Now that it's summertime, The Pink Logs have decided to take a vacation and head to the beach. There is nothing more relaxing then catching some waves and rays and no better place to do it, than the beaches of Hawaii. Unfortunately, one of the logs got burned. I guess SPF300 wasn't good enough!

Topher Mohr - Killer (Unsigned)

"All good music can be traced to Detroit," singer/songwriter Topher Mohr told TRACE magazine in September, 2006. And he would know, having grown up in the college town of Ann Arbor, Michigan, a mere hop, skip and jump from the town that produced everything from the MC5 and Motown sound to Iggy Pop, Kid Rock and Eminem. His first exposure to music came at age seven, when he started playing violin; he switched to trumpet a few years later and picked up a guitar while in high school, whereupon he was first exposed to the music of Led Zeppelin and Jimi Hendrix--which forever altered his perception of music. In late 2001 he relocated to New York City and landed a gig playing guitar for Custom, who enjoyed a minor hit with the song "Hey Mister" in 2002. Alas, the band broke up before the tour began and Topher spent a year cooling his heels at home in Ann Arbor before returning to the Big Apple in late 2003, intent on forging a brand-new sound encompassing elements of hip-hop, electro and garage rock, telling TRACE, "I think Snow Patrol, Muse and OutKast are great examples of that." Topher is getting ready to go on a 50 city tour this summer, kicking off in Buffalo, NY on June 21^st and ends in September. Check out tour dates and more music at http://www.myspace.com/tophermohr.

The German foursome known as 4LYN has made some serious strides since forming shortly after the dawn of the 21st Century. They've released five charting, well-received albums (2008's Hello being the latest from Germany's Rodeostar Records), along with a slew of successful singles. They've toured the length and breadth of Europe with such stars as Papa Roach, Thumb and Therapy?--including a July 2006 gig in exotic Istanbul, Turkey, as sole support act for Guns 'N Roses. Half a dozen of their music videos have received prominent airplay from a variety of sources, including MTV Europe, VIVA, VIVA Plus, NBC GIGA and many more. They've made numerous appearances on European television, including MTV Select and "Top of the Pops." They contributed a song, "Me vs. Me," to the top action movie of 2002, the Vin Diesel vehicle "XXX" ("Triple X"), and also had their tune "Kisses of a Strobelight" chosen for a worldwide television campaign by French auto maker Renault. 4LYN is currently receiving US radio support from WKQX Chicago, KUPD Phoenix, and KTCL Denver.

To make the video for "Hello (For You I'm Dying)" the band went on a trip through the endless deserts in Joshua Tree and got four of the world's best dirt bikers to join them for the video shoot. Vocalist Ron Cazzato states, "A big song needs an equal video and "Hello (For You I'm Dying)" just is a big song."

DIFF'RENT STROKES FOR DIFF'RENT FOLKS: Anyone else remember when the Strokes were hailed as the saviors of rock & roll? This writer certainly never bought into the hype...but with hindsight being 20/20, it's easy to now see that even the Beatles would have had a difficult time living up to the over-the-top rhapsodizing that accompanied the arrival of Julian Casablancas and Co. However, for the last couple years the bandmembers have wisely been laying somewhat low...until this week, that is, when individual members of the group claimed both the No.1 and No.2 spots on the Mediaguide Alternative Specialty Song chart. First up, guitarist Albert Hammond, Jr. grabbed the pole position with "GFC," from his forthcoming sophomore solo effort, Come Te Llama (Black Seal), which itself reached No.4 on the Album end. The album hits streets and cyberspace July 8 and Hammond will be celebrating three days later with a performance at L.A.'s Spaceland club prior to jaunting overseas for a series of shows in Australia and Japan. Meanwhile, aforementioned vocalist Casablancas is part of an all-star grouping that grabbed the No.2 position, teaming with Santogold and N.E.R.D. for "My Drive Thru," the first song released by sneaker company Converse as they celebrate 100 years in business. The song picked up enough spins to also rank at No.5 on the Album index. Last week's Song chart leader, My Morning Jacket with "Touch Me I'm Going to Scream Part II," tumbled all the way down to No.18 this week...but that's only because the panel opted to celebrate the first week in stores for full-length Evil Urges (ATO) by diving deeper into an album that keeps growing better with each listen, pushing it all the way to the top spot on the Album end. First week sales totaled almost 50,000, which was good enough for MMJ to earn their first-ever Top 10 album at No.9.

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