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National Product On Saosin / Poison the Well Tour

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National Product was just added to the Canadian leg of the Saosin/Poison the Well tour which started yesterday today in Winnipeg (see dates below). The band will spend September on the road with Panic Division and The Transit War and October and November with Ivoryline, An Angle, Paulson and Fiore.

National Product’s debut full length Luna (featuring the smash single “Love Me” which is currently #1 on Hawaii’s Star 101.9) ) will be in stores nationwide on August 7th.

On August 10, National Product will play a special CD release show at Orange County’s Chain Reaction (www.allages.com for more info).

National Product Dates:

Jul 17 2007 7:00P
Triple Rock Social w/ Live of Famous Men Minneapolis, Minnesota
Jul 18 2007 7:00P
The Garrik w/ SAOSIN, Poison The Well, Flight 409 Winnipeg, Manitoba
Jul 19 2007 8:00P
The Distrikt w/ SAOSIN, Poison The Well, Flight 409 Regina
Jul 21 2007 7:00P
MacEwan Hall Ballroom w/ SAOSIN, Poison The Well, Flight 409 Calgary
Jul 22 2007 7:00P
Starlite Room w/ SAOSIN, Poison The Well, Flight 409 Edmonton, Alberta
Jul 24 2007 7:00P
El Corozon w/ Lives of Famous Men Seattle, Washington
Jul 25 2007 8:00P
The Satyricon w/ Lives of Famous Men Portland, Oregon
Jul 29 2007 7:00P
Trilogy Theatre w/ Lives of Famous Men Victorville, California
Aug 4 2007 8:00P
Jillians w/ Twenty Mule Team and more Las Vegas, Nevada
Aug 10 2007 8:00P
Chain Reaction CD RELEASE PARTY/SHOW Anaheim, California
Aug 18 2007 5:00P
The Tuscan Legacy w/ Quiet Drive Tustin, California
Aug 25 2007 1:00P
John Muir Amphitheater / Bay Area Music Festival w/ Sugar Cult Martinez, California
Aug 31 2007 7:00P
Anthem w/ Panima, Fletch Ovid and more Riverside, California
Sep 28 2007 7:00P
Modesto Underground w/ An Angle, Ivory Line, Fiore Modesto, California
Sep 29 2007 7:00P
Underground w/ An Angle, Ivory Line, Fiore Roseville, California

Thursday Looking For Fan Footage

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Thursday is looking for fans to submit any footage they have of the band for possible inclusion on their upcoming retrospective DVD/CD release. See the note from the band for all the details below.

Hello Friends!

We have been hard at work on our DVD/CD project and we realized we could use your help! If any of you out there has video footage of us playing live and or hanging out we’d love to see it. We might even be able to use it on the DVD. If the footage that you send in winds up getting used in the final edit, your name will appear in the credits of the dvd and we will send you an autographed copy of it.

When sending us footage, please send it on the original format or as close to it as possible. For example if the footage was shot on Mini-DV we would love to get a copy on a Mini-DV tape. Basically we need the footage to be as close to the original format as possible in order to make sure it looks the best that it can. If it’s not possible to give us a copy on the original format, we’re still interested in seeing it so send it on in.

Please print out the release form and send it in with your footage. Just a heads up, without a signed release form we cannot use your footage. Be sure to include your name, address, and email with your submissions.

Release Form: http://www.thesyn.com/thursday/Submission_Form_071307.pdf or go here.

Post mark to this address:
The Syndicate
Attn: Thursday DVD
1801 Willow Ave
Weehawken, NJ 07086

We look forward to seeing your submissions. Thanks in advance for the help.

-Thursday

Sound The Alarm – Stay Inside

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Sound The Alarm

Artist: Sound The Alarm
Album: Stay Inside
Label: Geffen
Purchase: InterPunk
Release Date: July 17, 2007

Overall: 7.5
Music: 8.0
Lyrics: 7.5
Production: 8.0

Pop rock has been one of the faster moving genres these past few years but what about that 90’s pop rock that use to be on every radio station back in the day? Sound The Alarm’s first full length debuts with tracks like “Picture Perfect”, and “Stay Inside” that ring of that 90’s pop rock sound made popular by bands like Third Eye Blind and Stroke 9. Other tracks like “Suffocating”, and “If I Told You” are the perfect fit for todays pop rock fans. “Closer”, the opening track on the album is one that sucks you in with it’s catchy guitar riffs and sing along lyrics. “Suffocating” is perhaps my favorite track along side “Stay Inside” both of which pour out everything Sound The Alarm are good at (catchy riffs, sing along lyrics, classic pop rock sound).

When it comes to summer albums its always good to mix something like Stay Inside in with your mix of other pop rock and cruising albums. The band shows a lot of talent for being young and you should expect to hear a lot more about them in the future.

Track Listing
1. Closer
2. Picture Perfect
3. Suffocating
4. Stay Inside
5. Until We Collide
6. Fact Or Fiction
7. Telling Lies
8. If I Told You
9. Count On Me
10. Something New
11. Blame It All On Me
12. Fight For…

Sum 41 Album Stream; US Tour Dates

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Sum 41‘s new album, Underclass Hero, is currently streaming on MTV.com. The band has also announced some of their upcoming US tour dates.

Here are the first dates to go on sale

Sept 8th – Portland, ME (w/ Yellowcard)
Sept 9th – Boston, MA (w/ Yellowcard)
Sept 10th – Providence, RI (w/ Yellowcard)
Sept 11th – Lancaster, PA (w/ Yellowcard)
Sept 13th – Morrison, CO (this is a 93.3 show already on sale at www.ticketmaster.com)
Sept 15th – Cleveland, OH (w/ Yellowcard)

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