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Tuesday, October 16, 2007

Album Reviews:: Jimmy Eat World - Chase The Light

"it isn't a stretch to say that Chase This Light is one of the year's best power-pop records." (Slant Magazine)

Rating: 3 stars out of 5 (udreview.com)

Chase This Light sounds like a weaker, limper version of their last work, Futures (popmatters.com)

A not brilliant but solid release by a band that shows nothing but class in a rather tumultuous landscape of defeatist counterparts. (punknews.org)

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PEPPER KICKS OFF TOUR

PEPPER KICKS OFF TOUR WITH LIVE WEBCAST FROM HOUSE OF BLUES LAS VEGAS

BAND WILL BROADCAST SHOW EXCLUSIVELY ON LIVENATION.COM/PEPPER

October 9, 2007 - LAS VEGAS – LiveNation.com, the online destination of the world’s largest live music company, announced today that it will webcast Pepper, Hawaii’s favorite rock trio, live from House of Blues Las Vegas, on Wednesday, October 17^th, the first date of their 33-city North American fall tour. Fans of the band can watch the webcast live on Live Nation TV beginning at 8:15 PM PST p.m. at www.livenation.com/pepperlive.

The uninterrupted performance will be Pepper’s first live concert webcast, and will enable their fans from all over the world to watch their eclectic, in your face rock style.

“Since the beginning, we have been a band built from the bottom up,” said Yesod Williams. “Our fans have helped shape our sound and our style, so giving them the chance to see us live on opening night is the best way we know how to repay them.”

The band, formed in Kona, Hawaii’s fertile music scene in 1998, Pepper relocated to Southern California in 1999, and is known for its eclectic island style and unique sound. With the band’s trademark penchant for the musically unpredictable firmly in place, their current album No Shame is a tasty and rewarding blend of styles and sounds unlike anything Pepper has ever recorded.

To see Pepper perform live on October 17th, go to www.livenation.com/pepperlive.

Pepper On Tour:

Oct 17 2007

7:00P

House Of Blues

Las Vegas NV

Oct 18 2007

8:00P

Avalon Theater

Salt Lake City UT

Oct 19 2007

8:00P

Fillmore Auditorium

Denver CO

Oct 20 2007

8:00P

Belly Up

Aspen CO

Oct 21 2007

8:00P

Sokol Underground

Omaha,NE

Oct 23 2007

8:00P

The Annex Nightclub

Madison,WI

Oct 24 2007

8:00P

First Avenue

Minneapolis,MN

Oct 25 2007

8:00P

House Of Blues

Chicago,IL

Oct 26 2007

8:00P

Agora Theatre

Cleveland OH

Oct 27 2007

8:00P

Electric Factory

Philadelphia PA

Oct 28 2007

8:00P

Opera House

Toronto,ON

Oct 30 2007

8:00P

Irving Plaza

New York NY

Oct 31 2007

8:00P

Roxy

Boston,MA

Nov 1 2007

8:00P

9:30 Club

Washington,DC

Nov 2 2007

8:00P

Norva

Norfolk,VA

Nov 3 2007

8:00P

House Of Blues

Myrtle Beach,SC

Nov 4 2007

8:00P

Variety Playhouse

Atlanta,GA

Nov 6 2007

8:00P

Jannus Landing

Saint Petersburg,FL

Nov 7 2007

8:00P

Club Cinema

Pompano Beach,FL

Nov 8 2007

8:00P

House Of Blues

Lake Buena Vista,FL

Nov 9 2007

8:00P

Floyds Music Store

Tallahassee FL

Nov 10 2007

8:00P

Metropolitan Park

Jacksonville FL

Nov 13 2007

8:00P

House Of Blues

New Orleans,LA

Nov 14 2007

8:00P

House of Rock

Corpus Christi,TX

Nov 15 2007

8:00P

Warehouse Live

Houston,TX

Nov 16 2007

8:00P

Antone’s Nightclub

Austin TX

Nov 17 2007

8:00P

House Of Blues

Dallas,TX

Nov 27 2007

8:00P

Rialto Theatre

Tucson,AZ

Nov 29 2007

8:00P

House Of Blues

Anaheim CA

Nov 30 2007

8:00P

House Of Blues

Anaheim CA

Dec 6 2007

8:00P

Showbox Theater

Seattle,WA

Dec 8 2007

8:00P

Roseland Theater

Portland,OR

News In Rock - Serj Tankian's Elect The Dead

Serj Tankian, frontman for System of a Down, has been expanding his personal horizons since the band's hiatus began in 2006. In Serj's first solo album, /Elect the Dead/, Serj explores both his lyrical and musical abilities. YouTube has featured a video interview with Serj Tankian on the making of his debut solo album, /Elect the Dead/. Serj goes into depth about what it was like to write, perform and produce his own album in a most unconventional way. This YouTube video interview illustrates Serj's unique and multi-faceted personality, literally. Serj Tankian's unconformity and ground-breaking music is definitely something to check out when /Elect the Dead/ releases on October 23rd.