California indie act The Jakes are the new media darlings getting love from the press including AbsolutePunk, Hypeful, Revolt Media, and The Daily Chorus. “A band this young really shouldn’t sound this good…It’s exciting to be in the midst of new music like this,” says The Daily Chorus. The band was just picked up by Red Light Management, and are showcasing for Roadrunner in New York tomorrow along with Paradigm, CAA & the Agency Group. A slew of A&R’s will be attending the KROQ sponsored Key Club show on the 20th of February. The band has solid myspace plays and a slew of tourdates.

Sirius XM Satellite Radio is heading into bankruptcy – only 2 years after the merge.

“Two sources familiar with the situation said Sirius XM is favoring a Chapter 11 filing over a deal with satellite-TV operator EchoStar, whose CEO, Charlie Ergen, has been buying up Sirius XM debt in a bid to take control of the company.”

Female fronted act Linden will be showcasing today at MDM Rehearsal Studios in Los Angeles, CA. Solid myspace plays with upcoming tour dates. The band will also be going into the studio with Josh Cain of Motion City Soundtrack to record an upcoming album.

Check out the tracks Attached and Reflections.

For more information contact bdl.productions@yahoo.com

The boards of Live Nation and Ticketmaster agreed on Monday to merge their companies — possibly creating a concert and live entertainment monster.

“In announcing the deal Tuesday morning the companies said they plan an all-stock merger of equals. The combined company will be called Live Nation Entertainment.”

“Bruce Springsteen, already furious with Ticketmaster for directing fans to a subsidiary selling tickets for above-face value, recently posted a statement on his website saying a deal with Live Nation could end up “returning us to a near-monopoly situation in music ticketing.”

As always, the companies will claim that consumers will benefit. For example, it will be easier to buy tickets and select seats – causing less confusion.

LA based do-it-yourself singer songwriter Ryan Calhoun is building himself a solid fanbase. His latest record “Everything That I’m Not’ was produced by Bill Lefler (Gym Class Heroes) and was self released on iTunes in October 08. His track ‘Who We Are’ was recently placed in MTV’s Real World and charted at #4 on the iTunes folk chart and the album charted at #5. Currently performing at the premier singer songwriter venue Hotel Cafe in Hollywood. Currently on the front page of iTunes under New and Noteworthy.

Our favorite tracks are Who We Are and Sometimes Sorry is The Wrong.

For more information contact ryancalhoun@mac.com