Queen Giving Away Free CD

The CD features ten full Queen tracks, including 'Killer Queen', 'Don't Stop Me Now' and the fantastic anthem 'We Will Rock You', all sung by Freddie Mercury, the iconic superstar who tragically died in 1991. - more on this story

Pro-Pain Announce American Tour

PR reports: Hardcore/metal stalwarts Pro-Pain will begin their US tour in support of "No End in Sight," the group's 11th album, beginning June 13.

The tour will also feature one of Pro-Pain's favorite hardcore bands, Sworn Enemy, and thrash metallers Mantic Ritual.

The trek will mark the US touring debut of Pro-Pain's newest members, rhythm guitarist Marshall Stephens and drummer Rick Halverson, who joined the band in December. - more on this story

Random Touch Announce Rare Vinyl Release

PR reports: Random Touch have announced an extremely limited vinyl edition of their new release Turbulent Flesh. Here is the info Glass Onyon PR sent over:

What really matters when it comes to Random Touch is not their 38 years of collaboration, or their love of pure improvisation or their disinterest in trading music for dollars. What really matters is that they give birth to music that lies beyond ego/mind/thought. Music such as theirs cannot be made when utilizing the mind. Random Touch describe the creative process as riding a wave. The wave itself lies beyond what thought can understand, or the ability of words to bring understanding. While riding this wave the music is manifested. Because this occurs in a space beyond thought, the experience for these three musicians is more akin to witnessing a manifestation, rather than actively creating one. At the deepest level Random Touch are one with the music as it flows into existence. Only afterwards can they recognize the resulting music as a unique and separate entity.

Nowhere is this more apparent than when they set aside traditional instruments - those devices so loaded with personal and public histories - and explore the alchemy of materials intended for other purposes. They may pound, poke, pluck, stroke, scrape, caress, rub, fling, twirl, bounce, bang, knead, crumple, shake, stir or provoke in any imaginable manner. Whether an oil drum, a shelving rack, a cow stanchion or a scrap of plastic, the individual parts matter only a little; the focus is on the symphony of voices that appear to self assemble as if an invisible hand were at work. - more on this story

Mike Tramp Discusses White Lion Reunion Captured on New DVD

PR reports: White Lion's "Bang Your Head Festival 2005" DVD, available in the Unites States via Frontiers Records, captures a momentous and spontaneous moment in the melodic metal band's career.

"'White Lion Bang Your Head 2005' was something that never was meant to be, but somehow happened," said vocalist/band leader Mike Tramp.

After a 2005 American tour, White Lion made the decision to dissolve the band. Then a call came in that the group could not resist. "I was sitting at home in Melbourne, Australia, and a call came in from Germany, asking me if White Lion wanted to be the surprise guest on the Bang Your Head Festival the following Saturday - only 4 days away," Tramp said. "The next couple hours I called around the world locating the other boys, talking to travel agents, and what have you. How the hell were we to pull this off? But somehow we did." - more on this story

Mixtape Riot Returns

PR reports: NYC hip hop trio The Beatards, made up of band members DJO, Chuck Wild and UTK The INC, will re-launch its popular Mixtape Riot website this week with a celebration at Manhattan club The Beauty Bar.

The MixtapeRiot.com launch party will be a celebration of the re-branding of the very popular Captain's Crate music blog (originally launched in February, 2005) which became widely known one of the web's most popular music blogs for soul classics and rarities.

April 14th, 2009. The Beauty Bar (231 E 14th St.) No cover charge, 2 FOR 1 drinks from 10PM-12AM, and FREE mixtapes for the first 100 through the door! - more on this story

Diddy Pimping New CD with iTunes App

PR reports: Sean "Diddy" Combs is inviting his fans to get on board his upcoming "LAST TRAIN TO PARIS" with a limited edition iTunes App.

The Mosaic Legends free App – available now at the iTunes App store – heralds Diddy's sixth album, set to arrive in stores and online on September 22nd.

The LTTP App offers fans the chance to be part of the "LAST TRAIN TO PARIS" interactive experience by uploading their favorite photos to Diddy's train mosaic. Fans are invited to share their most beloved travel memories, romantic moments, or party pictures, which will then be selected for inclusion on the final Mosaic App, set to drop this summer. - more on this story

Slim Twig Sets Album Debut

PR reports: Shape-shifting performer, song-sculptor, and actor, Slim Twig is excited to reveal the track listing for his long-awaited debut full-length album, Contempt! on Paper Bag Records.

Contempt! will be available on CD, LP and digital on June 9. Slim will be touring North America in support of Contempt! with his band, the Mercy Mercenaries. Dates to follow.

Contempt! is a self-made exercise in resourcefulness where Slim experimented with whatever he could get his hands on. It leans decidedly towards an innovative pop sound that places sampling and found sound firmly at its core. The result, pairing the artist's "switchblade-sharp lyrics" (NOW Magazine) with a rawer, sample-based aesthetic, is unpredictable and highly original. - more on this story

The Legends Coming in June

PR reports: The Legends new album "Over and Over" Is Set For US Release On June 16th Through Labrador/Caroline Records

The man behind Stockholm-based The Legends, Johan Angergard, (Club 8, Pallers, Acid House Kings) has been known to take his audience for quite a ride. With jarring shifts in musical direction since 2003, The Legends are notorious for being resilient to change, unwilling to compromise their sound while relentlessly confusing and annoying his audience along the way.

The Legends' forthcoming album "Over and Over," recorded in a decrepit basement in South-Central Stockholm, marks yet a new creative turn for the band, mixing hypnotic washes of distorted synths with sweet, bouncy melodies that echo off walls of feedback and loud, shimmering guitars. - more on this story

. The Devil Wears Prada/A Day to Remember/Sky Eats Airplane/Emarosa Live

Pontiac's Clutch Cargo's is more crowded than I have ever seen it. Its two floors are jam packed with fans eager for catchy, cathartic metalcore, and tonight's bill has it in spades. Body space becomes a premium as more punters flood in - Read the full The Devil Wears Prada/A Day to Remember/Sky Eats Airplane/Emarosa Live review

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