The Cab Plan New EP and Tour

The Cab will celebrate the EP's release with their biggest headline tour to date. The "What Happens In Vegas… Tour" kicks off June 18th at Tucson, Arizona's Club Congress, and then continues though a hugely anticipated hometown show at Las Vegas' House of Blues on August 9th. Main support on the tour will be split between The Secret Handshake and The Cab's fellow Decaydance/Fueled By Ramen labelmates, A Rocket To The Moon. Also set to appear on selected dates are such bands as The Summer Set, Eye Alaska, Anarbor, and My Favorite Highway – check local listings for details. - dates

Beatles More Popular Than God...father

MusicRadar reports: The Beatles' A Hard Day's Night is the best reviewed movie of all time - so says Rotten Tomatoes, which just compiled a list called, appropriately enough, the "50 Best Reviewed Movies Of All Time."

The 1964 black-and-white rock 'n' roll comedy scored a whopping 100% Fresh ranking - out of the 70 reviews counted - putting The Fab Four's cinematic debut, directed by Richard Lester, at the toppermost of the poppermost.

While this will no doubt come as sweet news to the millions of Beatles fans around the world, the fact that A Hard Day's Night, a madcap knockabout filmed at the height of Beatlemania, outranks spoolers such as Citizen Kane, The Godfather, Casablanca and other various and sundry masterpieces might be something of a shock. - more on this story

Blessthefall Ink New Deal

PR reports: Fearless Records is eager to announce the signing of the exalted, Blessthefall. This Arizona-raised anomaly is excited to tear into the studio and make their first album for Fearless Records.

"Fearless has been a great label to all of its artists," says guitarist, Mike Frisby. "They support and take care of all of their bands individually and it'll be great to have such a strong team behind us."

Blessthefall will be recording their sophomore album with producer Michael "Elvis" Baskette (Incubus, Escape The Fate, Story Of The Year). "Recording with Elvis has been an awesome experience," says Warth. "I think we're all ready to get our new material out so we can show everyone we're still here making music and that we're gonna comeback and rock harder than ever." - more

Elbow Coming To America This Summer for Headline and Coldplay Support Dates

PR reports: One of the most respected bands from the U.K. will be heading to the states this summer to join Coldplay on tour as well as play some headline dates of their own.

Elbow will arrive in Los Angeles in July kicking things off with a headline show at The Wiltern on July 22nd. See below for a complete list of U.S. tour dates.

Elbow's The Seldom Seen Kid was released on Fiction/Geffen Records here in the states last April to critical praise as well as placement on a slew of year end 'best of' lists! - more on this story

Heavyweight Dub Champion Announce North American Tour

PR reports: Groundbreaking dub-hop collective, Heavyweight Dub Champion, is set to embark on their N. American tour in support of their critically acclaimed new album, "Rise of the Champion Nation".

Beginning May 19th, the first leg of their "Rise of the Champion Nation Tour" will see Resurrector, Totter Todd, Stero Lion and Jillian Ann playing over 25 shows across the country including 9 dates with the legendary dub duo, Sly & Robbie.

Key stops on the tour include Wakarusa Festival on June 5th; The House of Blues Chicago on June 9th; The Fox Theatre, Boulder on June 12th; The House of Blues West Hollywood on June 17th; and The Independent, San Francisco on June 18th. - more on this story

Canadian Derelict Tour

PR reports: Montreal based Derelict have announced the dates for their cross Canada tour in support of their new album "Unspoken Words", which is set for a May 19th, 2009 release through Year of the Sun Records.

"Last year we made it all the way to Edmonton, so we're super happy to get all the way to Vancouver this time. We'll be making new friends and fans but also returning to the places that went great last year," says Derelict's Eric Burnet. "Aside from being guaranteed great shows, those gigs will allow us to reconnect with some of the amazing people that inhabit this country. It's going to be awesome."

Derelict's national debut, "Unspoken Words", was mixed and mastered by Chris Donaldson (Cryptopsy, The Agonist) and has already started earning critical acclaim. EXCLAIM Magazine stated that the band "combines several realms of extreme music into a very tasty final result." The album shifts between violent attacks and schizophrenic musical changes to encompass a wide range of musical styles that can infect any listener. - more on this story

More Acid Drinkers Reissues Coming

MMP reports: Metal Mind Productions will re-release 3 more albums from the discography of the best and the most spectacular thrash metal band in Poland, Acid Drinkers. "The State of Mind Report" is their seventh studio album originally released in 1996. Titus: "It's a report on the state of our own minds, on our changing personalities. Litza is certain about his religious beliefs, while my opinion about it is completely different." The title had also another meaning. It's a return to the musical fascinations of their teenage years, to Motorhead, Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, early Metallica. The album features classic hard rock tunes as well as the beautiful ballad "Walkway to Heaven", arranged for string instruments. The new digipak edition includes 3 bonus tracks recorded live at Metalmania Festival 1996.

"High Proof Cosmic Milk" - Acid Drinkers' eighth studio album from 1998, recorded in mid Winter with some of the equipment placed outdoors. The result is extremely hard and heavy, but at the same time very modern, music. The tracks sound very deep, hypnotic, and it is not without a good reason that the press compared them to the newer music of Sepultura. Digipak edition features 4 bonus tracks, including one of the band's most memorable tracks – a funky version of "Proud Mary" by Creedence Clearwater Revival.

"Varran Strikes Back – Alive!!!" – the band's first live album from 1998. The album shows the band with their true live potential. The tracklist includes songs taken from all of their previous albums except for "Fishdick". The new digipak edition includes 3 bonus live tracks. - more on this story

Tom Brosseau Plans U.S. Tour

PR reports: Right on the heels of Tom Brosseau's European tour with PJ Harvey and John Parish, as well as playing select dates with Mice Parade, Brosseau is announcing a U.S. tour in support of his June 23rd FatCat release, Posthumous Success.

This new buoyant and well-crafted album is a huge stylistic shift away from the spare acoustic arrangements of his previous releases though Brosseau's earnest wit and captivating, vibrato-soaked voice is unchanged.

These songs - and selections from Brosseau's catalog - will be fully realized live by the trio of Brosseau, album co-producer and multi-instrumentalist Ethan Rose, and vocalist/instrumentalist Shelley Short. The ensemble will bring Brosseau's live sound closer to the full-band richness captured on Posthumous Success than previous solo outings. - dates

Brit Pop Meets Indie Rockers keygrip Announce New Release

PR reports: New York City's keygrip is proud to announce the release of their debut EP vis-à-vis on July 28, 2009 on RRMC Recordings. Led by songwriter Michael Di Lalla, the music is melodic Brit-pop with hints of 80's influence and modern day eclectic indie-rock leanings. The writing is accessible, yet edgy and heartfelt.

Self produced by Di Lalla with the bulk of the mixing done by Scott Solter (Spoon, St. Vincent, Pattern Is Movement) at John Vanderslice's indie-heaven Tiny Telephone studios in San Francisco, vis-à-vis is full of tranquil melodies, hypnotic grooves and a flowing, visceral dynamic. Five out of the seven songs on the EP were recorded mixed and mastered the old-fashioned way, to analog tape, with no computers involved in the entire process.

keygrip is comprised of brothers Michael Di Lalla (vocals/guitar/keys) & Jared Di Lalla (drums) along with second guitarist Will Salween. To complete the line-up, Di Lalla went straight to the vine and recruited one of his students at the Paul Green School of Rock, where he is an instructor. Ivan Evangelista now helms the bass and the final format of keygrip is solidified. - more on this story

Oscar G. Releasing Three Disc Set

PR reports: Oscar G. to release new comprehensive three-disc artist release "DJ" (de'ja) on Nervous Records on August 11th. Release features brand new Original Artist Album, DJ Mix and DVD – captures the artist raw and completely of the moment.

At a time when most dance labels are cutting costs, stripping back and going digital only, Nervous Records has their own idea of how to do business in a rough climate – offer more! That's the rationale behind Oscar G's whopping new three-disc effort, DJ (dē'jā'). But it's not only offering more, it's offering more of a good thing. Oscar's project comes without the influence or suggestions of hit-making Nervous Records. This is 100% from the mind of Oscar G and offers a comprehensive and honest look at what's made this artist a sensation at home in Miami and via the global dance charts.

Disc 1 features 10 brand new Oscar G original productions. Those familiar with Oscar's chart topping work with Murk partner Ralph Falcon will be surprised by Oscar's new direction. While tracks like "Stuck On You (featuring Stryke)" and "Your Love (Featuring Tamara Wallace)" will appeal to fans of solid vocal house, there's also a surprise in store for those into dance's music minimal side. "Innosence" (offered here as a free download) is a solid piece of minimal 4/4 electronic music wound tightly with all sorts of lovely bleepy things and gorgeous melodies. It's beautiful stuff and the product of Oscar G's recent shift from analog to digital gear. - more on this story

. Silversun Pickups - Swoon

Swoon is the name of the sophomore release by L.A.s own Silversun Pickups. The sound of the disc in whole has a lot of the same characteristics as the previous release, with the static like guitar driven riffs, and a spaced out Smashing Pumpkins vibe. (3 stars) - Read the full Silversun Pickups - Swoon review

. Mouth of the Architect - Quietly

Quietly is heavy then not just in terms of volume but in terms of feeling- for every crushing riff, there comes another point in which one's soul is crushed by a moment of soft regret. - Read the full Mouth of the Architect - Quietly review

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