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Senin, 10 Maret 2008
The Hooters dance again
The first studio album in 14 years from the Hooters is called "Time Stand Still." For a moment, it sounds like time has done just that as the opening track, "I'm Alive," jolts listeners back to the group's heyday in 1985 when they had a multi-platinum album, top 40 hits like "And We Danced," songwriting success on the smash debut of 
Bossa nova's 50th birthday free concert in Brazil
| |  A free concert was organized in Rio de Janeiro to celebrate the 50th anniversary of bossa nova, the unique Brazilian music that seduces the world.The concert held on its iconic Ipanema beach Saturday was attended by bossa nova pioneers and musicians influenced by the genre, which was first heard in small clubs and cafes in the beachfront districts of Rio de Janeiro around 1958.Despite rain, organizers said the show would go on with performers including veterans Roberto Menescal, Carlos Lyra and Oscar Castro Neves as well as modernists such as the group Bossacucanova, which mixes bossa nova with electronica.In 1969, Gilberto's new musical style reached a worldwide audience with the release of "Girl from Ipanema," one of the greatest hits of bossa nova.But different from samba, a music genre popular among the working class in Brazil, bossa nova often speaks of love, the beach and beautiful women and is described by many as the music of the Brazilian middle and upper classes. source: xinhuanet.com |
Nine Inch Nails Uploads New Album to BitTorrent Sites
| |  Nine Inch Nails has released its new album, Ghosts I-IV, online and in a somewhat Radiohead-eque way. You'll recall Radiohead released its In Rainbows album with "you" naming the price. Nine Inch Nails doesn't go quite that far, but its still the sort of experimentation more bands should be trying with digital distribution becoming more popular. source: hiphop-elements.com |
Spiritualized Unveils New Album Details
| |  Spiritualized's first album in five years, "Songs in A&E," will arrive May 19 internationally and June 3 in North America via Fontana International/Spaceman Records."Soul on Fire" will serve as the first single and will be released on CD and digitally on a date to be announced. Frontman Jason "Spaceman" Pierce worked on the project with longtime collaborator Thighpaulsandra, guitarist Doggen and drummer Kevin 'Kevlar' Bales.New material will be featured at a handful of upcoming U.S. shows, including an April 26 appearance at the Coachella festival in Indio, Calif.In related news, Pierce has penned the soundtrack to Harmony Korine's next movie, "Mr. Lonely," which is scheduled for release sometime this year.Here is the track list for "Songs in A&E": "Harmony" |
David Gray brings brightness to city
| |  WITH his relaxing vocals and pleasing melodies, David Gray is the last person in the world you'd expect to enrage anyone.Nevertheless, that's exactly what the Sale singer-songwriter managed to do at the Corn Exchange last night."I had tickets for this but I'm having to work," wailed a member of the venue's security staff. "I'm absolutely raging."Those not hindered by employment obligations were treated to a terrific evening of folk rock, which was kicked off by talented newcomer Beth Rowley.The Bristol singer's support slot coincided with the release of her new single, Oh My Life.Backed by a band that includes saxophonist Ben Castle, son of Record Breakers legend Roy, Rowley proved that she has a voice equal in volume to her bouncing blonde locks.Her debut album, Little Dreamer, is due out in May and, on this evidence, it should be well worth a listen.But while the audience gave Rowley an enthusiastic reception, there was only one musician they really wanted to see.Dressed in a black suit, Gray made a low-key entrance, walking on stage alone with his acoustic guitar and giving the briefest of introductions to his first song."I'm going to start at the beginning," he said, before playing Shine, a particularly mellow number from A Century Ends, his 1993 debut album. This was greeted with rapturous applause.Gray was then joined on stage by his backing group for Living Room, another of the musician's early efforts.It was perhaps telling that Gray performed Babylon, still his biggest hit, so early in the set. While he's probably morally obliged to give it an airing at every gig, he was determined not to let his fans leave with "for crying out loud" ringing in their ears – although similar sentiments were expressed by gridlocked motorists trying to leave the venue afterwards.While he's undoubtedly an extremely talented musician and lyricist, Gray may need to work a little on some of his banter. One meandering introduction, which included musngs on "the hypocrisy of society", caused one fan to mumble: "Blah, blah, blah. Stop talking and just get on with it."Thankfully, he seemed to get the message and launched into the considerably rockier, at least by Gray's standards, You're the World to Me.Along with Babylon, The One I Love is one of only two songs to have given Gray a top-ten hit. Its lyrics certainly struck a chord with the romantics in the crowd.Gray then showed his versatility as a musician by taking a seat behind the piano for Life In Slow Motion, a beautiful song that truly lives up to its name.Last year, Gray released a greatest hits album, but don't let that fool you into thinking his career is winding down.He's not had three chart-topping records for nothing and, at least as far as last night's audience and a disgruntled security guard are concerned, he's still the one they love. This report is provided by scotsman.com |
Janet Jackson returns to No. 1 with new album debut
| |  Worldwide 100 million-selling megastar Janet Jackson returns to Soundscan’s #1 position on the Billboard 200 albums chart, as her Island Def Jam album debut ‘Discipline’ enters at the top on first week sales of 181,075 units, it was announced today by Antonio ‘L.A.’ Reid, Chairman, Island Def Jam Music Group. ‘Discipline’ marks Janet’s first #1 Soundscan album debut in nearly seven years, since ‘All For You’ in May 2001. “Janet delivered an amazing album and Island Def Jam is on a mission to deliver big results for her in every way,” said Mr. Reid. "Janet is musical royalty who only deserves the very best.”‘Discipline’ was launched on the morning of the album release (February 26th) with a live performance at the Nokia Theatre on New York’s Times Square, broadcast on ABC’s Good Morning America. Another Times Square performance happened that afternoon, broadcast by MTV’s TRL. Just a few blocks away, pandemonium took over Best Buy for Janet’s in-store CD signing event, which attracted 5000 fans. Across the country two days later (Thursday), Janet stopped traffic again at her Virgin Megastore CD signing event. Later that night on CNN, she was the exclusive guest on Larry King Live. An appearance on the Ellen Show followed the next morning (Friday). Janet’s appearance on the Tyra Banks Show airs March 4, and that same night she is the lead guest on Jimmy Kimmel Live.“She a good bad girl,” screamed USA Today’s headline of its 3 album review by Steve Jones. “Sexual tension reverberates throughout Janet’s latest,” he wrote, “as she works out the kinks on the dance floor but saves some for the bedroom.” The review goes on to praise the album’s “bumping club grooves and quirky sound effects.” The week before the album’s release came news of Janet’s 2008 NAACP Image Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the #1 box office smash Why Did I Get Married? The comedy-drama written, produced, directed, and starring Tyler Perry, opened #1 at the box office. It is the third motion picture of Janet’s career, and her third to open at #1, following the success of Nutty Professor II: The Klumps (2000), and her leading title role in John Singleton’s Poetic Justice (1993). ‘Discipline’ is the 10th studio album (and overall 13th album) of Janet Jackson’s career. In addition to Rodney Jerkins, who produced “Feedback,” the new album brings together an A-list of guest producers, including Jermaine Dupri, Ne-Yo, Stargate, Tricky Stewart, and The-Dream.Prior to album release, “Feedback” was named Janet’s biggest-selling digital single ever, and the video (by British director Saam Farahmand) is currently in major video channel rotation on BET, MTV, VH1, and VH1 Soul. In a class all by herself, 5-time Grammy Award-winning and Oscar-nominated Janet Jackson – singer, composer, producer, actor, and humanitarian – celebrated two career milestones in 2007: the 30th anniversary of her beginning as a TV star in her own right on “Good Times” (in 1977), and the 25th anniversary of her debut as a solo recording artist on A&M Records (in 1982). source:monstersandcritics.com |
My Morning Jacket Unveils New Album Track ListMy Morning
| |  Jacket throws fans another sonic curveball on its new studio album, "Evil Urges," due June 10 via ATO. The 14-track set sports the most adventurous music of the Kentucky-bred rock act's career, beginning with the title track, a falsetto-driven groove-fest that opens the disc.MMJ is uncharted territory with songs like "Highly Suspicious," whose robotic funk beats and falsetto singing wouldn't sound out of place on a Rick James or Prince album. Strident rockers like "Touch Me I'm Going To Scream Part 1" boast unusual touches, from fluttering synth lines and multi-tracked vocal parts to chopped-up beats and electro effects on the bass and guitars. Appearing near the end of the disc, "Part 2" of the track is an eight-minute-plus mash-up of disco drumming and grandiose production unlike MMJ has ever attempted.Elsewhere, "Thank You Too" conjures a lost soft rock classic from the '70s, as frontman Jim James tenderly croons, "You really saw my naked heart / you really brought out the naked part."James and his acoustic guitar are also at the forefront of "Librarian," while "Remnants" and "Aluminum Park" will satisfy fans of MMJ's straight-ahead, double-guitar attack.The group is expected to unveil new material during shows next week in Houston and Austin, Texas, the latter one of the most anticipated sets at the South by Southwest festival. Here is the track list for "Evil Urges": "Evil Urges |
Bruce Springsteen, Mark Ronson, Foo Fighters music to be free
| |  The back catalogues of artists on the Sony BMG record label, including Bruce Springsteen, Mark Ronson and Foo Fighters, are to be made available to listen to free on the We7 website.The site offers music downloads free of charge, with each track preceded by a short advert, which generates revenue instead of fans paying for downloads. The adverts disappear from each music 30 days from the download date.Sony BMG have pledged to make over 250,000 tracks in its back catalogue, including music by the aforementioned acts and the likes of The Hoosiers and The Ting Tings, available on the site, reports The Guardian.However, the tracks will not be available to download, as others available on the service are. Instead they will be streamed in full while a user is online. The label hopes that after listening to the full track streams users will buy downloads of the songs. Source: nme.com |
Minggu, 02 Maret 2008
Will.i.am drops second Obama video
| |  William of the Black Eyed Peas released a second star-studded video today (February 29) in tribute to US Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama.The black-and-white video features a montage of celebrities including Macy Gray, Jessica Alba, Ryan Phillippe and George Lopez stating why they support the candidate, backed by a chorus of voices chanting "Obama". Vocalists sing, "We can change the world" to a melody written by William, who makes an appearance in the video, saying "This is my America, your America, our America." This is the second video the Black Eyed Peas frontman has created for the candidate. Last month he released another star-studded video entitled 'Yes We Can', which has received more than five million hits on YouTube alone.To check out the video,visit WeAreTheOnesSong.com. This report is provided by nme.com |
Sabtu, 01 Maret 2008
Two-Thirds Of The Jam Reuniting For Tour
Red Hot Chili Peppers plan tour with Kanye West
And they reveal more about their new LP
Red Hot Chili Peppers are planning a US tour with Kanye West for later this year.
Pearl Jam-led Lollapalooza announces initial lineup
Along with previously announced headliner Pearl Jam (music), Lollapalooza (music) will host 130 bands August 3-5 at Chicago's Grant Park.Topping the list of performers are Modest Mouse (music), Iggy and the Stooges, My Morning Jacket (music), Interpol, Daft Punk, Ben Harper, Muse, and Lolla founder Perry Farrell's new band, Satellite Party. Pearl Jam's festival-closing set is expected to be that band's only US show this year. The initial lineup is listed below.Lollapalooza, formerly a traveling festival, successfully reinvented itself in 2005 as a multi-day event anchored in the Windy City. Event organizers have since made a deal to remain at Grant Park through 2011.In addition to music on nine stages, the event will offer Kidzapalooza for the next generation of Lolla fans, with family-oriented musicians, a hip-hop workshop, "a rock and roll petting zoo," hair and makeup styling, and a dance floor, among other things, according to organizers.Lollapalooza will also bring back Mindfield, a multimedia, interactive attraction, and introduce a new "Green Street" exhibit to promote ecological sustainability, according to the Chicago Tribune.The regular price for a three-day pass has increased to $195, but service charges have been eliminated.
Last year, Lollapalooza expanded from two to three days and reportedly drew 166,000 fans.
Lollapalooza lineup:
Pearl Jam
Daft Punk
Ben Harper & the Innocent Criminals
Muse
Iggy and the Stooges
Queen win 'best song ever' poll
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Queen have come top in a worldwide poll to find the greatest song ever written - but UK music fans reckon Michael Jackson deserves the honour - and more besides. A new poll has been conducted in 66 different countries and translated into 20 languages, and the individual results were aggregated to discover the global list of favourites. Queen beat Britney Spears' 'Toxic' to second place in the global poll, but in the UK version, Michael Jackson's 'Billie Jean' was the top of a list includes no fewer than six other tracks by Jackson. The global top ten songs were: 1. 'We Are The Champions' - Queen Meanwhile, British voters had different ideas entirely: 1. 'Billie Jean' - Michael Jackson |
But the Brits prefer Michael Jackson.The Rolling Stones, Biography
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By the time the Rolling Stones began calling themselves the World's Greatest Rock & Roll Band in the late '60s, they had already staked out an impressive claim on the title. As the self-consciously dangerous alternative to the bouncy Merseybeat of the Beatles in the British Invasion, the Stones had pioneered the gritty, hard-driving blues-based rock & roll that came to define hard rock. With his preening machismo and latent maliciousness, Mick Jagger became the prototypical rock frontman, tempering his macho showmanship with a detached, campy irony while Keith Richards and Brian Jones wrote the blueprint for sinewy, interlocking rhythm guitars. Backed by the strong yet subtly swinging rhythm section of bassist Bill Wyman and drummer Charlie Watts, the Stones became the breakout band of the British blues scene, eclipsing such contemporaries as the Animals and Them. Over the course of their career, the Stones never really abandoned blues, but as soon as they reached popularity in the U.K., they began experimenting musically, incorporating the British pop of contemporaries like the Beatles, Kinks, and Who into their sound. After a brief dalliance with psychedelia, the Stones re-emerged in the late '60s as a jaded, blues-soaked hard rock quintet. The Stones always flirted with the seedy side of rock & roll, but as the hippie dream began to break apart, they exposed and reveled in the new rock culture. It wasn't without difficulty, of course. Shortly after he was fired from the group, Jones was found dead in a swimming pool, while at a 1969 free concert at Altamont, a concertgoer was brutally killed during the Stones' show. But the Stones never stopped going. For the next 30 years, they continued to record and perform, and while their records weren't always blockbusters, they were never less than the most visible band of their era — certainly, none of their British peers continued to be as popular or productive as the Stones. And no band since has proven to have such a broad fan base or far-reaching popularity, and it is impossible to hear any of the groups that followed them without detecting some sort of influence, whether it was musical or aesthetic. |
Offspring Start New Album
The Offspring is about halfway through their writing its next album.In a post on the band’s official website, front man Dexter Holland revealed that he, guitarist Noodles and bassist Greg Kriesel have started work on the band’s next album while drummer Atom Willard is on tour with Angels and Airwaves. No track titles were revealed.Holland also said the act’s started screening producers to work with on the act’s next effort.Written by aversion.comRadio Station Drops James Blunt
Essex FM have dropped James Blunt from their airwaves after thousands of listeners complained that they were growing weary of his music.Blunt stormed to fame less than a year ago with chart topping single You're Beautiful and a multi-million selling album called Back to Bedlam. However, 12 months on and listeners of Essex FM have seemingly grow tired of his ballads.My Chemical Romance make storming return to UK
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Kaiser Chiefs, DiS for Iceland Airwaves 2006
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First details unveiled for this year's awfully-near-the-Arctic festival of wonder Iceland's premier music festival returns in 2006 with the Kaiser Chiefs (pictured) announced as initial headliners, alongside Wolf Parade, Jenny Wilson and local SXSW heroes Jakobinarina who our scribe T. Judge picked as the highlight of last year's Airwaves. DiS is also excited to announce that this year we will be hosting our own stage during the event, the line-up of which shall be announced soon. You can expect a host of DiS-approved talent and splendid Icelandic bands and artists. Check out the following full line-up SO FAR: Kaiser Chiefs, Wolf Parade, Brazilian Girls, Jenny Wilson, Alli is Love, Apparat Organ Quartet, Benni Hemm Hemm, Dr. Spock, Ghostigital, Hermigervill, Hjαlmar, Jakobinarina, Kalli from Without Gravity, Leaves, Mammit, Mr. Silla, Mugison, Reykjavνk!, Sign.This report is provided by drownedinsound.com |
T.I. Talks About His New Album "Paper Trail"
| T.I. Talks About His New Album "Paper Trail" | |
| By Giannis Tsagarakis | Published 02/14/2008 | Music News | Unrated | |
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 As he awaits trial on gun possession charges, T.I. is speaking out about his new album "Paper Trail."The rapper recently spoke to MTV.com from his home in suburban Atlanta where he is currently on house arrest."It's a lot of bullsh-- out right now," he told MTV News via phone from Atlanta. "I'm not gonna front. I feel it's definitely about time for somebody to come back out and kick this thing back in gear. The rotation is suffering right now. I intend to do something about it. It's just a matter of when." T.I. reveals that the album's street single will be a song called "Let My Beat Pound.""That's gonna be a big record," Tip said. "It's a different record. It's a record I approached differently, and it don't sound like a typical T.I. record. It's basically about when you got your first car, one of the first things was to make sure your [sound] system was right. The love for the boomin' system. It has the sentiments of LL Cool J's 'Boomin' System,' but it kind of sounds like a Sir Mix-A-Lot [song]. It's kinda got the mood and tempo of 'Posse on Broadway,' but it's outta here." No official release date has been announced for "Paper Trail" although it is expected to hit stores in 2008. Source:hiphop-elements.com | |
Mariah Carey Embraces Einstein With New Album Title
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| By Giannis Tsagarakis | Published 02/12/2008 | Music News | Unrated | |
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Mariah Carey is still That Girl, but her album won't be titled that anymore. Bee Gees Lyrics Album: Number Ones
The U.S. vs. John Lennon
John Lennon Lyrics Album: The U.S. vs. John Lennon
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The Beatles Lyrics
Album: 1967-1970
- Strawberry Fields Forever
- Penny Lane
- Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
- With a Little Help from My Friends
- Lucy in The Sky with Diamonds
- A Day In The Life
- All You Need is Love
- I Am The Walrus
- Hello, Goodbye
- The Fool On The Hill
- Magical Mystery Tour
- Lady Madonna
- Hey Jude
- Revolution
- Back in The U.S.S.R.
- While My Guitar Gently Weeps
- Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da
- Get Back
- Don't Let Me Down
- Ballad of John and Yoko
- Old Brown Shoe
- Here Comes The Sun
- Come Together
- Something
- Octopus's Garden
- Let It Be pop!
- Across The Universe
- The Long And Winding Road
The Beatles Lyrics
Album: 1962-1966
- Love Me Do
- Please Please Me
- From Me to You
- She Loves You
- I Want to Hold Your Hand
- All My Loving
- Can't Buy Me Love
- A Hard Day's Night
- And I Love Her
- Eight Days a Week
- I Feel Fine
- Ticket to Ride
- Yesterday pop!
- Help!
- You've Got to Hide Your Love Away
- We Can Work It out
- Day Tripper
- Drive My Car
- Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)
- Nowhere Man
- Michelle
- In My Life
- Girl
- Paperback Writer
- Eleanor Rigby
- Yellow Submarine
Duffy, Rockferry
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| By Giannis Tsagarakis | Published 02/18/2008 | Music News , New Releases | Unrated | |
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 She's a kohl-eyed siren from the vicinity of the geographical elbow formed by Merseyside and north Wales. She's spent a few years getting to the point where her retro-fresh 'pop noir' got noticed. Now experienced hands are helping shape her staggering but perhaps inchoate talents. Tomorrow, surely, belongs to her.But that's enough about Candie Payne. Say hello to Duffy, the 23-year-old singer born Aimee-Ann Duffy who is, as countless pundits have declared, the Sound of 2008, the New Amy Winehouse, or simply the Welsh Adele.Timing is everything in pop. Last spring, Liverpudlian Payne released I Wish I Could Have Loved You More. It bristled with great tunes and Payne's cool, smoky voice, the whole thing swaddled in Dusty in Memphis-meets-Merseybeat atmos. Blimey, it even featured Mark Ronson's production. But all those (eight) months ago, La Winehouse hadn't yet gone up in a puff of crack smoke, so we didn't need a new one. Plus, spring isn't January, so no one was writing new year/new musical broom features. Payne's album did OK but little more. But Duffy, mining the same rich seam of musical history, is rocket-powered already. And propitious alignment of the media stars aside, it's not hard to hear why: Rockferry is a fantastic album of burning blue soul. In particular, 'Mercy' is a big, booming, finger-wagging sashay worthy of the Supremes. 'Syrup and Honey', with its monochrome echoes of 'I Can't Help Falling in Love With You', is a ballad you can imagine Elvis singing. 'Hanging on Too Long' is a melodramatic belter easily the equal of anything on Back to Black The magical aura is reinforced by bafflement: how did this shy and fluttery woman-girl, from a remote, Welsh-speaking part of the country, arrive so fully formed, channelling the sounds of far-off Memphis and decades-gone Detroit? Well, it's not quite been a natural-born breeze: Duffy has been working on Rockferry for almost four years. She's co-written with producer Bernard Butler (Sixties-obsessed ex-Suede guitarist), Jimmy Hogarth (a KT Tunstall collaborator), Eg White (Ivor Novello-winning scribe for Will Young) and Steve Booker (who's written for everyone from Natalie Imbruglia to Marti Pellow; Lindsay Lohan to the Bratz dolls). And before she arrived at this retro-chic sound, Duffy was a contestant on the Welsh incarnation of X Factor, resulting in her releasing an album and an EP. On the latter (released under the name Aimee Duffy and available from iTunes), she's a mix between Evanescence and Clannad. She had a yellow-blonde feather-cut then, not a peroxide-white beehive. Her official biog - and most of her interviews - don't mention this step along the way.Brilliantly, though, on Rockferry you can't hear the joins. The closing track, 'Distant Dreamer', is an epic, orchestral stab of longing. A young Welsh woman channelling the Walker Brothers? Now that's clever. | |
The Verve Books Spring U.S. Shows
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"This is a very special band, with four incredibly talented people," Summers says. "They made three great albums before. And they're going to make another great album now. There's a bit of magic when the four of them come together." Here are the Verve's U.S. tour dates: April 25: Indio, Calif. (Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival) |
The Verve has scheduled its first U.S. shows in nearly a decade in conjunction with its late April appearance at the Coachella festival in Indio, Calif. The group will play in Las Vegas on April 26 and in New York on April 28-29.The reunited U.K. rock outfit has also slated a handful of summer European festival appearances, including June 29 at Glastonbury and July 11 at T in the Park in Ireland.The setup for the Verve's as-yet-untitled fourth EMI album, tentatively due in June, is less clear. The first new music from the Richard Ashcroft-led act, a 14-minute jam dubbed "The Thaw Session," was released as a free download last October.In January, manager Jazz Summers, CEO of Big Life, was one of several artist managers to voice concerns over the new EMI regime's ability to handle big releases. Also up in the air is the Verve's status in the States, where the band is unsigned.Parlophone managing director Miles Leonard tells Billboard the Verve is "currently writing only," and neither he nor Summers would comment on whether the situation with EMI had been resolved.The band's last album, 1997's "Urban Hymns," has global sales of 8 million, according to Big Life, more than 1.34 million of which were in the States, according to Nielsen SoundScan.Chris Martin: 'Not Everyone Will Like Our New Album'
| |  Chris Martin says that Coldplay’s impending new album, due out this May, is so different to their first three that he’s fully aware “everyone might not like it.”The band are currently busy putting the finishing touches to the record in North London with the legendary Brian Eno, and, speaking from the studio, they made it explicit that this album should be treated as a separate entity to their other works.Guitarists Jonny Buckland explains: "We felt like the first three albums were a trilogy, and we finished that. So we wanted to do something different." The Rolling Stone, who carried out the interview, describe the album as ‘darker’ and it deals with ‘themes of loneliness and death.’ Frontman Chris Martin admitted that there is more depth to this album than previous ventures: "Whether or not it's good, we certainly started to use more colours. It's impossible to please everybody, and it took us a while to learn that. It's just the freedom to say, 'Everyone might not like this. We're into it at the moment, so let's just get it done.'" Reflecting upon Brian Eno’s involvement, Buckland continued that he brought in some quite basic but highly influential changes, such as taking more breaks."It wasn't so much that he brings like a sound or something to it. He brings lots of ideas about everything, even down to like how we structured our day," he said.Tracks that appear on the as-yet-untitled new album include ‘Cemeteries of London’, ‘Reign Of Love’, ‘Life In Technicolor’ and ‘Death and All His Friends.’ Source: gigwise.com |
Kat DeLuna Sinks Her Claws Into Akon For 9 Lives Re-Release
| |  If at first you don't succeed, just add Akon.It worked for Gwen Stefani when the No Doubt frontwoman's sophomore set slumped out of the gate, critically and commercially. Her Akon-assisted second single, "The Sweet Escape," propelled the album, and the title track eventually reached the top spot on Billboard's Pop 100 chart.Now it's Latin pop singer Kat DeLuna who is turning to the Senegalese star for a boost. 'Kon just signed on to executive-produce her debut album, 9 Lives, which is set to be re-released later this spring.DeLuna recently filmed videos for the first single, "Run the Show." The Latin version is set to feature reggaeton star Don Omar meanwhile, the English version will feature Busta Rhymes, who spilled the news about Akon's role in the project. DeLuna's management also confirmed Akon's involvement as executive producer to MTV News."He gave me the call," Busta told MTV News recently from the "Run the Show" video set. "I saw the video she did for ['Whine Up'] with Elephant Man, and I like the joint she did with him, and I'm also a fan of Elephant. So at the end of the day, once they sent me the song, it really doesn't take too much for me, I just got to like the record genuinely at this stage in my career. It ain't about nothing more than me just genuinely liking what I'm a part of at this point. I liked the record and I liked her energy. She just seemed like she really enjoys what she's doing. I like to get behind things that look like it has that real star quality. She seems like she's gonna be around for a while.""I introduce a bit more of the hip-hop Kat," she explained. "It's still keeping it Latin, but the hip-hop Kat with ... a little bit of singing." source:mtv.com |
Sarah McLachlan brings baby with her to charity gig in Toronto
| |  For Vancouver-based recording star Sarah McLachlan, life on the road these days involves just as much play time in the playpen as on stage."I have my eight-month-old," the Grammy-winning chanteuse said pointing to a playpen in her green room at the Air Canada Centre, where she was to perform Thursday evening at the One Night Live concert in support of Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre."My 5 1/2-year-old's in school and does not like being taken out of school. This is not a good environment for her - she'd just be yelling at me all day, 'I'm bored!"'McLachlan has two children - India Ann Sushil Sood born in 2002, and Taja Summer Sood, born last June.Taja accompanied her superstar mom on the plane ride from Vancouver to Toronto and, despite a 3 1/2-hour delay on the tarmac, was an angel, said McLachlan."She was fantastic," the singer-songwriter said in the interview before the concert."She had three naps on the plane and just slept and laughed and slept. You know, you bring an infant into business class and everybody, you can just see them all going, 'Ugh,' and I said, 'She's really good, it'll be OK!"' McLachlan was to hit the stage with her good friend Josh Groban, Bryan Adams, Jann Arden and RyanDan at the concert, which has raised $12 million for Sunnybrook hospital's women and babies program.McLachlan said it's a cause that she closely identifies with after going through 21 hours of "hard back labour" with her first child and having a caesarean section with her second at B.C Women's Hospital and Health Centre."I understand the need to have a really good facility, in particular for high-risk babies and just to give mothers and babies every opportunity to get the best foot forward, and so I think this is a really good unit that they're building," said the multi-platinum artist, who is married to drummer Ashwin Sood. Groban, too, feels deeply for the cause."I wanted to be here because the women and babies program is a cause that is very close to my heart and that is supporting the development of healthy children around the world," Groban said at an afternoon news conference announcing the private donation of $8 million from a Toronto couple for the construction of two new floors for the Sunnybrook program."My foundation (the Josh Groban Foundation), based out of Los Angeles, does much of the same thing and ... I believe that for children to grow up healthy with a good education it's essential for them to have the best possible start in life," said the L.A. popera star, who was discovered by renowned Canadian music producer David Foster.Aubrey and Marla Dan, who used Sunnybrook hospital for the birth of their premature girl 15 years ago, donated the money for the new facilities, which will include a new birthing unit and neonatal intensive care unit and is expected to be completed by 2010. Aubrey Dan, a theatre producer, heads Dancap Productions in Toronto.McLachlan, who has done countless concerts and events for various charities, doesn't plan on having any more children. "I'm done," she laughed."I'm 40 now and I know emotionally and physically just what I'm capable of and what I'm capable of giving - and knowing the expectations, knowing what's needed from me, this is what I can manage and do a really good job at. Who knows, maybe I'll adopt another kid in 10 years, maybe I'll have some second wind in my late 40s or early 50s, but right now I'm pretty damn tired." With a part-time nanny and a scaled-back career, McLachlan is now focusing on her family, charity projects and a greatest hits album. The project will have some new songs, she said, which keeps her writing every day - sometimes with little Taja by her side."She, unlike my first (child), likes it when I play piano," she said with a smile."And I have a little baby piano beside mine and I sit Taja there and you have to hold her because she's still only eight months old but she just plays and plays and plays and she loves it." via: jam.canoe.ca |
Daughter of Rap Star Juvenile Murdered
| |  The four-year-old daughter of former Cash Money Records rapper Juvenile was murdered last night. Her 17-year-old brother, has been charged with the murder, along with slaughtering his mother and 11-year-old sister in the Gwinnett County section of Georgia.According to TMZ, Anthony Tyrone Terrell Jr. allegedly went on a killing spree murdering 11-year-old Micaiah, 39-year-old Joy Deleston, and four-year-old Jelani.According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Terrell implicated himself in the killings, going so far as to tell police where he stashed the gun. His mother worked as a Gwinnett deputy for 7 years and moonlighted as an actress in local films."We do not have a motive at this time," Officer David Schiralli, spokesman for the Gwinnett County Sheriff's Department, told the AJC.Terrell, a sophomore at Central Gwinnett High School, was charged with three counts of murder and three counts of aggravated assault and is being held at DeKalb County Jail. This report is provided by vibe.com |
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