Skillet’s hit single “Monster,” off the band’s recent release, Awake, has been voted by AOL radio listeners as the #4 best rock song of 2009.   Check out the list here to learn more about “Monster” and others that made the Top 10.

Visit the band’s official page, www.skillet.com, to get more information and make sure to pick up, Awake, in stores and on iTunes now!

Shwayze have just released a video that gives fans a track by track insight into the meaning behind their sophomore album, Let It Beat. Watch as the guys talk about each song on Let It Beat and view some footage from their live performances!

Check out the video here.

Stop by www.myspace.com/shwayze for more information and a list of remaining tour dates with LMFAO on the Party Rock Tour!

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Puddle of Mudd Release Volume 4: Songs in the Key of Love & Hate

Multi-platinum recording artists, Puddle of Mudd, have just released their highly anticipated album, Volume 4: Songs in the Key of Love & Hate! The album follows the phenomenal success of the bands third release, Famous, and features the hook-heavy single, “Spaceship.” Puddle Of Mudd re-enlisted the talents of Brian Howes, who produced the aforementioned Famous and John Kurzweg, who produced 2001’s album, Come Clean, to create yet another album that will not disappoint.

Visit the bands official site, http://www.puddleofmudd.com, to check out the latest video for the chart topping single “Spaceship” and make sure to pick up your copy of Volume 4: Songs in the Key of Love & Hate on iTunes and in stores everywhere!

Green River Ordinance Record Special Version Of “O Holy Night”
Free Download Available Now

Green River Ordinance have gotten into the holiday spirit by recording a very special version of “O Holy Night” for their fans.  The Texas rockers are offering up the song for download which can be grabbed here or on their official website for free.  Grab the track now just in time for the holidays.

Out of My Hands, the major label debut form Green River Ordinance featuring the single “Come On,” is available on iTunes now.

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Alexa Ray Joel, Billy Joel and Christie Brinkley’s 23 year old daughter, was rushed to the hospital today after an apparent suicide attempt, the NY Post reports.

Police say Alexa ingested a large amount of sleeping pills and medics were called to her apartment around 12:21 pm.

Claire Mercuri, Billy and Alexa’s publicist and family spokesperson issued the following statement:

“Alexa is stable. Her doctors are assessing her needs and that’s all we can say at this moment.”

A well known songwriter, pianist and singer, Alexa Ray recently updated her MySpace page with a status of “forgotten” and said:

“Just Men. UGH!!! MEN!!!!

I don’t like dating!!! Wish I could be in a relationship again without having to date… I HATE going out!! I’m a homebody and a workaholic… I don’t like going out and drinking to meet men!!! I always have to drag myself out the door to get up the motivation to go out, and when I do go out, I don’t meet anybody!!!,” she wrote in an Aug. 11 post.

“Is anybody else finding it a difficult “dating world” out there? I’m so terrible at dating– I don’t know if I’ll ever get used to it! And I HATE the game-playing! Can’t stand it. I live in the greatest city in the world and I can’t seem to meet an interesting guy who also happens to be NICE.”

Alexa was conscious at St. Vincent’s Hospital, and is expected to survive.

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Aussie quartet Wolfmother have just confirmed “White Feather” as the second single from sophomore album Cosmic Egg. “White Feather,” which the band recently played on the UK’s Later with Jools Holland, has been described by critics as a track with a, “heavy-funky groove” (LA Times), “crammed with brilliantly crunch riffs” (BBC) and “immensely likeable” (Pop Matters). Wolfmother will shoot the video for “White Feather” in Australia in early December. Cosmic Egg is available in-stores and at all digital retailers now.

For fans of Orianthi in New York City and surrounding areas, the guitar goddess will be performing a free show next Thursday, December 10th at the Union Square Best Buy in NYC. The concert will begin at 6:30 pm, and Orianthi will be signing autographs and meeting fans after her performance.  Click here for additional details.

Orianthi is featured in the current print issue of Rolling Stone and in Guitar Edge magazine, while “According to You,” the first single from her major label debut Believe, has recently made a quite a splash on pop radio (watch the video here). Believe is available for download on iTunes, and be sure to visit Orianthi.com for more information and updates from this rising star.

Find out everything and anything you ever wanted to know about Crash Love. Who better to tell you than AFI themselves? Watch the In Transmission web series exclusively on afi.buzznet.com. Premiering December 10th at 4:00 pm PST.

PUDDLE OF MUDD FRONTMAN WES SCANTLIN’S LEG INJURY CREATES RIPPLE DURING NYC PROMO TOUR

BAND WAS IN BIG APPLE TO SET UP THE DECEMBER 8TH RELEASE OF VOL. 4, FEATURING THE CURRENT ACTIVE ROCK SMASH ‘SPACESHIP”

“I was kind of hoping it was more serious than it is,” says Wes Scantlin about injuring his right foot’s fifth metatarsal bone while in New York City on Monday. “I was told this type of fracture is seen a lot in athlete’s – I fractured mine simply hopping off a stool after our appearance on the radio show Rockline.” The injury forced Scantlin to reschedule a series of interviews slated for Tuesday – but the good news for fans is that it will not impact the rest of the band’s set up for their latest Flawless/Geffen release “Volume 4: Songs in The Key Of Love And Hate.”

“So much for a sexy explanation of what happened,” says Scantlin, adding “we will be turning that up a bit when we head back to Los Angeles for our Gibson-sponsored album release party featuring their new Dusk Tiger guitar.”

The event is scheduled at the Gibson Showroom on Monday December 7, with the album hitting the music marketplace on December 8. Puddle Of Mudd fans can be a “fly on the wall” at the event by checking out the happenings on the band’s channel via Ustream – http://www.ustream.tv/channel/puddle-of-mudd.

The band will also continue with the following dates in December as well: Dec 4th in Estero, FL at the Germain Arena and December 6th in Orlando at the House Of Blues.

Look for Puddle Of Mudd to hit the road on a North American tour with Shinedown beginning January 21st in Providence, RI.

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Saosin have just released a new Sao TV webisode that documents the band as they embark on their most recent tour. Follow the band as they make their first stop at local San Diego radio station 91X, where fans were treated to an intimate acoustic set.

Bassist Chris describes the tour:

“We’re just playing acoustic, meeting fans, and playing radio stations on this tour…should be very interesting!”

Also get a glimpse into the band’s touring rituals and living quarters on the bus, as they prepare for the long haul of tour. The band are just wrapping up the Pac Sun tour with P.O.S. and Inner Party System.

Be on the lookout for more Sao TV webisodes in the coming weeks.