NSDTCM:THE INC. RECORDS :VANESSA CARLTON

Three Grammy nominations, third studio album... the symbolic third time may well be charming for Vanessa Carlton, whose forthcoming Heroes and Thieves (The Inc. Records) showcases the maturing talents of the 26-year-old singer/songwriter/pianist.

Calling it “the best batch of songs I’ve ever written,” she brings them brilliantly to life with a star team of co-producers – Irv Gotti, Stephan Jenkins and Linda Perry.

The result is a standout collection for an artist who first exploded onto the scene in 2002 with her stunning debut Be Not Nobody and its hit singles “A Thousand Miles” and “Ordinary Day.”

While she did not contribute her writing chops to Heroes and Thieves, the album felt an impact in more ways than one from legendary singer/songwriter Stevie Nicks, with whom Vanessa Carlton toured in 2005, 2006 and 2007.

Hip-hop producer/entrepreneur Irv Gotti played an equally strong role in Carlton’s unlikely leap to The Inc. Records, becoming his first new signing since inking a deal with Universal Motown Records.

What Vanessa Carlton has learned during the past five years is clearly the fodder that makes up the most compelling components of Heroes and Thieves, a thematic album best listened to in its entirety, despite the cafeteria habits of the iTunes generation. “People tell me my songs are a little weird or unconventional, but in a good way and I like that,” says Vanessa Carlton. “I really wanted this album to be the one you want to wake up to on a Sunday morning and listen to over and over.”

Stream:
http://video.umrg.com/vanessacarlton/nolitafairytale/


Audio
http://umrg.edgeboss.net/wmedia/umrg/617-vanessa_carlton/token/fairytale/01_fairytalemst.asx
http://umrg.edgeboss.net/real/umrg/617-vanessa_carlton/token/fairytale/01_fairytalemst_96k.ram

www.myspace.com/vanessacarlton
www.vanessacarlton.com

SOURCE: ICED MEDIA

NEWSSOURCEDOTCOM:LABEL:UMG
BY GORDON MASSON

Universal Music Publishing Group has announced its new senior executive team to lead its European operations.

The company has been forced to reorganize because of its successful acquisition of BMG Music Publishing and its assets. The new team was named Monday by David Renzer, chairman and CEO of UMPG, and Paul Connolly, president of Europe/U.K. for UMPG.

The team includes Simon Baker, VP finance and operations Universal Music Publishing Europe; Jean-Philippe Allard, managing director, France; Markus Wenzel, managing director, Germany; Claudio Buja, managing director, Italy; Martin Ingestrom, managing director/VP, Nordic countries; Carmen Lopez, managing director, Spain and Portugal/VP creative, Latin region; Frank Bruens, managing director, Benelux; Rainer Bischof, managing director, Austria, Switzerland, and Koch Music Publishing; Antal Boronkay, managing director, Hungary; and Dominika Novakova, general manager, Czech Republic.

Each of the promoted executives will report to Connolly.

SOURCE:http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117971221.html?categoryid=16&cs=1

NEWSSOURCEDOTCOM:SIGUR ROS

LABEL: XL

Sigur Ros have confirmed the upcoming release of both a DVD titled Heima, and a double CD set called Hvarf/Heim. Both will have a November 6th US release date, via the XL label.

With Heima translating into "At Home", the DVD will feature exclusive footage from a series of free concerts in their native Iceland during the summer of 2006.

Hvarf/Heim will be comprised of two EPs.

The Hvarf CD will feature a bunch of lost songs from Sigur Ros' history, while Heim will include six live, acoustic tracks from all four Sigur Ros studio albums.

SOURCE: FILTER MAG.COM NEWSLETTER

NEWSSOURCEDOTCOM: ANGELS AND AIRWAVES

Angels And Airwaves new single, Everything's Magic is now out !!!!!

This is ahead of the full single release of Everything's Magic, which is now the 15th of October, available on CD and 7" picturedisc.

The new album I-Empire is released on October 22nd , you can get a sneak peek of everything that's been going into the making of this album on www.angelsandairwaves.com

Watch this space for more info!

www.angelsandairwaves.com

www.myspace.com/angelsandairwaves

SOURCE:UNIVERSAL/ ISLAND

nsdtcm:news:M83 ANNOUNCES AMBIENT SERIES: DIGITAL SHADES

"DIGITAL SHADES VOL. 1" RELEASED DIGITALLY SEPTEMBER 4, 2007

Digital Shades is an ongoing ambient series from acclaimed French musician M83, aka Anthony Gonzalez. "Digital Shades Vol. 1" will be released in the U.S. digitally on September 4, 2007. Originally recorded in 2006, "Digital Shades Vol. 1 "will precede the release of M83's next full-length artist album. The album, as yet untitled, is set for release in early 2008 and will be a continuation of the vast and epic soundscapes that are synonymous with M83. Gonzalez is currently in the studio working on the album, which is being recorded with Ken Thomas (Sigur Ros, Sugar Cubes, Cocteau Twins, Suede) and Ewan Pearson (Tracey Thorn, The Rapture, Ladytron).

Listeners will find the same textured richness throughout the Digital Shades series as can be found on all of M83's releases. And while not a categorical sonic shift, Digital Shades follows its individual elegiac, lunar and dream-like path.

Recorded primarily at his home studio with the assistance of Antoine Gaillet,Gonzalez was able to work without pressure, working on the record at his own time and pace. Inspired by Eno and Krautrock in its many forms, M83 focused heavily on subtleties and atmospherics during the writing process. The idea of digital, relevant during all the process (from creating the music to sharing it), gave him the idea to call the project "Digital Shades Vol.1", and to make the album part of an ongoing series.
SOURCE:MUTE.COM

http://www.ilovem83.com
http://www.myspace.com/m83
http://www.mute.com

newssourcedotcom:label:universal republic/universal motown

International superstar Akon gets Konvicted all over again. This week, Akon re-releases his multi-platinum album, Konvicted in a Deluxe Edition. The new improved "Konvicted" album features "Sorry, Blame It All On Me", "Don't Matter" (Calypso Remix) and "Rush" featuring Akon's newly signed artist Kardinal Offishall. The new album also features the music videos to the smash hits "Smack That", "I Wanna Love You", and "Don't Matter", plus exclusive footage of Akon's last trip back home to Senegal.

source:umg.pop newsletter

newssourcedotcom:label:universl republic/universal motown

With her highly-anticipated new album, Heroes & Thieves, due out in October, Vanessa Carlton is poised to be on top of the world very soon. While we await her pop domination, we are treated to her brand new video for the single "Nolita Fairytale," called a "shimmering burst of downtown NYC bliss" by Entertainment Weekly.

SOURCE: UMRG.POP

newssourcedotcom:news:APPLE

Apple has started offering TV downloads in Europe, with fare from ABC, Disney Channel, MTV, Nickelodeon and Paramount Comedy Studios, available for downloading from the U.K. iTunes online store.

SOURCE:Variety Headline newsletter

newssourcedotcom:news:SONY MUSIC TO RELEASE DYLAN DVD

Sony will release a Bob Dylan concert film this year filled with footage from his legendary Newport Folk Festival performances from 1963 through 1965.

source :variety newsletter

newssourcedotcom:CHEMICAL BROTHERS

"Taking the deliciously surreal song from their latest album We Are The Night and giving it a particularly literal video treatment featuring a talking grouper calling out dance moves to the other fish, who spiral out in coordinated kaleidoscopic dance moves while their hapless owner can only watch. Blending elements of their previous video for "Star Guitar" with a trip-hop Finding Nemo, the Brothers work it out perfectly". source:Filter mag.com

NEWSSOURCEDOTCOM:NEWS:Beck Releases New Single

Everyone's favorite guero, Beck, is set to release his new single this Monday courtesy of iTunes. "Timebomb" will be an iTunes exclusive, as all other digital outlets will begin selling the single on the 28th.

As always, Beck self produced the track and recieved some backing vocals from what the press release called, "a whole gang of studio visitors". "Timebomb" doesn't appear to have an album or EP attached to its release, but knowing Beck, there's always something in the works.

SOURCE:FILTER -MAG .COM

LINK:http://filter-mag.com/index.php?id=15195&c=1

NEWSSOURCEDOTCOM:FRANZ FERDINAND,KLAXONS,etc.

BBC Rounds Up Franz, Klaxons For Covers Album

BBC Radio 1 turns 40 years old this year, and to celebrate the UK broadcasting giant will release a compilarion comprised of 40 cover songs: one for each year that the station has been on the air, performed by many of the artists currently on the playlist.

BBC Radio 1 Cover Album Track List:

1967 Kaiser Chiefs - "Flowers in the Rain" (The Move) 1968 The Fratellis - "All Along The Watchtower"

(The Jimi Hendrix Experience)

1969 Amy Winehouse - "Cupid" (Johnny Nash)

1970 Robbie Williams - "Lola" (The Kinks) 1971 The Streets - "Your Song" (Elton John) 1972 Sugababes - "Betcha by Golly Wow" (The Stylistics) 1973 The Feeling - "You're So Vain" (Carly Simon) 1974 Foo Fighters - "Band on the Run" (Wings) 1975 Kylie - "Love Is the Drug" (Roxy Music) 1976 KT Tunstall - "Let's Stick Together" (Bryan Ferry) 1977 Franz Ferdinand - "Sound and Vision" (David Bowie) 1978 The Raconteurs - "Teenage Kicks" (The Undertones) 1979 Mika - "Can't Stand Losing You" (The Police)

1980 Kasabian - "Too Much Too Young" (The Specials) 1981 Keane - "Under Pressure" (Queen & David Bowie) 1982 McFly - "Town Called Malice" (The Jam) 1983 James Morrison - "Come Back and Stay" (Paul Young) 1984 The Gossip - "Careless Whisper" (George Michael) 1985 The Pigeon Detectives - "The Power of Love" (Huey Lewis & the News)

1986 Lily Allen - "Don't Get Me Wrong" (The Pretenders) 1987 Stereophonics - "You Sexy Thing" (Hot Chocolate) 1988 Mutya Buena - "Fast Car" (Tracy Chapman) 1989 Editors - "Lullaby" (The Cure)

1990 Razorlight - "Englishman in New York" (Sting) 1991 Groove Armada - "Crazy for You" (Madonna) 1992 Paolo Nutini - "It Must Be Love" (Madness) 1993 The Kooks - "All That She Wants" (Ace of Base) 1994 Mark Ronson - "You're All I Need to Get By" (Mary J. Blige) 1995 Calvin Harris - "Stillness in Time" (Jamiroquai) 1996 Klaxons - "No Diggity" (Blackstreet) 1997 Just Jack - "Lovefool" (The Cardigans) 1998 Natasha Bedingfield - "Ray of Light" (Madonna) 1999 The Twang - "Drinking in L.A." (Bran Van 3000)

2000 The Fray - "The Great Beyond" (R.E.M.) 2001 Girls Aloud - "Teenage Dirtbag" (Wheatus) 2002 Maxïmo Park: "Like I Love You" (Justin Timberlake) 2003 The View - "Don't Look Back Into the Sun" (The Libertines) 2004 Hard-Fi - "Toxic" (Britney Spears) 2005 The Enemy - "Father & Son" (Yusuf & Ronan Keating) 2006 Corinne Bailey Rae - "Steady, As She Goes" (The Raconteurs)

SOURCE:FILTER-MAG NEWSLETTER

NEWSSOURCEDOTCOM
HARD-FI : SUBURBAN KNIGHT REMIXES

(U.K. ONLY)

NEWSSOURCEDOTCOM:LABEL: COLUMBIA

Kasabian: Kasabian Release iTunes Festival Exclusive
Foo Fighters: Pre-Order Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace
Ali Love: Wasted Youth Appearance
Calvin Harris: The Time Has Come...
The Dead 60s: Pimp My Site
Mark Ronson: Announced As House Band At The MTV VMAs
Candie Payne: One More Chance Single
Groove Armada: GA10 Birthday Tour
Editors: V Festival This Weekend
Kasabian: NME Signing Tent at V
Manic Street Preachers: NME Signing Tent at V
Bruce Springsteen: New Album Magic in October
Kasabian: New Live Dates Announced
Foo Fighters: Pre-Order The Pretender
Coheed and Cambria: Tracklisting Announced
Avril Lavigne: MTV Video Award Nomination

SOURCE:Columbia Records columbiarecords@sonybmg.com
ColumbiaRecords@columbia.co.uk

NEWSSOURCEDOTCOM:
BAND:STELLASTARR*
We have just posted a demo of a new song we just wrote called 'The People' on our myspace page that will be up for one week. A proper recording of this song will most likely be on our upcoming record, which we plan to record in the Fall. Enjoy! Come out and join us for a special New York show we are playing next Thursday, August 23rd at Highline Ballroom with THE KOR PROJECT.

THE KOR PROJECT is a night to bring together emerging artists in a collective show of music and visual art. We are very excited to participate in the event as a way to show our support and contribute to the New York art community. We have many new songs we'd like to test drive and are excited to debut them at this event. And to top it off, it's for a great cause, The Lance Armstrong Foundation (Leukemia & Lymphoma Society of New York). Ra Ra Riot and Seems So Bright are also on the bill and there will be work from a variety of visual artists on display as well. To purchase tickets visit www.korproject.com Thanks for your support. -stellastarr*

http://www.stellastarr.com
http://www.myspace.com/stellastarr


source:

NEWSOURCEDOTCOM:NEW RELEASE:12 STONES
LABEL: WIND-UP RECORDS


The new 12 Stones album, Anthem for the Underdog, is available everywhere today! Listen to it in its entirety for a limited time on AOL Music!

Order your copy now at FYE.COM and get a signed album sleeve while supplies last!

Also available at i Tunes with an exclusive bonus track, "Once In A Lifetime," and a digital booklet, and on Wal Mart.com with the bonus track "It Was You (Acoustic)."

-12 Stones Online
www.12Stones.com

SOURCE:12 Stones E-News

NEWSSOURCEDOTCOM:NEWS:
HARD - FI

We're delighted to announce that HARD-FI will be hitting the road again at the beginning of September on a brand new UK tour.

The tour, to support the release of the new album 'Once Upon A Time In The West' on September 3rd, sees the band calling at...

August
31st - Southsea Pier
September
1st - Birmingham Irish Centre
3rd - Glasgow ABC
6th - London Hippodrome
7th - Coventry Coliseum
8th - Bristol Trinity
9th - Cardiff University
10th - Worthing Pavillion

See you on the road!

* * *

The wait is finally over!

You can now download the brand new HARD-FI single 'Suburban Knights' from iTunes.

Not only this, but you can now pre-order the deluxe album 'Once Upon A Time In The West' from iTunes.

This includes the full album, as well as non-album track 'You And Me' (which will only be available when you pre-order the deluxe album), an acoustic version of album track 'Tonight', a live video of 'Suburban Knights', a 'Suburban Knights' dance remix and an exclusive digital booklet with alternative album artwork.

Also, there's some great behind the scenes clips and live footage from the band in Ibiza for Ibiza Rocks.

Head to www.youtube.com/hardfiband to check it out.

HARD-FI
'SUBURBAN KNIGHTS'

The new single - out to download NOW and buy from 20th August

HARD-FI
'ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST'

The brand new album - out on September 3rd.

SOURCE: Atlantic@wmi-uk.musicmail.wmg.com

NEWSSOURCEDOTCOM:LABEL:
UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC/ UNIVERSAL MOTOWN

Our very own Drake Bell was recently interviewed on the Today Show where he talked about his new movie and also performed featured track "Makes Me Happy," also available on his album, It's Only Time (available now at iTunes for $6.99)!

He has also paired up with Mattel's new game "I Can Play Guitar" where he will be featured in Mattel's new ad busting in on a group of struggling young musicians hanging out in their garage and teaching them how to play.
We introduced you to Colbie Caillat a few weeks ago, and boy have things changed since then. Her album Coco debuted # 1 on iTunes and radio stations can't seem to get enough of her hit single "Bubbly"!

If you have yet to experience Colbie, check her out on her official site and Myspace.

Using just her acoustic guitar and her dusky vocals, she evokes the same gentle, yet spirited style of her musical influences John Mayer, Bob Marley, Lauryn Hill and The Weepies. Her low key, refreshing style is just what you need for these hot summer days.
Straight out of Oklahoma City, singer, songwriter and guitarist Graham Colton is gearing up for his forthcoming album, Here Right Now, in stores Fall 2007.

Coming off his his much-publicized relationship with Kelly Clarkson and his debut release, Drive with The Graham Colton Band, Here Right Now is an entirely new side to Graham. Stepping out on his own, he has left the band behind and emerged with a stunning collection of 12 tracks that perfectly capture the trials of love and heartbreak.

SOURCE: UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC RECORDS/ UNIVERSAL MOTOWN

NEWSSOURCEDOTCOM:NEW RELEASE:
DASHBOARD CONFESSIONAL

On October 2, 2007, Dashboard Confessional will return to their roots with the release of The Shade of Poison Trees, their fifth album for Vagrant Records. The album marks a notable return to the signature acoustic sound that Dashboard first developed on early albums like 2000’s The Swiss Army Romance and 2001’s The Places You Have Come To Fear The Most.

Dashboard will be supporting the album during their upcoming solo tour with special guests Augustana and John Ralston which starts September 28th in

Baltimore, MD.

Visit Dashboard Confessional’s MySpace page to listen to a new song, entitled “Thick As Thieves,” as well as a full listing of tour dates.

MEMBERS OF THE BAND:

Chris Carrabba: Guitar Scott Schoenbeck: Bass John Lefler: Guitar Mike Marsh: Drums

SITE:http://www.myspace.com/dashboardconfessional

NEWSSOURCEDOTCOM:NEWS: RICHARD HAWLEY

Richard Hawley will release his new album 'Lady's Bridge' on 20th August (2nd October in N America). The album's title, 'Lady's Bridge', is a Sheffield landmark and the oldest bridge to cross the river Don. "I used to walk across it nearly every day, it was a gateway from the poor bit of town to the rich bit" - Richard Hawley

The album was recorded at Yellow Arch Studio in Neepsend, Sheffield in the dilapidated building that Hawley had helped out with the restoration of almost four years ago.

Yellow Arch gives Hawley what he calls "that Sun Studio red light factor" and the pressure of turning up with the bones of an idea and leaving with a masterpiece.

In January 2007 he began recording with 40 songs in various states of togetherness. Four months later he left with 11 classics to add to the Hawley cannon.

Tracklisting:

Valentine
Roll River Roll
Serious
Tonight The Streets Are Ours
Lady Solitude
Dark Road
The Sea Calls
Lady´s Bridge
I´m Looking For Someone To Find Me
Our Darkness
The Sun Refused To Shine

Available on CD, vinyl and download, Lady's Bridge is also released as a deluxe CD+DVD package, featuring a documentary about the making of the album, the making of the videos and an interview with Richard Hawley, along with the video for the single Tonight The Streets Our Ours.

Live Dates - September

Tue 4th Dome Brighton
Wed 5th Roundhouse London
Fri 7th Symphony Hall Birmingham
Sat 8th Philharmonic Hall Liverpool
Sun 9th Rock City Nottingham
Mon 10th Colston Hall Bristol
Wed 12th City Hall Sheffield
Fri 14th Queens Hall Edinburgh
Sun 16th City Halls Glasgow
Mon 17th The Sage Gateshead
Thu 20th St George's Hall Bradford
Fri 21st Bridgewater Hall Manchester
Sun 23rd Vicar Street Dublin

Official Site
www.richardhawley.co.uk

MySpace
Listen to a different track from Lady's Bridge each week leading up to the album's release on 20th August
www.myspace.com/richardhawley

SOURCE:MUTE RECORDS