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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.

Motion City Soundtrack Cancel UK Dates

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Motion City Soundtrack has canceled their upcoming UK tour dates due to scheduling issues with their new album. You can read a full message from the band below.

To our UK fans:

Due to scheduling issues with the new album we regretfully have to announce that we are moving our June tour dates to September. We apologize for this delay, and please know that we are disappointed
that we cannot make it over as originally planned.

These shows will be rescheduled for September and we’ll announce these new dates in a few days, in fact, before end of this week. All tickets purchased will be honoured for the September shows, and if you cannot attend the new scheduled date you will be able to get a refund at the point of purchase with full booking fee. And while it’s a bummer we can’t come in June, moving to September will enable us to add more shows in more markets; markets that we’re very excited about playing for the first time!

And, although our album is pushed back to September, we will release a new single digitally on 25 JUN for the song “Broken Heart”. We just shot a video for the song and we can’t wait to debut it for you next week.

Again, our apologies for this change of plans.

MCS