Fall Out Boy Takes Over The Radio Airwaves On October 31 To Set A Guinness World Record
NEW YORK, NY. (Top40 Charts/ Island Def Jam Music Group) - Multi-platinum Island Records band Fall Out Boy announced today that they are attempting to set a Guinness World Record for the Most Interviews on Radio in a 24 Hour Period by a Pair of Two. Pete Wentz and Patrick Vaughn Stump have teamed up ...
| New Pete Yorn Music Video Tackles Commentary On The State Of The Nation In An Effort To Mobilize Voters
Los Angeles, CA. (Top40 Charts/ Columbia Records) - Pete Yorn, the self-taught singer songwriter who began his music career with an RIAA gold-certified album, has produced and released a new single titled "American Blues Volume 1". The single has been released with a music video that has captured the ...
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Alert Music Artist Roxanne Potvin Launches Third CD With Major Concerts In Ontario And Quebec
TORONTO, Canada (Top 40 Charts/ Universal Music Canada) - Raised in Quebec, resident in Ontario, and now a performer with an international reputation, Roxanne Potvin will release her third CD October 28. Intriguingly named "No Love for the Poisonous" the collection of original new songs on the Alert ...
| Cold War Kids On MySpace Transmissions
LOS ANGELES (Top40 Charts/ MySpace Music) - MySpace Music, the world's premier music community, is proud to announce one of the most critically acclaimed bands, Cold War Kids, will take part in the eighth installment of MySpace Transmissions. MySpace Transmissions is a music program that empowers top ...
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Eels Give Away Free EP Celebrating Deluxe Vinyl Release
LOS ANGELES, CA. (Top 40 Charts/ Universal Music Enterprises) - To celebrate the release of the EELS' acclaimed BLINKING LIGHTS AND OTHER REVELATIONS 4 LP deluxe vinyl limited edition the band is giving away a 4 song EP download for one week. The deluxe BLINKING LIGHTS package includes 3 LPs of the ...
| That Ghost Releases Young Fridays On Twosyllable Records
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts/ Twosyllable Records) - Imagine a room decorated with only the essentials: five guitars (two electric, three acoustic), various unidentified instruments, and a recording box, surrounded by a maze of tangled cords. Welcome to the studio of That Ghost, eighteen-year-old Ryan Schmale ...
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Escape The Fate's New Album In-Stores Today!!!
Los Angeles, CA. (Top40 Charts/ Epitaph Records) - Escape The Fate have made their long-awaited return today with the release of their sophomore album, This War Is Ours. After months of anticipation and speculation, garnering millions of social networking hits/plays and sellout crowds across the country, ...
| R.E.M.'s Debut Album, The Groundbreaking MURMUR, Reissued In Two-CD 25th Anniversary DELUXE EDITION Featuring Previously Unreleased 1983 Concert
LOS ANGELES, CA. (Top40 Charts/ Universal Music Enterprises) - Alternative rock did not begin with a bang but with a MURMUR. In 1983, a band from Athens, Georgia made its full-length album debut. The band was R.E.M.; the album was MURMUR, Rolling Stone's Album of the Year and one of the first alternative ...
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25th Annual Love Ride & Concert by Foo Fighters And ZZ Top On October 26, 2008
LOS ANGELES, CA. (Top40 Charts/ Love Ride) - The 2nd annual California Bike Week (CBW) rolls into Southern California next week and the three-day rally - taking place October 24-26 at Pomona Fairplex - climaxes with the 25th Annual Love Ride on Sunday, October 26. That morning, the Love Ride convoy ...
| Travis Barker Released From Grossman Burn Center
SHERMAN OAKS, CA. (Top40 Charts/ Interscope Records) - Travis Barker was released this morning from the Grossman Burn Center in Sherman Oaks, California. Barker had received ongoing care for 2nd and 3rd degree burns following the tragic September 19th plane crash that claimed four lives. Barker ...
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Eternal Descent's Llexi Leon Recruits New Blood
London, UK. (Top40 Charts/ Serge Entertainment) - It was announced today that session guitarist, clinician and Youtube icon Robert Sutherland (Chapman) whose playing is described by Megadeth's James Lomenzo as 'fiery and mesmerizing', has joined forces with Eternal Descent as second guitarist. "I have ...
| Blue :: Infinite Announces The October 2008 Release Of Their New Album 'Hymns Of Drift'
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts/ Blue :: infinite Official Website) - 2008 has been a busy year for blue :: infinite. Not only did we release the soundscape album for the Prenzie Players' production of Life's a Dream, we also released our collection of experimental and ambient tracks (Atmosphere & Remains). ...
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Minus Circus Plus New EP
LOS ANGELES, CA. (Top40 Charts/ Minus Circus Music) - Ireland native singer/songwriter Gerry Scullion a.k.a Minus Circus enlisted 11-time Grammy winner mixer/engineer Rafa Sardina (Stevie Wonder, Luis Miguel, Macy Gray) and co-producer, Cheche Alara (Christina Aguilera, Pink) for his new EP, Hide & ...
| Bug Music Signs Kings Of Leon To Publishing & Joint Venture Agreements
LOS ANGELES, CA. (Top40 Charts/ Bug Music Publishing) - Bug Music Publishing, the largest independent contemporary music publisher in the world, has signed a major new deal with chart-topping Southern rock innovators Kings Of Leon, it was announced today by Bug Music CEO John Rudolph. Under the terms ...
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Montreal's Special Ops Double Attack Toronto's Phoenix & Toronto Exclusive Magazine Awards
Montreal, Canada (Top40 Charts/ Awsum Ink Ent) - Montreal's infantry rockers Special Ops are preparing to invade Toronto for a double assault on Friday, October 10th at the Phoenix Concert Theatre, 410 Sherbourne Street 8pm by Awsum Ink Ent. & Wednesday, October 22nd at Smiling Buddha Lounge, 961 College ...
| Anberlin Debuts At No 13 On Billboard Top 200 And No 5 On Top Current Rock Chart With New Surrender
NEW YORK, NY. (Top40 Charts/ Universal Republic Records) - Epic pop-rock trailblazers Anberlin may have titled their new CD New Surrender, but the Florida rockers have established a take-no-prisoners trajectory when it comes to storming the gates of Billboard's Top 200, snagging one of the more solid ...
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VYJ2 Set To Debut With Montecristo And Tribal
LOS ANGELES (Top40 Charts/ VYJ2) - Ric Fazekas, Senior Vice President Artist Relations and Acquisition for the VYJ2 label group has netted two of the top Southern California alternativo imdie bands for the label group's initial release to kick off their new distribution deal with Select-O-Hits. Both ...
| Taking Back Sunday Recording Follow-up To Gold-Certified Album Louder Now
BURBANK, CA. (Top40 Charts/ Warner Bros. Records) - Taking Back Sunday have entered a New York City studio with producer David Kahne to record the follow-up to the New York-based melodic hardcore quintet's previous album, the gold-certified Louder Now. Kahne production credits include Paul McCartney, ...
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Suicide City Mark New Territory With 'Live From CBGB's'
New York, NY. (Top40 Charts/ MEI Records) - Brooklyn's prodigal children have finally come of age with their first ever DVD release. Recorded at the legendary underground nightclub in 2006, "Live From CBGB's" presents Suicide City in one of the most explosive performances ever caught on film. Formed ...
| MUCC:JRock Band Set To Release Second US Album Shion On November 25, 2008
NEW YORK (Top40 Charts/ Fontana International/ Spinefarm Records) - Japanese visual-kei band MUCC (pronounced "mook") continues to make an aural assault on the US and international rock world throughout 2008. One of the front-runners of the current JRock (Japanese rock) scene, MUCC will release their ...
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