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WAAVES Add Tour Dates, Phoenix Opener !!!

MUSIC NEWS - Wavves recently announced their opening slot for Phoenix and Dirty Projectors at Madison
Square Garden, NYC on October 20. Since then, the band has also added seven more shows with Phoenix
extending all the way down the East Coast (see full itinerary below).

The band's also released the new music video for their Green Label Sound single "Post Acid" this week (view it below). The "Post Acid" video was shot in the Echo Park area of Los Angeles. Acclaimed DIY photographer/filmmaker Patrick O'Dell directed. Patrick O'Dell, who is best known for his short-form documentary series Epicly Later'd, has also directed music videos for Morrissey and Panda Bear. O'Dell's "Post Acid" video features friend and professional skateboarder Kevin "Spanky" Long as the alien who befriends the band and embarks on a raucous, fun-filled day of skateboarding, hanging out, and playing a party gig.

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.”

GORILLAZ ANNOUNCE NORTH AMERICAN TOUR DATES

MUSIC NEWS - GORILLAZ have confirmed the final dates on their three month "ESCAPE TO PLASTIC BEACH" global campaign, including first ever MADISON SQUARE GARDEN HEADLINE gig in NYC !  Check out the "Escape to Plastic Beach World Tour' trailer below, and full tour itinerary-

TEGAN and SARA's New "On Directing" Video, Tour News

MUSIC NEWS- TEGAN and SARA are back in the USA for a massive summer tour, beginning this week as part of the Honda Civic Tour with Paramore, New Found Glory and Kadawatha. Tegan and Sara will step out from the tour for a few additional shows and play a one-off date as part of Lilith Fair along with a handful of headline dates, which means an even better summer for T & S fans. 

They're also releasing a brand new video clip for “On Directing” from their recent album,  SAINTHOOD.  It's premiering today at Noon PST / 3:00pm EST on marketing firm Alloy Media’s Teen.com site, but only for 24 hours exclusively.  The clip was directed by Angela Kendall, whose previous work also includes the “Call it Off” and “Speak Slow” clips, and was filmed in Vancouver, BC.

As previously announced, a special 2010 Summer Tour EP is available and features tracks from each of the bands on the Honda Civic Tour.  It's available online through the iTunes Store.

 

(photo: Pamela Littky)

PETER GABRIEL Does Tom Waits' "In the Neighborhood"

MUSIC NEWS - A new episode of The Voice Project that featuring Peter Gabriel covering Tom Waits' "In The Neighborhood" was sent out today across five non-profit web sites. Invisible Children, Oxfam America, Resolve Uganda, WITNESS, and HOPE Campaign teamed up to premiere this latest installment. The Voice Project is a music based initiative  raising awareness and support for the war torn region of Central East Africa. (watch the video, below).

Northern Uganda, Southern Sudan, Eastern Congo and Central African Republic have been severely affected by the ongoing violence of Joseph Kony's rebel army the LRA in Africa's longest running conflict. Women's groups in Northern Uganda have been using songs to send messages of forgiveness to those abducted and forced to fight, many of whom escape but hide in the bush afraid to return home for fear of reprisals. The songs are played on the radio and passed by word to let the soldiers know they are forgiven and can come home.

BROKEN HEARTS & DIRTY WINDOWS, Salute to John Prine

MUSIC NEWS - Broken Hearts & Dirty Windows: Songs of John Prine hits the streets tomorrow, June 22 via Oh Boy.  This highly anticipated album, which follows on the May 25 release of Prine's live recording In Person & On Stage, celebrates John Prine classics interpreted by Josh Ritter, Deer Tick, Conor Oberst, Drive-By Truckers, The Avett Brothers and more.

You can get a free download of My Morning Jacket's version of "All the Best" from Broken Hearts & Dirty Windows: Songs of John Prine here.

And if you missed them, check out John Prine and Yim Yames (aka Jim James) playing "All The Best" on Letterman, below.

BUCKCHERRY, Free New Single and Word on ALL NIGHT LONG Album

MUSIC NEWS - Los Angeles rockers, BUCKCHERRY, ready for their ALL NIGHT LONG album release (their fifth album, out August 3)  with a free download of the album's initial single, "ALL NIGHT LONG".  The new album is their follow-up to last year's Black Butterfly.  Now back with Eleven Seven Music, the guys are ready to“continue to "elevate our game"; says front man Josh Todd.  Check out their first single and video, All Night Long below,”and download it for FREE through their new widget [here] . The guys are also giving away another free MP3 for their new track, Our World,”to bring light to the oil spill in The Gulf of Mexico.  You can see what they have to say about the spill and get the free track on the band's official site, BuckCherry.com.

THERESA ANDERSSON, New "Oh Mary" Live Video

MUSIC NEWS- New Orleans, LA based artist Theresa Andersson has recently released her new DVD, Theresa Andersson: Live at Le Petit.  We just picked up on her performance of “Oh Mary” from the release, check it out below and you'll be aching for Andersson's full concert video !!

 

OZZY Can Still Make His Fans "SCREAM"

MUSIC NEWS - OZZY OSBOURNE was in NYC last week prepping for the June 22 release of his new album Scream (out via Epic Records) featuring the single “Let Me Hear You Scream”--visited Madame Tussauds wax museum in Times Square and didn’t miss the opportunity to bring his own wax figure to life. Watch below to see the reactions of unsuspecting tourists as OZZY makes them “scream".

TRAIN's New "If It's Love" Video (Pete Wentz directed) Premieres

MUSIC NEWS - San Francisco rockers, Train are back with a video for their new song "If It's Love", off their Ocotber 2009 released album Save Me, San Francisco (available on Columbia Records). The video was directed by Pete Wentz of Fall Out Boy fame and will premiere on Saturday, May 15 at 9am (ET/PT) on VH1 Top 20 Countdown Show.

Check out the preview clip of the "If It's Love" video below.  On the premise of the video, Pete previously told MTV, "It's based off videos like (Michael Jackson's) 'Leave Me Alone,' or 'The Real Slim Shady' ... it's a bit of a parody, you'll see Pat and the guys parodying themselves a bit. That's what I've always found from [Fall Out Boy's] videos. If you take the piss out of yourself, people like it."


"If It's Love" follows up Train's huge hit single, "Hey, Soul Sister".  Watch for Train performing June 7 on "The View" and on August 6 as part of the "TODAY Show Summer Concert Series" from NYC. Train will also have the honor of helping to kick-off the inaugural concert at the New Meadowlands Stadium in E. Rutherford, NJ with Bon Jovi on May 26.  Train is in the midst of their Save Me, San Francisco tour across the nation. More @ TrainLine.com.

MGMT Rocks the Night on SNL

MUSIC NEWS - Brooklyn, NY's MGMT performed two songs last night on SNL.  Up first, off of Congratulations, their sophmore release was "Flash Delirium," the song they put out digitally last month, March 9 to preview the new album. The New Yorkers then gave us "Brian Eno," (see clip below) a tremendous tribute the British producer and musician.

"It's kind of a vampire-punk-rock song about finding Brian Eno in like a cathedral in Transylvania," vocalist Andrew VanWyngarden told the New York magazine last year. "He's like a dark wizard. We originally asked him to produce the track, but he hadn't heard of us."  MGMT is currently on tour to promote the new releaseand will play at May's Sasquatch festival and August's Lollapalooza.

Dave Grohl, THEM CROOKED VULTURES, Reveals His Addiction

MUSIC NEWS - Another tale of rock star addication is revealed in the recently released footage contained in "Fresh Pots".  This time we learn of the affects on a band, shown in the haunting vignette of Dave Grohl's dependency of the coffee bean. To save Dave, Them Crooked Vultures have released a short video on how the addiction spiraled out of control, and just how bad it got. With a look of sheer terror on Joshua Homme's face he chronicles Grohl's daily coffee intake, speculating that Grohl "probably has 5 fresh pots a day!" See it all unfold below-

New BARENAKED LADIES Video and More Tour News !

MUSIC NEWS -  Barenaked Ladies have just released their new video for the new tune, "You Run Away".  The song is from their upcoming album,  All In Good Time, which will be out in Canada on March 23rd and in the USA on March 30th (hey !!! ??? )

The "You Run Away" video combines thousands of still photos with live action performance footage for a truly unique perspective; check it out below.

Peter Wolf Returns With His Midnight Souvenirs

MUSIC NEWS - Longtime rocker, Peter Wolf, is back with a brilliant new collection of tunes, late night reveries and house party stomps. It's called 'Midnight Souvenirs' (produced by Kenny White and Mr Wolf) and will be out April 6 via UMe/Verve Records (order below thru MNN). 

The new album from the J Geils Band frontman kicks off with the push and pull of the duet "Tragedy," featuring Shelby Lynne.   Written with longtime collaborator and GRAMMY winner Angelo Petraglia (Kings of Leon), the song came quickly. "We were just tossing lines back and forth,"

OK Go Departs EMI to Announce Their Own Label, Tour

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OK Go, the record setting band whose inventive internet campaigns and self-directed music videos you surely seen,  announced the formation of Paracadute, their own label to oversee the distribution and promotion of the band.  In the same way the band saw an opportunity to do something different with their homemade videos, OK Go see untapped potential in the sea change that the music industry is experiencing and believe there are tremendous opportunities for artists capable of managing their own promotion and distribution. The band, who have always controlled their publishing, merchandise, touring, and all other non-recording rights, are parting by mutual agreement with EMI Music.

"We'd like to thank the people who have worked so hard on our behalf," said OK Go singer Damian Kulash, who will discuss the band's departure from the label on NPR's "All Things Considered" today. "And we'd like to thank our fans for making this choice an easy one for us."