Passion Pit Support Dates, Bonnaroo, Headline Dates Running Throughout Summer

DOM Remixes “Wait Up (Boots Of Danger)”

Tokyo Police Club released their sophomore effort Champ on Mom + Pop today. The second full length offering from the Newmarket Ontario quartet whose previous releases include 2008’s Elephant Shell album and the 2006 debut EP, A Lesson In Crime, Champ hasn’t even taken 24 hours to generate some of the most enthusiastic critical reactions of the band’s career to date. The New York Post commented “it’s nice to hear a group smart enough to recognize they have a good thing going,” adding that David Monks’ vocal growth “makes him sound like he’s living the experiences of each song as he sings them”; The Atlanta Music Guide raved “Tokyo Police Club could quite possibly be Ontario’s finest exports since maple syrup” and called Champ “the top down, head bopping playlist for the summer”;  while The Dallas Morning News hailed Champ’s ability to “stealthily slip underneath your skin.”

The band is currently supporting with Passion Pit on a tour whose conclusion will see them play before more than 10,000 fans over the course of two New York shows. Following those shows, Tokyo Police Club will immediately embark on headlining dates taking them across North America and through the summer (full dates below).

Embracing the spirit of the record (and making for some extracurricular fun on tour), Tokyo Police Club recently threw down the challenge to their fans to participate in the Champ Championship, issuing the following statement: “Challenge us to something. Anything. Ping pong. Baking. Mario. Nerf guns. Hockey. Unicycling. Catching grapes in your mouth. You name it. When we come to your town on tour we’ll make it happen. This summer, it’s on.”  Fans can enter their ideas at TokyoPoliceClub.com and winners will have access to tickets, merchandise, etc. as well as the chance to meet the band while competing in whatever activity they submitted, as fans did in New York June 1 for a rousing and well-documented round of Beer Pong.

Champ’s first single “Wait Up (Boots of Danger),” recently remixed by Passion Pit, has also been reinterpreted by Dom, whose take–as well as download the original version-can be heard at http://pitchfork.com/forkcast/14447-wait-up-boots-of-danger-wait-up-boots-of-danger-dom-remix/ and/or http://stereogum.com/398882/tokyo-police-club-wait-up-boots-of-danger-dom-remix/mp3s/

TOKYO POLICE CLUB ON TOUR 2010:
Jun, 8, 2010 The National (With Passion Pit) Richmond, VA
Jun 9, 2010     The Tabernacle (with Passion Pit) – Atlanta, GA
Jun 11, 2010    Bonnaroo – Manchester, TN
Jun 12, 2010    Club at Firestone (with Passion Pit) – Orlando, FL
Jun 13, 2010    The FIllmore (with Passion Pit) – Miami Beach, FL
Jun 14, 2010    The Ritz Ybor (with Passion Pit) – Tampa, FL
Jun 16, 2010    House of Blues (with Passion Pit) – New Orleans, LA
Jun 17, 2010    Warehouse Live (with Passion Pit) – Houston, TX
Jun 18, 2010    Stubb’s (with Passion Pit) – Austin, TX
Jun 19, 2010    Stubb’s (with Passion Pit) – Austin, TX
Jun 21, 2010    Palladium Ballroom (with Passion Pit) – Dallas, TX
Jun 23, 2010    The Pageant (with Passion Pit) – St. Louis, MO
Jun 25, 2010    Royal Oak Music Theater (with Passion PIt) – Royal Oak, MI
Jun 27, 2010    Mann Center (with Passion Pit) – Philadelphia, PA
Jun 29, 2010    Prospect Park Bandshell (with Passion Pit) – Brooklyn, NY
Jun 30, 2010    Governor’s Island (with Passion Pit) – New York, NY

Headlining Dates
July 23 Nod Experiment Festival – Jackson, MI
July 24 Grog – Cleveland, OH
July 25 Town Ball Room – Buffalo, NY
July 27 Black Cat – Washington, DC
July 28  The Basement – Columbus, OH
July 29 The Vogue – Indianapolis, IN
July 31 Record Bar – Kansas City, KS
Aug 1 Slowdown – Omaha, NE
Aug 3 Bluebird – Denver, CO
Aug 4 In The Venue – Salt Lake City
Aug 5 Beauty Bar – Las Vegas, NV
Aug 7 Plush – Tuscan, AZ
Aug 8 Casbah – San Diego, CA
Aug 12 El Rey – Los Angeles, CA
Aug 15 Aladdin – Portland, OR
Aug 16 Neumos – Seattle, WA
Aug 19 Varsity – Minneapolis, MN
Aug 20 Metro – Chicago, IL
(All Dates With Support From Freelance Whales)

http://tokyopoliceclub.com
www.momandpopmusic.com

MATES OF STATE CRUSHES (THE COVERS MIXTAPE) OUT JUNE 15

PRE-ORDER AND AND FREE DOWNLOAD OF “TRUE LOVE WILL FIND YOU IN THE END” LIVE NOW AT MATESOFSTATE.COM

LIMITED EDITION PHYSICAL EDITION AVAILABLE ONLY AT SUMMER CRUSHES TOUR DATES

Mates of State’s Crushes (The Covers Mixtape), currently available for pre-order at matesofstate.com for a more than reasonable $5, will be self-released on June 15 to all finer digital music retailers.

A limited edition physical CD version of Crushes (The Covers Mixtape) will be sold only at dates on the Summer Crushes tour.

Crushes (The Covers Mixtape) consists of versions of some of the Mates’ personal favorite songs by artists ranging from Daniel Johnston-whose “True Love Will Find You In The End” is now available as a free download at matesofstate.com (embed code at bottom of press release)– to Nick Cave, whose “Love Letter” is also interpreted visually in a video directed by Daniel Garcia, also up at matesofstate.com, to Girls, whose “Laura” is also available in its Mates incarnation as a free download at matesofstate.com

Crushes (The Covers Mixtape) is the first full album recorded and produced by Mates Jason Hammel and Kori Gardner themselves, with a mixing assist from longtime collaborator Peter Katis (The National, Swell Season, Interpol, etc.).

Finally, Mates of State recently announced the lineup and itinerary of the Summer Crushes tour, a traveling spectacle to kick off on the record’s June 15 release date and run through July.  The Summer Crushes tour will see Mates of State supported on this one time only occasion by multimedia guests ranging from the unpretentious rock of Free Energy to the wit of comedians Todd Barry (Flight of the Conchords, Lucky Louie, Bored to Death) and Nick Thune (Comedy Central Presents, Knocked Up). The unique Summer Crushes roadshow will transform venues previously headlined by the Mates into theaters hosting virtual traveling variety shows featuring magicians, illusionists, Bubble Man, sideshow acts (Beds of Nails, Straitjacket escapists, sword swallowing, human blockheads), acts of gravity defiance, jugglers, and more. In addition, Mates’ own Jason Hammel will serve as the tour’s resident DJ.

For further information, see the itinerary below and/or contact Amy Grote at nasty little man t 212 343 0740 e amy@nastylittleman.com

Mates of State
SUMMER CRUSHES TOUR

6/15 Northampton, MA @ Iron Horse * #
6/16 Rochester, NY @ Water Street * #
6/17 Philadelphia, PA @ First Unitarian Church % #
6/18 Pittsburgh, PA @ Mr. Small’s * #
6/19 Cleveland, OH @ Grog Shop * #
6/21 Cincinnati, OH @ 20th Century * #
6/22 Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall * #
6/23 Minneapolis, MN @ 400 Bar *
6/24 Minneapolis, MN @ 400 Bar *
6/25 Omaha, NE @ Slowdown *
6/26 Denver, CO @ Bluebird *
6/28 Salt Lake City, UT @ In the Venue *
6/30 San Francisco, CA @ Great American Music Hall * ^
7/1 San Francisco, CA @ Great American Music Hall * ^
7/2 Los Angeles, CA @ The Echo * ^
7/3 Los Angeles, CA @ The Echo * ^
7/4 Tucson, AZ @ Club Congress *
7/6 Lubbock, TX @ Jake’s *
7/7 Dallas, TX @ Granada Theatre *
7/8 Houston, TX @ Warehouse Live *
7/9 Baton Rouge @ Spanish Moon *
7/10 Birmingham @ Workplay *
7/12 Athens, GA @ 40 Watt * ^
7/13 Asheville, NC @ Orange Peel * ^
7/14 Baltimore, MD @ Ottobar  * ^
7/15 Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall ^
7/16 New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom ^
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* w/ Free Energy
# w/ Todd Barry
^ w/ Nick Thune
% w/ Suckers

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Pre-Sales Live Now at Arcadefire.com For August Dates in New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Nashville, Atlanta, DC

Special Guests SPOON Support in New York, Philadelphia, Atlanta, DC

Public On Sales Begin Friday, June 4

June 7 and 8 Sherbrooke Shows On Sale Now

The Suburbs In Stores August 3

ARCADE FIRE has announced its first U.S. headline dates since 2007’s Neon Bible tour. Pre-Sales are now live at arcadefire.com for the dates, which are as follows:

August 1 – Boston – Bank of America Pavilion
August 2 – Philadelphia – Mann Center for the Performing Arts
August 4 – New York – Madison Square Garden
August 6 – Columbia MD – Merriweather Post Pavilion
August 9 – Nashville – Ryman Auditorium
August 11 – Atlanta – Verizon Wireless Amphitheater at Encore Park

SPOON is confirmed as special guest on the New York, Philadelphia, DC and Atlanta dates, which bookend the ARCADE FIRE’s  previously announced August 8 Lollapalooza appearance and the release of the band’s third full-length studio album, The Suburbs, out August 3rd on Merge.

ARCADE FIRE also announced yesterday that the band will play two very special intimate shows at Sherbrooke QUE’s Theater Granada on June 7 and 8. For a complete listing of upcoming ARCADE FIRE gigs, see below. Further dates will be announced as they are confirmed.

Written, arranged, performed and produced by the ARCADE FIRE and co-produced by Markus Dravs, The Suburbs was recorded around Montreal and New York over the past two years. A double A side, limited edition 12″ was released to record stores May 27th 2010, featuring the title track and “Month of May,” both of which are available for immediate download with album pre-orders placed at arcadefire.com.

Formed in Montreal, the ARCADE FIRE is Win Butler, Régine Chassagne, Richard Reed Parry, William Butler, Tim Kingsbury, Sarah Neufeld and Jeremy Gara.

ARCADE FIRE will donate $1 from every ticket sold to Partners In Health, an organization helping impoverished communities around the world combat disease and poverty. Please visit www.pih.org for more information.

www.arcadefire.com
www.PiH.org

ARCADE FIRE
LIVE 2010

7-June  Sherbrooke QUE – Theater Granada
8-June  Sherbrooke QUE – Theater Granada
30-June Rättvik, Sweden – Dalhalla
2-July  Tromøy, Norway – Hove Festival
4-July  Werchter, Belgium – Rock Werchter
9-July  County Kildare, Ireland – Oxegen Festival
12-July Quebec, Canada – Quebec City Summer Festival
13-July Ottawa, Canada – Ottawa Bluesfest
31-July    Montreal – Osheaga
1-Aug    Boston – Bank of America Pavillion
2-Aug    Philadelphia – Mann Centre for the Performing arts
4-Aug    New York – Madison Square Garden
6-Aug    Washington DC – Merriweather Post Pavilion
8-Aug    Chicago – Lollapalooza
9-Aug    Nashville – Ryman Auditorium
11-Aug    Atlanta – Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
14-Aug    Toronto – Olympic Island
27-Aug  Leeds, UK – Leeds Festival
27-Aug  Reading, UK – Reading Festival
29-Aug  Saint Cloud, France – Rock En Seine
2-Sept   Bologna, Italy – I-Day Festival

PRE-ORDERS LIVE NOW AT howtodestroyangels.com

PHYSICAL EDITION AVAILABLE AT RETAIL JULY 6

The self-titled free 6-song EP from How To Destroy Angels a/k/a Mariqueen Maandig, Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross is now available for pre-order at howtodestroyangels.com. Those pre-ordering the EP will receive the track “The Believers” immediately and the remaining 5 songs on June 1.

The physical CD release of the EP will take place July 6 via the Null label.  A vinyl version will also be released at a date to be determined.

The complete tracklisting for How To Destroy Angels is:

1.  The Space In Between
2.  Parasite
3.  Fur-Lined
4.  BBB
5.  The Believers
6.  A Drowning

The track “A Drowning” is  already available for purchase via all finer digital retailers.

How To Destroy Angels recently unveiled a video for “The Space In Between,” which can be viewed at the band’s site as well as many other locations.

For further information, check back regularly at howtodestroyangels.com.

Pre-Order Live Now At Arcadefire.com

The Arcade Fire is set to release its third full-length studio album, The Suburbs, on August 3rd on Merge in the U.S. and its own Sonovox label in Canada.

Written, arranged, performed and produced by the Arcade Fire and co-produced by Markus Dravs, The Suburbs was recorded around Montreal and New York over the past two years.

A double A side, limited edition 12″will be available in record stores from May 27th 2010, featuring the tracks “The Suburbs” and “Month of May.” Both songs will be available for immediate download with pre-orders placed at arcadefire.com.

The Arcade Fire’s 2004 debut Funeral featured strongly in Album of the Decade Polls around the world including NME, Pitchfork, Guardian, Mojo and Rolling Stone. Their 2007 follow-up Neon Bible, debuted number 2 in the U.S. Both records were nominated for Best Alternative Album Grammys.

A number of live shows by the band have already been confirmed leading up to and beyond the album’s release, including headline appearances at the Reading and Leeds Festivals at the end of August. Further dates will be announced shortly.

Formed in Montreal, the Arcade Fire is Win Butler, Régine Chassagne, Richard Reed Parry, William Butler, Tim Kingsbury, Sarah Neufeld and Jeremy Gara.

www.arcadefire.com
www.PiH.org

OVER 45K SOLD FIRST WEEK

APPEARING ON THE LATE LATE SHOW WITH CRAIG FERGUSON MAY 27

MARK PELLINGTON-DIRECTED “LAREDO” VIDEO IN PRODUCTION

Summer Dates Added in Nashville, Minneapolis, Cincinnati, Milwaukee and Columbia

“Even when he’s singing about zoning out on the couch, it feels Grand Canyon expansive”–ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY

“pure, polished AM-radio gold”–NYLON

Infinite Arms, Band of Horses’ third full length LP and first for Brown/Fat Possum/Columbia, has sold over 45,000 records in the week following its May 18 release, debuting at #7 on the U.S. album chart.

Infinite Arms also debuted #2 in Norway, top 10 in Canada, top 20 in Australia and New Zealand, making an impressive international showing overall.

The band’s career chart high to date comes in the wake of a North American tour supporting Pearl Jam, during which BOH’s Ben Bridwell joined the headliners for multiple encores of “All Along The Watchtower” as well as a climactic and rarely played  version of Temple of the Dog’s “Hunger Strike” at Madison Square Garden.

Band of Horses has been anything but inactive since wrapping those dates, appearing May 27 on the Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, days after sneaking in a stripped down acoustic set at the Masonic Lodge at L.A.’s Hollywood Forever cemetery. The band has also knocked out electric sets from the Roxy to Toronto’s Horseshoe Tavern, and filmed a video for first single “Laredo” with Mark Pellington in Pioneertown CA—where they fit in an impromptu May 23 set at Pappy & Harriet’s.

Additionally, Band of Horses has contributed the unavailable elsewhere “Life On Earth” to the upcoming Twilight Saga: Eclipse soundtrack, and will be adding a leg of July dates to a globe-spanning 2010 tour that will include some of its biggest headlining shows to date from New York’s Williamsburg Waterfront to the Greek Theaters of Los Angeles and Berkeley.

A current list of dates is below, with many more to be announced very soon. Visit www.bandofhorses.com for ticketing information.

Band of Horses is Ben Bridwell, Creighton Barrett, Ryan Monroe, Tyler Ramsey and Bill Reynolds.

TOUR DATES

05/27/10 – Davis, CA – UC Davis/Freeborn Hall
05/29/10 – San Francisco, CA – The Independent
05/30/10 – Bend, OR – Les Schwab Amphitheater^
05/31/10 – George, WA – Sasquatch Festival
06/04/10 – Dublin, Ireland – Academy
06/05/10 – Bangor, Ireland – Ward Park
06/08/10 – Manchester, UK – Ritz
06/09/10 – London, UK – Roundhouse
06/11/10 – Oxford, UK – Oxford Academy
06/12/10 – Glasgow, Scotland – Bellahouston Park %
06/14/10 – Wolverhampton, UK – Wulfurn Hall
06/17/10 – Copenhagen, Denmark – Faulkner
06/19/10 – Toronto, ONT – Olympic Island Concert#
06/20/10 – Brooklyn, NY – Williamsburg Waterfront
07/12/10 – Nashville, TN – War Memorial Auditorium
07/13/10 – Cincinnati , OH – Inner Circle
07/14/10 – Columbia, MO – Blue Note
07/16/10 – Milwaukee, WI – Eagles Club (The Rave)
07/17/10 – Minneapolis, MN – State Theater
07/22/10 – Adelaide, AUS – Gov Hindmarsh
07/24/10 – Perth, AUS – On the Bright Side Festival
07/27/10 – Melbourne, AUS – Palace
07/29/10 – Sydney, AUS – Enmore
07/31/10 – Brisbane, AUS – Splendour in the Grass
08/07/10 – Osaka, Japan – Summersonic
08/08/10 – Tokyo, Japan – Summersonic
08/19/10 – Hasselt, Belgium – Pukkelpop
08/20/10 – Holland, The Netherlands – Lowlands
08/22/10 – Hamburg, Germany – Highfield Festival
08/24/10 – Malmo, Sweden – Malmofestival
08/27/10 – Saint Cloud, France – Rock en Seine Festival
08/28/10 – Leeds, UK – Leeds Festival
08/29/10 – Reading, UK – Reading Festival
09/03/10  – Stavanger, Norway – Stavanger Festival
09/04/10 – Tromso, Norway – Tromso Festival
09/24/10 – Berkeley, CA – Greek Theater
09/25/10 – Los Angeles, CA – Greek Theater
10/10/10 – Austin City Limits Festival

^ with She & Him
% with Snow Patrol
# with Pavement and Broken Social Scene

Syracuse NY’s most internationally beloved export Ra Ra Riot will issue its second full length album, The Orchard, August 24 on Barsuk in the U.S. International release dates will be confirmed and announced shortly.

Produced by Ra Ra Riot and Andrew Maury and mixed by Chris Walla (with one assist from Vampire Weekend’s Rostam Batmanglij), The Orchard is 10 more stunning offerings of the bittersweet and endearing Ra Ra Riot blend that Entertainment Weekly likened to “Unforgettable Fire-era U2.”

The Orchard’s full track listing is:

1. The Orchard
2. Boy
3. Too Dramatic
4. Foolish
5. Massachusetts
6. You and I Know
7. Shadowcasting
8. Do You Remember
9. Kansai
10. Keep It Quiet

The Orchard follows up Ra Ra Riot’s debut album, The Rhumb Line, released two years earlier (almost to the day) and immediately hailed as “a blissful chamber-pop breakthrough” in a 4-star Rolling Stone review (who named it the #38 album of 2008), and by Time Out New York as “classically pretty, but without getting all fussy about it.”  The Rhumb Line debuted at #109 on the U.S. album chart and went on to sell in excess of 60,000 copies as the band’s live draw grew exponentially.

Ra Ra Riot is vocalist Wes Miles, bassist Mathieu Santos, guitarist Milo Bonacci, violinist Rebecca Zeller and cellist Alexandra Lawn. The Orchard marks the band’s first time the band has been joined in the studio by drummer Gabriel Duquette, who has toured with the band since the release of The Rhumb Line.

PBS to Broadcast All-Star White House Concert July 28

Librarian of Congress James H. Billington announced today that the third Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song will be presented to Sir Paul McCartney at a special concert in the East Room of the White House on June 2, 2010.

The program, to be taped by WETA Washington, D.C., as part of the “In Performance at the White House” series, will air on PBS stations nationwide on Wednesday, July 28, 2010, at 8 p.m. EDT (check local listings) as “Paul McCartney: The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song In Performance at the White House.”

The concert will feature a tribute by major stars, many of whom will perform the songs that propelled McCartney to legendary status in music and humanitarianism around the world. The lineup of performers includes Stevie Wonder, Faith Hill, Jonas Brothers, Dave Grohl, Jack White, Elvis Costello, Emmylou Harris, Herbie Hancock, Corinne Bailey Rae and remarks by Jerry Seinfeld.

The Gershwin Prize for Popular Song was created by the Library of Congress to honor artists whose creative output transcends distinctions between musical styles and idioms, bringing diverse listeners together, and fostering mutual understanding and appreciation.

“Sir Paul has been writing and performing for more than five decades-as a member of iconic groups and as a solo artist-in genres ranging from rock ‘n’ roll to classical compositions,” said Librarian of Congress James H. Billington, who selected Sir Paul McCartney for the honor in November 2009. “But he also has made an impact far beyond music through his humanitarianism and activism around the world, which are emblematic of the spirit of the Gershwin Prize.”

The prize commemorates George and Ira Gershwin, the legendary American songwriting team whose extensive manuscript collections reside in the Library of Congress. The prize is awarded to musicians whose lifetime contributions in the field of popular song exemplify the standard of excellence associated with the Gershwins. Paul Simon in 2007 received the first Gershwin Prize, while Stevie Wonder in 2009 received the second.

Details about McCartney’s illustrious career can be found here.

“In Performance at the White House” is a music series distributed for national television broadcast by PBS and produced since its inception in 1978 by WETA Washington, D.C. WETA, the flagship public broadcaster in the nation’s capital, created the series to showcase the rich fabric of American culture in the setting of the nation’s most famous home. Throughout the years, the series has embraced virtually every genre of American performance from pop, country, gospel, jazz, and blues to theatre and dance.

The creators and executive producers of the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song are Peter and Bob Kaminsky, Mark Krantz, Cappy McGarr and Dalton Delan; the Kaminskys, Krantz and McGarr are also the creators and executive producers of the Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, now in its 13th year. Dalton Delan and David S. Thompson are executive producers for WETA Washington, D.C.

In making the selection for the prize, the Librarian of Congress turned for advice to leading members of the music and entertainment communities. The advisory committee consisted of Rickey Minor, Carol Bayer Sager, Paul Simon, Jimmy Webb, and Paul Williams. In previous years the Librarian has consulted with advisers from a diverse cross section of popular culture including Lorne Michaels, Allen Toussaint and Phil Ramone.

Given the Library’s long association with the Gershwin family and the profound effect the brothers had in the evolution of American music, it is fitting that the Library memorialize this relationship in the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song.

The Library of Congress is home to the George and Ira Gershwin Collection, the world’s preeminent resource for the documentary legacy of the Gershwin brothers. It contains a wealth of materials that provide insight into their careers and personalities, including manuscripts and printed music, photographs, correspondence, business papers, scrapbooks and iconography. The Gershwin Room-a permanent tribute to the Gershwins and their work-features George’s piano and desk, Ira’s typing table and typewriter, self-portraits of both brothers and a selection of musical manuscripts from Gershwin stage and screen shows such as “Lady Be Good,” “Funny Face,” “Girl Crazy” and “Of Thee I Sing.” Many of the Library’s rich resources can be accessed through www.loc.gov and via interactive exhibitions on a personalized website at myLOC.gov.

Coheed and Cambria continue a banner year-one that has seen Year Of The Black Rainbow debut at a career high #5 on the Billboard 200-with the May 26 debut of vocalist/guitarist/lyricist Claudio Sanchez’s newest installment of the Amory Wars comics series, In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3. That same date will mark the climax of the biggest headline tour of the band’s nine-year existence: a sold out homecoming play Wednesday May 26 at Rumsey Playfield in New York’s Central Park. The show, which is one of the last few of the band’s completely sold out North American trek, will be attended by nearly 6000 fans, making it the biggest Coheed and Cambria headline to date.

Named after Coheed and Cambria’s top selling 2003 album of the same name, the long awaited  In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3chronicles the mysterious saga originally laid out in the album’s lyrics: The conflict between Claudio Kilgannon, son of the now deceased Coheed and Cambria, and the insidious Supreme Tri-mage Wilhelm Ryan, self-proclaimed ruler of Heaven’s Fence, a network of 78 planetsfar beyond our solar system. IKSSE:3 follows Claudio’s quest to discover his role in this galactic turmoil and introduces listeners of the band to in depth analysis of what the original songs were all about.”I know fans have been waiting for this story for years and we did it right” said Sanchez.  “I think they are really going to get what they are looking for with this series.”

The Amory Wars comics have been graphically detailing  the story behind the band Coheed and Cambria’s music since 2003, fleshing things out for fans who have tried to unlock the course of events encrypted in the lyrics since the music first began.  It is published through Boom! Studios, written by Claudio Sanchez with Peter David, who also co-wrote the novel “Year of the Black Rainbow,” which was released simultaneously with the band’s new album as a deluxe edition. The Deluxe Edition, which has gone through two pressings now totaling 25,000, has less than 500 copies remaining online.

Year Of The Black Rainbow was released April 13 to the highest chart position and some of the best reviews of Coheed and Cambria’s career. Time Out New York said “the band wisely refines a winning formula” and the Boston Globe commended the band’s “driving urgency, and cinematic sweep” while The Onion raved that the album brings “higher expectations: cinematic ones” and is “atmospheric, even when it colossally rocks.”

12 noon EST / 5pm GMT – Thursday 20th May – 2010

Tune In To www.ustream.tv/paulmccartney

Have you ever wanted to have a chat with Paul McCartney?  Ever wanted to ask one of the world’s biggest music legends a question?  Ever wondered what he does at 5pm on a Thursday afternoon?    Now here’s your chance to find out. On Thursday this week (20th May) Paul will take time out of his tour rehearsals to chat live with his fans and anyone that tunes in to www.ustream.tv/paulmccartney.  Paul will be beamed live from his studio in Sussex across the globe and will answer questions put to him during the exclusive broadcast.

During the live broadcast the winner of Paul’s exclusive website competition will be announced.  The lucky winners will be flown out to Mexico next week to see Paul perform to 60,000 fans at the Foro Sol Stadium on the 28th May as well as getting to see Paul and the band soundcheck, get a behind the scenes tour and eat in the legendary tour catering, also known as the best vegetarian restaurant in town!