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Albums In Stores Today 7-8-08

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Here are some albums in stores today. Let us know which ones you’ll be picking up.

Hit The Lights – Skip School, Start Fights
The Maine – Can’t Stop Won’t Stop
Danger Radio – Used and Abused
Capital Lights – This Is An Outrage!
Me First And The Gimme Gimmes – Have Another Ball
Street Dogs – State Of Grace
Bad Religion – New Maps Of Hell (Deluxe) CD/DVD

Bad Religion Releases Deluxe Edition of New Maps of Hell

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NMOH

  •  Includes the original tracks from NMOH and an additional 7 bonus acoustic tracks
  • Includes a DVD that has an hour long performance, music videos, and behind the scenes footage
  • Includes a booklet of Dave Bullock’s photos, the photographer who shot the cover of NMOH
  • Also comes with two, 2-sided posters

New Maps of Hell deluxe, Bad Religion’s first expanded-version release, includes the original 16 song NMOH CD, along with seven new acoustic tracks. Three of the acoustic songs are new, written specifically for this release; the other four tracks are new acoustic versions of BR classics such as “Sorrow” and the perennial favorite “Skyscraper.”

Additionally, the release includes a DVD with an hour-long live performance that has never been seen before, along with music videos for “Honest Goodbye” and “New Dark Ages,” behind-the-scenes footage of Brett and Greg during the recording of the acoustic EP and more.

The all-new packaging pays homage to the band’s hometown of Los Angeles, but shown with a gritty reality not usually associated with Tinseltown. Shot in the striking format of high dynamic range photography by photographer Dave Bullock, the deluxe release also features a booklet of Bullock’s work entitled “New Maps of Hell – City of Angels” and two classic Bad Religion posters.

The acoustic track, “Sorrow” is currently posted on the band’s Myspace page. Head over there to check it out! Bad Religion’s Myspace Page

Tracklisting:
  1. 52 Seconds
  2. Heroes and Martyrs
  3. Germs of Perfection
  4. New Dark Ages
  5. Requiem for Dissent
  6. Before You Die
  7. Honest Goodbye
  8. Dearly Beloved
  9. Grains of Wrath
  10. Murder
  11. Scrutiny
  12. Prodigal Son
  13. The Grand Delusion
  14. Lost Pilgrim
  15. Submission Complete
  16. Fields of Mars
Acoustic Tracks
  1. Won’t Somebody
  2. Adam’s Atoms
  3. Sorrow
  4. God Song
  5. Dearly Beloved
  6. Chronophobia
  7. Skyscraper

Street Dogs Premiere New Video on MySpace

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Street Dogs – “Two Angry Kids”

Boston based punk group, Street Dogs have posted their brand new video, “Two Angry Kids” off of their new record State of Grace. The video was filmed in Boston with Producer Ian McFarland and Director Mike Pecci.

State of Grace isn’t in stores until July 8th but is currently streaming at
WARPEDTOUR.com

Once you watch the video, head over the Street Dog’s Myspace and let them know what you thought. Also, don’t forget that you can catch the Street Dogs on Warped Tour all summer!
Street Dogs Myspace Page

One Day As A Lion Signs to Anti- Records

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One Day As A Lion
One Day As A Lion are:
Zack de la Rocha (vocals / keyboards)
Jon Theodore (drums)

Anti- Records is pleased to announce the signing of One Day As A Lion. An on-going creative collaboration between two like-conscioused individuals, One Day As A Lion will release their eponymous debut EP worldwide on July 22nd.

The band writes:

“One Day As A Lion is both a warning delivered and a promise kept.”

“A defiant affirmation of the possibilities that exist in the space between kick and snare. It’s a sonic reflection of the visceral tension between a picturesque fabricated cultural landscape, and the brutal socioeconomic realities it attempts to mask. One Day As A Lion is a recorded interaction between Zack de la Rocha and Jon Theodore from Los Angeles, California.”

You can read the rest of the story here:Anti- Label Blog

The Boy And His Machine Set To Record New Album This Fall

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The Boy And His Machine have announced today that they will be heading into the studio this fall to record their debut album with producer Paul Leavitt (All Time Low, The Dangerous Summer, Senses Fail, Circa Survive). The band has diligently been writing for the album and will continue to through out the summer. The record is slated to be released in early 2009.

Boys Like Girls and Others To Perform at mtvU Video Music Awards; Six Flags Theme Parks

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Boys Like Girls, All Time Low, Metro Station, and Katy Perry will be performing at this years mtvU Video Music Awards as well as some Six Flags Theme Parks.

Six Flags, the world’s largest regional theme park company, and mtvU, MTV’s 24-hour college network, are joining forces this summer to offer red hot college favorites Boys Like Girls, All Time Low, Metro Station, and Katy Perry for the mtvU Video Music Awards Tour at Six Flags.  The tour will take place at Six Flags theme parks across the nation, and will lead up to the blowout “2008 MTV Video Music Awards” show at Paramount Studios in Los Angeles on Sunday, September 7th.

This year the tour has alternating line-ups that will feature bands like Boys Like Girls, who have a long and successful track record with mtvU, including a win for “Breaking Woodie” at the “2007 mtvU Woodie Awards,” and a featured spot on the 2007 mtvU VMA Rookie Showcase. The band has also reached the #1 spot on MTV’s Total Request Live, was a key act on the 2007 Vans Warped Tour and spent more than forty weeks on the Billboard Heatseekers Top New Artist chart. Another leading breakout group, All Time Low, has garnered many successes including the #1 streamed video on MTV.com, filmed live at the 2008 mtvU Campus Invasion Music Festival, and four videos now in the top ten on mtvU.com. In addition, their video for “Dear Maria Count Me In” has been streamed over 3 million times on MySpace.

Other bands joining the tour are Metro Station, whose single, “Shake It,” is currently the #2 alternative track — and in the top 5 overall — on iTunes, and Katy Perry, who will perform her hit song “I Kissed a Girl,” now the #2 track on iTunes and #1 pop track on iTunes, this Friday on MTV’s new music series, “FNMTV Premieres”¦”

The mtvU Video Music Awards Tour at Six Flags builds on the success of last year’s inaugural concert series, where previous mtvU “Breaking Woodie” winner, Plain White Ts, belted out “Hey There Delilah” ““ last year’s #1 pop hit and summer anthem ““ all across the country. Six Flags visitors were also treated to memorable performances from Secondhand Serenade and mtvU’s 2007 Best Music on Campus Artist of the Year, Bamboo Shoots. Six Flags is the definitive spot for thrilling rides and fantastic entertainment, and the music floored more than 22,000 fans over five concert dates at the parks””quickly establishing the mtvU Six Flags series as a breeding ground for some of the summer’s best emerging music.

“We’re excited to be partnering again with Six Flags this year,” says Chris McCarthy, VP mtvU Marketing and Strategic Development, “and to bring MTV’s marquee Video Music Awards to the parks””gearing fans up for the big show.  With the rebranded tour, theme park goers will be entertained by a much greater array of today’s biggest and emerging music talents.”

“Six Flags is the summer destination for the hottest acts in music and we are thrilled to include the mtvU Video Music Awards Tour as another addition to the great entertainment value we offer our guests,” said Dan Weinberg, VP, Entertainment for Six Flags.

The mtvU Video Music Awards Tour at Six Flags will be featured at the following parks this July and August:

7/23 & 9/1 – Six Flags Fiesta Texas – San Antonio, TX
7/25 & 8/31 – Six Flags Over Texas – Arlington, TX (Dallas metro)
7/27 – Six Flags over Georgia – Atlanta, GA
8/5 – Six Flags St. Louis – St. Louis, MO
8/19 – Six Flags America – Bowie, MD (Baltimore/D.C. metro)
8/20 – Six Flags Great Adventure – Jackson, NJ (Philadelphia metro)
8/21 – Six Flags New England – Agawam, MA (Boston metro)

Admission to the concerts are free with park admission and are first come, first served. Discounted student tickets are also available. For more information, log on to vmatour.mtvU.com, or visit www.sixflags.com and click on your participating park.