YouTube Goes Live

The event will also be streamed live on YouTube at the same time, enabling millions from around the globe to partake in the festivities. To sign up for a chance to get tickets or to tune in on the day of the event, visit http://youtube.com/live.

YouTube Live will honor the most groundbreaking, creative, and buzzworthy videos and individuals from the site's early days through today. Previously announced participants include internet born stars Soulja Boy Tell 'Em and Esmee Denters, Grammy Award winners' Will.I.Am and Akon, and Discovery Channels' MythBuster stars Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman. New acts scheduled to join this lineup include known performers such as: Katy Perry, Fred, Joe Satriani, MC Hammer, The Spinto Band and more. - more on this story

Free Blind Pilot Song With Overpriced Coffee!

PR reports: Blind Pilot following being iTunes' "Single of the Week", have now been chosen by Starbucks to be Starbucks' "Pick of the Week" for the week of January 3, 2009.

The "Pick of the Week" card, a physical card handed out at Starbucks' 7,000 U.S. and Canada locations at either the barista drink hand-off point or the point of sale spot, will have a redemption code which consumers can then use at iTunes to receive a free download of Blind Pilot's "The Story I Heard", off of their debut full-length, "3 Rounds and a Sound" (Expunged Records). - more on this story

Karyn Crisis Plots Solo Return

PR reports: Karyn Crisis is now working on her debut solo album. Crisis have been one of the most influential acts of the extreme metal scene, and Karin's voice was something unique and never heard at that time, and still is, after 4 studio albums. After the split of Crisis, Karyn moved away from the music business and dedicated herself to different forms of art, visual and painting, and to Reiki and Shamanism.

"At the beginning of 2006 I embarked on a Vision Quest. My goals: to get as far away from the music business as possible, and to delve as deeply as possible into myself to find out what I'm really made of all on my own." says Karyn "There, I found and embraced my shaman within. In doing so, music took me by the hand and brought me, full circle, to where I stood as I joined Crisis in 1993: on the threshold of using my voice as a means of empowerment. This is why I'm beginning my solo career now: it's part of my journey, it's part of my purpose, and... it's my time."

The album will be recorded at the beginning of 2009 in Italy and will be producer by Eraldo Bernocchi for Rare Noise LTD. Bernocchi is an eclectic producer who started his career in the mid 80's with industrial extreme act Sigillum S and moved to different musical directions working with artists like Bill Laswell, Mick Harris (Scorn), Thomas Fehlmann (The Orb), Zu, Nils Petter Molaver, Toshinori Kondo and many others in more than 100 records. - more on this story

The Shambles Set New CD Release

PR reports: Long running San Diego based group, The Shambles, release their sixth album, Desde Ayer, on Dec. 10. The album takes advantage of the bands prolific nature and collects fourteen tracks from a wide variety of studio sources. Geared to both die-hard fans and casual listeners, Desde Ayer includes a number of outtakes from side projects, alternate mixes, demos -and more.

Emerging from the power-pop explosion of the early nineties, The Shambles continue to create music that touches on their Mod and sixties pop roots, adding seventies AM radio, Spanish rock and a dash of jangle to the mix. The band has toured extensively in England, Spain, Mexico and the U.S., releasing music in those countries as well as Canada, Sweden, Japan, Germany and Denmark.

Desde Ayer tops a hectic year for The Shambles. The past twelve months have seen the band featured on the cover of music magazine, The Troubadour, as well as the release of an all covers album, 20 Explosive Hits, the taping of jingles for Mod Radio UK and numerous concert, radio and TV appearances. - more on this story

Satan Goes Back To Court

MMP reports: Satan's classic debut "Court in the Act," is being reissued in a new digipack edition includes 3 bonus tracks. Digitally remastered using 24-Bit process on golden disc, limited to numerated 1000 copies. Metal Mind Productions will release the album on 24th November in Europe and 20th January 2009 in USA (via MVD).

Satan is one of the most important groups that emerged in the early NWOBHM era. Their unique mixture of heavy and power metal spirit with thrash riffage brought a handful of unforgettable tunes and revolutionized heavy music as we know it. "Court in the Act" is their debut release and in the same time their highlight. Ten tracks (including the intro) and over 40 minutes of music that was absolutely groundbreaking for a 1983 release.

Satan managed to come up with a sound that was way ahead of their own time. The songs were melodic, but in the same time very aggressive – a sign of an upcoming revolution. Both guitarists, Russ Tippins and Steve Ramsey, delivered a truly amazing performance – although their styles were completely different, the duo managed to perfectly balance their playing and introduce a handful of timeless riffs and solos. - more on this story

Damon Castillo Band Visit Laurel Lane

PR reports: The Damon Castillo Band released their new 13-track album, Laurel Lane, November 4th. Combining the talent of Kristian Ducharme on keys, Jennings Jacobsen on drums, and Larry Kim on saxophone with Damon Castillo's prolific songwriting, vocals, and guitar chops, the band creates a sound that is a statement among this day of manufactured music. Each member is a master-musician with a diverse past playing jazz, funk, rock, and soul. Their prowess comes through on every note, dynamically punctuating Damon's soulful lyrics, at times mournful, and often larger than life.

Grammy-Award-Winner, Ross Hogarth, produced the record and special guest musicians include: Sheila E., Rami Jaffe (Wallflowers, Foo Fighters), Lee Thornburg (Tower of Power, Supertramp), Lon Price (Elvis Presley, Alan Toussaint, Ziggy Marley) and Sean Hurley (Alicia Keys, John Mayer).

Damon describes the process of taking their unique sound and "distilling" it down for the album, "Duke Ellington had it right when he said, 'If it sounds good, it IS good.' The guys and I don't care about genres or style lines…It's nothing that I consciously maneuver; I just try to make it feel right." More than anything, the record is a throw-back to the old days, when artists played their own music in a studio and created songs that were enjoyable not only for their passion, but also for their honesty. "It's not the homogenized production where you can't hear the music. You will hear real musicians playing real tunes," says Damon.

For more information about the Damon Castillo Band and Laurel Lane visit: - www.damoncastillo.com

. The Biz: AC/DC: For Those About To Rock... We Reward You

A few months back when the announcement was made that AC/DC's 'Black Ice' would have a retail price of 11.99 at Wal-Mart, I lamented about how it was a stupid and foolish move on the band's part and how it would ultimately cost them sales. I was wrong. - Read the full AC/DC: For Those About To Rock... We Reward You op/ed

. The New Up - Broken Machine EP

Those looking for gritty sound in their music should look elsewhere. But if the poppy, expansive feel is your thing, then Broken Machine will fill the void that you hadn't realized was there. (4 stars) - Read the full The New Up - Broken Machine EP review

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