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Sigur Ros In A Frozen Sea

A new book titled In A Frozen Sea: A Year with Sigur Ros follows the band through their native Iceland on the last leg of the 2006 Takk tour. The 32-page book comes encased in a 12" vinyl jacket and features photography of both the band and the Icelandic landscape.

The book is available to order on June 1st at ainr.com There will be 5,000 limited edition vinyl album collections. This special edition run contains In a Frozen Sea, as well as three of Sigur Ros' 12" LP’s including Agaetis Byrjun, ( ), Takk and Smaskifa.

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Interpol have announced a summer tour. The trek will coincide with the released of their third album, Our Love To Admire, which will be released July 10th and is their first album on Capitol Records. Support will come from New York-based trio Calla who released their fifth album, Strength In Numbers, in February via Beggars Banquet. Interpol will play European shows in June-July followed by Asia and the UK in August.
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Portishead

Portishead will perform at and curate All Tomorrows Parties'
Nightmare Before Christmas this December.The Bristol three piecewill play their first full set featuring new material in nearly10 years at the event will
take place December 7-9 in Minehead,England. The first confirmed bands will be announced later this week.All tickets include a 3-day festival pass and 3 nights accommodation.
Performances start in the afternoon with around 50 acts set to play live across
the weekend. Butlins Holiday Camp is located on the coast and
is near the town of Glastonbury.

SOURCE: FILTER-MAG.COM

TWANG REMIX ONLINE

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As regular readers of Mike's trophy-winning SkinnerBlogs will know,
he's done a remix of 'Either Way', the new single from rising Brummie
heroes The Twang. You can now hear the remix on the player at The
Streets' MySpace - myspace.com/thestreets . There's also a video for
the remix, filmed when Mike and Pro Green got together with The Twang
in Brighton recently. You can watch it at the MySpace or on Beat
Stevie, The Beats' YouTube page, at youtube.com/thebeats . For more on
The Twang, check out their MySpace at myspace.com/thetwang .

SOURCE:WMI (UK) /WARNER BROS RECORDS

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PANIC! AT THE DISCO

*PANIC! AT THE DISCO have already
written eight songs so far for their
upcomingsophomore album.
The band begun writing for the
album in March.Tracking for LP2
is slated to begin on June 1.
No release date is set for the release.

source:PUNKBANDS.COM

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ANGELS&AIRWAVES

*ANGELS & AIRWAVES have suffered
their first casualty.
Ryan Sinn is apparently
no longer with the band.
In a long statement he says 
"I recieved a
phone call the evening of April 19th
that concluded my relationship
with Angels And Airwaves.
SOURCE:PUNKBANDS.COM

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*MySpace Records will be putting out a 
SMASHING PUMPKINSTribute and that +44,
My Chemical Romance, Panic at the Disco
and The New Amsterdams have all signed
on.
SOURCE:PUNKBANDS.COM

WARNER MUSIC SUES SOCIAL-NETWORKING SITE

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WARNER MUSIC SUES SOCIAL-NETWORKING SITE

Warner Music Group Corp. is suing the operators of the social-networking Web site imeem, claiming the portal enables millions of computer users to share its artists music and video content without permission.

SOURCE: VARIETY HEADLINE NEWSLETTER

EMI to release McCartney catalog

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EMI TO RELEASE MCCARTNEY CATALOG

Company offers digital tracks of solo material
The number of major digital holdouts in EMI's vaunted catalog shrunk to two on Monday, as the record company said it will release the entire digital catalog of Paul McCartney.

source:VARIETY HEADLINE NEWSLETTER

Peter Hook Says New Order Split

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New Order have split up, according to bassist Peter Hook. Speaking to Xfm about his involvement in Perry Farrell's new group Satellite Party, Hook said: "I spoke to Perry [Farrell], and he asked me to play bass [with Satellite Party], as he'd heard about New Order splitting up. Well yeah, me and Bernard [Sumner] aren't working together." Hook later posted on his MySpace page saying that he was relieved to have finally told the world about the band's split.

No word on if this will effect the band making an apperance at the May 17th Cannes premiere of Control, the new film about the life of Joy Division singer Ian Curtis.

New Order are said to have re-recorded a number of Joy Division tracks for the film, along with some "incidental music."

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New Found Glory fans

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• New Found Glory fans have a lot to look forward to - not only is the band playing ALL of this summer's Warped Tour, but they will be releasing a full-length album of movie theme song covers this fall!

SOURCE:GEFFEN RECORDS

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NETWORKS:VIACOM:MTV

MTV RAPPING WITH PROS, CELEBS



MTV is close to a development deal for "Rapping With the Stars," a reality competition show that will pair celebs with hip-hop pros. Project features teams squaring off in range of rap-oriented musical challenges. A hip-hop world panel will judge.

SOURCE: V HEADLINE NEWS NEWSLETTER

UNIVERSAL'S BID UNDER SCRUTINY

UNIVERSAL'S BID UNDER SCRUTINY

Universal Music's ambition to become the biggest powerhouse in music publishing, as well as in recorded music sales, looks set to be fulfilled.

Source:V headline Newsletter

Projekt Revolution Announced - LP, My Chemical Romance, Taking Back Sunday, Placebo, More!

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PROJEKT REVOLUTION 2007 ANNOUNCED
Linkin Park confirmed today the fourth installment of Projekt Revolution beginning July 25th and culminating on September 3 in Denver at the Coors Amphitheatre

Fans can expect to see Linkin Park, My Chemical Romance, Taking Back Sunday, HIM, Placebo and Julien-K on the Main Stage and Mindless Self Indulgence, Saosin, The Bled, Styles of Beyond and Madina Lake on the Revolution Stage. Tickets go on sale nationwide on May 19th. The few dates not announced due to radio shows will be announced shortly. Tickets will be available at www.livenation.com.

“I couldn’t be happier with the group of artists joining us on Projekt Revolution this summer…” says co-vocalist Chester Bennington, “Linkin Park is thrilled to be joined by this amazing group of artists and I know the audience will share in our excitement.” Previous Projekt Revolution alumni include Korn, Snoop Dogg, Cypress Hill, Xzibit, Mudvayne, Adema, Blindside and DJ Z-Trip.

Projekt Revolution and Music For Relief have been working hard to make this an environmentally conscious event. Besides making Projekt Revolution a "green" tour, $1 from each ticket will be donated to American Forests' Global ReLeaf program to plant trees to help reduce global temperatures.

Main Stage Artists

Linkin Park
My Chemical Romance
Taking Back Sunday
HIM
Placebo
Julien-K

Revolution Stage Artists

Mindless Self Indulgence
Saosin
The Bled
Styles of Beyond
Madina Lake

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WARNER MUSIC CUTTING 400 POSITIONS

WARNER MUSIC CUTTING 400 POSITIONS

Realignment will bulk up digital operations

Warner Music Group will eliminate 400 positions worldwide over the next year, but keep its headcount about the same as it creates new jobs to bulk up growth areas.

The music distrib will announce the plan Tuesday when it releases its second quarter results.

SOURCE:VARIETY HEADLINE NEWSLETTER

New album by Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga

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/MERGE RECORDS

Out 7/10 on Merge Records

1. Don't Make Me A Target [key track]
2. The Ghost of You Lingers [key track]
3. You Got Yr Cherry Bomb
4. Don't You Evah
5. Rhthm and Soul [key track]
6. Eddie's Ragga
7. The Underdog [key track]
8. My Little Japanese Cigarette Case
9. Finer Feelings
10. Black Like Me

SOURCE:http://blog.filter-mag.com/filter/2007/
05/first_impressio.html

WARNER MUSIC TUNES IN PRODUCTION

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WARNER MUSIC GROUP (WMG)

WARNER MUSIC TUNES IN PRODUCTION
Prager, Ignjatovic to head content division

Warner Music Group is getting into the production business, tapping Evan Prager and veteran MTV exec Jesse Ignjatovic to head a division devoted to creating content for a variety of video platforms.

SOURCE:VARIETY HEADLINE NEWSLETTER

Beastie Boys Confirm Mix-Up Details

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Beastie Boys Confirm Mix-Up Details

What’s the time? It’s time for a new Beastie Boys record! titled The Mix-Up, details are scant but it has been confirmed that this will be an instrumental release in the vein of The In Sound From Way Out!.

From the boys themselves: "OK, here's our blurb about our new album -- it spits hot fire! -- hot shit! it's official... it's named The Mix Up. g'wan. all instrumental record. "see i knew they were gonna do that!" that's a quote from you. check the track listing and cover below. you love us. don't you?"

The Mix Up Tracklisting:

1. B For My Name

2. 14th St. Break

3. Suco De Tangerina

4. The Gala Event

5. Electric Worm

6. Freaky Hijiki

7. Off The Grid

8. The Rat Cage

9. The Melee

10. Dramastically Different

11. The Cousin Of Death

12. The Kangaroo Rat

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Soundboy Rock album

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COLUMBIA:GROOVE ARMADA


Stomping first single from the forthcoming Soundboy Rock album (May 7th). Get Down features guest vocal from Stush, and has been 'tearing it up' and suchlike 'in the clubs' since new year. It has been available to download from April 23rd, with 12" and CD released April 30th, along with a host of extra remixes to download.

CD 1. Get Down 2. Calvin Harris remix 3. Henrik B remix 4. Stretch and Form remix 12" one A. Orignal 12" remix B. Original Dub Version 12" two A1. Henrik B remix A2. Calvin Harris remix B. Stretch and Form remix

SOURCE:COLUMBIA RECORDS, GROOVE ARMADA NEWSLETTER

Beastie Boys, Smashing Pumpkins, Added To US V Fest

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Coming back for a second year, The Virgin Festival sponsored by Virgin Mobile will be held at the Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, MD. The festival, held on Aug 4-5, will feature some outstanding names including Beastie Boys, Smashing Pumpkins, and The Police. The lineup features an eclectic mix of artists in order to reach a wider audience.

SOURCE: FILTERMAG.COM

FRANZ FERDINAND COVER LCD SOUNDSYSTEM

FRANZ FERDINAND COVER LCD SOUNDSYSTEM

For those of you who don't know, Franz Ferdinand have recently done a cover of the next LCD Soundsystem single 'All My Friends', which is out 28th May.

You can listen to the cover version by going to the LCD Soundsystem Myspace page: www.myspace.com/lcdsoundsystem

SOURCE:DOMINO RECORDS