Valora is a rock band from Whittier, CA, led by beautiful 22-year old singer Syd Duran (see picture on the left). Playing with Syd we find her sister Taelor on keyboards and background vocals, and 4 males on lead, rhythm, bass guitar and drums.

Signed to Hollywood Records by Buena Vista Music Group Chairman Bob Cavallo, Valora have released a couple of tracks on high-profile soundtracks as "The Last Song" and "Almost Alice"; Syd also added her vocals to Breaking Benjamin's hit song "Blow Me Away".

Valora's debut album, "I Waited For You" was produced and recorded by Johnny K and mixed by another big name, Neil Avron. It will be released next April 3rd, but you can already watch the video for the titletrack and first single off the album, following this link.   For further info and to download the band's song "No Matter What" for free, head on Valora's website now.

Are you interested in a free download of the new The All-American Rejects' song "Someday's Gone"? Do you want to watch the video for it? So head on to the band's website now!   In the video, a calender displayed in the background claims that the release date for the band's new, fourth album, "Kids In The Street", will be March 27, 2012.

Mike Kennerty, rhythm guitarist of the band, confirmed on his Twitter account that the first official single from the new album will be a song titled "Beekeeper's Daughter" and will premiere in an upcoming episode of American teen drama 90210 in January 2012. Stay tuned.

I don't know if the name Darren Hayes rings some bells to you, but I'm sure that if I say Savage Garden you recognize them at once. Well, Warren was half of the Australian pop-rock duo (the other half being Daniel Jones), that was made famous by lucky singles as "To The Moon And Back", "Truly Madly Deeply", "The Animal Song" and "I Knew I Loved You".   After the two Platinum awarded albums with Savage Garden, Warren started a brilliant solo career and sold 5 million albums, to be added to the 34 million sold in the SG years.

"Secret Codes And Battleships" is his fourth studio album, produced by Carl Falk and released last October 21st on Mercury Records in Australia, on EMI Records in the United Kingdom and on his own label Powdered Sugar for the rest of the world.

Feeder are excited to announce the start of a new "Feeder campaign": their new single will be called "Borders" and is out January 30th 2012. They have created a special and highly collectable package on CD single, 7 inch vinyl, and retro cassette single. Each of these formats contains a unique and previously unreleased b-side:

• CD Single: 01. Borders + 02. Arms
• 7" Vinyl: A1. Borders + B1. Coast To Coast
• Cassette Single: 01. Borders + 02. Along The Avenues

Feeder also plan to release a four track digital single before Christmas which will include acoustic versions of both "Borders" and "Side By Side". For more info and to get the "single & concert ticket bundle", head on to the Feeder website.

I've just read on 78Triple6 that Justin Furstenfeld, frontman of the mighty Blue October, will be touring the UK for an acoustic tour in March of 2012. So far only three dates have been announced but I understand that more dates would be announced soon.

This is great news, and come just a few days after the one attesting that BBC's Radio 2 Playlist has added Blue October's "The Feel Again (Stay)" to its A List, with the likes of Adele, Amy Winehouse, Beyoncé and Katy Perry!

And the music video for "The Feel Again (Stay)" is Top 10 on the UK's most popular rock and metal station Scuzz TV!

It seems that things are starting to going great for Justin & Co. in UK. Well deserved!

Sixx: A.M., the rock band of Motley Crue bass player Nikki Sixx, DJ Ashba of Guns N’Roses and frontman James Michael, will release an acoustic EP called "7" on December, 15th.

The EP features 7 songs taken from the band's two succesfully studio albums "The Heroin Diaries" and "This Is Gonna Hurt", and re-elaborated in a new "stripped down, pulled apart and reconstructed from a different perspective" version.

Thanks to AOL Music, you can preview the whole EP here. Enjoy!

Canon Logic are an indie poprock band from Brooklyn, NY, influenced by the likes of ELO, The Who, Beach Boys, Radiohead, The Strokes, The Killers, Arcade Fire. You can find this mix of old and new styles in their most recent EP called "Rapid Empire", released through Engine Room Recordings at the very end of last August.

The sound of Canon Logic is lively, melodic, with lots of harmony layers; easy to listen without being predictable, it wraps you around and never let you go.

Head on now to their website to download a track from the new EP for free, and listen to the whole mini-album at their facebook page. You won't regret it.

Hot on the heels of a succesful European Tour, californian rockers Switchfoot paid a visit to Jay Leno to his The Tonight Show to perform  "Dark Horses", the current hit from their last album "Vice Verses", released last September. Watch this live rendition clicking on the frame on the left.

Switchfoot have also a new track out. It's called "Out Of Control" and it's included in the soundtrack album "Hawaii Five-0: Original Songs From The Television Series", released last October on CBS and featuring new songs by Goo Goo Dolls, Train and Ziggy Marley among the others. Listen to "Out Of Control" here.