Job For A Fanboy

The event voucher will be exchanged for an "admission wristband" on the day of the show. Wristbands will be issued on a first come, first serve basis starting at 12 PM (noon) on June 6 at the main entrance of The First Unitarian Church and will only be available to those who purchased the voucher in advance. The wristband will guarantee admission to the show that evening as well as both a special meet and greet with JFAC and a limited edition poster that includes a promo code to download a special digital Metal Blade sampler featuring new music from Job for a Cowboy, Cannibal Corpse, Behemoth and more. Fans who arrive too late to receive wristbands will still be able to partake in the meet and greet and receive the poster with digital sampler promo code. - more

Ryan Bingham & The Dead Horses Preview New Album

Takeout reports: Lost Highway Records is set to release Roadhouse Sun on June 2nd, the new album from Ryan Bingham & The Dead Horses.

The album is the follow-up to his critically-acclaimed album Mescalito. Ryan's music and vocals have drawn comparisons to John Bell (Widespread Panic), Steve Earle, Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen.

You can get a preview of the release with a stream of the first single from the album, "Dylan's Hard Rain," which is available from Lost Highway's website - here

Mississippi Birthplace of America's Music Gala

PR reports: The State of Mississippi's continuing "Birthplace of America's Music" campaign gets a big boost this month with the third annual "Mississippi -- The Birthplace of America's Music -- Celebrates Its GRAMMY Legacy" gala.

This year the event moves from Jackson, the state capital, to Tunica, situated in the storied Mississippi Delta and just 30 miles south of Memphis. The evening, starring a host of music greats, underscores the fact that Mississippi has been one of the most fertile breeding grounds for music of all kinds with a rich history of producing numerous GRAMMY winners and nominees.

The program will take place on Thursday, May 28th at Bluesville, part of Harrah's Horseshoe Casino and Hotel complex. Proceeds from the evening will benefit the Mississippi Blues Commission's Blues Trail project that places interpretive markers at notable historical sites related to the history and growth of the blues throughout the state. - more on this story

A Skylit Drive Heading Across The Pond

PR reports: A Skylit Drive will be captivating fans with not only an album release, but also a heavily anticipated European tour this fall, which will kick off November 4 in Berlin and wrapping up November 15 in Glasgow, Scotland.

Spending last winter in the studio with producer Casey Bates (Chiodos, Pierce The Veil), A Skylit Drive is excited to release "Adelphia." This album will be the follow up to vividly successful LP "Wires... And The Concept of Breathing", and is set to release on June 8 in Europe. Singer, Michael "Jag" Jagmin, describes this album as "more personal and musically intricate and we're very happy with the way it turned out."

After nearly two years of solid touring with bands like Chiodos, Escape The Fate, Silverstein, August Burns Red, Alesana, Breathe Carolina, and Attack Attack!, they're eager and equipped to jolt to Europe, having never traveled overseas. " We are so excited to go to Europe for the first time and to play in front of our fans there. It has been a fun and crazy experience trying to pull everything together including our passports," says vocalist Michael " Jag" Jagmin. - more on this story

New Orleans Music And Hurricane Katrina The Focus of New HBO Series

PR reports: Jazz trumpeter, vocalist, composer, and, now, actor Kermit Ruffins has found himself to be one of the central characters in HBO's new series, "Treme". A drama series set against the unique New Orleans backdrop of second-line parades, brass bands and Mardi Gras Indians.

Besides highlighting Ruffins as an artist, the show will bring with it tens of millions of dollars in spending, dozens of jobs and national exposure for the city's music and culture as it continues to recover from Hurricane Katrina's damage. A pilot episode written by "The Wire" creator David Simon and co-creator Eric Overmyer was shot in March and April. HBO wasn't expected to decide the show's fate for several more weeks, but the rough cut of the pilot that Simon delivered — minus final soundtrack music, which will play a major role in the series — was enough to sell HBO on the series, who have now given it the greenlight!

The series' first-season story will begin several weeks after Hurricane Katrina and follow its characters — based on real-life models Kermit Ruffins, Donald Harrison Jr. and Davis Rogan, among others — at least through the first Mardi Gras after Katrina. Each season of the series would advance the story one year further from the storm. Ruffins plays himself in the pilot. - more on this story

Modeselektor And Apparat Join Forces As Moderat And Tour North America

PR reports: Modeselektor (aka Gernot Bronsert and Sebastian Szary) and Apparat (aka Sascha Ring), two of Germany's most acclaimed electronic acts, have joined up to release their upcoming collaborative record, Moderat (out May 12th on Bpitch Control), and in support of this, are embarking on a rare North American tour.

Their live show will be an audio-visual spectacle, as the 3 members of Moderat will be joined on stage by 2 members of the video/visual art group Pfadfinderei. Three screens of video, perfectly synchronized to the audio, will be a part of what the band describes as their most improvised and concert-like performance ever.

Additionally, the single for "Rusty Nails" will be released on May 25th, complete with remixes by Booka Shade and TRG, and, as previously noted, those who purchase the deluxe version of the full-length album will also receive a DVD produced by Pfadfinderei, including bonus tracks, behind the scenes footage, and a myriad of audio/visual acrobatics. - more on this story

Patrick Wolf, Plastiscines, Living Things and Jaguar Love Tour

PR reports: Nylon Records announces their second annual Summer Music Tour with Nylon Records' artists Patrick Wolf and Plastiscines along with Living Things and Jaguar Love on the bill. The tour will bring some of 2009's most cutting edge artists together. The Nylon Summer Music Tour is taking over a stage near you, cities and dates are listed below with more to come!

Nylon Records launched recently with Paris' Plastiscines as their first signing. The Plastiscines have been hailed as France's most exciting rock band with an addictive garage sound that gave them a hit, 2007's "Loser", while still in high school. The jeune filles just released their EP Barcelona via iTunes on April 21st and will be releasing their second full length About Love in June to coincide with the tour. The album was recorded in Los Angeles with producer Butch Walker (Katy Perry, Pink, Avril Lavigne) and mix-master Claudius Mittendorfer (Foo Fighters, Franz Ferdinand, Muse).

Patrick Wolf, the UK-based multi-instrumentalist known for his masterfully orchestrated and emotive songs will release his fourth studio album The Bachelor on August 11th, following its digital release June 2nd via iTunes on NYLON Records. The Bachelor narrates a story of pessimism regarding love to be concluded with a forthcoming sequel album. Always expanding on his repertoire of different musical genres, Patrick's command of baroque pop is taken to a new level with the addition of large choral and string sections, and collaborators such as Alec Empire, Tilda Swinton, Eliza Carthy, and Matthew Herbert. - more on this story

Doro Sets New Album Release

PR reports: For 25 years, Doro has been a trailblazer for females in rock music. On June 2, she will make her next contribution to the world of metal, when her new studio album Fear No Evil is released on AFM/Dismanic/Ryko Distribution.

A reigning renaissance woman, Doro brings a level of zeal and class to metal. She is a rare breed of rebel spirit and regal enchantress, harvesting a courageous liveliness in her music that is contagious and invigorating. Fear No Evil, with 11 raging, blazing tracks, is charged with Doro's passion and excitement…from "Celebrate," where she praises rock and metal for its ability to uplift and energize to powerful anthems like "The Night of the Warlock" and "On The Run." While tackling heartfelt ballads like "Herzblut" and the beautiful and introspective "Walking With The Angels" (joined by Tarja Turunen, formally of Nightwish), Fear No Evil is a versatile compilation of her classic material. In fact, "Celebrate" and "Herzblut" have both recently charted in Germany, Spain, Switzerland, Austria, and Poland, with "Celebrate" peaking at #3. This album reached #11 in Germany and has been on the charts for 7 weeks. - more on this story

Brakesbrakesbrakes Books US Appearances

PR reports: Brakesbrakesbrakes will be giving fans a concentrated dose of their acclaimed new album, Touchdown, (FatCat Records) when they return to the States in June for a performance at Bonnaroo in Manchester, Tenn. as well as a headline gig at the Mercury Lounge in New York City, June 15.

These shows will mark the first time the foursome will have played in the U.S. in nearly two years and will serve as the teaser to a full U.S. tour this fall.

The band's kinetic energy and clever wordplay is highlighted in latest single, "Don't Take Me To Space (Man)," a galactic rocker where frontman Eamon Hamilton pleads with an alien life form to not be taken away from his true love. (yadda, yadda, yadda... we'll spare you the rest and the PitchDork review quote and give you the link to check out their - site)

. Passport: The Clancy Brothers And Tommy Makem- Fact- Nancy and more

Kevin Wierzbicki takes a listen to standout releases from across the globe including veteran Irish rocker The Clancy Brothers And Tommy Makem, Japanese metalheads Fact, Brazil answer to the Pretenders and more - Read the full The Clancy Brothers And Tommy Makem- Fact- Nancy and more review

. Eighteen Wheels Burning - Tweak'd Out, Strung Up, and Redlined

The order of the day here is groovy stoner rock with a harder edge, somewhere between Black Sabbath, Kyuss, Sleep, and Fu Manchu. Put bluntly, this is music that does not light the world on fire but a juicy joint instead. - Read the full Eighteen Wheels Burning - Tweak'd Out, Strung Up, and Redlined review

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