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Archives for 2007

Set Your Goals Needs Your Help; Save The Music

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Set Your Goals are looking to raise money so they can film a music video for their song Echoes. The group has teamed up with VH1 Save the Music Foundation and together they are offering exclusive merchandise currently available here. Proceeds will go to both the video project and the non-for-profit organization. Cool merch, a good band, and a great cause, is all I can say.

Cue The Doves Post Fourth Studio Video

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Cue The Doves (Jon Berndtson, ex-The Beautiful Mistake) have posted their fourth studio update which you can find below. Previous episodes can be seen here. The band is currently recording their sophomore effort, Stabilizing Vitals, which has a yet-to-be-determined release date. The album will also feature guest vocals and instrumentation from Kaddisfly’s Chris Ruff.

Tonight On DJ Rossstar

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The Dollyrots (Blackheart Records) will be studio guests tonight, Wednesday June 13th 2007 on DJ Rossstar’s Punk Rock Show. Kill Hannah (Atlantic Records) will be calling in for a live phone interview. The show airs live from 7-8pm PST/ 10-11pm EST. You can listen to the show on Idobi Radio. If you have questions for the guests, send them to the screen name: staridobi

Damiera Return With New Lineup

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After a brief two-month hiatus, Damiera have returned to writing and performing music with a brand new lineup.

Back in April, three fourths of Damiera left the band to pursue other goals. The departing members were “seeking satisfaction elsewhere,” says continuing member and vocalist Dave Raymond, “they wanted to take another road for now… without having to be committed to a group setting.”

The new members consist of guitarist Steve Downs and drummer Josh Sparks, formerly of the Iowa-based band Spirit of the Stairway, and Jayson Dezuzio, a long time professional producer whose resume includes work with Coheed and Cambria, My Chemical Romance, and more. Dezuzio also produced the latest Damiera album, M(US)IC, which was released in January.

“I love music, and I will continue to let go of every excess (money, home, health, etc) in order to find my end in it,” states Raymond, “I have been extremely fortunate this far, but I’d rather end with nothing and satisfied than end with everything and not use it.”

Damiera will pick up where they left off, fire up the van, and begin touring with the new lineup in August.

New T&N Podcast

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The new Tooth and Nail Podcast is up which includes unreleased music from MxPx (“You’re on Fire”)and Ruth (“Here To New York”). The Podcast can be grabbed in itunes right here.