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Wonder what happened on this day in music history? Our friends at Gibson have the answer: In 1973, on this very day, a drunk driver hit and killed stringbender guitar guru Clarence White (best known for his work with The Byrds). On the same day, the Everly Brothers split up during a Hollywood concert. On this day in 1978, Talking Heads released their second album, the aptly titled, More Songs about Buildings and Food. Find out what else happened right here -

Van Halen May Tour in 2011 with Reunited Triumph

Two big speculations come out of Gibson.com's new interview with Triumph's Rik Emmett. One big story is that the band may reunite for a major tour next year. The even bigger news it that tour may be with Van Halen.

Here is that part of the interview: We're scheduled to go for a dinner tonight with a couple of guys from Live Nation that have flown into town and want to take us to dinner," Emmett tells Gibson.com. "I'm sure there's going to be some sort of a pitch. The rumors that have been sort of blowing in the wind are that Van Halen want to go back out yet again next year, but they're going to need some sort of support to make the packaging a little more interesting.

"Because Triumph hasn't really ever toured in any kind of a nostalgia way, I think Live Nation kind of goes, 'Oh, yeah, you guys would be perfect for that.' So, we'll see sort of the size and the shape and the glitter of the golden carrots that they have." - The interview covers a lot of other ground, check it out here

Queens of the Stone Age and Eagles of Death Metal Benefit Concert

Queens of the Stone Age and Eagles of Death Metal have announced a benefit show for Eagles of Death Metal bassist Brian O'Connor who was recently diagnosed with cancer and is currently undergoing treatment in Los Angeles.

The benefit will take place at Los Angeles's Club Nokia for Thursday, August 12th . Tickets on Sale to the Public Friday, July 16th @ 10am PS

Net proceeds from the show will be contributed to a fund which has been established in conjunction with Sweet Relief Musicians Fund, to assist with Brian's medical aid and vital living expenses. - more on this story

U2 Reschedule North American Tour

Good news for U2 fans, their postponed North American Tour is now back on with the announcement of the rescheduled dates. The bad news is the trek won't take place until next year.

Live Nation Entertainment announced today that the U2 360° tour dates in the US, which were recently postponed due to Bono's emergency back surgery, have all been rescheduled for Spring/Summer 2011 with all tickets being valid at the rescheduled performances.

U2's manager Paul McGuinness thanked fans for their ongoing support, "We're delighted the dates are rescheduled and in all the same venues we originally planned to play. It hasn't been easy to accomplish this and I'd like to thank the managers of the many venues and sports teams across North America and Live Nation Global Touring for their help and cooperation in making this complex new plan possible. Above all we want to thank the U2 fans for bearing with us. They're the best and the band wants to get back to where they belong, surrounded by their audience." - more on this story

Metallica Announce Final Show for World Magnetic Tour

Metallica had good news and bad news on Tuesday. Good news for fans in New Zealand, they are getting a new tour date. The bad news is for everyone else in the world that was holding out hope that the band would be visiting you. Here is what they had to say: Dear Friends: We are so psyched to add a second show in Christchurch, New Zealand at CBS Canterbury Arena on September 21...thanks again for demanding that we visit you there!!

Now to the real reason we're here taking up space on this site...we also want to announce that all of our play dates have now filled up with the addition of this show...that's right boys and girls, this will be the last date added to the World Magnetic Tour! So if you're waiting for us to come to the Polar Ice Caps, your undiscovered planet or even your basement, sorry, this is as good at it gets.

It has been a very long, and most amazing run. The number of shows played depends on when you start counting. We are gonna go with what the boys in the band say, 'cuz they have been out on the road more or less continuously since May of 2008 and that brings us up to a total of 212 shows in 153 cities. Each and every one of them has been memorable and special and we thank you for that. This is where we could spew a bunch of crazy numbers at you...you know the 2.3 million tickets sold, 300 million miles traveled, 3,000 pounds of bacon consumed "shtick," but you don't care about that stuff and frankly neither do we. What we DO care about is letting you know the immense gratitude we feel for all of your love and support over these past two and half years. When we embarked on this "magnetic" journey, none of us ever, in our wildest dreams, imagined how truly incredible it would be and it's all because of hanging out with YOU! - more on this story

We Are Scientists Kick Off US Tour

We Are Scientists' kicked off their US tour last night in Boston, at Middle East, in support of their June release, Barbara.

The US leg is part of the band's World Tour which officially launched in June and has included the Glastonbury Festival, among other major venues. The band will play Leeds and Reading festivals in August.

We Are Scientists are scheduled to perform to a sold-out crowd at Bowery Ballroom in New York City, today, July 14th. The club sold out shortly after tickets went on sale. - more on this story

Street Dogs Announce New Album and Tour

One of modern punk rock's most authentic bands, Street Dogs will release their new self titled album (their fifth studio album overall) on August 31 via Hellcat Records.

Following the release, the band will be touring in support of the new album along with Matt Freeman's (Rancid) side project, Devils Brigade, and this year's Celtic punk heroes Flatfoot 56.

Co-produced by bass player Johnny Rioux and Rick Barton and engineered and mixed by Jason Livermore (Rise Against, NOFX) at the infamous punk rock recording studio The Blasting Room in Fort Collins, CO., the self-titled Street Dogs album is a vigorous testament to the band's longevity and ability to write inspiring punk rock that touches the soul and raises the fists. - more on this story

My Morning Jacket and Everest Five Night Stand

Everest has been invited by their friends My Morning Jacket to help with a five-shows-in-five night run at Terminal 5 in NYC this fall.

The Los Angeles-based quintet will take the stage Saturday, October 23 before MMJ caps off their five-album stint with Evil Urges. Already sold out, the show is sure to be a memorable finale for the ambitious week, which is sure to set a historic musical precedent.

The two bands shared stages a couple years back and will be reunited this year following Everest's current outing with Minus The Bear. With Bonnaroo and several recent hometown Los Angeles shows under their belts, the quintet is back to demonstrating their impressive capability to bring their impassioned, On Approach (Warner Bros/ Vapor Records), to life. - more on this story

The Posies To Return This Fall With New Album and Tour

Fans of The Posies, mark down September 28, 2010 on your calendar. That's the date the band release their new album, Blood/Candy (Ryko), and launch their international tour on September 28, 2010.

Fresh off the Frosting On The Beater full-album shows and their work with Big Star, The Posies chart unforeseen territory on Blood/Candy while holding onto their well-known signature sound. The Huffington Post states, "depending on how you want to hear it, it's a brilliant return to form or a daring move forward." The almost entirely self-produced record boasts melodic hooks, provocative lyrics and intricate layers of instrumentation that blend far-out, spacey sounds with sophisticated hues. The bulk of the album was recorded and mixed in Spain and their hometown of Seattle, with stops in Ecuador, Canada, Paris and Los Angeles.

"After the eclecticism of our last album, we thought it would be a good idea to make a kind of classic, back to our roots album, guitar pop with lots of harmonies, etc. We didn't end up doing that--however, what stands in place of that, is an album even more adventurous, more playful and more heartfelt than I think we've ever done. If I had to pick one album for us to be remembered by and delete all the others, no doubt that I would choose this one," says co-founder Ken Stringfellow. - more on this story

Alberta Cross and Dead Confederate Team Up For Tour

Alberta Cross and Dead Confederate are teaming up for co-headlining North America tour.

The trek kicks off September 6 in Portland, OR and the month-long tour will take the bands across the country to cities including San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago, Boston and more.

The tour follows a busy summer for Alberta Cross, who will head to Australia and Japan later this month. Widely praised for their live shows, Alberta Cross has headlined sold out shows across the nation, and have shared the stage in the U.S. and Europe with Them Crooked Vultures, Oasis, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club and Mumford & Sons, among others. - more on this story

Foo Fighter Guitarist Releases New Album From His Chris Shiflett & the Dead Peasants

You know may know Chris Shiflett as the guitarist for the Foo Fighters, or as a member of Jackson United and Me First & the Gimme Gimmes or as a former member of No Use For A Name. But know you'll also know him for Chris Shiflett & the Dead Peasants, who released their self titled debut on RCA Records this week.

This album indulges Chris's love for the sounds of early rock & roll, rockabilly and country music. These pedal steel and twang guitar-accented songs contain some of the best material Chris has ever written (in addition to a cover of a song by the late Joe Strummer).

Recorded at the Foo Fighters' Studio 606 in Los Angeles, CA, this past December and January, the core band on Chris Shiflett & The Dead Peasants is Shiflett (vocals, guitar), 606 house engineer John Lousteau (drums, in addition to engineering), and Derek Silverman (keyboards). The album's additional instrumentation was performed by an array of fine musicians, including Davey Faragher (Elvis Costello and The Imposters, Jenny Lewis, John Hiatt) on bass, Greg Leisz (Wilco, Lucinda Williams, Whiskeytown) on pedal steel, Stevie Blacke (Beck, Weezer, Colbie Caillat) on violin and mandolin, and Audra Mae on backing vocals. - Chris & the Dead Peasants kicked off a headlining tour on July 7th, dates here

Singled Out: Alamance's Your Eyes

Welcome to Singled Out! where we ask artists to tell us the inside story of their latest single. Today Joshua Sorhagen from Alamance tells us about "Your Eyes" from their brand new album "In The Moment". We now turn it over to Joshua for the story:

"Your Eyes" began as a simple piano riff that I had for about a year prior to ever bringing it into the studio. During that time, I was constantly messing around with various tempos and rhythmic arrangements, all around the same basic structure. For a moment I'd want a more upbeat or happier sound and then change my mind the next instant, deciding that the structure would sound better in powerful rhythmic movements. In the end , however, it was the original plain-and-simple that Rob Freeman and I decided to go with for the recording; it met somewhere right in the middle of what I was looking for, balancing emotion and power with a classic pop twist. When we began tracking "Your Eyes", I encountered many of the same things I do when writing with Rob Freeman. His talent is unbelievable and his ear for what sounds great is impeccable. While Rob provided the perfect background guitar riffs and chorus structure, I created a verse melody that I thought made for a perfect balance between sensitive emotion and catchy pop material. Furthermore, while tracking vocals I insisted on using new techniques I had learned to help me truly capture the emotion behind the lyrics in the song. I didn't hesitate to throw in some vocal 'gravel' and really tried to make the listeners feel like it was them I was talking to.

My deep and true love for harder, edgier music had to come through somewhere in my new creation, and so the solo I envisioned for the bridge along with the passionate vocals led to a bridge that we thought brought a new dimension to the song. In addition, we had to add the classic half-time last chorus to really drive things home on the power side. Robs incredible ear led to some creative and stunning harmonies as always, although I did have to suck some helium for a few of them (just kidding). - more of the story here

Steve Morse To Release New Acoustic Album With Sarah Spencer

Steve Morse has teamed up with Sarah Spencer to give fans Angelfire, an album of haunting, harmony-laden acoustic songs that will hit stores worldwide on August 11th, 2010.

Steve Morse is often described as a "musician's musician," acclaimed amongst artists but eschewing the public limelight. The six-time Grammy nominee is renowned as much for his writing as his guitar playing, garnering such accolades from peers as being voted "Best Overall Guitarist" for five consecutive years (Guitar Player magazine).

Morse adeptly fuses a wide range of musical styles, including jazz fusion, bluegrass, southern rock, baroque classical and metal. Whether playing with the Dixie Dregs, the Steve Morse Band, previously with Kansas or currently (going on 15 years) with Deep Purple, Steve continues to leave his mark as a distinctive songwriter and guitarist. - more on this story

We Came As Romans, In Fear and Faith, Confide, Upon A Burning Body, and Abandon All Ships Band of Brothers Tour.

We Came As Romans headline the "Band of Brothers Tour" which will also feature In Fear and Faith, Confide, Upon A Burning Body, and Abandon All Ships.

Dates for the first half of the tour have been announced for the trek, with more on the way soon.

To Plant A Seed, We Came As Romans' debut full-length album, has remained on the Billboard Heatseekers chart for 34 weeks straight since its release on November 3rd, 2009. The band will remain on the road through the end of 2010. - more on this story

Umhprey's Mcgee's Jake Cinninger's Ali Baba's Tahini Release New Album

Ali Baba's Tahini, featuring Umhprey's Mcgee's Jake Cinninger, released a new album this week.

When Jake Cinninger took the stage as a member of Umphrey's McGee for the first time in September 2000, then recently disbanded Ali Baba's Tahini appeared to be a thing of the past. And though the members decided to go their separate ways professionally, the long time friends and musical cohorts never lost touch and never stopped creating music.

On July 13, 2010 Ali Baba's Tahini released their fourth album, Living Room. Follow-up to the spontaneous Rockstars and Lawnmowers (2005), Living Room is a carefully crafted product of Cinninger's and Karl Engelmann's collaborative songwriting. Get comfy, Living Room has room for everyone. - more on this story

Massive Attack, MGMT, and Thievery Corporation for MoogFest 2010

AC Entertainment, who gave us the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival, Big Ear Festival, and Vegoose, has announced MoogFest 2010 which will feature Massive Attack, MGMT, and Thievery Corporation.

MoogFest is a three-day festival celebrating the innovative vision of sonic pioneer, Robert Moog, to be held Halloween weekend, October 29-31, in Asheville, NC.

Confirmed artists Massive Attack, MGMT, and Thievery Corporation will be joined by over 25 additional internationally renowned artists performing in multiple venues throughout downtown Asheville, including the Asheville Civic Center Arena, the Thomas Wolfe Auditorium, and Asheville's renowned world-class club, the Orange Peel. - more on this story

Unknown Component in October

Unknown Component will release a new album, "The Infinite Definitive," on October 12th. Here is some background info we were sent:

Unknown Component is the musical project of Iowa City, Iowa native Keith Lynch. Having begun in 2002, to date the project consists of seven self-released albums, and two unreleased albums, "Unreleased Songs Volume I" and "Volume II" - all of which were written and recorded by Lynch. The most recent album, "The Infinite Definitive", is scheduled for release on October 12, 2010.

Lynch is a self-taught musician who plays every instrument on all of the recordings, including guitar, bass guitar, piano and drums. He performs live as a singer/songwriter playing his own compositions on an acoustic guitar. - more on this story

Chaos and The Primordial for All Shall Perish's Francesco Artusato

All Shall Perish's new guitarist Francesco Artusato has completed work on his new all instrumental solo project, Chaos and The Primordial.

Artusato is proud to launch his new MySpace to promote this solo release, so head over now to www.myspace.com/francescoartusatomusic in order to check out some new audio samples. Explosive technicality combined with musical taste and an energetic sense of phrase is the main emphasis behind the Chaos and The Primordial album, so enjoy.

Artusato checks in with the following report: "I just got back from my first tour with All Shall Perish playing four great shows as direct support for the legendary Danzig. It was such an amazing and mind blowing experience! We will be back on the road starting this weekend for the Summer Slaughter North American tour and will then head out to Europe after that. It's going to be great. - more on this story

Pomegranates Announce New Album and Tour

Pomegranates will release their third full-length album, One of Us, on October 14th through Afternoon Records.

The band co-produced the album with TJ Lipple of Aloha (MGMT, Headlights, Minus Story), who also mixed and mastered. Over The Rhine's Ric Hordinski (David Wilcox, Phil Keaggy) engineered several tracks.

Pomegranates will kick off a U.S. tour with Colour Revolt on September 15th and perform at the 2010 CMJ Music Marathon & Film Festival on October 21st and 22nd. - more on this story

Benjy Davis Project Release Free Sampler

Benjy Davis Project have released a free digital sampler, "Paper Trails" via Amazon.com for a limited time.

The sampler will feature 11 songs from various Benjy David Project albums plus a previously-unreleased track, "Raining In Me."

Benjy Davis Project has toured extensively in the South, including seven performances at New Orleans' annual Jazz Fest, Voodoo Fest, and countless college performances, as well as jaunts with Sister Hazel, Robert Randolph, Buckwheat Zydeco, and many others. 2008 and 2009 saw them heading further afield on a touring circuit that now incorporates the entire country. - more on this story

The Matt Hires EP

Matt Hires has announced the release of his creatively titled new EP, "THE EP." The four-track collection will go on sale at all digital retailers on August 17th.

Produced by Eric Rosse (Tori Amos, Sara Bareilles), "THE EP" is highlighted by a newly recorded version of "Honey, Let Me Sing You A Song." In addition, the EP includes the song's original album version – first found on the Tampa-based tunesmith's acclaimed 2009 debut, "TAKE US TO THE START" – as well as two brand new tracks. "Honey, Let Me Sing You A Song" will hit Hot AC radio outlets nationwide later this year.

Hires is currently on tour with the Benjy Davis Project and will soon join up with Stephen Kellogg & The Sixers for a pair of two-night-stands at Hoboken's legendary Maxwell's and Vienna, Virginia's famed Jammin' Java (see attached itinerary). - more on this story

Tom Waits Meets The Kinks On A Carnival Midway? U.S. Fans Will Find Out in September

Flipron, the British quartet that has been described as "Tom Waits meets The Kinks on a carnival midway," will play their first live dates on this side of the pond when they hit the U.S. in September.

Drawing on diverse musical influences as far-ranging as 1920's Hawaiian Steel guitar rags, laid-back Western Swing, Klezmer stomps and old-time folk ballads, Flipron are known as brilliant wordsmiths and entertaining eccentrics.

Their milieu is classic rock songs that take winding, unexpected turns, as evidenced on the newly-released sampler CD, With Breath Bated And Eyelids Unblinking, which was specially compiled for the U.S. shows with selections from the band's three studio albums. - more on this story

Infernaeon Set New Album Release

Infernaeon have set the release date and title of their sophomore album. The new album, "Genesis To Nemesis," will hit stores on August 31st via Prosthetic Records.

The album was recorded at Erik Rutan's Mana Recording (Goatwhore, Cannibal Corpse, Hate Eternal) Studios in St. Petersburg, Florida with producer Brian Elliott.

Infernaeon's founder and vocalist, Brian Werner commented; "Every bad thing possible was thrown at us and we had to eat some serious s*** on a silver spoon and smile about it afterward to get this done. We actually wrote almost an entire other album that we threw out and started from scratch after we trimmed the fat over a year ago, but it couldn't be a better situation now. Steven and Taylor did a f**king amazing job creating a sonic 'image' which complimented the entire album concept perfectly. The album itself is the entire story of the bible from beginning to end, however, it's told historically accurately instead of the brain dead point of view the bible tries to portray. All in all, recording at Mana was an amazing experience as always; Brian and Erik are killer motherf**kers and always are intense to work with and always put forth 100% every time. Mix all the elements together with some Crowley-esque Thelema thrown in and I'm very proud to say that it turned out better then we could have expected!" - more on this story

Blues Rocker JW-Jones Set For U.S. Release

Blues fans take note: There is a new guitar slinger in town. Here is the announcement: Ruf Records announces an August 10 U.S. release date for the label debut from blues guitarist/singer JW-Jones, Midnight Memphis Sun.

Recorded primarily at the legendary Sun Studio in Memphis, Midnight Memphis Sun features special guest appearances by two iconic blues performers: guitarist Hubert Sumlin and harmonica player Charlie Musselwhite.

Considered Canada's top touring blues artist, Maple Blues award-winner JW-Jones wrote or co-wrote eight of the dozen tracks on the new CD, which also includes exquisite covers of songs from Lowell Fulson ("Love Grows Cold"), Bryan Adams ("Cuts Like a Knife"), Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee ("Burnt Child") and Jimmy Reed ("I Don't Go for That"). His original songs demonstrate a special affinity for the feel of blues, R&B and other roots music forms, while adding topical lyrics that reference everything from the global recession ("Off the Market') to the Bernie Madoff scandal ("Born Operator"). - more on this story

Trans-Siberian Banana For Fat Chicks

Members of Trans-Siberian Orchestra will be backing up C.C. Banana when he tributes fat chicks with a KISS cover. Here is the announcement: Rock & roll comic C.C. Banana, known for his outrageous interviews with rockers and other celebrities, becomes the latest addition to the upcoming tribute album "WHOLE LOTTA LOVE: An All-Star Salute To Fat Chicks."

C.C. performs a faithful rendition of the underground Kiss track "Spit," a song from their 1992 album "Revenge." Originally sung by Gene Simmons (with an assist from Paul Stanley), "Spit" is an unapologetic rock & roll rant about the pleasures of pleasuring a large-sized lady. It is also the second Kiss song covered by C.C. Banana in his brief music career, the first being a parody of "Unholy," rewritten as a roast of Danger Danger frontman Ted Poley and appearing on the 2008 album "KISS MY ANKH: A Tribute To Vinnie Vincent." C.C. has amended the title of the track from "Spit" to "Split," in deference to his unique banana pedigree.

As C.C. Banana explains, "For the follow-up to my contribution to the Vinnie Vincent tribute, for which I recorded a Kiss song from the 'Revenge' album sung by Gene Simmons, I decided to record a Kiss song from the 'Revenge' album sung by Gene Simmons (albeit with a slight change of title, to better reflect my yellow magnificence). What can I say? Split happens!" - more on this story

Hawkwind UK Tour

Hawkwind have announced a major UK tour in December 2010 in support of their new studio album "Blood of the Earth".

The nationwide tour consists of 13 dates and kicks off at the Holmfirth Picturedome on Friday Decemeber 3rd. Support for all dates comes from UK rockers "The Jokers".

In addition to the UK tour, Hawkwind will appear at "HAWKFEST 2010" next month, which returns to Afton Farm on the Isle Of White. Curated by the members of Hawkwind, Hawkfest takes place between August 27th and 29th. Hawkfest originally came about after the breakdown of the free festival movement in the mid to late 1980's. The band felt that major festivals had lost what made them great. Gone was the intimate, carnival atmosphere and the colourful characters, only to be replaced with huge-scale commercialism.
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Revoker Tap Skindred Star for Debut Album

Revoker will soon begin work on their debut album with Skindred's Benji Webbe for an early 2011 release on Roadrunner Records.

For a vote of confidence in the band's bright future, look no further than Monte Conner, Roadrunner's Senior VP A&R. Conner enthuses, "Revoker are one of the most ass-kicking unsigned bands I have heard in a long time and I am beyond proud to welcome them to the Roadrunner family. Believe it or not, in my entire career at Roadrunner, they are the first UK band I have signed."

Although Revoker officially formed in Spring 2006, frontman/guitarist Jamie Mathias and guitarist Chris Green have been playing in bands together since they became teenagers. The band's engaging 19-year old mouthpiece Mathias comments, "Getting signed to Roadrunner is amazing and almost surreal. I've grown up listening to bands like Megadeth, Slipknot and Machine Head. So to be a part of the same label as them is nuts! I think Roadrunner is the perfect home for Revoker!" - more on this story

Join Oceano On Stage

Oceano is giving their fans the chance to get on stage and play with them as part of the Over The Limit tour's Almost Famous contest.

Follow the steps of the contest by July 22nd, 2010 and 3 lucky fans have the chance to win prize packs containing posters, shirts and 2 tickets to their closest Over The Limit tour stop.

1 grand prize winner will be invited up on stage by OCEANO to jam with the band on the song that they covered for the contest. - Here are the steps in full