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Bonham Plans Led Zeppelin Experience Tour

(Rock Radio) Drummer Jason Bonham, son of Led Zeppelin's John, is planning a multimedia extravaganza tour which will seek to tell the entire Zep story from beginning to end.

Plans are at an early stage for Jason Bonham's Led Zeppelin Experience, but it's thought he'll gather a group of musicians to recreate the band's sound while elaborate video presentations provide historical narrative to the iconic outfit's history.

His plans come just months after he realised a long-held ambition to perform the Moby Dick drum solo alongside his father, who died in 1980, using modern multimedia techniques. - more on this story

Simon & Garfunkel Postpone Tour For Medical Reasons

The Simon & Garfunkel tour originally scheduled for April and May is being postponed due to a vocal strain recently sustained by Art Garfunkel.

In an effort to provide the highest quality performance for their audience, Paul & Art decided it would be best to move the scheduled concert dates.

The dates have been rescheduled to allow for an adequate period of rest and rehabilitation, after which Art is expected to make a complete recovery. - more on this story

Courtney To Sell Off Cobain Rights?

(Rock Radio) Hole frontwoman Courtney Michelle, formerly Courtney Love, is planning to sell tragic husband Kurt Cobain's publishing rights so she can rid herself of its "cursed money". [emotional money laundering?]

Cobain was found dead of a shotgun injury in 1994, leaving widow Courtney in possession of the rights to his songs. After years of attempting to protect those financial interests from a wide range of people she believes has been stealing from her, she now says she's planning to sell the rights on, so she can start her own life again.

"I'm thinking about selling all of Kurt's rights – everything. It's not a financial decision. It's an emotional one," Courtney tells the Scotsman. "He was the best friend I ever had, but Kurt and I were only married for three years, and now I need to have my own life. I'm always the widow and that drives me nuts." - more on this story

All Time Low DVD

Take a journey with All Time Low as they travel America with one mission... to tell as many dick jokes as possible, with lots of laughs, a little bit of crying, and nude scene after nude scene after nude scene.

This is a story of a band who never set out to change the world....and still hasn't. All Time Low stars in a film so massive that no theater can contain it. It's a documentary, it's a live performance, and it's more than you have ever wanted to know.

Arriving May 25th in stores and online everywhere, this live performance and on-the-road documentary was filmed and recorded during All Time Low's Fall 2009 headlining tour and is full of all new footage... plus some old stuff from the early years that we know you have never seen before. - more on this story

Owl City: Live from London Webcast Announced

No matter where you are in the world, you can catch Owl City: Live from London! In a rare opportunity, fans of Owl City will get a chance to watch the band live when they play a sold out show at O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire in London on May 9th.

The performance will be broadcast around the world via a live stream on OwlCityMusic.com and Facebook.com/OwlCity. There will be a re-broadcast seven hours later to accommodate viewers in different locations. Fans are encouraged to visit OwlCityMusic.com to check for local broadcast times and can RSVP for the stream!

For the uninitiated, over the past year Owl City has become an international phenomenon with the release of his major label debut album Ocean Eyes (certified platinum in the US!), first single "Fireflies" (#1 in 22 countries and triple platinum in the US) and several sold out headlining tours of the US, Europe, UK and Asia. - more on this story

Cradle Of Filth Returning With New Album in Roctober

One of the most infamous and notorious names in metal, Cradle Of Filth continue to shock, excite, disgust and inspire in equal measures.

In October 2010, on 'All Hallows Eve', the latest chapter of the band's dark history is to be released through Peaceville Records on the band's own AbraCadaver imprint.

Grammy nominated Cradle Of Filth have been pioneers of extreme music since their debut in 1994 and have continued to evolve with each of their subsequent releases. Unafraid of ruffling a few feathers, the band have continually refused to bow to convention or to conform to prevalent trends and fads. - more on this story

Ozzy's New Guitarist Featured in Comic Book

Guitarist Gus G of Firewind and also the recently recruited guitarist for Ozzy Osbourne is featured in the third issue of the gothic comic book series Eternal Descent, slated for publication in July, 2010.

The issue features a storyline inspired by guitar hero Gus G who helps Eternal Descent characters Lyra nd Sirian race against time to save Apollo and the rest of the band from the dissonant call of the Damned, The comic book will be available at comic book stores worldwide through Diamond Distribution. Llexi Leon, creator of the multi-media concept ETERNAL DESCENT, recruits ESP artists for cameo appearances in the Eternal Descent comic which is inspired by a host of iconic metal musicians.

The initial launch issue was released on March 31st, 2010 with subsequent issues to be released every 4-6 weeks, spotlighting God Forbid guitarist Doc Coyle in issue 2, and Gus G of Firewind and Ozzy Osbourne in issue 3. Other bands including Static X, Atreyu, Children of Bodom, and Soulfly are slated for upcoming cameo appearances in subsequent issues. - more on this story

Jimmy Gnecco Hitting The Road With Greg Laswell

Ours frontman, Jimmy Gnecco will hit the road next month for a North American tour with California troubadour, Greg Laswell

Gnecco, who gained critical acclaim for his dynamic vocals and songwriting style, is set to release his self-produced debut solo effort, The Heart, on July 20, 2010.

Graceful, personal and at times hymnal, The Heart, channels Gnecco's undeniable talent, as he performed every instrument heard on the album (guitar, bass, keyboards, and drums). But it's his perfectly controlled falsetto, which is established in the album's opener ("Rest Your Soul"), that truly takes center stage and is sustained throughout. - more on this story

Peter Wolf Announces May Tour

Peter Wolf has announced a long-awaited solo tour for May, in support of his latest release, 'Midnight Souvenirs' (Verve/UMe).

The album debuted at number 45 and features Merle Haggard, Shelby Lynne, and Neko Case.

Peter's band will include Duke Levine (guitar), Kevin Barry (guitar), Marty Ballou (bass), Marty Richards (drums), and Jonathan Carroll (keyboards).
- more on this story

Jimi Hendrix Personal Items To Be Part of Smithsonian Exhibition

Jimi Hendrix's Personal Items Arrive at the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian accompanied by his sister, Janie Hendrix.

The items include a colorful patchwork full-length leather coat, a leather necklace and a leather pouch. These are among the very few of the rock legend's possessions sent home to his family from his apartment in New York after he died on Sept. 18, 1970.

Though Hendrix's father asked that all of his son's belongings be sent home to Seattle, including a hundred guitars, scant few arrived. The coat was an obvious favorite of Hendrix's, as seen from the deep creases around the elbows, dark demarcation sweat lines and well-worn hem; until today, the coat has never been displayed nor have photos of it been published. The coat is the signature piece in the upcoming exhibition, "Up Where We Belong: Native Musicians in Popular Culture," which opens Thursday, July 1. This exhibition examines Native people who have been active participants in contemporary music for nearly a century. - more on this story

The Promise Ring Offshoot Maritime Plan Release On Dangerbird This Year

Dangerbird Records is pleased to announce Milwaukee mainstays Maritime are the newest members of their expanding family. The band, which spawned from the ashes of The Promise Ring in 2003, is currently readying new material for release later this year.

This latest signing for the Los Angeles-based label is somewhat of a reunion, as Milwaukee native Jeff Castelaz, co-owner and CEO of Dangerbird, has an extensive history with the band, which dates back to his days managing The Promise Ring. Both Maritime singer Davey von Bohlen and drummer Dan Didier were founding members of The Promise Ring.

Hailed for their keen sense of pop songcraft and rollicking live shows, Maritime will perform songs from their extensive catalog this Friday, April 30 at University of Wisconsin, in Madison, WI.

Recently, Maritime took part in The Onion AV Club's "Undercover" series, where 25 bands reinterpret 25 classic indie and alternative rock songs. Their take on the Depeche Mode staple, "Enjoy the Silence," which has been smoothed out and injected with a healthy dose of keytar, can be heard - here

Iced Earth Ink Deal of the Century

Iced Earth, one of the most groundbreaking metal bands of all time is extremely excited to announce a return to their roots by partnering back up with Century Media.

This new worldwide deal sees the band rejoin the label that released the legendary albums The Dark Saga and Something Wicked This Way Comes, as well as all of the early Iced Earth albums. In addition To Iced Earth, Century Media will also release Jon Schaffer's Sons Of Liberty project.

Antje Lange, managing director of Century Media Records Europe, comments: "We are extremely happy and proud to welcome Jon Schaffer and his bands Sons Of Liberty and Iced Earth back on the label. Schaffer is one of the most talented and charismatic musicians in metal and it is an honor for us as a label to work with him. Despite an already very successful past, we feel that an even bigger success is in the cards for the future." - more on this story

Ponderosa Stomps Detroit With Eclectic Lineup

The music fanatics behind the Ponderosa Stomp have long championed the myriad sounds of the Motor City; on July 31st they partner with Lincoln Center to bring audiences The Detroit Breakdown, a multi-genre tribute to the city's musical heritage.

Sixties garage icons Mitch Ryder and ? and the Mysterians, iconoclastic rockers The Gories and Death, nomadic bluesman Eddie Kirkland, stirring soul singers Melvin Davis and Spyder Turner, Motown hitmakers the Velvelettes and Dennis Coffey and R&B all stars the Party Stompers will bring their multi-faceted talents to the Lincoln Center Out of Doors' "Roots of American Music" day-long program, with performances on the Hearst Plaza Stage by day and Damrosch Park Bandshell in the evening.

There has long been an air of musical magic in Detroit, resulting in artists of the highest caliber springing from the city in the years following Henry Ford's automotive revolution. As Irish, Poles, African-Americans, Italians and Latinos took their places side by side on the city's assembly lines, the co-mingling of cultural backgrounds produced an artistic renaissance of both chart-toppers and cult legends that -- despite the hard times the city has recently suffered -- continues to reverberate to this day. - more on this story

The Like Going Soph

The Like are set to release their sophomore album Release Me (produced by Mark Ronson, Alex Greenwald, and the soul and studio sophistication of the Dap-Kings' Tommy Brenneck, Homer Steinweiss, and Victor Axelrod)
on June 15th (Downtown Records).

The album came to life at Dunham Studios in Brooklyn. The girls stepped into another time – recorded only on analog equipment, used gear from the sixties, and let go.

"What Mark did systematically was take the songs right back to their original form. We spent almost 48 hours straight with Mark arranging the songs properly before we went into the studio, and then we recorded them live," says front woman Z Berg. - more on this story

Live at Lime with The Soundtrack of Our Lives

On a rainy afternoon in February, Göteberg, Sweden's The Soundtrack of Our Lives made their way to Stratosphere Sound (which counts ex-Smashing Pumpkins guitarist James Iha as one of its owners) in New York City. Only hours after landing, they plugged in their equipment and cranked out five fantastic numbers that comprise Live at Lime with The Soundtrack of Our Lives.

This just-released exclusive EP for LimeWire Store was engineered and mixed by Grammy-winning producer Geoff Sanoff (Stephen Colbert, Nada Surf, Michael Stipe). It comes hot on the heels of the sextet's well-received sixth album, Communion, where the Grammy-nominated group struts their classic-rock sound, a mix of epic neo-psychedelia and urgent, riff-laden soul.
"We didn't really think about the songs we played," said vocalist Ebbot Lundberg about the band's Live at Lime session. "I can't really analyze how it works. If it feels good, it feels good."

"TSOOL embody what we hope for when recording these sessions — great musicianship, a fun attitude, and a willingness to play around and give us fresh takes on their material," said Tom Monday, Director of Partner Relations. "Add an award-winning engineer like Geoff Sanoff to the mix and it's like magic — it was a joy to watch these guys at work."

Watch the band lay down "Second Life Replay" in the studio here in this - exclusive video

Rooney Announce Their Tour Plans

Rooney are thrilled to announce a North American headlining tour in support of their new album EUREKA.

Beginning June 16th in San Diego, CA, Rooney will hit the road with this brand new collection of songs, which will be released June 8th on California Dreaming Records (through Warner Music Group's Independent Label Group.) Following the headlining run, Rooney will join Hanson for a month of dates. - more on this story

Circa Survive Goes To 11

"Blue Sky Noise," the just released third studio album from Atlantic recording group Circa Survive has entered the Billboard 200 chart at 11, earning the Doylestown, PA-based rock band the highest charting of their career.

Produced by three-time Grammy winner David Bottrill (Tool, Muse, King Crimson) and mixed by Rich Costey (Interpol, The Mars Volta, Rage Against The Machine), the highly anticipated collection also holds the #1 spot on Soundscan's Alternative Album and Vinyl charts and comes in at #3 on the Digital Album chart.

Circa Survive is currently on a cross-country trek supporting Coheed & Cambria, that will continue through a finale in Atlantic City, NJ at the House Of Blues on May 29th (see attached itinerary). More tour dates will be announced shortly. - more on this story

John 5 Announces Best Buy Appearances

John 5 is on the Gruesome Twosome Tour traveling the country with Zombie and Cooper. He will be making a few stops on the way to do signings at Best Buy for his new solo release The Art Of Malice.

Both signings are at 5:30 pm CST and you will receive a free poster with the purchase of the CD that John 5 will personally sign.

The Art Of Malice is John 5's 5th solo album to date and will be released May 11th on 60 Cycle Hum/Rocket Science Ventures. - more on this story

Carney Summer Tour

Carney set out on tour this summer in support of their debut album Mr. Green Vol. 1 out May 11th on DAS Label/Interscope.

Carney will also headline a special album release show on May 15th at LA's El Rey Theatre before embarking on a cross-country tour supporting UK songsmiths, Athlete, kicking off May 31st at Maxwell's in Hoboken, NJ.

In addition to band frontman duties, Reeve's extracurricular activities include playing the role of Peter Parker/Spiderman in the upcoming Julie Taymor-directed Broadway production of "Spiderman: Turn Off The Dark", featuring music written by Bono and The Edge. "An amazing voice and a truly charismatic presence", raves Bono of Reeve. Reeve Carney has also been cast in the film adaptation of William Shakespeare's The Tempest alongside Helen Mirren and Alan Cumming - more on this story

The Brute Chorus Release Bloody Love Video

UK indie blues rockers The Brute Chorus celebrated the April 26th official release of their single "Could This Be Love" with its very own sleek and suspenseful music video.

The video starts off with a blood-dappled character that wakes up confused in the back of a speeding pick-up truck.

The eeriness is then taken up a notch as the story revolves around a lust-filled chase after a curvaceous apparition while remaining oblivious to ominous presence of a colorful desert shaman. - check it out here

The Binary Code EP and Tour

The Binary Code have announced they will be releasing the 3-song "Priest EP" in May. The EP will be available exclusively at the band's May shows, a string of dates they're doing with PA-based ska metallers The Gloominous Doom.

The Priest EP will be available on CD for free with the purchase of a t-shirt, or for creative barter; make the band an offer and they might just accept. Look for it to be available for download online following these dates.

The EP is the first new music from The Binary Code since the critically claimed (8/10 in Decibel, Revolver "Band to Watch") "Suspension of Disbelief" full-length album released digitally via MetalSucks in December of 2009. - more on this story

Chambers Announce Digital Release

Chambers' debut album, "Old Love" will see a nationwide digital release June 22nd 2010. "Old Love" will be available for download from the following retailers iTunes, Rhapsody, MySpace Music, Amazon, EMUSIC, LALA, IMVU, Amie St, Shockhound.com, Nokia Music Store and the Lime Wire Store.

In New Jersey, everyone seems to be in a metal or hardcore band. Too often, bands take the easy way out and simply mimic the sound of the most recent trends. Bands few and far between attempt to transgress the expectations of what metal and hardcore acts are expected to sound like.

Described as "the band to take over" and "the sound of 2010" by James Gill and Terry Beezer of Metal Hammer Magazine, CHAMBERS is a metallic hardcore wrecking ball on a mission to destroy expectations. Always willing to set a fire and fan the flames, CHAMBERS' debut album, "OLD LOVE" is poised for a new blend of aggression and is "not for the faint hearted." - more on this story

American Idol's Lee DeWyze Pre-Idol Recordings Now Available

American Idol Finalist Lee DeWyze has two previously released records that are available for purchase now.

The records, Slumberland and So I'm Told, feature producers Ryan McGuire and guitarist extraordinaire, Louis Svitek, well known for his work with Ministry, M.O.D. and Mind Funk. The collaboration is an evocative, haunting mix of multi-instrumental, multi-faceted songs whose artistry draws comparison to Jack Johnson and Chris Martin.

American Idol judge Kara DioGuardi declared Lee's voice "a good fit for radio right now." Ellen DeGeneres has called his performances "great," and the hard to please Simon Cowell has declared that Lee is "head and shoulders above everyone else," "the best singer [among the group of men]," and "may be the one to beat." - more on this story

Neil Young Illustrated History Announced

Voyageur Press has joined forces with rock journalists Daniel Durchholz (Rolling Stone) and Gary Graff (New York Times) for the brand new book, Neil Young -- Long May You Run: The Illustrated History. This lovingly assembled tome -- the first complete illustrated history published about this legendary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductee -- arrives May 15, 2010 to coincide with Young's Summer 2010 tour and celebrate five decades of genre-spanning work, perfectly mixing expertly researched text and many never-before-seen photos.

This heavy duty 224-page volume follows Young's long-and-winding career, from the early days of Buffalo Springfield, on through CSNY, and of course, his unpredictably exhilarating solo career.

Born and raised in Canada, Neil Young is equally best known for acoustic/folk hits ("Heart of Gold," "Old Man") and raunchy garage rock ("Cinnamon Girl," "Hey Hey, My My") -- not to mention stops with the harmony-driven CSNY ("Ohio") and the psychedelic pop of Buffalo Springfield ("For What It's Worth"). This thoroughly enticing book will certainly appeal to fans of all eras of "Neil." And in addition to countless photographs from the 1960s all the way to the present, also included are concert posters and memorabilia from around the world, complemented by commentary from notable musicians around the world, as well as an extensive discography. - more on this story

Folk Songs Of The American Longhair

Like the mad lovechild of Robert Johnson and Jim Morrison, Dege Legg (aka Brother Dege), the Cajun-born and Louisiana-raised leader of the band Santeria, releases his "slide/Dobro record" entitled Folk Songs Of The American Longhair, produced by 4x Grammy-winner Tony Daigle (Dr. John, Sonny Landreth, Gatemouth Brown, Bobby Charles), Legg and Primo (also from Santeria).

This is Delta Blues for the 21st Century, raging out of the swamplands of Louisiana. Dripping with atmosphere and backwoods noir. The real deal—death-obsessed, god-fearing, foot stomping acoustic blues steeped in the devilish myths and haunted ambience that permeates every inch of Louisiana. Factor in some Historic longhaired rock & roll influences – from Sabbath to Black Flag – and you've got an art project and anthropological study wrapped in one time traveling package.

Folk Songs of the American Longhair takes the listener on a mind-bending, soul-crushing slide guitar journey into the backroads of the Deep South. Legg composed ten original tunes in the Delta-slide tradition, paying tribute to the old masters while pushing into the apocalyptic future. Much like the field recordings of Alan Lomax, the record tunnels into the ancient mysteries of pre-war blues, recorded in sheds, old houses and open fields. It's like Son House at a surrealist convention. Slide players from the U.S. to Europe are already covering the tunes - via a series of live Brother Dege YouTube videos which have garnered over 150,000 plays with no promotional hype or jive. - more on this story

Singled Out: Far's Deafening

Welcome to Singled Out! where we ask artists to tell us the inside story of their latest single. Today Far frontman Jonah tells us about "Deafening" from their brand new album. We now turn it over to Jonah for the story:

Shaun sent me a bunch of ideas to write vocals for. This one riff he had labeled 'Beauty' kept coming back into my head. I actually wrote a really silly dance lyric for it at first, just to get it out of my system.

Then, while I was trying to figure something else out, I had a conversation with a friend. He's a really sweet guy, but his rhetoric sounded so cruel underneath the calm, pseudo-logical presentation.

It just got me thinking about the curse of privilege, and how oddly entitled and selfish we've become, under this illusory banner of 'personal freedom'. Seems to me that in the vain search for truth, purity and headlines, we're losing sight of simple common sense, let alone compassion

Hearing is believing. Now that you know the story behind the song, listen for yourself and learn more about the album - right here!