Frontiers Records is pleased to announce the release of BLACKWOOD CREEK self titled debut album on December 4th 2009 in Europe and January 12th 2010 in the USA.

BLACKWOOD CREEK is a Kip Winger side project put together with his brother Nate on drums and c

Frontiers Records is pleased to announce the release of BLACKWOOD CREEK self titled debut album on December 4th 2009 in Europe and January 12th 2010 in the USA.

BLACKWOOD CREEK is a Kip Winger side project put together with his brother Nate on drums and childhood friend Peter Fletcher on guitar. It all actually started in 1969 in Littleton, Colorado when a 7 year old Kip Winger walked up to Peter Fletcher and said: "Hey, you got big lips, you wanna fight?". Fletcher then stood up and towered over Winger at which point they started a band instead! They reconvened in the basement of the Wingers house where Kip's older brother Nate was pounding on the drums. Blackwood Creek was born.

They went on to play every Jr. High and High school and eventually night clubs in their path, performing songs by their favourite bands like Grand Funk, Black Sabbath, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Led Zeppelin and their original songs which they were particularly passionate about, to the point of getting fired from jobs for not playing enough popular material.

In 1980 they went their separate ways. Nate and Fletcher went to Los Angeles, Kip went to New York, where he landed a gig with Alice Cooper and then went on to form Winger. Nate recorded with many bands in L.A. including Ratt, Kix, Europe. Fletcher formed the Pigmy Love Circus, including drummer Danny Carey from Tool.

Blackwood Creek reformed in 2007 to record 11 new songs. It's obvious that the chemistry is still rock solid. These 11 tracks embody 40 years of blood, sweat and tears of 3 musicians who started out together, went their separate ways and reform on common ground.

"Blackwood Creek" includes:

Out In Outer Space; Nothing But The Sun; Your Revolution; Dead Stung; After Your Heart; Albatross; Jimmy And Georgia; Rack Of Greed; Love Inspector; Joy Ride; Wooden Shoe.

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On Cracker's latest single "Friends" from their recent album, Sunrise In The Land Of Milk and Honey (in stores now through 429 Records) cofounders David Lowery and Johnny Hickman still manage to embrace their deep-rooted alt-country sensibilities as witnessed on this rustic, outlaw country track

On Cracker's latest single "Friends" from their recent album, Sunrise In The Land Of Milk and Honey (in stores now through 429 Records) cofounders David Lowery and Johnny Hickman still manage to embrace their deep-rooted alt-country sensibilities as witnessed on this rustic, outlaw country track. "Friends" was originally penned by Hickman for his own 2005 Palmhenge album, and is now offered up as an affectionate yet hysterical duet between Lowery and Drive-By Truckers' Patterson Hood

As Hickman explains about the track "It's a song about what we do and lifelong friendships. Everybody's got one of those friends who sticks with you through thick and thin and can laugh about your foibles." Lowery also added that "Johnny wrote 'Friends' just to sort of play with the country-buddy kind of thing. When he originally put it on his solo record, he didn't do it as a duet, and I thought that was kind of a shame. I was like, 'It needs to be told with two people.' "

Lowery, Hickman and Hood are also featured in a simple yet highly-effective video for "Friends" (directed by Jason Thrasher) where the threesome were shot spontaneously - without rehearsals - and captured in black-and-white – lending somewhat of an updated old-school outlaw vibe to it.

No Depression recently aired the video premier of "Friends" on their site, and it can now also be viewed here on Cracker's YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/crackerrocks

After seven months of successfully touring the U.S. and Europe in support of Sunrise In The Land Of Milk And Honey Cracker will embark on a very special tour of Iraq for U.S. soldiers in November. (For safety reasons the promotor is unable to give specific dates/cities for this tour. Interestingly enough, the band won't even get their itineraries until arriving in Kuwait and Iraq). Freedom Radio in Baghdad (the only American radio station in Iraq) has already gotten behind Cracker with heavy spins from both their new record and extensive back-catalogue of hits.

As cofounder David Lowery explains of the tour, "After writing a red meat politically incorrect song in the slangy dialect of US serviceman in Iraq, it's no surprise that we were asked to walk the walk in addition to talking the talk. So be it. Yalla Yalla."

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Janus recently release a video for their hit single "Eyesore". Check out "The Making of the Eyesore Video" here

Tour Dates - Currently on Tour with Framing Hanley, The Veer Uni

Grab the player HERE and share with your readers unseen photos from Relient K's time in the studio.

The player also includes videos, tour dates, and a contest to win a scrapbook containing ev

Grab the player HERE and share with your readers unseen photos from Relient K's time in the studio.

The player also includes videos, tour dates, and a contest to win a scrapbook containing even more unseen photos.

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New dates:

Saturday, Nov 14, 2009 WPLA Planetfest Jacksonville, FL

Sunday, Nov 15, 2009 The Spot Downtown Ft Myers, FL

Tuesday, Nov 17, 2009 The Bar Metairie, LA

Wednesday, Nov 18, 2009 Guitars and Cadillacs D'Iberville, MS

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New dates:

Saturday, Nov 14, 2009 WPLA Planetfest Jacksonville, FL

Sunday, Nov 15, 2009 The Spot Downtown Ft Myers, FL

Tuesday, Nov 17, 2009 The Bar Metairie, LA

Wednesday, Nov 18, 2009 Guitars and Cadillacs D'Iberville, MS

Thursday, Nov 19, 2009 Sky City Augusta, GA

Friday, Nov 20, 2009 Riverside Warehouse Shreveport, LA

Sunday, Nov 22, 2009 Club Vibe Parkersburg, WV

Thursday, Nov 26, 2009 Masquerade Atlanta, GA

Friday, Nov 27, 2009 Hooligans Jacksonville,NC

Saturday, Nov 28, 2009 Jesters Fayetteville, NC

Sunday, Nov 29, 2009 The Garage at Biltmore Asheville, NC

Wednesday, Dec 02, 2009 State Theatre Tampa, FL

Thursday, Dec 03, 2009 House Of Blues Orlando, FL

Saturday, Dec 05, 2009 WPBZ Buzz Bake Sale West Palm Beach, FL

Thursday, Dec 10, 2009 The Rock Minneapolis, MN

Friday, Dec 11, 2009 Abby Pub Chicago, IL

Saturday, Dec 12, 2009 Tom Dick and Harry's Green Bay, WI

Sunday, Dec 13, 2009 Planet Rock Battle Creek, MI

Tuesday, Dec 15, 2009 Blondies Detroit, MI

Wednesday, Dec 16, 2009 Lee's Palace Toronto, ON

Thursday, Dec 17, 2009 Peabody's Cleveland, OH

Friday, Dec 18, 2009 Machine Shop Flint, MI

Saturday, Dec 19, 2009 McGuffys Dayton, OH

Friday, Feb 05, 2010 Glavclub Moscow

Saturday, Feb 06, 2010 Glavclub St. Petersburg

Tuesday, Feb 16, 2010 Melkweg Amsterdam NL

Wednesday, Feb 17, 2010 013 Tilburg, NL

Thursday, Feb 18, 2010 Logo Hamburg, GER

Friday, Feb 19, 2010 Sticky Fingers Gothenburg, SWE

Saturday, Feb 20, 2010 Gote Kallare Stockholm, SWE

Monday, Feb 22, 2010 Tavastia Helsinki, Fin

Wednesday, Feb 24, 2010 Loppen Copenhagen, DK

Thursday, Feb 25, 2010 Magnet Berlin, Ger

Friday, Feb 26, 2010 Conne Island Leipzig, GER

Saturday, Feb 27, 2010 Palac Akropolis Prague, CZ

Sunday, Feb 28, 2010 Flex Wien, AT

Tuesday, Mar 02, 2010 Abart Zurich, CH

Wednesday, Mar 03, 2010 59:1 Munich, GER

Thursday, Mar 04, 2010 Universium Stuttgart, GER

Friday, Mar 05, 2010 Underground Cologne, GER

Saturday, Mar 06, 2010 Watt Basement Rotterdam, NL

Sunday, Mar 07, 2010 AB Brussels, Belgium

Tuesday, Mar 09, 2010 Wedgewood Rooms Portsmouth

Wednesday, Mar 10, 2010 The Royal Derby

Thursday, Mar 11, 2010 Arts Centre Colchester

Friday, Mar 12, 2010 The Quake Club Woking

Saturday, Mar 13, 2010 Hammerfest Prestatyn, UK

Monday, Mar 15, 2010 53 Degrees Preston

Tuesday, Mar 16, 2010 Studio 24 Edinburgh

Wednesday, Mar 17, 2010 Duchess York

Thursday, Mar 18, 2010 Academy 2 Birmingham

Friday, Mar 19, 2010 TJ's Newport

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Columbia Records and Favorite Gentlemen are excited to announce the video premiere for Manchester Orchestra's second single, "Shake It Out," on MySpace. The video is a brilliant homag

Columbia Records and Favorite Gentlemen are excited to announce the video premiere for Manchester Orchestra's second single, "Shake It Out," on MySpace. The video is a brilliant homage to 1980's action films (tongue firmly planted in cheek).

The powerfully epic "Shake It Out," the second single from Manchester Orchestra's second album, Mean Everything To Nothing, was just sent to Modern Rock radio and was met with great excitement. "I've Got Friends," the first single from Mean Everything To Nothing spent 26 weeks on the Billboard Modern Rock chart and reached the #8 spot at its peak. Alternative Press recently named the song as one of the top 100 songs of the decade.

Manchester Orchestra just finished hugely successful tours with Brand New as well as Silversun Pickups. They will be joining Brand New and Glassjaw for their very special hometown show at Nassau Coliseum in Long Island, NY, on November 28th. They are off to Europe in November to open for Biffy Clyro and to do headline dates in Germany.

Upon their return, the band will be partnering with rock radio stations for the following holiday shows in December:

12/2     101.9 RXP Holiday Event     Hammerstein Ballroom     New York, NY

12/3     WBRU Holiday Bizarre     Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel     Providence, RI

12/5     WPBZ Buzz Bake Sale 2009     Cruzan Amphitheater     West Palm Beach, FL

12/6     97X Next Big Thing     Ford Amphitheater     Tampa, FL

12/12     KBZT Holiday Hootenanny @ RIMAC     UCSD Campus     La Jolla, CA

12/15     Q101 Twisted Christmas     House of Blues     Chicago, IL

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Flyleaf have just added Memento Mori webisodes parts 3 and 4 to their Kyte Channel. In the 3rd webisode the band talks about the art

Flyleaf have just added Memento Mori webisodes parts 3 and 4 to their Kyte Channel. In the 3rd webisode the band talks about the artwork behind Memento Mori, which was created by bassist Pat Seals, using a woodcut technique. In the clip, guitarist Sameer beams, "Pat is an amazing artist. We've kinda assigned him to doing all the artwork on the record, videos, and for photo shoots." He later exclaims, "The whole texture of woodcutting and the way it looks, it has a really beautiful feel to it."

In the 4th webisode the band talks about the photo shoots for Memento Mori, as well as the album packaging (the scenery for which was also created by bassist Pat Seals). Vocalist Lacey describes the meaning behind the scenery: "The scene comes out of a story about a King who won a battle and came home victorious, where a slave (me), traveled behind him saying, "Memento Mori" (remember mortality)." Later on in the clip Pat talks about brainstorming ideas for music videos. "Sameer has actually been taking the reigns on brainstorming ideas with different directors we have....it kind of freed up some of the weight off the location and the theme of the video. It allowed for some of the creative aspects to come through us."

Memento Mori arrives in-stores everywhere on 11/10.

The band is currently on tour with Paper Tongues throughout the fall. Dates are as follows:

Nov. 3rd in Seattle, WA @ Neumos Crystal Ball Reading Room

Nov. 4th in Portland, OR @ Hawthorne Theatre

Nov. 6th in Salt Lake City, UT @ Murray Theater

Nov. 7th in Boulder, CO @ Fox Theatre

Nov. 9th in Minneapolis, MN @ Varsity Theater

Nov. 10th in Chicago, IL @ The Bottom Lounge

Nov. 11th in Pittsbug, PA @ Mr. Smalls Theatre

Nov. 13th in Toronto, ON @ Mod Club

Nov. 14th in Montreal, QB @ Cafe Campus

Nov. 17th in Boston, MA @ Middle East Club

Nov. 18th in New York, NY @ The Gramercy Theatre

Nov. 20th in Baltimore, MD @ Sonar

Nov. 21st in Philadelphia, PA @ TLA

Nov. 23rd in Atlanta, GA @ The Loft at Center Stage Arena

Dec. 18th in Detroit, MI @ Fillmore Detroit (89X FM's "The Night 89X Stole Xmas 12)

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AT&T mobile customers can now get Cartel's single "Let's Go" sent to their phone for FREE*. In addition, fans get a MP3 of the song sent to their email account to add to their computer. To get the download link almost instantly, text "Cartel" to 7299. Unfortunately the offer is not cu

AT&T mobile customers can now get Cartel's single "Let's Go" sent to their phone for FREE*. In addition, fans get a MP3 of the song sent to their email account to add to their computer. To get the download link almost instantly, text "Cartel" to 7299. Unfortunately the offer is not currently available to iPhone users. Limited time offer only! Promotion ends December 10, 2009. *Std data charges apply & compatible handset required.

"Let's Go" is the first single from Cartel's new album Cycles, available now in stores and on iTunes. Cartel is currently touring with The Summer Set and This Providence, check out their official Myspace for tour details.

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Sugar Red Drive have unveiled the music video for their single, "One More Time," from their self-titled debut album. The dark and ominous clip captures the band's raw energy and is a great example of why Sugar Red Drive is building a buzz in the rock scene. Check out the video Sugar Red Drive have unveiled the music video for their single, "One More Time," from their self-titled debut album. The dark and ominous clip captures the band's raw energy and is a great example of why Sugar Red Drive is building a buzz in the rock scene. Check out the video here.

Fans in New York can see Sugar Red Drive play at the closing night party for the Queens International Film Festival in Astoria on Sunday, November 15th. Visit their official MySpace page for more information and updates from the band. Make sure to pick up their self-titled album on iTunes today!

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Hollywood Undead have just posted live video footage from their upcoming CD/DVD release Desperate Measures. The performance showcases the 6 crazy MC's performing the popular son

Hollywood Undead have just posted live video footage from their upcoming CD/DVD release Desperate Measures. The performance showcases the 6 crazy MC's performing the popular song "No Other Place" to a fan packed venue. The band's high energy performance gives fans a peek at what they can expect on 11/10 when the CD/DVD package releases online and in stores. Desperate Measures includes 6 live records, 6 new studio recordings and 60 minutes of Hollywood Undead live and uncut.

Make sure to pre-order your copy of Desperate Measures and visit the bands MySpace for a list of upcoming tour dates on the Vatos Locos Tour with Atreyu.

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