June 25, 2009 // Toronto, ON – Amy Millan, of Stars fame, is set to release her sophomore full-length, Masters Of The Burial, on September 8 through Arts & Crafts International.  The follow up to her acclaimed 2006 debut, Honey From The Tombs, was recorded earlier this year with renowned producer/sound technician Martin Davis Kinack (Apostle of Hustle/Sarah Harmer/Broken Social Scene) in rural Ontario.  Joined by a group of long-time friends in an intimate setting, the songs on Masters Of T...
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Artist: Regina Spektor

Title: Far

Label: Warner Bro.

Genre: Pop

With her usual quirkiness, Regina Spektor has come a long way since her last album Begin to Hope. You may have heard her anywhere from the Prince Caspian soundtrack to her infectious ditty with Ben Folds on his last album. Using four of the best producers in the business in Jeff Lynne, Mike Elizondo, David Kahne, and Jacknife Lee, Spektor has once again made a classic pop album from the beginning to the end.

Now while som...

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Michael Joseph Jackson (August 29, 1958 – June 25, 2009)^[2] was an American recording artist, entertainer, and businessman. The seventh child of the Jackson Family, he debuted on the professional music scene at the age of 11 as a member of The Jackson 5 and began a solo career in 1971 while still a member of the group. Referred to as the "King of Pop" in subsequent years, five of his solo studio albums are among the world's best-selling records: Off the Wall (1979), Thriller (1982), Bad (19...

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There has probably been no other celebrity so revered and reviled since the seventies as Micheal Jackson who died Thursday in Los Angeles at the age of 50. The "King of Pop" was rushed to UCLA Medical Center by paramedics responding to a call from his home at about 12 p.m today June 25.

Jackson was scheduled next month to begin his 50 sold-out concerts at London's O2 Arena.

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Favorite Gentlemen/Columbia Records are very pleased to announce that Manchester Orchestra have announced a string of tour dates as direct support to Silversun Pickups in August. Cage The Elephant will also be joining the bands in the opening slot. After wrapping up a successful headlining US tour earlier this month, the band is excited to be back on the road in support of their latest album, Mean Everything To Nothing. Manchester Orchestra will kick off the tour on August 3rd at the Ram's He...
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June 25, 2009, San Francisco, CA - Bill Ortiz, a legendary name synonymous to San Francisco's music scene, announces the release of his debut CD, From Where I Stand, July 14, 2009.  Bill's sweet full tone, and clear, distinctive and assertive style has made this San Francisco native one of the most in-demand trumpet players on the Bay Area Music Scene, as well as the entire west coast, for the past 25-years.  From Where I Stand features 13 original compositions that will appeal to all tastes ...
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Now, Now Every Children are excited to be hitting the road in conjunction with the July 9th wide release of their debut LP Cars.  Following a couple of successful June dates in Chicago with The Lemonheads, the Minneapolis band kicks off a string of shows in July and August, hitting cities in the West, Mid-West, South, and North East as they make their way around the country.

Cacie Dalager (Vocals, Guitar) and Brad Hale (Drums) began Now, Now Every Children in Blaine, Minnesota, where following...
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New York, NY – Finnish Indie art-pop collective Rubik announce the release of their US debut Dada Bandits, out September 15^th on Paper Tiger AV/Fullsteam Records.  The four members of Rubik – Artturi Taira, Sampsa Väätäinen, Samuli Pöyhönen, and Jussi Hietala – recorded, produced and mixed the album in an old Ballroom-turned recording studio located in the Finnish countryside town of Porvoo. To capture the warm and vibrant sound which they have become known for emanating at their l...

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With an With an average age of 18, Dayton , OH’s MISS MAY I is poised to be the new face of heavy music. Blending death metal, thrash and melodic hardcore, MMI stands above the crowd of copy cat bands. You may ask what separates them from the rest of the pack? It’s simple…. amazing musicianship, great song writing, amazing CD production and a killer live show.

Racking up an insane amount of MySpace plays from their demo’s alone, MMI is ready to unleash its debut Apologies Are For T...

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Austin's favorite foursome, The Octopus Project, are excited to reveal the track listing and details for their forthcoming Golden Beds Enhanced EP, out July 14th (Peek-A-Boo Records). The Golden Beds EP is the follow-up to 2007's spectacular full-length Hello, Avalanche, which earned high praise from such tastemakers as Rolling Stone, Spin, Wired, Magnet, The Village Voice, Pitchfork and Stereogum.  The band will also be reissuing their first two albums, One Ten Hundred Thousand Million and I...
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Tough economic times might keep some music lovers from catching their favorite band when they're in town, but for fans of Audrye Sessions this may not be the case.  The band is teaming up with Paper Route for the New Deal tour, which kicks off July 6th in Newport, KY and goes through the end of the month.

Fans can submit their tales of financial woe to an email address found on the Audrye Sessions Myspace page.  The band will select the best stories in each city and give away free tickets- as...
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Head over to iTunes or the iPhone app store to download a cool free app that lets you scratch along to an old school record player that plays Taking Back Sunday’s latest single “Sink Into Me”.

Click on the link below to download the app on iTunes or go directly to the iPhone app store and enter “Taking Back Sunday” in the search field.

Link: http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=318736702&mt=8

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Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros announce North American tour dates in support of their debut album Up From Below, to be released by Community Music and Fairfax Recordings on July 14. The first date is in the band's hometown of Los Angeles on July 23 and dates announced go through the Treasure Island Music Festival in San Francisco on October 18.

Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros recently played live in the studio at KCRW for its show Morning Become Eclectic and has been featured twice in t...
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Three-piece pop-rock band MIGGS is set to perform their latest single, “Perfect,” on “Good Morning America” on Tuesday, July 7^th.  “‘Good Morning America’ prides itself on being on the cutting edge of bringing new artists to our viewers around the country,” says ABC publicist Bridgette Maney.  “We are looking forward to having Miggs join us at GMA."

“Getting the call to perform on GMA is the equivalent of winning a Grammy for an indie band like MIGGS,” says lead singer...

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Modest Mouse will once again tour, but without the help of Johnny Marr. Shame for the fans.

August
17 - Halifax, Nova Scotia @ Forum Multipurpose Room
19 - Montreal, Quebec @ Metropolis
20 - Kingston, Ontario @ Ale House
21 - Toronto, Ontario @ Sound Academy
24 - Columbus, Ohio @ Lifestyle Pavilion
25 - Chicago, Ill. @ Aragon Ballroom
28 - San Diego, Calif. @ Street Scene
30 - San Francisco, Calif. @ Outside Lands

September
1 - Salt Lake City, Utah @ In the Venue
2 - Denver, Colo. @ Fillmore Auditorium
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The Idle Hands are proud to announce the release of their debut full-length album The Hearts We Broke On The Way To The Show, due out September 8th on Pretty Kids Collective records.

The Minneapolis band made up of Irish ex-pats and Midwest natives have written an impressive record filled with songs about lust and longing, sordid affairs, brutal regrets, and the after parties that fuel them. Without even so much as trying their engaging first single "Loaded" managed to find itself on local rad...
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At 19, Witzigreuter, a recent high school graduate, is a jack of all trades; drummer, singer and keyboardist ready to lay his claim in the music world. Using the moniker The Ready Set, young Witzigreuter writes and records all his own music.

Picking up his first drum sticks while in the fifth grade, by the time Witzigreuter was 14 he was a member of multiple bands, but it didn't take long before he realized that what he really desired was a sound all his own. Age 16 marked a new beginning f...

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New York, NY—In a down economy, WEAR YOUR MUSIC is offering fans of everyone from Avril Lavigne to Ziggy Marley a chance to take home a piece of rock and roll history, while supporting charities such as Unicef, Rock the Vote and the Make-a-Wish Foundation.

 

The New York-based group creates 100% eco-friendly jewelry that rocks—literally, turning used guitar strings from artists spanning the musical spectrum into stylish bracelets, which are sold with a certificate of authenticity.  “T...

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Quick heads-up that Ingrid Michaelson posted a preview of her new track "Maybe" on her myspace.  Nothing official, just a sneak peek!  "Maybe" will be the first single for her upcoming album "Everybody". Check it out on Ingrid's profile.

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Shangri-La Music recording group One eskimO has announced the upcoming release of its much-admired self-titled debut.  The collection arrives on September 22.
The London-based band was hand picked by Tori Amos to open for her on this upcoming North American tour.  The dates kick off on July 10th at Seattle's WaMu Theater, and then continue through mid-August (see attached itinerary.)

The brainchild of singer/songwriter Kristian Leontiou, One eskimO arrives with an impressive breadth of imaginat...
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Artist: Jean-Paul & Things to Hear

Title: Leisure With Dignity

Label: Drip Kitty Music

Genre: Rock/Pop

There are sounds here that emanate from the classic cannon of rock with a touch of pop intermingled in the grand cache that is Leisure With Dignity. While this album may not be the hottest new item off the block, there is something here to listen to that you will not find every day-honesty and earnest in the things that all musicians are having fun while playing the songs they love....

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Artist: Gonzales

Title: Check Mate

Label: Chorus of One Records

Genre: Punk/Rock

With the propensity of a classic punk band, Gonzales comes storming into America from it’s native land of Italy with a every bit of gruff vocals and tepid guitars. With its second album since their forming in 2004, the band is doing their best to conquer the world with a tone reminiscent of maybe Motorhead, or maybe just Motorhead with an Italian accent.

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It should come as no surprise that one of rock's most democratic bands would come up with a most democratic album. For Release (Aug. 18, Rock Ridge Music), their seventh disc of original material, Sister Hazel (vocalist/guitarist Ken Block, guitarist/vocalist Drew Copeland, lead guitarist Ryan Newell, bassist Jett Beres and drummer Mark Trojanowski) decided to have each band member contribute a couple of his own songs for which he would then guide his vision through the recording pr...

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On Monday, June 15, MySpace debuted All Time Low's new single "Damned If I Do Ya (Damned If I Don't)." It was made available for purchase on iTunes starting Tuesday, June 16.   All Time Low will perform a string of dates on the Main Stage of this summer's Vans Warped Tour. Having just recently finished a tour with Fall Out Boy, the Maryland foursome will be jumping on Warped Tour in Oceanport, NJ, and staying on it until the end in Los Angeles, CA. Pri...

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ATO Records is pleased to announce that Ben Kweller will perform a song off of his latest release, the country leaning Changing Horses, on The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson on June 19th.  Kweller is also in LA to perform at the El Rey Theatre. He and his band are in the middle of a June tour that started in Denver, CO, and finishes in his new hometown of Austin, TX.

Changing Horses conjures imagery of lazy days and raucous nights. "His dusted-off roots more than shine through now," procla...
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The U.S. release of Biagio Antonacci's Il Cielo Ha Una Porta Sola ("HEAVEN HAS ONLY ONE DOOR") by the SIN (SonyMusic Independent Network) imprint introduces American audiences to one of the brightest stars of the Italian European music scene. Featuring stunning re-interpretations of his biggest hits, as well as brand new material, Il Cielo is the perfect primer on Biagio's powerful appeal as both vocalist and a songwriter and already 4x Platinum at home. It is his first work to be released in...
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Verve Forecast is proud to announce that platinum selling, multi-Grammy winning Swedish artist Anna Ternheim will be releasing her second American record on August 11th. Entitled Leaving on a mayday, the record was produced by Björn Yttling, of Peter, Bjorn and John fame. (Yttling has also produced records by Lykke Li, Primal Scream, Shout Out Louds, Sahara Hotnights and others in recent years.) In anticipation of her new album, Leaving on a mayday, Ternheim teamed up with iTunes to release ...
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New York , NY – Barenaked Ladies’ Kevin Hearn and Thin Buckle announce the release of new album - Havana Winter - out this Summer on Hearn’s own label Celery Music with distribution by ADA .  Havana Winter was recorded in Hearn’s hometown of Toronto with longtime creative collaborator and co-producer Michael Phillip Wojewoda (Hearn shares co-production credits).  Featuring guest appearances by friends both old and new, including musical luminaries Lou Reed and Laurie Anderson, the alb...

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WHITE is the self-titled debut albumfrom one of the most talked about bands to emerge from the Beijing underground in recent years. Produced by Blixa Bargeld at Einstürzende Neubauten studios in Berlin, White is the starting point for a more widespread recognition of new music from China, and sets the benchmark for all others who follow. White is being released on Bargeld's OpenNote label this Summer, distributed in the U.S. by Ryko.

  Together, Shenggy (KORG MS-20, drums, percussion, samp...

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Superfly Presents and A.C. Entertainment are proud to announce that the 2009 Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival has completed another fantastic weekend that was just shy of a sellout. With Bonnaroo as the traditional rite of passage to the rest of their summer, nearly 80,000 fans experienced an incident-free weekend with over 140 bands performing more than 200 shows, 21 comedians, exclusive film premieres and so much more. Media from TV to print to blog were on hand to report on what has become...
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Superfly Presents and Another Planet Entertainment are excited to announce that single-day tickets for the Outside Lands Music & Arts Festival will go on sale at 10am PST on Sunday June 21, 2009. Tickets can be purchased at www.SFOutsidelands.com.

This dynamic, groundbreaking three-day festival will once again take place in San Francisco's historic Golden Gate Park on August 28-30th 2009.  Pearl Jam, Dave Matthews Band and Beastie Boys are set to headline the event.

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The U.S. release of Biagio Antonacci's Il Cielo Ha Una Porta Sola ("Heaven Has Only One Door") introduces American audiences to one of the brightest stars of the Italian European music scene.  Featuring stunning re-interpretations of his biggest hits, as well as brand new material, Il Cielo is the perfect primer on Biagio's powerful appeal as both a vocalist and a songwriter. It is his first work to be released in the U.S. in a long and stellar career.

 In Italy, where his 20-year career in...

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Andy Bull – ‘Young Man’

Sydney based musician Andy Bull started his musical life as a young child playing the keyboards that his father had collected throughout his travels. It didn’t take long for his obvious musical talents to shine through, eclipse his fathers own abilities and set the path for Andy Bull’s rise into the world of soulful melodies and thoughtful lyrics.

He has become known for more than the singer/songwriter label that he carries but as a power house of harmon...

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Nashville, TN— Nationwide Insurance will share behind-the-scenes photos from the 2009 CMT Music Awards with fans through Twitter. Fans should visit nationwide.com/cmtawards to sign up to follow the action live on Twitter. Photos will be posted live starting the morning of the show, Tuesday, June 16, through post-event celebrations. Additional photos will be posted on Nationwide’s Facebook and Flickr pages following the event.

When:     Nationwide’s live behind–the-scenes coverage will...
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All Time Low will perform a string of dates on the Main Stage of this summer’s Vans Warped Tour. Having just recently finished a tour with Fall Out Boy, the Maryland foursome will be jumping on Warped Tour in Oceanport , NJ , and staying on it until the end in Los Angeles , CA. Prior to these dates, they will do a short headlining tour with We The Kings and Cartel, hitting several cities on the East Coast.

All Time Low’s highly anticipated sophomore full length release Nothing Personal (...

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Artist: Holy Modal Rounders

Title: Indian Way Whoop (Re-Released 2008)

Label: ESP Disk

Genre: Folk/Psychedelic

In the 1960’s psychedelia was a way of life for a huge part of the current generation. The era has its most well known figures that have risen to the top as icons, but trying to figure out what was happening by looking and listening to Joan Baez and Dennis Hopper is a bit hard to do. It seems most people from the decade of love have forgotten many things. Maybe it was cert...

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“…steady synth untz and 4/4 low end push the Followills' arena ambitions into more relatable, and enjoyable, territory.”

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“This flip of the most U2-biting track on Kings Of Leon's recent album Only By The Night came across our desks and easily warmed its way into our ears, likely because the best thing about the original was the arching vocal, which goes completely untouched here. The remai...

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Kingston, Pennsylvania punk rock four piece, Title Fight, kicks off a U.S. Summer Tour today in support of its upcoming record, The Last Thing You Forget.

The band's newest offering - which will be available in both 7-inch and CD format - is being released by Run For Cover Records on June 23, 2009. However, Title Fight will have copies while on tour.

Both the 7-inch and CD feature three brand new songs recorded by producer Jay Maas (Transit, Verse, Shipwreck, Cruel Hand). Additionally, t...

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Rhode Island-based trio The Low Anthem have mapped out their summer touring schedule in support of their Nonesuch Records debut, Oh My God, Charlie Darwin, out this week! The band's celebrated independent release now has an updated track sequence and packaging for its Nonesuch release, and has been remastered by Gateway's Bob Ludwig.

With three performances in three days at the Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival this week and a headlining gig at New York City's Bowery Ballroom on Monday, June 15 ...
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Philly's very own super-charged pop-punk juggernaut, The Wonder Years, hits the road today for two weeks worth of shows throughout the East Coast and Southeast, otherwise known as the Spring Break '97 Tour. Joining the band will be I Call Fives.

The Wonder Years is touring in support of their latest release from No Sleep Records, a 7-inch split with Birmingham, England's All Or Nothing titled Distances.

Truly a transatlantic effort, Distances was born from the friendship forged and exper...

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Swedish italo-disco artist Sally Shapiro and Paper Bag Records are excited to announce the release and track listing for Sally's anticipated follow-up to Disco Romance, titled My Guilty Pleasure, coming out on August 25, 2009. The album is described by Sally and producer Johan Agebjörn as "a bit more poppy and varied" than the debut, taking influences from genres like trance, cosmic disco, acid, ambient and jazz while still having 80's disco as its base, and definitely keeping the romantic f...
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       There's nothing more juicy than a good old FATTOOTH! as the Montreal punk/metal thrashers will be grinding down the 401 enroute to Toronto to be blowing up their North American Tour at this year's NXNE Music Festival on Saturday, June 20th at The Hideout, 482 Queen Street West.

"I hope the Toronto riot squad is ready for some testorone fueld rock n' roll! It's a  punch in the face!" says Fattooth bassist PowPow.

       FATTOOTH recently released their debut self titled EP produced...

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Bonnaroo is very excited to announce the second installment of BONNAROO 365, which will feature streamed footage from Phish's The Clifford Ball DVD box set.  Bonnaroo 365 is a program by which fans can enjoy the festival experience year round.  The program debuted with the The Raconteurs complete live performance from Bonnaroo 2008.

The second installment will have a full set from Phish's The Clifford Ball DVD box set.  Classic footage of the second set of night two from the now legendary "fa...
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Los Angeles' The Airborne Toxic Event announces a world tour today starting June 28 at Summerfest in Milwaukee, WI. The band will bring the music from their eponymous debut throughout the world, playing in 11 countries and on 4 continents.  The album, which features the Top 5 single "Sometime Around Midnight," was released August of 2008 on an indie label, and after a slow yet steady ascension has topped Billboard's Heatseekers chart the last two weeks, bringing the total number of times the ...
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Artist: Shawn Lee

Title: Soul in the Hole

Label: Ubiquity

Genre: Soul/Pop

Shawn Lee has easily been one of the busiest artist throughout the last two years. He has released three full length albums and is very busy getting noticed from one of television’s most popular shows Desperate Housewives to adding his musical talent to the cannon of movies on Bully. Now he brings us another dose of soul straight from the 1960s with Soul in the Hole.

To say this album is retro would be a gra...

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In recent weeks Petra Haden's stunning a capella reworking of the Bellamy's Summery classic "Let Your Love Flow" has been omnipresent on the small screen courtesy of an extensive televions advertising campaign for Toyota's Prius. Now they're offering the full length version of the track for free download

http://www.myspace.com/toyotamusic#&lid=tuesdayDownloadAnchor

Petra Haden currently lives in Los Angeles where she is working on her next solo a-cappella record recorded by Justin Burnett...

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(Beverly Hills, CA) - Concord Jazz has announced the release of Vagabond, the new album from up-and-coming vocalist-songwriter-pianist Spencer Day.  Vagabond marks Day's first release on Concord Jazz and cements his reputation as a balladeer for the new century.  The 14-track album will be available on September 8th.

Spencer Day is an artistic vagabond, a modern-day musical nomad. Born in Utah, raised in rural Arizona and currently living in Los Angeles, Day has called many places home. He has...
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Minneapolis' Sick Of Sarah (www.myspace.com/sickofsarah) will be releasing The Best Thing, a four-song, digital-only EP via Adamant Records today. The five-piece, all-female band were joined by the Bangles' Susanna Hoffs at their show last Friday at the Roxy in Los Angeles for a rousing edition of the Bangles' "In Your Room" which has been a staple in the Sick Of Sarah repertoire for quite some time.

The Best Thing features three songs lead singer Abisha Uhl recently wrote and recorded while i...
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The most historic event in UFC just got bigger with the announcement that rap-metal pioneers Limp Bizkit are bringing the only performance in the US of their "Unicorns N' Rainbows" tour  to perform in their first North American concert in eight years as a part of the UFC 100 weekend. The multi-platinum-selling group has picked the perfect time to return to North American stages, and you can be sure that once their hits “Break Stuff”, “Rollin’” and “My Way” start blasting through...

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Born out of a deep running comradery built on countless tours and ties between a host of excellent musicians comes THE BIG SURPRISE TOUR, a traveling show of epic collaboration and good times. Kicking off in Hampton Beach, NH on August 4th, THE BIG SURPRISE TOUR is not your standard up down up down line up.  Shows will be composed of two 90-minute sets broken up by an intermission.  In a free form ramshackle flow the bands and artists will share the stage, taking part in each other's songs, r...
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June 8, 2009 - MySpace Music, the world's premier online music portal, hosted a performance for  "The List" with Grammy Award-winning punk band Green Day on Tuesday, May 19 at Webster Hall in New York City. MySpace fans who were notified via the social-networking community days before the actual event were instructed on how they could obtain entry. Throughout the evening, the band performed new songs from their highly-anticipated new album "21st Century Breakdown," a selection of which can be...
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New York, NY – Wild Light’s highly successful 2009 keeps going strong this summer as the band announces that they have been tapped to play select dates with Jakob Dylan’s band The Wallflowers this July and August in addition to their coast to coast 13-date tour with Brooklyn based outfit stellastarr*.  The announcement comes on the heels of a highly successful tour as main support for Doves, which found the band performing at many large and packed-to-capacity venues including The Wilter...

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You can now download all four of How I Became The Bomb's free EPs they have released this year. Later these EPs will be combined into their first yearly album they plan on producing each year. You can download each EP by clicking on the album or by going to www.HowIBecameTheBomb.com for more information.







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Sacramento, CA’s Dance Gavin Dance is the SmartPunk.com “Smartpick Of the Month” and the site is streaming their entire new album Happiness at http://smartpunk.com/smartpick. Happiness will be released on June 9th.

 

With combined sales of over 50,000+ units in the US, over 16,000,000 total plays on MySpace and a successful headlining tour behind them, Dance Gavin Dance’s 4th album for Rise Records is a progression and it clearly shows. They are able to play with just about any band...

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The Pretenders announced today a headlining tour through North American starting August 4 at the Casino Rama in Rama, Ontario. Cat Power and Juliette Lewis will support on certain dates of the tour.

The Pretenders touring line up of Chrissie Hynde, Martin Chambers, James Walbourne, Eric Heywood, and Nick Wilkinson, will make their second run through North America in support of their ninth album, the critically lauded Break Up The Concrete (Shangri-La Music). The album, which Rolling Stone said...
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The UK's Hatcham Social announces their first two US tours today. Starting June 18, the band will be playing a short run of shows in New York and Boston with bands The Pains of Being Pure At Heart, The Maccabees and Other Lives. The band comes back in early September for a longer tour opening up for the legendary Charlatans.
 
Hatcham Social will be on tour supporting their debut album You Dig The Tunnel, I'll Hide The Soil which will be coming out on June 16 digitally and physically on July 7 ...
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PLAYBACK introduces a new approach to sustainable clothing design.  The Brooklyn-based company offers t-shirts and sweatshirts made from its own patent-pending Eco-Logic fabric, created by recycling cotton scraps and plastic bottles. PLAYBACK is on a mission to dissolve the uncomfortable, expensive, cardboard look of past sustainable clothing, and replace it with a hip new model that combines quality, style and color.  The company is revolutionizing the look, feel and standards of eco-apparel...
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Artist: Dave Matthews Band

Title: Big Whisky and the GrooGrux King

Label: RCA

Genre: Rock/Pop

With new production by Cavallo of Green Day and My Chemical Romance fame, the Dave Matthews band seeks out a new rock heavy image while trying not to part with the festival playing ways. Old fans fear not, just welcome your new rock brethren with open arms.

www.davematthewsband.com

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If you think you recognise the track that's probably because you may have heard an unmastered sample in a chase scene on Underbelly a few weeks ago. Aside from that, this recording is nowhere else to be found until it comes out on the band's self-released debut seven inch vinyl EP, and on iTunes, from June 1st.

It's been a little while between drinks for The Philly Jays. Thhie first two tracks 'Going To...

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June 2, 2009 // Toronto, ON – Having just returned from a five month stay in the USA that saw them tour North and South America and record a new album, Los Campesinos! - writing on their blog - have revealed the departure of a Campesinos! as well as details of their biggest tour yet of the USA in August.

Taken from the blog on www.loscampesinos.comthe band said, "This is a difficult announcement to have to write, and one we'd have hoped we'd never need to, but it is wi...

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The Bigger Lights are now streaming their ENTIRE EP on MySpace in anticipation of the MySpace Music Presents Let’s Make A Mess Tour with Hey Monday, This Providence, The Friday Night Boys and Stereo Skyline, which kicks off June 10^th in Phoenix , AZ.

Head over to http://www.myspace.com/thebiggerlights to listen to Fiction Fever (Doghouse Records.) If you plan to hit this tour, be sure to get there early to sing along with The Bigger Lights. The tour dates are listed below.

See our review o...

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Artist: Southeast Engine

Title: From the Forest to the Sea

Label: Misra Records

Genre: Rock/Pop

Recorded in a small an abandoned schoolhouse in Ohio, From the Forest to the Sea is full of every noise and sound you would expect from such an abnormal studio. These little aberrations detract in no way from this finelly crafted piece of artwork that is reminiscent of everyone from the modern Wilco to a “singin’” on the back porch during an old man’s “Bible revival rememberin’...

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Artist: Anderson

Title: It Runs In The Family

Label: U & L Records

Genre: Electronica/Pop

Consisting of two members, Anderson puts together a “family” for their second album aptly named It Runs In The Family. After receiving critical acclaim for their debut We Radio Anderson from their native Netherlands all the way to the dance floor of Japan, Bas van Nienes and Jeroen Van der Werken decided to craft ten songs from far flung relatives into a story that may be a bit strange at ti...

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(((folkYEAH!))) Presents
"The 1st Annual Mother Hips Family Hipnic" @ The Henry Miller Library in Big Sur, CA
July 3rd & 4th 2009
 
(((folkYEAH!))) & The Mother Hips will be hosting the 1st Annual Mother Hips Family Hipnic over 4th of July weekend in Big Sur, CA. The event will take place at the historic Henry Miller Library over two days - July 3rd and 4th, 2009. The other artists set to peform include Little Wings, Moondoggies, Everest, Citay, Emily Jane White, Chuck Prophet, Parsons Redheads, ...
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