Tupac Penned Movie Coming?

According to the film's IMDB entry, it focuses on a man who is dragged into the drug world by his mentor, eventually becoming the most feared kingpin in his city. As the man's conscience gets the better of him he is slowly driven towards redemption. - more on this story

C-Murder Jailed

Jam! reports: Rapper Corey (C-Murder) Miller has been booked back into jail in Louisiana after police said he broke the house-arrest rules imposed on him as he awaits trial.

Miller faces a second trial April 20 on a charge of second-degree murder in the death of a 16-year-old during a 2002 brawl at a New Orleans-area nightclub.

As a condition of his US$500,000 bond, the 37-year-old rapper has been restricted to his grandmother's home in Kenner. - more on this story

Thrice Boxset Delayed

Punknews.org reports: Thrice's recently unveiled vinyl box set of the Alchemy Index has been delayed. The label explained:

Our manufacturer has just informed us that the Thrice vinyl box set of The Alchemy Index will NOT meet the expected March 10 street date. We sincerely apologize for the repeated delays in getting this out to all of you who pre-ordered the package.

Please know that this is the most elaborate vinyl set we've ever attempted and is literally being put together by hand. We underestimated the time necessary to complete each piece. - more on this story

Living Things Hitting The Road With Electric Six

Jive reports: Living Things announces a string of upcoming tour dates with Electric Six for the spring, as well as an appearance at the SXSW Music Festival in Austin, TX.

Their latest album, Habeas Corpus, was released February 17, 2009 to critical praise and they recently returned to their current home base of Los Angeles for the television debut of their latest single "Oxygen." Their video for the first single "Let It Rain," has been added to VH1, MTVU and MTV2. "Let It Rain" filmed by director Floria Sigismondi (David Bowie, Bjork, White Stripes). - more on this story

Skyfire Finish Recording New Album, Plan EP Release

Pivotal Rockordings reports: Swedish progressive death metallers Skyfire have wrapped up the recordings for the follow up to 2004's 'Spectral,' entitled 'Esoteric.'

The album's music was self-produced at Powernest Studios in Gothenburg, Sweden, while vocals were produced by The Forsaken guitarist Patrik Persson. 'Esoteric' is set to be mixed by Jonas Kjellgren (Scar Symmetry, Sonic Syndicate, Zonaria, The Absence) at Abyss Studios. The album will be released this fall via Pivotal Rockordings.

Additionally, Skyfire and Pivotal Rockordings have teamed up to release a digital-only EP this summer featuring tracks that were written and recorded after the release of Spectral. More details to be announced shortly. - more on this story

Gardening, Not Architecture Tour

PR reports: Though Gardening, Not Architecture began as just a simple recording project for music industry entrepreneur Sarah Saturday, the excitement and digital success of The First EP has fueled the band's first-ever tour, launching March 10 in North Hollywood, California.

The trek runs throughout the west coast including stops in Sacramento, Eugene, Portland, Seattle, Salt Lake City, Phoenix and others, wrapping in Barstow, California on March 29.

Saturday is the founder and creator of the Earn It Yourself philosophy and all-new musician resource networking website earnityourself.com. The site follows the principles of the philosophy—independent artists building their own careers from the ground up and earning each of their own successes—to connect musicians and industry entrepreneurs across the globe. One of the site's features is a "Show Trades" section that allows artists to interact in booking shows and tours, which SARAH utilized exclusively to connect with venues and other bands in each city to build the Gardening, Not Architecture tour. - tour dates and more

Ultimate Hendrix Book

HLB reports: An intimate portrait of an artist at work, Ultimate Hendrix traces the guitar master's sound as it evolved, session by session, day by day.

Guitar legend Jimi Hendrix packed so much into so few years, leaping forward musically with each innovation. This remarkable record of Hendrix's creative process brings to light new details about each of his recording sessions and live performances. Covering the years between his discharge from the army in 1963 and his tragic early death in 1970, Ultimate Hendrix traces the evolution of his sound session by session, day by day.

Complete with all-new interviews with bandmates and studio staff, candid conversations transcribed directly from the raw tapes, and rarely seen photos of Hendrix in the studio, this book offers an intimate portrait of an artist at work. Author John McDermott, bassist Billy Cox, and sound engineer and photographer Eddie Kramer had complete, unprecedented access to Hendrix's tape library, and they cover it all — from Hendrix's early hand-to-mouth days traveling the South, to the freewheeling 1968 Hollywood sessions, to the celebrated recordings at his own Electric Lady Studios.
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Devo Plan First New Album Since 1990 Plus SXSW Special Appearances

PR reports: The fall of 2009 will bring a new Devo studio album, their first one since 1990's Smooth Noodle Maps. It'll mark their first new music since the strong fan reaction that greeted the 2007 single "Watch Us Work It," their first new song in 18 years and one that was produced by Sweden's TeddyBears (Robyn). They're now in the studio putting the finishing touches on their new album (title TBA).

The five-piece--featuring co-founders and songwriters MARK MOTHERSBAUGH (lead vocals, synthesizer innovations) and GERALD CASALE (lead vocal, bass) and rounded out by BOB CASALE (guitarist), BOB MOTHERSBAUGH (guitars/vocals) and JOSH FREESE (drums)--are set make a special U.S. appearance at SXSW this year including a press conference (4:00pm) and keynote panel (5:00pm)--moderated by radio veteran Nic Harcourt--set for Thursday, March 19 at the Austin Convention Center (500 East Cesar Chavez St.).

They'll follow that up with a Friday, March 20 one-night-only SXSW concert at the Austin Music Hall (208 Nueces St.). Pre SXSW, DEVO fans in Dallas can catch a special one-off show on Wednesday, March 18 at the Palladium Ballroom. - more on this story

Reissue for Late Great Snooks Eaglin

conqueroo reports: Snooks Eaglin, the legendary New Orleans blues and R&B singer and guitarist, passed away on February 18 of this year. That city's Offbeat magazine described him as "a one-of-a-kind guitar player who could play an unbelievable run with his amazing (seemingly double-jointed) fingers in a repertoire that ranged from Beethoven to R&B; thus his moniker: 'The Human Jukebox.'" Eaglin, who first recorded in 1958, began a five-album run on Black Top Records with 1987's Baby, You Can Get Your Gun, which All Music.com awarded 4½ stars. The album will be reissued on Hep Cat Records through Collectors' Choice Music on April 21.

Other Black Top reissues set for April 21 are Ronnie Earle & the Broadcasters' Peace of Mind and Deep Blues, Anson Funderburgh & the Rockets' Sins and The James Harman Band's Cards on the Table.

Fird "Snooks" Eaglin was born in New Orleans in 1936. Like his contemporary, the late James Booker, Snooks delighted in guiding his listeners through unexpected musical labyrinths. On Baby, You Can Get Your Gun, his first Black Top release, Snooks voyages from blues at its most sophisticated, covering Percy Mayfield's "Baby Please," to blues of the most nasty, suggestive variety, on "Nobody Knows." There are shuffles done in a style unique to Snooks — "Mary Joe" and "Baby, You Can Get Your Gun!" (originally cut by Earl King for Ace Records). - more on this story

. U2 Month: The Joshua Tree

Following the success of The Unforgettable Fire, the media crowned U2 the biggest band in rock. The band of the 80s. The coronation was premature as the band was set to release an absolute classic. (5 stars) - Read the full U2 Month: The Joshua Tree review

. Quick Flicks: Johnny Winter, Johnny 'Guitar' Watson, The Wentus Blues Band and Ronnie Earl and The Broadcasters

Kevin Wierzbicki gives us the lowdown on some bluesy new music DVD releases from such notable names as Johnny Winter, Johnny Guitar Watson, The Wentus Blues Band and Ronnie Earl and The Broadcasters. - Read the full Johnny Winter, Johnny 'Guitar' Watson, The Wentus Blues Band and Ronnie Earl and The Broadcasters review

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