Wailers Summer Tour and Album Plans

Fans in attendance at these upcoming Wailers dates can expect to hear many of their favorites, such as Natty Dread, No Woman No Cry, Buffalo Soldier, Exodus, War, Stir It Up and One Love, alongside more recent work. - more on this story

State Department Tumbles For Boy George During Press Conference

PR reports: The US State Department, which handles all US foreign affairs, had an unusual topic to address at their press briefing yesterday. Inbetween discussion of Iran, Afghanistan and Albania, the conversation turned to Boy George.

The department's Deputy Spokesman, Tom Casey, choked on his drink when asked what the department has against the singer who recently denied a visa, Mr. Casey made a reference to one of Culture Club's many hits before addressing an allegation that a US Amabassador to Albania was involved in an ammunition cover up. - transcript of the exchange is here

Genghis Tron Faint Tour

Metal Underground reports: Genghis Tron will join Omaha, NE's The Faint for a number of shows on their upcoming headlining tour.

Genghis Tron will meet up The Faint, along with Jaguar Love, in Worcester, MA on August 20th. A listing of tour dates and cities

Genghis Tron has also recently premiered their first music video from their acclaimed "Board Up The House" album, for "Things Don't Look Good." The video was lensed by producer / director Ravi Zupa for Parts and Labor Union - Watch the video and grab the dates here

STS9 and Umphrey's McGee Team Up for Tour

PR reports: STS9 releases their fourth studio album Peaceblaster, available online and at independent retailers beginning July 8th, 2008 on their self-owned record label, 1320 Records

For the month of July, touring heavyweights STS9 and Umphrey's McGee team up for what promises to be one of the hardest-hitting tours of the summer. This co-bill will feature extended sets by both bands, and will stop in Midwest and east coast cities throughout the month of July.

Look, also, for very special late night sets by each band in select markets, including Philadelphia, Raleigh, Madison, Chicago, and NYC. A complete list of STS9's U.S. summer appearances follows. - dates

The Very Best of Little Richard

conqueroo reports: When Little Richard recorded "Tutti Frutti" in 1955 at Cosimo's Studio in New Orleans with A&R man Bumps Blackwell, rock 'n' roll was taken to a thrilling new level. The pounding piano, the high voice and trills, and the sexually suggestive lyrics catapulted the former Richard Penniman to the top of the charts and to legendary status.

On July 29, Specialty Records (now owned by Concord Music Group) will issue The Very Best of Little Richard, a comprehensive 25-track compilation, and the first in 20 years to showcase all the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Famer's Specialty hits.

The collection also features an original pre-rock 'n' roll demo, 1955's "Baby," plus a rousing live medley of "Ain't That a Shame/I Got a Woman"/"Tutti Frutti" recorded in Paris in 1964 and a rehearsal take of "Hound Dog" (1956). Billy Vera, himself a rock 'n' roll and R&B veteran, wrote the liner notes. - more on this story

Israeli Rockers Amaseffer Release Debut

PR reports: Israel is one of the most exciting countries in the world; the country is a cultural melting pot which fuses European influences, with an oriental philosophy of life.

Amaseffer hails from Israel, and they are the first Israeli band signed to InsideOut Music. Their music features a homogeneous mix of rock, metal, world music and the magical sound of the Middle East. The creative trio's motto is "Anything Goes!"

Amaseffer's debut album 'Slaves for Life"(hit stores this week) is the opening volume of a planned trilogy about the history of the Israeli people as portrayed in the Old Testament. - more on this story

Jordan Sweeney Hitting The Road to Recovery

PR reports: Jordan Sweeney, 23, suffers from ulcerative colitis (UC), a form of inflammatory bowel disease that affects the large intestine or colon that can severely limit the quality of life. Rather than letting UC bring him down, Jordan is using UC to raise his voice, speaking for millions of Americans with the same situation and inspiring them to take the next step in their struggle.

Now, thanks to the support of his online fans and fellow UC sufferers, Jordan will be releasing his second acoustic rock CD, Road to Recovery in two weeks. The new CD will take up where the last CD left off, sharing some of the trials of a young man fighting his way through UC while living a full rich life in Ventura with his wife Katie, now 24 weeks pregnant with their first child.

To raise awareness and inspire UC patients, families, friends, and communities, Jordan has been offering a sneak preview of his new CD during a nationwide concert series, sponsored by the Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America (CCFA) Take Steps program and Centocor, makers of a drug called Remicade used to treat Jordan's UC.
- more on this story

Delta Spirit Ode To Touring

PR reports: Delta Spirit will share songs from their debut Ode to Sunshine (August 26, Rounder Records) with music fans across the nation this fall with Dr. Dog.

After recently finishing a highly successful tour with Matt Costa and performing on KCRW's acclaimed "Morning Becomes Eclectic" just last month, this week Delta Spirit were featured on NPR's "All Songs Considered" and will kick summer into swing with a handful of headlining dates. - more on this story

The Duke Spirit Plot American Tour

PR reports: The Duke Spirit are making their triumphant return to American shores this summer for a string of cross country headlining dates and very special festival appearances.

While the Dukes' said farewell to the states for the month of June to play the UK's finest summer festivals including Isle of Wight, Glastonbury, and the Wireless Music Festival, the band's return to the U.S finds them as commanding as ever with performances at All Points West, multiple Download Festivals, and the New American Music Union Festival as well as a return to NYC to play Webster Hall with friends Supergrass.

When not busy plotting their North American trek, The Duke Spirit managed to secure the highly coveted TV promo spot for the NBA playoffs featuring Magic Johnson, Larry Bird, and The Duke Spirit's track "Wooden Heart." These special ads aren't the only place you'll catch The Duke Spirit on television this summer – they will be performing on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on July 22. - more on this story

Camp Bisco VII Adds Third Stage

PR reports: The Disco Biscuits have announced the addition of a third performance stage for Camp Bisco VII. The third stage, open only on Friday and Saturday, will feature a wide variety of electronic DJs, bands, and performing artists, including fire dancers, hoopers, and more!

The third stage will include sets from a very eclectic mix of DJs including: DrFameus featuring EdvsAL; Playloop Records artists – Ross D, Justin Paul, Kezner, DJ Everyday, and Locality & Playloop tag-teams; HEJ Records artists – DJ Punisher, John Overfiend, and Sassmouth; as well as more live bands including roc-elle records artist Zack Hagan with live rhythm section 1050, Sci Fi, and Otherwise. - more on this story

In Session at the Columbia Records 30th Street Studio

PR reports: On July 18 the Morrison Hotel Gallery's Soho loft (116 Prince Street, NYC) will offer the first fine art photography exhibit drawn from the extensive Sony BMG archive. "In Session at the Columbia Records 30th Street Studio" will feature candid, in-the-studio photographs taken mostly by Columbia Records' in-house photographer Don Hunstein, at its legendary 30th Street Studio in New York City.

The exhibit will feature over 30 limited edition fine art silver gelatin prints - many of them never-before-seen - of singular figures such as Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, Billie Holiday, Tony Bennett, Miles Davis, Muhammad Ali, and Charles Mingus among others. Prior to the exhibit's public opening, the Morrison Hotel Gallery will host invitation-only previews of "In Session" on July 17. - more on this story

Cory Chisel Blends Americana and Delta Blues with Cabin Ghosts

PR reports: Cory Chisel forged his first connection to the power of song through the music he heard, and made, in church. His father was a Baptist minister, his mother played piano during services, and an upbringing surrounded by sermons and spirituals instilled in Cory the passion and portent of language and melody, and a fluency in the gospel's rich vernacular of loss and redemption.

Based in Appleton, WI with his band, The Wandering Sons, Chisel's upcoming six song EP, "Cabin Ghosts" reflects the inspiration of his upbringing with a spare Americana-saturated sound that is its own exquisite blend of folk-country and Delta blues. [the pr didn't include a release date] With his voice full of soul and longing, Chisel's expressive vocals and the Sons' loosely orchestrated, impeccable playing emerge fully formed yet somehow familiar and as confident in its sonics as in its lyrical echoes of existential grace and mystery. - more on this story

Extraterrestrial Concert

PR reports: On July 8,2008 at 7:00PM the Brazilian composer Emanuel Dimas de Melo Pimenta will perform SETI, a new concert at the celebrated Bjorn Ressle Contemporary Art Gallery in New York City.

Emanuel Pimenta, who lives in Switzerland, composed SETI in 2002 exclusively using extraterrestrial sounds. The music score was totally created inside virtual environments. The performance will include the projection of a film by Pimenta based on images captured by NASA from the frontiers of the known Universe.

SETI's world premiere happened in 2003, in Lausanne, Switzerland at the local Experimental Art and Film Festival. The film at Bjorn Ressle's Art Gallery will be a world premiere. - more on this story

33Degree Joins KHZ Release Party Along with Dave Navarro

PR reports: 33Degree will be performing Friday July 11th, 2008 at The Viper Room in Hollywood, CA. 33Degree will take the stage at 9pm, to be followed by KHZ from New York.

Since this show is KHZ's West Coast CD Release Party, the night will be hosted by Myspace Metal Hostess Metal Sanaz, and they will be joined on stage by special guest Dave Navarro from Janes Addiction fame.

In addition, L.A.'s own Plastick, fresh from Fair To Midland and Warp Tour dates, will be closing out the night. - more on this story

Rev Theory Summer Tour

PR reports: Rev Theory will embark on an expansive two month summer trek following the June 10 release of their album Light It Up.

Other notable summer appearances include a TV performance on CBS that is taped on July 12th at the first ever Maloof Money Cup (a skateboard festival in Orange County), as well as an August 3 performance at the Sturgis Bikefest motorcycle rally where the crowd is expected to top the 650,000 mark. - dates

Highschool Musical Goes Generic Emo Pop

antiMusic reports: Before we get to this PR we have to say that we have nothing against The Faded per se, but it takes a major stretch of the definition of punk to include them in that genre. It's sort of like calling N Sync metal. In fact, the song that the following PR is about sounds far closer to N Sync than Social Distortion.

To be fair the band call themselves "alternative rock" but then toss in a bunch of genres to describe their sound (which includes mid-80s techno-punk among others, we didn't hear this at all. Maybe they were referring to the leadsinger's hair cut being as silly as A Flock of Seagulls?) but they basically sounds like any generic emo-pop band you'll find on the Warped tour.

The reason we are making an issue of this is because it's getting a bit old hearing record labels toss out bogus labels for generic bands trying to make them sound like they are something different. These labels should instead turn their concentration on finding bands that are really different and then the "marketing" will be a bit more honest. - With all that said here is the PR:

. My Ruin - Throat Full of Heart

Throat Full of Heart is a convincing case study in overcoming adversity and coming out on top. There is an old saying, "What doesn't kill you, makes you stronger." That is amply evident on this record. It's tough to imagine My Ruin sounding any better (5 stars) - Read the full My Ruin - Throat Full of Heart review

. Shai Hulud - Misanthropy Pure

100% pure, 100% mankind-hating: Check and check. Kept fresh by yet another lineup change, the hardcore heroes keep the adrenaline and aggression pumping full throttle more than a decade into their career. - Read the full Shai Hulud - Misanthropy Pure review

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