"TheWB.com - a premium, ad-supported, video-on-demand, interactive and personalized network - today announced the cast and the first group of bands to be featured on "Rockville, CA," the music-themed scripted web series created by Josh Schwartz ("Gossip Girl," "Chuck," "The O.C."). Production on the show began earlier this month at The Echo, a popular club and indie music venue in Los Angeles."

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photos by Elizabeth Weinberg

Bad news. The Apples in Stereo have cancelled the show they were supposed to play Thursday July 31st at Brooklyn Masonic Temple (home of future TV on the Radio & Broken Social Scene shows).

Earlimart (who are playing an in-store at Sound Fix tonight) were supposed to open at Masonic Temple, but now they're going to play a late show that night at Union Hall instead (after the Spinto Band residency show). And as you can see....

The Apples In Stereo - 2008 Tour Dates

...The Apples ask that we go to the Jersey show at Blend on Friday. And then we can watch them on The Colbert Report too. A few more pics from last weeked's Pitchfork Festival (that they DID play) below...

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The smallest release week of the summer offers a generous amount of reissues, but the only new release I can recommend is Hymn and Her by Earlimart.

Two notable import box sets are out this week. Leonard Cohen: Collection collects five of the poet-singer-songwriters albums (Songs of Leonard Cohen (1968), Various Positions (1985), I'm Your Man (1988), The Future (1992) and Ten New Songs (2001). The Sugarcubes' 6-CD Singles Box Set is a bit pricey, I'll pick it up when it is released stateside.

Other reissues out this week include five Van Morrison remastered albums with bonus tracks (The Healing Game, Live at the Grand Opera House Belfast, A Night in San Francisco, No Guru, No Method, No Teacher, Veedon Fleece), Centro-matic's Redo the Stacks, the White Stripes' White Blood Cells and self-titled album, and Willie Nelson's Stardust: 30th Anniversary Legacy Edition (complete with bonus CD).

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Maceo Parker in Prospect Park, 2006 (more)

Tickets are on sale for the following Brooklyn shows....

May 30 - Lose Your Shit Party w/ Escort, Herbaliser (DJ Set), Dego from 4Hero, DJ Smallchange

Jun 1 - 651 Arts Presents: Toshi Reagon plus Sharde Thomas & The Rising Star Fife & Drum Band

Jun 18 - Jazzfest & boomBOOM Presents: MACEO PARKER & TBA

Jul 10 - Brooklyn Hip Hip Festival: REVIVE DA LIVE featuring Chris Dave with special guests Bilal, Smif & Wessin, Chip Fu, Ladybug Mecca , and surprise guests TBA

Jul 31 - APPLES IN STEREO / Earlimart / Posion Control Center

Aug 21 - SUZANNE VEGA plus CHRISTINA COURTIN