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92.3 K-ROCK present Fuel and Insolence on the deck of the Intrepid Sea Air Space Museum in New York City. FUEL-whose music was described by Bass Player as “big, muscular, and melodic in the extreme”-are touring in support of their second platinum CD SOMETHING LIKE HUMAN (Epic). The album’s recently released third single “Bad Day” is #14 on Billboard’s Modern Rock Tracks chart and is also receiving airplay on Hot 100 and Top 40 stations. “Bad Day” follows the massive Modern and Mainstream rock success of the album’s first two singles, the top five “Innocent” and “Hemorrhage (In My Hands)”… Read more »

Incubus will release their fourth album, Morning View, on October 23rd. Working once again with producer Scott Litt, the band told Rolling Stone that the new material is “some of the heaviest music we’ve ever written [and] at the same time some of the most beautiful we’ve ever written.” A video shoot for the first single, “Wish You Were Here,” is planned for next month, and there will be pressure for Incubus to outdo themselves, as their video for “Drive” (from 1999’s Make Yourself) is up for Best Group Video at September’s MTV Video Music Awards. For the remainder of… Read more »

Papa Roach will release a DVD this fall. The work is intended to serve as a companion piece to their break-out, triple platinum album Infest. The DVD will be a rock-umentary of sorts chronicling the past two years surrounding P-Roach’s success. It will include behind-the-scenes footage, TV appearances and the “Last Resort,” “Broken Home” and “Between Angels and Insects” videos. The band is inviting fans to contribute their own personal VHS footage of all things Papa Roach, including live bootlegs of shows, backstage shots, themselves at a concert, or simply telling the camera what Papa Roach means to them. Submissions… Read more »

Incubus will release their fourth album, Morning View, on October 23rd. Working once again with producer Scott Litt, the band told Rolling Stone that the new material is “some of the heaviest music we’ve ever written, at the same time some of the most beautiful we’ve ever written.” A video shoot for the first single, “Wish You Were Here,” is planned for next month, and there will be pressure for Incubus to outdo themselves, as their video for “Drive” (from 1999’s Make Yourself) is up for Best Group Video at September’s MTV Video Music Awards. For the remainder of summer,… Read more »

They are known as the Alkaline Trio, but the way the red-hot Chicago punk band goes through drummers, they could be called the Next in Line Trio. Since founding member Glenn Porter left the group a little more than a year ago, the trio have had three different drummers, and they’ll have a fourth by fall. Porter was replaced by former Smoking Popes drummer Mike Felumlee, who left a year later to spend time with his family. Face to Face’s Rob Kurth filled in temporarily for Alkaline Trio’s breakthrough slot on Blink-182’s spring club tour. The group is now rehearsing… Read more »

Macy Gray picked up more than postcards and passport stamps during her world tour supporting On How Life Is – she also brought home inspiration for her second album, The Id. The charismatic songstress says her world travels supporting her 1999 breakthrough exposed her to an eclectic mix of styles and sounds that inspired her to get wild in the studio. “You go to France and African rhythms are really big over there and then you go to Germany and you’ve got like German hip-hop,” Gray said Wednesday. “And then there’s all kinds of techno clubs and drum’n’bass and jungle… Read more »

Linkin Park took some time off in between OzzFest dates to lens the video for its next single, “In The End” last week. DJ Joseph Hahn and Nathan Cox co-produced the clip, which was shot in Culver City, California. It depicts the band playing in a desert, which comes to life as the video progresses. Linkin Park has had a whirlwind trip to the top. Hybrid Theory was released in late 2000 and went on to spawn the modern rock hits “One Step Closer” and “Crawling.” This week it rose to Number 10 on the Billboard 200. LAUNCH asked singer… Read more »

SmackDown! Records, the music label of World Wrestling Federation Entertainment, will offer its first new artist release this fall with Neurotica, the eponymously titled new album from the hard hitting Florida-based band. “We are going to be releasing two to three new artists per year, and we’re excited that our first new artist is a band as strong and talented as Neurotica,” said Ron McCarrell, President, SmackDown! Records. “We want SmackDown! Records to be known for finding and developing unique musical talent, and for effectively using the marketing power of World Wrestling Federation Entertainment and its various media platforms to… Read more »

The electronica artist kicked off his “AREA:ONE” festival at Atlanta’s Hi-Fi Buys Amphitheater on Wednesday, an eclectic music gathering that was pure energy from start to finish. The show began on a high note with Nelly Furtado, who charmed the crowd straight away, grooving barefoot in flare-legged jeans and a black tank top. Strong dancehall/dub influences were laced in and out of her set, including her hit “I’m Like A Bird.” The Canadian singer even offered a snippet of “Get Ur Freak On,” the Missy Elliott song which features Furtado on the remix version. Moby said he created AREA:ONE with… Read more »

The Crystal Method will release their new album, TWEEKEND, on July 31st on Interscope Records. To coincide with the release, TCM will offer a limited number of CDs that will include a “Tweekend Pass.” With the “Tweekend Pass,” fans of The Crystal Method can register for meet and greets on the group’s upcoming SEVEN DAY TWEEKEND TOUR. The “Tweekend Pass” will also offer fans access to exclusive downloads of unreleased mixes at the band’s official website, www.thecrystalmethod.com and much more. Fans can also sign up to win T-shirts and free CDs from The Crystal Method. In other news from The… Read more »