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The Jamie McLean Band Offering New Album for Pay What You Want Download

The Jamie McLean Band is excited to announce the downloadable release of Completely (available now). Following in the footsteps of maverick recording artists Radiohead, the Jamie McLean Band will release their latest album as pay what you want for the month leading up to the physical release on April 13.

Completely highlights the band's deep seated roots in Americana, rock and soul all the while showcasing McLean's powerful vocals, burning guitar work and introspective lyrics. The melodies soar across each track, binding together this emblematic album.

Frontman Jamie McLean has logged thousands of miles since his musical coming of age. As guitarist for the New Orleans jazz institution Dirty Dozen Brass Band he has performed everywhere from Madison Square Garden to Japan's Fuji Rock and alongside musical icons such as Elvis Costello, Blues Traveler, and Dave Matthews among others. - more on this story

Jason Reeves Acoustic Tour

Singer/songwriter Jason Reeves will hit the road for an acoustic tour this Spring, performing selected dates starting April 11th, in Nashville.

Reeves, a 23-year-old Iowa City native who was signed to Warner Bros. Records by WBR's Senior Vice President of A&R and current American Idol judge Kara DioGuardi, has been touring for the past year in support of his debut album, The Magnificent Adventures of Heartache (and Other Frightening Tales, which was released on September 9th, 2008, by Warner Bros. Records after selling briskly as an independent release in 2007 through Reeves' MySpace page. The album's hook-filled songs of love, hope, heartbreak, and renewal, matched with Reeves' engaging tenor voice, led iTunes to name Reeves one of the Top Indie Singer-Songwriters of 2007.

Music fans may also know Reeves through his songwriting collaborations with breakthrough singer-songwriter Colbie Caillat. Reeves co-wrote 10 tracks on Caillat's platinum debut album Coco, including the smash hit singles "Bubbly" and "Realize," as well as 10 tracks on the deluxe edition of her new No. 1 album Breakthrough. He also co-wrote the international No. 1 hit "The Show" on singer-songwriter Lenka's debut album. - more on this story

DaVinci's Debut Album Released

DaVinci is excited to finally release his debut album, The Day The Turf Stood Still. Steadily building momentum for this album with a series pre-album leaks and singles, culminating in the release of DaVinci's "What You Finna Do" video to much acclaim, the Fillmore District emcee's album is available, starting today, both for free download and purchase via SWTBRDS Creative Collective.

DaVinci's music resonates with the authenticity of life experiences. "The Day The Turf Stood Still is the soundtrack for gentrification and urban renewal," says DaVinci. "I want to capture the mental state of generations of minorities struggling to preserve and revitalize the last breath of culture we have." Key to DaVinci's message is the spectrum of messages he touches on throughout the album. More than just dark and heavy tough-talk, DaVinci also sheds light and involves listeners in the essence of hoping for a better tomorrow. One part Cornell West, one part Geto Boys' Scarface, DaVinci embraces the potential contradictions of his messages in a way that delivers his words to listeners in a powerful way.

Despite being the rapper's official debut album, both DaVinci and his label, the Bay Area SWTBRDS Creative Collective wanted to remain both innovative and realistic in how they introduce DaVinci to the masses. With the option of offering the album for sale only and potentially limiting DaVinci's reach, the label and artist have instead opted to release the album both through traditional means as well as for free download. SWTBRDS' Al Jieh explains, saying, "DaVinci is a new artist, so we want to be humble and realistic with how we present him, as well as introduce ourselves, and do so in the best possible way. From there it's up to the fans to decide how they want to support the project, whether that be downloading the album and sharing the link with friends or purchasing the album - hopefully both." - more on this story

Camper Van Beethoven, Sippy Cups McCabe & Mrs. Miller Collaboration Release Debut

McCabe & Mrs. Miller is a collaboration between Victor Krummenacher (Camper Van Beethoven, Monks of Doom) and Alison Faith Levy (The Sippy Cups, The Loud Family). Having worked together on and off for many years, Alison and Victor have finally realized their dream of writing and performing as a duo.

Although it seems an unlikely pairing, their voices blend together in the tradition of classic duets, and their songwriting styles mesh into a fine mix of blues, folk, and country. Digging at the roots of their rootlessness, these songs sweep out the dark corners of longing, regret and desire with the intimate wit and wisdom of old friends. Their debut album Time for Leaving was released March 9, 2010 (through Magnetic Motorworks) and was produced by Bruce Kaphan (American Music Club).

Time For Leaving is a broad, ambitious work that finds the San Francisco-based duo traveling across the rural backroads and steel rails of Americana music. Snaky blues numbers ("Fare Thee Well" and "Couldn't Sit Still") intertwine with bittersweet folk ballads ("Come Back Home To Me" and "Forgiveness"), two-step country ("Your Magic Fingers"), rootsy pop-rock ('Red Wine & Chocolate"), gentle acoustic instrumentals ("Union City Blues") and bawdy, backroom jazz ("Playground"). - more on this story

Stars Return With The Five Ghosts

Stars return with their fifth full-length album, The Five Ghosts, available June 22. Five Ghosts marks the first release on the band's new label imprint Soft Revolution Records licensed everywhere around the world except Canada through Vagrant Records .

'We have never written an album with this much cohesion and unity' says vocalist Amy Millan , 'It is the first time we've had the luxury of being together in a huge room writing songs off the floor. The Five Ghosts is quintessential STARS.'

The Five Ghosts is the band's follow-up to their 2007 release, In Our Bedroom After The War and also sees STARS returning to producer Tom McFall, who recorded their breakthrough, Set Yourself On Fire (2005). Recorded in Montreal, The Five Ghosts, in true STARS form, was written by all five members, Amy Millan, Evan Cranley, Torquil Campbell, Patty McGee and Chris Seligman. The album features a special guest appearance by Toronto singer-songwriter and Broken Social Scene member Andrew Whiteman. - more on this story

Laura Bell Bundy Announce Major Label Debut

Laura Bell Bundy's major label debut album Achin' And Shakin' is slated for release April 13 on Mercury Nashville.

The infectious lead single "Giddy On Up" has been described as "a breath of fresh air" and "nothing short of a new female anthem" amongst industry critics since the premiere of the music video on January 18.

With the support of massive websites such as CMT.com, Perezhilton.com, People.com, Usmagazine.com and Monstersandcritics.com "Giddy On Up" has received almost 1 million streams in a month and has sold over 30,000 digital singles. - more on this story

My Education Score F.W. Murnau Silent Film Classic

Austin, TX instrumentalists My Education have composed an original score for director F.W. Murnau's 1927 silent film classic, "Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans".

Parts of the painstakingly composed soundtrack will be released on CD, LP and digital download this spring via Strange Attractors Audio House.

The quintet tours this June in support of the album, fittingly titled Sunrise, with live accompaniment to the film at select venues. - more on this story

Trinity Hitting DVD

Murder, mayhem, mysteries, and some good-looking co-eds? What more could one want in a TV series? Eagle Rock Entertainment is once again embellishing its DVD library with the release of the wildly popular UK drama Trinity on May 25.

Trinity, produced by the BAFTA-award winning / Emmy-nominated Ash Atalla, has been touted as the UK's answer to Gossip Girl. After setting trends with his highly successful UK sitcoms The Office (which inspired the hit US spin-off) and The IT Crowd, Atalla took the plunge into this scandal-soaked drama. Now getting attention stateside, this 3DVD set will hit stores just after it airs on Showtime Next this spring.

Taking place at the 900-year-old Trinity College, this once upscale playground for the rich and affluent is opening its doors to "regular" students, including freshman Charlotte Arc. She enrolls to uncover what happened to her father, a professor at the college who mysteriously died just before the new semester. As she befriends other new students at the school, they begin to unveil a web of sinister activities within the halls of Trinity, involving sex, drugs, and secret societies, such as the peculiar Dandelion Club. - more on this story

Studs Star Mark DeCarlo Kicks Off Odd Wednesdays This St Paddy's Day

Mark DeCarlo and Ivan Kane present Odd Wednesdays, a new, live, bi-monthly comedy and music variety show premiering March 17, 2010 @ 8PM at Café Was.

Odd Wednesdays features an amazing lineup of talented bands, singer-songwriters, and comedians coming together for the newest comedy & music showcase in Hollywood.

The March 17 St. Patrick's Day premiere will feature the house band Old Blues Eyes with singer-songwriters, and comedians performing in this talent-packed Jam Session / Open Mic. - more on this story