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Wednesday, 09 May 2007 |
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WE've got here another music video. Another touching video. Augustana - Boston. Enjoy!
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Red Hot Chilli Peppers - Part II |
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Tuesday, 08 May 2007 |
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 Today we would continue in talking abour RHCP.
George Clinton was selected to produce the next Red Hot Chili Peppers album, Freaky Styley. Clinton successfully fused various elements of punk and funk into the band's repertoire, allowing the Chili Peppers to be musically diverse and varied, meeting their fruition. Compared to Andy Gill, Clinton was not only undemanding to work with, but believed in the band from the moment production began. Released on August 16, 1985, Freaky Styley, as its predecessor, saw little to no commercial viability. It failed to mark any impression on any chart, whatsoever, and the resulting tour was unproductive and financially futile.
Cliff Martinez departed from the group in the summer of 1986, and the band temporarily hired Chuck Biscuits to finish the tour. Jack Irons, out of work and finally separated from another commitment, rejoined the group, shocking Anthony, Flea, and Hillel. The band chose Michael Beinhorn to produce their next album. Songs began to form quickly, and the album's shape came within sight; it would blend the same funk rhythm and feel as Freaky Styley had, but also take a harder more immediate approach to punk rock and funk metal. Having all four original members allowed for creativity to flow, and flourish.
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Monday, 07 May 2007 |
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And we've got here one cool Red Hot Chilli Peppers music video. Can't stop. Enjoy!
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CD review: Our Earthly Pleasures |
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Monday, 07 May 2007 |
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They said it couldn’t be done, but Maximo Park’s Paul Smith has invented a new rock-star hairstyle: the bad literary comb-over. Bravo, Master Smith. He’s a poet of the people in the classic Brit-pop style – his funny thrift-store suits, his strong Newcastle accent, his habit of whipping out a book to read onstage. On Our Earthly Pleasures, he comes off like a young John Cleese playing Morrissey, singing, "When it comes to girls, I’m mostly hypothetical/If I list their names, it’s purely alphabetical." The U.K. indie band’s second album has beefed-up sound (from Pixies producer Gil Norton) and increasingly brilliant, not-at-all-pretentious gems like "Girls Who Play Guitars," "Russian Literature" and "Karaoke Plays." Whether he’s rocking out ("Our Velocity") or breaking down ("Nosebleed"), Smith sings every line like his girlfriend is downstairs loading her boxes of books into her new boyfriend’s car. And if he misses the books more than he misses her, that’s just part of his charm. |
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Sunday, 06 May 2007 |
 The best thing to hit YouTube in the past few weeks is Sad Kermit singing Nine Inch Nails' "Hurt." Everybody's favorite Muppet amphibian strums an acoustic guitar, warbling Trent Reznor's classic ballad of self-loathing to a montage of scenes illustrating his degradation: Kermit shooting up, Kermit passed out in a pile of beer cans and pill bottles, Kermit blowing rails off a copy of The God Delusion near a topless photo of Miss Piggy. By the end of the song, Kermit's going down on Rowlf, who brandishes a leather whip. "You can have it all, my empire of dirt," Kermit sings, and you feel his froggy pain. It works because Kermit and Trent aren't so far apart -- they're both sweet and sad and vulnerable, behind a brittle formal pose. On Sad Kermit's MySpace page, he sings an even bleaker NIN song -- "Something I Can Never Have" -- but I don't know if I'm strong enough to take that one. |
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Pixie: Introducing Pixie! |
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Friday, 04 May 2007 |
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Pixie Lott has always had a strong passion for music and soulful singing and wants to bring it to those who share the same passion. At a young age she has always known what she wanted to become, and is overwhelmed by the opportunity she has been given. At 11 she gained a scholarship to the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts to further her skills of singing, dancing and acting. She has had experience on the television for the BBC, and the West End stage. She is 15 years of age and in June 2006 was signed by L.A Reid at Island Def Jam Records in New York. She is in the process of recording her first album, hopefully to be released later this year. She is enjoying songwriting, playing the piano and co-writing some tracks on her album. She cannot wait for the release date and live performances - the dream turns to reality. |
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Peter, Bjorn & John - Young Folks |
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Friday, 04 May 2007 |
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Today we've got here song from swedish indie band Peter Bjorn and John. The melody from the beginning stucked in my head for first few day I heard it so I decided to share it with you. Peter Bjorn and John - Young Folks. Enjoy!
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Red Hot Chili Peppers - Part I |
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Thursday, 03 May 2007 |
 Red Hot Chili Peppers are a multiple Grammy Award-winning American rock band, formed in Los Angeles, California in 1983. For the majority of their 24 years as a band, they have mainly consisted of, Anthony Kiedis (vocals), John Frusciante (guitar), Michael "Flea" Balzary (bass), and Chad Smith (drums).
Throughout their career, the band has fused various elements of punk rock, funk, heavy metal, alternative, and rap. They hold the record for most number one singles on the Billboard Modern Rock Chart with 11, and has held a record of 81 weeks at number one.
Inconsistent and unstable lineups have influenced the band's music, style and success throughout the nine studio recordings they have produced. The band originally featured Hillel Slovak on guitar and Jack Irons on drums. After Slovak died of a heroin overdose, Irons resigned, and they were replaced with guitarist John Frusciante and Chad Smith. With the band, Frusciante assisted in propelling the foursome's once turbulent musical career into a successful and popular affair. Their second album together (fifth collectively), 1991's Blood Sugar Sex Magik, has since gone multi-platinum in numerous countries, and become an international sensation selling over 12 million copies, being labeled one of the most influential albums of all time. However, during the process, Frusciante became uncomfortable with the new found success of the band, abruptly parting from the group in the late summer of 1992. The Chili Peppers thus employed former Jane's Addiction guitarist, Dave Navarro for their subsequent album, One Hot Minute. Released in 1995, it failed to meet the recognition which Blood Sugar Sex Magik saw, and, as a result, sold roughly 5 million units, less than half of its predecessor; vast creative differences between him and the rest of the band caused Navarro to be fired from the Peppers not long after. |
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A Rock Festival Whose Hallmark Is Taste |
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Thursday, 03 May 2007 |
 INDIO, Calif., April 30 — The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival may have to start sharpening its identity.
It began in 1999 as a rock festival with taste — one that made a point of going deep in bringing together the bigger alternative-rock acts with dance music, and particularly bent itself toward white America’s leisure class. And right after the looting and burning at Woodstock ’99, Coachella seemed remarkably safe and conscientiously run.
It still is. And Coachella still has taste, that elusive thing. With 122 different sets across five stages this year, it still managed to go fairly deep into new or cult-music territory. This year’s festival, which ran through the weekend, has grown more than twice as big as it was in the first year, with a third day added and daily crowds of 50,000 to 60,000. |
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Sum 41: LA Fans - Come Be In The New Video! |
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Thursday, 03 May 2007 |
Hey Goons,
We are looking for fans in and around the LA area to be in our new music video for Underclass Hero. Any fans who come out to the shoot will earn a ticket to see us perform at an exclusive concert just for them to be held in the very near future!
The video shoot is set for the night of May 7th. You must be 18 or over with photo ID and live in the general Los Angeles vicinity. Please email us at
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if you'd like to attend. We'll write back with more information.
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On Tuesday night at Town Hall, Ben Gibbard thanked his fans for coming to see him, and then he went further. “I know there’s a lot of stuff going on in town, especially with the Arcade Fire show tonight,” he said. For a moment, one of indie-rock’s most popular singer-songwriters sounded a little bit like a flight attendant: He knew we had our choice of concerts, and he thanked us for choosing his. (Somehow he refrained from wishing us a pleasant stay in New York, or wherever our final destination might be.)