CRYING WOLF

Transcendental Aussie rockers, Wolfmother, will return with a wonderfully ambitious new record, Cosmic Egg, scheduled for release on October 13th. This will be preceded by the release of the joyously shredding first single, “New Moon Rising,” which makes its radio premiere this Friday August 14.

It’s been a long road back following the internationally lauded, self-titled debut Wolfmother record, one that sold over 1.4 million copies worldwide and earned praise from around the globe, including a Grammy. The seeds for Cosmic Egg were sown when the touring cycle for the debut record came to a close, and front man and guitarist Andrew Stockdale sat down to start from scratch at his home studio in Brisbane. Following an extensive gestation period and the enlistment of new band members, Stockdale and his band of merry men, with producer Alan Moulder, rode ashore in picturesque hippy mecca Byron Bay, Australia, to begin pre-production.
Moulder meanwhile brought a mass of worldly producer experience to the table, from milestone works from the likes of My Bloody Valentine, The Smashing Pumpkins, Ride and Nine Inch Nails. From there the process transplanted to Los Angeles, a location that added another dimension of rich experience to Cosmic Egg. In short, Cosmic Egg is the sound of the Wolfmother world being re-imagined and reworked, for metaphysical and musical harmony.

Lead single “New Moon Rising,” is a thumping, ripping slice of optimistic future-blues, complete with textbook flaming Wolfmother guitar and joyously bludgeoning drums. It’s a thrilling rush of good times direct to the soul and one that’s sure to be inescapable very, very soon. Ahead of the 12-track sophomore broadcast, the new Wolfmother- (Andrew Stockdale [Vocals/Guitar], Ian Peres [Bass/Keys], Aidan Nemeth [Guitar], and Dave Atkins [Drums]) will journey across the USA in support of The Killers through late August / early September, then return home to unleash the new recordings upon Australian audiences for a series of theatre dates in the second half of September.

Track List for Cosmic Egg
California Queen
New Moon Rising
White Feather
Sundial
In The Morning
10,000 Feet
Cosmic Egg
Far Away
Pilgrim
In The Castle
Phoenix
Violence Of The Sun
Wolfmother 2009 Tour Dates
August
31- Columbia, MD- Merriweather Post Pavilion
September
1- Wantagh, NY- Jones Beach
2- Holmdel, NJ- PNC Bank Arts Center
4- Boston, MA- TDBank North Garden
5- Montreal, QC- Quai Jacques Cartier
6- Toronto, ON- Molson Amphitheater

Official Band Site: http://www.wolfmother.com/
Official Myspace: www.myspace.com/wolfmother

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Cobra Starship brought out Estelle for their song "Good Girls Go Bad", which usually features Leighton Meester, on the Tonight Show.

Thoughts? Do you like Estelle or Leighton better on this track?

Leighton for me all the way!!

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Bat For Lashes was on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon performing "Sleep Alone." I LOVE HER!! I have heard amazing things about her shows, especially this past weekend in Chicago. BFL are going to be in LA soon...I gotta get some tix!

KCRW WELCOMES GRIZZY BEAR

Grizzly Bear stopped by KCRW last week and performed on Morning Becomes Eclectic. It was such a fantastic session!! If you missed it...check it out now!

WORLD PREMIERE VIDEO - A FINE FRENZY

Blow Away


A Fine Frenzy just released a brand new video for the first single off the upcoming album Bomb In A Birdcage to be released September 8th

WIN SILVERSUN PICKUPS TICKETS ON TWITTER

To celebrate Silversun Pickups' headlining tour dates this summer, Dangerbird Records is giving fans a chance to win tickets to every tour date from the label's Twitter account (@dangerbird).

To enter to win, fans should simply follow @dangerbird and Tweet in photos inspired by some of the band's best lyrics. For example, via @dangerbird:Win tix to SSPU Edmonton: tweet @ us with a photo inspired by the lyric “I swear any moment you will hear my spirit explode” #SSPUtix

Find each city's assigned lyric and full instructionshere:

http://www.dangerbirdrecords.com/news/entry/ssputix

Search #SSPUtix to see all of the great submissions, and check back often for updates and winners' photos!

GO GO GARY GO!

** Gary Go’s Self-Titled Debut Available Now Exclusively At iTunes**

(New York, NY- August 11, 2009) Fresh from a sold-out tour with Lady Gaga, rising UK troubadour Gary Go is making his mark in the US after scoring the coveted “Single of the Week” spot at iTunes this week. “Wonderful”, the first single from his self-titled debut album can be downloaded for FREE with the full album available for purchase as well exclusively at iTunes. This comes one month prior to the physical album release of September 15th (Decca).

Download “Wonderful” from iTunes at: http://bit.ly/GaryGoiTunesFreeSingle

Gary Go will also perform on his iPhone and Mac (as well as traditional instruments) at Apple's NYC SoHo store this Sunday, August 16th at 2:00pm with an audience Q & A to follow. Go, who describes his music as “anthemic, epic, sharp pop with honest words,” wrote many tracks for his first album using software downloaded to the iPhone. On his "GO Phone," he recreated piano, guitars, drums, and a horn section to make the album demo using a virtual four-track recording studio. He then went on to perform several songs on his iPhone at Wembley Stadium to a crowd of 70K people.

Learn more about Gary Go: http://www.whoisgarygo.com/

500 DAYS OF ZOOEY AND JOSEPH

Marc Webb, director of (500) Days of Summer, created a new music video for She & Him's "Why Do You Let Me Stay Here?", featuring Zooey and (500) Days of Summer co-star Joseph Gordon-Levitt..

It's so cute...just like the movie! If you haven't seen the movie yet...GO THIS WEEKEND! It's one of my favorite movies this year.

LOLLAPALOOZA WRAP UP

This past weekend was the Lollapalooza Festival at Grant Park in Chicago. Of course, I missed another festival...annoying! This is what I need to be doing...traveling the world to the many different festivals. Anyhoo...someday, but in the meantime I gotta pick and choose, and unfortunitely I didn't choose Lollapalooza. Thank God for YouTube!!

Kings of Leon just one of many bands that took the stage over the weekend. Not the best footage, but you get the idea. I can't wait to check them out in LA in just over a week!





The Yeah Yeah Yeahs performing "Zero"...


Lykki Li covering "Knocked Up" by the Kings of Leon



And Depeche Mode performing "Enjoy The Silence" all live this weekend at this massive fest in Chicago.

AMUSING

A glammed-up rock stomper, “Uprising” is the first single from the band’s self-produced fifth studio album The Resistance, which will be released by Warner Bros. Records on September 15th. Recorded in Italy, the album was mixed by famed audio engineer Mark ‘Spike’ Stent, who is known for his work with U2, Depeche Mode, No Doubt, and Oasis, among many others.

The single is the first new music from Muse since Black Holes and Revelations, which debuted at Number 9 on Billboard’s album chart in July 2006. Over the last few years, Muse- comprised of vocalist/guitarist Matt Bellamy, bassist Chris Wolstenholme, and drummer Dom Howard- have played to sold-out crowds worldwide in support of Black Holes and Revelations, which spawned the Modern Rock chart hits “Knights Of Cydonia,” “Starlight,” and “Supermassive Black Hole” (also featured on the soundtrack to the blockbuster 2008 film Twilight).

In the U.S. alone, the band, who hail from the tiny town of Teignmouth in Devon, England, performed at the Lollapalooza Festival, the Austin City Limits Music Festival, Las Vegas’s Vegoose Festival, and KROQ’s Almost Acoustic Christmas. They also sold out New York City’s Madison Square Garden and The Forum in Los Angeles. In anticipation of their new album, Muse will perform at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards on September 13th, two days before The Resistance is released in the U.S. In addition, the band will open select shows for U2, including two shows at Giants Stadium in New York, this fall.

Please see below for tour dates.

Muse 2009 Tour Dates

September24- New York, NY- Giants Stadium

25- New York, NY- Giants Stadium

29- Washington, DC- FedEx Field

October01- Charlottesville, VA- Scott Stadium

03- Raleigh, NC- Carter-Finley Stadium

06- Atlanta, GA- Georgia Dome

09- Tampa, FL- Raymond James Stadium

12- Dallas, TX- New Cowboys Stadium

14- Houston, TX- Reliant Stadium @ Reliant Park

Official Band Site: http://www.muse.mu/Official Band Myspace: www.myspace.com/muse “Uprising” available on iTunes at: http://01detail.com/click/162326

GET TO KNOW...

Sam (Brooker) and Ruby (Amanfu) individually are formidable talents. But together they are an aural force of nature. What’s even more amazing is that on the surface they are the most unlikely of duos. Ruby Amanfu was born in Ghana and raised in Nashville, Tennessee by her devout Christian parents, who sheltered her from secular music, exposing her only to classical and Christian music. Sam Brooker is about as all-American as they come, raised on football and James Taylor in Green Bay, Wisconsin. But when they met their musical chemistry was instantaneous

Nashville-based duo Sam & Ruby gently blend R&B, folk and pop into a sound so immediately warm and welcoming that falling in love with their debut album is a foregone conclusion. Ruby Amanfu boasts a sophisticated, soulful voice with gospel-like conviction. It beautifully complements Sam Brooker’s relaxed, confident approach, his voice balanced somewhere between the bar room and the back porch. They aim to reach both the head and the heart and a few other parts as well: 'The Here and the Now' will surely inspire more than a few couples to get up and dance close and slow, wherever and whenever they happen to be listening.

Their Rykodisc debut album The Here And The Now hitting the streets on August 11th!

THE FIRST DAYS OF SPRING

The First Days of Spring Official Trailer from charlie fink on Vimeo.

Check out the new trailer for THE FIRST DAYS OF SPRING by Noah and the Whale. The trailer is also the music video for their new single 'Blue Skies'.

Then check out the interview with the band explaining the movie & the soundtrack (their album) and how the soundtrack was completely written for the movie.

Confused? JUST WATCH!

THE MESS I MADE - VIDEO PREMIERE

Mercury/Island's breakthrough band, Parachute, just released the new music video for their second single, "The Mess I Made", and it features a whole lot of the one thing fans can't get enough of: Will Anderson. If you haven't seen it yet, check it out now!



Plus, Parachute just announced that once they wrap up their tour with Bay Area rockers, Secondhand Serenade, they will hit the road with Kelly Clarkson! This high profile 28-city tour will open on October 6th at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City! Check out the full list of tour dates below!


PARACHUTE ON TOUR WITH KELLY CLARKSON
Oct 6 – New York, NY – Hammerstein Ballroom
Oct 9 – Atlantic City, NJ – Borgata
Oct 10 – Fairfax, VA – Patriot Center
Oct 13 – Boston, MA – Agganis Arena
Oct 19 – Pikeville, KY – Eastern KY Expo Center
Oct 21 – Knoxville, TN – Knoxville Civic Coliseum
Oct 23 – Milwaukee, WI – Milwaukee Theatre
Oct 25 – Detroit, MI – Fox Theatre
Oct 27 – Chicago, IL – Rosemont Theatre
Oct 29 – Lincoln, NE – Persing Center
Oct 31 – Cape Giredeau, MO – Show Me Center
Nov 2 – Austin, TX – Cedar Park Center
Nov 4 – Lubbock, TX – United Spirit Center
Nov 6 – Las Vegas, NV – The Joint
Nov 7 – Phoenix, AZ – State Fair
Nov 18 – Victoria, B.C. – Save-On-Food-Center
Nov 20 – Calgary, Alb. – Saddledome
Nov 22 – Kelowna, B.C. – Prospera Place
Nov 24 – Seattle, WA – WaMu Theatre
Nov 28 – Reno, NV – Event Center
Nov 29 – San Jose, CA – San Jose Event Center
Dec 1 – Fresno, CA – Table Mountain Casino
Dec 3 – Las Cruces, NM – Pan American Center
Dec 5 – Beaumont, TX – Ford Park
Dec 7 – Corpus Christi, TX – American Bank Center
Dec 10 – Columbus, GA – Columbus Civic Center
Dec 11 – Pensacola, FL – Pensacola Civic Center
Dec 13 – Hollywood, FL – Hard Rock Live / Seminole

DATAROCK LIVE

A new live video comes just days after the band's announcement of their 26-city North American tour, which kicks off in Montreal on August 28 and wraps in Seattle on October 3. In a live review last month, Time Out London said, “[Datarock's] fully-bonkers live shows are things of rare joy, and long-awaited second album Red promises to out-pop their self-titled debut."

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Miike Snow was on Jimmy Kimmel last week. From Sweden, they are quickly becoming my new obsession. You know I'm a big fan of the Swedes...I think their uber talented!