Category: NEWS

Move over Star Trek. Echo & The Bunnymen’s mighty 1984 album Ocean Rain will boldly go to the International Space Station on June 13th courtesy of astronaut Colonel Timothy L. Korpa. Korpa, who has been a Bunnymen fanatic since his teens recently contacted the band via their website about his upcoming three-month mission on the…

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Recording artist and actress Katharine McPhee has joined forces with Yahoo! Music to give one lucky fan the opportunity to win a trip to the set of her new music video. The lucky fan and a guest will be able to meet Katharine and will have the chance to be in the video. Beginning tonight,…

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Dave Fortman, a member of Ugly Kid Joe, who has also worked with artists such as Mudvayne, Evanescence, and Slipknot, began mixing the new Anthrax album, Worship Music, late last week in a New Orleans studio. The album, now set for a Fall release, is the band’s first studio effort in six years and marks…

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Power pop party-starters The Friday Night Boys will be heading out alongside Hey Monday and This Providence on the Let’s Make A Mess Tour to promote their full length, Off The Deep End that will be released everywhere on June 9th. The album will be released on Fueled By Ramen in partnership with Photo Finish…

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Fall Out Boy and OneRepublic will be performing during the prime time music television series, Soundstage.   OneRepublic will air on June 25th and Fall Out Boy will air July 23rd on PBS.   The series’ 2009 summer season will also include concerts from Billy Idol, Josh Groban, Death Cab For Cutie and others.  …

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During a recent interview, Busta Rhymes spoke openly and gave advice to rappers like Soulja Boy, Bow Wow and Alfamega. Busta-Bus touches on Bow’s album sales, Alfa being an alleged DEA informant and Soulja’s lyrical talent. To watch the full interview, head to Vimeo.com. The “Arab Money” emcee is currently promoting the release of his…

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Justin Timberlake will narrate an NBA documentary titled Dream Season: 23 & 24.   It will highlight Kobe Bryant and LeBron James’ pursuit of this year’s basketball championship.   The one-hour special premieres today on ESPN at 7 PM Eastern.

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Four years have passed since Australia’s Sick Puppies relocated to Los Angeles, and took the world by storm with their song, “All The Same,” used for a video shot in a Sydney shopping mall with their friend Juan Mann, who held up a hand-written placard offering “Free Hugs,” which was seen by over 43 million…

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Aphilliates/Grand Hustle/Atlantic recording artist Drama has announced this week’s release of his eagerly anticipated new album, “GANGSTA GRILLZ: THE ALBUM VOL. 2.”   The collection which features the banging hit single, “Day Dreaming (Feat. Akon, Snoop Dogg, and T.I.)”  is available in stores and online now. The ATL-based Drama is known far and wide for…

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After nearly five years, Green Day has reclaimed their position as one of the world’s favorite rock bands with their critically acclaimed new release 21st Century Breakdown, which is the best-selling album in the U.S. and in 10 countries around the world this week. Released by Reprise Records on Friday, May 15th, the album debuted…

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Music’s best of 2009, the 2009 Bonnaroo Festival, will be televised on June 20th only on Fuse.   Featured artists in the festival include Beastie Boys, Nine Inch Nails, Snoop Dogg, Bruce Springsteen and more!   The eighth annual Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival will be covered exclusively on Fuse through the week long Fuse…

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M.I.A. got the red alert and soon Rye Rye was not only on the road with her but found herself the first artist signed to M.I.A.’s imprint N.E.E.T. Now we get “Bang,” Rye Rye’s speaker-thumping single produced by Blaqstarr and featuring M.I.A. – the first single off her upcoming summer release. In the east side…

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Download-only album, free to all. Cannibal Ox affiliates, have songs with DOOM, Trife Da God. The album is pretty brilliant in a Fantastic Damage meets the tropics kinda way. Check out first single “Wings.” Super Chron Flight Brothers – Wings [youtube Sb0ZYyFhUJI nolink] SUPER CHRON FLIGHT BROS. – INDONESIA: SKOPE IT HERE!

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The band is from Sweden and are becoming a pretty huge band in Europe. In fact, they were recently featured on the cover and 6 page feature of Metal Hammer Magazine. “Night Electric Night” was released on May 19th. [youtube CWUmw2ITaFA nolink]

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It seems that Eminem and 50 Cent may be touring together this summer.   G-Unit member Lloyd Banks told MTV News that there’s been talk about possibly bringing back the Anger Management Tour again.   MTV News reached out to label reps but hadn’t received an answer at press time.   We’ll keep you posted.

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According to The Associated Press, T.I. won’t receive special treatment inside Arkansas’ Forrest City’s low-security federal prison. However, the rapper’s stay won’t be as long as you think. A spokesman for the prison told the AP that Tip is likely to only stay incarcerated for two months. How is this possible? Apparently the rapper is…

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The Counting Crows had to cancel two shows in the U-K earlier in the week because of illness and they have since been rescheduled.   Apparently, the guys are now feeling better and have added make-up dates to the end of their trek of Great Britain.   Head to CountingCrows.com to see when and where…

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This is it, Michael Jackson is preparing to embark on his final tour and dancers have traveled from all around the world auditioning to be a part of it. Thousands of professional dancers tried out to be in the King of Pop’s upcoming This Is It comeback shows in London. You can watch an exclusive…

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The Los Angeles Times reports a rap artist named Roderick Anthony “Dolla” Burton II was fatally shot in Los Angeles on Monday afternoon. Dolla was standing by the Beverly Center shopping mall on La Cienega Boulevard when a dispute broke out and ended with Dolla being shot in the head. The rapper was signed to…

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Katy Perry has teamed up with the GRAMMY Foundation’s GRAMMY SoundChecks program.   The objective of this is to give students the opportunity to see a touring artist prepare for a show, so they know all that goes into putting on a live performance.   Head to KatyPerry.com right now to see a picture of…

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Singer and songwriter Tyler Hilton will release a digital EP, entitled Better on Beachwood, through all digital retailers on May 26th. Co-produced by Hilton and Rick Parker (Josh Kelly, Dandy Warhols), the EP features three fan favorites unavailable anywhere else: two new songs, “Tore the Line” and “Don’t Forget All Your Clothes,” plus an acoustic…

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RCRDLBL exclusively premiered Wendy James’ new track “You Tell Me” today. This is the first track released from Wendy’s forthcoming album “I Came Here to Blow Minds”. The album was recorded at iconic fahsion label A.P.C.’s Paris recording studio which has previously only been open to Jarvis Cocker, Jonathan Richman, Wes Anderson, and Sofia Coppola.…

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Stic.Man, one half of political hip-hop duo Dead Prez adds his hard-hitting style to a remix of Matt and Kim’s Green Label Sound single “Daylight.” Stic.Man is a perfect choice as a remixer given Matt and Kim’s love for hip-hop and their long-standing tradition of covering of Dead Prez’ “It’s Bigger Than Hip Hop” during…

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Taking Back Sunday are set to release their new album on June 2nd, 2009 on Warner Bros. Records. The album, entitled New Again, was recorded in New York City with producer David Kahne, whose production credits include Paul McCartney, The Strokes and Sublime. Headline Dates: 5/19- Minneapolis, MN – First Avenue 5/20- Milwaukee, WI –…

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Certainly one of the more intriguing Grateful Dead offshoot projects is the Rhythm Devils. Led by long-time Dead drummers Bill Kreutzmann and Mickey Hart, the duo enlisted Phish bassist Mike Gordon into their ranks in 2006 (rounding out the line-up are also guitarist Steve Kimock, percussionist Sikiru Adepoju and former Deep Banana Blackout vocalist Jen…

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Drums of Death came to be after an encounter with a dark priest on a sorrowful night in Haiti. A musician known as Colin Bailey emerged from this near fatal encounter as you see him now: dark, dishevelled and disfigured. Cursed by magick, Bailey’s heart was cut out and as he lay on the brink…

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When Dave Weiner, Vice President of Strange Music West, first heard BROTHA LYNCH HUNG’s certified Gold classic Season of da Siccness (1995), he was blown away. The man responsible for signing Master P to Priority Records in the mid-’90s,   as well as orchestrating the joint venture that Tech N9ne and Strange Music entered into…

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Aggronautix is set to release limited-edition figures of GG Allin “1991” (2000 numbered) and Tesco Vee of the Meatmen (1000 numbered). Each “Throbblehead” figure stands at 7 inches tall, is made of a lightweight polyresin, and will be displayed in a tri-windowed box. GG “1991”: SKOPE IT HERE! Tesco Vee: SKOPE IT HERE! The figures…

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Hot on the heels of the digital release of their superb debut album, Thracian, duo Eagle and Talon are debuting their first music video as well as announcing select tour dates this summer. Kim Talon & Alice Talon recruited the best dancers they know, i.e. their friends, to help them create the video for “Ice…

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Next year, a movie that focuses on the life and career of Ozzy Osbourne is coming out.   It’s called Wreckage of My Past and you can now see a trailer for the documentary at Vimeo.com.   Ozzy’s wife, Sharon, and son, Jack, are the film’s executive producers.   The flick promises to show the…

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Will Lionel Richie ever get the Commodores back together?   It’s looking that way.   The singer told Billboard that the long-promised reunion is happening and stated that before the end of the year, more details will come out about it.   Richie said he thinks now “might be the proper time.”   In the…

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In the midst of their rap-beef, 50 Cent told MTV News that the designer clothes Rick Ross would often rap about could never fit him because of the European cut. Well, it looks like Ross hopes to one day change all of that by starting his own clothing line. The “Magnificent” rapper explained to Rap-Up.com…

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Have Alicia Keys and Swizz Beatz confirmed their relationship? According to the New York Daily News, the hip-hop beatmaker says they are in love but are “nowhere near ready for a baby or a ring.” He allegedly confessed that they kept their relationship private because what they have is “so precious.” The mega-producer filed for…

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We all know Nick Cannon was not too happy with what Eminem had to say about Mariah Carey in a song called “Bagpipes from Baghdad.” On the track, Slim Shady raps that he wants Mariah back — alluding to a 2001 relationship that Carey had adamantly denied. He also calls the singer a “c**t” and…

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Reunited “cosmic doom metal” band YOB has completed work on its new full length album entitled The Great Cessation.   The record will see a July 14, 2009 release date via Profound Lore Records. Long respected as one of doom metal’s finest and most potent bands, YOB creates mastodonic, mind-bending music.   The Great Cessation…

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In a direct attempt to combat illegal file sharing and compensate artists, Kerchoonz.com, launching next month, is the first integrated social networking and media site to legally enable streaming and download of music, videos and online games, whilst paying the featured artists and creators of music. Its founders, Indiana Gregg and Ian Morrow, themselves Glasgow-based…

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Seattle-based quintet Minus the Bear are currently hard at work on their highly anticipated fourth studio album, still untitled. Excited to expand on their inimitable brand of rock n roll songwriting and explore their existing love of audio ingenuity, the band teamed up with Grammy Award winning producer Joe Chicarelli (My Morning Jacket, The White…

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Yellow Bird Project, a non-profit organization founded in Montreal, Quebec, has announced the upcoming release of its latest philanthropic venture, The Indie Rock Coloring Book.     The collection includes coloring and activity pages by acclaimed artist/graphic designer Andy J. Miller, inspired by some of today’s most vital and visual indie rock artists.   The…

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Dolores O’Riordan, lead singer and songwriter of The Cranberries, has signed to Zoë/Rounder Records.   The 11 track No Baggage will be released on August 25th.   With No Baggage, O’Riordan’s unforgettable, distinguished voice is back and better than ever.   O’Riordan co-produced and wrote all the tracks on the album with Ontario-based Dan Brodbeck,…

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Fresh off of the new Trap-a-holics mixtape is Korleon ft. Bohagon – Gangsta Sh*t. The video is a prelude to their movie they putting together. Produced by SME and directed by EastEndQuack.   Korleon & Bohagon – Gangsta Sh*t [youtube upNybK_TDHs nolink]

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