“We spent countless hours listening to as many different songs as possible, always searching for just the right song for just the right moment” -Drew Barrymore
“Whip It” premeires in theatres October 2, representing Drew Barrymore’s directoral debut. Her all-star female cast includes “Juno” star Ellen Page, Marcia Gay Harden, Kristen Wiig and many more. The comedy about an all girl roller derby has a rebellious tone with a killer soundtrack to match.The soundtrack’s 19 songs bring out the wild individuality of the characters with music that embodies female empowerment and the punk rock spirit.
The soundtrack will be available September 29. Win the CD today!
The legendary guitarist, singer-songwriter Steven Stills, and former member of Buffalo Springfield, Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, and Manassas has influenced many on his musical path.
Today, September 22, Rhino is bringing back memories of his earlier days with the release of Manasas ‘Pieces’, a 15-song collection of unreleased recordings from sessions for both of the band’s albums.
Win the CD here.
IN ROD WE TRUST
Warner Bros. Reissues ATLANTIC CROSSING And
A NIGHT ON THE TOWN
As Limited-Edition Two-Disc Sets With Remastered Original Album,
Plus Unreleased Versions Of Each Album Track and Outtakes
To Be Released June 30, Collector’s Editions Are
Only Available This Summer
For Rod Stewart, 1975 was a year of profound personal and professional change. Because of Britain’s high tax rate, he moved from London to Los Angeles, where he signed with Warner Bros. Records, and left his longtime mates in the Faces to finally commit himself as a solo artist. His first two “American” albums—ATLANTIC CROSSING and A NIGHT ON THE TOWN—went gold and double platinum respectively, charting with signature hits like “I Don’t Want To Talk About It” and “Tonight’s The Night (Gonna Be Alright).”
For a limited time, Warner Bros. will reissue both albums as two-disc Collector’s Editions that contain the original album remastered with a bonus track and a second disc that contains unreleased takes of every album track, plus unreleased outtakes. ATLANTIC CROSSING and A NIGHT ON THE TOWN will be available June 30 at all retail outlets, including www.rhino.com, for a suggested list price of $24.98 (CD), and digitally for $13.99 (Atlantic Crossing) and $11.99 (A Night On The Town). The two-disc version is only available this summer and will be replaced by a single-disc collection with fewer bonus tracks.
Along with Stewart’s new home came a new producer, Tom Dowd, a man whose gifted ears led him to run sessions for some of Stewart’s soul idols, including Otis Redding, Wilson Pickett and Ray Charles. It was Dowd’s idea to record Stewart with many of soul music’s legendary musicians: guitarist Steve Cropper, bassist Donald “Duck” Dunn, and drummer Al Jackson Jr., known as the MGs (minus Booker T.); and the Swampers, the renowned studio band from Muscle Shoals, Alabama, who played on many of Aretha Franklin’s best. This fresh beginning marks the point where Stewart left behind his frequently rustic, folk-inflected sound and replaced it with the glossy stadium anthems that would become his new imprimatur.
Platinum rock band 311 is set to return with its 9th studio album Uplifter and if you want to get a leg up on everyone you can pre-order the album from their website and get a chance to win some cool shit. Click here or see below for more info…
Pre-order the Standard, Deluxe, Vinyl or Super-Deluxe and be automatically entered into a special contest for amazing prizes available only at 311.com!
30 lucky winners will be selected at random.
Prizes include:
Guitar autographed by the band!
Watch a show from the side of the stage!
Meet the band backstage!
Watch a soundcheck!
Photo pass to shoot pictures from the front row photo pit!
Lyrics from the 311 song of your choice handwritten by Nick and SA!
Autographed prize pack including custom guitar picks and drumsticks!
Contest winners announced June 9 at 311.com
You knew this was coming: Susan Boyle got a makeover.
You may recognize that name as the Scottish sensation who wowed judges and audiences on Britain’s Got Talent a couple of weeks ago. To be fair, she looked like your standard, delusional American Idol contestant (albeit older), however the minute she started singing, she enchanted the world. Much ballyhoo was made about her look, and whether she should change it, because – let’s face it – there are more attractive ladies out there. However, there are not many people as talented as she, and therefore, should we care what she looks like if she’s got the pipes? There are plenty of attractive performers who can’t sing live worth a damn, so why not the other way around?
Don’t get TOO upset, though – they estimate her “makeover” only cost $50, including a dye-job for her graying locks and some new duds. Read more…
If there’s one thing that legendary Pretender’s front woman Chrissie Hynde swears by, it’s a good Fender Telecaster. Now’s your chance to enter to win this one of a kind autographed guitar from LP33.tv and the Pretenders. You can enter once a day, so the more you come back–the better your chances. The contest ends on May 13th.
In the meantime, here’s The Pretenders performing a classic:
In support of Tokyo Police Club’s upcoming North American tour with Weezer, Saddle
Creek Records and the MuseBox have teamed up to bring you the Tokyo Police Club
‘Graves’ Remix Contest, exclusively on MySpace.com. All contestants have to do is
go to Tokyo Police Club’s MySpace page at
http://www.myspace.com/tokyopoliceclub,
download the individual tracks from ‘Graves’ and submit their remix by Oct. 8th to tokyoremix@themusebox.net
The winner of the contest, will have their remix feature on Tokyo Police Club’s
MySpace player, as well as appear on an upcoming TPC/Saddle Creek release in the
near future.
Contest run dates are September 17th to October 8th.
http://www.myspace.com/tokyopoliceclub
http://www.themusebox.net
http://www.saddle-creek.com
TOKYO POLICE CLUB TOUR DATES:
SUPPORTING WEEZER:
Sep 23 Boston, MA Tsongas Arena
Sep 24 New York, NY Madison Square Garden
Sep 26 Atlantic City, NJ Borgata Casino
Sep 27 Philadelphia, PA Susquehanna Center
Sep 29 Detroit, MI The Palace of Auburn Hills
Sep 30 Toronto, ON Air Canada Center
Oct 2 Chicago, IL All State Arena
Oct 3 St. Paul, MN Xcel Arena
Oct 5 Denver, CO Broomfield
Oct 7 Salt Lake City, UT E Center
Oct 9 Portland OR Memorial Coliseum
Oct 10 Vancouver, BC GM Place
Oct 11 Seattle, WA Key Arena
Oct 13 San Jose, CA Events Center
Oct 14 Los Angeles, CA The Forum
Oct 17 San Diego, CA Cox Arena
Oct 18 Phoenix, AZ Arizona State Fair
August 7th, 2008 – New York, NY – Simple Plan has teamed up with Ultimate-Guitar and World Music Supply to bring you the ‘The Metal Version: Your Love Is A Lie’ contest this month in support of the bands single, ‘Your Love Is A Lie’.
The contest, hosted by Ultimate-Guitar.com, asks fans and musicians alike to record and submit their own metal version of Simple Plan’s song “Your Love Is A Lie”. The winning entry will win the ultimate Simple Plan prize pack: a Washburn WV40 Electric Guitar, Randall RX75G2 guitar amplifier, guitar strings and drumsticks (all thanks to WorldMusicSupply.com).The contest just launched on Ultimate-Guitar, with entries being accepted until August 28th. The winner will be picked by Simple Plan themselves and announced on Aug. 29th.
Simple Plan recently released their self-titled third album and it has already surpassed Platinum and Gold certifications in several countries.
Simple Plan Official Website – www.SimplePlan.com
Simple Plan MySpace – www.myspace.com/SimplePlan
‘The Metal Version: Your Love Is A Lie’ contest – http://www.ultimate-guitar.
The Original version of “Your Love is a Lie”:
(July 15, 2008 - New York, NY) International superstar Mariah Carey’s newest single from her RIAA platinum album E=MC², the #1 Most-Added “I’ll Be Lovin’ U Long Time,” will be the subject of a unique competition. Beginning July 15th, the “Mariah Remix Contest” will allow fans and remixers throughout the world to create distinctive new mixes of the song, using individual tracks from the master sessions of “I’ll Be Lovin’ U Long Time.” The “Mariah Remix Contest” is being launched by MariahCarey.com, in conjunction with UltraStar Entertainment, the digital media company behind her official site and fan club, and IndabaMusic.com, the leading music collaboration website and online community for musicians.
Eight instrument stems from “I’ll Be Lovin’ U Long Time,” including lead vocals, keyboards, brass, bass, and drums, will be available at www.indabamusic.com/
Submissions will be accepted through August 28th, with online fan voting beginning the next day, and ending on September 12th. The 10 remix finalists, as voted by fans, will be judged by the celebrity panel of Mark Sudack (co-executive producer of E=MC2), Kerri Mason (Dance Columnist, Billboard), and Mantis Evar (EVP, Indaba Music).
The grand prize package will include $5,000 cash, the winning remix posted on Mariah’s official website, www.MariahCarey.com, her record label’s website, www.IslandRecords.com, and MySpace page, www.MySpace.com/MariahCarey, and the winning remixer featured as Mariah’s ‘Top Friend’ on MySpace for one month. The second prize winner will receive a complete Pro Tools recording system, courtesy of www.Sweetwater.com. All ten finalists will win a signed copy of E=MC².
In conjunction with the “Mariah Remix Contest,” fans will have the opportunity to take yet another step closer to Mariah by signing up for a complimentary 90-day membership to her fan club, Honey B. Fly, at www.MariahCarey.com/remix. Members of Mariah’s hugely popular fan club enjoy access to ticket presales, exclusive media, merchandise discounts, giveaways, and more.
“I’ll Be Lovin’ U Long Time” is the third single from E=MC², and follows up hit, “Bye Bye” E=MC² arrived in stores April 15th and debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart with first week Soundscan sales of 463,000 copies - the biggest first week total of Mariah’s career.
“Touch My Body,” the album’s first single, made history when it became Mariah’s 18th #1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 - surpassing one of the most enduring chart records of the past half-century, Elvis Presley’s 17 #1’s. “Touch My Body”’s two weeks at the top marked Mariah’s 78th and 79th cumulative career weeks at #1, which tied Elvis’ long-standing all-time high of 79 weeks at #1, as calculated in Billboard. At the same time, Mariah is now positioned as the only active recording artist in the 50 years of the Hot 100 (which began in 1958) with the potential to surpass the Beatles’ all-time high of 20 #1 hits.
The 11th studio album of her career, E=MC² follows-up The Emancipation Of Mimi (released April 12, 2005), Mariah’s worldwide 10 million selling #1 album. Mimi contained “We Belong Together” (Grammy winner for Best Female R&B Vocal and Best R&B Song) and “Don’t Forget About Us,” Mariah’s 16th and 17th #1 singles respectively - which tied Elvis Presley’s 17 #1’s. Mimi generated three Grammy awards (including Best Contemporary R&B Album), two #1 singles, and countless more honors during its 18-month stay on the charts. Mimi was an industry phenomenon for the mega-platinum award-winning superstar. Soundscan’s biggest-selling album of the year, it brought total sales of Mariah’s albums, singles and videos to over 160 million worldwide, securing her place as the top-selling female recording artist in history.
Yes, you did indeed read that right. While supplies last, when you purchase any configuration (regular cd edition, limited edition-deluxe hard-bound version and limited edition deluxe box ( 3LP’s, 2 CD, book and poster) available only at Best Buy) of the initial pressing of Judas Priest’s double disc concept album, ‘Nostradamus’ (release date – June 17th), specially marked CD’s will contain an insert with a exclusive code inside the CD package for one free lawn ticket to see Judas Priest on selected dates of the Metal Masters tour this summer, courtesy of Live Nation (see below for a complete list). Visit www.judaspriest.com for details on this special offer. This seemingly too-good-to-be-true offer will be good while supplies last. Also, this offer will not pertain to all the dates of the Metal Masters tour (see below for complete list of dates that the offer is good for).
The Metal Masters tour will undoubtedly be the top metal concert attraction of the summer. In addition to a headlining performance by Judas Priest, fans will also be treated to sets by Heaven & Hell, Motorhead, and Testament. “As ever, we look forward to screaming out loud with our metal maniac fans when we hit the road,” enthuses Priest singer, Rob Halford. “The Priest is back!”
The tour, produced by Live Nation, will be Priest’s first thorough sets of U.S. dates in nearly three years, and will be in support of the group’s aforementioned ‘Nostradamus’ release. Long in the works, ‘Nostradamus’ was recorded in the UK, and takes epic storytelling to a whole new level, as it recounts the life of this mysterious, world-known 16th century French prophet.
Some of the events that Nostradamus experts have interpreted as some of his predictions include the great fire of London in 1666, the rise of Adolf Hitler, and most recently, 9-11, among countless other renowned events.
“For me, ‘Nostradamus’ has been a musical journey without comparison,” adds guitarist KK Downing. “The intrigue and mystery that surrounds this revered man has expanded my perception of heavy metal to the highest plateau and enabled me to reach the outer limits of my imagination and transport unique feelings and emotions to the instrument that allows me to express myself.”
Praiseworthy advance reviews of ‘Nostradamus’ have only caused the buzz to grow around Priest’s 16th studio release overall. Case in point, a review by Eddie Trunk (host of the syndicated radio show ‘Eddie Trunk Rocks’), in which he raved, “Priest touches on so much new ground and really pushed the envelope on some things.
The album takes you on a nearly two-hour journey. It is without a doubt best looked at as a complete work as all true concept albums are. You can really see it living out on a stage. It sounds like Priest have truly created something special and once again lived up to their rightful billing as ‘Metal Gods’.”
As to why they chose to make a concept album about Nostradamus, Glenn Tipton explains: “We didn’t - he chose us. We feel it was meant to be!”
Soon, the Metal Gods will be destroying a concert stage near you.
Tickets for all shows on sale now at www.livenation.com.
For more information, visit:
www.judaspriest.com
Offer good only for one of the following shows, while supplies last:
06-Aug-08 Camden, NJ
07-Aug-08 Bristow, VA
09-Aug-08 Holmdel, NJ
16-Aug-08 Pittsburgh, PA
19-Aug-08 Chicago, IL
22-Aug-08 Dallas, TX
23-Aug-08 Houston, TX
24-Aug-08 San Antonio, TX
27-Aug-08 Albuquerque, NM
28-Aug-08 Phoenix, AZ
30-Aug-08 San Bernardino, CA
31-Aug-08 Mountain View, CA
PLAY
