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Mae Update

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Mae has a few headlining shows coming up, you can find those below. The band also has one more leg on the Relient K tour, which lasts 3 more weeks. The band will join up with them again in Cleveland at the House of Blues on May 3, then travel through New York, New Jersey, D.C, Maryland, North Carolina, Florida, and Georgia to finish the tour. This summer Mae will be on tour with The Fray and OkGO! Mae will be on the 1st leg of the tour with stops in cities throughout the midwest and northeast. Check out a video update from the band below.

Starting April 29th – May 2nd, Mae will be headlining in these cities…

April 29th – Columbia, SC
Headliner’s Live
700-B Gervais Street
Columbia, SC 29201

April 30th – Charlottesville, VA
Starr Music Hall
709 W. Main Street
Charlottesville, VA 22903

May 2nd – Ohio Univ. – Athens, OH
Ohio University
Baker Theater – One Park Place
Athens, OH 45701

You can also track Mae on tour with Google Maps or iCal.

Cauterize Set Release Date

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Cauterize are set to release their new album, Disguises, on Darrin Pfeiffer’s (Goldfinger) label High 4 Records on Tuesday June 12th. As an added bonus there will be a special acoustic CD called “Unmasked” that will be available to the first 2000 people who buy the CD online at www.maplemusic.com. The first 500 of those 2000 “Unmasked” CD’s will be signed by the band. The band is set to release new music on their MySpace page in about 2 weeks.

Various Release Dates

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New release dates have been announced for some Drive-Thru and Tooth & Nail bands. Check out the list below.

An Angle – The Truth Is That You Are Alive – June 12th. Drive-Thru
Ruth – Secondhand Dreaming – June 26th. Tooth & Nail
The Send – Cosmos – July 31, 2007. Tooth & Nail
A Dream Too Late – Intermission To The Moon – September, 2007. Tooth & Nail
Falling Up – Fall 2007. BEC
Run Kid Run – Early 2008. Tooth & Nail

Bands: Sell Your Music On Your Website

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BlastMyMusic.com have developed a new tool to assist artists and fans who use multiple sites on the web.

The “MusicBlaster Lite” now functions as a link from other artist-centered sites, such as Purevolume and Virb. Once the consumer clicks on the “MusicBlaster Lite” application, they are taken directly from the alternative site to their chosen artists’ store at BlastMyMusic.com. Instantly, fans and fellow rockers will be able to purchase music easier than any other similar location on the web. BlastMyMusic now allows for direct credit card payment in addition to Paypal, which was the only previously offered transaction mode.