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Beats Antique: Live Webcast Tonight

NEW ALBUM CUTS LIVE THIS EVENING

Beats Antique

Exotic electro-pop/fusion/gypsy hip-hop act Beats Antique will celebrate the release of their new album, Blind Threshold (out today, September 14), with a live webcast concert tonight.

Blind Threshold is now available in all major download stores and CD Baby, and this evening the band will perform selections from the album at 7 p.m. PT/10 p.m. ET broadcasting live from the campus of Ex’pression College for Digital Arts in Emeryville, CA. The webcast is free and hosted by CreativeAllies.com, an online design community that lets anyone submit art in official contests for artists like M.I.A., OK Go, Amanda Palmer, Jack Johnson and Thievery Corporation.

Tune in to the webcast here at 7 p.m. PT/10 p.m. ET tonight.

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Dresden Dolls Announce First Tour in Three Years

STARTING HALLOWEEN NIGHT AT IRVING PLAZA IN NYC

After a long hiatus, The Dresden
Dolls
are thrilled to announce their first live tour in 3 years. The duo comprised of Amanda
Palmer
(piano, vocals) and Brian Viglione (drums, guitar, bass) will be kicking off a few weeks of
dates starting on Halloween at Irving Plaza in NYC. The date marks the exact 10th anniversary of the birth of the
band. Take a look at the video announcement below.

Tickets are on sale right now at DresdenDolls.com.

TOUR DATES:

Oct 31 – NEW YORK CITY, NY@ Irving Plaza (w/ Surprise Guests)

Nov 12 – NEW ORLEANS, LA@ Tipitina’s (w/ Jason Webley)

Nov 13 – ATLANTA, GA@ The Buckhead Theatre (w/ Lille)

Nov 14 – LEXINGTON, KY@ Buster’s Billiards & Backroom (w/ Chico Fellini)

Nov 16 – ST. LOUIS, MO@ The Pageant (w/ Sleepy Kitty)

Nov 17 – CHICAGO, IL@ The Vic Theatre (w/ Mucca Pazza)

Nov 19th – DALLAS, TX@ Granada Theatre (w/ Girl In A Coma)

Nov 20 – HOUSTON, TX@ Fitzgerald’s (w/ Girl In A Coma)

Nov 21 – AUSTIN, TX@ La Zona Rosa (w/ Girl In A Coma)

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Steel Train Joins “Yo Gabba Gabba Live!” Tour

BAND ALSO CONFIRMS NORTH AMERICAN TOUR WITH FUN.


Steel Train

New Jersey rock band Steel
Train
is excited to announce that they will share the stage with the cast of beloved kid’s show Yo
Gabba Gabba!
on the “Yo Gabba Gabba Live!” tour. Among the other “Super Music Friends” guests on the tour
are Mates of State, Amanda Palmer, Kid Koala, OK Go and many others.

The band has a busy autumn of touring ahead of them. After the Yo Gabba Gabba Live! dates and a handful of one-
offs, Steel Train will bring their celebrated live show to audiences across the country when hit the road with fun. for an ambitious North American
tour kicking off September 29. Full tour dates below.

Listeners in the New York area can tune in to WRXP on Thursday, August 26 to hear Steel Train perform live on air on
Matt Pinfield’s morning rock show. The band will perform an intimate set at the Bowery Electric that night, as special
guests at WRXP’s Anything Anything showcase. In addition, fans can pick up a copy of Steel Train for only $3.99 at
Amazon.com all day Thursday, when it is featured as the website’s Daily Deal.

Check out the band’s triumphant performance of “Bullet” on The Late Show with David Letterman: http://www.vimeo.com/13304398.


August 26 Bowery Electric New York, NY
August 27 Bethel Woods Center for the Arts Bethel, NY^
August 28 Jiffy Lube Live Bristow, VA^
August 29 Mann Center Philadlephia, PA^

August 31 Meadowbrook US Cellular Pavilion Gilford, NH^
September 2 Times Union Center Albany, NY^
September 3 Artpark Lewiston, NY^
September 15 Ruth Eckerd Hall Clearwater, FL

September 16 House of Blues Lake Buena Vista, FL
September 17 Park Ave CD Orlando, FL (in-store)

September 18 St. Augustine Ampitheatre St. Augustine, FL
September 20 House of Blues New Orleans, LA
September 29 Higher Ground Burlington, VT*
September 30 The Bell House Brooklyn, NY* (free show)

October 1 World Cafe Live Philadelphia, PA*
October 2 Mr. Small’s Theatre Pittsburgh, PA*
October 3 Grog Shop Cleveland, OH*
October 5 The Basement Columbus, OH*
October 6 Brick Street Oxford, OH*

October 7 The Intersection Grand Rapids, MI*
October 8 The Firebird St. Louis, MO*
October 9 House of Blues Chicago, IL*

October 10 Varsity Theatre Minneapolis, MN*
October 12 People’s Court Des Moines, IA*
October 13 Blue Moose Iowa City, IA*
October 14 The Bottleneck Lawrence, KS*
October 15 Fox Theatre Boulder, CO*

October 16 Club Sound Salt Lake City, UT*
October 21 Media Club Vancouver, BC*
October 22 El Corazon Seattle, WA*
October 23 Hawthorne Theatre Portland, OR*
October 26 Starline Fresno, CA*

October 27 Great American Music Hall San Francisco, CA*
October 28 Music Box @ Henry Fonda Los Angeles, CA*
October 30 The Nile Mesa, AZ*

November 2 The Cambridge Room @ HOB Dallas, TX*
November 4 Stubb’s Austin, TX*
November 5 Bronze Peacock @ HOB Houston, TX*
November 27 Webster Hall New York, NY*
November 29 La Sala Rosa Montreal QC*
November 30 The Mod Club Toronto, ON*
December 2 9:30 Club Washington, DC*
December 3 Royale Night Club Boston, MA*
December 4 Water Street Music Hall Rochester, NY*

December 7 The Orpheum Tampa, FL*
December 8 Culture Club Ft. Lauderdale, FL*

December 9 The Social Orlando, FL*
December 11 The Loft Atlanta, GA*
December 13 Paramount Arts Center Ashland, KY*


^ with Yo Gabba Gabba Live!
* with fun.

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Steel Train: Album Out Today Tour Dates & Free Downloads

LONG-AWAITED FOLLOW UP TO TRAMPOLINE OUT NOW


Steel Train

Steel Train, the new album from New Jersey rock band Steel Train is now available.
Praised for their “upbeat, anthemic” blend of rock n roll by Alternative Press, Steel Train’s
rousing and passionate songwriting has been hailed as “stadium ready, U2-style” by Esquire and “Buzzworthy …
filled with Modest Mouse sounding romps and ambient arena-rock jams” by MTV. Chicagoist goes on to rave,
Steel Train is one of the biggest surprises of this summer with its super catchy sing-alongs and epic hooks

[Steel Train] pumps out workingman songs built for stadiums.” Steel Train is currently on a North American
headlining tour. Tour dates below and on www.steeltrain.net.

Since the beginning of 2010, Steel Train, known and loved for their unhinged live shows, has already completed
tours with Tegan & Sara and had mesmerizing performances at this year’s Coachella and Bamboozle festival, a set
Spin.com hailed as one of the “11 Best Moments of Bamboozle.”

Along with the release of Steel Train, the band will offer an exclusive all-female companion album, via the
band’s official website, entitled Terrible Thrills Vol. 1. This one of a kind album will feature each
of the new album’s 12 tracks reinterpreted and remixed by Tegan & Sara, Scarlett Johansson, Holly Miranda,
Deradoorian, Amanda Palmer, Nellie McKay and Alia Shawkat to name a
few.

“Bullet” by Steel Train (free download):
http://steeltrain.net/downloads/01%20Bullet.mp3

“Turnpike Ghost” by Steel Train (free download):
http://steeltrain.net/downloads/02%20Turnpike%20Ghost.mp3

TOUR DATES:

June 29 Bluebird Theatre Denver, CO
June 30 Kilby Court Salt Lake City, UT
July 2 Great American Music Hall San Francisco, CA

July 6 El Rey Los Angeles, CA
July 7 Rhythm Room Phoenix, AZ

July 9 Emo’s Alternative Lounge Austin, TX
July 10 House of Blues Dallas, TX
July 12 The Social Orlando, FL
July 12 Drunken Unicorn Atlanta, GA
July 14 Exit/In Nashville, TN
July 16 Grog Shop Cleveland, OH
July 17 Water St. Music Hall Rochester, NY
July 20 Jammin Java Vienna, VA
July 21 First Unitarian Church Philadelphia, PA
July 22 Bowery Ballroom New York, NY
July 23 Middle East Cambridge, MA

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Ani DiFranco: Live Webcast Today

STARTS AT 8 pm PST, 11 pm EST

Singer-songwriter Ani DiFranco will host a rare live concert webcast today, Thursday, June 24 at 8 pm PST on creativeallies.com and Ustream.

Ani recently celebrated independent record stores with the release of a limited-edition CD, Live at Bull Moose Music, sold exclusively through independent stores on Record Store Day and now available from the Righteous Babe online store. During the past few weeks Ani performed at the Roots of Music Benefit to raise money for music education for low-income students in New Orleans, and co-headlined the Gulf Aid concert to raise awareness and money for communities impacted by the BP oil spill.

The webcast begins at 8 p.m. PT/ 11 p.m. ET today and can be viewed at creativeallies.com. Ani is the fourth artist to appear in Creative Allies’ Ex’pression webcast series, whose previous guests include Dr. Dog, Amanda Palmer and OK Go.

In the meantime, you can warm up with this live clip from Ani.

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Frances Bean Cobain Singing Debut

At 17, the daughter of grunge rock pioneers Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love is making her own musical debut. Frances Bean Cobain has lent her vocals to a track that will also feature My Chemical Romance’s Gerard Way, Andrew WK, and Weird Al Yankovic.

Frances will be heard crooning on a single entitled “My Space,” a [...]