Ex Korn Head Hitting The Road

"The first leg of the tour a couple months ago was a great warm up tour," says Head. "Now we're ready to kick it up a notch. We're coming into my neck of the woods with this West Coast leg and I'm expecting to see a great turn out and a lot of energy at the shows!" - more on this story

Revival Tour 2009

PR reports: The second annual Revival Tour 2009--a nationwide trek founded by Chuck Ragan, the singer/songwriter/guitarist and Hot Water Music co-frontman--is set to launch October 13 in Louisville and wrap November 21 in St. Petersburg.

Drawing from a diverse group of established musicians in indie Americana, rock, punk, Irish folk, Cajun, zydeco and blues, THE REVIVAL TOUR will take the band of traveling musicians through 32 U.S. cities including New York City, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Chicago, Minneapolis, Denver, Seattle, San Francisco, San Diego, Austin, Dallas, Atlanta and many more. In traditional revival fashion, once the music starts, this new guard of young, genre-defying, musicians keep it rolling, teaming in and out through each others' sets until the final farewell of the night.

THE REVIVAL TOUR 2009 will include: CHUCK RAGAN (of Hot Water Music), Jim Ward (of Sparta and Sleepercar), Kevin Seconds (Nov. 3-5 only), Frank Turner, Tim Barry (of Avail), Dave Hause (of The Loved Ones), Jenny Owen Youngs, Possessed by Paul James, Jon Snodgrass and Chad Price (of Drag The River), Joey Cape (of Lagwagon), Bob Lucas, Austin Lucas, Audra Mae, Tom Cook, Steven Brodsky (of Cave In), Water Tower Bucket Boys, Anderson Family Bluegrass Band, members of The Zydepunks performing acoustic, Jon Gaunt (of Whiskey & Co) on fiddle, Digger Barnes on the upright bass and more. - more on this story

The Honorary Title Summer Acoustic Tour

PR reports: The Honorary Title's Jarrod Gorbel and Dustin Dobernig (keyboards) hit the road in late August for an acoustic tour with Good Old War and Cory Branan supporting.

Gorbel is currently putting the finishing touches on his first solo record – a dramatic departure for the New York singer-songwriter, who spent the early part of this summer in a Los Angeles studio with producer Blake Sennett, formerly of Rilo Kiley and The Elected.

They rounded up a killer backing band – including Jason Boesel (formerly of Rilo Kiley, and currently in Conor Oberst's Mystic Valley Band) on drums, Azure Ray's Orenda Fink on backing vocals, Nate Walcott (Bright Eyes, Mystic Valley Band) and Alex McDougal from the Black Crowes on organ – for an album more intimate and organic than the grandiose pop/rock sounds Gorbel explored on the Honorary Title's 2007 LP, Scream and Light Up The Sky (Doghouse/Warner Bros.) - more on this story

Alan Lomax Boxset

Howlin' Wuelf reports: Harte Recordings, together with the Alan Lomax Estate and with the collaboration of the Library Of Congress and the Association for Cultural Equity, will be releasing a box set late Fall 2009 chronicling Alan Lomax's journey into Haiti in the 1930's. This massive project will include 10 CDs of music, Alan's trip journals, a reproduced map that Alan personally annotated, a book of liner notes and essays and the film footage he shot.

Folklorist Alan Lomax worked in Haiti from December of 1936 until April of 1937, documenting music and ritual at the behest of his colleague and friend, Zora Neale Hurston, and under the auspices of the Library Of Congress. He arrived just two years after the brutal 19-year occupation by the US Marines, when resentment against Americans ran high. In spite of this. Haiti opened its arms to a number of talented and highly distinguished US artists and anthropologists, who were drawn by the island's distinctive culture, its striking musical and visual arts, and its people--as well as its fascination (though mostly sensationalist) accounts of Vodou, a Haitian amalgam of religious beliefs and practices derived from West Africa. While there, Lomax recorded fifty hours of music, made copious notes, diagrams, and drawings, and even shot some color film. These have never before seen the light of day. - more on this story

Nektar Tour

Glass Onyon reports: Hot on the heels of their new live CD 'Fortyfied', music legends Nektar will be playing several select concerts in the UK and Germany in celebration of their 40th anniversary.

Nektar's contribution over the past 40 years has quite rightly earned them their place in any 'Progressive Rock Hall of Fame'. But the band is much more than a 'Prog Legend', the Nektar brand of innovative composition, performance and visuals is simply unique.

Recorded on their 2008 tour of Europe, 'Fortyfied' is released on the band's own label Treaclemusic and features many beloved Nektar classics such as "Tab In The Ocean", "Recycled pt.1", "Man In The Moon" and part two of the group's classic "Remember The Future". - more on this story

Kitty, Daisy & Lewis Late Night

Big Hassle reports: Kitty, Daisy & Lewis are very excited to make their US TV debut on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon on August 12th, just one day after the digital release of their self-titled album.

Set for an August 25th retail release via DH Records / Mercer Street Records, this international critically acclaimed debut has been catching the attention of many including Chris Martin of Coldplay who requested the trio's company on the band's North American summer tour.

"Kitty, Daisy & Lewis" was cut in the siblings' custom built studio using original 40s and 50s recording equipment, completely digital-free, and swings with the passion, intensity and sheer exuberant joie de vivre that has made their live performances one of the most talked about shows within the UK and European gig and festival circuit. - more on this story

Winds Of Plague Mall Deal

PR reports: The highly anticipated, epic new Winds Of Plague album, The Great Stone War, hits stores everywhere next Tuesday, Aug. 11th and all you die-hard fans must head over to Hot Topic to purchase the limited edition that features an exclusive bonus DVD featuring the making of the album and tour footage taken from this year's Atticus metal tour.

Winds Of Plague return with their much anticipated new full-length release, The Great Stone War, which is going to quickly propel the band to the forefront of the American metal scene. The group has crafted their most angst-ridden and unrelenting offering of their already stellar career and this effort is going to serve as a much needed wake up call to the genre.

The Southern California based sextet kicked off their massive worldwide touring campaign for The Great Stone War taking part in the star-studded Summer Slaughter touring package featuring Suffocation, Necrophagist and Dying Fetus, among a slew of others. They will follow this up with a lengthy North American run with Hatebreed and Chimaira, which kicks off on July 31st. - more on this story

Imelda May Announce First U.S. Tour

Submitted News reports: Irish rockabilly-jazz-boogie-woogie blues belter Imelda May announces her first ever US tour in September. Verve Forecast debut "Love Tattoo " out on August 11th

Handpicked as a virtual unknown by British TV icon Jools Holland to perform on his program, Imelda May quickly landed a label deal with UK's Universal Records.

The resulting "Love Tattoo" spent two weeks this summer at the #1 spot on the Irish charts just ahead of Springsteen, Paolo Nutini and Eminem - more on this story

Stone Temple Buckcherry Tributes

PR reports: On August 11th, Versailles Records will return to stores with the release 'Lit Up: A Millennium Tribute to Buckcherry' and 'Wicked Garden: A Millennium Tribute to Stone Temple Pilots,' collectively featuring current/former members of Megadeth, Black Sabbath, Kiss, Badlands, Fuel, Matt Fink of Prince and the Revolution, Metal Church, Alice Cooper Band, Europe, Mountain, Ratt, Steelheart, LA Guns, Dokken, Steelheart, Slash's Snakepit, W.A.S.P., the Circle Jerks, Warrant, Lizzy Borden, Racer X, Quiet Riot, and others.

Both Tributes will include a 2nd Free Bonus Disc, Buckcherry's titled 'Anthem Rock Vol. 1/2', and STP's a free bonus sampler featuring unsigned, Millennium bands influenced by STP.

On the same day, the label will issue Katet's 'Quantum Journey,' which features a guest appearance by Stryper/Boston frontman Michael Sweet. - more on this story

Crash the System Debut Coming

Mazur reports: Frontiers Records is happy to announce the release of Crash the System's debut album entitled "The Crowning" on August 11.

The Crash the System project came about as a collaboration between songwriter Soren Kronqvist (former Finnish 400 meter hurdle champion and songwriter for Michael Bormann, House of Lords and CC Rock between others) and drummer/producer Daniel Flores (Mind's Eye, The Murder of My Sweet) in the fall of 2008. The duo has known each other for a couple of years and they respect each other's work. Kronqvist and Flores decided to work on a project together with songs they enjoyed writing.

"The original plan was to make one song with Daniel and try to get that song out to a band or an artist, and, if it would turn out good we would do more together," Kronqvist said. "The first song we did was 'All Because of You' and we both were really happy with how that song turned out. A few record companies also liked the song. We then recorded three more songs and got good response from them, as well, and that's when Frontiers came into the picture." - more on this story

OMD Unplugged

Noble reports: Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark will promote their special guest appearance on Simple Minds' "Graffiti Soul" UK Tour in November and December when they record and film an acoustic session for London's Absolute Radio on Thursday 3rd September.

The session will air on Absolute 105.8 FM on Thursday 17th September between 7-8pm, and on Sky Digital 0107 and DAB. The acoustic session, as well as an interview with the band, can be accessed on www.absoluteradio.co.uk.

The Simple Minds/OMD Tour includes the following cities - Newcastle Metro FM Arena (Nov 30), Birmingham LG Arena (Dec 2), Manchester MEN Arena (Dec 3), Sheffield Arena (Dec 5), Cardiff CIA (Dec 6), London Wembley Arena (Dec 7), Glasgow SECC (Dec 11) and Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre (Dec 12). -

Constancia is Lost and Gone

Mazur reports: Frontiers Records is pleased to announce the release of Constancia's debut album entitled "Lost and Gone" on August 11 in the USA.

Constancia started out as the brainchild of former Scudiero/Token keyboard player Mikael Rosengren. He had written a bunch of songs that were just screaming to be completed, recorded, and released. He got in touch with Janne Stark (Overdrive, Locomotive Breath, Zello, etc.), asking him to lay down some guitars on the demos. Stark loved the songs and got even more involved in the guitar arrangements. Thus the seed of Constancia was planted.

"I've always been a fan of the pompish-side of melodic hard rock and bands like City Boy, Styx, and Trillion, as well as the real heavy stuff," said Stark. "I instantly felt these songs could be the perfect marriage between the melodic rock, some progressive moments, and an aggressive touch added to it. That's when I came to think of the style description 'Melogressive Metal.'" - more on this story

Oak Ridge Boys Rally

Webster and Assoc reports: The Inaugural Oak Ridge Boys Rally, October 23-25, 2009, will be two nights during a weekend full of fellowship, four-part harmonies and upbeat songs coming straight from the hearts of a group of musicians that we have all come to know and love, The Oak Ridge Boys.

"The Oak Ridge Boys are looking forward to the Rally at the Gaylord Opryland. It will be a fun weekend. It's not often we can invite fans to our hometown, and we're hoping this will become an annual event," says Joe Bonsall of The Oaks.

Guests of The Oak Ridge Boys who will be travelling to Nashville for The Inaugural Oak Ridge Boys Rally will spend two nights at the widely acclaimed Gaylord Opryland Resort, known for its nine acres of indoor gardens, luxurious guestrooms, fantastic on-site restaurants and award-winning Southern hospitality. - more on this story

. Tantric - Mind Control

The Tantric we all knew and loved around their first two CDs is not dead, it just underwent some serious plastic surgery and needed to find itself in its new body. Mind control is still the band stretching out and seeing what works a bit. (4 stars) - Read the full Tantric - Mind Control review

. Rock Reads - To Live Is To Die: The Life and Death of Metallica's Cliff Burton

Despite being an inhabitant of this Earth for less than a quarter century, Cliff Burton didnt just live life, he lived it to the fullest, forever changing everyone he came in contact with and everlastingly changed the world of heavy metal music. (5 stars) - Read the full Rock Reads - To Live Is To Die: The Life and Death of Metallica's Cliff Burton review

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