Rock the Books, SXSW

By weeklyvolcano on August 3, 2009

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DynoJamz Sound Off Winner To Rock Books: DynoJamz, EMP’s 2009 Sound Off winner, will perform at the Tacoma Public Library’s free, all-ages Rock the Books concert Saturday, Aug. 15 at 7 p.m. According to the library’s press release, Dyno Jamz defies classification. “They are a unique combination of cool jazz and really hot hip hop.” More information is available by telephoning the library at 253.591.5666 or on the concert Web site.

Advertising on CDs: Normally, we would rather stay home and remove our own pubic hair with a roll of masking tape than listen to Mariah Carey. However, Billboard reports that her new CD, Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel, which drops Sept. 15, will carry advertising. According to Billboard, “The first deal, created for the Mariah Carey release Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel on Sept. 15, is a 34-page co-production with Elle magazine that includes lifestyle ads from Elizabeth Arden, Angel Champagne, Carmen Steffens, Le Métier de Beauté and the Bahamas Board of Tourism. Providing the experiment goes well, the label is eyeing bigger brand deals for booklets of CDs by Rihanna, Bon Jovi, Kanye West and other artists.” Read the full story here.

SXSW Fires Up: The 24th South By Southwest (SXSW) Music and Media Conference and Festival is now open for business. Conference registrations, hotel requests, and music festival showcase applications are now being accepted. SXSW Music takes place March 17-21, 2010 in Austin, Texas. To apply, go to sxsw.com/music/shows/apply. All applications must be submitted no later than Nov. 6, 2009. Application fees are $30 for early submissions, $40 for applications submitted after September 25, 2009.For more information on every aspect of SXSW, go here.

Congregation Of The Damned: Orange County rockers Atreyu have completed the follow-up to 2007’s Lead Sails Paper Anchor. The album, titled Congregation of the Damned, produced by Bob Marlette (Airborne, Ozzy Osbourne) and mixed by Rich Costey (Mars Volta, System of A Down, Rage Against the Machine), will be released Oct. 27. A fall co-headlining tour with Hollywood Undead will hit Seattle’s Showbow SoDo club Saturday, Nov. 14.