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Barenaked Ladies have announced the release of a special deluxe CD/DVD edition of their eagerly awaited new album Everything To Everyone, featuring special high-resolution surround-sound mixes, special packaging and a full acoustic set of eleven album tracks. Set for release October 21st and coinciding with the Peep Show Tour, a unique evening of music by and conversation with the acclaimed Canadian band, Everything To Everyone is Barenaked Ladies’ first new studio release in over three years. The Deluxe Edition of Everything To Everyone includes the full album of fourteen new Barenaked Ladies’ originals, including “Celebrity,” “Maybe Katie,” “Another Postcard,” “Next… Read more »

As the MTV Video Music Awards rocked New York City Thursday (August 28), Hanson was on the other side of the country performing their first of two sold-out acoustic shows at the Roxy in Los Angeles. The trio performed songs from its upcoming third studio album Underneath. Hanson is also scheduled to perform at the Roxy on Saturday (August 30), and then at the House Of Blues in Anaheim on Sunday (August 31). Twenty two-year-old singer Isaac Hanson explained that the New York and Los Angeles show are usually the toughest shows of the tour. “Yeah, the New York and… Read more »

Godsmack is currently in Hawaii working on an acoustic EP, which is slated to be released on November 18. The band is recording some brand new tunes for the still-untitled album, and the collection will also feature re-workings of several of Godsmack’s biggest hits. Vocalist/songwriter Sully Erna and crew are currently mulling over which of their songs they will include and what treatment to give them so they sound different from the original recordings. Erna said in a statement, “We decided to do an acoustic record because we have always messed around with acoustic versions of our music and gotten… Read more »

In their debut video, for the song “Get Free,” the Vines perform in a lightning storm and are eventually struck by the fiery bolts. So being the targets of a food fight for their next video, “Outtathaway!,” was a cake walk. “It’s not as bad as lightning,” frontman Craig Nicholls agreed while backstage at rehearsals for the MTV Video Music Awards. “We almost died doing the first one, but it looked good. That was the main thing. We were prepared to risk our lives for it because that’s how we feel about the band.” The new video was shot August… Read more »

Staind is getting ready to release a DVD, which will feature music videos, an acoustic session, and backstage interviews with the band. The still-untitled collection is tentatively scheduled for a November 20 release. The DVD is scheduled to contain the videos for “Mudshovel” and “Fade,” as well as the band’s entire MTV Unplugged broadcast plus two additional songs that didn’t make the show, “Pressure” and “Suffer.” Earlier this year Staind’s acoustic side drew attention, when Aaron Lewis’ version of “Outside,” with special guest Limp Bizkit’s Fred Durst, appeared on the Family Values ’99 album, and eventually topped Billboard’s Modern Rock… Read more »

Picture this: A kind of “MTV Unplugged” on The Travel Channel. Then you have an idea of what to expect from “Music In High Places,” airing 10 p.m. EDT Friday on MTV. This week’s outing offers an unusual and entertaining acoustic performance by the Deftones, a band whose ear-shattering, in-your-face music won a best metal Grammy this year. “This is a group that really played into the philosophy of ‘Music In High Places,”‘ said the show’s executive producer, Parvene Michaels. That philosophy was to take the Deftones out of their concert venues, unplug their electrical guitars, microphones and amplifiers and… Read more »