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gb Leighton Announces National Tour with BoDeans Slated to Kick-Off March 21st in Dallas, TX Minnesota's "Best Kept Secret" will tour nationally with legendary BoDeans beginning March 21st. Tour is scheduled to kick-off in Dallas, Texas and hit markets such as New York, Washington, DC, Atlanta, Nashville, Chicago, and more. Visit www.gbleighton.com for full tour information. - 2008-02-29

Nerf Herder Set To Return With New CD "IV" On Oglio Records. A New Hope For Punk Pop Nerd Rock Fun Begins Nerd Rock favorites Nerf Herder will be releasing their fourth album entitled "IV" via their new deal with Oglio Records, a Fontana/Universal distributed label. "IV" includes odes to cassettes, orange backpacks, golf shirts, manatees, the awesomeness of Led Zeppelin, Santa Barbara, and high school all mixed with perhaps the album's greatest secret ingredient, unrequited love. - 2008-02-28

BoDeans Announce Spring Tour, New Album Out March 4th Roots-rock group the BoDeans are touring this spring in support of their new album "Still," which will be out March 4th. The disc was produced by T-Bone Burnett and the first single, "Everyday," is currently impacting Triple A radio. - 2008-02-27

Sonic Bear Music, Va. Beach, VA, releases "Follow The Mist" by Stephen Peppos, a Virginia Artist/Composer, Release Date August 1, 2008 Composer Stephen Peppos' FOLLOW THE MIST debuts at # 3 on the New Age Reporter TOP 100 Charts. Receiving high accolades from industry reviewers. - 2008-02-23

Geoff Westen's New Power Pop Collection Vidiots-TUNE IN!! Released March 25 Vidiots-TUNE IN!!, is Geoff Westen's fourth album, and the follow-up to The Pigs-OINK! on the indie Disturbing Music label. The Pigs-OINK! made the Hybrid Magazine list of "2006 Up and Coming Favorites," and was named in the Top 25 Indie CDs of 2007 by Indie-Music.com among armfuls of other stellar reviews for the joyful pop-rock collection. - 2008-02-22

Mountain Mirrors to Launch Supernatural Dreadnought Voyage Twisted and heavy acoustic rock band Mountain Mirrors to release their third LP, "Dreadnought", on Friday February 22nd. - 2008-02-20

Trackbacks Available Child Prodigies Create Music Mania on Gamer Blogs In less than a year since its release the Black Out Band's music video, "Video Games", has been viewed more than 250,000 times from the band's Web site at www.blackoutband.com , Gamer Blogs and video sharing sites. Its footage was shot inside a historic theatre with 75 screaming adolescent fans. - 2008-02-19

Valencia Vas Gives Listening Advice and Wine Menus to her Music Fans Providence Records releases 'Valencia Vas Vitamins,' interactive music supplements to accompany the soprano's debut album. The first two features are 'The Beginner's Listening Guide' and 'The Wine Song Pairing.' - 2008-02-18

Benevento/Russo Duo and Grace Potter & the Nocturnals Team Up for Spring Break Two of the hottest young touring acts around, the Benevento/Russo Duo and Grace Potter & the Nocturnals team for 10-date tour in March. - 2008-02-16

New York's Reverend Zen Goes Global Winning Song of the Year At Spain's Effigy Awards Reverend Zen wins Song of the Year from Meer Music's Effigy Awards in Spain. - 2008-02-15

1 Attachment The CD is Dead - Flash Drive Direct Offers Strong Alternative Paradigm to Revive Limp Retail Music Sales. Bare Naked Ladies, White Stripes first to take the leap. The CD is dead and the industry is facing the prospect of a download only era. Music industry mavens know that this business strategy is not suited to the labels. The free file sharing Peer to Peer genie is out of the bottle and already in the hands of the public. The ability for the labels to stake their claim in the download arena and successfully compete with LimeWire, MySpace and other free services is doomed. Flash drive designer and manufacturer Flash Drive Direct has penned a treatise that describes a new and viable replacement for the CD that will appeal to the download demographic and offer a richer media intense delivery system. - 2008-02-14

Time Life Presents 'It All Started With Doo Wop' 10 Disc Boxed Set Snap your fingers to the unforgettable sounds of your favorite Doo Wop classics of the '50s and '60s. Time Life's newly released 'It All Started With Doo Wop' 10 Disc Boxed Set, which includes a Bonus DVD, features Dion & The Belmonts, The Platters, The Drifters,The Supremes and many more, totaling 147 songs in all. - 2008-02-12

Drummer Jim Keltner Takes on Producer Role in Studio with Nathaniel Street-West It is a long, illustrious line of music artists whose great art has been made greater by the drum/percussion mastery of longtime Angeleno session 'deity' Jim Keltner. That list includes John Lennon, George Harrison, Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton, John Lee Hooker, the Rolling Stones, Roy Orbison, Ravi Shankar, Pink Floyd, Elvis Costello, Joe Cocker, Neil Diamond, Brian Wilson, B.B. King. Each of these legends made Keltner their drummer of choice. - 2008-02-12

The Palme D'Or of Music - Austin Band, The Black & White Years Rocks MIDEM. Artist Programmer for MIDEM states, "If MIDEM awarded a Palme D'Or for Music, as the Cannes Film Festival does for film, it would most definitely go to The Black & White Years." Jerry Harrison- produced debut album to be released on February 26th. - 2008-02-11

New Sally Anthony Video Sparks Dixie Chicks-Type Controversy Singer/Songwriter Sally Anthony's new video for her single "So Long" takes a hard look at the past 8 years of the Bush presidency and the result isn't pretty. The video which was released over the objection of her record label and management has received critical praise but has also subjected Anthony to multiple death threats and show cancellations. The video has been viewed over 100,000 times alone this week on sites such as YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYLDP835KCc), Perezhilton, Alternet and others. - 2008-02-08

International Vocalist Michael Paige, The New Voice Of Romance, Launches Worldwide Record Campaign Michael Paige's journey as the New Voice of Romance has just begun. The assortment of Michael's self-titled debut album encompasses love ballads and dance music crossing over to a blend of continental flavors. Michael's style and hands-on approach makes him multi-talented in all aspects of music; writing and publishing his own music, singing in six languages and playing the piano. - 2008-02-05

Electronic Voodoo: New Alternative Dance Release Features Rock, Rap Legends "Voodoo Science", the new album from underground electronica veterans 3kStatic, features collaborators from ranks of Public Enemy, Pop Will Eat Itself, Petra, The Orchestra (former members of Electric Light Orchestra, Part II) and more. - 2008-02-04

VideoPoke Now Available on Facebook New widget from Singing Fool puts music back into Valentine's Day. - 2008-01-31

It All Started With American Idol in Miami Singer/songwriter Charity Daw will debut on American Idol-Miami on wednseday, January 30th, 2008. This indy recording artist is truly talented and her vocal cords are force to be reconned with. Ms. Daw, a Cuban-American, will display her skills on Idol. Will Charity make it to Hollywood? - 2008-01-31

The Tubes and The Persuasions Sign Distribution Agreements with Wolfgang's Vault Wolfgang's Vault, the online destination for live music, announced today agreement with veteran recording artists The Tubes and The Persuasions to distribute archival concert recordings for download at www.WolfgangsVault.com. - 2008-01-29

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