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David Cook Sets Debut Release and Launches Promo Website

RCA reports: American Idol winner David Cook's debut album will be released on November 18th, 2008 on 19 Recordings / RCA Records. Cook has teamed with Grammy winning producer Rob Cavallo (Green Day, Kid Rock) on the album.

Today marks the launch of DavidCookOfficial.com, Cook's official social networking site where fans can interact with David, his music and each other. Fans can create their own profiles, make friends and contribute their own blogs, photos, videos and connect with other fans in their towns by various search functionality. - more on this story

Head Games: Former Korn Guitarist's Secret Message?

Blabbermouth reports: A Blabbermouth.Net visitor who is registered on YouTube under the name "chtimixeur" has submitted the following item:

"If you listen closely to [former KORN guitarist] Brian 'Head' Welch's first song ['L.O.V.E.'] on his solo record ['Save Me From Myself'], you will hear weird sounds where he seems to say a few sentences backwards.

"I played it backwards, and here's what he says: 'I gave you everything / All the pain life brings / Just to get you to / Come back to me' - more on this story

Britney Joins The Circus

PR reports: Britney Spears announces her sixth studio album, Circus, set for release December 2nd. The first single from the album is titled "Womanizer" and will hit radio on September 22nd.

The track was produced by the up and coming Atlanta production team The Outsyders [let's hope they produce better than they spell]. The album release date coincides with Spears' birthday. - more on this story

Widespread Panic Tunes For Tots Concert

Press Here PR reports: Over the past 3 years, Tunes for Tots has raised over $375,000 for Georgia Public School music programs. With the proceeds from 2007's event, Rothschild Middle School not only received instruments for their orchestra but also a 27 station music computer lab with the latest version of Music Maker Finale on them. Musical instrument equipment is very expensive and many more schools are under-funded and in need, so we invite you to join Widespread Panic for their 2008 Tunes for Tots charity concert!

This year's event is taking place at the newly renovated Tabernacle in Atlanta, GA on October 19th. Only 100 VIP cocktail party tickets will be sold for The Private VIP Cocktail Party with Widespread Panic and includes: Heavy hors d'oeuvres catered by the renown chef Hugh Acheson from Athens' 5 & 10 restaurant, an open premium bar, early admittance into the venue and a 2008 Tunes for Tots poster autographed by the band. The cocktail party will take place from 5pm – 6:30 pm. - more on this story

The Bronx Announce CD Release And Tour Plans

PR reports: The Bronx will release The Bronx to stores and online nationwide on November 11th, 2008. This will be the group's third self-titled record.

Beginning November 1st the band will tour in Canada and the U.S. with Everytime I Die. Shortly after, the group will head out for a long string of headlining shows. The upcoming release of THE BRONX, will be released on the group's own White Drugs label, with help of New York independent label Original Signal Recordings. - more on this story

Kiefer Sutherland Directs New Lifehouse Video

PR reports: Kiefer Sutherland stepped behind the camera this time and put on a director's hat for Lifehouse's new video "Broken."

The video for "Broken" will make its online premiere on VH1.com Tuesday, September 16th. Kiefer and Jason will appear together on the VH1 Top 20 Countdown on September 20th where "Broken" will debut on the channel. - more on this story

Chiodos Return To The Bone Palace Ballet

PR reports: After surpassing sales of over 162,000 copies of their breakout album Bone Palace Ballet, Chiodos is preparing to release a limited edition version of the album titled Bone Palace Ballet: Grand Coda October 28 (Equal Vision).

The group's second album, Bone Palace Ballet--originally released in September of 2007--debuted at #5 on Billboard's Top 200 Album Chart. The new version--which the group headed back into the studio with producer Casey Bates to complete--features four new songs as well as two acoustic versions of "I Didn't Say I Was Powerful, I Said I Was A Wizard" and "A Letter From Janelle," that have never been released to the public.

The loaded offering also includes a 30-minute DVD preview with live performances as well as behind-the-scenes footage of the band's inner circle. Chiodos will release their first-ever full length DVD offering in 2009 that Doug Spangenberg (Lamb of God "Killadelphia" & "Walk With Me In Hell," Every Time I Die "Shit Happens") is on board to direct. - more on this story

Ministry Mastermind Spearheads Soundtrack

HER reports: Now that Ministry has wrapped up its farewell "C U La TouR," Al Jourgensen is concentrating on a myriad of other projects at his El Paso, TX-based 13th Planet empire. The first of these projects is the release of the "Wicked Lake" soundtrack, set to arrive in stores on November 24, 2008 in conjunction with the film's October 7 DVD release.

In a rare public appearance, Jourgensen, along with the stars of "Wicked Lake," will sign advance copies of the DVD on Thursday, September 25 at the Virgin Megastore in Hollywood beginning at 7:00PM.

The Grammy-nominated Jourgensen, who produced the soundtrack, wrote, scored and recorded the music at his 13th Planet studios early this year. While "Wicked Lake" is Jourgensen's debut scoring for a feature film, it's not his first foray into soundtracks, as he wrote and performed tracks for Steven Spielberg's "Artificial Intelligence: AI" (2001), Paul Verhoeven's "RoboCop" (1987) and "The Matrix" (1999) - the soundtrack captured a Grammy. - more on this story

Tesla Set Rocktober Release for New Album

PR reports: After eight months in the writing process, Tesla has announced their new album, Forever More will be released 10/7.

On Forever More, the band keeps their gritty brand of guitar-rock coming around every turn, with energized anthems like "I Wanna Live" to somber-toned tracks such as "Fallin' Apart".

The band wrote and recorded during a very dynamic period for the members, and those bizarre times fueled the process, leading to what they say are some of their "most exciting songs". - more on this story

Misheard Lyrics of the Day: Metallica's Fade To Sodomy?

antiMusic reports: Who hasn't misheard a song lyrics. We thought it might be fun to feature some favorites here for you to enjoy. In honor of Metallica's new album release we'll be focusing on them this week.

Today's misheard lyric is to the song "Fade To Black" and the line "Emptiness is filling me, missing one inside of me." That lyric has been misheard as " Emptiness is filling me, missing one in sodomy."

If you have a misheard lyric we'd love to hear from you. See the contact link at the bottom of the page for how to get a hold of us to tell us about your favorites. If you want to check out more misheard Metallica song lyrics like this one check out - Am I Right.com!

Third Eye Blind Giving Fans Studio Access To New CD

Girlie reports: It's been over five years since Third Eye Blind released their last record, and a lot has changed since then. Especially in the music business, and for Third Eye Blind, the changes are for the better.

Third Eye Blind has partnered with Indaba Music to launch an innovative new web program, "Studio Access," in support of the band's upcoming album URSA MAJOR, scheduled for release in early 2009. Designed to provide Third Eye Blind fans and other musicians with unprecedented access to the band's creative process, "Studio Access" invites fans into to the band's San Francisco studio to witness the recording of URSA MAJOR.

Several other tracks from URSA MAJOR will be made available through "Studio Access" throughout the rest of this year, culminating in a collection of fan-mixed tracks that will serve as a companion piece to URSA MAJOR. Best of all, a grand prize winner will be chosen based on the single best mix of the entire "Studio Access" program, and will be invited to perform live on stage with Third Eye Blind on one of their tour stops in early 2009. Producers of the Top 3 winning mixes of each song will also win signed copies of URSA MAJOR - full contest details are here

Firefall Walk More Softly

PR reports: "Walk More Softly" is the new single from 1970s hit-makers Firefall, an environmental 'green' song with a humble message of 'treating each other better' and 'taking much better care of our fragile planet' is resonating with everyone who hears the song. It will be internationally debuted on Sirius Satellite Radio on Thursday, Sept. 18, 2008 on "SIRIUS 7 - Totally 70s."

This timely song connects with people young and old on musical and rhythmic levels, and in the simple truth of it's message. Treat all people - your loved ones, friends and everyone alike - with more respect and dignity. Give more of yourself. And take much better care of the world we live in. WALK MORE SOFTLY ON THE EARTH.

"Walk More Softly" is the first studio recording by Firefall that features both the 2008 band, together for nearly twenty years, and many of original 1976 Firefall members. Those guys always knew how to make great records, and this song proves that again in 2008. - more on this story

Testament Announce Roctober Tour With Soilent Green

Adrenaline reports: Testament is pleased to announce a string of headlining dates this October with Louisiana metallers Soilent Green. The tour includes Testament's appearance at the Hammerstein Ballroom on October 9 in New York City, where they will be direct support to headliners Children of Bodom; also special guests, The Black Dahlia Murder and Between The Buried and Me.

Guitarist Eric Peterson checked in to discuss the Metal Masters tour and the band's upcoming US headlining dates: "We just finished the Metal Masters tour, and it was a great tour to be on. Unfortunately, it went by too quick. We got to know everyone towards the end, and it started to feel like family. It's too bad it had to end so soon, especially after getting to know everyone. Hopefully, the Metal Masters will continue next year in Europe. - more on this story

Signal Hill Transmission Get Started With New EP

PR reports: Signal Hill Transmission is proud to announce the release of their four song EP, "Starting Gun," on September 23rd on ATO Records. The forthcoming release is the band's first with ATO. This all-digital release is also a first for the label.

In early 2008, Signal Hill Transmission won a contest put on by Clear Channel radio station 98.7FM. The win earned them a recording contract with ATO, and from that very moment the band was off and running with the creation of "Starting Gun."

"Winning a record contract from a competition, I know it sounds weird," admits guitarist Mon Agranat, "but in this industry, in this day and age, it's good to get an edge any way you can." - more on this story

Light This City Confirm New CD Details

Prosthetic Records reports: San Francisco melodic death thrashers Light This City have confirmed Nov. 11 as the release date for the band's fourth full-length album, entitled 'Stormchaser,' as well as the complete tracklisting for the 12-song effort, which will be released through Prosthetic Records.

"Looking back on the writing and recording of 'Stormchaser,' I have to say it couldn't have been a more amazing experience," drummer Ben Murray says. "Rehearsing every day for two months to write this record was grueling, but rewarding in the end. Working with producer Zack Ohren was awesome as usual, and he definitely got the best performances out of all of us. Having Chuck Billy do vocals was a surreal honor, and having our friend John from the Funeral Pyre contribute his vocals was also an awesome addition. Both tracks, 'Firehaven' (with Chuck) and 'Collector Part 2: Donor' (with John) came out heavy as hell thanks to those guys." - more on this story

Chocolate Lab Records Debuts with Radiohead Sibling

PR reports: Chocolate Lab Records is shiny-fresh, genre unbiased and excited to announce its inaugural release schedule. Founded by a former concert promoter and publicist, Brian McKinney, Chocolate Lab puts an emphasis on quality and profundity. All genres from folk to metal to shoegaze will have equal focus at CLR. Fresh out of the gates are new releases from two UK artists, Andy Yorke and Paper Round Kid.

Andy Yorke: Andy Yorke may be a familiar name and for good reason – he's the former frontman of Unbelievable Truth, author of amazing songs like "Stone," "Almost Here" and "Higher Than Reason." He's also brother of the Radiohead guy, but don't let that bias your opinions – Andy more than stands on his own merits. His debut solo album, Simple, retains much of the same emotional and thematic richness found in the UT recordings, but with an intimacy of self awareness. Simple will be available for digital download on September 30 and on CD November 18.

Paper Round Kid: Paper Round Kid is the moniker of one Darren Filkins, who once played lead guitar in Damon Albarn's pre-Blur outfit, Seymore. He soon left the band to explore the world on his own terms. Since then he's kept busy as a world class photographer whose resume includes Lenny Kravitz, Simon Pegg, Nick Hornby and Wilco. Some 20 years later find Filkins back in the studio with a brand new release, Submarine, a legitimate pop record with easy comparisons to Dylan, Devendra Banhart, Yes and funky '70s key parties. Submarine will be available on September 30 as a digital only release. - Myspace page

Matt Mays & El Torpedo Book Mini Tour

PR reports: Matt Mays & El Torpedo drop down to the States for seven shows beginning Wednesday, October 1 in Boston at The Middle East.

The band is touring in support of its critically-acclaimed second album Terminal Romance which hits stores September 30, the day before the tour kicks off. - dates

Mates Of State To Support Santogold

PR reports: Mates Of State will join Santogold for a run of theater dates beginning September 28 at the House of Blues in Chicago and concluding October 14 at Los Angeles' Wiltern Theater. The MATES will also play select headline dates throughout and following the Santogold tour.

Prior to the tour kick-off, Mates Of State will return to the small screen for a September 23 appearance on Nickelodeon's Yo Gabba Gabba! - more on this story

M83 Taps School of Seven Bells For Upcoming Tour

PR reports: School of Seven Bells are currently preparing for a North American tour with M83 in support of their much-anticipated full-length debut, Alpinisms (Ghostly International).

The album was recorded in their home studio and featuring a contribution from Simone Pace (Blonde Redhead). The Bells will also be doing several performances during CMJ. - dates

Singled Out: Sonya Kitchell's For Every Drop

antiMusic reports: Welcome to the latest edition of Singled Out where artists tell us about their latest single. In this edition songstress Sonya Kitchell give us the inside story to her song "For Every Drop," taken from her new album 'This Storm.'Here is Sonya:

The story behind "For Every Drop" is that it is a song that came from multiple collaborations. My friend Erin Mckewin, a great singer songwriter, came over one day to hang out and play music. We played each other bits of songs, and when I played her a bit of what is now "For Every Drop" she liked it and suggested we finish it. The song at that point wasn't about anything in particular and we decided it'd be fun to write a song about your quintessential self-involved person who believes "for every drop that falls from above you say this is a sign of what I'm thinking of."

So, the song evolved and was thought to be finished, when I got together with my friend Mike Daly, another great writer and played the song for him. He told me the song needed a chorus… I thought we already had a pretty good one, but off we went and wrote ourselves a chorus. I was able to collaborate so openly on this song, which is unusual for me, since I wrote everything else on the album on my own, because I was un-attached to the song itself, and it was just a passing idea I had… not a message I had to get across or an inner emotion I had to work through.

I got to the studio and when I was sorting through the songs with producer Malcolm Burn, he picked that one out as one he thought we should record, and we further mixed and mashed up the form of the song. And so, the final result is a product of many people, their ideas, and an awful lot of cooks in the kitchen…. And honestly, it's one of my favorite songs on the record. So, I guess it just goes to show, it doesn't hurt to play with the other kids in the sandbox.

Check out the song and learn more about Sonya - right here!

Portugal. The Man Week: Day 2

antiMusic reports: Alaska rocker's Portugal return to record stores this week with their third album 'Censored Colors,' which promises to take them from underground heroes to the mainstream of the rock world with their incredible sound which takes us back to the day when it was "the music stupid" and not just image that made rockstars. To celebrate the release we asked the band's newest member Ryan Neighbors to pick his favorite tracks from the album and tell us a little bit about each one. Here is Ryan with today's song:

New Orleans - I think this one is everyone's personal favorite on the album. It is actually the first song we recorded with Phil and Kirk. When the song began I personally could not tell what direction it was heading but it worked out really well.

There are a lot of really cool layers in there too. Phil played accordion, Bobby is an amazing trumpet. We actually didn't even hear the trumpet in there for months after we recorded the song. There was an initial period when I was a little offset by it but that is just because I was too used to what the song was before. I now love the trumpet, it pretty much makes the song. Due to the second half of the record flowing together we did the outro which I also thinks works well and turned out great. We are all very happy with the song.

Wanna hear what it's all about? You can do that plus grab tour dates, learn more about the band and their new album and more - right here!

 
 

Top Reviews of the Week

. Butch Walker: The Phoenix

From the plaintive strains of his guitar on one night, to the in-your-face slap of molten voltage two nights later, Butch Walker professed a stark declaration of desires that go beyond words. He seems to enter a dreamy private realm, except he's inviting his listeners along for the ride - Read the full Butch Walker: The Phoenix review

. James - Hey Ma (Album of the Year?)

James sound like a band with an insatiable hunger willing to do anything to make their mark. Their lack of innocence gives way to experience, knowledge and wisdom. James hasn't just mined a victorious reunion album with 'Hey Ma' they've created the best album of 2008. (5 stars) - Read the full James - Hey Ma (Album of the Year) review

. Yell County - A Real Fine Hole

A Real Fine Hole can be described as a coarse sound with gritty guitar chords and meat & potatoes drums. The tunes are full of snappy clever rhythms that make the entire disc very easy to listen to. (3 stars) - Read the full Yell County - A Real Fine Hole review

. HHH: The Poison Written - Devices

Poignant but powerful, The Poison Written is an exciting band with not just unrelenting faith in their religion but also in themselves. 'Devices' is a confident, well-crafted EP, the likes of which is nothing short of divine. Track this down. - Read the full The Poison Written - Devices review

. Blag'ard - Bobcat

The genre is full of groups who seem afraid of their amplifiers, such as Death Cab for Cutie and Bright Eyes, and that's exactly why groups like Blag'ard need to exist. Blag'ard blend elements of noise and whammy freakouts with straight forward, punkish indie rock. (4 stars) - Read the full Blag'ard - Bobcat review

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