato and guitar wash. - more on this story

Paul van Dyk After Party

PR reports: Made Event and Paul van Dyk announced today that they will be adding a special Ibiza-style afterparty at Webster Hall immediately following his performance at Hudson River Park's Pier 54 (Saturday, August 16th). Coinciding with his summer residency at Cream at Amnesia in Ibiza, Paul van Dyk has just released a special double CD mix compilation which is available at stores nationwide and on iTunes.

Shift over to Webster Hall for a completely different Paul van Dyk experience as he brings his own Ibiza summer spectacle "This DJ's F**king Crazy" to New York City. This is the first time Paul van Dyk has brought this exhibition to North America. If fans thought the first five hours at the pier were crazy, they can get F**king Crazier at Webster Hall.

For the first time ever in his long run of outdoor New York City summer concerts, Paul van Dyk will be DJing at Hudson River Park's Pier 54 for an extended set of five hours. Additionally, Made Event will bring in acclaimed sound design company Integral Sound to ensure that Paul van Dyk's music resonates at a level never heard before. Beyond the custom designed sound, we promise a stunning light and laser show that will fire up the sky like the fourth of July. - more on this story

Satan's Favorite DVD?

MVD reports: Black Metal Satanica is an in depth documentary capturing the dark, mystical and evil history of the Black Metal genre. The DVD will escape the depths of hell and arrive on store shelves 09/02/2008.

Based on Scandinavian Viking lore, Black Metal borrows from ancient Viking melodies, lyrics and mythology dating back to the 11th century.

The new wave of Black Metal heroes give their take on the current state of the genre as well as on the founding fathers of Black Metal like Mayhem, Bathory and Immortal and the extreme, almost inhuman acts that surround this controversial subculture. - more on this story

Temujin Delay Tour To Record New Songs

Renaissance Records reports: Temujin wish to announce that the North American live dates originally planned for late 2008 have been rescheduled to 2009. Instead, the band will be bringing forward plans to record new material, which should begin sometime in August.

The change in schedule has been brought about because lead vocalist Kelly is expecting her second child in mid November.

"We are disappointed that we won't be able to bring our music to the US as planned ... but very excited about the arrival of a new child. We'll now focus on writing and recording in the lead up to the birth, and then launch into 2009 with new material and a return to live work. Nothing is cancelled - just rearranged! And a new child means that 2009 will be a fantastic year both personally and professionally - we can't wait." - more on this story

Marrow Sets Depressing Release

PR reports: Marrow's debut CD, 'Quiet Desperation,' is scheduled for release on September 16, 2008, with regional east and west coast US tours in August through September 2008 already scheduled.

The launch of 'Quiet Desperation' will be backed by an aggressive viral video internet campaign touting Marrow's endorsement from a fictitious, and ludicrous, 'foundation for unhappiness enhancement,' "The Society for the Advancement of Despair," (SAD), whose tagline is 'Bliss is Ignorance.'

In an endeavor to skewer the notion that all people must adopt and maintain a constant state of forced happiness and serenity to lead fulfilling lives, 'The Society for the Advancement of Despair' wants you to be left alone to wallow in your sadness in order to explore the depths of your discontentment, because it feels good to feel bad. Marrow's 'Quiet Desperation,' already the self-proclaimed 'feel bad album of the year,' is "the prescription for your pain", that will help the listener embrace their well-earned sadness. - more on this story

Jim Boggia's Misadventures In Stereo

PR reports: Misadventures In Stereo, the third album by widely lauded singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Jim Boggia, is unmistakably the work of a true believer and pop craftsman who's closely acquainted with music's capacity for transcendent uplift.

His confessional, deeply personal lyrics tap into the deepest and most universal of human emotions. Born blind in one eye and with limited vision in the other, Boggia grew up an only child with an acutely developed ear for music.

His early fascination for such iconoclastic pop classics as the Kinks' Village Green Preservation Society, Nilsson Sings Newman and Stevie Wonder's Innervisons helped to inform an aesthetic sensibility that would push him to create album-length listening "experiences" on his own releases. - more on this story

AntiTainment Celebutard Watch: Lohan Ran Over By A Bike

TMZ reports: Sources tell TMZ Lindsay Lohan was out in NYC last night with gal pal Samantha Ronson, and as they were leaving, Lilo got hit by a someone on a bike.

We're told her driver took her to Beth Israel Hospital in Midtown Manhattan and she checked herself out at 4:00 AM.

Didn't your momma tell you to look both ways before crossing the street!
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AntiTainment Celebutard Watch: Shia LaDrunk Smashup

TMZ reports: TMZ has learned Shia LaBeouf has been arrested for DUI. Law enforcement sources tell TMZ LaBeouf was involved in a car accident at about 3:00 AM at the corner of La Brea and Fountain in Hollywood. Paramedics were called to the scene and both parties were taken to a local hospital.

LaBeouf was placed under arrest on suspicion of DUI after we're told he exhibited "outward signs" of intoxication at the scene.

Law enforcement tell TMZ, Shia LaBeouf will not be booked on felony DUI charges -- but he's not out of the woods. We're told Shia is in surgery right now to fix his messed up left hand that was injured after he rolled his car at 3 AM today. Law enforcement says he'll be cited and released on suspicion of DUI misdemeanor. - TMZ posted a blow by blow account of LaBeouf LaDrunken Smach Up

. George Michael Live

Two plus hours into George Michael's first concert in Chicago in 17 years, the crowd is propelling their arms into the air chanting "Freedom... freedom... freedom!" in a moment so universal you embrace the collision of populism and art as they converge on an immeasurable level - Read the full George Michael Live review

. Nachtmystium - Assassins: Black Meddle Pt. 1

The scariest thing about Assassins is that it still seems like Nachtmystium have yet to put out their best work. The future is definitely bright for such an eerie, dark band---get this ghostly masterpiece of psychedelic horror ASAP. - Read the full Nachtmystium - Assassins: Black Meddle Pt. 1 review

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