Fresh off their tours with Built to Spill and the Raveonettes, Violent Soho will be joining alternative-rock legends – and one of their own favorite bands – Dinosaur Jr. on a few of their Midwest and West Coast tour dates, starting October 27^th in Omaha, Nebraska and concluding November 8^th in Seattle.   See below for the full list of dates, and visit Violent Soho’s MySpace for more details and to hear some tracks from the band.  They are currently recording their US debut album, with an expected release of early 2010.

VIOLENT SOHO WITH DINOSAUR JR
10/27 – Slowdown – Omaha, NB
10/29 – Boulder Theatre – Boulder, CO
10/30 – Aggie Theatre – Ft Collins, CO
11/3 – Marquee Theatre – Tempe, AZ
11/4 – Belly Up Tavern – Solana Beach, CA
11/5 – House of Blues – W Hollywood, CA
11/6 – The Fillmore – San Francisco, CA
11/7 – Wonder Ballroom – Portland, OR
11/8 – The Showbox – Seattle, WA

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To celebrate the release of their eighth studio album, Crash Love, AFI took to the stage at the world famous Roxy on Sunset thanks to local Los Angeles radio station KROQ. In front of an intimate crowd of hundred’s, rather than thousands that typically fill AFI shows, the band played a thrashing 14 song set filled with classics of the past, and a handful of Crash Love gems that are soon to be just that. Highlights of the night were too many to capsulize, but front man Davey Havok’s front flip into the waiting crowd on “Kill Caustic” and the stunning rendition of The Cure’s classic “Just Like Heaven” marked just a few of the moments that lit up the night. Reminiscent of 1995, AFI welcomed Nick 13 (Tiger Army) and  Geoff Kresge (ex AFI/Tiger Army) to the stage to sing “Nyquil,” a track from the band’s first album, Answer That and Stay Fashionable. Electric performances of AFI’s radio singles “Miss Murder” and Crash Love’s “Medicate” put a cap on a night that will not soon be forgotten by the fan’s lucky enough to be present that night.

Fans of AFI who could not be at the show now have the chance to watch a handful of videos from the epic evening on KROQ.com. To find out when and where you can see AFI live, visit www.AFireInside.net/events. Crash Love is in-stores now and available everywhere good music is sold.

Check out some videos from the release party here!

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Breaking Benjamin released their latest album, Dear Agony, in stores everywhere today! The album includes the chart-topping radio hit, “I Will Not Bow,” which is the lead track to the major motion picture, Surrogates, starring Bruce Willis. Not only can you get your copy of the album today, but you can also help lead singer, Ben Burnley, not “bow down” by battling ghouls and beasts in the new “Altered Benjamin” video game. Check out their official website, Shallow Bay, for all the details on the band and make sure to pick up your copy of Dear Agony in stores now!

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British rockers Muse were recently featured on the Italian TV show Quelli Che Il Calcio, and were informed before their performance that they had to lip sync their performance. The band decided that if the nutjob producers wanted to give the audience a fake show, they would be more than happy to comply.

As Muse took the stage, they took their places… but something was wrong. The music to their song “Uprising” began, but wait, was that (singer, guitarist, keyboardist) Matthew Bellamy on drums? Yep. Bassist Christopher Wolstenholme on keyboard and guitars? Check. And taking the stage as vocalist was drummer Dominic Howard. I don’t think that the audience had any clue what they were seeing, but it is an absolutely hilarious mock performance, with Matthew Bellamy really hamming it up on the drums.

The producers of the show should be ashamed of themselves. Check out the clip below.

Take 4 in Wolfmother’s Transmissions From The Cosmic Egg shines a little light on the new players in the Wolfmother traveling roadshow. We hear the stories about how Andrew Stockdale came across these wandering minstrels and how they came to join the band… Cosmic Egg will hit stores October 27th, and is available on iTunes now along with the single “New Moon Rising.”

Singer/songwriter Tyrone Wells is the latest act to gain exposure on the hit TV show Grey’s Anatomy.  His song “Sink or Swim” was recently featured in the promos for the sixth season premiere.  Watch the commercial spot featuring “Sink or Swim” below, and then snag the track on iTunes. Listen to the track in full here: windows media; quicktime.

Wells launched his career in 2003 with a number of indie releases.  His fourth album and second major label release, Remain, is full of passion, with a lush production value that showcases his powerful voice.  Remain, featuring the track “Sink or Swim,” is available now in stores and on iTunes.  Visit his MySpace for more info and for tour dates.

Breaking Benjamin have just released a new flash game entitled “Altered Benjamin” here. The game features lead singer Benjamin Burnley as the main hero, battling waves of ghouls and goblins that resemble those found in the original Sega Genesis game “Altered Beast”, with the ultimate goal of not “Bowing Down”. Breaking Benjamin’s new album Dear Agony featuring the single “I Will Not Bow”, is in-stores everywhere 9/29.

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U2 kicked off the North American leg of their 360° Tour on September 13th, and cameras have been rolling during the shows and behind the scenes.  Visit the official U2 YouTube channel to see video clips of songs from the concert, including “Your Blue Room” and “Vertigo” from the Chicago shows, a radio interview in Toronto, and an advance screening of an exclusive U2.com chat with the Edge.

Can’t get enough live U2? Download the new Blackberry app that lets you get inside the new album No Line On The Horizon.  The app features song previews, news, tour updates, exclusive images of the band in the recording studio and on the road, and more!  Find out the specifics on the Blackberry website.

No Line On The Horizon is U2’s twelfth studio album and is available now, in stores or through iTunes.

I really like John Vanderslice, and he’ll be performing Oct 3rd here at the (sold out) Austin City Limits Music Festival. Austinist.com has posted a nice interview with John, and I wanted to pass it along. Seriously, go read it, I’ll wait.

If you haven’t heard John Vanderslice’s music, I definitely recommend you check it out. You can hear some tunes on his MySpace page. Buy his album here!

Also, below is an absolutely incredible video of John performing with the Magik Magik Orchestra, enjoy!

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Rock bands Papa Roach and JET will usher in Winter 2009 with a co-headlining tour of the U.S.  The affordable and eclectic rock show with a festival feel starts off in late October through the end of November and offers four bands for less than forty dollars.  Fans will be treated to no less than fourteen hits in one night, which will include radio smashes like Papa Roach’s “Last Resort,” “Forever,” “Scars,” “Lifeline” (which remained at #1 on the Mainstream Rock chart for 9 weeks) and JET’s “Are You Gonna Be My Girl,” “Cold Hard Bitch,” “Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is” and their latest, “She’s A Genius.”  Tickets to the first two announced dates go on sale Friday (September 25) for the show in St. Paul, MN at the Roy Wilkins Auditorium on November 5, and Saturday (September 26) for the show in Denver, CO at the Ogden Theatre on October 26.

Known for their electrifying live shows, Papa Roach have been touring nonstop behind their new album and fifth studio recording, Metamorphosis, which debuted at #8 on the Billboard Album Chart earlier this year. Fresh from the road alongside fellow powerhouse Nickelback, frontman Jacoby Shaddix says,

“Playing shows every night is what we’re built for.  We make a club feel like an arena and we make an arena feel like a club.”

Indeed Hit Parader raves,

“Papa Roach’s live energy is like a pack of wild horses – unbridled and uncontainable.”

Just returning from traveling twice around the world to set up their new album, Shaka Rock, JET are primed for their first major U.S. tour to promote the record.  The new album closes the gap between the raw roots of Get Born and the grace and melody of Shine On which together went on to make JET an international band of style and substance.  After four million albums sold worldwide and four Top Ten Modern Rock and Rock hits, the authentic Aussie rockers have returned to form with an album that parallels their smash, Get Born.

JET’s drummer Chris Cester states,

“We have been going non-stop to bring this album to our fans and we just want to keep going.  It’s just so good to be out on the road playing our new music. The band expects to ‘tour our asses off’ for at least the next 18 months.”

A complete list of tour dates and on-sales will be announced shortly.

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