Music by Years & Months:
Music News in August, 2006
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Mushroomhead To release Savior Sorrow
posted on August 31, 2006
The new MUSHROOMHEAD album Savior Sorrow will be released on September 19, 2006. It was produced by Steve Felton and Mushroomhead at Cleveland's Filthy Hands Studios in April 2006. Mushroomhead's prior release, XIII, entered the Billboard Top 200 at...
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Paolo Nutini To release These Streets
posted on August 30, 2006
Born and raised in Paisley, Scotland, Paolo Nutini, is a 19-year-old singer/songwriter who has been blessed with a soulful, passionate voice and the natural gift of being able to tell a story in a song. Nutini has absorbed the soul of the great Ame...
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Vanessa Hudgens To release V
posted on August 30, 2006
Vanessa Hudgens, the star who portrays Gabriella Montez on the runaway hit High School Musical has signed an exclusive recording deal with Hollywood Records; it was announced by Buena Vista Music Group Chairman Bob Cavallo. Her debut CD "V" is slated...
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Kaki King To release Until We Felt Red
posted on August 30, 2006
Kaki King has never been one for convention. Her third album, ...Until We Felt Red, is certainly no exception. Over the last few years, she has enjoyed well-earned status as the zeit-girl of instrumental acoustic guitar; a gifted young ingénue closin...
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Belo To release The Truth
posted on August 30, 2006
The Legion has a whole stable of artists that are going to be released in the next 18 months. Belo is the second artist to be released on The Legion label. Belo is also the first member of Do or Die to go solo. “What makes Belo’s project so exciti...
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Mya Mya
posted on August 30, 2006
Change is good. Just ask Mya. The Grammy-winning multi-platinum artist is at a new place in her life and is rocking a groove that’s deliciously grown, sexy and secure. Playful and passionate, tough but open, the changes Mya’s gone through allow her t...
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Money Over Sex To release Notebook Paper
posted on August 30, 2006
It's a well-known fact that America is perceived as the land of opportunity. Where every man has the right to life and the pursuit of happiness and the tools to achieve. But within America lies a place called Everyhood. A place where opportunities an...
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New Skin To release New Skin
posted on August 29, 2006
New Skin (Jen, Gil and Bob) is a London band. The seeds were planted in a north London pub 2004, after a love of similar music and madness was established round a coffee machine. We had both been in bands before, and felt a bit frustrated with the la...
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Ras Kass To release Eat Or Die
posted on August 29, 2006
Highly respected West Coast lyricist, RAS KASS, is BACK with his first release since his departure from his 2 year stint in prison. He’s on a vengeance to prove he’s still GOT IT and will VERBALLY ASSAULT ANY emcee (any coast) and he’s here to show ...
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Trey Lorenz To release Mimi Presents Trey Lorenz - Mr. Mista
posted on August 29, 2006
Trey Lorenz began his career as a background vocalist to a young Lord Island pop artist named Mariah Carey, accompanying her on her very first promotional tour in support of her soon to be released self-titled album. Lorenz remained "the voice behind...
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Muszamil To release Reparation Is Due
posted on August 29, 2006
Rapper Muszamil who is the youngest protégé of the late Tupac Shakur is living proof of the word survival. Growing up with a life that most would find tailor made for the silver screen was instead reality for Muszamil who is commonly known as Mil. ...
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Psapp Exclusive Interview
posted on August 29, 2006As the heart beats, all living creatures move to a rhythm. The feline is an animal that is rhythmically unique. Cats jump, purr, walk, and breathe with their own inimitable rhythm. Fiercely independent, cats represent the epitome of eccentricity. Whi...
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Angel Travis To release The Woman In Me
posted on August 29, 2006
Angel Travis’ debut album “The Woman In Me” introduces a singer-songwriter whose voice and spirit powerfully join forces to deliver a musical tour de force. The young Washington State-bred, Los Angeles resident has a confident and elegant style that ...
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Beck To release The Information
posted on August 29, 2006
Hailed as "a deeplt natural songwriter' [The New Yorker] who "defies expectations in his own way" [TIME] and [Gen X's most famous absurdist" [Blender], Beck is the single most inventive and eclectic figure to emerge from the '90s alternative revoluti...
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Benjy Ferree Benjy Ferree
posted on August 26, 2006
Hailing from DC, by way of Prince Georges county Maryland and parts unknown, Ferree embodies a back porch pop vibe on par with the lazier side of Beachwood Sparks and Jack White's acoustic forays. His songs rely on a keen understanding of the spiritu...
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William Elliott Whitmore William Elliott Whitmore
posted on August 26, 2006
Music has healing power. There is so much resonance in this statement for William Elliott Whitmore and you can hear it in every banjo pluck, acoustic guitar strum and piano note on SONG OF THE BLACKBIRD. William explains, "I have been building a cab...
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Vincent Van Go Go To release Do U Know?
posted on August 26, 2006
With their background as a resident band at a local club in their native Denmark, it’s no wonder that Vincent Van Go Go is a band whose goal is to “make music with a positive vibe and make people dance”. Their music may be cheerful, but their debut a...
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U2 To release Zoo TV - Live From Sydney [2 DVD Limited Ed.]
posted on August 26, 2006
‘U2 Zoo TV Live from Sydney’ will be released on DVD for the very first time by (Island Records/UMe) on September 19th, 2006. As well as the legendary live show, the new release comes with a bonus DVD, featuring live tracks, mini-documentaries and th...
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Paul Stanley To release Live To Win
posted on August 26, 2006
New Door Records/Universal Musical Enterprises are proud to announce the October 24, 2006 release of Live to Win, the solo release from iconic KISS frontman Paul Stanley. The voice and songwriting force behind such KISS classics as “Detroit Rock City...
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The Purrs To release The Purrs
posted on August 26, 2006
There’s something strangely familiar, something awfully comforting about the sounds emanating from this room. A jangle here, a shoegaze haze there, and enough hooks to empty a small lake if musical hooks were, indeed, the type used to harvest fish. A...
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DJ Maestro To release Mesmerize
posted on August 26, 2006There is a doll in the Amsterdam apartment of Martijn Barkhuis: it’s a DJ Maestro Action Figure. The box proudly mentions: ‘It really DJ’s, drinks and smokes!’ “That’s slightly exaggerated,” the real-life version says with a husky voice, while puttin...
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J Dilla To release The Shining
posted on August 25, 2006
James “Jay Dee aka J Dilla” Yancey was born and raised on the mean streets of Detroit’s east side. Little is known of his musical upbringing, but he has most definitely become one of the most talented, innovative producers of our time. Gaining inspir...
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Verbal Kent To release Move With The Walls
posted on August 25, 2006
Gravel Records present's Move With the Walls, (which will be released on 10-17-06) the introspective and powerful sophomore release from Chicago's Verbal Kent. Verbal’s 2004 debut, What Box, featuring Wordsworth & One Be Lo, generated considerable b...
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Uncle Murda To release DJ Green Lantern Present - Say Uncle...2 Hard For Hip-Hop
posted on August 24, 2006
Seven years ago when Uncle Murda began taking rap more seriously, the prospect of having the #1 mixtape in the streets was probably as far off his radar as possible. But nearly a decade later, standing alongside DJ Green Lantern and The Mix Unit, th...
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X-Clan To release Return To Mecca
posted on August 24, 2006
With the tragic passing of hip-hop cultural leader Professor X in March 2006, the message of X-Clan and the Blackwatch Movement is being carried forward by his protégé, Brother J, X-Clan’s co-founder and spokesman. Making its debut in 1990 with, T...
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Juggaknots To release Use Your Confusion
posted on August 24, 2006
Hailing from the Bronx, NY the Juggaknots (Buddy Slim, Breezly Brewin) introduced the world to their complex flows and innovative soundscapes in 1995 with the classic Clear Blue Skies EP. Originally signed to East West Records (now Elektra) the Jugga...
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Blak Jak To release Place Your Bets
posted on August 24, 2006
Real gamblers have a special mentality. They’re ballsy, fearless, and ambitious. They thrive on winning yet aren’t afraid to lose. They realize that in the blink of an eye, a life’s worth of success can be lost with a single roll of the dice yet they...
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Skip Martin To release Miles High
posted on August 23, 2006
Grammy winner Skip Martin of Kool & the Gang and the Dazz Band releases his debut jazz CD ‘Miles High’ today. ‘Are You Ready’ the debut single with Skip on trumpet and vocals, features Wayman Tisdale on bass guitar and 6-time Grammy winner Ricky Laws...
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Slapbak To release The Key
posted on August 23, 2006
What the hell is a Slapbak?!?! Is it violent, like a smack down of retaliation? Is it sexual, like the sting of one good love tap to the ass? Is it musical, like the nostril-flaring splank of bass string to fret board? Or is it rebellious, like a mid...
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Robert Randolph To release Colorblind
posted on August 22, 2006
“We wanted to take our time and find ourselves,” says Robert Randolph. “Find out what was really inside of me and the band and bring that out. Really try to come up with the best songs, dig deep within, and let all of the experiences that we have had...
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Weird Al Yankovic To release Straight Outta Lynwood
posted on August 22, 2006
After a 25-year career in which he has sold nearly 13 million albums worldwide, earned 25 gold and platinum certifications and three Grammy awards, and starred in his own network TV show and major motion picture, “Weird Al” Yankovic has proven he is ...
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Psychostick To release We Couldn't Think Of A Title
posted on August 22, 2006
Every once in a while, a band comes along and starts a musical revolution. Whether Psychostick is one of those bands or not is a subject of debate, but one thing is for sure: they probably couldn’t care less either way. Coming straight out of Pho...
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Old Crow Medicine Show To release Big Iron World
posted on August 22, 2006
Traveling through this Big Iron World can ask a lot of you. The soot and grit, the grime and dust of decay, the dark wilderness of the deep hollers, the basements of factories, the long lightless hallways and corridors and tunnels, the highways, the ...
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Jair Dynast To release V.I.A.L.E.N.C.E.
posted on August 22, 2006
Immersed in the culture of hip-hop since early childhood, Jair Dynast (pronounced Jah-air Die-nast), "One whom God Enlightened, Ruler of a Dynasty", never knew he had found his life's passion. After being forced to give up his athletic scholarship at...
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Brick and Lace To release Love is Wicked
posted on August 21, 2006
The diverse sounds that have been brewing in the Caribbean island decades on end offer innovative new music with not only a distinct Jamaican flavor, but everything from gospel, to country, to contemporary R&B and hip-hop. And it’s out of this fusi...
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Indigo Girls To release Despite Our Differences
posted on August 21, 2006
The INDIGO GIRLS are folk-rock at its finest. The Grammy-winning duo whose career has spanned two decades, twelve releases and more than 12 million album sales, are releasing this, their debut album with Hollywood Records, this September. The albu...
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DJ Shadow To release The Outsider
posted on August 21, 2006
The underground legend returns! Shadow’s unparalleled musical contributions have and continue to play a crucial role in the development and mastering of genre blending music. His list of collaborations include works with Dr. Octagon, U.N.K.L.E., Thom...
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Fergie To release The Dutchess
posted on August 21, 2006
With over 20 million albums sold worldwide with The Black Eyed Peas, the pop icon is ready for her solo debut. From performances on every major TV show throughout the world and appearances on dozens of magazine covers, Fergie has been in the spotligh...
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Papa Roach To release The Paramour Sessions
posted on August 21, 2006
The Paramour mansion has no shortage of history. In 1933, oil heiress Daisy Canfield was on her way home from a party when her car veered off a Mulholland Drive cliff, plummeting 300 feet and instantly killing the wife of silent movie star Antonio...
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Roger Sanchez To release Come With Me
posted on August 21, 2006
One of NYC's most legendary house DJs, producers, and innovators of the house sound that encompasses the city's heart beat, brings us what is bound to be marked as the dance album for Summer 2006. Roger Sanchez has come a long way from selling mix t...
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Oxford Collapse To release Remember the Night Parties
posted on August 21, 2006
By the time Remember the Night Parties is released on October 10th, summer will be a recent halcyon memory, replaced by turning foliage and heavy sweaters. Don’t worry though, with this record, the warm weather goodness is going to come flooding back...
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Dirty Dozen Brass Band To release What's Going On
posted on August 21, 2006
In recognition of the first anniversary of Hurricane Katrina and the devastation of New Orleans and the Gulf coast, the Dirty Dozen Brass Band will release a meaningful reinterpretation of the Marvin Gaye classic What’s Going On. Thirty-five years a...
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Wolf Eyes To release Human Animal
posted on August 21, 2006
When we last checked in with Wolf Eyes two years ago, the band had just released their Sub Pop debut Burned Mind to a stunned world. Burned Mind, preceded by the vicious single “Stabbed in the Face,” was a gate-crashing record of power, blasting thro...
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My Morning Jacket My Morning Jacket
posted on August 20, 2006
Following the release of their fourth critically acclaimed full-length album, Z, My Morning Jacket readies to deliver what is surely to become their quintessential body of work – two discs and a concert film. They contain their most dynamic, otherwor...
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Fourplay Fourplay
posted on August 20, 2006
Fifteen years of Fourplay seems too good to be true – yet with FOURPLAY X the world’s top smooth jazz ensemble makes clear that the pleasure is just beginning. Scheduled to release on August 8, with radio airplay kicking in on the Fourth of July, ...
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Clay Aiken To release A Thousand Different Ways
posted on August 20, 2006
The long wait for Clay Aiken fans is over. RCA Records will release the singer’s third album, “A Thousand Different Ways” on September 19th. The project, Aiken’s first outing since 2004, combines 10 cover versions of well-known songs from the ’70s, ’...
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Myka Nyne To release Citrus Sessions
posted on August 20, 2006
California has long been home for some of the finest talent in music. Continuing this tradition is L.A.'s own Myka Nyne (Michael Troy) the founding member of legendary group Freestyle Fellowship. Myka champions his often-imitated, never-duplicated...
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Acid Reign To release Time & Change
posted on August 20, 2006
The story of Acid Reign began in 1993, when the duo of Gajah and Beond (named Nick Navarette and Rudy Moreno, respectively), both 14-years-old, met at a Christian youth group that just so happened to be led by a rapper. Gajah had been getting into a ...
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Remo Da Rapstar To release Rapstar Phenomenon
posted on August 17, 2006
Standing out in the crowd may be a challenge for some, but Bronx native Remo Da Rapstar is bringing a new standard of artistic integrity and business sense to the world of music. With the release of his debut street album, Rapstar Phenomenon, on the ...
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Midi Mafia Midi Mafia
posted on August 17, 2006
MIDI - A standard for representing musical information in a digital format. [ M(usical) I(nstrument) D(igital) I(nterface) ] MAFIA - An organization prominent in a particular field or enterprise, associated with a particular traffic Midi Mafia...
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Khia To release Gangstress
posted on August 17, 2006
Successfully returning to the rap game after a long hiatus can be a difficult process, even for an artist who has had a major hit. While Khia hasn't been directly in the spotlight for the past four years, she has been touring due to the staying power...
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Dead Prez Exclusive Interview
posted on August 17, 2006Interview with DEAD PREZ and OUTLAWZ (by Todd E. Jones)
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Slumber Party To release Musik
posted on August 17, 2006
Slumber Party is an all-girl band from Detroit led by singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Aliccia Berg. Slumber Party has released three full-length albums since their debut self-titled release in 2000. They’ve toured stateside and abroad an...
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TV on the Radio To release Return to Cookie Mountain
posted on August 17, 2006
Since 2001, TV on the Radio have been incorporating a mix of instantaneous, charged, organic sound that can't be squeezed into any convenient pigeonhole. Their music somehow combines cosmic jazz, amped-up electronica, twitchy, danceable beats and swa...
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The Teddybears To release Soft Machine
posted on August 17, 2006
Stockholm-based collective Teddybears will release their U.S. debut, "Soft Machine", September 12th on Big Beat Recordings. The album, a mash up of styles touching on garage punk beats, Electro, Dancehall and Krautrock, features a diverse array of gu...
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Anthony Rother To release Super Space Model
posted on August 17, 2006
Can art be a technology? And steel a romantic data medium? It is with the inconsistency of a consciously open sound field of experimentation that 30-year old Anthony Rother from Offenbach, Germany, sends his newest project straight out of PSI-studio ...
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The Black Crowes To release The Lost Crowes
posted on August 16, 2006
Twice The Black Crowes have recorded albums that were never officially released: Tall in 1993 and Band in 1997. While a few songs from these lost albums were rerecorded and released on studio albums, many have emerged only through the band’s legendar...
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Danity Kane To release Danity Kane [self-titled]
posted on August 16, 2006
Hundreds of contestants vied for a spot in Diddy’s girl group on MTV’s smash reality series “Making the Band 3,” and now the show’s five victors – Dawn, Aubrey, D. Woods, Shannon and Aundrea – under the name Danity Kane, are preparing to take their m...
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Evanescence To release The Open Door
posted on August 16, 2006
Having sold nearly 14 million records worldwide, well more than 6 million in the U.S. alone, with their major-label debut Fallen, Evanescence is poised to continue their meteoric rise with their forthcoming CD, The Open Door (Wind-up Records), schedu...
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Xiu Xiu To release The Air Force
posted on August 16, 2006
It comes in waves of nausea and unease. The Air Force is a wraith, and wraithlike it moves according to genuine, human rhythms; we see frontman Jamie Stewart staring into the void, or into the past, or dipping his hands into the sick pink hues of hum...
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Stefy Review: The Orange Album
posted on August 16, 2006
STEFY is a band with the energy of No Doubt, and an incredibly sexy front woman, Stefy Rae, who combines the brashness of Pink and the commanding stage presence of Debbie Harry. Rae is bold and captivating as the focal point of the electro-infused r...
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Two Ton Boa To release Parasiticide
posted on August 16, 2006
Nightmares. They’re something we all share in common, but seldom share in experience. Like a vivid collision-course journey through shadowlands of our fears and neuroses, Two Ton Boa’s grinding musical landscape is equally unsettling, captivating and...
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Mila J To release Split Personality
posted on August 15, 2006
Growing-up in Ladera, California, with five brothers and sisters, emerging multi-talented performer Mila J knew early on that she wanted to be in the spotlight. Yet, before the multi-racial (African-American, Japanese and Native American) songbird st...
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Libby Johnson To release Annabella
posted on August 15, 2006
Libby Johnson's debut solo album on Wrong Records signals the evolution of a major musical artist. And 'Annabella' -- and those well of singing and songwriting talent -- could make Libby a household name by the end of 2006. Yet, it was a long roa...
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Sugarland To release Enjoy The Ride
posted on August 15, 2006
Double platinum-selling group Sugarland will release Enjoy The Ride, the follow up album to their debut Twice The Speed Of Life, November 7. Lead members Jennifer Nettles and Kristian Bush wrote or co-wrote all 11 tracks. Enjoy The Ride is produced...
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The Colour To release Between Earth And Sky
posted on August 15, 2006
The glut of bands in the LA music scene has a Darwinian effect: if you make it out alive, you’re primed for glory. The Colour, flagship act for EMI’s new Rethink label, are that peculiar breed of sweltering five-piece. Steeped in an innate sense...
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Sandi Thom To release Smile...It Confuses People
posted on August 15, 2006
It was during the cold, short days at the start of 2006 that Sandi Thom had her Eureka! moment. Instead of driving to gigs up and down the country with her band in her clapped-out car, as she had done for years, the singer from Scotland resolved to t...
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Dead Moon To release Echoes of the Past
posted on August 15, 2006
Clackamas, Oregon’s Dead Moon is truly one of the most independent and revered Northwest underground bands of all time. With Fred Cole on guitar and vocals, his wife Toody on bass and vocals, and the indefatigable Andrew Loomis on drums, Dead Moon ha...
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The Album Leaf To release Into The Blue Again
posted on August 15, 2006
Life as a traveling musician can become monotonous. Sleep, eat, perform. Load in, load out, pass out. Repeat. This is your day, and before you realize it, your life. After a decade of the three-step grind James LaValle—the classically trained multi-i...
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The Thermals To release The Body The Blood The Machine
posted on August 15, 2006
Envision the United States as governed by a fascist Christian state, and then focus on the need (and means) to escape. The Thermals did just that and out came The Body, The Blood, The Machine. If you're not invited to the party, you’d better start yo...
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Travis Mitchell Band To release Forget Whats Wrong
posted on August 14, 2006
The Travis Mitchell Band is a result of what happens when you combine a huge Texas Music fan, a Heavy Metal hipster and a couple of Music Scholars. We don’t know why it works either, but we’re just glad it does! The result of all these varying bac...
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VA - Delirium To release Music From (Live Arena)
posted on August 14, 2006
Cirque du Soleil Musique presents DELIRIUM on CD. The music of the live arena event by the same name that is currently touring North America was released on CD in the U.S. on Tuesday, July 25, 2006. DELIRIUM is a unique production for Cirque du Sol...
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Hymns To release Brother/Sister
posted on August 14, 2006
The seeds that would grow into Hymns were originally sown more than a decade ago on an elementary school tennis court. There, in North Carolina, a young Brian Harding met an equally young Jason Roberts. The two bonded over a shared love of music, a...
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Paulina Rubio To release Ananda
posted on August 14, 2006
Her Moment...Paulina Rubio is at the peak of her career as an artist, where her natural and explosive creativity are demonstrated by her maturity and experience, her strength and romanticism, her mysticism and passion, her sensuality and energy, her ...
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Smokey Robinson To release & The Miracles - Gold
posted on August 14, 2006
Once pronounced by Bob Dylan as America’s “greatest living poet,” acclaimed singer-songwriter Smokey Robinson’s career spans over 4 decades of hits. He has received numerous awards including the Grammy Living Legend Award, NARAS Lifetime Achievement...
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Asia To release The Definitive Collection
posted on August 14, 2006
The definitive Asia is back on album and on stage as the reunion of the original lineup of the progressive rock powerhouse that was the first supergroup of the age of MTV takes place this summer. With the four founding members--Geoff Downes, Steve H...
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Tego Calderon To release The Underdog/El Subestimado
posted on August 11, 2006
Atlantic Records has set August 29th as the street date for the eagerly anticipated label debut from Latin rap superstar Tego Calderón. Released on Calderón's own Atlantic-distributed Jiggiri Records, the album is already being hailed as a landmark i...
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Bratz To release Forever Diamondz
posted on August 11, 2006
Diamonds are a girl’s best friend--and so too is Bratz Forever Diamondz™ (Hip-O/UMe). The third installment in the wildly popular Bratz™ CD music series releases September 19, 2006 and features brand new songs by some of today’s hottest pop songwrit...
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Bob Seger To release Face The Promise
posted on August 11, 2006
On September 12th, Capitol Records will release Face The Promise, Bob Seger's first studio album in 11 years. Face The Promise opens a masterful new chapter in a songbook that has captured the dreams, ideals, yearnings and truths of the American expe...
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Flame To release Young America
posted on August 11, 2006
With passion, hard hitting lyrics, a unique vocal style and presence to match, this versatile 20-year-old phenomenon is destined for success and stardom. Coming from the Buffalo, NY bred duo & movement, Flagrant, Flame, aka Daniel Rouse, is the now ...
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Motion Man To release Pablito's Way
posted on August 11, 2006
Threshold Recordings proudly announces another Motion Man / Kutmasta Kurt collaboration album entitled Pablito's Way that will be released on September 12th, 2006. Although Motion Man has been highlighted on dozens of other established rapper's song...
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Baby Boy Da Prince To release Across The Water
posted on August 10, 2006
Out of the West Bank of New Orleans comes the Prince of The City…Baby Boy da Prince. His career began at the age of 16 opening up for No Limit Records artist Choppa. Baby Boy created a name for himself in New Orleans with a lavish on stage performanc...
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Ali and Big Gipp To release Kinfolk
posted on August 8, 2006
Ali, of the platinum selling group St. Lunatics, and "Dirty South" impresario Goodie Mob alum Big Gipp will be releasing their collaborative debut album, Kinfolk, August 15th. Kinfolk comes following up their appearance on the #1 hit track ‘Grillz’ w...
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Five For Fighting To release Two Lights
posted on August 7, 2006
It requires considerable artistic agility to write deeply personal songs that also reflect the broader world. That's just what platinum certified Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter John Ondrasik with his band Five For Fighting has consistently accomp...
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Choppa To release Comin Back Home
posted on August 7, 2006
After being affiliated with one of rap’s best businessmen, Choppa learned how to take regional hits nationwide. The New Orleans rapper’s breakthrough single, “Choppa Style”, grew from a regional success in 2001 to a national hit in 2003, with a vide...
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Black Label Society To release Shot to Hell
posted on August 7, 2006
“I dig working,” says Zakk Wylde. “You can bitch and moan sometimes about having too much on your plate, but it’s gotta get done, and this is what I do.” It’s a good thing Zakk likes to work, because he may well be one of the hardest-working men ...
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Hatebreed Hatebreed
posted on August 7, 2006
Let's say REVOLVER and ALTERNATIVE PRESS Magazines called the record you were making one of their Most Anticipated of 2006 as you were in the midst of switching labels. Perhaps you also had a world tour mapped out before and after recording, includi...
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Dani Siciliano To release Slappers (Dig)
posted on August 5, 2006
"If you speak, then speak your mind. Use your head, not your behind…" Following the critical success of her 2004 solo debut, Likes..., Dani Siciliano’s new album, Slappers, solidifies her position as one of the most passionate and original voices ...
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Coach Fingers Coach Fingers
posted on August 5, 2006
Coach Fingers is serious about having fun and with the debut long player No Flies on Frank, no one is spared from the plentiful good vibes Frank has to offer. Packed with more hooks than a ship crowded with one armed pirates, No Flies on Frank is ...
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Hayden Panettiere To release Hayden Panettiere
posted on August 5, 2006
Veteran actress Hayden Panettiere has an impressive resume of feature film, television, animation and commercial credits that have made her name synonymous with rising star. Hayden’s film, "Normal" opposite Jessica Lange and Tom Wilkinson and dire...
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Paris Hilton Paris Hilton
posted on August 5, 2006
Paris Hilton to Release Self-Titled Debut Album August 22nd Iconic Heiress Teams Up With Hit-Making Producers Scott Storch, J.R. Rotem, and Dr. Luke; Red-Hot First Single -- "Stars Are Blind" -- Is Top 20 at Pop Radio and Heating Up on MTV, VH1 Ho...
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Scott Hamilton To release Nocturnes And Serenades
posted on August 5, 2006
Scott Hamilton’s warm, effortlessly swinging tenor sax is in typically mellow form on Nocturnes and Serenades, his 41st recording as a leader or co-leader for Concord and his follow up to last year’s acclaimed outing, Back in New York. With his robus...
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Casper and the Cookies To release The Optimist's Club
posted on August 4, 2006
Athens, Georgia's Casper & the Cookies have been creating a peculiar brand of power pop since 1999, tirelessly testing new waters in their songwriting and sonic pallet. Jason NeSmith (aka Casper Fandango, ex- Of Montreal) shares writing and recording...
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Made Out of Babies To release Cowart
posted on August 4, 2006
What are you afraid of, coward? There’s something taunting and downright intimidating about the sophomore album by Made Out of Babies that befits its title, Coward. Like that well-worn catcall, it’s every bit a menacing challenge. And, by all rig...
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Alice Donut To release Fuzz
posted on August 4, 2006
The legendary Alice Donut, now in its 20th year, has just completed its 9th full length release, Fuzz. Since 1987, Alice Donut has been making an eclectic, hard-to-define tripped out mixture of hard rock, punk, grunge, pop and post-punk, often punctu...
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Eamon To release Life Is Good
posted on August 4, 2006
It’s not often that an artist can claim the Wu Tang Clan and Frankie Lymon as equal influences. By the age of 9, singer/songwriter Eamon was performing doo-wop across the Northeast U.S. as a member of his dad’s oldies review, learning to appreciate t...
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New Found Glory To release Coming Home
posted on August 4, 2006
In the early days, when success was still a pipe dream, guitarist Chad Gilbert had to drop out of high school to focus on the band. Drummer Cyrus Bolooki, turned down a scholarship and a chance to follow in the footsteps of his father, who performed ...
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Peter Frampton To release Fingerprints
posted on August 4, 2006
“This is the album I’ve been waiting my entire life to make,” says Peter Frampton of his remarkable new CD, Fingerprints (A&M/New Door/UME). It’s an impressive 14-tune collection of guitar mastery that crosses several musical borders, from funked-up ...
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Novalima To release Afro
posted on August 4, 2006
Afro is the first international release by Lima born producers known as Novalima. On a mission to bring Afro-Peruvian music up-to-date, They have managed to capture the real soul of Afro-Peru in the same way as Gotan Project did with Tango. The resul...
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Geri Allen To release Timeless Portraits And Dreams
posted on August 4, 2006
Pianist Geri Allen’s 2004 Telarc debut, The Life of a Song, garnered well-deserved praise from all corners. The New York Times called it “her best in years,” while JazzTimes called her compositions “fresh” and “distinctive.” ICE compared her playing ...
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The Pack To release The Pack
posted on August 3, 2006
With the anticipated release of The Pack's national debut - the self titled full-length cd featuring Too $hort, Keak da Sneak, Mr. F.A.B., Jody Breeze of Boyz N Da Hood, and The Team, on Too $hort's new Up All Nite Music label - the prolific young E...
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Kasabian To release Empire
posted on August 3, 2006
In a follow up to their acclaimed, self titled debut, Kasabian have swept in from Leicester with double platinum plus UK sales under their belt and are eager to strike back with their highly anticipated sophomore album, Empire, to be released on RCA ...
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Jonny Lang To release Turn Around
posted on August 3, 2006
Jonny Lang has a message for you. Sure, he’s been in touch before, speaking often with his guitar in the language of deep blues and searing rock & roll. But Turn Around is different. The guitar is still there, whispering sometimes, occasionally ev...
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Mr Capone-E To release Dont Get It Twisted
posted on August 2, 2006
As one of the originator’s of the West Coast gangsta rap movement, Mr. Capone-E has made quite a name for himself while still in his prime. Mr. Capone-E’s latest effort, Don’t Get It Twisted (SMC Recordings) is an album designed to cement his hold on...
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Glue To release Catch as Catch Can
posted on August 2, 2006
GLUE is a retro-progressive sounding trio that combines a big boom sound with a helping of soul that independent music is so sorely missing. Consisting of Adeem, djdq, and Maker, GLUE works perfectly as a 3-part effort. Adeem, the group’s front man ...
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Mastodon Mastodon
posted on August 2, 2006
In addition to appearing on the Unholy Alliance tour, Atlanta's Mastodon is readying the release of their third full-length studio recording with long time producer Matt Bayles. The album, titled Blood Mountain, is the follow up to the Bayles produce...
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John Mayer To release Continuum
posted on August 2, 2006
Combining Soul, Pop, and Blues, John Mayer’s third studio album, CONTINUUM, will be released September 12 on Aware/Columbia Records. In the two years since the acclaimed release of HEAVIER THINGS, John Mayer has redefined himself as a musician and co...
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Astronautalis Exclusive Interview
posted on August 1, 2006
The line between hip-hop and alternative rock music has completely dissolved. A myriad of musicians have surprised their fans by experimenting with unexpected styles. Mos Def started in the hip-hop group Black Star, but explored new terrain with his ...
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Paula DeAnda To release Paula DeAnda
posted on August 1, 2006
Can dreams come true? Ask Paula DeAnda, the 16-year-old Corpus Christi resident who – in short order - found herself with a rhythm radio hit that made its way on to Billboard’s charts (as a result of constant airplay throughout the South West), foll...