Leading independent home entertainment studio, MTI Home Video will next release BLOOD WARS on DVD November 11, 2008. The film stars Tony Todd (The Candyman), A.J. Draven (Disarmed), Jason Connery (Urban Ghost Story, Shanghai Noon) Rini Bell (Road Trip, Bring it On) C. Thomas Howell (E.T, Hidalgo) and Allison Lange (Rowell).
Swedish Pop STAR Lisa Miskovsky’s “Still Alive” Remixed By Top Electronic Producers and Bands Including Paul van Dyk, Junkie XL, Benny Benassi, Teddybears and Armand Van Helden FOR THE HIGHLY ANTICIPATED GAME
Huntington Beach– Artist vs. Poet is heading out on The Atticus Walk the Plank Tour next month with headliners The Classic Crime, and supporting acts A Change of Pace, Jet Lag Gemini, Lower Definition, and Tyler Read. The tour will highlight Artist vs. Poet’s upcoming self titled EP, in stores on November 18.
Demon Hunter is set to unveil their brand new 3-disc release, “45 Days.” Due in stores November 25 and comprised of two DVDs and 1 CD, “45 Days” documents the band’s tour in support of last year’s “Storm the Gates of Hell” as well as the band’s intense connection with their fans, with many stories directly from the “hunters” themselves.
Eagles of Death Metal uploaded new videos to their YouTube channel. They include a series of “making of” videos for their 10.28.08 album ‘Heart On’.
Volcano Suns’ first two records on CD for the first time on January 27, 2009. Volcano Suns were founded in Boston in 1983 by former Mission of Burma drummer Peter Prescott. In 1985, the band, with Jon Williams on guitar and Jeff Weigand on bass, released their debut album, The Bright Orange Years, and followed it up a year later with another classic, All Night Lotus Party. Both albums were…
GNET.COM, powered by Google (NASDAQ: GOOG), is shaking up the Internet by launching a $100 Million Prize giveaway at http://www.ObamaPrize.com/. This special site is designed to reward Senator Barack Obama’s supporters with an instant 1 Million FREE entries towards the exciting Prize drawing.
The Song & Video: Brand new remixed tune and video from Opio, with a little help from friends Del the Funky Homosapien, Guilty Simpson, producer The Architect, and the cast of the 1972 blaxploitation film Superfly. Enjoy!
Setting the foundation for the “Imagine There’s No Hunger” campaign, artist and musician Yoko Ono has graciously donated her late husband John Lennon’s inspirational song “Give Peace A Chance” to the SERVE3 compilation. The CD will also include rare, new or previously unreleased tracks from some of music’s most influential artists, including Bruce Springsteen, Joss Stone, Avril Lavigne, Starsailor, My Morning Jacket and more. SERVE3 will be available at Hard…
Insound will carry a limited edition order package with CD insert packaging before any other store even has it. Fiasco announce new tour dates and lots of new CMJ performances too.
Interscope’s multi-talented recording artists, Clique Girlz, named “Best New Girl Group” by TWIST Magazine will kick off the “The Cheetah Girls One World Tour” on Wednesday, October 8th at the Frank Erwin Center in Austin, Texas.
McFarlane Toys announces plans to produce a “SLASH” action figure based on his in-game character from Activision’s hit videogame, Guitar Hero(R) III: Legends of Rock. The action figure is expected to hit mass retailers in February 2009. Slash, one of the most iconic guitarists of all time, lead guitarist for the acclaimed hard rock act Velvet Revolver and a former member of Guns ‘N’ Roses, will be the newest Guitar…
Genius Products, Inc. (BULLETIN BOARD: GNPI) announced that Genius Products, LLC and Genco Interactive, the gaming subsidiary of Genco Media, entered into a new partnership with 7 Studios and QD3 to develop and release a new hip-hop video game: Scratch: The Ultimate DJ. Developed by 7 Studios with creative input from music legend Quincy Jones III, CEO and chief creative officer of QD3 Entertainment and music producer for top artists…
Videogame publisher XS Games unveiled today the first look at the innovative AirG(TM) peripheral for its upcoming game, PopStar Guitar. The AirG(TM), which will be available exclusively for the Wii(TM) console, brings an exciting new game play dimension to music rhythm games. The AirG(TM) will serve as an air guitar, allowing players to unleash their inner pop star by simply attaching the peripheral to the Wii Remote. PopStar Guitar comes…
The VOTE FOR CHANGE grassroots movement video postcard campaign features artists, business owners, musicians, actors and tastemakers showing their support for Barack Obama’s presidential campaign. Obey Giant,The Brookturn Co. and Luthier PR are launching a syndicated online contest to give away a HOPE poster signed by Shepard Fairey and a sticker pack to the winners. NeuFutur.com is one of the lucky sites (and print zines) associated with this contest.
Julian Koster and his friends in the Singing Saw Symphony are heading out to spread some holiday cheer in November. Julian and the saws are planning a tour to several cities, and are offering to come caroling at your house. Â All you have to do is invite them! Â Julian will play songs of The Music Tapes and the Saws will play their holiday favorites for hosts and their assembled guests.
He’s “Takin’ It to the Streets” on “American Idol” — now Season 5 winner Taylor Hicks will be takin’ it more directly to the people. Celebrating his birthday today, Hicks has tapped the independent artist services company Artist To Market (A2M) to release his much-buzzed-about new album, due in stores on February 10, 2009. The platinum-selling singer-songwriter will be releasing the new title with complete control of direction and ownership…
California-based band Jaymes Reunion, recently signed to BEC Recordings and Universal Music Group Publishing, performed Sunday (October 5th) in Madison, New Jersey for the 14th Annual T.J. Martell Foundation Walk-A-Thon. The quickly rising band was thrilled to support the foundation that raises essential funds for innovative leukemia, cancer, and AIDS research in loving memory of T.J. Martell, the son of legendary music executive Tony Martell of Madison. Jaymes Reunion performed…
Capitol Records will release Coldplay’s Viva La Vida – Prospekt’s March edition on November 25th. The two-disc deluxe package includes Viva La Vida, the band’s fourth full-length album, plus a brand new EP entitled The EP, which will also be for sale separately in CD and 12″ vinyl configurations, includes six recently-completed songs that the band had begun recording during the Viva La Vida sessions and brand new versions of…
Black ambient forestdwellers VINDENSANG have finally completed their highly-anticipated debut full-length, collecting seventy minutes’ worth of atmospheric, introspective forest hymns and paeans to the beauty of nature and intensities of human emotions. Juxtaposing the dark ambiance of black metal with the gentle strains of neo-folk and muted tones of cold, dark rock, VINDENSANG have created something quite special and even more impossible to describe. Is it black metal? Ambient? Folk?…