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With their upcoming single, SHINEDOWN wants to know what “Second Chance” experiences have impacted your life. Did you give someone a second chance? Or maybe you were lucky enough to be a recipient?
SHINEDOWN is asking their fans for words, images, and videos that express what a “Second Chance” means to them. This could be something HUGE – it all depends on your input! Head over to Shinedown Official Website: Photos, Blog, Videos, Interactive, and more. for details on how to submit your “Second Chance” thoughts, and while you’re there, check out the video of SHINEDOWN performing “Second Chance” live. 
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The accolades keep flooding in for the full-length debut from Syracuse, New York’s Ra Ra Riot. Earlier this month, Rolling Stone dropped them on their list of Six Artists to Watch in 2008, while awarding the record an impressive 4 out of 5 stars. Likewise, Entertainment Weekly, Pitchfork, The New York Times, and nearly the entire critical community have come out in support of The Rhumb Line, the long-playing follow-up to the band’s 2007 self-titled EP. Riding this overwhelming wave of praise, Ra Ra Riot recently announced an appearance on Late Night With Conan O’Brien set to broadcast on September 2nd.
In celebration of the album’s release, the band recently recorded a handful of live performances in an attic in upstate New York. Over the past week, Pitchfork, Stereogum, Brooklyn Vegan and My Old Kentucky Blog have each unveiled one clip in the four-part series. The videos, directed by Taryn Gould and Emily Kowalcyzk, feature the band performing a different Rhumb Line stand o
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MOTHER MOTHER COMPLETES NEW VIDEO, ANNOUNCES U.S. TOUR DATES
New York, NY, August 26 – Mother Mother is gearing up for the September 16th release of their second album O My Heart, and has just completed a video for the title track. The clip was helmed by visionary 22 year-old director Colin Minihan, who recently achieved an incredible four videos simultaneously charting on the MuchMusic Countown, and also got a Best Independent Video nomination at the recent MuchMusic Video Awards.
The “O My Heart” video blends stop motion and live action and features the band performing as 3-inch paper cut outs glued to cardboard backings inside a colorful diorama that rests inside a youngster’s bedroom. The narrative ties into the performance and eventually leads to the band performing the ending of the song inside the young boys chest, on top of his broken and still beating paper-maché heart, until it patches itself back together.
Mother Mother also just confirmed a run of li
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Telepathique Join The Infamous Tricky On U.S. "Knowle West Boy" Tour "Stateside ears are no stranger to dance tunes spouting from Brazil -- CSS and Bonde do Role have already put the country on the indie-minded map. But Telepathique, a duo calling the same nation home, certainly bring a whole new sound to the dance floor." - SPIN
"When this Brazilian duo unleashes its debut album later in 2008, it is going to kill people."- Popmatters
"Love and Lust" Free Download
"I'm Not The Man You Think I am" Video on Pitchfork TV
Although their story is probably new to most North Americans, both Theobaldo and Pires have long been accomplished in their own rights overseas, with and outside of their work in Telepathique. Pires’ solo work as a vocalist is steeped in African and Brazilian music traditions, and Theobaldos remix of “Dadinho” on the ‘City Of God” soundtrack became a smash hit (he also produced Brazilian artists Otto and BiD, to wide acclaim.) Vital and immediate throughou
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Self-titled album ‘We The Kings’ set for UK release on 8th September
Tour with The Academy Is… starts 13th September
(Virgin Records)
Following a storming first trip to the UK back in May of this year, We The Kings are bringing their live show back to the UK and this time they’ll be releasing their self-titled debut full-length for UK fans on 8th September. The album was received rapturously in the States and it’s now time for the band to take on the UK for real. The band’s very first live performance on UK shores was at the Slam-Dunk festival in Leeds where they played in front of over a thousand cheering bodies.
We The Kings hail from Bradenton, Florida in the USA and whereas most kids fight against their hometown and think the grass is greener outside of where they grew up, the four guys in the band embrace their upbringing, showing all sorts of love for their hometown on their self-titled debut disc. They have even been asked to throw out the first pitch at
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DARK MEAT TO CONTINUE MAYHEM WITH FALL NORTH AMERICAN TOUR
21 DATE TOUR BEGINS SEPTEMBER 17th IN THROUGH OCTOBER
UNIVERSAL INDIANS OUT NOW ON VICE RECORDS
Dark Meat, the 17-piece Athens, GA based psychedelic rock collective, is hitting the road yet again this fall for a series of 21 high energy shows throughout the Midwest, Canada, and select East Coast dates throughout September and October.
Following up the success of the release of Universal Indians on Vice Records this April, their massive 66 date tour earlier this summer, and two monumental shows with Diplo to celebrate the release of their split 7" on Chunklet, Dark Meat will return to their 1972 GMC coach bus to bring their brand of wild-eyed Southern jams to a city near you.
Press on Dark Meat:
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Backyard Tire Fire’s fourth album The Places We Lived, out now on Hyena Records, is winning over fans and fresh ears alike with its exciting brand of indie roots-rock and down to earth songwriting. Streaming right now on AOL Spinner and My Old Kentucky Blog, The Places We Lived has been called “Midwestern Americana at it’s slice-of-hard-life best” by Berkeley Place, and CYSTSFTS calls it “lovelorn with yearning nostalgia but coupled with straight-up Southern-fried noise.” Stop Okay Go recently conducted an interview with frontman Ed Anderson right here.
The band starts their headlining tour with Ha Ha Tonka next week in Chicago, before embarking on a slew of December dates with the legendary Reverend Horton Heat.
Download and share “The Places We Lived” from Backyard Tire Fire’s The Places We Lived
http://www.dailyrindblog.com/audio/backyardtirefire_theplaceswelived.mp3
Backyard Tire Fire Tour Dates:
09-05 Chicago, IL - Metro#
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The Gabe Dixon Band has just released the music video for their piano-rock single “Till You’re Gone.” Director Paul Cummings used stop-motion animation to help bring a human piano to life and showcase Dixon’s talent on the keys.
Today marks the Nashville-based trio’s release of their self-titled album. Their Fantasy Records’ debut was already deemed one of Paste Magazine’s favorite records of the year, and Dixon’s vocal talent and piano chops have been praised by fellow musicians across the board including Sara Bareilles and Jamie Cullum. Dan Wilson (Semisonic, Dixie Chicks) co-wrote three songs on the album that features a variety of tracks from heartfelt ballads to pop piano jams in the spirit of Elton John and Ben Folds 5. Check it out on iTunes here.
The Gabe Dixon Band on iTunes: http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=288450424&s=143441
“Till You’re Gone” video: YouTube - The Gabe Dixon Band | Till You're Gone
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Metallica just released the second single off their upcoming album, Death Magnetic today. Entitled "My Apocalypse," the track is now available for download on iTunes. Metallica fans should also check out iTunes where you can also purchase the riveting track “The Day That Never Comes” which premiered last week.
Additionally, the band have recently unveiled a new widget that the band will frequently updated with news, a trailer for their MissionMetallica.com fan site, and other Death Magnetic related material. The widget can be embedded onto most social networking sites and blog applications.
Death Magnetic will be available everywhere on September 12th.
iTunes link: http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=288891078&s=143441
Widget link: Metallica Death Magnetic Widget - Clearspring
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SLAVES TO GRAVITY have added another exciting success to what is turning into a golden year for the London based quintet. On Thursday last week they nabbed the honours of 'Best British Newcomer' at this year's Kerrang Awards!
In addition to this highly sought after accolade Tommy Gleeson et al have seen their debut album 'Scatter The Crow' chart at #27 in the UK Indie Chart, have TWO Singles entering the top three, signed up with Madina Lake and Aiden's manager (John Germinario) for North America and played dynamite sets at Download, The Bulldog Bash and the Ripcurl Boardmasters Festival in Newquay.
And in further news the band have been announced as support act for the eagerly awaited AIDEN tour in October. Dates are as follows:
Supporting Aiden:
Oct 1 Manchester Academy 3 :: Altsounds.com :: | The world's most comprehensive source for alternative music, news, reviews, interviews, bands and artists.
Oct 2 Sheffield Academy 2
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| | | Premiere Part Two In Video Series On RCRD LBL
September 2nd! September 2nd! September 2nd! By now you’ve probably read the release date for Sam Champion’s sophomore bash, Heavenly Bender, a few hundred times. But the Brooklyn indie rockers threw us all a big curveball this morning. Effective immediately, the band’s North Street debut – in all of its skuzzy garage pop glory – is available for pre-release purchase exclusively at AmieStreet.com. And better yet, for the next three days, you can snag it for just three bucks(!). Yes, that’s right, three measly dollars. And then, when Friday rolls around, the price inches up to four greenbacks until (one more time with feeling!) September 2nd, the album’s wide release. So, yeah, long story short, Heavenly Bender costs sixty nickles for the next three days!
Buy Heavenly Bender Exclusively At AmieStreet.com
Amie Street - Sam Champion's Music Store
In other news, the Andrew Zuchero-helmed Sam Champion video series continued last week when RCRD LBL premiered the seco
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Cold War Kids' brand new hit single "Something Is Not Right With Me" is available today at iTunes!
Purchase at: http://www.itunes/coldwarkids
Also, Cold War Kids LA and SF shows are now on sale:
Sep 24 2008 Henry Fonda Theatre Los Angeles, California
Sep 25 2008 Great American Music Hall San Francisco, California
Sep 26 2008 Great American Music Hall San Francisco, California
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A full stream of Erin McCarley's song "Pony (It's OK)" is available now on imeem.
Additionally, Erin can be seen live on the Hotel Café tour this fall which will feature a rotating lineup of at five artists at every show, all sharing musicians and supporting one another, making for a unique night of music. The tour is held together by performer and co-organizer Cary Brothers, who will be present for the entire tour.
PONY (IT'S OK) - FREE MP3 Stream - Listen on IMEEM Music
Erin McCarley Hotel Café Tour:
Oct 9 2008 8:00P SoHo Restaurant Santa Barbara, California
Oct 10 2008 8:00P Hotel Cafe Los Angeles, California
Oct 11 2008 8:00P Hotel Cafe Tour - House of Blues Anaheim, California
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TV on the Radio will follow-up 2006's universally acclaimed Return to Cookie Mountain and drop Dear Science on September 23rd via DGC/Interscope Records. New songs from the Brooklyn quintet's third full-length album will be unveiled throughout North America in September starting in Portland, OR, with festival appearances in Colorado and California. The band will be joined by special guest Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson and later The Dirtbombs, who will open select dates.
Also their new track "Golden Age" is streaming at TVontheRadio.com, it'd be great if you could help spread the word. I've attached the embed code for a 30 second stream preview if you'd like to post that up (as well as a recent press shot.)
TV on the Radio Tour Dates
SEPTEMBER
05 Musicfest NW, Portland, OR*
06 Showbox, Seattle WA*
07 Commodore Ballroom Vancouver BC*
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Angel Pier release new single “Emily”
Release Date: 13/10/08
Angel Pier, make a discordant noise through unhinged classic pop melodies. Three parts Irish to one part Canadian, Angel Pier layer looping drums and brooding bass, a confrontational guitarist with severe riff-tourettes & a melancholic vocalist with dark lyrical tendencies.
The band have been kicking up a storm in North America since playing the prestigious CMJ festival and have picked up invitations to SXSW, Canadian Music Week and NXNE so far this year, also securing a North American distribution deal with Fontana Distribution.
The bands Debut EP, “Bullet Holes & Broken Sectors" EP was produced by Kieran Lynch (U2, Elvis Costello, REM) and was well received by the media.
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Exclusive Glasvegas live footage on MUZU TV
Scotland’s hottest band release homecoming gig material on new music video platform
To coincide with the re-release of their stunning single ‘Daddy’s Gone’ on Monday 25th August, the highly-acclaimed Glasvegas are making a previously unseen video clip available for fans to view at MUZU TV - Bands, festivals, venues and fans Broadcast your Music TV on the web.
Recorded at their recent homecoming gig at Glasgow’s ABC2 on 20th June, the clip shows just why music-industry legend Alan McGee has hailed Glasvegas as “the best Scottish band for 20 years”. Managing to convey the intimate buzz of the gig while also feeling epic and legendary, the live footage marks the moment Glasvegas crossed the line from stars-in-the-making to legends in their own right. The crowd sing-along towards the end of the song is a sure sign of things to come – as their fame grows, so will the venues, and watching this footage it’s not hard to imagi
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| | | FREE Tickets w/ NFG
It's happening! Four Year Strong will be hitting the road in October, HEADLINING with I Am The Avalanche, This Is Hell, and A Loss For Words. We're totally stoked, and YOU SHOULD BE TOO! Check out all the dates at the bottom of the post, as well as on MYSPACE, and don't forget to catch the show in your city!
Want to win free tickets for you and a friend to an upcoming Four Year Strong show, just by sending a text message? WELL! Today just might be your lucky day. How do you win, you might ask? Easy peasy! Just send a text to the number that corresponds with the show of your choice, and you'll automatically be entered to win!
Everyone who enters will automatically be signed up to join Four Year Strong's "mobile mob". Think of the He-Man Woman-Haters club from The Little Rascals, but girls can join too! You'll get exclusive updates and kickass content from the band, not to mention a FREE Rise Or Die Trying wallpaper for your phone! Enter now, happy texting!
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| | | WRAP UP WARPED TOUR TO MUCH CRITICAL ACCLAIM
Fresh off of the punk-rock boot camp known as Vans Warped Tour, PIERCE THE VEIL have announced a fall headlining tour commencing October 17th in Phoenix, Arizona and finishing up in the band’s hometown of San Diego, CA on November 29th. The six-week trek will be the first headlining tour for the band - Vic Fuentes (vocals), Tony Perry (guitar), Jaime Preciado (bass), and Mike Fuentes (drums) - with support from Breathe Carolina, Four Letter Lie, and Emarosa.
In addition to the abundance of praise from the Warped Tour attendees and regional press, the tour’s founder, Kevin Lyman, listed PIERCE THE VEIL as one of the next big things in the scene in a recent interview with Hurley. “It’s fun to see Pierce The Veil… where kids are just running to see ,” Lyman stated. PIERCE THE VEIL received some additional attention when they were bumped up to the Main Stage in several cities including Camden, NJ and Saskatoon, SK. “Best summer of our lives!” affirmed vocalis
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| | | We All Need A Reason To Believe
You can now stream Valencia's new album, We All Need A Reason To Believe on MySpace.com - VALENCIA (FULL ALBUM STREAM NOW) - PHILADELPHIA - Rock - www.myspace.com/valencia
Give it a listen, drop them a line and tell them how great the album is, and pick up a physical copy in stores TODAY!!
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| | | NEW SINGLE: ‘NO SUNLIGHT’
Death Cab for Cutie have announced a UK tour for November which kicks off in Belfast on November 12, and includes a date at London’s Alexandra Palace on November 19. The tour coincides with the release of ‘No Sunlight’ on November 17 (Digital November 10), the third single to be taken from Death Cab for Cutie’s stunning sixth album Narrow Stairs. The album, which was released in May, entered the UK chart in the Top 25 - the first time the band has broken the UK Top 40 - and debuted at number 1 in the US.
Produced by the band’s own Chris Walla (who has produced for The Decemberists and Tegan & Sara), Narrow Stairs is shaping up as Death Cab’s most-praised work to date. NME wrote "Narrow Stairs' is more challenging, uncompromising and brilliant than any number one US album since Radiohead turned boring’, whilst The Fly said ‘Death Cab prove themselves masters of the bigger picture…magnificent’, and Uncut declared that ‘the LP extends the soundscape to IMAX proportions’. The relea
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