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As the final notes ring out on Lost In The Sound Of Separation, it’s clear that Underoath - who’ve built their career on being both heavy and experimental- have delivered their most accomplished album to date. Succinct and resolute, there’s no denying the power of LOST IN THE SOUND OF SEPARATION, due out August 30 on Tooth & Nail/Solid State/Virgin as the follow-up to 2006’s rapturously received and US gold-certified Define The Great Line.

Now headlining the Hot Topic stage of the Mayhem Tour, UNDEROATH join hard music heavyweights Slipknot, Disturbed, Mastodon and Dragonforce, among others. During days off from the Mayhem tour, UNDEROATH will play a series of headlining dates with The Red Chord supporting.

Next, in early September, UNDEROATH will headline an eight-city U.K. trek, to be followed by dates in Germany, Italy, South Africa and Australia. In October and November, look for UNDEROATH to return to the U.S. for a major headlining run- kicking off at Honolulu’s Pipeline Café on October 4-before touring Central and South America.

UNDEROATH - whose last three albums count combined sales in excess of one million copies - have worked diligently to reach this creative apex while building what may be the biggest metalcore following in the world. “Breathing In A New Mentality” launches the new record with an ingenious false start that gives way to innovative ferocity. “We wanted people to hear it and have a first impression like, ‘Man they must’ve cut a lot of corners,’“ says guitarist MCTAGUE of the disc-opener. “And then it kicks in and your entire car, blows up. We wanted to come out, blow them away. Just shut people up. And in doing that, we’ve made the beginning of the record very memorable.”

Beyond exceptional, it’s a breathtaking brain-rattling affirmation that the six men of Tampa, FL-based UNDEROATH - lead vocalist SPENCER CHAMBERLAIN, guitarist TIM MCTAGUE, bassist GRANT BRANDELL, drummer AARON GILLESPIE, keyboardist CHRIS DUDLEY and guitarist JAMES SMITH - have taken a huge creative step forward. The group recently shot a video for the scathing “Desperate Times, Desperate Measures” with director Walter Robot (Milosh “The City,” Modest Mouse “Missed the Boat,” The Pinkertones “Sexy Robot”) in Los Angeles. Expect more news about the clip soon.

By trusting their instincts, pushing their songcraft to the limit and meticulously perfecting it with Adam Dutkiewicz (Killswitch Engage) and Matt Goldman (Copeland, The Chariot), the band has soared to new artistic heights with LOST IN THE SOUND OF SEPARATION. “The Created Void” offers a melodic reprieve. “Naturally we are a heavy band and we want to put our best foot forward in that respect,” MCTAGUE says. “I love ‘The Created Void,’ one of the most melodic songs we’ve ever done, the bottom line is everything sounds the way it does on the record because we agreed that’s how it should sound, whether it’s heavy or melodic.” “We’ve had to work hard at being open-minded about our own art and let it flow naturally”, MCTAGUE continues. “We love melodies, but our instincts usually go in the other direction.”

Defying the band’s traditional approach, the uplifting “Too Bright To See, Too Loud To Hear” is a beautiful near ballad lighter destined to become a fan favourite. “I originally wrote the music without intending for it to be a quote-unquote accessible song,” MCTAGUE says of the memorable soundscape. “It was a slow-paced, slowed- down jam-out song.” With such a diverse musical display coupled with the input of six opinionated souls, the completion of LOST IN THE SOUND OF SEPARATION--thanks in part to the skilled mixing of veteran David Bendeth--is an epic achievement. “We laboriously toiled over this record,” GILLESPIE admits. “Even when we’re in the studio, I don’t think we are all ever totally happy. There is constant change and flux until we’re done. We always push ourselves to make the best music imaginable.”

To kick-start the new album the band have just posted their first single “Desperate Times, Desperate Measures” on MySpace for fans to stream (www.myspace.com/underoath) which has had over 100,000 plays in 24 hours. Tickets are still available to purchase for the following Australian shows.

Underoath Australian Headlining Tour
Tue 9/30 Sydney, AUS UNSW Roundhouse
Wed 10/1 Melbourne, AUS Billboard
Thu 10/2 Brisbane, AUS The Arena

NEW ALBUM ‘LOST IN THE SOUND OF SEPARATION’ IN STORES AUGUST 30

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She may be young, but Miley Cyrus loves what she does, fearlessly embracing new creative directions every chance she gets. That’s the meta-message in ‘Breakout’, her brilliant new Hollywood Records album.

‘Breakout’ is nothing less than Miley’s declaration of artistic independence. Unlike her previous album, featuring the Australian gold selling single ‘See You Again’ and half of which featured her performing as Hannah Montana, the new one is 100 percent Miley. She co-wrote eight of the album’s 12 songs and put her stamp on every aspect of production.

Starting with the debut single ‘7 Things’, Miley establishes she is first and foremost a rocker. Co-written with Antonina Armato and Tim James, the song is a pounding rebuke of faithless love, seen through the eyes of an angst ridden teen. Yet the video, directed with restrained simplicity by Brett Ratner (“Rush Hour”), brings out the vulnerability below the surface.

Miley keeps the tempo fast and furious with ‘Breakout’ (co-written by the Go-Go’s Gina Schock), a cry for freedom from regimentation (read: school). Even a heartbreak ballad like ‘Driveway’, co-written by Miley with producers Scott Cutler and Anne Preven, pumps up the volume. Miley sings about global climate change on ‘Wake Up America’ but does so in an upbeat way young fans can take in. And dance to.

Don’t think you can catch a breath yet, because Miley’s take on ‘Girls Just Wanna Have Fun’ converts the Cyndi Lauper classic into an iPod-ready anthem. The same goes for ‘Full Circle’, a sparkling rocker with a Spector-esque wall of sound and sensational vocal from Miley, who co wrote the tune with Cutler and Preven. And then there’s ‘Fly in the Wall’, a fun and freaky rocker right down to the handclaps and bug-eyed tremolo refrain.

Miley throws a curveball with the gently pulsing Bottom of the Ocean’, a ballad that captures the pain of loss so precisely, it’s hard to know how a happy 15-year-old could have conceived it. She keeps that theme going with ‘Goodbye’, a beautiful ballad about a foundering relationship that still feels too alive to be over.

And then there’s ‘Four Walls’ and the (ironically) sonically complex ‘Simple Song’, two tracks that push Miley ever further into self-reflection. Normally, kids don’t indulge in this level of sophistication, but it became clear long ago that Miley Cyrus doesn’t do things the normal way.

BREAKOUT IS RELEASED AUGUST 30

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End of Fashion are pleased to announce they are doing what they love best and heading back out on the road with special guests The Seabellies and Harlequin League, on a national headline tour in September/October to support the release of their new album ‘Book Of Lies’ which is released on September 27.

‘Book Of Lies’ was recorded at home in Perth, with producer Magoo (Regurgitator, Midnight Oil, Powderfinger) and Andy Lawson (The Avenues), and finished off by Tim Palmer (U2, The Cure, Robert Plant) who mixed the album in Los Angeles. A new spirit and energy are reflected in the songs and while the pop nous and melodic attentiveness the band displayed on their debut LP makes a signature return, End Of Fashion have crafted an album that is more brutal and angular than the last.

‘Fussy’, the first single lifted from the album, hit the radio airwaves this week causing a rippling effect across the country with the track being added immediately across the board at radio. Be on the lookout for the very non-traditional music video clip to accompany the song, directed by Natasha Pincus (Inside Film Award winner, Best Music Video 2007 for Paul Kelly’s ‘God Told Me To’), as the first instalment of a two part video series which is bound to create a stir. Lead singer Justin Burford embodies a whole new persona. Think “Wolf Creek” meets “Dexter”.

Presented by Channel V, Myspace.com and Street Press Australia, tickets are on sale August 8 for the following dates –

Tuesday 2nd September – Barwon Club, Geelong
Venue: (03) 5221 4584; Capricorn: (03) 5229 1999
Thursday 4th September – Karova Lounge, Ballarat
Venue: (03) 5332 9122; New Generation: (03) 5333 2444; Oztix: 1300 762 545 www.oztix.com.au
Friday 5th September – Corner Hotel, Melbourne
Venue: (03) 9427 9198; www.cornerhotel.com
Saturday 6th September – Peninsula Lounge, Moorooduc
Venue: (03) 5978 8717; www.peninsulalounge.com.au
Sunday 7th September – Governor Hindmarsh, Adelaide
Venue (08) 8340 0744; Venuetix (08) 8225 8888; www.venuetix.com.au
Wednesday 10th September – Great Northern Hotel, Byron Bay
Oztix: 1300 762 545; www.oztix.com.au
Thursday 11th September – Sound Lounge, Currumbin
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Friday 12th September – Sol Bar, Coolum
Moshtix: 1300 GET TIX (438 849), www.moshtix.com.au
Saturday 13th September – Valley Fiesta, Brisbane, QLD
Wednesday 17th September – ANU Bar, Canberra
Venue: (02) 6125 8101; Ticketek: 132 849; www.ticketek.com.au
Thursday 18th September – Wollongong University
Venue: (02) 4221 8050; Bigtix: www.bigtix.com.au; Redback Music: (02) 4229 6169
Friday 19th September – Gaelic Club, Sydney
Moshtix: 1300 GET TIX (438 849); www.moshtix.com.au
Saturday 20th September – Cambridge Hotel, Newcastle
Venue: (02) 4968 3845; Bigtix: www.bigtix.com.au; Rock Shop: (02) 4929 1856
Thursday 2nd October – Players Bar, Mandurah
Venue: (08) 9582 8333; Star Surf: (08) 9535 4500

Friday 3rd October – Prince Of Wales, Bunbury
Venue: (08) 9721 2016; www.heatseeker.com.au
Saturday 4th October – Capitol Bar, Perth
Moshtix: 1300 GET TIX (438 849), www.moshtix.com.au

End of Fashion’s self titled debut album rocketed them into prominence on the Australian music scene. Singles ‘O Yeah’ and ‘The Game’ embedded the band in the charts and in the hearts of fans across the country, with ‘O Yeah’ winning two ARIAs and a nomination for the prestigious APRA ‘Song Of The Year’ Award.

New album ‘Book of Lies’ in stores September 27
New single ‘Fussy’ available digitally August 23 and in stores August 30

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Central Coast’s Something With Numbers will release the first single from their third full length studio album ‘Engineering The Soul’, titled ‘Stay With Me Bright Eyes’ this Saturday July 19.

The physical three-track single features a brand new song titled ‘The Night Before’ written and arranged by the entire band plus a special acoustic version of ‘Zombie’ the original version lifted from their ‘Perfect Distraction’ album.

Already a radio hit across Triple J and the Nova Network, the boys will sign copies of ‘Stay With Me Bright Eyes’ at a one-off exclusive instore signing and acoustic free performance on Friday July 25 from 6pm at:

JB Hi-Fi, Erina Fair Shopping Centre Terrigal Drive, ERINA NSW

If you want more, you can see them again on the Central Coast where they will play alongside Kisschasy, The Living End, COG, The Potbelleez amongst others at the all ages Coaster Festival on Saturday September 20th at the Gosford Showground’s in Gosford. Tickets are on sale now http://www.coasterfestival.com.au

The Australian press are already embracing the band’s comeback single:
‘…this song is an obvious radio add – the verse kicks along with handclaps and likeably slight new wave pop edge before roaring into the perquisite chorus with panned, delayed guitars and doubled vocals…’ -The Brag

The single ‘Stay With Me Bright Eyes’ in stores July 19
The album ‘Engineering the Soul’ in stores September 6

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Bindi Irwin turns 10 on July 24 and in the lead up to her birthday she has been having a great time working on ‘Bindi Kidfitness 2 - Jungle Dance Party’ which will be released on September 27.

Featuring 12 huge new songs, ‘Bindi Kidfitness 2 - Jungle Dance Party’ is based around the themes of wildlife, healthy cooking and an active lifestyle. Also included is a booklet containing Bindi's very own healthy recipes including:

The Very Edgy Vegy Wedgy, Pine Apple Bars, The Terri Berri Cup, Samurai Sushi, Peachy Keen Omelet and the Ba Na Na Nah Waffle Burger.
The DVD-CD ‘Bindi Kidfitness 2 - Jungle Dance Party’ is the follow up to the 2007 ‘Bindi Kidfitness with Steve Irwin and The Crocmen’ which was nominated for an ARIA Award for Best Children’s Album and is accredited platinum .

The DVD-CD wouldn’t be complete without Bindi’s famous singing and dancing troupe - The Crocmen!

Bindi said, “The food fights when we were cooking were so much fun and the new songs are the best yet. I especially love The Four Macaws – I think that’s my favourite dance number.”

It’s been a year of ultimate public and industry recognition for Bindi which began in March when she won the Logie for Most Popular New Female Talent for her ABC1 show ‘Bindi The Jungle Girl’. Bindi then followed that up with a US Emmy Award in June for Outstanding Performer in a Children’s Series.

Bindi Kidfitness 2 – Jungle Dance Party is in stores September 27

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FEATURING ORIGINAL SCORE BY ACADEMY AWARD® NOMINATED COMPOSER Thomas Newman WITH AN ORIGINAL SONG WRITTEN AND PERFORMED BY Peter Gabriel

**ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK TO BE RELEASED ON AUGUST 30TH ON WALT DISNEY RECORDS**

Walt Disney Records will release the original soundtrack for Walt Disney Pictures/Pixar Animation Studios WALL•E on August 30, 2008. The recording features score written by 8 time Academy Award®-nominated composer Thomas Newman (“Finding Nemo”, “American Beauty”) and the original song “Down to Earth” written and performed by Peter Gabriel (with music by Peter Gabriel and Thomas Newman). The soundtrack also includes two songs from “Hello Dolly” performed by Michael Crawford (“It Only Takes A Moment” and “Put On Your Sunday Clothes”) and Louis Armstrong’s “La Vie En Rose”.

Academy Award®-winning writer-director Andrew Stanton (“Finding Nemo”, “A Bug’s Life”) didn’t wait long to ask “Finding Nemo” collaborator Thomas Newman to compose the music for WALL•E. Stanton described, “The night of the Oscars in 2004 for Nemo, we went out for a celebratory toast at the bar in the middle of the ceremony, and right there I remember saying, ‘Okay, I’ve got this idea, and it involves Hello Dolly and science fiction.’ Wondering if he would still talk to me after that…”

The Hello Dolly reference didn’t scare off Newman – his uncle Lionel was the conductor for the 1969 film. Thomas Newman is member of the film-scoring Newman dynasty (his father and uncle are the legendary composer and conductor Alfred and Lionel Newman respectively, his brother is composer David Newman and cousin is composer/singer/songwriter/recording artist Randy Newman).

After studying at Yale University, Thomas Newman joined the family business and began scoring for film in 1984. It was ten years later that he would became a double Academy Award®-nominee with “Little Women” and “The Shawshank Redemption”. He has since received 8 nominations for the films “American Beauty”, “Road To Perdition”, “Finding Nemo”, “Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events”, and “The Good German”. He also composed the theme music for the television shows “Boston Public” and “Six Feet Under” and the miniseries “Angels in America”.

Though he has written music for a wide range of films Thomas Newman has never composed for a science fiction film. He brought his own unique style to WALL•E. Stanton describes, “He’s got a very unique style that often involves a lot of overdubs and mixing after he’s recorded the orchestra. And it just allows this fresh palette of sounds to come in.”

“He’s really nailed an identity for not only the movie but for the characters and for the moments,” Stanton continues, “and I can’t imagine it any other way.”

Legendary artist Peter Gabriel had first contacted Andrew Stanton through a mutual friend, Gabriel’s bass player Tony Levin. Gabriel emailed Stanton seeking advice on a different animated feature. The email exchanged ended with Gabriel adding a post script offering “If you ever need a song in one of your movies, just let me know.” Stanton called in the marker, and Gabriel to collaborate with Newman on the song “Down To You,” which Peter performs. In addition, Gabriel co-composed two additional score cues with Newman.

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What if mankind had to leave Earth, and somebody forgot to turn the last robot off?

Academy Award®-winning writer-director Andrew Stanton (“Finding Nemo”) and the inventive storytellers and technical geniuses at Pixar Animation Studios (“The Incredibles”, “Cars”, “Ratatouille”) transport moviegoers to a galaxy not so far away for a new computer-animated cosmic comedy about a determined and heroic robot named WALL•E.

After hundreds of years doing what he was built for, WALL•E (short for Waste Allocation Load Lifter Earth-Class) discovers a new purpose in life (besides collecting knick-knacks) when he meets a sleek search robot named EVE. EVE comes to realise that WALL•E has inadvertently stumbled upon the key to the planet’s future, and races back to space to report her findings to the humans (who have been eagerly awaiting word that it is safe to return home). Meanwhile, WALL•E chases EVE across the galaxy and sets into motion one of the most exciting and imaginative comedy adventures ever brought to the big screen.


WALT DISNEY STUDIOS MOTION PICTURES PRESENTS WALL•E IN THEATRES ON SEPTEMBER 18, 2008

THE WALL•E ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK IS RELEASED AUGUST 30, 2008

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Coldplay’s album ‘Viva la Vida’ has to date been the No.1 selling album in 36 countries around the world, including in the U.S., where it held the top spot for two weeks, and in the U.K. where the album has been No.1 for the last four weeks. Coldplay’s previous album, the 10 million-selling ‘X&Y’, reached No.1 in 32 countries in 2005.

In a number of countries, including the U.K., France, Germany and Japan, first week sales of ‘Viva La Vida’ exceeded those of ‘X&Y’, and ‘Viva La Vida’ has already been certified gold or platinum in 31 countries including platinum in the USA, Germany and Australia and double platinum in the U.K. and Canada.

In many countries ‘Viva La Vida’ held the top spot on the album chart in its second week, including in the USA, U.K., Australia, Canada, Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Holland, Ireland, Italy, Norway, Portugal, Sweden, Switzerland and New Zealand.

‘Viva La Vida’ set the record for the highest first week album sales ever on the iTunes Store worldwide, in addition to being the biggest album pre-order in iTunes’ history. In the U.S., 288,000 week one sales were digital downloads, the biggest ever first week sales tally for a digital album, and with 394,000 digital albums sold in the first three weeks, ‘Viva La Vida’ is the all time best selling digital album in the States. U.S. over the counter sales for ‘Viva La Vida’ across all formats have now exceeded 1.1 million according to Nielsen SoundScan.

In the U.K., ‘Viva La Vida’ is the fastest-selling album of the year with over the counter sales of more than 600,000 since its release on 12 June, while in Germany the album is already the biggest selling release of the year as well as the fastest.

In Australia, Coldplay’s platinum selling ‘Viva La Vida’ album holds the #1 position on the National Motorola ARIA chart this week for the fourth consecutive week since its release. The song ‘Viva La Vida’ is #4 on the digital tracks chart and #5 on the singles chart.

Coldplay will launch their sold-out North American tour in Los Angeles on July 14th and 15th.

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In a legendary music career that spans more than five decades, Glen Campbell has achieved chart-topping, platinum-selling pop and country success singing everyday tales of life, love, work and heartache. For Meet Glen Campbell, his inspired, dynamic new studio album, the music icon has returned to his longtime label home, Capitol Records. Meet Glen Campbell will be released in Australia on August 16.

The songs on the album all strike a personal and musical chord with Campbell. He has reinterpreted and re-imagined both older and contemporary songs with his own signature vocal and guitar arrangements. A true musician’s musician, Campbell’s distinct guitar playing, along with the clarity and emotion of his powerful vocal performance, come together to give new life to the songs he selected for Meet Glen Campbell.

The influential singer, guitarist and stylist, who has long made others’ songs his own, is doing it again, recording high-spirited, emotionally charged versions of tracks that have personally moved and inspired him. Campbell’s intimate performances convey an autobiographical and deeply personal connection to the album’s songs*, which include Travis’ “Sing”, Foo Fighters “Times Like These”, U2’s “All I Want Is You”, Green Days’ “Good Riddance” and John Lennon’s “Grow Old With Me” among others.

“I really like all of the songs and I had a great time recording them. While I didn’t write these songs, this sounds like a Glen Campbell album, which is important to me,” says Glen Campbell.

A musician at heart, Campbell has maintained a sense of truth, respect and authenticity throughout his career. The songs on his new album were written by others, but become undeniably Campbell’s own as he has personally styled them for the new album. Titled evocatively by design, the album is certain to surprise and delight longtime fans and turn many new ears to the music icon’s legendary career. Meet Glen Campbell welcomes discovery and re-discovery of the legend and his music.

Recorded in March and April at The Recording Studio and Jim Henson Studios in Los Angeles, Meet Glen Campbell is produced by Julian Raymond (Rosanne Cash, Fastball, Shawn Mullins, Wallflowers) with engineer/co-producer Howard Willing. The album features musical contributions by Campbell contemporaries as well as younger rock and alt-country artists who joined him in the studio, including Cheap Trick’s Robin Zander, Roger Joseph Manning, Jr. and Jason Faulkner from Jellyfish, and Chris Chaney from Jane’s Addiction. Campbell’s sons and daughters, who regularly perform with their father, recorded backing vocals for the tracks, providing the album’s warm family tone.

Conceived by Julian Raymond to honour Campbell’s musical legacy while showcasing his creative versatility and vitality, Meet Glen Campbell has been long in the making since its creative inception to the recent studio sessions. Says Raymond of the new album, “I’ve been listening to Glen since I was nine years old, so making this record is an honour and a dream come true. I am incredibly proud of this project.”

Meet Glen Campbell begins an exciting new chapter in the 50-year career of one of America’s most beloved musical icons. On May 2, during his set at the Stagecoach Music Festival in Indio, California, Campbell was joined onstage by special guests to premiere select songs from his new album.

To watch a video trailer for Meet Glen Campbell, please visit Campbell’s official Website, http://www.glencampbellshow.com.

Meet Glen Campbell (CD, limited edition vinyl, digital album)
1. Sing (Travis)
2. Walls (Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers)
3. Angel Dream (Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers)
4. Times Like These (Foo Fighters)
5. These Days (Jackson Browne)
6. Sadly Beautiful (The Replacements)
7. All I Want Is You (U2)
8. Jesus (Velvet Underground)
9. Good Riddance(Time of Your Life)(Green Day)
10. Grow Old With Me (John Lennon)

Meet Glen Campbell will be released in Australia on August 16.

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