MTV News reports Irv Gotti spoke openly about Vibe calling Eminem the number one rapper. Irv said the article pissed him off, even though Em is a “great artist,” Gotti stated Jay-Z “makes real records. Every one of Eminem’s first singles is some clown s**t. He’s clowning.” In Gotti’s eyes, Slim Shady doesn’t deserve to…
Desillusion, Blasphaesthetic
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Desillusion is a 3-piece band made up of: Westin Halvorson on lead vocals & guitar, Jay Keller on bass and Galen Waling on drums. These men pack one hell-of-a-freakin’ punch, which is amazing considering there are only three members. This Seattle-based industrial-metal group definitely does not personify your typical Seattle “Grunge” Rock band.…
EMINEM AND JAY-Z HOOK UP WITH DJ HERO
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Eminem and Jay-Z are bringing their music to the upcoming DJ Hero video game. USA Today reports that a special edition version of the game will come with the rappers’ new greatest-hits CDs. It may also include previously unreleased tracks plus an advanced version of the controller, a DJ stand and metal traveling case.…
CONSPIRACY OVER JIMI HENDRIX’S DEATH
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There are some new conspiracies out about Jimi Hendrix. Apparently, the rocker’s former roadie, James “Tappy” Wright, is alleging that Michael Jeffrey, Hendrix’s manager, was behind Jimi’s death. According to England’s Telegraph, Wright claims that Jeffrey confessed to murdering Hendrix a year after the guitar legend died in 1970. Apparently, Jeffrey stuffed…
MARIO KICKS OFF FREE BURGER KING TOUR
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According to SingersRoom.com, Mario is teaming up with Burger King for a free summer tour called BK Fam Fest. The event aims to bring families together with food, activities, contests and of course music provided in each city. You can check out the full itinerary as well as other information regarding the show via BKFamFest.com…
CHRISTINA MILAN AND THE DREAM ARE ENGAGED?
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According to S2SMagazine.com, The Dream has confirmed that he is indeed engaged to Christina Milian. The mag ran into The Dream at the Washington D.C. show of Keyshia Cole’s A Different Me tour. There, the mega producer/singer confessed the good news, adding that he is planning on throwing an engagement party in the Bahamas.…
SAVING ABEL TO TOUR WITH PAPA ROACH, HINDER, & NICKELBACK
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Saving Abel will head out on a huge summer tour with Papa Roach, Hinder and Nickelback beginning July 10th at the Darien Center in New York. The 41-date tour takes the bands all over the country with shows in 26 states before they wrap up on September 12th in Spring, Texas. Saving Abel’s…
NYPD CLOSES PETE WENTZ’S BAR FOR SERVING TO MINORS
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According to the New York Daily News, Pete Wentz’s New York City bar, Angels & Kings, has been shut down by the NYPD for serving to minors. This marks the East Village bar’s third citation, and the establishment will remain closed until Wentz appears in court.
SOULJA BOY SELLS ALBUM FOR $2.99
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According to XXLMag.com, Soulja Boy has reduced the cost of his sophomore album, iSouljaBoyTellem. For a limited time, fans can purchase the disc for only $2.99 via Amazon.com. The effort has sold well over 250-thousand units since its December release.
SWAY, Let It Roll
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Singer/Songwriters, Gina Quartaro & Perry Martin are fully responsible for the contemporary country band known as SWAY. The founding members along with their backing band bring you their debut album, Let It Roll. One amazing concept is the fact that this record is a debut because of its incredibly professional sound. SWAY…
FRANK NITT HOOKS UP WITH DJ QUIK FOR “LOVE” / MP3 / VIDEO
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Ever since Motown moved to Los Angeles, sunshine and good vibes have been luring the Motor City’s most musically minded to make the same migration. Now, one of Detroit’s trustiest hip-hop MCs, Frank Nitt (Frank’N’Dank), heads west to team up with producer Terrace Martin (Snoop Dogg’s Ego Trippin’), hot hookman J.Black, and Cali legend DJ…
EYEDEA & ABILITIES RELEASE FIRST ALBUM IN FIVE YEARS / MP3
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A duo thoroughly steeped in hip-hop accolades, the Minnesota-based duo Eyedea and Abilities have returned with their brand new album By The Throat, out July 21st on Rhymesayers Entertainment.
AKON SPEAKS ON DOLLA’S DEATH / MP3
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TMZ.com reports Akon spoke at a gun forum on Friday to students in Poughkeepsie, New York about the seriousness of gun related crimes. Akon even spoke openly about the unfortunate death of his protégé Dolla who was fatally shot in Los Angeles last week.
AMERICAN IDOL DOMINATES THE BILLBOARD CHART
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American Idol winner Kris Allen and runner-up Adam Lambert have a combined nine debuts on this week’s Billboard Hot 100 chart. Allen’s recording of “No Boundaries” makes the highest debut at number 11 while Lambert’s highest debut is “Mad World” at nineteen. Former Idol winner David Cook debuts at number 24 with “Permanent,”…
EMINEM & 50 CENT ALBUM?
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It’s no secret that Eminem has a close relationship with 50 Cent but fans may be happy to hear that there’s been talks of the duo doing an album together. However, according to MTV News, G-Unit’s DJ Whoo Kid says the project’s been talked about for years but doesn’t think it will happen because…
DR. DRE PROMOTES DETOX VIA DR. PEPPER AD
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Dr. Dre’s long awaited Detox album just might be coming out sooner than you think! According to BallerStatus.com, the mega producer has just unleashed what seems to be his first album promo through a Dr. Pepper commercial called “Trust Me, I’m A Doctor.” The ad will begin running today. In addition, fans can expect…
THE KILLERS SET TO SHOOT LIVE DVD
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The Killers are set to play two shows at the London Royal Albert Hall in July on July 5th and 6th. According to NME.com, the shows will be filmed for a DVD release. The Las Vegas-based band previously played the famed venue last November.
EMINEM TO PERFORM AT 2009 BET AWARDS?
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According to XXLMag.com, Eminem is “not confirmed” to perform at the 2009 BET Awards, despite what earlier reports have suggested. A rep reached out to the site and explained that nothing is etched in stone just yet, stay tuned. In related news, Em stopped by BET’s 106 & Park to talk about this new Relapse…
TELLING ON TRIXIE ASKS FANS FOR HELP WITH NEW VIDEO “CRASH ME UP”
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When the band was planning their video, it was only fitting that they turned to their fans once again to make it. “It’s a huge ‘Thank You’ to our fans,” beams vocalist Derek Nicoletto. “The video was our vision and our music, but we let our fans participate in a way we don’t see many…
A FINE FRENZY’S DARING SOPHOMORE ALBUM OUT SEPTEMBER 8
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On September 8, 2009, A FINE FRENZY led by Alison Sudol–will release Bomb in a Birdcage on Virgin Records, the follow-up to 2007’s critically acclaimed One Cell in the Sea. While the debut established Sudol as one of the most talented young singers and songwriters around, the new album reveals another side of A Fine…
FREELAND HOOKS UP WITH TOMMY LEE FOR “DO YOU”
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“The remit on this one was if Led Zeppelin were making electronic music what would it sound like? And this is what we came up with. Helped quite a bit by having Tommy Lee on drums, creating that big John Bonham style drum sound”.
ANDERSON READY THE RELEASE OF ‘IT RUNS IN THE FAMILY’
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From The Netherlands to the United States, ANDERSON is stretching their electro/indie-pop hybrid across the globe, arriving stateside this summer with the release of the new album IT RUNS IN THE FAMILY. The album’s first single “Trevor * On The Dancefloor” will hit airwaves later this month as a showcase of the band’s stylistic marriage…
ATTACK! ATTACK! UK NEW SINGLE “THIS IS A TEST” / AUDIO
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Their album was produced by Stuart Richardson of Lostprophets and the band is currently on tour in Europe with Silverstein. Their song “You and Me” will be featured in Guitar Hero 5 and their song “Honesty” will be featured in the game FUEL. Attack! Attack! UK most recently played SXSW here in the states and…
ASSEMBLY OF DUST COLLABO WITH KELLER WILLIAMS / AUDIO
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While “demonic schemes” may not come to mind when you think of Assembly of Dust, Genauer’s post-Strangefolk crew since 2002, his band’s latest album does have the feeling of something remarkable being unleashed. The record, recorded over two years, showcases Genauer’s maturation as a songwriter, as evidenced both by the material and the all-star collaborations…
CHRIS ISAAK UPCOMING SUMMER TOUR ANNOUNCEMENT
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Chris Isaak and his longtime Silvertone band are about to embark on a 32-city Summer tour across the US beginning July 10th in Council Bluffs, Iowa in support of his new “Mr. Lucky” CD, it was confirmed today by Reprise Records. There will also be some preliminary shows in California in May prior to the…
AUTHOR GREG PRATO’S MAGAZINE WRITING SHOWCASED IN NEW BOOK, ‘NO SCHLOCK.JUST ROCK!’
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In addition to being the author of three well-received books (2008’s ‘A Devil on One Shoulder and an Angel on the Other: The Story of Shannon Hoon and Blind Melon’ and ‘Touched By Magic: The Tommy Bolin Story,’ plus 2009’s ‘Grunge is Dead: The Oral History of Seattle Rock Music’), writer Greg Prato also regularly…
MTV PICKS UP KEELAY & ZAIRE / VIDEO
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Keelay & Zaire’s album Ridin High has raised a lot of eyebrows since its release in March, but the boys have only scratched the surface of their upcoming exposure. The video for their latest single “Alright With Me” can already be seen on MTVU and is slated to run regularly in MTV’s video rotation as…
MIKE HERRERA’S TUMBLEDOWN COVER MXPX ON SAN DIEGO RADIO / VIDEO
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The full length release of MxPx’s frontman side project, Mike Herrera’s Tumbledown, through Austin-based indie label, End Sounds album is out now. The pop-punk-a-billy, country group out of Bremerton, WA consists of Herrera as songwriter/lead vocals/guitar, lead guitarist Jack Parker, standup bassist Marshall Trotland, and drummer Harley Trotland. The country music sounds, which Herrera…
BUTTERFLY BOUCHER NEW ALBUM OUT JUNE 2 / LA DATES
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Singer-songwriter-musician BUTTERFLY BOUCHER has announced the release of her forthcoming album SCARY FRAGILE, available digitally and in stores June 2 via the imprint Situation Operation. It was produced by David Kahne (Paul McCartney, Regina Spektor). The album’s lead single “Gun For A Tongue” captures Butterfly’s edgy mix of soaring pop-rock melodies and unflinchingly intimate…
BURNS REMIXES PASSION PIT / MP3
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Name-checked as one to watch by Annie Mac, Mylo, Calvin Harris, and blogs alike, 23 year old BURNS is the electronic wunderkind tipped to take British dance music kicking and screaming into the next decade. One limited release, key support tours, and bootlegs ranging from Altern 8 to Prince have brought him a torrent…
MIMOCO RELEASE STAR WARS MIMOBOT SERIES 4
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Mimoco, makers of the MIMOBOT collection of designer USB flash drives, is celebrating the tenth anniversary of Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace with an all-new series of themed MIMOBOT characters, beginning with the iconic, tattooed face of the deadly Sith apprentice, Darth Maul. Episode I’s fan favorite Sith villain is scheduled to be…
FROM PORTLAND, OR COMES A VAGABOND OPERA / MP3
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Gypsy glamour is the name of the game with Vagabond Opera, the Portland-based sextet that magically melds the sounds of Eastern European folk music and delightfully raunchy cabaret, with a lil’ something called Opera.
JACK’S MANNEQUIN WANT YOUR ARTWORK IN NEW VIDEO
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Jack’s Mannequin are creating a special music video for their powerful single “Swim.” The lyrics, music and video are about keeping hope alive and growing in the difficult times that the world is now facing. The video is designed to inspire strength, courage and perseverance in the face of all obstacles.
fun. ANNOUNCES DEBUT ALBUM
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Nettwerk Music Group is proud to announce the release of AIM AND IGNITE, the highly anticipated debut from fun., out August 25th. AIM AND IGNITE was produced by Redd Kross’ Steven McDonald and is a stunning array of diverse inspirations from three extraordinary musicians-former front man of The Format Nate Ruess, ex-Anathallo multi-instrumentalist Andrew…
RAY CHARLES AUDIO & VIDEO FOR “YOU ARE MY SUNSHINE” & “YOU DON’T KNOW ME”
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Although it may have shocked some people at the time, Ray Charles’ fascination with country and western music was anything but an overnight development. As a child in Florida, he’d listened to the Grand Ole Opry’s radio broadcasts through the Southern skies. Thus his 1962 gold-certified album Modern Sounds in Country & Western Music and…
SOREN ANDERS COVERS THE SMITHS / MP3
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Alternative Baroque-pop songwriter Soren Anders has recently recorded the classic Smiths song “Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now,” which was released to the public on May 20 through the popular music blog “The Music Slut” www.themusicslut.com, in conjunction with a project released by The Music Slut called “TMS Hearts Moz,” which celebrates the musical career of…
Gaucho, Deep Night
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There are various feelings that are sprung from listening to Gaucho’s “Deep Night,” but one thing is for sure — it is music that definitely brings you to your feet. A mixture of jazz with a twist of New Orleans swing, Gaucho is known as a “gypsy jazz sextet,” with the members of the…
Jared McCloud, Romance of the Atlantic
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Jared McCloud’s sophomore album, “Romance of the Atlantic,” offers a look into his story — one of working towards stardom, as well as the difficult journey of a musician who has to hit the road and leave a loved one behind. A combination of acoustic and light rock, this disc is smooth and soothing. In…
PESTILENCE NOT ALLOWED IN THE USA
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The innovators of Death Metal, Pestilence were not able to headline, May 24, 2009, at the Maryland DeatFest due to their detainment at the US border. Band leader Patrick Mameli and guitarist Patrick Uterwyck were kept in custody for several hours and sent back to the Netherlands late yesterday. Upon entering the US and stopping…
RYAN DANIEL’S NEVER FORGETS THE TROOPS
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Ryan Daniel’s debut CD, Love Life and Memories, includes a memorable track titled Unknown Soldier. Written about 15 years ago by Bob Dellaposta and Todd French, Unknown Soldier is a timeless patriotic song and the perfect fit for a Memorial Day playlist! “The song hit me because I served 10 years in the…
