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What’s up, MySpace friends?

Here’s what my “friends” have to report:

The Shys have parted ways with Sire and are now working on their follow-up to my second favorite release of 2006.
Echo Division, featuring former For Love Not Lisa/Puller guitarist Miles, is offering up a free download of their new song, “Burning Brides”.
The Dollyrots have a bunch of summer tour dates lined up. GO SEE THEM!
Magnolia Summer has added some live videos to YouTube, including a few unreleased tracks.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4K_g9qz5yU[/youtube]

The Frames are having a contest where they are asking for fans to help design a new t-shirt. The deadline is July 31 for all of you aspiring t-shirt designers.
People in Planes are FINALLY recording a new album.
Zolof the Rock and Roll Destroyer is taking pre-orders for their new album, Schematics, due in stores in September. Hear a song from that album, “Can’t Stand It”, on their MySpace page.

The Rocklahoma festival – featuring a who’s who of late ’80s/early ’90s hair metal bands – is currently underway inÂ Pryor, Oklahoma. The location, the price, and the dates all contributed to the fact that I wasn’t able to make it to this dream festival but BringBackGlam.com is doing a nice job of blogging from the event. Make sure to check out the site for live reviews and interviews that will be conducted during the weekend long event.

New Siouxsie video

Mrs. Ned will be happy about this.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-vN9wYLls8[/youtube]

Siouxsie (of “and the Banshees” fame) will be releasing her solo album, Mantaray, is September.

YouTube discovery: The Guitar Zeros

I can’t decide if this is really cool and a sign of things to come for the future of music or if this is incredibly geeky.

[youtube]http://youtube.com/watch?v=vbpZBQ7jXgI[/youtube]

Smashing Pumpkins tour dates

Billboard.com has revealed the first string of Smashing Pumpkins tour dates scheduled for this fall. The band will be touring to support their new release Zeitgeist which hits shelves next week. Calling the band Smashing Pumpkins is a little like Axl Rose calling his current band Guns N’ Roses – it’s a little bit misleading as only 2 of the original 4 Pumpkins are in the current lineup. In fact, the 2 that are in the Pumpkins now were also in Zwan which begs the question, why not call this band Zwan? Nostalgia, for sure, and after a quick, precursory listen to Zeitgeist, I guess it’s fair to call it a Smashing Pumpkins album as Corgan isn’t doing anything to damage the band’s good name. There are a few monster rockers on the new CD (which you can stream here) so we’ll see what becomes of this version of the Pumpkins. Of course, it would be great to see James Iha and D’arcy back in the band but that ain’t likely to happen anytime soon.

And now, the tour dates.

Sept. 8: Montreal (Osheaga Festival)
Sept. 9: Toronto (V Fest)
Sept. 13: Las Vegas (the Pearl)
Sept. 18: Phoenix (Dodge Theatre)
Sept. 24: Vancouver (NE Forum)
Sept. 28: Salt Lake City (McKay Center)
Sept. 30: Morrison, Colo. (Red Rocks)
Oct. 2: St. Paul, Minn. (Wilkins Auditorium)
Oct. 4: Normal, Ill. (Braden Auditorium)
Oct. 7: Detroit (Fox Theatre)
Oct. 9: Pittsburgh (Palumbo Center)
Oct. 11: Columbus, Ohio (LC Pavilion)
Oct. 15-16: Boston (Orpheum Theatre
Oct. 21-22: Philadelphia (Tower Theatre)
Oct. 25: Memphis (Mud Island Amphitheatre)
Oct. 30: Atlanta (Fox Theatre)
Nov. 3: Dallas (Nokia Theatre)
Nov. 5: Nashville (Ryman Auditorium)