The artist has been described numerous times as a rapper who sprinkles folk, country, blues and rock into his highly-stylized sound. Few people know that he is a Rockies fan. “I’m really pulling for those Rockies,” he says, getting nostalgic for his first love just days before Boston would make quick work of Colorado. “Besides, who wants to see a completely lopsided World Series anyway?”. But baseball is of lesser importance and what concerns us…
There are very few experiences which could be marked as an experience lived just once. Music is meant to speak to the heard regardless of genre or age or religion or those things. So it is lovely to hear about the kind of concert which is going to be held tonight in Halifax. A vocal group from New York is going to sing the songs, which were found in a medieval book of Gregorian chants…
So far it’s been a busy and fulfilling year for Sheffield homeboy Richard Hawley, releasing what seems to be one of the best records of the year once with his fifth solo album Lady’s Bridge. Hawley’s hometown of Sheffield is a key thematic element on Lady’s Bridge. As with the mythical Sheffield lovers meeting place, Coles Corner, Hawley’s new album is named after another local landmark. “Lady’s Bridge is the oldest bridge in the city,”…
A while back, we reported news about a very neat initiative from behalf of electro duo [tag]Daft Punk[/tag], in which you, the fan and spectator, were given the chance to film their summer Keyspan Park on Coney Island fantastic live show, with the footage to be used in a grand video. Almost 250 video recordings were gathered and only the very bits and pieces were selected, edited and put together in a remarkable fashion, the…
This week we’re getting a total mainstream bombardment, with a new release from the most popular boy band ever [tag]Backstreet Boys[/tag] with “Unbreakable” at one side and with what can be considered one of the most controversial and awaited releases of the year in the form of [tag]Britney Spears[/tag]’ latest album “Blackout,” at the other. Luckily there’s also a dose of retro, to help cope with this series of pop extravaganza, with “Long Road Out…
The Montreal base, pop punk quintet Simple Plan is set to make their long-awaited comeback into the mainstream next week, once with the release of their first single 2 years: “When I’m Gone.” The single’s world premiere will take place online at the band’s website www.simpleplan.com, on October 29 6pm EDT/3pm PD and will see the Canadians divulging exclusive details of their upcoming new album and taking questions from die-hard fans around the world.
Here’s a sweet upbeat track, perfect to startoff your dizzy mornings, from hip-hop soul queen [tag]Mary J Blige[/tag], with a equally invigorating video as well. Impressive CGI and props on MJB, who’s actually dressed up in like 20 different versions. All in all great video, grats to her team. Take that Mary J. haters !
Your favorite prehistoric rock band, [tag]Queens of the Stone Age[/tag], has just finished it’s short Canadian trek, but being the traveling sort they don’t plan on resting any time soon as they’ll soon embark on their European tour. Yesterday a pretty weird press release, announced that Josh Homme and co. will play 1 mile underground in a therapeutic German salt mine.
[tag]Jay-Z[/tag] is not retiring again. Or he is not retiring. In fact he went to Brooklyn to give fans an early listen to some of the music on his upcoming album, “American Gangster.” Jay-Z, along with a full band, performed several tracks from the album inspired by the upcoming Denzel Washington-Russell Crowe flick. “American Gangster,” in theatres Nov. 2, chronicles the rise and fall of notorious Harlem drug lord Frank Lucas. The artist said that…
[tag]Ozzy Osbourne[/tag] is a veritable heavy metal titan that has been making music for forty years and he is the undisputel prince of darkness. That is what some think. Others think that he is just a man reduced to a pop culture punchline by years of overindulging and the embarrassing spectre of that MTV reality show. The White Zombie frontman Rob Zombie is giving him a run for his money in the creepy weirdo department;…
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