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High School Musical star Ashley Tisdale finally releases her album, "Headstrong" in the UK on October 15th.

Already named one of the worlds hottest stars under 25, Ashley rose to fame in the Disney show "The Suite Life of Zach and Cody" and onto global superstardom in High School Musical. To date, HSM has sold over 4 million copies and its sequal, HSM2 outsold its nearest competitor by 3 - 1 in its first week in the US....

Ashley's debut album saw her team up with some of the hottest writers in the business (Headstrong’s collaborators include The Matrix (Britney Spears, Hilary Duff), Kara DioGuardi (Gwen Stefani, Ashlee Simpson), Guy Roche and Shelly Peiken (Christina Aguilera), the legendary Diane Warren (Whitney Houston, Cher) and up-and-coming Swedish production team Twin)

The result is a positive, empowering message on such tracks such as the dancefloor-friendly Be Good To Me (co-written by DioGuardi), the buoyant Positivity (produced by Roche), the candid Love Me For Me (written by Warren), and Tisdale’s ‘independence anthem’ Headstrong (written and produced by the Matrix).

Ashley has co-written three of the album tracks (Over It, Suddenly and Not Like That) whilst He Said, She Said was produced by J.R. Rotem (Britney Spears, Destiny’s Child) and written by Rotem with Evan ‘Kidd’ Bogart (Rihanna) and Ryan ‘Alias’ Tedder (Jennifer Lopez)

What the Buck?

Buck 65 releases his new album "Situation" on Oct 29th on Warner Bros Records. Its somewhat of a concept record in that the recurring theme is the year 1957. Produced by Buck 65 and Skratch Bastid, Situation sees more of a return to the six-fivers Hip Hop roots.

There is a great "Show and Tell" section of his website...check it out

Cardboard City News

NY based DJ/production team SPORTS (comprised of Nick Hook, Daryl Palumbo & Glue) will be releasing their debut MIX CD entitled, "I'm Hungry." This eclectic mix is a 70+ minute selection of breakbeats, freestyle, electro, ghettotech and funky house/disco. "I'm Hungry" will be a hand numbered, limited edition pressing of 1,000 copies with full color art!

"After many talks about working on some music together, the stars aligned and we were all home at the exact same time. We spent some time in the lab and hammered out a mix full of music we love, cut up/remixed/re edited for your listening and dancing pleasure. We also hope to come play music in your town on a bunch of turntables, keyboards, vocoders, and whatever else will fit in our carry on bags."

LET'S PLAY!!
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For information on how to get this fantastic record - drop me a line...

Judge Dred

"It's about bloody time!" I hear you cry! Thats right, Skindred are back with a BRAND NEW studio album!!! Hurraaaaah!

ROOTS ROCK RIOT will be released in the UK on October 29th on Bieler Bros./ Atlantic Records.

The guys have been in the Bieler Bros studios in Florida with Matt Squire (Panic! At The Disco) and have created an original, diverse, exhilarating rock record. Stand out tracks include the killer single "Rat Race", the pulvarising "Destroy The DanceFloor" and my personal favourite "Cause Ah Riot".

Skindred embark on a huge US tour with Nonpoint on Oct 26th. Look out for news of a UK tour here soon....

Whistle While You Work....

Deftones are hard at work in a Sacramento studio on the follow up to 2006's Saturday Night Wrist. 2008 will be an exciting year in the world of Deftones as it will be their 20th Anniversary... stay tuned to this blog for some exciting announcements...

In the meantime, you can keep up-to-date with their recording shenanigans on their official website.

Never Say Die....

This mammoth beast of a tour rolls into the UK on November 5th. The line-up is packed to the brim with the creme de la creme of hardcore - Comeback Kid, Parkway Drive, Cancer Bats, This is Hell and The Warriors. This is one tour NOT TO BE MISSED!

Tickets are available from the usual agents (try aloud.com) or the venues.

Get your asses down to one of the following venues. See ya in the Pit

Nov 05 UK Brighton @ Concorde 2
Nov 06 UK London @ The Electric Ballroom
Nov 07 UK Manchester @ Jillys Rockworld
Nov 08 UK Glasgow @ King Tuts
Nov 09 UK Sheffield @ Corporation
Nov 10 UK Yeovil @ Ski Lodge

Minor Threat...

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-boys-of-rock Elliot Minor take over the United Kingdom this month with their electrifying live performance at the following venues.
October:
12th Edinburgh Cabaret Volitaire
13th Aberdeen The Tunnels
14th Glasgow King Tuts
18th Manchester Academy 2
19th Sheffield The Plug
20th Newcastle Carling Academy
22nd Wolverhampton Wulfrun Hall
23rd Nottingham Trent Uni
24th Bristol Anson Rooms
26th London Mean Fiddler
27th Leeds Met Uni
29th Dublin Whelans

November:
4th Belfast The Limelight

In support are the very wonderful YouMe@Six and Enjoy Destroy.

Elliot Minor's muse-esque single "The White One Is Evil" is out on Reposession / Warner Bros. Records on October 29th. The video is currently riding high in the video channel chart wars see the (Corin Hardy directed) video on The Box, Kerrang, Skuzz and The Hits right now!

Against Me! New Single & UK Tour!

photograph by Ryan Russell

Against Me! will release the new single, “Thrash Unreal” taken from “New Wave, their fourth album and debut for Sire Records / Warner Bros. Records, on October 22nd. The Florida-based quartet recently played two sold-out London shows at the 100 Club and the Underworld to showcase the new record.

Produced by Butch Vig (Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins) and recorded in Los Angeles, the album is less of a folk/punk hybrid than their previous releases with a streamlined rock sound. “I wanted to write about topics that other people can identify with,” commented vocalist/guitarist Tom Gabel. “This is a straight-across-the-board rock record.”

The band return to the UK for a full headline tour in October. Against Me! also performed at this years Reading/Leeds festivals.

The tour dates are as follows:
October:
25th Belfast Limelight
26th Glasgow Garage
27th Leeds Cockpit
28th Oxford Zodiac
29th Brighton Concorde 2
20th Manchester Academy 3
31st Birmingham Academy 2

November:
1st London Electric Ballroom

Against Me! released their first full-length album, Reinventing Axl Rose, in 2002 on No Idea Records. They then signed to Fat Wreck Chords for the albums As The Eternal Cowboy (2003), Searching For A Former Clarity (2005) and Americans Abroad!!! Against Me!!! Live In London!!! (2006).

Henry Rollins Hits The UK....

Musician, writer, actor, spoken word maestro, Henry Rollins returns to the UK for a full spoken word tour in January 2008. Currently performing at the Edinburgh Fringe, Henry will be performing at the following venues:

January 2008
26th London, Hammersmith Apollo - £16.50 (box office 0870 400 0688)
27th Bristol, Colston Hall - £16.50
(box office 0117 9299008 / www.seetickets.com)
28th Wolverhampton, Wulfrun Hall - £17.50
(box office 0870 320 7000 /www.wolvescivic.co.uk)
29th Ireland, Dublin, Vicar St
(box office 0818719390 / www.ticketmaster.ie)
30th Manchester, Academy - £17.50
(box office Manchester - 0161 8321111 / www.gigsandtours.com)
31st Newcastle, Academy - £16.00 (box office 0844 477 2000)

February 2008

2nd Aberdeen, Music Hall - £17.50 (box office 01224 641122)
3rd Glasgow, Theatre Royal - £16.00 (box office 0870 904 3444)

Henry Rollins joined the Southern California band Black Flag as vocalist in 1981. Upon the demise of the legendary punk band in 1986, he formed the Rollins Band and has been making records and touring the world ever since. Beyond taking the stage as a musician, Henry does speaking dates all over the world every year and, along with the band dates, has averaged over one hundred shows a year for twenty-five years. Recently he has also spent time visiting troops on behalf of the USO traveling to Kyrgyzstan, Qatar, Afghanistan, Kuwait, Iraq, Honduras, and Egypt in the process.

Never one to confine his performances strictly to the stage, Henry has performed in several movies and TV shows including Bad Boys II, Heat, and Drew Carey. Grammy nominated for both his work with the Rollins Band and the spoken word performance of his own book Get in the Van, Henry currently occupies his time chatting up heavy hitters as the host of IFC’s The Henry Rollins Show, introducing listeners to hidden gems on his weekly radio show, and running 2-13-61, a publishing company he created to release books, CDs and DVDs of his own along with the work of others such as Henry Miller, Iggy Pop and Nick Cave.

Parkway Drive Album "HORIZONS" OUT NOW!!!

Go get it! The brilliant new Parkway Drive album is in the shops today! Planet Loud think it will "set the benchmark for metal albums to come". So there. Make sure you catch the band on the "Never Say Die" tour in November with fellow noisemongers - Comeback Kid, This Is Hell, Cancer Bats and The Warriors!