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Skinny Puppy Ogre Launching Solo Tour

PR reports: Electronic music icon and Skinny Puppy vocalist Ogre is taking his OHGR project on the road with a 25-date tour.

The tour is in support of the highly anticipated new release Devils In My Details, which arrives in stores November 18.

The opener for the tour is American Memory Project, consisting of two ohGr collaborators, filmmaker/guitarist William Morrison and drummer/composer Justin Bennett. American Memory Project is a unique and startling multimedia project mixing visuals and audio "from the past, the future, and the present in real time." - more on this story

Black Tide Get Animated

PR reports: Black Tide has just launched their Warriors of Time Animation series. The six part series is explained best by the band themselves, "Our Hero, known as The Bastard, is a living embodiment of metal music. We pit him against a robotic legion whose influence spans all of time and space.

"The song speaks to the urge in everyone to rage and rock out against all outside expectations. It is a call to arms against a mundane existence, and the Bastard is always there to answer in force, slaughtering the robot conformist authority for the sake of youth, rebellion, and the undying spirit of true metal."

For the first in the epic series, click - here

Peter Lang The DNA Of The American Musical Experience

PR reports: The New York Times said in November '07 that America had lost sight of its musical roots. In March '08 Guitar Player magazine hailed Peter Lang's new CD Testament as "the DNA of the American musical experience."

Lang describes the early blues of Testament as "a tribute to the bloody, beautiful music that hooked me at age eight, that made me pick up a guitar at ten." The CD consists of 16 searing covers of seminal blues songs going back to the 19th century, plus a stunning 16-page booklet illuminating the real roots of American music.

Lang agrees with the New York Times. "It's similar to the deregulation of the financial industry--media got deregulated, radio got dumbed down, corporate greed trumped core values," Lang says. "In the case of traditional American music--our cultural birthright--a public asset got privatized, homogenized and left for dead. I'm resuscitating it." - more on this story

New Powderfinger CD Coming Out Next Month

PR reports: Australia's leading rock band, Powderfinger is gearing up to release their new album Dream Days At The Hotel Existence on November 11th.

The album was recorded in the legendary Studio 1 of Los Angeles' Sunset Sound, and was produced by Rob Schnapf (Beck, Elliot Smith, Foo Fighters) While recording the record, the band got the attention of keyboardist extraordinaire, Benmont Tench of Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers who guests on the album.

Selling in excess of 2 million records worldwide, Powderfinger have won 14 of Australia's ARIA Awards , and are the only band to win the 'Album of the Year' Award for 3 consecutive albums. - more on this story

Zac Brown Band Set Release

PR reports: On November 18th, Atlantic Records/Home Grown /Big Picture will release Zac Brown Band's 'The Foundation,' a collection of 12 songs that draw inspiration from the band's Southern roots and everyday life experiences. It's music that resonates no matter where you call home.

Zac Brown Band's signature sound is equal parts country, bluegrass, southern rock, pop and reggae. Lead by the tenacious Zac Brown, the band possesses awe-inspiring musicianship, skillful songwriting and dynamic live performances that have been embraced by audiences across the country.

"Chicken Fried," the album's first single - which sold almost 150,000 downloads in the first five weeks and currently ranks #6 on Billboard's Hot Country and #36 on Billboard Hot 100 – has already established the band as a radio favorite. - more on this story

Gene Simmons Gets Into the Gaming Market

antiMusic reports: We received the following announcement: the Gene Simmons AXE guitar for PlayStation Guitar Hero and Rock Bandhas arrived. This fully equipped, axe-shaped guitar controller is a three-quarter replica of the KISS bassist and vocalist's signature guitar and is compatible with PlayStation 2 and 3.

Distributed by Kobian USA, the Gene Simmons AXE guitar is available now for pre-order on www.hipstreetonline.com for $79.99 (it will ship November 15, 2008.)

The AXE is customized with a replicated paint finish of the original AXE guitar and Simmons' autograph and the KISS face painted onto the body of the controller. Additional features of this 2.4 GHz guitar controller include: wireless range up to 30 feet, five fret and narrow fret buttons, fully functioning whammy bar, bi-directional strum bar and is USB connect ready. [interesting tidbit. Rick James once used the Axe bass as well.] - Check it out

Halloween REPO Headbanger Blog

Adrenaline reports: For their special Halloween podcast, MTV2's HeadbangersBlog.com conducted a macabre and revealing interview with Darren Lynn Bousman. This spotlight blog-cast is a tell-all piece featuring never before told stories about his new film "REPO! The Genetic Opera."

The director unearths set secrets for the first time: why he gave up on directing "Saw 5" (after directing Saw 2 - 4") in order to devote his attention to "Repo;" how cast members Sarah Brightman, Bill Moseley, Nivek Ogre and Paris Hilton were able to work together without killing each other; and the creation of the movie soundtrack, which includes musicianship by members of Korn, Slipknot, Filter and others.

Listen and find out: why a SWAT team raided one of his parties, why tears were shed on the set of "Repo: The Genetic Opera," how he feels about the term "torture porn", and how the sight of real blood makes him nauseous. That's here - more on this story

One Movement Festival Perth

PR reports: One Movement Festival Perth is an international music event based in Perth, Western Australia and focused on the Australian and Australasian music market in a global context. From October 16-18 2009 Perth will truly become the centre of the global music industry.

The festival will unite industry professionals from the music, media and technology sectors, whilst creating new platforms to deal with the future of our multi-faceted music community for artists, industry and fans alike.

Making the official announcement in Perth on Monday, October 28th, was the Honourable Dr Elizabeth Constable MLA, Minister for Tourism, who was linked via satellite with London's Musexpo where BBC World's Owen Thomas hosted Tommy Ramone (The Ramones), Seymour Stein (co-founder Sire Records, Vice President Warner Bros. Records), Harvey Goldsmith, Richard Kingsmill (Triple J), Steve Schnur (Worldwide Head of Music, EA Games), plus One Movement Partners Michael Chugg, David Chitty and Sat Bisla in launching the One Movement Festival Perth. - http://www.onemovementfestival.com

Paul van Dyk Keeping Busy

PR reports: Electronica music icon Paul van Dyk is closing out 2008 with two exciting new projects: he will be releasing a new remix double CD called Hands On In Between and has provided an exclusive remix to the upcoming Electronic Arts album for their highly anticipated title Mirror's Edge.

Paul van Dyk joins such artists as Radiohead and Nine Inch Nails by allowing his fans to put their remix skills to work. Following the incredible response to his fifth artist album In Between, Mute Records will release Hands On In Between, a double disc package of exclusive remixes including two winners of an international talent search for up-and-coming producers sponsored by Beatport. Hands On In Between retails for $11.99 and will be available October 21 on iTunes and November 25 on CD.

In addition, Mirror's Edge will be digitally released worldwide on November 11 in conjunction with the launch of the game for the PLAYSTATION 3 computer entertainment system and the Xbox 360 videogame and entertainment system versions. Van Dyk remixed the title track "Still Alive" performed by Swedish rock/pop sensation Lisa Miskovsky. - more on this story

Attention Space Cadets: The Frontier Brothers are Coming

PR reports: Space-rock saviors The Frontier Brothers will be taking their otherworldly sound west this autumn, with their first ever west coast tour. Born in space and raised in Texas, the Frontier Brothers synthesize an original blend of psychedelia, 60s pop and punk aesthetic, which is masterfully exemplified on their coming debut album, Space Punk Starlet.

Live performances typically find the band decked out in their signature colorful full-body spandex suits. The Brothers' performances are known to be so manically energetic that, at a recent show, the club's water main exploded, flooding the dance floor in five inches of water.

This autumn, the spacemen cometh to a town near you - but this time the earth won't be standing still. As lead singer Marshall Galactic has divulged, "We've used space technology so the songs are literally impossible not to dance to." - more on this story

. Rock Band Tour: The Cab, the Plain White T’s, Dashboard Confessional and Panic At The Disco

In honor of "Rock Band 2", a tour is in full swing promoting the tour with The Cab, the Plain White T's, Dashboard Confessional and Panic At The Disco. Surprisingly the show was light on fluff and heavy on doses of good old time rock n' roll as it made it's way to Rosemont, IL - Read the full Rock Band Tour: The Cab, the Plain White T’s, Dashboard Confessional and Panic At The Disco review

. EPs: Two Sheds, Fiance and Johnny Flynn

Eric takes a look at new EPs from Two Sheds, Fiance and Johnny Flynn and tells you if they are worth even the short attention span they require and more importantly, if they are worthy of your hard earned money! - Read the full Two Sheds, Fiance and Johnny Flynn review

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