If you haven’t seen or heard Naturally7, now’s the time to youtube them! You need to see it to believe it! With no instruments these guys can make the sounds of any band. In support of the 2010 Winter Olympics, N7 recreated “The Hockey Theme” for Canada’s Hockey Anthems Sounds of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games album. Here is the video to prove to you, 7 voices, no intruments, totally awesome.
In an interview with Dose.ca, Hot Chip’s Alexis Taylor talks about writing “realistic” love songs and the play-on-words in the title of the techo-soul group’s third album, One Life Stand.
In one week, Lady Antebellum grab a Grammy (Best Country Performance By A Duo or Group With Vocals), debut at #1 on the Billboard top 200 & score the #2 spot in Canada on Neilsen Soundscan Top Albums Chart!
Thier sophmore album, “Need You Now” has been getting rave reviews all across North America!
Check out this one from USA TODAY: “Charles Kelley’s whiskey-rough and Hillary Scott’s honey-sweet voices mix like a drink that goes down warm and smooth…In a town where song is king, records don’t often sound this good.”
Plants and Animals are Warren C. Spicer, Matthew ‘the Woodman’ Woodley, and Nicolas Basque, the product of a musical three-way between two boyhood friends from Canada’s East Coast, and a French-Canadian. Full of analog warmth, their music sounds instantly familiar, as though it could have been made in 1972, while also somehow feeling undeniably recent and raw. (more…)
Genre-smashing musical pioneers Goldfrapp announce their brand new album ‘Head First’ to be released through Mute/EMI Music Canada on March 23, 2010. This will be preceded by the fantastic new single ‘Rocket’ on March 9th.
‘Head First’ is Goldfrapp’s most powerful trip to date, a speedy rush of synth optimism, euphoria, fantasy and romance. With life-affirming lyrics and stellar production, it lifts off at full tilt and takes us on a journey to the heart of 2010.
The duo’s fifth album, ‘Head First’ is written and produced by band-mates Alison Goldfrapp and Will Gregory and was recorded throughout 2009 in Bath and in London.
Fizzy with inspiration, the brand new single ‘Rocket’ is a goose-bump brilliant tune destined to float out of radios across the land.
The diversity, ambition and direction of the new album highlights Goldfrapp as true agenda-setters and modern British musical icons. ‘Head First’ follows the critically acclaimed ‘Seventh Tree’, which saw the NME describe Goldfrapp as ‘having done the seemingly impossible and become even more fantasy fabulous’ and as ‘sublime, anthemic pop’ by The Independent. ‘Head First’ is the latest in a brilliantly consistent body of work - from the captivating electronic balladry of Mercury-nominated debut ‘Felt Mountain’ and its distorted-dancefloor follow-up, ‘Black Cherry’ to the glitterball glamour of ‘Supernature’ which came out in summer 2005 and went on to sell over a million copies worldwide.
Goldfrapp will take ‘Head First’ on tour later in 2010 - following the massive acclaim for both the Supernature and Seventh Tree tours and festival appearances around the world, Goldfrapp have underlined their reputation as one of the most transcendent and inventive live bands around.
Multi-platinum hip hop icon Snoop Dogg is readying the release of his tenth studio album, “Malice N Wonderland,” due out on December 8th, courtesy of EMI’s newly re-launched Priority Records, where he also serves as Creative Chairman. Fans can log on to Snoop’s MySpace page to exclusively hear the album in its entirety. In preparation for the milestone album, Snoop will be performing his newest single, “I Wanna Rock,” on the hit show So You Think You Can Dance tonight. (more…)
Fueled by hit single “Check My Brain,” currently No. 1 on both the Billboard Top Rock Songs and Alternative Charts and No. 5 on both the Canadian Rock and Modern Rock Radio Charts, new ALICE IN CHAINS album BLACK GIVES WAY TO BLUE (Virgin/EMI) entered the Canadian Soundscan Top 200 Albums Chart at No. 4 and Billboard’s Top 200 Albums Chart at No. 5.
The debut comes amidst a flurry of activity surrounding the band, including heavy radio and video, a sold-out U.S. buzz tour, and back-to-back performances on “Jimmy Kimmel Live” last Tuesday and Wednesday. (more…)
Sound the trumpets, let the cymbals ring out, here’s another Charles Aznavour, a new Aznavour, an Aznavour recalling the early Aznavour, before he had started singing. Who hadn’t yet found his voice, who composed songs for others.
The songs he wrote for others had a jazzy feel, a furiously jazzy feel, a sincerely jazzy feel. Here, refuting rumours of retirement in brilliant style, he’s coming back with a bang. Not singing new songs. Singing his songs differently. Which is bolder than you might think, not only at the age of 85, because the punters, of all sexes, colours and ages, all know his great classics off by heart, inside out and upside down. Great classics are untouchable, with their inflexions, orchestrations, guitar licks, a waltz with a violin, you can’t change songs at the drop of a hat. (more…)
The last installment of this year’s deluxe, remastered, expanded and altogether awesome Beastie Boys catalogue reissues has been confirmed: The multi-platinum 1998 opus Hello Nasty will be given the 2-CD/vinyl box set/multi-format treatment featuring 21 bonus tracks and rarities, including 10 never before released items (tracks/skits). Pre-order/digital release began on Tuesday, September 15th at www.beastieboys.com, and will be followed by a September 22 physical release on Capitol/EMI.
Preceded by the universal smash “Intergalactic,” Hello Nasty crashed into the #1 position of charts worldwide upon its July 1998 release, with first week sales of nearly 700,000 in the U.S. alone. Buoyed by the launch of the 360 in the round tour, Hello Nasty would yield B Boys classics “Body Movin’,” “Three MCs and One DJ,” “Remote Control,” “Super Disco Breakin’” and more, win two Grammys, see the band presented with an MTV Video Vanguard lifetime achievement award, and ultimately sell some 7 million copies worldwide.
Hello Nasty will be available in a variety of configurations, ranging from a digital download of the original album and b-sides to a 43-track 2-CD set, to a limited edition deluxe package of four 180-gram vinyl LPs featuring the deluxe remastered album, 21 bonus tracks and rarities, and Hello Nasty Collectors Edition PATCH in an 8-panel gatefold package enclosed in a hardcover “coffee table book” case. The deluxe vinyl version will be strictly limited to 1500 pieces.
For a full rundown of configurations and combinations thereof, please see BeastieBoys.com.
In other news, the classic Spike Jonze/Nathanial Hornblower video interpretation of “Sabotage” finally received its due at this weekend’s 2009 MTV Music Video Awards, where it was awarded Best Video (That Should Have Won A Moonman) honours. Beastie Boys historians will no doubt recall the fracas that ensued when “Sabotage” was robbed at the 1994 VMAs, prompting Adam “MCA” Yauch’s intoxicated uncle to rush the stage and demand a recount.
Following up on their incredibly successful sophomore release, A Beautiful Lie, multi-platinum rock band Thirty Seconds To Mars are hard at work on their highly anticipated upcoming record, THIS IS WAR (EMI’s Virgin Records) set to hit on November 24. The album was produced by Flood (U2, Depeche Mode, Nine Inch Nails), Steve Lillywhite (The Rolling Stones, U2) and Thirty Seconds To Mars. First single “Kings and Queens” at modern rock radio early next month. (more…)
Multi-platinum hip hop icon Snoop Dogg is readying the release of his tenth studio album, “Malice N Wonderland,” due out on December 8th, courtesy of EMI’s newly re-launched Priority Records, where he also serves as Creative Chairman. Fans can log on to 
Fueled by hit single “Check My Brain,” currently No. 1 on both the Billboard Top Rock Songs and Alternative Charts and No. 5 on both the Canadian Rock and Modern Rock Radio Charts, new ALICE IN CHAINS album 
Sound the trumpets, let the cymbals ring out, here’s another Charles Aznavour, a new Aznavour, an Aznavour recalling the early Aznavour, before he had started singing. Who hadn’t yet found his voice, who composed songs for others.
Following up on their incredibly successful sophomore release, A Beautiful Lie, multi-platinum rock band Thirty Seconds To Mars are hard at work on their highly anticipated upcoming record, THIS IS WAR (EMI’s Virgin Records) set to hit on November 24. The album was produced by Flood (U2, Depeche Mode, Nine Inch Nails), Steve Lillywhite (The Rolling Stones, U2) and Thirty Seconds To Mars. First single “Kings and Queens” at modern rock radio early next month.