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Eleven Seven Music has announced that BUCKCHERRY, dubbed "the
next great American rock band" will now be distributed
through EMI Music domestically and internationally through The
Eleven Seven Music Group's new global deal. Eleven Seven Music
was sole home to the band leading into their hit "Crazy
Bitch" which, along with their smash hit "Sorry"
spurred their album 15 to sell over a million copies. |
 ►KSM
is a new all girl band ready to go on tour very soon with Demi
Lovato. You might have heard them cover the song "I Want
You To Want Me" for the new show 10 Thing I Hate About
You premiering soon on ABC Family. |
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Richard Swift has just released the music video for
his second single, "The Atlantic Ocean," from his
album of the same name. Get ready for disco, robot fights
and lasers. You can also catch him in concert during his summer
tour across the U.S with The Fray.
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The Veronicas
are set to perform their single "Take Me On The Floor"
on the hit show So You Think You Can Dance on
Fox. The Aussie duo will grace the stage for the results show
that will air on Thursday, June 25th at 9pm. Watch the
video for the track here
and head over to iTunes
to download your very own copy of the hit single. |
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Meet Charice - a seventeen
year old Filipino superstar whose powerful voice shines wise
beyond her years. Charice was originally discovered by Oprah's
producers via a YouTube video which was filmed when she was
just fifteen years old. The internet sensation has impressed
both fans and industry professionals after racking up over thirteen
million hits online. |
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Rise Against "Hero of War" video has been chosen
at the video of the week on iTunes. Available for free download
June 9-16. Click
here! For more information about Rise Against visit
www.RiseAgainst.com.
Appeal To Reason featuring "Hero Of War" and "Audience
of One" is in stores now. |
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The All American Rejects have just released a four track
EP with remixes of their hit single "The Wind Blows."
The EP includes remixes by Steve Aoki, Thomas Gold, Felix Cartal
and Ocelot and can be heard in its entirety on the band's imeem
page. |
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James Morrison's big, unashamedly romantic
heart and generous spirit shines through like a beacon. His
new album Live From Air Studios London contains 3 EP tracks
from his latest album. |
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Hair Metal heroes Steel
Panther have returned to unveil a new track from their
vault of Hollywood glitz and skin tight leather. Packing all
the flavor of an 80s hair metal ballad, Steel Panther reveals
a vulnerable side with “Community Property” to round out their
raucous guitar licks and sick stage moves. |
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2nd |
► If you think you know Paolo
Nutini, think again. His two million selling 2006
debut album, These Streets, established the young Scotsman
as a leading light amongst the new wave of singer-songwriters.
Paolo's extraordinary follow up, Sunny Side Up, casts him
in a whole other light. |
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311's first album in
nearly four years, Uplifter, hit shelves today,June 2nd. There
is a Standard, Deluxe, Super-Deluxe and Vinyl edition of Uplifter
available as well. Even tough they had their biggest hit in
the 1990s they are still selling out arenas today. Uplifter
is the bands boldest album to date. |
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Produced by Neil Young
himself, this is the first volume of his Archives series of
box sets. Volume I covers the period from his earliest recordings
with The Squires in Winnipeg, 1963, through to his classic
1972 album Harvest and beyond, including studio and live tracks
with the legendary Buffalo Springfield; Crosby, Stills, Nash
&Young; and Neil Young with Crazy Horse. |
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After the successful selling of Volume 1 of Ray
Charles' legendary Modern Sounds in Country and Western
Music, Concord Records will reissue Volume 2 on June 2nd.
The album reflects Charles' lifelong love for country music
and features the hits "I Can't Stop Loving You,""Take
These Chains From My Heart" and "You Don't Know
Me," which will be reissued together in an expanded reissue
titled Modern Sounds in Country & Western Music, Volumes
1 & 2 by Concord Records on June 2, 2009. New liner notes
by musicologist Bill Dahl are included alongside original
notes by Rick Ward and Charles' longtime recording supervisor
Sid Feller. |
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The legendary group Crosby
Stills and Nash kicks Off A Summer Tour with the release
of a collection of group and solo demos, including early versions
of "Marrakesh Express," "Almost Cut My Hair,"
"Long Time Gone" And "Love The One You're With."
The trio will tour this summer in both the U.S. and Europe,
with more dates to be added to the U.S. leg. In between the
late-spring North American and early summer European segments
of the tour, Crosby, Stills & Nash will be inducted into
the Songwriters Hall of Fame on June 18 in New York City,
and before the tour begins, Rhino will offer a behind-the-scenes
look at the group's early days with a collection of 12 previously
unreleased demos recorded between 1968 and 1971. Crosby, Stills
& Nash Demos will be available June 2 from Rhino Records
at all retail outlets. |
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After a three-year battle with her label to release her sophomore
record, Butterfly
Boucher is finally set to release Scary Fragile via
her own imprint on June 2nd. |
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Elvis Costello's latest released, Secret, Profane
& Sugarcane will be released on June 2. Secret,
Profane & Sugarcane features ten previously unreleased
tracks produced by T Bone Burnett plus re-workings of Johnny
Cash's "Hidden Shame" & "Boom Chicka Boom"
and Bing Crosby's "Changing Partners." |
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Superstar Vanessa
Williams is set to release her new album The
Real Thing June 2nd on Concord Records. The Real Thing,
produced by Kenny "Babyface" Edmonds among others,
features songs by Stevie Wonder, Bill Withers and Bebel Gilberto.
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Crossing The Rubicon, the new album from The
Sounds is due to hit stores today! The album follows
the trials and tribulations of band that went from playing
small clubs in their hometown of Helsinborg, Sweden to entertaining
legions of fans across the world. The band is slated to make
an appearance on The Late show with David Letterman
on June 15th and are embarking on a 3-month tour in support
of No Doubt! Listen
now to their new song " Dorchester Hotel"!
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 ►Dave
Matthews Band will release their new album Big
Whiskey and the GrooGrux King today. It will be the band's
first studio album since the death of saxophonist LeRoi Moore
last summer. The "GrooGrux King" in the album title
refers to Moore’s nickname within the group. Matthews created
all of the artwork for Big Whiskey, including the richly detailed
cover illustration that puts a GrooGrux spin on New Orleans’
traditional Mardi Gras parades while evoking the joy and the
sorrow expressed in the album’s songs. Matthews has designed
logos and other elements in the past, but this is the first
time he has created the entire packaging for a Dave Matthews
Band album. View
album trailer here
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June 2, Capitol/EMI, in conjunction with Frank Sinatra Enterprises
(FSE), will release a brand-new companion collection, Classic
Sinatra II. Featuring 21 additional signature tracks,
including 15 from the legendary concept albums Sinatra recorded
for Capitol between 1954 and 1961, various singles, and a
previously unreleased recording, Classic Sinatra II will be
available on CD, at all major digital service providers, and
www.sinatra.com.
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Ash's distinctive
intensive pop is constantly receiving air play with 18 Top
40 UK hits as one of the most successful 'singles bands' of
recent years. For the past year they have been holed up in
their New York HQ, Atomic Heart Studios, writing and recording
a series of songs that will form what Ash is calling the A-Z
series. Starting in October, every two weeks for the next
twelve months, Ash will release one single on limited 7"
vinyl and digital download...Starting with 'A' and ending
at 'Z', all 26 songs will be released on Ash's own Atomic
Heart Records and will be available through shops and by subscription
through the band's website.To kick off this set of singles
Ash will release the bonus single "Return of the White
Rabbit" on June 8. Ash unviels the video for "Return
of the White Rabbit"
click here to watch! Download free track
here!
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9th |
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►Elizabeth
& The Catapult's debut album Taller Children is
in stores everywhere. Taller Children reflects the unique blend
of pop playfulness and grown-up introspection that defines Ziman's
distinctive songwriting. In addition Elizabeth Abby Ziman, the
Brooklyn trio also includes guitarist Pete Lalish and drummer
Danny Molad. |
► Meet Kate
Earl a thoughtful, hardworking artist who is often
compared to Lily Allen, Cat Power, and Feist. She will be
releasing an EP on June 9. Click
here to check out her first single "Melody"!
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It's the return of The
Black Eyed Peas ! The multi-platinum three-time Grammy
award winning group's forthcoming album, The E.N.D. will be
hitting stores today! In the meantime, check out their latest
hit single Boom Boom Pow! Video
here! Today, Amazon.com is featuring the album as
their Daily Deal; you can download the entire album
for only $4.99! Click
here to purchase! |
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► West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum, Kasabian’s
third album, will be released on June 9th on RCA Records. Produced
by Serge Pizzorno and Dan the Automator (Gorillaz, DJ Shadow),
it is a follow up to their second album Empire which debuted
at #1 on the UK charts was rewarded 9 of out 10 stars by the
NME. Click here
to check out the video for Fire! |
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► Rhode Island-based trio The
Low Anthem releases its Nonesuch Records debut, Oh
My God, Charlie Darwin, on June 9. The album, which had
a limited but critically praised independent release late
last year, has an updated track sequence and packaging, and
has been remastered by Gateway's Bob Ludwig. Rolling Stone
says the music on Charlie Darwin feels "homemade"
and "solemnly beautiful," and NPR Music called the
song "To Ohio" a "tender stunner" when
choosing it as a Song of the Day, saying, "At times languid
and haunting, but with detours into Tom Waits-esque stomping
and hollering, The Low Anthem's music seems equally informed
by Simon & Garfunkel, Bob Dylan, The Band and a late-night
ride home in Joni Mitchell's car."
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15th |
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The story of
Minotaur isn't just about
a box set, but one that combines so many unique elements to
create extraordinary all-new art, and the way 18 years and the
evolution of the Internet changed the working relationship between
all parties in terms of the creation of this project. Minotaur
Pixes' Collector's Set is not being released traditionally;
it will not be sold in stores but will be available only through
A+R's website, http://ainr.com Pre-orders begin June 15, 2009
and Minotaur will be sent directly to customers starting mid-September. |
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George Harrison - The release of Let It Roll:
Songs of George Harrison is Harrison’s first ever career-spanning
solo hits collection and also includes live tracks from his
1971 all-star Concert For Bangladesh benefit at Madison Square
Garden. the new title will feature digitally remastered tracks
in deluxe packaging, including an extensive booklet featuring
previously unseen and rare photos.
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16th |
 Kristine
W - a fixture on the dance scene since her 1996 hit-packed,
Rollo produced debut album, "Land of the Living" -
is a rare blend: a showy singer with astounding vocal fire power
and a confessional songwriters ethic. Her new project, "The
Power of Music" is a full length album comprised of 16
tracks - 12 brand new songs
plus her last 4 Billboard #1 hits - "Walk Away", "The
Boss," "Never" and "Love is the Look." |
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June 16, Ardent/Stax Records through Concord Music Group will
reissue Big Star's #1
Record (1972) and Radio City (1974) albums, completely remastered
with the never-before-released single mix of "In the Street"
and single edit of "O My Soul." Even though these
albums did not set record sales in the 70s, they have influenced
many artists such as R.E.M. and Wilco. Additionally, Ardent/Stax
has released #1 Record and Radio City on two separate vinyl
LPs featuring faithfully reproduced artwork, including the original
Ardent Records labels. |
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► Enter Shikari
- musically, there are still twists of Refused’s screamo
punk in there, but also the everyday colloquial man-in-the-street
chats of The Streets' Mike Skinner and nods towards The Prodigy,
the most pumpin' drum & bass, the most euphoric of trance,
Altern-8 and even some of the darkest of dubstep too. More than
anything though Common Dreads is an album destined to unite
the tribes, divide the critics and thoroughly satisfy anyone
who has witnessed the mad live spectacle that is Enter Shikari.
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► Ashley
Tisdale,
the singer and actress known to millions as the star of the
blockbuster High School Musical series, will release her second
album for Warner Bros. Records, entitled Guilty Pleasure, June
16, 2009. Guilty Pleasure's first single, "It's
Alright, It's OK" ships to Top 40 radio on April
14th - the same day it will be available for purchase via digital
retailers. |
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23rd |
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The Phenomenal
Handclap Band is a tight-knit aggregation of musicians
and artists from Lower Manhattan and Brooklyn. At the center
of it is Daniel Collás, the Witch Doctor, and Sean Marquand,
the Medicine Man; who, after years of searching and contemplation,
through live performance and the manipulation of recorded music,
have finally succeeded in assembling the personification of
their holy vision: a musical juggernaut comprised of Daniel,
Sean, and their supremely talented friends Patrick Wood, Nicholas
Movshon, Luke O'Malley, Laura Marin, Bing Ji Ling, Pier Pappalardo
and Joan Tick.
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Regina Spektor - "bronx girl by way of moscow
who writes songs for the piano, voice, drum stick, and guitar
(sort of). other instruments may follow"
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► Michael
Johns is an American Idol finalist who created a new
album called Hold Back My Heart which comes out June 23. He's
already released a new single called Heart On My Sleeve. He
says his album is in between all music and that it's so flexible
he could open for Alicia Keys one night and John Mayer the
next. |
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► The film soundtrack Away
We Go features music by singer/songwriter Alexi Murdoch.
Film director Sam Mendez heard Murdoch's album Time Without
Consequence during filming and knew he wanted him to do the
soundtrack. Murdoch's songs have been featured in other films,
but for Away We Go his voice is the primary musical voice
in the film. The soundtrack Away We Go is available digitally
on June 2 and in stores June 23.
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The Mars
Volta's fifth studio album, Octahedron, will
be released June 23 by Warner Bros. Records. The record will
be preceded by its first single, "Since We've Been Wrong."
Octahedron follows up last year's The Bedlam In Goliath, which
featured "Wax Simulacra," the track that took "Best
Hard Rock Performance" honors at the recent 51st Annual
Grammy Awards. Hailed by The New Yorker as "perhaps the
most musically adventurous act currently signed to a major
label," The Mars Volta formed in 2001. The band's recorded
output includes the 2003 debut full length De-Loused In The
Comatorium, as well as Frances The Mute (2005), Amputechture
(2006) and the previously mentioned The Bedlam In Goliath
(2008). |
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John Mellencamp follows up with an 8 song live companion
to the rock n’ roll hall of famer’s 2008 studio release Live
Death Love And Freedom. |
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On June 23, Columbia records will release Pete
Yorn's 'Back and Fourth' marking a new musical chapter
in which the acclaimed singer and songwriter has taken a different
approach to writing and recording with stunning results. 'Back
and Fourth' follows Yorn's first three albums, which he considers
a trilogy, and is his first album in three years. Yorn wrote
all ten songs on 'Back and Fourth' and recorded the album in
Omaha, NE, with producer Mike Mogis (Bright Eyes, Rilo Kiley).
Columbia's Co-Chairman Rick Rubin helped guide the project from
its earliest demo stages to final mastering. The songs on 'Back
and Fourth' range from lilting mandolin lullabies to bracing
anthems. But there's a thread running through the album - an
organic feel to the arrangements, a careful pacing to the sequence,
a penetrating truth to the stories - that's unmatched by anything
else in Yorn's catalogue. |
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30th |
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legendary Stax Records label will reissue the digitally remastered
version of In Session - the Albert
King & Stevie Ray Vaughan 1983 live album that
reached #1 on Billboard's blues album chart, selling more
than 300,000 units. The reissue includes three sets of liner
notes by Fantasy and Stax Records' Bill Belmont, and journalists
Lee Hildebrand and Dan Forte.
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Now Thats What I Call Music 31 featuting music by The
Black Eyed Peas, Pitbull, Kelly Clarkson, The Fray, Lady Gaga
and more! |
