Dead.net is taking it all the way back to 1966 for Record Store Day. Limited to 6,600 2-LP 180-gram vinyl copies and featuring new cover art, Rare Cuts & Oddities 1966 features a variety of early live and studio tracks produced by Owsley Stanley.

With Ultra Music Festival in full effect, the ULTRA MUSIC FESTIVAL 2013 official compilation album is now available today, March 19 via Ultra Music at all digital retailers.

Preparation is underway for sUMmer school 2013, and we think you're going to like these new changes. First and foremost we have reduced the camping option to an absurdly low $599, which gets you four days and four nights of all things Umphrey's, three incredible gourmet meals a day and serene camping in the Catskills.

Alpha Rev’s brand new release Bloom hit streets this week - March 19 (Kirtland Records). Hailed as “emotionally raw…a potent record” (Dallas Morning News)and as “a pick-me-up…empowering and inspirational” (Sun-Sentinel), Bloomhas been climbing the radio charts for several weeks now.

Fresh in from its debut international Jam in the Sand festival in Negril, Jamaica, Dark Star Orchestra announces today the offering of yet another intimate experience for its fans. ‘DSO High School’ is a week-long retreat at Full Moon Resort in the Catskills August 5 – 9 offering an exclusive curriculum with workshops, activities, lessons as well as three Dark Star Orchestra shows.

JD & The Straight Shot announces today they will open for rock legend Joe Walsh, at The Paramount Theatre in Huntington, NY on Long Island on Monday, April 15th.

Sugar Hill Records is pleased to announce that it will unveil three new, exclusive releases for Record Store Day (April 20).

The Melodic Caring Project (MCP), the Seattle-based non-profit founded by musician Levi Ware and his wife Stephanie, has already brought the healing power of music directly to the hospital beds of more than 100 critically-ill children since it officially launched a year ago. This unique marriage of music and technology is now expanding its ability to reach patients through new partnerships with the global Starlight Children's Foundation as well as with Seattle area music event resources.

Portland, Oregon-based Ashleigh Flynn celebrates her latest CD, A Million Stars. Set for national release on May 14, 2013, Flynn’s fourth studio effort on her own Home Perm Records, is produced by Chris Funk, her longtime friend and musical collaborator, best-known as the Decemberists’ multi-instrumentalist.

Lotus is offering a free download of  “Malabarista,” a b-side from the recently released album Build.