BEN SOLLEE GOES POLITICAL - ALBUM PROMO HERE
May 12, 2008
If You’re Going To Lead My Country will be available at all digital retailers tomorrow, Tuesday May 12th.
From Ben Sollee:
“It’s time…time for new leadership in this country. In my travels I’ve had conversations with all the demographics and they too, regardless of political affiliation, believe it’s time for a change. My mind is consumed with the potential that is ahead of us all and this new EP, if you’re gonna lead my country…, is not meant to criticize, but rather inspire. One of my musical and personal heroes, Sam Cooke envisioned change for his race, and in my adaptation of his song ‘A Change is Gonna Come’ I envision it for our country and global community.”
HOTTIE KATY PERRY WARPED TOUR DATES/NEW VIDEO
May 12, 2008
Katy Perry, dubbed “internet darling” by the Associated Press after her breakout performances at SXSW in March, will perform on this summer’s Vans Warped Tour Hurley Stage for its entire coast-to-coast run, from June 20th to August 17th, 2008.
BRYAN ADAMS NEW ALBUM INFO AND TOUR DATES HERE
May 12, 2008
Canada’s #1 ambassador, mega-platinum singer/songwriter Bryan Adams celebrates the release of his new studio album, 11 (exclusively available at Wal-Mart stores and Sam’s Club nationwide), available tomorrow, Tuesday, May 13.
FREE MP3 FROM BOSTON BAND A’TRIS
May 12, 2008
“Lensing” is being released nationally on June 17th via Offensive Tie Records, and the record is a collection of beautiful pop with subtle electronics.
“This Mortal Engine” MP3:
www.planetarygroup.com/02atris
AIR TRAFFIC NEW VIDEOS, MP3, & TOUR DATES HERE
May 12, 2008
Check out Air Traffic perform live at one of their headling tour stops. The band has garnered a phenomenal reputation for their extraordinary, energetic and propulsive live shows as evidenced by their CMJ appearances last year. See for yourself right here:
Watch Chris from Air Traffic show you how he pimps his bunk while on tour.
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Air Traffic North American Tour Dates
5/12 Phoenix Brickhouse
5/14 Dallas House of Blues
5/15 Tulsa Bob at Cain’s
5/17 Kansas City Record Bar
5/18 Chicago The Bottom Lounge
5/19 Columbus The Basement
5/20 Detroit Shelter
5/22 Cambridge TT The Bears
5/23 Philadelphia Johnny Brenda’s
5/24 New York Knitting Factory
MP3 for “No More Running Away” (live) :
FREE NEW MUSIC FROM LA RIOTS HERE
May 12, 2008
LA Riots in conjunction with Scion have created the new Scion Remix compilation Volume 20! This record was distributed for free at the tour that took place on the tour last month. You can stream the full album here:
LA Riots invited friends Bloody Beetroots, Le Castle Vania, Phones Collateral Damage and White Noise to remix a few tracks on the sampler as well. You can download a few tracks in the Media Section here, including the Bloody Beetroots remix of Toxic Avenger’s dance floor single, ESCAPE:
3 DOORS DOWN SPEEDS THINGS UP
May 12, 2008
3 Doors Down had a need for speed this weekend and it got fulfilled. At Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida, the southern rockers unveiled their No.88, National Guard, 3 Doors Down “Citizen Soldier,” Amp Energy Chevrolet NASCAR. “Citizen/Soldier” is the name of a song off of their new self-titled album due out on the 20th. To see a picture of that fine hunk of machinery, go to the boys’ Web site, www.3DoorsDown.com. They’ll be playing Nashville, Tennessee on Friday.
LIL WAYNE’S LEGAL DRAMA DOESN’T GET IN THE WAY
May 12, 2008
Lil Wayne has had his share of dealings with the law recently but the rapper told us that his legal goings-on don’t interfere with his music.
“None on my music; me personally, you know, I get looked at a little differently by some of my fans and some people period and I can’t do nothing about that. I can try, and I think when you try that’s what is look as just trying, so I don’t try, I just be me and you know it is what it is, take it or leave it. But as for my music, it does nothing to my music because nothing can stop that I have to be brain dead to stop that.”
Lil Wayne’s next album, Tha Carter III, will hit stores on June 10th.
CHESTER BENNINGTON TALKS NEW BAND AND NEW LINKIN PARK MATERIAL
May 12, 2008
Linkin Park frontman Chester Bennington debuted his new band Death By Sunrise at a gig in Tempe, Arizona on Saturday. He tells RollingStone.com, “I wouldn’t call it a side project. We’re a full, ready-to-go band and so this is something we take very seriously.” He also revealed that Linkin Park have begun writing the follow-up to 2007’s Minutes to Midnight, “We’re way ahead of the game. We’re not planning on releasing a record this year. We don’t know when it’s going to come out. But we just started working on stuff in the studio. I never want to get in the way of what Linkin Park is. That’s my baby. That’s my band. Those are my best friends. The last thing I want to do is compromise what we’re doing.” Chester says he hopes to have the first Death By Sunrise album out by 2009.
DAVE MATTHEWS BAND TO HELP FIND A CURE
May 12, 2008
Dave Matthews Band will be the next group to join the Stand Up For a Cure concert series, which is designed to raise awareness and money for lung cancer research. The band will play a show September 10th at Madison Square Garden with a limited number of tickets available to members of the group’s fan club through their Web site, www.Warehouse.DaveMatthewsBand.com. Also slated to perform for the cause in venues around New York City are Jerry Sienfeld, Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys and Andrea Bocelli. Bon Jovi kicked off the series February 12th from the Hammerstein Ballroom with a concert dedicated to guitarist Richie Sambora’s father, who passed away from cancer last year.
