ELIZABETH & THE CATAPULT GET SOME LOVE ON PEREZ HILTON'S BLOG! Very exciting to see Elizabeth & the Catapult get some lovin' from our friend Mr. Hilton. We first tipped you to the band TWENTY-EIGHT MONTHS AGO and Verve Forecast signed them eighteen months later.

ST. LOUIS RADIO SUPPORTS UNSIGNED MUSIC! Alternative KPNT St. Louis has announced this year's "PointFest" lineup - 35 bands for 35 bucks on August 23rd at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater in St. Louis.

Always a supporter of local rock acts, KPNT will feature a number of unsigned groups mixed in with the higher profile bands like Staind, Chevelle, Shinedown, Atreyu, etc.

Have a listen to some of the local acts - it's all pretty standard "red state rawk", but that stuff sells ...and you know it!

Copperview -- Three Doors Down-meets-Seven Mary Three

Brookroyal -- One album away from having it together - they could use some A&R/producer direction, but there's promise here. Singer has an interesting tone to his voice.

Janus -- We've heard about this band a bunch over the past year or so - Chicago's Q101 has added one of their tracks ("Eyesore") into - worth looking into...

Shaman's Harvest -- See description of Copperview and sprinkle in a bit more Southern rock. Really radio-friendly stuff, and it's obvious they've got someone working them at Rock/Active Rock radio already (not many unsigned/unpublished acts have 'impacting at radio' written across their MySpace page).

Red Line Chemistry -- Chevelle-ish. Remember Revis? Kinda like them. If Revis listened to Tool. Managed by Red Light Management.

BANDS, BE CAREFUL AND READ THE FINE PRINT! Clear Channel-owned L.A. Alternative station KYSR (Star 98.7) is presenting a contest called "Rockstar 987", where bands upload their music videos in the hopes of winning $10,000 cash, $5K worth of instruments from Best Buy, a professional photo shoot, an opportunity to showcase at a station event, the "chance" to meet with five different record labels (Suburban Noize, Sideonedummy, Sire, Mercury, and Elektra), and of course, some promotion on the radio station and their website. Sounds pretty cool, right?

Well, before you upload that video you had to have your parents mortgage the house to pay for, read the "Rules" section. There you'll find this tasty little nugget (super-important stuff in bold):

BY SUBMITTING THE VIDEO, YOU HEREBY GRANT TO THE COMPANY A PERPETUAL, WORLDWIDE, NON-EXCLUSIVE, ROYALTY-FREE, SUB-LICENSABLE (THROUGH MULTIPLE TIERS) RIGHT AND LICENSE TO USE, PUBLISH, REPRODUCE, DISPLAY, PERFORM, ADAPT, MODIFY, DISTRIBUTE, HAVE DISTRIBUTED AND PROMOTE SUCH CONTENT AND THE CONTEST IN ANY FORM (INCLUDING ANY TITLE OF THE VIDEO AND YOUR NAME AND LIKENESS), IN ALL MEDIA NOW KNOWN OR HEREINAFTER CREATED, ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD, FOR ANY PURPOSE. IN ADDITION TO GRANTING THE ABOVE LICENSE, THE GRAND PRIZE WINNER WILL NOT BE PERMITTED TO USE THE SUBMITTED VIDEO RECORDING FOR ANY COMMERCIAL USE AFTER IT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED.

Now, we're no legal eagles, but this basically states that JUST BY SUBMITTING your video, Clear Channel has the right to do whatever the hell they want with your video - forever. And if you win the contest, you won't be able to use (sell) your video.

Smell right to you?

Hey, if it does, go for it. Get all the info HERE. But keep all the above stuff in mind.

TREY LOCKERBIE (unsigned, unpublished) -- Twenty-one year-old Nashville-based singer-songwriter Trey Lockerbie has quickly built up one of the largest fanbases of any unsigned artist in Nashville. He recently self-released his debut three-song EP and has been garnering regular airplay at local radio stations including WRLT (Lightning 100) Nashville. Check out the track "Hummingbird" - total hit.

Trey is in Los Angeles taking meetings with labels and publishers, and will perform at Room 5 on Saturday night, July 25, at 11PM. Expect a bevvy of A&R/pubco scouts in attendance. For more info, contact us here at TALENTfilter.

MORE SIGNING UPDATES -- Juliana Joya signs to Matt Serletic’s Emblem Music Group, which is now a j/v with Waner Bros… Sixteen year-old Sky Ferreira signs a worldwide deal with EMI… Funeral Party signs with RCA… Los Angeles-based band Capra signs with Hollywood Records…

Got any signing news to report? Let us know at TALENTfilter@gmail.com

ANOTHER TALENTFILTER ARTIST SIGNS ON THE DOTTED LINE! Greenlandic singer-songwriter Simon Lynge, first tipped to you on TALENTfilter over two years ago, has signed with Lo-Max Records, for the world ex-U.S. According to a blog posting on his MySpace page, it's a three-album deal. Simon's album titled A Beautiful Way To Drown will be released in the UK in September and in all of Europe, Australia, New Zealand and Japan soon thereafter. Congrats to Simon - he's really one of the most talented artists we've had the pleasure of seeing live more than once.

TALENTfilter ARTIST NEON HITCH SIGNS WITH EMI! Congrats to Neon Hitch, first tipped to you in August 2008 - she has just done a pub deal with EMI Music Publishing. Nice one!

UPCOMING L.A. SHOWS OF NOTE

Jul 22 -- Enter Shikari - Key Club
Jul 23 -- Edward Sharpe/Mag. Zeroes - Hammer Museum
Jul 23 -- Rachel Goodrich - Hotel Cafe
Jul 24 -- The Jakes - House Of Blues (Anaheim)
Jul 24 -- De La Soul - Key Club
Jul 25 -- Trey Lockerbie - Room 5
Jul 28 -- Obi Best -- Bootleg theater
Aug 1 -- Michelle Featherstone - Hotel Cafe
Aug 5 -- Roll The Tanks - Silverlake Lounge
Aug 6 -- Meiko - Pershing Square
Aug 22 -- Harvey Danger (?!) - Largo
Aug 28 -- Decca Tree - Viper Room