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Music fans eager to hear the much-anticipated new album from Kevin Max needn’t wait until the August 24th release date of Cotes d’ Armor (True Rebels) to wrap their ears around one of the summer’s most interesting releases.

Beginning today, all customers who pre-order Cotes d’ Armor (True Rebels) via the 
popular dPulse Recordings Online Store will receive the album instantly in digital format.

Available in high-quality, DRM-free 320kpbs format, the digital version of the album includes  all 16 album tracks and is also accompanied by an exclusive digital booklet based on elements of the CD packaging.

The download is included free with all new pre-orders of the Cotes d’Armor (True Rebels)
compact disc release, and is also available free to all fans who have pre-ordered the album.

Featuring tracks produced by Tedd Tjornhom (Mutemath) and Lynn Nichols (Switchfoot) –
including the singles ‘Walking Through Walls (Just To Get To You)’ and ‘On Yer Bike’ –
Cotes d’ Armor (True Rebels) is a sweeping artistic statement that finds Kevin Max 
juxtaposing elements of rock, electronica and experimental music.

The album also includes contributions from the legendary Adrian Belew (King Crimson, Bowie, Nine Inch Nails); 
electro-rock pioneer Graham Crabb of Pop Will Eat Itself and labelmates 3kStatic.

Cotes d’ Armor (True Rebels) will release August 24 on
 CD and to all major digital music retailers worldwide.

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THE LOADED DICE: Having won the national (UK) ‘Live and Unsigned 2009′ competition, recorded a BBC Radio live session and rocked the ‘In The City’ fringe festival, The Loaded Dice have already made their mark, having been tagged by the venerable NME for their brand of ‘Big hearted, sky-gazing indie’.

dPulse Recordings will release the band’s 4-track EP October 14th as the featured product in the label’s popular online store on October 14, 2010 – with release to all major digital stores October 19.

The Loaded Dice will follow up the EP with the release full 14-track long-player Keep The Demons In The Box, coming November 9, 2010.

From Manic Street Preachers, Catatonia, Feeder, Stereophonics to Super Furry Animals, the number of Welsh bands to attain worldwide recognition is quite impressive, and The Loaded Dice are ready to carry that forward…and the band will take their rock-solid live show on the road in support of October 14th and Keep The Demons In The Box with dates in all major UK cities now booking.

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Check this site for additional news, previews and much more. coming very soon.

Touring the Midwest in support of the just-released EP The Show, Natives of the New Dawn continue to generate substantial buzz at every stop. With The Show breaking out on the charts at UK digital music powerhouse Junodownload (where the EP zoomed straight into the Top 10), this is a band best experienced live.

Here’s where discerning fans of eclectic hip-hop inflected soul can catch Natives of the New Dawn this week:

07/12/2010 Cranky Pat’s   Neenah, WI
07/13/2010 Upfront & Company    Marquette, MI
07/14/2010 Upfront & Company    Marquette, MI
07/15/2010 Bell’s Brewery    Kalamazoo, MI
07/16/2010 Union Street Station    Traverse City, MI
07/17/2010 Magic Bag Theater    Ferndale, MI
07/17/2010 The Magic Bag    Ferndale, MI
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Smoldering the swagger of the night’s last ember, ‘Hank Williams to The Angel of Death‘ – the ambiently aggressive new digital single from David J (Bauhaus, Love and Rockets) and Marcelo Radulovich is out now on all major digital music retailers, including iTunes.

With a haunting, soundtrack-like vibe, ‘Hank Williams to Angel of Death’ is in fact an offshoot of productions Radulovich and David J are collaborating on for the stage.

It’s definitely sure to catch your attention. With repeated listens, it just may seep into your subconscious.

Get it now at iTunes
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Featuring stand-out tracks like ‘Big Girl’, ‘No Trouble’ and ‘Carry Me Home’, the new release and dPulse Recordings / Ovrtone Music Group debut from Detroit-bred Natives of the New Dawn is sure to be the breakout release of the summer.

Now available at iTunes, Amazon and all major digital music retailers worldwide, The Show finds Natives at the top of their form. Currently on a tour of the Midwest and West Coast, Natives of the New Dawn are already generating substantial buzz for their unique fusion of hip-hop, funk and alternative pop

A special bundled download including the ‘Big Girl’ video will be available very shortly.

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FREEPULSE / MUSIC MONDAY: This week’s free offering is ‘Senseless Chatter Regarding Unimportant Subject Matter‘ by tmmgd.

This is a freepulse / Music Monday track that does not appear on the forthcoming tmmgd album.

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KEVIN MAX: UNHOLY TRIAD. The digital single will be released worldwide August 3 on all major music stores. It’s also available now for download and CD single at the dPulse Store. Share the ‘Unholy Triad‘ widget on your Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, blog – or any other website -  and keep up with all the news on the forthcoming album Cotes d’ Armor (True Rebels), tour dates and much more. The new Unholy Triad widget includes news, photos, the On Yer Bike! (art haus) video and more.

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dPulse Recordings/Ovrtone notched new records in paid download sales (all formats) in its 7-year history for the monthly reporting period ending June 30 2010. Paced by the popularity of ‘cloud-based’ music discovery service Spotify.com, dPulse/Ovrtone frontline artists Kevin Max, 3kStatic and Greg X. Volz also saw unprecedented paid download/stream sales on Napster, Rhapsody and Apple Computer’s former lala.com. Company-wide, dPulse/Ovrtone saw 68,301 paid download sales of albums, mp3s and retail streams for the June 2010 reporting period. dPulse artist 3kStatic, Kevin Max, Greg X. Volz and represent far and away the largest shares of the company’s 2010 digital sales.

Electronica veterans 3kStatic are no strangers to heavy listenership on cloud-based music stores. Their dPulse album ‘Voodoo Science’ has charted in the Top 10 at We7.com for over 100 weeks, and the band was easily the label’s best-selling act at both lala.com and Rhapsody, having charted #1 albums on each.

The meteoric growth in cloud-based plays for music from frontline dPulse/Ovrtone artist Kevin Max and Greg X. Volz indicates the company and its key distribution partners are poised to maximize the next phase in digital content delivery.

dPulse will release Cotes d’ Armor (True Rebels) from former dcTalk vocalist and acclaimed solo artist Kevin Max on August 24. Greg X. Volz will join the reformed Classic Petra for a new album and tour later in 2010. The strong worldwide digital sales for these two multi-platinum, GRAMMY® and Dove Award-winning artists – along with new releases from cutting-edge bands such as 3kStatic – will continue to be the focus of growth for dPulse/Ovrtone into the future, and the company will make important announcements of new strategic alliances July 6, 2010.