The Features To Be Released Via Bug Music/Kings Of Leon/429 Records

429 Records via a newly formed partnership with Bug Music, in conjunction with the new co-ventured Kings Of Leon record label imprint, has announced the release of The Features' "Some Kind Of Salvation" in North America. The much-anticipated follow-up to the band's critically lauded debut, "Exhibit A" is finally available now as an exclusive on iTunes and in stores and all digital outlets on July 28th. Critically lauded throughout the UK, The Features recently performed at the Bonnaroo Music Festival. "Some Kind of Salvation" was produced by Grammy-Award winning Jacquire King (Modest Mouse, Kings Of Leon, Tom Waits, Sea Wolf) and Brian Carter at his Paradox Production facility in Murfreesboro, TN. The band features Matthew Pelham (guitar, lead vocals), Roger Dabbs (bass guitar), Mark Bond (keyboards) and Rollum Haas (drums).

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Dignan Release "Cheaters & Thieves"

Dignan has announced the release of their debut LP "Cheaters & Thieves" and a massive US tour in support. The McAllen, TX, group set out on a vast six month tour in late 2007/08 with their self-released EP "The Guest" in hand. They quickly went from virtual unknowns, who early on sat with their guitars in empty church vestibules writing their songs, to a mega touring band, gaining a huge following and selling out the initial pressing of the EP. While touring across the US, Dignan shared the stage with the likes of Plain White T's, Ra Ra Riot and Color Revolt as well as hitting festivals like South by Southwest and Cornerstone where they played to thousands, further building their fanbase and proving their status as a band to watch.

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A Wilhelm Scream Release New EP On Paper + Plastick This Fall

Paper + Plastick Records has announced that punk mainstays A Wilhelm Scream have joined its growing and already impressive roster. The label will release a self-titled 12" EP early this Fall, which will be sold exclusively at the label's website.

"I've toured with A Wilhelm Scream," says P+P founder and Less Than Jake drummer Vinnie Fiorello. "I know the band's work and touring ethic. I know them as friends and I know they are a great fucking band live. I'm more excited than I can put to words that I am doing this."

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Ancestors Announce New Album, "Of Sound Mind"

Ancestors have announced they will release the follow up their critically acclaimed debut album "Neptune With Fire" on October 6th via Tee Pee Records. The brand new album will be titled "Of Sound Mind." Recorded, mixed and mastered at Infra Sonic Sound by Pete Lyman, known for his diverse work with Mars Volta, Qui and No Age. Ancestors were joined on the album by notable contributors such as Los Angeles artists David Scott Stone (Melvins, Unwound, Slug), Sera Timms (Black Math Horsemen) and cellist Ramiro Zapata.

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Regina Spektor Debuts At #3 On Top 200

Regina Spektor and Sire Records are thrilled with the overwhelming response to Spektor's new album, far. Released last Tuesday, June 23rd, "far" debuted at #3 on this week's Billboard Top 200 chart. On July 30th, Spektor will perform her gripping single, Laughing With, on The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien.

Along with NPR, Q Magazine, The Los Angeles Times, Mojo, Entertainment Weekly, The Guardian UK and many others around the world, The New York Times raves far is "[Spektor's] most ambitious work sonically and her storytelling is as elliptical as ever" while The UK Sunday Times agrees this is "her most accomplished, mystifying, eclectic and beautiful release to date. It doesn't just fly, it soars." Spin Magazine goes on to say "far snuggles between her previous efforts, linking the heady sweep of 2003's Soviet Kitsch to the roundabout pop treats of Begin To Hope" and People Magazine adds, "[Spektor's] eclectic, breathtakingly gorgeous songs will be good company wherever you go." Sweden's Smålandsposten hails far as a "modern classic" and Rolling Stone exclaims far as "the sweet spot between her screwball humor and her pop sensibility."

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Bouncing Souls Release New Song For July

As part of the Bouncing Souls' 20th anniversary, they band will be releasing a new song on the first of every month for the entire 2009 calendar year. Fans can now stream the Bouncing Souls' new song for the month of July, entitled, "Ghosts On The Boardwalk," at the band's Facebook page.

Says Souls bassist Bryan Kienlen of the new song, "Once again the Jersey Shore has invaded the lyrics of a Souls song. Really, it's a song about breaking out of the negative clouds that tend to gather around our heads. Sometimes just looking at your immediate surroundings, but from a different perspective, can change everything. In our case, it was the basic elements that make up our little corner of the world, where the city meets the sea. We love the Jersey shore. Have we mentioned that lately?"

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Guitar Center Launches King Of The Blues Competition

Guitar Center has announced the return of King of the Blues, the nationwide search for the next great undiscovered blues guitar player. With sign-ups launching July 1st, Guitar Center's King of the Blues will feature competitions in over 200 Guitar Center locations across the country, culminating with the Grand Finals in Los Angeles this November. In addition to showcasing the top five finalists, the King of the Blues Grand Finals will also feature performances by renowned blues guitarist Joe Bonamassa and Grammy Award winner Pete Anderson.

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Old Crow Medicine Show To Release First Ever Live Concert DVD

Most loved for their infectious live shows, Old Crow Medicine Show (OCMS) will release their first live concert DVD, Live at the Orange Peel and Tennessee Theatre, on August 18th. Directed by Lee Tucker (who also directed the band's videos for "Wagon Wheel" and "Tell It To Me"), Live at the Orange Peel and Tennessee Theatre was recorded over two nights last December and features performances of 20 songs-15 of which are from the band's three studio albums (OCMS, Big Iron World, Tennessee Pusher)-including "Tell It To Me," "Down Home Girl," "Alabama High-Test," and "Wagon Wheel." The DVD also includes five tracks from their live repertoire not found on their three studio albums: "Wheeling Breakdown," "Raise A Ruckus," "Reuben's Train," "Sally Anne" and "Shack #9."

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Plastiscines To Join Cobra Starship Tour

Plastiscines have performed the last date of the NYLON Summer Music Tour with Patrick Wolf. Check out a tour highlight as Wolf joins the band onstage for their song "Bitch." Hot on the heels of one of the summer's most exciting tours, Plastiscines are taking it coast to coast again with Cobra Starship.

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Death Cab For Cutie Name Fan's Film As Official Video

Atlantic recording group Death Cab for Cutie has unveiled a new video for their song, "Little Bribes," which is featured on their recent EP, "The Open Door." The inventive clip was directed by director/cinematographer Ross Ching and can be viewed online.

A longtime DCFC fan, Ching's interest in time-lapse photography was spurred by the "Brothers On A Hotel Bed" video from "Directions," the DVD companion volume to 2005's Grammy Award-nominated, RIAA platinum-certified label debut, "Plans." Thus inspired, the San Diego State University film school graduate created the "Little Bribes" clip on his own, which he then posted on his personal website under the heading, "Looking For A Job." When the members of Death Cab saw Ching's work, they immediately decided to release "Little Bribes" as the track's official video. As if that weren't enough, Ching has since been hired by Atlantic Records to helm a future video project for the label.

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