Violet Clark and Black Francis' Grand Duchy Announce Summer Dates

The band performed a handful of select West Coast warmup dates last month and now kick off a full US tour. Black Francis shows are also not to be missed, - expect to be treated to him drawing on material from his entire career... - more on this story

Jimi Hendrix Fan Packs

PR reports: Paris/Ottawa Live, historic 'in concert' recordings from the Jimi Hendrix Experience, never before offered at retail, together with a unique and exclusive collection of Hendrix memorabilia are bundled together in a special offering to be released August 11th from Dagger Records, the official 'bootleg' label created by Experience Hendrix through Geffen Records/UMe.

This limited edition "fan pack" will be offered exclusively through Amazon.com and celebrates the fan/collector commitment of Experience Hendrix's Dagger Records label, the producer of these master recordings.

Created eleven years ago to release primarily live and extemporaneous archival performances, Dagger's mission is to sketch in the detail of the Hendrix legacy and augment the mainstream titles that Experience Hendrix offers though UMe. None of the eleven titles previously released by Dagger have ever been sold in stores and have been available only at jimihendrix.com. The participation of Amazon.com, where pre-orders are now underway, continues the tradition of Dagger's online-only presence. - more on this story

Skinlab Drop Ill Nino Tour

Blabbermouth reports: Bassist/vocalist Steev Esquivel of Skinlab has issued the following update: "We've been holding on the sideline for a week now and feel time to finally announce our cancelling of our participation in the Project Independent tour of South America with Ill Nino and Skin Culture.

"We have been getting nothing but the runaround for the last week, [so] we've decided to pull the strings and bail out of this tour and continue recording the new album.

"We are very bummed over this situation and will not point any fingers, but we would like to apologize to all the South American fans who have been writting us... This is completely out of our control!! - more on this story

Ben Kweller Late Night

PR reports: ATO Records is pleased to announce that Ben Kweller will perform a song off of his latest release, the country leaning Changing Horses, on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson on June 19th.

Kweller is also in LA to perform at the El Rey Theatre. He and his band are in the middle of a June tour that started in Denver, CO, and finishes in his new hometown of Austin, TX.

Kweller says, "Country music was the soundtrack to my life. It's a big part of who I am." Fans that missed out on seeing Kweller on this multi-leg Changing Horses tour, still have a chance to see the him perform the great new songs as well as the classics in this new setting, complete with acoustic guitars, pedal steel and three-part harmonies. - more on this story

All Time Low Damned If I Do Ya

PR reports: On Monday, June 15, MySpace debuted All Time Low's new single "Damned If I Do Ya (Damned If I Don't)." It was made available for purchase on iTunes starting Tuesday, June 16.

All Time Low will perform a string of dates on the Main Stage of this summer's Vans Warped Tour. Having just recently finished a tour with Fall Out Boy, the Maryland foursome will be jumping on Warped Tour in Oceanport, NJ, and staying on it until the end in Los Angeles, CA.

Prior to these dates, they will do a short headlining tour with We The Kings and Cartel, hitting several cities on the East Coast. All Time Low's [overused cliche removed] sophomore full length release Nothing Personal hits stores July 7 on Hopeless Records. - more on this story

Hot Buttered Rum Set Release and Tour Plans

PR reports: After seven years of relentless touring, and two highly acclaimed studio albums, Hot Buttered Rum will release Limbs Akimbo, their third studio album, on September 8, 2009.

The new tracks were produced by singer/songwriter Tim Bluhm (Mother Hips, Skinny Singers), who has also produced The Traditionist, Little Wings and Jackie Greene, at Mission Bells Studios in San Francisco. David Simon Baker (Jack Johnson, E40, ALO) was the engineer on the project.

Limbs Akimbo features Hot Buttered Rum's Bryan Horne on bass; Nat Keefe on guitar; Aaron Redner on fiddle, mandolin and vocals; Erik Yates on banjo, guitar, vocals and woodwinds; and newest member Matt Butler on drums. Special guests include Jackie Greene on keyboards and Zach Gill (Jack Johnson, ALO) on vocals. - more on this story

Loud Park Festival 09 Adds Lazarus A.D.

PR reports: Lazarus A.D. will now be taking their stage show overseas to the fans at Japan's infamous Loud Park festival!

Bassist/vocalist, Jeff Paulick, describes being invited to play as "an unbelievable honor" and the band is unanimous in their excitement about doing a festival of this magnitude this early in their career.

Also confirmed so far for this year's Loud Park also are Poison The Well, Napalm Death, Arch Enemy, Megadeth, Rob Zombie, Slayer and the legendary Judas Priest! Loud Park is scheduled for October 17th and 18th - more on this story

Maia Sharp Maps Out Tour Plans

PR reports: On July 8th, Maia Sharp, described as "one of America's great singer-songwriters" by producer Don Was, will kick off a summer tour in support of her upcoming album, Echo.

Highlights include shows at The Living Room in New York City (July 16th) and at Los Angeles' Hotel Café (August 29th). Echo, Sharp's fourth full-length solo album, will be released on August 11th by Crooked Crown Records, Sharp's own label.

"John Q. Lonely," the album's lead single, was #1 Most Added in its first week at Triple A radio. It can be heard on such influential stations as Sirius/XM Loft, KPRI in San Diego and WYEP in Pittsburgh. - more on this story

Sara Wasserman Releases Debut

PR reports: Solid Ground, the debut album from Sara Wasserman, seven year's in the making, is released today by That Other Label, a division of San Diego-based Pacific Coast Jazz.

Wasserman, the daughter of legendary bassist Rob Wasserman graced the stage at San Rosa, CA's Harmony Festival last week where she was joined by her father for a set that was tremendously received by the crowd. The elder Wasserman is a guest musician on Solid Ground as are Aaron Neville who duets on "Fly Away," jazz bassist Christian McBride, the legendary Lou Reed, turntablist extraordinaire DJ Logic, Jane's Addiction's Stephen Perkins as well as Living Colour's Vernon Reid.

While the eleven tracks on the album, produced by Sara and Randy Emata, reflect a free-spirited eclecticism, quite a few radio stations have started playing Sara's music following her attendance at the Non-COMM radio conference in Philadelphia last month. These include stations in such diverse markets as Montgomery, AL, Baltimore, MD, Madison, WI, Philadelphia and many, many more - more on this story

Placebo Reach Career High

PR reports: Placebo has achieved their highest US chart debut ever with their sixth studio album, Battle For The Sun, released June 9 on Vagrant Records. Battle For The Sun entered the Billboard Top 200 Chart at #51, and for the first time ever, Placebo landed on the Top Independent Albums chart at #8. Additionally, this is the highest first week sales total of any Placebo release.

Battle For The Sun is a worldwide triumph with a Top 10 debut in the UK, Australia, and Sweden album charts and Top 10 in most every European territory, including #1 in France, Germany, and Switzerland.

Placebo's fall US tour will be announced in the coming weeks, and meanwhile their first single, "For What It's Worth" is climbing the US alternative rock charts and is already a Top 10 song at 91X in San Diego (also Top 5 phones), WEQX in Albany, KTNI in Denver and many more. The single is in the Top 20 at KROQ, The End in Seattle and Sirius Radio's Alternative Nation among others. - more on this story

. Street Sweeper Social Club

Not all Rage fans will approve of Riley here and those familiar with Rileys hip-hop may not appreciate him rocking out with Morello. But this is exciting and timely music and it may prove to be the most successful project either artist has ever worked on. (4 stars) - Read the full Street Sweeper Social Club review

. Lair of the Minotaur - War Metal Battle Master

It is a bit premature for Lair of the Minotaur to be releasing an album entitled War Metal Battle Master. Though their brand of savage sludge is commendably unusual, it lacks the mark of true mastery. - Read the full Lair of the Minotaur - War Metal Battle Master review

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