Aussie Soul Singer Guy Sebastian Releases His U.S. Debut Album

Aussie singer GUY SEBASTIAN's debut U.S. album LIKE IT LIKE THAT is being released this month through an exclusive arrangement with Barnes & Noble stores which will carry the CD beginning June 29. Additionally, the album was made available for sale on June 8th at iTunes, Amazon and other digital services.

Recorded over six months in Los Angeles and New York, the album was produced by David Ryan Harris (John Mayer, Mariah Carey, Nick Jonas, Marc Broussard) and Fredrick Rodesjo, with John Mayer's guitarwork featured on "All To Myself," "Fail To Mention" and "Never Be You". The result is an album of true musical depth, an album that perfectly showcases the rare and charismatic talent of Guy Sebastian - big sounds, big beats, blasting horns and those oh-so-soulful Sebastian vocals.



And for the first time creatively, Sebastian says he's exactly where he wants to be. "I'm in a really happy place musically," says Guy, "because this is exactly the style of music I want to do and that I've wanted to do for so long. It's not about me changing the world; it's just about fun music, pure and simple."

The album's title track and first single "Like It Like That" revs the energy up with its opening claps and vintage Wurlitzer organ that immediately transcends into an all-out expression of supreme joy. It segues into "All To Myself," which hits you with its nod to classic '60s soul, from the beautiful harmonies of the backing vocals to the big blast of the horn section; this song rises and rises again to a joyous crescendo.


The feel-good vibes permeate throughout the funky, bass-heavy "Never Hold You Down" which has a companion video that was recently shot along the boardwalk at Venice Beach, CA with a cast of over 70 characters including a marching band. The song is Guy's personal favorite from the new album. "This I wrote about a friend of mine, who is wonderful. She's one of those girls that you would hate to be her boyfriend, because you would know as much as you would want to believe that you've got her, you know that you don't...I'll never be able to hold you down."



Overall, LIKE IT LIKE THAT is an inspired collaboration of credentialed producers and musicians and features two powerful duets, one with American Idol winner Jordin Sparks called "Art of Love" and a swinging toe-tapper called “Magic” featuring Melbourne singer Tarryn Stokes. Elsewhere, the mood goes deeper with the lush, orchestral sounds of "Bring Yourself," a luxurious ode to Guy's wife Jules.

Sebastian is continuing to commute between the US and Australia for the remainder of 2010. He’s scheduled to play some select west coast dates in July, including three special guest appearances to duet with Jordin Sparks, before returning to his homeland to gear up for his participation as a celebrity judge alongside Natalie Imbruglia and Ronan Keating on the new season of The X Factor.

There is no doubt that Guy Sebastian has the “X” factor as a true soul singer with a unique modern sound.

"I wrote the music on this album based on how I feel when I listen to the Otis Reddings and the Wilson Picketts of the world. I'll put that music on and it always just lifts me and makes me feel great. Music is so powerful. It's powerful enough on a personal level, without me trying to change the world," says Guy. "I just want to change someone's ten minutes on the way to work."

GUY SEBASTIAN U.S. TOUR DATES:
July 07 Portland, OR Doug Fir Lounge (8pm) [FREE SHOW]
July 08 San Diego, CA Voodoo Stage @ House Of Blues (6pm)
July 08 San Diego, CA House of Blues (guest duet with Jordin Sparks)
July 09 Los Angeles, CA Club Nokia (guest duet with Jordin Sparks)
July 10 San Francisco, CA Regency Ballroom (guest duet with Jordin Sparks)
July 11 San Francisco, CA Hotel Utah (9pm)
July 12 Seattle, WA Triple Door Musiquarium Lounge (8pm) [FREE SHOW]
July 13 Los Angeles, CA Hotel Cafe (7pm)

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LIKE IT LIKE THAT
1) Like It Like That
2) All To Myself (w/ John Mayer)
3) Art of Love (ft. Jordin Sparks)
4) Attention
5) Magic (ft. Tarryn Stokes)
6) Bring Yourself
7) Never Hold You Down
8) Fail To Mention (w/ John Mayer)
9) Never Be You (w/ John Mayer)
10) Coming Home
11) Undo
12) Perfection

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VersaEmerge. There's A Vulture On My Shoulder...

And he's telling me to give in...to listen to FIXED AT ZERO yet again.
VERSAEMERGE
FIXED AT ZERO
01: Figure It Out
02: Mind Reader
03: Fixed At Zero
04: You’ll Never Know
05: Stranger
06: Redesign Me
07: Fire (Aim Your Arrows High)
08: Up There
09: Your Own LoV.E.
10: Mythology
11: Lost Tree
12: Father Sky (iTunes bonus track)
13: Let Down (iTunes bonus track)
14: Fixed At Zero (Acoustic) [iTunes bonus track]
15: You'll Never Know (Acoustic) [iTunes bonus track]


VersaEmerge - Fixed At Zero

Here we are, rooted deep, looking up. So sun sweet...
Until the fall we lose it all...
Here we are

...So lost in it...

...A swirling confluence of intense music, visceral lyrical imagery, transitional theatrical soundscapes and subversive wit fuel VersaEmerge who won't be fixed at zero for long but rather fixed at zero to sixty mph in four seconds flat. Carefully listen to this album all the way through from beginning to end (headphones are a must). Pause. Reflect. Inhale. Exhale. Rinse. Savor. Engage, Emerge and vice Versa.

(Photo by Brandon Aviram / Michael Lerner)

VERSAEMERGE was formed by guitarist/vocalist BLAKE HARNAGE back in high school in Port St. Lucie, FL in 2005 and was originally called My Fair Verona. After several band member changes and the dawning of a new name, VersaEmerge solidified their current line-up which includes vocalist SIERRA KUSTERBECK and bassist DEVIN INGELIDO. Harnage recalls “When Sierra first tried out for the band we didn’t know what to expect,” adding that the then sixteen-year-old female vocalist lied about her age in order to land an audition. “She’s always been amazingly talented, but now she’s learning how to use that talent to its full potential.”

Talent only begins to scratch the surface of all that is VersaEmerge. This experimental alt-rock/modern prog rock trio have three exceptional EP's; Cities Built On Sand, Perceptions and VersaEmerge (the latter two feature Kusterbeck on vocals), and their brilliant debut album FIXED AT ZERO is now available via Fueled By Ramen.

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VE are on this summer's WARPED TOUR; June 25 - August 15:

(Sierra; Glamour Kills stage; Carson, CA; 6/25/10)

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Tribute to The Beach Boys: A Backyard Benefit

This Saturday WHEN YOU AWAKE presents a TRIBUTE TO THE BEACH BOYS: A BACKYARD BENEFIT in support of the SWEET RELIEF MUSICIAN'S FUND.

The event is Saturday, June 19th at Historical Monument 157 at 3110 North Broadway in Los Angeles. Advance tickets can be purchased for $14 (HERE) and $16 at the door. Tickets are also available for sale at Origami Vinyl, 1816 West Sunset Blvd. in L.A. Doors at 7:30PM, show at 8PM.

The night will feature performances of classic Beach Boys songs by VICTORIA WILLIAMS, The Chapin Sisters, Leslie Stevens of Leslie and the Badgers, Joel Jerome of Dios, Whispertown (Morgan Meyn), Red Cortez, The Tyde, Big Search (Matt Popieluch from Fool’s Gold and Foreign Born), The Dustbowl Revival, Charlyne Yi, Hi Ho Silver Oh, My Pet Saddle, The Blank Tapes and more.

Members of The World Record and The Parson Red Heads will be the defacto house band with between-set entertainment provided by Howard Kremer (from Comedy Central, Jimmy Kimmel Live and Scare Tactics), Steve Agee (from the Sarah Silverman Program) and DJ Dougg Pound (from Tim and Eric on Adult Swim). Plus Sterling Andrews of Gooseberries will host a Beach Boys-inspired photo booth.

A raffle will take place during the evening with raffle tickets available for $1 each. Items include a guitar from Traveler Guitar signed by all of the performers, autographed Brian Wilson and Beach Boys LPs and DVDs courtesy of Capitol Records, box sets from Rhino Records, lessons from Learn to Surf LA, dinner at Kincaid’s Restaurant on Redondo Beach, a gift certificate to Purity Organic Skin Care Boutique, a Supergirl gift basket from Warner Bros., cupcake delivery from Scootabaker and jewelry by local designer Eso Meliae. Plus! The first 50 ladies through the door get a keepsake from Bloomers! of Austin.

For more info, to purchase advance tickets and for a full up-to-the-minute list of artists please visit WHEN YOU AWAKE.

You Don't Yet Know You Like GABRIEL MINTZ...

Critically-Acclaimed Singer-Songwriter Gabriel Mintz

Announces Tour In Support of Volume One

Seattle-based GABRIEL MINTZ has a need to write songs. Lots of them. It’s like blood or breathing. From his West Village days on Bleeker Street to his Greyhound Bus desert individuations, Mintz has written more than a hundred songs that tell of characters and sketched out scenes. Vocals are a gangly call. Dirtied, but on. Closer to the mic, his lower register becomes unashamed of its beauty. He’s roots type Americana-leaning with a warm spatial drone.

Capturing this sublime aridness, Mintz released Volume One this spring. It documents his first full-length foray and it’s an adventurous one. The expansive beauty of tracks like “Western Days,’ “Atom Bomb” and “Firefly” amble along the mental throughway like brush across a barren Texas highway.

These contemplative capsules were destined to accompany the open plains as seen from an auto on cruise control or the dew-tinted window of a passing train. The moods that reverberate on Volume One are many; from the gritty thump of “Safeway” to the 60’s pop harmonies of “Sofa Bed” where Mintz sounds like a cross between Roger McGuinn and Neil Diamond to the majestic “Desert Sky” whose stream-of-consciousness vocal sounds like a channeling of Jim Morrison from his epic ode “The End”.

Desert Sky from Lindsay Dahlin on Vimeo.

Anchoring Gabriel’s visceral ruminations are Trent Moorman (Head Like A Kite) on drums and producer Geoff Stanfield (Sun Kil Moon) on bass who both recently joined him for a four-song live session at Seattle’s world-famous KEXP studios. The radio station's Morning Show host/producer John Richards quipped "This new Gabriel Mintz is pretty stunning stuff, emotional & beautiful music."

This tastemaker endorsement joined lofty accolades from the cities' leading publications including Seattle Weekly, SOUND Magazine and the Stranger. Also on board is GIVE Seattle (http://giveseattle.org) a thirty-plus business and non-profit collective initiated by Seattle coffee roaster Caffe Vita whom hand-selected the song “Safeway” for their 2009 “Best-of” compilation benefitting Arts Corps, Seattle’s largest nonprofit arts educator and a pipeline to local area foodbanks. Alongside Mintz, the GIVE Seattle compilation features artists such as Ben Gibbard of Death Cab for Cutie, Fleet Foxes and Visqueen.

Gabe is gearing up for a spate of Seattle-area shows in July before traversing the Southeast in August on a co-bill with his cousin Adam Klein, a singer-songwriter who runs Cowboy Angel Music in Athens, GA.

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"This new Gabriel Mintz is pretty stunning stuff, emotional & beautiful music." "Great Album" - John Richards, Host/Producer of The Morning Show on KEXP

“He began playing and the room was suddenly painted as his world, a dark place shot through with a fluid, somehow playful beauty. His voice ached and crooned and his fingers skipped and ran down his fret board.” SOUND Magazine

“Singer songwriter Gabriel Mintz has one of the finest voices in Seattle. It’s a voice you had no idea he contained, and it surrounds you, gravelly, worn, and warm...Volume One, an alternately morose and joyous collection of finely crafted, accessible rock that’s devoid of cheese.” The Stranger

“You don’t yet know you like (Gabriel Mintz).” Seattle Weekly

GABRIEL MINTZ TOUR DATES:
July 16 - High Dive, Seattle, WA (w/ Curious Mystery)
July 29 - Can Can, Seattle, WA
Aug 04 - Sunset, Seattle WA (w/ Dudley Saunders)
Aug 19 – The Crocodile, Seattle WA (w/ Kate Tucker)
Aug 21 - Wonder Root, Atlanta GA (w/ Adam Klein)
Aug 23 - Lexington Ave Brewery, Asheville NC (w/ Adam Klein)
Aug 24 - WDVX Blue Plate Special, Knoxville, TN (w/ Adam Klein)
Aug 24 - Acoustic Coffee House, Johnson City TN (w/ Adam Klein)
Aug 26 - The Cave, Chapel Hill NC (w/ Adam Klein)
Aug 27 - The White Mule, Columbia SC (w/ Adam Klein)
Aug 28 – Flicker, Athens GA (w/ Adam Klein)

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VOLUME ONE
1) Western Days (MP3)
2) Sofa Bed
3) Desert Sky (MP3)
4) Spinning
5) Firefly
6) Safeway
7) Miles High
8) Atom Bomb
9) Excitement Shows
10) Stanfry (Bonus track)

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THE DANDY WARHOLS - The Capitol Years 1995-2007

THE DANDY WARHOLS have announced the upcoming release of THE CAPITOL YEARS 1995-2007 featuring fourteen of the band's most popular tunes from their years with the historic Capitol Records label. The compilation also features one all-new, never before heard bonus track called "This Is The Tide".

THE DANDY WARHOLS THE CAPITOL YEARS 1995-2007 is set for international release on July 19th followed by an August 24th U.S. release.

THE DANDY WARHOLS
THE CAPITOL YEARS 1995-2007
1) BOYS BETTER
2) EVERY DAY SHOULD BE A HOLIDAY (TONY LASH MIX)
3) NOT IF YOU WERE THE LAST JUNKIE ON EARTH
4) GOOD MORNING
5) GODLESS
6) GET OFF
7) BOHEMIAN LIKE YOU
8) WE USED TO BE FRIENDS
9) SCIENTIST (ARE SOUND VERSION)
10) THE LAST HIGH
11) PLAN A (ARE SOUND VERSION)
12) HOLDING ME UP
13) ALL THE MONEY OR THE SIMPLE LIFE HONEY
14) SMOKE IT
15) THIS IS THE TIDE (BONUS TRACK)

THE DANDY WARHOLS ON TOUR:
Jul 24 - Santander Festival Santander, SPAIN
Jul 26 - La Cigale Paris, FRANCE
Jul 28 - Blue Balls Festival Luzern, Lucerne, SWITZERLAND
Jul 29 - Plage de Rock Festival Golfe de St Tropez, FRANCE
Jul 31 - Paredes de Coura Paredes de Coura, PORTUGAL
Aug 1 - Sala Heineken, Madrid, SPAIN
Aug 4 - Paradiso Amsterdam, Holland, NEDERLAND
Aug 5 - Lokerse Feesten, Lokeren, BELGIUM
Aug 7 - Festival Les Nuits Secretes Aulnoye-Aymeries, FRANCE
Aug 8 - Koko London, ENGLAND
Sep 05 - Bumbershoot Festival, Seattle, WA, USA
Sep 25 - Parklife Festival Gold Coast, Queensland, AUSTRALIA
Sep 26 - Parklife Festival, Perth, AUSTRALIA
Sep 26 - Wellington Square, Perth, AUSTRALIA
Oct 2 - Sidney Myer Music Bowl, Melbourne, AUSTRALIA
Oct 2 - Parklife Festival, Melbourne, AUSTRALIA
Oct 3 - Parklife Festival, Sydney, New AUSTRALIA
Oct 3 - Parklife Festival at Kippax Lake, Moore Park, AUSTRALIA
Oct 4 - Parklife Festival, Adelaide, AUSTRALIA
Oct 4 - Botanic Park, Adelaide, AUSTRALIA

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GARY WRIGHT's long-awaited new album CONNECTED is set for release on Tuesday June 8th. With guest performances by RINGO STARR and WILL KENNEDY on drums and JOE WALSH and JEFF 'SKUNK' BAXTER on guitars, this uplifting 10-song opus hits the classic rock sweet spot.

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WRIGHT has a slew of upcoming radio interviews leading up to his participation in this summer's RINGO STARR ALL STARR BAND tour. Tune in and turn it up. It will feel so right!

MEDIA/APPEARANCES:
June 09 – 2PM PST - WDRV The Drive w/ Patty Martin (Chicago, IL)
June 11 - 9PM PST - Jim Bohannon Show (350 stations)
June 11 – 9AM PST - Frankie Boyer Show (60 stations)
June 11 1:05PM PST - Allan Handelman Show (Charlotte, NC)
June 14 - 10:30AM EST - Cable Radio Network - Eric & Jack Show
June 24 - 11AM PST - B-92 Lexington, KY
June 25 - 8:06 AM EST - Doug Stephan Show (300+ stations)
June 25 – 10AM EST - Bob & Tom Show (150+ stations)
June 25 - 1PM PST - Dial-Global’s Classic Hits (61 stations)
June 30 – 11AM EST - Touch of Gray (35 stations)
July 01 - 1PM EST - Hot Wax Daily Show (65 stations)
July 08 – 1PM EST – Gary Wright Webchat on Livestream
July 11 – 8AM EST - Q104 NY – Breakfast With The Beatles
July 25 – 6PM PST - The Sound 100.3 in LA; (Guest DJ on My Turn)
Aug 13 –15 – 34th Annual Beatles Fest in Chicago IL

GARY WRIGHT TOUR DATES:
(Appearing with Ringo Starr & His All Starr Band)
06/24/10 Niagara Falls, ON Niagara Fallsview Casino Resort
06/25/10 Niagara Falls, ON Niagara Fallsview Casino Resort
06/26/10 Bethel, NY Bethel Woods Center For The Arts
06/27/10 Uncasville, CT Mohegan Sun
06/29/10 Boston, MA Bank Of America Pavilion
06/30/10 Westbury, NY Theatre At Westbury
07/02/10 Easton, PA State Theatre Center For The Arts
07/03/10 Atlantic City, NJ Caesars Circus Maximus Theatre
07/05/10 New Brunswick, NJ State Theatre
07/06/10 Lancaster, PA American Music Theatre
07/07/10 New York, NY Radio City Music Hall
07/09/10 Cincinnati, OH PNC Pavilion at Riverbend
07/10/10 Atlanta, GA Chastain Park Amphitheatre
07/11/10 Durham, NC Durham Performing Arts Center
07/13/10 Clearwater, FL Ruth Eckerd Hall
07/15/10 Hollywood, FL Seminole Hard Rock Live
07/17/10 Saint Augustine, FL St. Augustine Amphitheatre
07/18/10 Biloxi, MS Beau Rivage Casino
07/20/10 Cleveland, OH Nautica Pavilion
07/21/10 Canandaigua, NY Constellation Brands - Marvin Sands PAC
07/23/10 Windsor, ON Caesars Windsor "The Colosseum"
07/24/10 Hammond, IN The Venue At Horseshoe Casino
07/25/10 Prior Lake, MN Mystic Lake Casino
07/28/10 Calgary, AB Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium
07/30/10 Spokane, WA Northern Quest Casino
07/31/10 Woodinville, WA Chateau Ste. Michelle Winery
08/01/10 Eugene, OR Cuthbert Amphitheatre
08/03/10 Saratoga, CA The Mountain Winery
08/05/10 Rancho Mirage, CA The Show At Agua Caliente Casino
08/06/10 San Diego, CA Humphrey’s
08/07/10 Los Angeles, CA Greek Theatre

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