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DALE EARNHARDT Jr. Jr. Announces USA Tour Dates

MUSIC NEWS -  Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr., the music project started in Detroit, MI by Joshua Epstein and Daniel Zott, premiered the video for their single "Nothing But Our Love" recently, and has now announced plans for USA tour (current itinerary, more dates expected).

"Nothing But Our Love," recently listed at KCRW as a "Top Tune," is off of their debut Horse Power EP, and is available on the Quite Scientific label.  The video, below, was directed by Ian Sigmon, features the band living up to their namesake, as the  sleepwalking duo dreams of a makeshift Daytona 500. Donning helmets and cardboard cars, they race to the finish line in the fashion of Fred Flintstone, feverishly fending off the competition. As they celebrate on the winner's circle, the pair's sleepwalking journey comes to a comical, if not a bit deranged, close. 

BLACK EYED PEAS Make Digital Music History

MUSIC NEWS - The Black Eyed Peas have recently made music history and given more proof of the widespread popularity of their tune,  “I Gotta Feeling.”  Their #1 hit tune has become the first song to reach the 6 million mark in digital downloads. 

The music milestone was announced on Friday by the band and confirmed by Nielsen SoundScan.  They also made a NYC appearance on Good Morning America on Friday (video below).  will.i.am, the group's leader, says the moment is about much more than the song.    “We came out in ’98 and our career, if you would look at it on chart, there’s no dips in it,” he said in a phone interview Thursday. “For our career to still be healthy and vibrant and doing things like 6 million downloads, it’s pretty significant.”

TRAVIS McCOY Shares "One At a Time" Tune for Charity

MUSIC NEWS - To honor World AIDS Day (today, December 1), Travis McCoy's charity track,

"One at a Time," is available for download here, at iTunes.  The song chronicles McCoy's journey as the spokesman for the Staying Alive Foundation,  travelling to the Phillippines, South Africa, and India.  And, 100% of the proceeds go to the MTV Staying Alive Foundation.

 

And watch for first single from Travis' debut solo album, The Lazarus Project, coming in early 2010, as well as a new Gym Class Heroes album later in 2010.

 

 

 

 

 

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DEAD by SUNRISE New Single Here Now !

     MUSIC NEWS-  Their full album, OUT OF ASHES, isn't due out until the fall.  But finally, we can release to you the new single by Dead by Sunrise (Chester Bennington /Linkin Park) - "Crawl Back In".   Click below-

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HUGH CORNWELL to Tour USA, Offers Up New Album FREE

     MUSIC NEWS - THE STRANGLERS lead guy, Hugh Cornwell is offering his new album, HOOVERTOWN to everyone, as a FREE download.  The original vocalist, guitarist and main songwriter for The Stranglers just asks you to visit his site to get it.  And, btw, the site can be viewed in twelve languages (English, French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Arabic, Farsi, Russian, Mandarin, Turkish, Italian and Japanese), making his music freely available to most of the world’s population.

Why make it available for free you ask? “Everything that’s ever been recorded or filmed is now online and free – whether the copyright owners like it or not, and any work of artists that is honest – either from decades ago or right now – has intellectual value that will always translate into monetary value,” explains Charles Kennedy, head of Invisible Hands Music, Hugh's record company.

Hugh's new one is a great record, and one made without ProTools, AutoTune, or any other piece of performance-enhancing stuff.  It comes from the heart of a true thinker, writer and musician, and should be shared.  Physical copies will be available on vinyl and as a triple-sleeved digi-pak CD/DVD, which will contain Hugh’s film “Blueprint,” featuring live studio performance inter-spliced with an interview with Hugh at the Tate Gallery in London. Both Hooverdam and “Blueprint” were recorded in Toerag Studios with producer Liam Watson (best known for producing the White Stripes’ Elephant).

The music itself is a lively mix of rhythm & blues, rockabilly and post-punk and Hugh will bring it to the states next month on tour (see itinerary below).

For a taste of Hugh's new music check out a live, in-studio performance of "Please Don't Put Me On A Slow Boat To Trowbridge" here .  Download his album, here and visit Hugh at  hughcornwell.com

RADIOHEAD Now "Officially" Releases "These Are..." Single

     MUSIC NEWS -  If you somehow missed the "leaked" RADIOHEAD tune last week, not to worry, "These Are My Twisted Works" was made available today (August 17) as a free download from their official website.

"We've been recording for a while, and this was one of the first we finished," Radiohead's Jonny Greenwood said in a message posted at the site. "We're pretty proud of it. There's other stuff in various states of completion, but this is one we've been practicing, and which we'll probably play at this summer's concerts. Hope you like it."  The much rumored new EP, which was supposedly coming out today, seems to be just that, a rumor.

The band, which is currently without a record deal (by their choice).  They released another song earlier this month, "Harry Patch (In Memory Of)," which was a charity single with proceeds for the British Legion.   Britian's last surviving World War I veteran, Harry Patch died July 25 at the age of 111 !  The song was their first new music release since their 2008 self-release of In Rainbows.

Get the new song @ Dead Air Space site !

MARK HOPPUS/ Blink 182 (and others) Remix All-American Rejects on new EP

     MUSIC NEWS -The All-American Rejects have just released a four track EP of I Wanna Remixes(their hit single).  The EP includes remixes by Blink 182's Mark Hoppus as well as DiscoTech, DJ Spider and Eli Escobar.

I Wanna: The Remixes is now available for purchase, here.  More information on The All-American Rejects, @ All-AmericanRejects.com
 

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A SONG FOR MY FATHER, Tribute to Their Dads by Devon Allman, Ben Taylor, Adam Cohen, Sarah Lee Guthrie & others...

      MUSIC NEWS - With Mom's Day behind us, it's time to move on to Dads, and 429 Records has announced their June 2, 2009 release of a collection of songs (full track list after the break) newly recorded by the sons & daughters of legendary musicians titled, A SONG FOR MY FATHER. The 14 song set featuring artists such as Salvador Santana, Devon Allman (Honeytribe) , Gunnar and Matthew Nelson, A.J. Croce, Ben Taylor, Sarah Lee Guthrie and others offering up a moving interpretation of their fathers' classic songs. The offspring offer a unique and intimate spin on familiar material made famous by their legendary dads in new performances connecting great songs between two generations. A SONG FOR MY FATHER offers a rare insight into the songs and the people who created them as they've chosen tracks with a particular meaning. A SONG FOR MY FATHER will be available exclusively through iTunes in time for Father's Day.

RAY CHARLES Records Go Digital on April 7th !

   MUSIC NEWS - One of the most requested song collections among digital music buyers, Ray Charles’ post-1960 catalog will finally go digital !  Starting April 7th, iTunes will have a two-week exclusive on the catalog of 28 albums; they'll then be available at all digital music shoppes. Ray Charles’ post 1960 music catalog was one of the most treasured and highly requested catalogs that had been unavailable digitally. These masters include such iconic recordings as “Georgia On My Mind,” I Can’t Stop Loving You,” “Hit the Road Jack,” “Busted” and “Crying Time” among many others.

On April 7th, Concord Records also releases a 21-song anthology of hits titled Ray Charles — Genius: The Ultimate Ray Charles Collection. The volume presents his most influential recordings for the Atlantic and ABC-Paramount labels including 1954’s “I’ve Got a Woman” plus “Busted,” “Georgia on My Mind,” “Hit the Road Jack” and “I Can’t Stop Loving You,” concluding with his signature 1972 rendition of “America the Beautiful.” All are digitally remastered from the original tapes.  Later this year, Concord will release several other Ray Charles reissues year including Modern Sounds in Country & Western Music, Volumes 1 & 2, The Genius Hits the Road, A Message From the People and Genius + Soul = Jazz & More.

New BOB DYLAN Tune MP3 Download !

     MUSIC NEWS - Bob Dylan has offered up a free MP3 of Beyond Here Lies Nothin', from his forthcoming Jack Frost produced album, Together Through Life.(out via Columbia Records  [of course] ) on April 28th (order your copy here).   Give Beyond... a listen thru March 31 at BobDylan.com.

"BOOM BOOM POW" Release Moved Up by BLACK EYED PEAS

      MUSIC NEWS - The digital release of "Boom Boom Pow," the new single from The Black Eyed Peas, has been moved up to Monday, March 30th, announced Interscope Records.  The tune will become available through all digital shoppes. To stem the unauthorized downloads, and to satisify fan who have been clamoring to purchase the track since it hit Top 40 Radio two weeks ago. " The video for "Boom Boom Pow" -- directed by Motion Theory (who lensed Weezer's Grammy Award-winning clip for "Pork and Beans") -- will be released in early April. The song was written by The Black Eyed Peas, which is will.i.am, apl.de.ap, Taboo, and Fergie, and produced by will.i.am.

"Boom Boom Pow" is the first single from The Black Eyed Peas' upcoming fifth studio album The E.N.D., which is due from Interscope Records on June 9th, 2009. The E.N.D.is the BEPs' first album of new music since 2005's blockbuster Monkey Business (buy a copy here)  which sold more than nine million copies worldwide and gave us the Grammy Award-winning singles "Don't Phunk With My Heart" and "My Humps."

Also, The Black Eyed Peas will perform their music at the Ultra Music Festival  Conference on Friday, March 27th in Miami, FL !

The FELICE BROTHERS, From SXSW to New Music & Tour

     MUSIC NEWS - Check out the brand new single, "Run Chicken Run" from The Felice Brothers' upcoming April 7th release Yonder Is The Clock (on Team Love Records) FREE. " You can download and preview the brand new tune here.

It's a great time for the band.  The Catskill boys are hot off a couple of raucous (one was so packed the fire department showed up to  make sure the place wasn't over the legal limit) and well-received gigs at SXSW 2009. The Austin American Statesman wrote that their Friday afternoon appearance at the Dirty Dog "showcased the Felice Brothers' recent artistic strides. Material from the forthcoming masterwork 'Yonder is the Clock' both torpedoed hearts and shook homes.  Easy highlights like the scattershot country blues 'Run, Chicken, Run' and 'Ambulance Man' offered brilliant Southern Gothic narratives."

Following a Record Release Show for the new album on April 7th at the Bardavan Opera House in Poughkeepsie, NY, the New York Staters, The Felice Brothers take to the road for a National headlining tour (see itinerary below).

Free, New Tunes from Jane's Addiction, NIN and Street Sweeper on Tour EP

     MUSIC NEWS - Jane's Addiction / Nine Inch Nails & Street Sweeper (Tom Morello's new band) have released a new  six song EP online on Ninja2009.com.  The site is the offical website for the threre-band upcoming  tour . The cuts available for free download from JA are "Chip Away" and "Whores," both songs that fans will recognize from 1987's self-titled live release. he new NIN music included is - "Not So Pretty Now" and "Non-Entity".  Enter you email address to receive.

"Just to get some creative juice flowing- we went into the studio for about two weeks," Perry Farrell of Jane's Addictiona recently told Billboard.com. "We had the idea to re-record two tunes, just because they'd never been done officially in the studio. And we had some fun writing some new things. A handful that are close to finished, but not quite done. But there's no rush to put anything out at this point."

See recent LA Times interview with Tom Morello.
 

THE BEATLES May Go Digital Thru Their Own Shoppe

     MUSIC NEWS - The Beatles may chose to offer their long-anticipated digital catalog on their own digital music store instead of on iTunes or other established digital retailers, citing a desire to establish their own pricing for downloads, UK's the Guardian reported.

"[Apple CEO Steve] Jobs says that a download is worth 99 cents, and we disagree," Dhani Harrison, 33,  son of the late George Harrison who works at the band's label, Apple Corps, recently told Blender Magazine.  "We're losing money every day," Harrison told the Guardian.  "So what do you do? You have to have your own delivery system, or you have to do a good deal with Steve Jobs."

Harrison states that he is the driving force behind Apple Corps' recent decision to license the Beatles' tunes for use in the upcoming music video game "The Beatles: Rock Band", releasing on 9/9/09.  

OASIS New EPs Out

     MUSIC NEWS - Brit pop-rockers, Oasis, are soon releasing a UK 4-tune EP to support their current single, “Falling Down”, their third one off of 2008’s Dig Out Your Soul .  This new release EP offers remixes of the FD tune, and the B-side, “Those Swollen Hand Blues”.  Besides this, the band will put out an extra live EP, as a free gift with purchase of the Times/UK on March 15. The EP has eleven songs, including favorites like “Wonderwall” and “Don’t Go Away”.  There will also be a free, five song EP of Noel Gallagher performance (with Paul Weller) from the Teenager Cancer Trust charity show that he  performed at in March 2007. Titled The Dreams We Have As Children, the four tracks will be available for a free download via The Times UK / iTunes over a scheduled release: “(It’s Good) To Be Free” (3/10), “Talk Tonight” (3/11), “Cast No Shadow” (3/12), “The Importance Of Being Idle” (3/13), and “Don’t Look Back In Anger” (3/14).