BROOKLYN'S AMAZING BABY SIGNS WITH SHANGRI-LA -- According to HITS, Brooklyn-based band Amazing Baby (first mentioned on TALENTfilter in January) has officially signed with Shangri-La Records - way to go, fellas - congrats!

MUSIC FOR ANIMALS (unsigned, unpublished) -- San Francisco's Music For Animals is one of the local acts performing on the Soundcheck Local Band Stage at this weekend's "Live 105 BFD 2009" concert. If you're not in the Bay Area, but will be in L.A. over the next couple of weeks, you can catch them Jun 18 at 3 Of Clubs and June 22 at Spaceland. Expect all your label/publisher friends to be there too.