North Side Kings and Bad Luck Charms get set to release new albums
August 27, 2008
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I SCREAM RECORDS TO RELEASE
THE BAD LUCK CHARMS
TO STREET ON SEPTEMBER 23
I Scream Records is gearing up for the US release of the Bad Luck Charms self titled CD to street on September 23.
Created in the basements and attics of the city streets The Bad Luck Charms are straight from Brooklyn New York and are fueled by the syringe sound of The Heartbreakers, tongue in cheek of Hanoi and The Stones and all the snot of the Dead Boys!!!
This cast is made up of punk legend Kerry Martinez, on vox and guitar of US Bombs fame. Brian Knott on guitar has ripped his way through the New York City circuit playing some short stints with The Nuns, Molotov Cocktail and The Stiff Mickys. Max A. Million is a new addition to the band on bass and is quickly carving his name in the rock of the music world. Last but not least, Brenden “the deal” Van Meir on drums formerly with the late Nick Hawkins of (B.A.D.) completes the Bad Luck Charms quartet!!
There’s gonna be a whole lot of shakin,goin on!!! So, lock up your booze, your daughters, your mothers, your sisters and your medicine cabinets, and get ready for The Bad Luck Charms and some sweaty, sleazy, dirty rock ‘n’ roll.
(www.myspace.com/thebadluckcharms)
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PO Box 956
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Eagle Releases Tori Amos ‘Live At Montreux 1991/1992′ - On CD and DVD September 30
August 27, 2008
EAGLE TO RELEASE TORI AMOS LIVE AT MONTREUX 1991/1992
~September 30~
Acclaimed Singer/Songwriter Gets Duel CD/DVD Release
New York, NY (August 26, 2008)—Tori Amos splashed on the scene in the early ‘90s brimming with newfound creativity, intelligence, sensitivity and an exacting literary bearing. Fawned over by critics and the public alike, that first spotlight was a heady time in the young singer/songwriter’s career. On September 30, 2008, Eagle Rock Entertainment, through its wholly-owned Eagle Eye Media subsidiary, will release Tori Amos Live At Montreux 1991/1992 on both CD (16 songs) and DVD (90 minutes, 19 songs) simultaneously sold separately [pre-book date September 10, DVD Retail Sales Price $14.98, CD Retail Sales price $13.98]. It is a rare glimpse into that initial breathy rush of a great artist’s ascendency.
The ’91 gig came only months before her Little Earthquakes debut had catapulted her into an instant icon, the ’92 appearance shortly thereafter. The progression in both performance and audience receptivity is appreciable. Material includes most of the stellar debut but also tracks from her indie EPs and some curious covers (Led Zeppelin’s “Whole Lotta Love” and “Thank You” as well as Nirvana’s “Smells Like Teen Spirit”).
Tori was born Myra Ellen Amos in 1963. Her stark confessional style owes a hint of a debt to Joni Mitchell. Tori, though, updated Joni’s obliquely personal oeuvre by digging down deep into such dramatic lyrical topics as sexuality, religion and personal tragedy. It touched a universal chord and a star was born.
1991 DVD TRACK LISTING
1) Silent All These Years
2) Precious Things
3) China
4) Crucify
5) Leather
6) Song For Eric
7) Upside Down
Happy Phantom
9) Winter
10) Thank You
1992 DVD TRACK LISTING
11) Little Earthquakes
12) Crucify
13) Silent All These Years
14) Precious Things
15) Happy Phantom
16) Whole Lotta Love/Thank You
17) Me And A Gun
18) Winter
19) Smells Like Teen Spirit
CD TRACK LISTING
1991 show:
1) Silent All These Years
2) Precious Things
3) China
4) Crucify
5) Leather
6) Song For Eric
7) Upside Down
8) Happy Phantom
9) Winter
10) Thank You
1992 show:
11) Little Earthquakes
12) Precious Things
13) Whole Lotta Love/Thank You
14) Me And A Gun
15) Winter
16) Smells Like Teen Spirit
Metallica new single from Death Magenetica is available today
August 26, 2008
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Metallica just released the second single off their upcoming album, Death Magnetic today. Entitled “My Apocalypse,” the track is now available for download on iTunes. Metallica fans should also check out iTunes where you can also purchase the riveting track “The Day That Never Comes” which premiered last week.
Additionally, the band have recently unveiled a new widget that the band will frequently updated with news, a trailer for their MissionMetallica.com fan site, and other Death Magnetic related material. The widget can be embedded onto most social networking sites and blog applications.
Death Magnetic will be available everywhere on September 12th.
iTunes link: http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=288891078&s=143441
Widget link: http://www.clearspring.com/widgets/48adab7d81ce34d9?pid=48adab7d700cdbbb
Manly Chris Martin of COldplay reveals during interview making argyle sweaters adds success to band
August 26, 2008
Coldplay’s thrifty habit has us in stitches…
We couldn’t help cracking up when we heard Coldplay secret to their success - sewing.
They’ve sold 34.6 million albums and top the rock rich list, but the thrifty lot don’t care about their image or waste their wonga on designer threads.
Instead, the millionaire rock stars like nothing better than getting behind their sewing machines for a good stitch and bitch.
And Chris Martin reckons it’s what keeps the group so tight-knit.
“Making clothes together in our studio makes us feel complete. We probably sound like a group of grannies in a knitting circle but it’s the truth and it gives us some control over our visual identity.”
It’s certainly an interesting thread to their success. For while other rock ‘n’ roll bands devour the mini-bar or trash the room while staying in hotels on tour, the clean-living musos seek out the needle and cotton. “We see if they have a sewing kit in the amenities draw in case we feel inspired,” says Chris.
“When you are a big band and everyone is taking shots at you, the more things you can do together the better.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/celebs/latest/2008/08/25/coldplay-s-chris-martin-reveals-sewing-is-key-to-their-success-115875-20711336/
Joshua Bell - Vivaldi’s: The Four Seasons - Available September 2, 2008
August 26, 2008
JOSHUA BELL PLAYS THE FOUR SEASONS
THE GRAMMY AWARD-WINNING VIOLINIST’S
FIRST RECORDING OF VIVALDI’S CLASSIC
With the distinguished musicians of the
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
Also includes Bell’s interpretation of Tartini’s The Devil’s Trill
Sony BMG Masterworks Recording
Titled Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons (88697110132)
Available September 2, 2008
Grammy Award-winning violinist Joshua Bell, who has enchanted audiences for two decades with his breathtaking playing and tone of rare opulence, has recorded Antonio Vivaldi’s concertos The Four Seasons. Widely considered as one of the premiere violinists of his generation, Bell is joined on this studio release by the celebrated musicians of the Academy of St.Martin in the Fields, who toured the work with him prior to the recording sessions.
This recording of The Four Seasons is coupled with another masterpiece of Baroque virtuosity, Giuseppe Tartini’s The Devil’s Trill. The liner notes by Linda Kobler explain the curious genesis of Tartini’s piece and the indisputable place of Vivaldi’s concertos in the history of sonata composition.
Known for his breadth and daring in choice of repertoire and collaborators, Bell is no less innovative in the way he reinvigorates Vivaldi’s perennial favorite. Bell explains his take on Vivaldi’s classic: “You will never hear two versions of The Four Seasons that are alike, which is why I think there is always room for another view of the piece. My version is very personal.” Bell mixes together the influences of the grand Romantic tradition, in which he was schooled by teacher and mentor Josef Gingold, and his experiences with prominent early music practitioners such as conductor Roger Norrington. The results are true to Bell’s buoyant and emotionally attuned musical personality. Bell comments: “One could go overboard and make everything too pretty, and it’s nice to have the gutsier side of Baroque music. The [players] I admire in Baroque music really dig into it, and the violinists play with great abandon. I think with The Four Seasons you can’t be too deferential.”
Bell’s interpretation on this recording is enriched by his seasoned partnership with the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields. The quality of their chamber-music playing — intimate, expressive, unified — made the decision to play without a conductor a natural, stylistically appropriate choice, as Bell explains:
“Certainly in the Baroque time it would have been unheard of to have a middle man conducting while the violinist was playing the music. When you don’t have a conductor you also have a different feeling with the orchestra because they feel much more empowered. This particular recording we did at the culmination of a big tour where we played The Four Seasons night after night, and from night to night we changed things, experimented with things and everyone had suggestions. It was very much a team feeling.”
As an exclusive Sony Classical artist, Joshua Bell has released a series of albums to critical and popular acclaim, including The Red Violin Concerto, Voice of the Violin, West Side Story Suite, Nicholas Maw’s Concerto for Violin, and Romance of the Violin, which remained on the Billboard charts for two years and was named Billboard’s 2004 “Classical Album of the Year.” Recent honors include the prestigious Avery Fisher Prize and his appointment to the Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music faculty as a senior lecturer.
RCA RED SEAL, Sony Classical, deutsche harmonia mundi, Masterworks Broadway and Masterworks Jazz are labels of SONY BMG Masterworks. For email updates and information regarding RCA Red Seal, Sony Classical, deutsche harmonia mundi, Masterworks Broadway and Masterworks Jazz artists, promotions, tours and repertoire, please visit www.sonybmgmasterworks.com.
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P!nk Titles New Album Funhouse In Stores October 28th.
August 25, 2008
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: AUGUST 21st, 2008
P!nk Titles New Album Funhouse In Stores October 28th.
This week P!nk’s current single “So What” is the #1 Most Added song at Pop and Adult Contemporary radio formats in the U.S. Last week “So What” was the Most Added single at Canadian radio and is currently the #1 single at iTunes Canada!
New York, NY – LaFace/Zomba artist P!nk is rapidly climbing up the radio charts with her catchy and rebellious new song “So What” from her forthcoming album Funhouse. The album is confirmed for commercial release on October 28th.
This week “So What” makes a big splash at radio: it is the #1 Most added song at two radio formats in the U.S. (Pop and Adult Contemporary), and the Most Added single at Canadian radio. In addition to the enthusiastic response at radio, “So What” gets a stamp of approval on Entertainment Weekly’s “10 Things We Love This Week” list: “The singer’s her old self again with this taunting, raspy rebel yell of an anthem that boasts a mean hook.”
In Canada, P!nk is set to premiere her colourfully bold “So What” video (directed by David Meyers) on Yahoo! Music Canada on Friday, August 22 at 9:00 p.m. EST, and the portal will exclusively stream the video for 24 hours. “So What” was co-written by P!nk and produced by Max Martin, who worked with her on ‘Who Knew” and ”U + Ur Hand.”
Since her debut in 2000, P!nk (Alecia Moore) has been widely hailed as a fearlessly talented singer/songwriter, and the Pennsylvania native’s genre-defying creative risk-taking has propelled her to global stardom. To date, the chanteuse has sold 22 million albums cumulatively worldwide. Her previous albums include: her four million-unit selling debut, Can’t Take Me Home (2000); her sophomore follow-up, M!ssundaztood (2001) which sold 11 million worldwide; and the 2.7 million worldwide seller Try This (2003). Her most recent effort, I’m Not Dead (2006) sold over 5 million units globally and spawned two No. 1 hits, “Who Knew” and “U + Ur Hand” along with critic/fan favorites, “Stupid Girls” and “Dear Mr. President.”
New Dido Album Confirmed
August 22, 2008
DIDO “LOOK NO FURTHER”
Free album track download available from midday GMT today on www.didomusic.com
taken from Dido’s new album
“Safe Trip Home”
PRESS RELEASE
Friday 22nd August
New Dido Album Confirmed
The new album from Dido, Safe Trip Home will be released November 4th, 2008.
Recorded in Los Angeles and London, Safe Trip Home is co-produced by: Jon Brion (Fiona Apple, Kayne West, Rufus Wainwright, The Eels) Ark, the new production company of Rollo Armstrong (Faithless) and Dido. The record also features a song co-written with Brian Eno.
To coincide with this announcement a track from the album will be available for free download. From midday, Friday 22nd August (GMT), Look No Further will be available from www.didomusic.com. A single, Don’t Believe in Love, will also be released in both physical and digital formats ahead of the album.
Safe Trip Home is Dido’s third studio record, following her globally chart topping albums No Angel and Life for Rent.
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· “No Angel” is the UK’s Biggest selling debut album by a British female artist
· “Life For Rent” was number one in 26 countrties
· In the UK it was in the Top 2 for 10 weeks.
· It is estimated that one in 6 homes in the UK own a Dido CD
· “White Flag” was the most played record on UK Radio on release.
· Globally Dido is one of the biggest selling artists of the 21st Century
· Over 22 million albums sold from 2 releases.
• She has won 4 Brits
• Dido won the Ivor Novello award for the Songwriter of the
Year (2003) with ‘White Flag’
· Dido has racked up nearly 10 million Digital Track sales – even though her albums were released when Downloads were in their infancy
· Her real name is Dido Florian Cloud de Bounevialle O’Malley Armstrong
Introducing Gillian Welch’s first signing to her label - The Whispertown 2000
August 22, 2008
TIMMY CURRAN’S “BLUE EYES” VIDEO ADDED TO VH1; PRO SURFER/MUSICIAN ON TAP TO HOST PART OF FUEL TV’S UPCOMING HURLEY WEEK COVERAGE AND TO PROVIDE ONLINE COMMENTARY FOR BOOST MOBILE PRO SURF COMPETITION; WEST COAST TOUR TO RUN OCTOBER 8-16
August 22, 2008
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> TIMMY CURRAN?S ?BLUE EYES? VIDEO ADDED TO VH1
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> PRO SURFER/MUSICIAN ON TAP TO HOST PART OF FUEL TV’S UPCOMING
> HURLEY WEEK COVERAGE AND TO PROVIDE ONLINE COMMENTARY FOR BOOST
> MOBILE PRO SURF COMPETITION
>
> WEST COAST TOUR TO RUN OCTOBER 8-16
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> WORD OF MOUTH IN STORES NOW
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> August 21, 2008?Singer/surfer Timmy Curran latest music video
> ?Blue Eyes? has just been added to rotation at VH1 and he can?t be
> any more thrilled about it.
>
> ?I cannot believe the opportunities that I have had in the last
> three years with my music,? Curran explains. ?I am so thankful! I
> never would have dreamed that I would even be playing music in
> front of people, and now finding out that VH1 is going to play
> ?Blue Eyes,? it is something that I honestly never would of imagined!?
>
> Check out the hilarious Josh Landan directed clip here:
> http://www.vh1.com/video/play.jhtml?id=1591667&vid=265691
>
> Having just completed a brief run of dates with Jon Foreman of
> Switchfoot, Curran is currently in Bali where he is working on a
> new surf movie which will serve as the companion piece to an
> article he is penning for Waves Magazine. Curran?s filming dates
> run from August 14-30.
> Earlier this month, Curran taped segments for Fuel TV’s upcoming
> “Hurley Week” coverage. He will act as host for one day. Air dates
> to be announced soon.
> Partnering with Boost Mobile, Curran will also be providing live
> online commentary for the upcoming Boost Mobile Pro, a surfing
> competition taking place atSouthern California?s Lower Trestles
> from September 7-13. During that time Curran will be performing at
> the San Clemente Pier for Boost Mobile on September 11.
> Other upcoming performances include a September 27 charity event
> with felllow surfer/musician Donovan Frankenreiter at the Coach
> House in Dana Point, California.
> Having toured with bands such as Foo Fighters, Switchfoot and
> Eisley, October will find Curran hitting the road on a tour of his
> own, performing at numerousCalifornia surf cities, beginning in San
> Francisco and ending in San Diego. The tour runs from Oct 8?16.
> Timmy Curran?s latest release, Word of Mouth, is in stores now on
> Adeline Records.
>
Small Town Sleeper - BACKSEAT - Pop/Rock for the End of Summer!
August 21, 2008
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> Hi,
>
> Small Town Sleeper?s debut album Conversations? hits stores this
> fall, and as a preview, here is the first single off the album,
> ?Backseat.?
>
> A perfect end-of-summer romance story and a great pop/rock track,
> ?Backseat? has been getting airplay across the US and isn?t slowing
> down. The band were picked as Clear Channel NEW!?s ?Artists to
> Watch? for the month of June and were again featured in their
> ?Artist Spotlight? in July, and are currently on the road
> supporting Candlebox.
>
> Small Town Sleeper is available for interviews, and we?ve got
> copies of Conversations? available for review, as well. I?d love to
> hear what you think of the track, feel free to spread it around.
> Thanks!
>
> Click here to download Small Town Sleeper?s ?Backseat? -http://
> www.apexexposure.com/smalltownsleeper/smalltownsleeper_backseat.mp3
