The Rakes Breakup

After much deliberation we have come to the shared conclusion that we can't give it 100% anymore and regret to announce that The Rakes are calling it a day. We are sorry to let down all the people who were coming to see us on the UK & US tours. Writing your own obituary is a surreal thing to do but we want to give particular thanks to our much-loved fans, all the great people we've worked with over the years, our management and loyal record label. We feel privileged to have had the opportunity to write music together and perform around the world. Genuinely, thanks for the good times.... That was one hell of a party! But now, we really must get some sleep. - more on this story

The Dear Hunter Announce MTV Premiere

PR reports: It's the news that fans of The Dear Hunter have been waiting for. The video for "What It Means To Be Alone" from their critically acclaimed Act III: Life And Death (Triple Crown Records) will make its world premiere on MTV2's "Subterranean" program this Sunday, October 25 at 1:00 AM ET/PT and will start a rotation on MTVu and will be added to MTV's website beginning next week.

Singer/pianist/guitarist/lyricist/multi-instrumentalist Casey Crescenzo directed and produced the animated video at his home studio in Providence, RI along with Glenn Thomas of Synapse Design, who also handled the art direction, design and layout of Act III: Life And Death's packaging. Work on the video continued once the band's headlining tour started on September 23.

"It was very rewarding to finally parallel visuals with the audio," says Crescenzo. "We worked very hard to compliment the tone of the song and I couldn't be more happy with the result." - more on this story

Off With Their Heads Replace The Accused on The Municipal Waste Tour

PR reports: Municipal Waste have announced that The Accused will not be taking part in the Waste The World Tour 2009 as their singer Brad Mowen has to have emergency surgery. Not to worry though the Waste have announced a replacement for The Accused. Minneapolis' Off With Their Heads will join the tour on November 18th– December 2nd and will be providing direct support for Municipal Waste.

Singer Tony Foresta had the following to say about the line-up change for the tour, "We're pretty bummed about the Accused canceling I really hope Brad gets better. But now The WASTE is really excited to announce our newest addition to our North American tour, Off With Their Heads. These guys are one of my personal favorites and I feel are one of the best punk bands to come out of the states for a long while. We've been listening to these guys in the WASTE van for some time and we are really glad they agreed to "stick out like a sore thumb" on our metal tour. It should be a lot of fun!

Following their round of European festival appearances and their Massive Aggressive European tour this September, Municipal Waste will be seeing out the year with a North American trek, then having a few weeks rest before kicking off the European leg of their tour in mid-January. Support on the North American leg of the tour will come from Goatwhore (11/06 TO 11/16), Off With Their Heads (11/18 To 12/02), Brutal Truth (12/4 To 12/11), Phobia & Cauldron, with Victims and Reproach supporting the band in Europe. - more on this story

Brimstone Howl Announce Album Release With Free MP3

PR reports: Brimstone Howl To Release Fourth Full-Length Big Deal. What's He Done Lately? November 24th On Alive Records. This time the gang went to Costa Mesa, CA, to record Big Deal. What's He Done Lately? (the title references a quote from Johnny Ramone about Phil Spector) at The Distillery under the guidance of engineer/producer Mike McHugh (known to produce some of the most heinous, blown-out sounds this side of the galaxy, including Black Lips, Jon Spencer and Andre Williams). The result is considerably more fuzzed than their previous work with Detroit producer Jim Diamond but still pummels.

Frontman John Ziegler admits that Big Deal is thematically "a little brighter" than previous efforts, but also explains, "While our last record We Came In Peace sounded 'big,' the main characteristic of this album is its heat. Analog from start to finish. Recorded to tape. Mixed to tape. And from tape the wax was cut. This record sounds 'hot'."

The new album - Brimstone Howl's third for Alive Records - finds a couple of older songs (such as "Elation" and "M60" rerecorded from their debut album and first 45) riding shotgun with newer explosive tracks such as "Last Time," "Everybody Else Is Having Fun," "Iota Man" and "Suicide Blues." "Musically, our instincts remain the same as always," Ziegler states, "but we do more pop sounding things at times, with as much drama as we can fit into our rock'n'roll template. I get the feeling that's out of style or going out, even within our own little community of garage folks, but we're from the Midwest and we can't f**k around and waste our time singing songs that aren't fully sincere. We've been doing music for it's own sake for a long time now, none of us have made rent money from this, for whatever that's worth. We have music in our hearts, goddamn it, and we always will. That will always remain the most important thing in this industry, and whatever corner of it we inhabit."
- download Brimstone Howl's new song Suicide Blues

Rickie Lee Jones Album Release Show At Carnegie Hall

PR reports: Legendary musician Rickie Lee Jones celebrates the November release of her forthcoming album Balm in Gilead with a performance at New York City's prestigious Carnegie Hall on December 7th.

This marks Rickie Lee's first performance at the famed-venue in nearly 30 years. The evening will celebrate her work over the years and will also feature material from Balm in Gilead.

2009 marks the 30th anniversary of the dawn of Jones' storied recording career,which exploded in 1979 with her self-titled debut album and its top 10 hit, "Chuck E.'s in Love." Jones had an immediate impact on pop culture, enjoying the massive buzz of an indelible SNL appearance and an instantaneous Rolling Stone cover, all while winning a Grammy for Best New Artist. - more on this story

MySpace Now Introducing Bands

PR reports: MySpace Music today announced the official launch of Introducing..., the company's new marquee music program designed to allow the discovery, and championing of new artists through a series of specially tailored online and offline promotional opportunities. Introducing... leverages the breadth and depth of the MySpace Music platform through a variety of exclusive content premieres aimed at increasing community awareness and engagement surrounding these artists while encouraging artist participation and self evangelism.

"The next hit records are already on MySpace- they just aren't hits yet," Said Courtney Holt, President of MySpace Music. "When you think about all of the artists who have successfully used MySpace as a career launch pad it's not hard to imagine that had this program launched a couple years ago participating artists may have included Taylor Swift, Fall Out Boy or Drake."

Introducing... presents new artists to the MySpace Music audience through key content features including album, single and video premieres, featured playlists, behind the scenes footage, "getting to know you" interviews and much more helping to create and build a loyal fan base within the community. Through this 12 week promotional and editorial program MySpace Music will be able to create pre-release activity, concentrated release day media and sustained post-release momentum for all participating Introducing...artists. - more on this story

Prosthetic Ink Mantric

PR reports: Prosthetic Records is proud to announce the signing of Mantric to the label for a worldwide, multi-album deal. Formed in 2007 in Oslo, Norway from the ashes of metal pioneers Extol, Mantric takes the visionary songwriting approach of its founding members to new, epic heights.

Commenting on the signing, Mantric said in a joint statement: "We are truly satisfied to end up signing with Prosthetic! Our first album using the MANTRIC name to our ears deserves to get out to lovers of hard music all over the world, and Prosthetic makes this possible. We also feel honored to be amongst the quality and variety represented by the bands signed to Prosthetic. Our music embraces creativity and originality outside the limits of narrow genres, so it suits us fine to deal with a label that also values this. This is a release that is both accessible and original, catchy and complex at the same time, and we can't wait to get it out!"

The as-yet-untitled Mantric debut album is scheduled for worldwide release in February. A special preview track, "Spear Of Heaven," is now online at the official MANTRIC Myspace page here - more on this story

Art Vs Science Want To Melt Your Mind With Free MP3

PR reports: Art vs Science isn't here to get a haircut. They're here to melt your mind! They're also here to remind us that creating dance music is not just about bass-blowing electro-rock anthems (of which they have many); rather it's about taking those songs and in a live forum setting everyone's fire-retardant dancing kicks ablaze. If you walk away from an Art vs Science live show without an altered gait and/ or state-of-mind, you were clearly not paying attention.

Art vs Science's self-titled EP will core-drill itself into you mind and possess it with its hooky take on rock-infused, French electronica.

In their native country of Australia, the EP has already garnered them a 2009 ARIA Award (think Grammy) nomination in the Breakthrough Artist category. The first of the EP's singles to be offered up as a FREE MP3 download is the criminally infectious, Parlez-Vous Francais? - available here:

. Jack Bruce & Robin Trower - Seven Moons Live

Eight of the 13 songs here are from the Bruce & Trower 2008 collaboration Seven Moons and most of those are weighted with forgettable vocal work. The instrumental breaks however feature Trower at his most fluid (3.5 stars) - Read the full Jack Bruce & Robin Trower - Seven Moons Live review

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