Moneen Ticket and CD Bundle Deal

Fans who won't get to see them on their headlining run can still pre-order the record bundled with an exclusive t-shirt, and Moneen's catalog releases are currently on sale for $5 for a limited time, all in the - Vagrant webstore.

Saosin Listening Parties

EMI reports: Southern California rock quintet Saosin will release their much anticipated sophomore album In Search of Solid Ground on September 8th.

To celebrate the release of Saosin's new album, popular clothing store PacSun will host exclusive album premiere listening parties in over 900 stores across the country on Sep. 7th at 5:00pm with one lucky store receiving a surprise secret acoustic show from the band at 4:00pm. Fans can get location hints by following @PacSun and @Saosin on Twitter.

Saosin have spent the summer leading up to the release touring as part of the Warped Tour and have announced that they will team up with PacSun as headliners of the brand's 2nd Annual PacTour which begins November 11th in Los Angeles and runs through December 20th - more on this story

Candiria Post Another Preview Track

Fresno Media reports: New York experimental Metal veterans, Candiria, have posted a second track off the upcoming rarities and remixes collection, Toying With the Insanities, on the their official MySpace page (link below)

The new track, "Paradigm Shift (Ignite Remix)", was remixed by Benjamin Weinman of the East Coast experimental Metal band, the Dillinger Escape Plan, and will be on 'Volume Two' of the four-volume set, to be released with 'Volume One' on September 9th. The final two volumes will be released early next year.

Toying With the Insanities features remixed songs from Candiria's first three albums. The band brought on special guest remixers to put their own creative twist on classic Candiria tracks. "Paradigm Shift (Ignite Remix)" joins "Faction", which was remixed by fellow New Yorker, and Industrial/Techno experimentalist, Edgey, as the first two songs to be revealed from the project on the band's MySpace. Both songs were originally from the band's 1997 release, Beyond Reasonable Doubt. - Myspace link

Friends of Richie III: A Bloody Good Time

PR reports: On the day after Christmas, 2006, veteran alternative musician Richie Hass was diagnosed with multiple myeloma, a blood cancer. He had no insurance and no "medical home." His cancer was "staged" at end-stage. His colleagues organized "Friends of Richie," a benefit concert intended to raise money to pay Richie's medical bills. Because Richie was being qualified for MediCal and had been admitted to treatment at the City of Hope National Medical Center, Friends Of Richie I became a fundraiser for the International Myeloma Foundation and the City of Hope.

The treatment Richie received at City of Hope was second to none, and he had a complete remission that lasted from June 2007 to the resurgence of his cancer in early 2008. However, the cancer roared back, and on March 20th, 2008, on a quiet afternoon, Richie lay down for a nap and never woke up. He went out peacefully and without suffering. In April 2008 Friends Of Richie II: A Celebration Of A Life, took place, benefiting the International Myeloma Foundation once again. $1,000 was raised for the IMF, providing comfort to Richie's family and contributing to the progress of science in finding effective treatments and an eventual cure.

Even though Richie is no longer with us, the fight against multiple myeloma continues. We are pleased to announce Friends of Richie III: A Bloody Good Time, Sunday, September 20th, 2009. It will be an evening not only of music but of comic arts and pop culture. The event will take place at Hollywood's Knitting Factory. The event will also include an artist's alley featuring work by local horror comic and manga artists, and video featurettes. - more on this story

SeepeopleS Giving Away Apocalypse Cow Vol.2.

PR reports: SeepeopleS is proud to announce the release of their long-awaited 4th full length album, Apocalypse Cow Vol.2. Over two and half years in the making, the release is a landmark in the evolution of SeepeopleS' unique sound and a return to the hybrid rock and electronica sound that made their second album, The Corn Syrup Conspiracy, a true underground classic.

The album is being released FOR FREE beginning September 4th at midnight on SeepeopleS' website, www.seepeoples.com as a musical financial bailout (you're welcome America).

The twelve track version of the album will be available for download for six full months until the hard copy 17 track version is released in early Spring 2010, in time for the band's 10 year anniversary. - more on this story

Big Star's Chris Bell Solo Album Getting Special Reissue

Rhino reports: On September 28th Rhino Handmade is releasing Chris Bell/I Am the Cosmos I am the Cosmos (Deluxe) is a 2-cd set packaged in a 6-panel digipak with new notes from Alec Palao and David Bell and many never before seen photos.

This release will be available exclusively on rhinohandmade.com. The first 1,000 orders will receive an exclusive reproduction of the original 7" single featuring "I am the Cosmos / You and Your Sister."

This founding member of Big Star recorded just one complete solo album but didn't live to see its release. A 45-rpm single featuring the songs "I am the Cosmos" and "You and Your Sister" was released on Car Records in 1978 just prior to his death in December of that year. - more on this story

The Almost Mall Monster

PR reports: Tooth & Nail/Virgin Records (EMI) rock band The Almost have created a Monster. Monster Monster is the five-piece rock group's sophomore album, the follow-up to 2007's Southern Weather, which scored a #7 Modern Rock single in "Say This Sooner," a slot on MTV's prestigious Discover & Download program and a quarter-million in sales after debuting in the Top 40 on the Billboard Top 200 with 29k+.

Formed by Underoath drummer Aaron Gillespie along with guitarists Jay Vilardi and Dusty Redmon, bassist Alex Aponte and newest member, drummer Joe Musten, The Almost's Monster Monster represents the culmination of two years of touring, with the resulting disc a melding of the group's individual talents into a truly collaborative effort. Before the release, The Almost will release a new video to fans, which will be followed by their lead anthemic rock single "Hands."

The album is slated for release on Nov. 3, but will be preceded by a Limited Edition special five-track EP entitled the Monster EP, featuring three album cuts and two B-sides. - more on this story

Kasim Sulton Tour

PR reports: Kasim Sulton is acknowledged as one of the top bass players in the pop and rock music spheres. A long time member of Todd Rundgren's Utopia, Sulton has also done stints touring the world and recording with Meat Loaf, Joan Jett, Hall & Oates, Patti Smith, Cheap Trick, Mick Jagger and The New Cars among others.

Now SULTON is heading out on the road again, zig-zagging solo performances and with his own band in between concerts with Todd Rundgren/Utopia as they perform Rundgren's ground-breaking album "A Wizard A True Star" in its entirety. Most recently, SULTON released a 2-CD solo album "All Sides" as well as a live DVD "An Evening With Kasim Sulton…Live In Atlanta."

On September 6, Sulton hits the road first in Akron, OH, where he performs a solo show at 1PM, and at 8PM that same night, he joins Todd Rundgren for the debut theatrical presentation of the entire "A Wizard A True Star" album. The following day (September 7) at 1PM, Sulton joins Rundgren at the Rock And Roll Hall of Fame for a Meet & Greet to celebrate the opening of the Todd Rundgren exhibit which also includes his work with the band Utopia of which Sulton is a long-standing member; that evening there is a second performance in Akron of "AWATS." The tour schedule of both Sulton's solo concerts and Todd Rundgren/Utopia shows is listed below. - more on this story

Ten Year Anniversary Radio Tribute To Bruce Cameron's Midnight Daydream CD

Glass Onyon reports: A special edition of 'Listening Through A Glass Onyon' radio show will air Sunday, Sept. 6, 2009 at 12:00 pm Noon EST (5:00 pm London, UK time). The show, which is broadcasted out of London, is a tribute to the 10 year anniversary of the release of Bruce Cameron's 'Midnight Daydream' CD, which was originally released in Sept. 1999.

Billy James (ANT-BEE), the radio host, was the project coordinator and also performed on the CD alongside legendary music artists Mitch Mitchell, Buddy Miles, Billy Cox, Jack Bruce, Ken Hensley, Michael Bruce, Neal Smith and Harvey Dalton Arnold. Bruce Cameron was a gifted songwriter and guitarist whose life ended much too soon - he is sadly missed.

The program will showcase songs from the CD (which is currently out of print) and will also air a rare radio commercial spot by Mitch Mitchell, Billy Cox discussing the project and Bruce Cameron and ANT-BEE radio interview snippet. To access the program go - here

Your Chance To Crack Up Again

MMP reports: Metal Mind Productions will re-release Crack Up's "From The Ground" on 21st September in Europe and 1st December in USA (via MVD). New digipak edition is limited to 2000 copies. Digitally remastered using 24-Bit process on a golden disc.

Crack Up represents the rare genre of death'n'roll – a fascinating combination of death metal brutality with the melodic rock'n'roll approach. Over the years, the band managed to release four full-length albums, with each making a huge step in their musical evolution. "From the Grave", the group's second LP from 1997, is considered as their breakthrough release, ultimately forming Crack Up's significant style….

Whereas the band's debut album "Blood is Life" was still closer to old-school death metal than anything else, "From the Ground" showcased the band's new direction towards pure death'n'roll madness. With such great songs as "Broomer", "Glorious" and "Blood on the Floor", the band proved that their new musical path was chosen well. Among the fifteen tracks found on the LP, one of them was particularly worth hearing – a brilliant cover version of Nirvana's "Money Will Roll Right In". If you're looking for a ballsy, catchy, straight-forward metal beating, look no further – Crack Up is your perfect pick. - more on this story

. It Might Get Loud (Film Review)

One of the twentieth centurys greatest inventions was the electric guitar and over the course of 100-minutes, three guitar gods from different generations (The Edge, Jimmy Page and Jack White) try to define and express what this instrument means to them. (3.5 stars) - Read the full It Might Get Loud (Film Review) review

.... Thyrfing - Hels Vite

In true Viking fashion, Sweden's Thyrfing have soldiered on despite massive lineup changes and uncertainty over the band's future. Latest effort Hels Vite reflects this, cloaking the band's epic and militant sound in the shadows of night. - Read the full Thyrfing - Hels Vite review

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