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To learn more about Ben Harper and Relentless7, find tour dates and stream White Lies For Dark Times featuring the recently released hit single "Shimmer and Shine," please visit: - http://www.myspace.com/benharper

Testament Expand World Tour Plans

PR reports: Bay Area Thrash Legends Testament announce a UK tour, hot off the heels of their support stint with Judas Priest and exclusive show in London where the band played their first two albums in their entirety.

Guitarists Alex Skolnik and Eric Peterson are looking forward to the band's return. Says Alex: "It was so nice to hear that we have a whole week of July dates in the UK, one of our favourite places with some of the best fans. In earlier years, with the exception of London, we somehow never had the opportunity to do proper tours of the region. Now, it feels we're experiencing a rebirth there and it's good to be able to make up for lost time. Looking forward to a week of great shows in the UK with good friends, witty humor and lots of curries, ales and pasties."

"Better late than never!" adds Eric Peterson. "It's taken us twenty years to finally do extensive touring in the UK. We've always asked to play more cities other than just playing London when we come through to Europe. London has always been one of our favorite cities in the world to play, and the English crowd rules! Long live England! Long live Testament!" - more on this story

Causes 2 Leaked

Waxploitation reports: Waxploitation and MTV are partnering up to premiere Causes 2 a week before the album comes out via MTV's The Leak. The album will debut April 28th to May 5th via The Leak, which gives music fans the chance to listen to new albums in their entirety, from start to finish, one week before their official release.

Causes 2 is the second album from Waxploitation's ongoing benefit series for Darfur. 100% of the profits from the album go to Human Rights Watch, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) and Oxfam America.

The album includes rare and exclusive songs from some of the most compelling artists in the indie and alternative worlds: Black Moth Super Rainbow, The Decemberists, Devendra Banhart, Diplo, Federico Aubele, Gnarls Barkley, LCD Soundsystem, Matthew Dear, Mum, My Morning Jacket, Neon Neon, Richard Swift, RJD2, and Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings, as well as a contribution from Adult Swim's Tim & Eric. - listen here

Spend Your Day With Mae's New EPs

MSO reports: The American rock group MAE have announced they'll release (M) ORNING, (A)FTERNOON and (E)VENING, a collection of EP's April through December 2009 on Cell Records.

MAE has committed to offer 100% of the proceeds from the digital sales of (M)ORNING, (A)FTERNOON and (E)VENING to fund humanitarian and charitable projects. Each month, MAE is offering a song as a digital download and all songs can be purchased for a minimum donation of $1 on www.whatismae.com.

"From the beginning MAE has been about making music and using our voice to help serve as a bridge to connect people and build community," explains drummer JACOB MARSHALL. "For the entirety of 2009, our desire is to be the change we want to see in the world." Since January, MAE has raised over $35,406.60. The group has partnered with their local Habitat for Humanity in Newport News, VA to build a house for Rhonda Floyd, a local resident in need of a home. - more on this story

Isis Streaming New Album Online

PR reports: Today, ISIS is unleashing the genre-bending epic Wavering Radiant on poor, unsuspecting ears via their official Myspace profile, a full week before its release.

Experts on melting faces and frying brains, the L.A. based five-piece have conquered lands far and wide with their unique approach to things often labeled "progressive" and "metal," in effect cutting a swath through pre-existing genre lines. May 5th, 2009 (Radiant's official release date) marks the group's graduation from avant-garde metal leadership to their rightful spot as one of this century's most original and pioneering alternative groups.

This, their fourth album for California-based Ipecac Recordings, stays true to the band's long-standing tradition of experimentation. The new set of recordings find vocalist/guitarist Aaron Turner and company at the peak of their powers, displaying an unparalleled sense of maturity and mastery of their respective instruments. - Stream ISIS' Wavering Radiant here

August Burns Red Again This July

PR reports: August Burns Red, the Lancaster, PA-based metal quintet who scratched and clawed their way to the top of the heap in 2008, are preparing to drop the much-anticipated third full-length, Constellations, via Solid State Records on July 14, 2009.

After a month in the studio with lauded producer Jason Suecof (Sevendust, All That Remains, God Forbid, Trivium), ABR emerged in late March with a blistering album that will make good on the promise of 2007's Messengers – an album that, devoid of hype, without any smoke and mirrors, ever-so-quietly sold more than 80,000 copies, as much or more than most of the band's much-hyped contemporaries.

August Burns Red spent the subsequent year conquering fans at Warped Tour, on the Take Action tour and at destinations from Dubai to Dallas, and increased their profile through placement on the movie trailer for "The Spirit." Meanwhile, fans drove August Burns Red's MySpace plays well past the 17 million mark, packed the band's fall 2008 headlining tour – which included sold-out venues across the country – and flocked to the band's in-studio Stickam site by the tens of thousands to observe the band recording the eagerly awaited new album. Fans' demand for new material also drove the release of a B-sides EP, Lost Messengers: The Outtakes, this past February. - more on this story

Kevin Devine & The Goddamn Band Hit The Road

PR reports: Kevin Devine & The Goddamn Band are gearing up for their U.S. tour kicking off this week in Philadelphia.

The extensive run, in support of Devine's latest LP, Brother's Blood (out April 28 on Favorite Gentlemen), sees the Brooklyn troubadour on the road until June, after which he will join friends Brand New for their UK tour.

What's sure to be an exciting summer will culminate with a performance at Lollapalooza 2009 in Chicago August 9. - more on this story

Camera Can't Lie Touring With We Shot The Moon

Atlantic Records reports: Come check out Atlantic Records artist Camera Can't Lie on their current tour with We Shot The Moon in support of their self released EP Love The Noise. They are a band built by the road for the road. They came from the Midwest but their home is the stage.

Heartfelt and unabashed music lovers, they go by the motto: "We are strugglers, sinners, gentlemen, and fighters." Philanthropic through and through, they have donated an acoustic version of Radiohead's "High & Dry" for the Biggest Label Ever that creates awareness for the Invisible Children program.

There will much more to come from Camera Can't Lie as they are finishing up their debut record, produced by Ron Aniello (Lifehouse). - dates

Ice Palace Wrap Recording And Hit The Road

PR reports: Minneapolis-based band Ice Palace have wrapped recording of their sophomore album, Wonder Subtly Crushing Us, and have announced dates with Cloud Cult and Say Hi to support.

Wonder Subtly Crushing Us follows Ice Palace's acclaimed 2007 debut album, Bright Leaf Left. The new album is the next phase in the ongoing development of the band's lead singer and songwriter, Adam Sorensen, and the culmination of roughly 20 years of writing and creativity. After assembling some of the best talent in Minneapolis, in some of the most unexpected recording spaces (from Minneapolis' Sound Gallery studio to a bedroom closet), the album was handed to Craig Minowa of Cloud Cult and his Earthology Studio for final mixing and production.

Fifteen years ago, Sorensen and Minowa spent a night of mutual respect writing and recording a song together on a four-track. After years of separate endeavors, the two have re-aligned on this album. - more on this story

Empire of the Sun Get Innovative and Interactive With The People

Virgin reports: Virgin Records UK launches a pioneering new digital music video for Australian band Empire of the Sun, to promote the launch of their second single 'We Are The People'. This interactive video represents a digital first for the music industry, incorporating tracking pixels working as touch points or hot spots to guide users to free downloads, bespoke film content and an exclusive competition.

The video technology is created by Product Magnet, the sister group of Mavericks Film, and the campaign launched on 27 April. The official single release is 1st June.

In the music video, the various touch points are made visible by shining orbs. In addition to these clearly visible hot spots there are a further four hidden touch points, that only become active once the cursor moves across the video. These four give the fan part of a code, which once collated can be inserted into the final visible touch point, allowing users to be entered into a competition for a piece of framed, limited edition Empire of the Sun artwork.

The video contains links to free downloads, exclusive remixes, a message from the band, competitions (for artwork and an ipod) and much more. - View the video here

. McDowell Mountain Music Festival 2009: Flaming Lips, Michael Franti and Spearhead and more

The McDowell Mountain Music Festival pulled together an incredible show this year with two of todays most vital live bands: the Flaming Lips, as well as a man and his band who are taking over the world one concert at a time -Michael Franti and Spearhead (5 stars) - Read the full McDowell Mountain Music Festival 2009: Flaming Lips, Michael Franti and Spearhead and more review

. Maegashira - The Stark Arctic

The Stark Arctic sounds like doom metal turned feral. The music is blatantly aggressive, pouncing on listeners with raw, animalistic fury. At times, it rants and raves its way through realms of hard-hitting doom half Eyehategod, half Sleep. - Read the full Maegashira - The Stark Arctic review

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