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Electric Valentine unleash debut album, tour details
Alternative Press - Laila Hanson on 7/17/09 @ 4:31 PM - altpress.com
If you were a fan of our AP&R alums A Kiss Could Be Deadly, turn up your speakers for the side project from 2/5ths of that band. The stripped-down electro-pop duo are releasing their debut album, Automatic on August 18. It is entirely self-produced and self-released, and the band will be following up its drop with a brief tour, dates of which you can see on their MySpace. The band has collaborated with Breathe Carolina, Watchout There's Ghosts and more on songs in the past.
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The Word Alive stream new album
Alternative Press - Laila Hanson on 7/17/09 @ 4:28 PM - altpress.com
If you want to get your metal fix in today, head over to The Word Alive's MySpace to hear their fully streaming album Empire, which hits stores on Tuesday.
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Monsters Of Folk supergroup post first song
Alternative Press - Laila Hanson on 7/17/09 @ 2:55 PM - altpress.com
What do Conor Oberst (Bright Eyes), Jim James (My Morning Jacket) and M. Ward (She & Him) have in common? They're all big fans of indie and folk, and want you to know it. That's why the trio have formed a supergroup called Monsters Of Folk. Their first song "Say Please" is already available for streaming on their website if you solve a puzzle first. If you like what you hear, make sure to pick up their debut album on September 22, when it comes out via Shangri La.
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AltPress Exclusive: fun. announce first headlining tour
Alternative Press - Scott Heisel on 7/17/09 @ 12:34 PM - altpress.com
After they complete their West Coast tour with Hellogoodbye this August (dates), carnival-pop outfit fun.--featuring Nate Ruess, formerly of the Format--will embark on their first-ever headlining tour. Alternative Press has exclusively obtained the routing for the tour, which will run from Sept. 8-25 and feature Miniature Tigers opening. Dates below:
09.08.09 Kilby Court Salt Lake City, UT
09.09.09 Club 156 Boulder, CO
09.11.09 Shelter Detroit, MI
09.12.09 intersection Grand Rapids, MI
09.13.09 Water St. Rochester, NY
09.15.09 Northstar Philadelphia, PA
09.16.09 Great Scott Boston, MA
09.17.09 Mercury NYC, NY
09.18.09 Jammin Java Vienna, VA
09.20.09 Drunken Uni Atlanta, GA
09.22.09 Rocketown Nashville, TN
09.23.09 Firebird St, Louis, MO
09.24.09 Schuba's Chicago, IL
09.25.09 Triple Rock Minneapolis, MN
fun.'s debut album, Aim & Ignite, comes out Aug. 25 on Nettwerk.
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Tegan And Sara announce album details
Alternative Press - Laila Hanson on 7/17/09 @ 9:20 AM - altpress.com
Tegan And Sara have announced details to their follow-up to The Con. The new album will be called Sainthood and will hit stores on October 27. Check out an update about the album from the sisters below.
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Unearth guitarist to sub for Lamb of God's Morton toward end of Euro tour
Alternative Press - Chris French on 7/16/09 @ 11:28 PM - altpress.com
Buz McGrath, the guitarist for thrash-metal band Unearth, will step in for Lamb of God's ax wielder, Mark Morton, on the last six stops of the band's European tour. Morton will be return to Richmond, Virginia for the birth of his first child. You can check out the rest of Lamb of God's European dates below:
Jul 16 2009 8:00P at Hallenstadion Zurich, Zurich
Jul 20 2009 8:00P at Forum, Copenhagen
Jul 22 2009 8:00P at Forum, Copenhagen
Jul 23 2009 8:00P at Forum, Copenhagen
Jul 27 2009 8:00P at Forum, Copenhagen
Jul 28 2009 8:00P at Forum, Copenhagen
Jul 30 2009 8:00P at Oslo Spektrum, Oslo
Aug 1 2009 8:00P at Melkweg, Amsterdam
