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DEVO ANNOUNCE THE RELEASE OF THE ULTRA DEVO-LUX EDITION LIMITED PACKAGE

Monday, November 23rd, 2009

THE ULTIMATE TWO CD/TWO DVD RE-MASTERED EDITION OF SEMINAL RECORDINGS FROM OHIO ART-ROCK PIONEERS AVAILABLE EXCLUSIVELY ONLINE

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Burbank, CA – Electro-art-rock iconoclasts DEVO celebrate their early recorded works from the Warner Bros. Records vaults with an expanded Ultra Devo-lux, Limited Edition four-disc set of their first and third groundbreaking albums: Q: ARE WE NOT MEN? A: WE ARE DEVO! and FREEDOM OF CHOICE, available online only through www.clubdevo.com this holiday season.
Both albums have been re-mastered from the original analog recordings and housed in DEVO-luxish packages with a plethora of audio and video bonus material including the Live at the Forum, London 2009 concert video. The package also includes an original 7-inch colored vinyl single of “Jocko Homo”/”Mongoloid,” plus an original 18” x 30” foldout poster and 16-page booklet. The DEVO-LUX package will be sold for $49.99. Each order will include a digital audio download delivered upon order. A limited number of orders will also include autographed B/W 8×10 vintage DEVO promo photos from the Warner Bros. Records vaults. These are the definitive versions of the band’s classic works, supremely packaged and loaded with previously unreleased rarities made available for the first time ever.
Just how DEVO-LUX are we talking here? This special collector’s edition contains the complete audio CD of Q: ARE WE NOT MEN? A: WE ARE DEVO! — the Brian Eno-produced album re-mastered from the original analog recordings, plus three previously unreleased demos from the DEVO archives. These ultra-rare recordings were committed to tape by the band between 1975 and 1977, including one track produced by Joe Walsh (Ex-James Gang and future Eagle). Believe it! These early recordings provide a unique view into the primitive early world of DEVO.
The second audio disc is comprised of the complete Devo-produced third album, FREEDOM OF CHOICE, also re-mastered from the original tapes. Bonus tracks include the rare six-track DEV-O LIVE EP, recorded live at the Warfield in San Francisco circa 1980. The package also includes three more previously unreleased demos from the DEVO vaults that were recorded at Modern Music Rehearsal Studio in Hollywood, CA, and the Record Plant in Los Angeles in 1979, and are available now for the first time ever and exclusive to this release only.
The first DVD disc contains the debut album performed live in its entirety from The HMV Forum in London 2009, and includes behind-the-scenes footage and more, exclusive to this release only. The second DVD disc is comprised of four classic DEVO video clips. Little did anyone know what kind of global impact these unique short promotional films would have upon the music world for years to come.
THE ULTRA DEVO-LUX LTD. EDITION PACKAGE will sell out quickly so don’t delay. Act now and achieve total audio and video bliss before it’s too late because as we now truly know, Devolution Is Real!

THE ULTRA DEVO-LUX LTD. EDITION Track listings:

Disc 1 (Audio):
Q: ARE WE NOT MEN? A: WE ARE DEVO
1. Uncontrollable Urge 3:11
2. (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction 2:41
3. Praying Hands 2:48
4. Space Junk 2:15
5. Mongoloid 3:44
6. Jocko Homo 3:39
7. Too Much Paranoias 1:58
8. Gut Feeling/(Slap Your Mammy) 4:58
9. Come Back Jonee 3:49
10. Sloppy (I Saw My Baby Gettin’) 2:40
11. Shrivel-Up 3:04
Bonus Demos:
1. Uncontrollable Urge (demo) 3:08 (Produced by Joe Walsh at The Record Plant LA, CA., 1977)
2. Social Fools (demo) 3:42 (Recorded at Audio Recording Studio Cleveland, OH., 1975)
3. Sloppy (demo) 2:21 (Recorded at Manray Studio, Akron, OH, 1976)
Disc 2 (DVD-Video):
Q: ARE WE NOT MEN? A: WE ARE DEVO
Performed Live at the HMV Forum, London 2009:
1. Uncontrollable Urge 3:26
2. (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction 3:07
3. Praying Hands 2:48
4. Space Junk 2:17
5. Mongoloid 3:38
6. Jocko Homo 4:32
7. Too Much Paranoias 2:26
8. Gut Feeling/(Slap Your Mammy) 4:19
9. Come Back Jonee 4:21
10. Sloppy (I Saw My Baby Gettin’) 2:25
11. Shrivel-Up 3:05
Disc 3 (Audio):
FREEDOM OF CHOICE
1. Girl U Want 2:55
2. It’s Not Right 2:20
3. Whip It 2:37
4. Snowball 2:28
5. Ton O’ Luv 2:29
6. Freedom of Choice 3:28
7. Gates of Steel 3:26
8. Cold War 2:30
9. Don’t You Know 2:14
10. That’s Pep! 2:17
11. Mr. B’s Ballroom 2:45
12. Planet Earth 2:45
DEV-O LIVE EP: DEVO Live at the Warfield, San Francisco, CA. 1980:
1. Freedom of Choice Theme Song 2:46
2. Whip It 2:41
3. Girl U Want 2:56
4. Gates of Steel 3:17
5 Be Stiff 2:50
6 Planet Earth 2:32
Bonus Demos:
1 Snowball (demo) 2:49 (Modern Music Rehearsal Studio, Hollywood to 4-track 1979 )
2 Gates of Steel (demo) 3:28 (Modern Music Rehearsal Studio, Hollywood to 4-track 1979)
3 Time Bomb (demo) 2:54 (Recorded at the Record Plant, LA 1979)
Disc 4 (DVD-Video):
Bonus Videos:
1. Satisfaction 2:38
2. Whip It 2:47
3. Freedom of Choice 3:25
4. Girl You Want 2:58

All product details can be found at…
http://www.clubdevo.com/store/product/ultra-devo-lux-ltd-edition

To Tide you over here are a few cool videos!

Devo - Mongoloid from 1978 french TV:

Devo - I can’t get no (Satisfaction) - 2007 Plant Terra Festival

This is VERY cool, Pearl Jam covering ‘Whip It’ on the final night of their tour in Philly!

International Pop Overthrow, Cleveland style!

Tuesday, September 15th, 2009

The lineup has been announced for the first IPO event ever in Cleveland and it looks AWESOME! (About time it came here btw!)

Friday, November 13: Beachland Tavern
15711 Waterloo Road
Cleveland 216 383-1124
http://www.beachlandballroom.com
$10

8:00 Spy Radio
8:30 Colin Gawel and the Lonely Bones
9:00 The Celebrity Pilots
9:30 Living Stereo
10:00 Good Touch, Bad Touch
10:30 Bill Fox
11:30 Afternoon Naps

Saturday, November 14: Beachland Tavern
15711 Waterloo Road
Cleveland 216 383-1124
http://www.beachlandballroom.com
$10

8:00 Terribly Empty Pockets
8:30 Triggers
9:00 The Deadbeat Poets
9:30 Pale Hollow
10:00 Rainy Day Saints
10:30 Paranoid Lovesick
11:30 The Jellybricks

We will have much more info as we get closer to the event including some in-studio performances from a few of these bands, but until then you can check these sites out to stay up to date!

www.internationalpopoverthrow.com
www.myspace.com/internationalpopoverthrow

Summer Sessions return to the Rock Hall this Wednesday!

Monday, July 6th, 2009

Starting this Wednesday July 8th the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum brings back it’s popular Summer Session concert series! Enjoy some of the best local acts teamed up with National bands for free right outside the Rock Hall on the beautiful north coast! From the Rock Hall’s website:

  • The country and region’s most popular up-and-coming bands and artists will perform, many for the first time at the Rock Hall. The latest in web technology, webcasting and blogging, will allow concert attendees to watch the concerts live, relive their favorite concert moments and communicate with their favorite bands via blog posts. Each Summer Sessions artist or band has been invited to begin a blog on cleveland.com to share their experiences with fans: how they got started, their favorite things about performing live, their aspirations for the future and more.

This Wednesday starting at 7pm you can catch local experimental indie rock hero’s Mystery of Two:

Mo2 will be our in-studio guests on Sunday July 26th to debut music and talk about about their CD release party July 31st at the Beachland Ballroom with Hot Cha Cha!

Also on the bill Philly buzz band Man Man:

MAN MAN - “Mister Jung Stuffed”

The concerts will be broadcast live over at cleveland.com/sessions if you can’t make it to downtown Cleveland.

The other upcoming Summer Sessions:

July 22nd - Akron/Family and The Black Swans

Aug 5th - Chairlift and JJ Magazine

Aug 19th - Gil Mantera’s Party Dream and This is a Shakedown

Nine Inch Nails start summer tour with Jane’s Addiction!-PTP

Monday, May 11th, 2009

We are going to keep you up to date on the Nine Inch Nails/Jane’s Addiction tour as it will be Trent’s last for the foreseeable future. So in that effort with the help of Matt Wardlaw (another NIN Nut) here are the playlists from the first few shows as well as some live footage. (The entire tour is open for recording in any form!)

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Nine Inch Nails
5-8-09
West Palm Beach, FL
Cruzan Amphitheater

Home
Somewhat Damaged
Last
March of the Pigs
Piggy (Nothing Can Stop Me Now)
Metal
Hersey
The Becoming
I’m Afraid of Americans
Mr. Self Destruct
Burn
The Fragile
Right Where it Belongs
The Way Out is Through
Wish
Survivalism
The Hand That Feeds
Head Like a Hole

Here is the video of the first show’s opening 2 songs!

Nine Inch Nails
5-9-09
Tampa, FL
Ford Ampitheatre

01 - Now I’m Nothing
02 - Terrible Lie
03 - Sin
04 - March of the Pigs
05 - Piggy
06 - The Frail
07 - The Wretched
08 - Discipline
09 - Head Down
10 - La Mer
11 - The Good Soldier
12 - I Do Not Want This
13 - The Downward Spiral
14 - Non-Entity
15 - Lights in the Sky
16 - Wish
17 - Physical
18 - The Hand That Feeds
19 - Head Like a Hole
20 - Hurt

Show Notes:
- First time “Now I’m Nothing” has been played since 09/13/1991.
- First time “I Do Not Want This” has been played since 02/18/1995.
- First performance of “Lights in the Sky”.
- First time “Physical” has been played since 01/30/1995.

Nine Inch Nails
5-10-09
Atlanta, GA
Lakewood Amphitheater

Noise Intro
1,000,000
Wish
Heresy
March of the Pigs
Something I Can Never Have
Metal
The Becoming
Head Down
Mr. Self Destruct
Reptile
The Big Come Down
Gave Up
Gone, Still
Survivalism (w Saul Williams)
Banged & Blown Through (w Saul Williams)
Home
Trent Speaks & Intros Band
Physical (You’re So)
Down In It
The Hand That Feeds
Head Like A Hole

It’s criminal but the closest to Cleveland the tour will be is Burgettstown, PA on June 10th but hopefully that colossal error will be remedied at some point!

New single available from Kate Voegele - MW

Thursday, April 16th, 2009

Kate Voegele has released “99 Times,” the first single from her upcoming new CD A Fine Mess. You can stream the track on her Myspace page, and also purchase it from Itunes or AmazonMP3. Check it out this weekend on the Inner Sanctum!

Kate Voegele - 99 Times

Buy/Stream Chimaira’s New Album! - MW

Wednesday, April 15th, 2009

Chimaira frontman Mark Hunter shared the following on the band’s blog:

The Infection is coming out in less than a week and we find ourselves in a position that, in this day and age, is unique. With only six days until The Infection is released, our album has yet to leak on the internet. We would like to thank all of those who had their hands on the album that could have leaked our record but did not. The fact that this did not happen gives the album something that doesn’t exist for new releases these days: anticipation.

To our great fans, we want to ask for your help with reaching a goal. With each subsequent Chimaira release after Pass Out Of Existence, we’ve been able to outsell the previous record’s first week sales. In an era of downloaded music and an overall diminished market for CD sales, we want ask our fans to help us continue the trend of higher first week sales by going out and picking up The Infection in its first week.

As a way to get all of you to stop foaming at the mouth in anticipation, we want to say an early “thank you” by streaming the entire record on our Myspace tomorrow. We hope that you will hear the new stuff, love it as much as we do, and be inspired to go out and pick it up in the first week and make a statement for heavy music.

Check out what the previous Chimaira albums have done in their first week. Let’s beat Resurrection!

Pass Out Of Existence - 4,217
The Impossibility Of Reason - 8,320 - #117
Chimaira - 13,938 - #74
Resurrection - 16,346 - #42

You can buy The Infection now!

Click here for information on where you can buy the new CD, including autographed copies!

Zach’s new CD released as part of a benefit! -PTP

Tuesday, April 14th, 2009

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Here are the details from Zach:

Zach celebrates his 9th release to benefit Cuyahoga Falls High School Theater Department!

Zach has come a long way from his humble open mic beginnings exactly one decade ago. He’s performe d over 2,000 shows in states from coast to coast, on stages of all shapes and sizes. It’s a schedule that has found him on bills with Neil Yo ung, Gin Blossoms, Bad Company, and newcomers like Brett Dennon, Jen Chapin, and Trevor Hall. “I absolutely love performing! I couldn’t not perform. It’s something in the blood, I think. But I also do it to see the smiles on people’s faces. To see someone get lifted up is an amazing feeling!”

On April 25th, he releases his 9th CD, What I Meant to Say, which was recorded over the course of several months in Atlanta, GA and co-produced by Nick Chawala (Gym Class Heroes, Outkast, Collective Soul, Elton John) and features his talented band of Northeast Ohio musicians. The songs on this recording are the most personal of his career, including several written while his father was fighting Pancreatic Cancer and shortly after his father lost that battle in 2006. “I feel this is the best that I’ve ever done, and is more of a genuine and honest record. These songs were all written in a period of high emotion, and both the band and Nick did a fantastic job capturing that.”

To mark this special occasion, there will be a CD Release Concert on April 25th at the Cuyahoga Falls High School (2300 4th St, Cuyahoga Falls, OH 44221). The show kicks off at 7:00pm with a local band from the high school opening the evening. Zach will be having several special guests during his set. Tickets are only $7 –or – 2 for $10! Plus, each ticket entitles the bearer to $3 off the new CD. Tickets can be purchased at the school, online at ww.zachmusic.net/order.html, and at all upcoming Zach appearances.

“I’m very excited to be working with the Cuyahoga Falls Theater and Stage departments. Sadly, the arts are always the first experiences cut in schools, so any way I can help them, I will. Plus, this will also benefit the sound and stage program at the high school. My father was my soundman, and respected for his skills in the community, and I think he would be happy to see this department helped along.”

His shows have been called “incredible” and “uplifting.”

Please attend this unique and uplift ing event on Saturday April 25th! The doors open at 6:00pm, and the show begins at 7:00pm. Contact Zach at 440.668.1687 if you have any questions or would like further information. Online ticket orders and information is available at http://www.zachmusic.net/order.html.

What a very cool thing to do, which is no suprise to those that know him! Here’s a pic from his last show visit.

Zach and Pat

Chimaira Clip from new bonus DVD - PTP

Tuesday, April 14th, 2009

Here’s the teaser for the new Chimaira cd due out next Tuesday April 21st. The boys are out on the amazing Music as a Weapon tour with Disturbed, Killswitch Engage and Lacuna Coil right now which smashes into the Wolstien center on May 3rd. You can check out Chimaira’s website for more details and pre-order your copy of The Infection!

New FILTER update!! - PTP

Sunday, April 12th, 2009

Matt sent me this link that has some more info on Rich’s new record and confirms what he told us during his last visit to the show!

Kiwibox editor Steven Horowitz recently conducted an interview with FILTER mainman Richard Patrick. Watch the four-minute chat below.

According to Patrick, FILTER is currently working on a new studio album which will sound “way meaner” than last year’s “Anthems For The Damned”. Tentatively due in August, “It’s gonna kind of veer off the political path,” the singer says. “I’m kind of focusing back on what I know best, which is kind of just the insanity of being a human being, dealing with mental issues — the stuff that we all know and the stuff that we all go through.”

Music Saves Record Store Day details!! -PTP

Sunday, April 12th, 2009

Here are some details about the upcoming Music Saves Record Store Day that Matt has mentioned on the show. Of course Music Saves is right next to the Beachland Ballroom and Tavern and it all goes down on Saturday April 18th!

Special Record Store Day Deals:

10% off entire purchase when you come in wearing an indie record store t-shirt
Grab bags of CD mystery – super cheap!
Goody bags for all!
An array of fabulous prizes
Diorama contest! The prize is a $100 gift certificate to MUSIC SAVES! The TEAM will pick the winner! Your diorama must be music themed! Yes, it must be created inside a shoebox! DIORAMA DEADLINE IS 10pm, Thursday, April 16! (If anyone has spare shoeboxes lying around the house, please drop them off at the store for those who are shoebox-less!)
OUT store performances from:

THE VERY KNEES - 7:30 @ Music Saves
HOT CHA CHA - 7:00 @ Blue Arrow Records
TROUBLE BOOKS - 6:30 @ Music Saves
PRISONERS - 6:00 @ Blue Arrow Records
BRIAN STRAW - 5:30 @ Music Saves

Record Store Day Limited Releases:

AKRON/FAMILY Everyone is Guilty b/w Total Destruction LIMITED 7” - 1st single from new album + unreleased b-side
BLACK KIDS Wizard of Ahhs LIMITED 7” - 4 original demos, 1st time in physical form
BLACK MOTH SUPER RAINBOW Born on a Day LIMITED 7” - colored vinyl
BLITZEN TRAPPER War is Placebo b/w Booksmart Baby LIMITED 7” - 2 previously unreleased tracks
CAMERA OBSCURA French Navy b/w The World is Full of Strangers LIMITED 7” - non-LP b-side
LEONARD COHEN The Future b/w Suzanne LIMITED 7” - live in London, 3×5 photo included
COLD WAR KIDS Live at Fingerprints LIMITED CD - 5 tracks
ELVIS COSTELLO Complicated Shadows b/w Dirty Rotten Shame LIMITED 7” - exclusive b-side, 3×5 photo included
CURSIVE + LADYFINGER LIMITED 10” - picture disc with 2 album tracks, 2 unreleased
DEAD WEATHER Hang You From the Heavens LIMITED 7” - new Jack White band, album in June
DECEMBERISTS The Rake Song b/w East India Lanes LIMITED 7” - non-LP b-side
DEPECHE MODE Wrong b/w Oh Well LIMITED 7”
BOB DYLAN Dreamin’ of You b/w Down Along the Cover LIMITED 7” - live, exclusive b-side, 3×5 photo included
EL GRUPO NUEVO DE OMAR RODRIGUEZ-LOPEZ Cryptomnesia LIMITED LP - members of Mars Volta and Hella
FLAMING LIPS + BLACK KEYS Borderline b/w Her Eyes Are a Blue Million Miles LIMITED 7” - covers!
FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS Pencils in the Wind b/w Albi the Racist Dragon LIMITED 7” - 2 previously unreleased tracks
GREEN DAY Dookie LP
GRIZZLY BEAR While You Wait For the Others b/w He Hit Me LIMITED 7” - live on KCRW
GUIDED BY VOICES Hold on Hope LIMITED LP - 1st time on vinyl, 3 bonus tracks
IRON AND WINE Norfolk 6/20/05 LIMITED Live CD - 18 tracks from the 2005 Woman King tour
JANE’S ADDICTION Mountain Song b/w Standing In the Shower… Thinking LIMITED 7” - original replica picture sleeve
JANE’S ADDICTION Nothing’s Shocking LP & Ritual De Lo Habitual 2xLP
JESUS LIZARD Inch LIMITED 7” box set - 9×7”, released on Touch and Go 1989-1994
JENNY LEWIS (with Elvis Costello) Carpet Baggers b/w Go Away LIMITED 7”
LONEY DEAR + ANDREW BIRD LIMITED 7” - hand silkscreened covers, tour and mail order item
LYKKI LI + EL PERRO DEL MAR After Laughter (Comes Tears) b/w At Your Best (You Are Love) LIMITED 7” - 2 unreleased covers
MAGNOLIA ELECTRIC CO. It’s Made Me Cry LIMITED 7” - 4 tracks
MC5 Kick Out the Jams b/w Motor City is Burning LIMITED 7” - original replica picture sleeve, 1st time available since 1969
METRIC Help I’m Alive b/w Help I’m a B-Side LIMITED 7” - picture disc, 1st single from new album + exclusive b-side
MY MORNING JACKET Celebración De La Ciudad Natal Live CD/LP
NEW ORDER Temptation b/w Hurt LIMITED 7” - mastered from original tapes, never before available in the U.S. as a 7”
FRANZ NICOLAY Major General CD - keyboardist inThe Hold Steady
OBITS I Can’t Lose b/w Military Madness LIMITED 7” - brand new tracks
PAVEMENT Live in Germany 12” - an entire unreleased album from 1998, all tracks exclusive to this release
ELVIS PERKINS Lorraine, Lookout b/w I’ll Be Arriving LIMITED 7” - 1 previously unreleased track
RADIOHEAD Drill, Creep, My Iron Lung, High & Dry, Fake Plastic Trees, Just, Street Spirit (Fade Out), Paranoid Android, Karma Police,
No Surprises, Pyramid Song, 2+2=5 vinyl singles
ARTHUR RUSSELL Love is Overtaking Me LIMITED 2LP - 21 demos and home recordings of unreleased songs
SILVERSUN PICKUPS LIMITED Pikul 12” - pre-Carnavas ep, exclusive vinyl release
SMITHS The Headmaster Ritual b/w Oscillate Way LIMITED 7” - mastered from original tapes, never before available in the U.S. as a 7”
SONIC YOUTH + JAY REATARD No Garage b/w Hang Them All LIMITED 7” - both tracks exclusive
SONIC YOUTH + BECK Pay No Mind b/w Green Light LIMITED 7” - covers of each others’ songs, both tracks exclusive
CHARLES SPEARIN (Broken Social Scene) 12” - 8 tracks, raised embossed jacket
REGINA SPEKTOR Begin to Hope LP
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN What Love Can Do b/w A Night With the Jersey Devil LIMITED 7” - exclusive b-side, 3×5 photo included
STOOGES 1969 b/w Real Cool Time LIMITED 7” - original replica picture sleeve
TALKING HEADS Talking Heads: 77 LP
THERMALS + THAO LIMITED 7” - 4 unreleased tracks
THESE ARMS ARE SNAKES + RUSSIAN CIRCLES LIMITED 12” - clear vinyl, unreleased tracks, reissue of Euro Tour Release
VETIVER Wishing Well b/w Pay No Mind LIMITED 7” - 2 previously unreleased tracks
TOM WAITS LIMITED Live From the Glitter & Dome Tour 7” - live tracks from Atlanta and Edinburgh
WHISKEYTOWN San Antone b/w The Great Divide LIMITED 7” - 2 previously unreleased tracks recorded in 1996
WILCO Ashes of American Flags DVD - exclusive to indie stores for the 1st 10 days, downloads of all songs, + more
YEAH YEAH YEAHS It’s Blitz LP
NEIL YOUNG Sugar Mountain - Live at Canterbury House 1968, 200 gram, 2LP
VARIOUS THRILL JOCKEY Records Toreism LIMITED LP +2 zines - Tortoise, Mountains, Trans Am, Double Dagger, White Hills
VARIOUS This LP Crashes Hard Drives Label Comp LIMITED LP - plus catalogs, postcards, a magazine, CD samplers, stickers, etc.

Head over to the Music Saves website for all the latest!