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Job For A Cowboy announce headlining tour

Alternative Press - Nichole Fazekas on 3/1/10 @ 2:03 PM - altpress.com

Arizona's Job For A Cowboy have unveiled dates for a spring headlining tour of North America that kicks off April 21 in Newport, Kentucky. The five-week trek will hit 27 cities through late May. Whitechapel, Cattle Decapitation, Gaza and Revocation are slated as support during different legs of the tour. Pre-sales begin at 3 p.m. local time on March 3 here. Job For A Cowboy will be in support of their sophomore full-length, Ruination.

Dates are as follows:
April 21 Newport, KY The Historic Southgate House
April 23 Hackensack, NJ The School of Rock
April 24 Worcester, PA Palladium (*As part of the 2010 New England Metal & Hardcore Festival)
April 25 Buffalo, NY Mohawk Place
April 26 Columbus, OH Skully's
April 27 Baltimore, MD Otto Bar
April 28 Allentown, PA Crocodile Rock
April 29 Millvale, PA Mr. Small's Theatre
April 30 Montreal, QB La Tulipe
May 1 Toronto, ON Opera House
May 2 Detroit, MI Magic Stick
May 3 Madison, WI Orpheum Stage Door
May 4 Elgin, IL Mad Maggie's
May 5 Sauget, IL Pop's
May 15 Pomona, CA * As part of the California Metal Festival
May 16 Sacramento, CA The Boardwalk
May 17 Portland, OR Hawthorne Theatre
May 18 Seattle, WA El Corazon
May 19 Pocatello, ID Icon
May 20 Salt Lake City, UT In The Venue
May 21 Colorado Springs, CO The Black Sheep
May 22 Lawrence, KS The Bottleneck
May 23 Wichita Falls, TX The Hanger
May 24 Austin, TX Emo's Inside
May 25 Odessa, TX Dos Amigos
May 26 Albuquerque, NM Launchpad
May 27 Tempe, AZ The Clubhouse


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Deep Elm to trade free CDs for Twitter followers

Alternative Press - Scott Heisel on 3/1/10 @ 1:54 PM - altpress.com

Long-running indie label Deep Elm Records has decided to use social networking to clear out their backstock. All you have to do is add the label on Twitter, then proceed to this page to claim your free albums (shipping not included). Among the freebies are titles by the Appleseed Cast, Sounds Like Violence and Small Arms Dealer.

Kristen Stewart and Dakota Fanning re-record classics for The Runaways soundtrack

Alternative Press - Tim Karan on 3/1/10 @ 1:49 PM - altpress.com

The soundtrack to The Runaways--the upcoming film based on '70s all-girl rock outfit the Runaways--has been announced along with the news that co-stars Kristen Stewart (who plays vocalist/guitarist Joan Jett) and Dakota Fanning (who plays keyboardist/vocalist Cherrie Currie) re-recorded several Runaways classics that will appear on the album. The pair collaborate on two songs ("Queens Of Noise" and "Dead End Justice") and Fanning performs two more songs ("Cherry Bomb" and "California Paradise").

The album will be available digitally on March 16 and in stores on March 23. Check out the tracklisting below:

Roxy Roller - Nick Gilder
The Wild One - Suzi Quatro
It's A Man's Man's Man's World - MC5
Rebel Rebel - David Bowie
Cherry Bomb - Dakota Fanning
Hollywood - The Runaways
California Paradise - Dakota Fanning
You Drive Me Wild - The Runaways
Queens Of Noise - Dakota Fanning & Kristen Stewart
Dead End Justice - Kristen Stewart & Dakota Fanning
I Wanna Be Your Dog - The Stooges
I Wanna Be Where The Boys Are (Live) - The Runaways
Pretty Vacant - Sex Pistols
Don't Abuse Me - Joan Jett

Stream the new Gorillaz album Plastic Beach

Alternative Press - Tim Karan on 3/1/10 @ 1:01 PM - altpress.com

NPR has premiered Plastic Beach, the upcoming album by virtual band, Gorillaz. The band--created by Blur vocalist Damon Albarn and comic book artist Jamie Hewlett--enlisted a massive list of guests for the album including Snoop Dogg, Lou Reed, Mos Def, De La Soul and more. It's the first new album from Gorillaz since 2005's Demon Days. Check out the tracklisting and listen to the entire album below. It drops in the U.S. on March 9.

Tracklisting:
1. Orchestral Intro
2. Welcome to the World of the Plastic Beach (feat. Snoop Dogg)
3. White Flag (feat. Kano, Bashy)
4. Rhinestone Eyes
5. Stylo (feat. Bobby Womack, Mos Def)
6. Superfast Jellyfish (feat. De La Soul, Gruff Rhys)
7. Empire Ants (feat. Little Dragon)
8. Glitter Freeze (feat. Mark E. Smith)
9. Some Kind of Nature (feat. Lou Reed)
10. On Melancholy Hill
11. Broken
12. Sweepstakes (feat. Mos Def)
13. Plastic Beach (feat. Mick Jones, Paul Simonon)
14. To Binge (feat. Little Dragon)
15. Cloud of Unknowing (feat. Bobby Womack)
16. Pirate Jet

New Killswitch Engage song "My Obsession" posted

Alternative Press - Tim Karan on 3/1/10 @ 10:52 AM - altpress.com

A new song from Killswitch Engage called "My Obsession" is now streaming online. The track comes from God Of War: Blood & Metal, the digital soundtrack to the video game God Of War III. Vocalist Howard Jones said, "I have played the previous God Of War releases. To be part of this game in any fashion is amazing! Let the rivers flow red with blood; there is vengeance to bestow! Bring me more new finishing blows to my enemies!"

The soundtrack--which also features Trivium, Opeth and more--comes bundled with the Ultimate Edition of the game. The soundtrack alone is available for pre-order here.

You can listen to Killswitch Engage's "My Obsession" here.


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Angels & Airwaves unveil "Hallucinations" video

Alternative Press - Nichole Fazekas on 3/1/10 @ 10:47 AM - altpress.com

Angels & Airwaves have posted online their new video for "Hallucinations." The song comes from the band's latest full-length, Love. Check out the clip below.




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