-Planning for the 8th Annual “B.O.B.” 2006 Battle Of the Bands Festival is underway! Bands representing alternative, punk, rock, rap, blues, metal, country, goth, hip hop, metal and more are competing for national and regional prizes and cash in the longest running festival of its kind. The Festival began July 1st and runs until September 30th.

MN dates are:
Thursday, August 24th. O’Gara’s, St. Paul, MN
Friday, August 25th. Club Underground, Minneapolis, MN
Saturday, August 26th. Station 4, St. Paul, MN

If you are interested in registering your band, being a volunteer or judge, contact Rod Belford or 702-353-8178 or visit the official “B.O.B.” Web site.

-Toledo’s Rediscover, has made their new EP Call Me When You Get This available as a free download here.

-New York City-based songer/songwriter Jennifer Glass sent us some info about her new EP, Little Shout, which is currently on iTunes. Glass has opened for Rhett Miller, Will Hogue, Ben Kweller, Sam Roberts Band and Dave Matthews Band.

MP3: Jennifer Glass - “The One”

-And just because we can’t end a news update being all wussified, here is a link to Slayer performing “Disciple” from their new upcoming album, Christ Illusion on the Henry Rollins show. And here’s a YouTube link of Henry Rollins talking about how badass Slayer is (like we need Rollins to tell us).