Jonas Brothers Keep It Real – Music Video
Sep 11, 2009 Album, Jonas Brothers, New Single, Song, Video, YouTube
Jonas Brothers “Keep It Real” Music Video
From The New Album Lines, Vines and Trying Times
Featuring Footage From JONAS
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Superstar Janet Jackson has joined the Twitter craze and is already plugging her new movie and album
Aug 12, 2009 Album, Janet Jackson, Michael Jackson, Movies
The sister of tragic music legend Michael Jackson says she’s been filming new Tyler Perry film Why Did I Get Married Too, which is due out next year.
Janet, who has gathered more than 43,000 Twitter followers in her first week, also says she’s excited to work on her new album.
Source: Splash News
Tags: Album, dead, Drugs, Janet Jackson, king pop, legend, Michael, movie, sister, tragic, Twitter
Michael Jackson’s Last Rehearsal to Become Album
Jul 2, 2009 Album, Michael Jackson
Reports are saying that Michael Jackson’s final rehearsal the night before his death may be released as a posthumous album. The rehearsal, which included a spectacular display of dancers, musicians and aerial performers for the late King of Pop’s London O2 residency, was held at the Staples Center in Los Angeles and was recorded in HD on several different cameras with the sound digitally recorded as well. While the singer had missed several of the scheduled rehearsals before, he made it to the final one the night before he died. AEG Live could lose millions over the cancelled shows but the release of Michael’s final evening could compensate for the loss as fans rush to get some memorabilia.
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Green Day Premieres Video for New Single “21 Guns”
Jun 22, 2009 Album, Green Day, Music, Music Bands, Song, Teen Choice Awards, Video
Green Day has just premiered the video for their new single, “21 Guns,” exclusively on MySpace Music. The video was helmed by noted director Marc Webb, who has lensed clips for such artists as My Chemical Romance, Weezer, and All-American Rejects, and is making his feature film directorial debut in July with (500) Days of Summer.
“21 Guns” is the second single from the band’s latest album 21st Century Breakdown, which debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Top 200 chart, as well as on the Rock, Active Rock, and Alternative charts, fueled by the Alternative radio No. 1 single “Know Your Enemy.” 21st Century Breakdown, which Rolling Stone has called “a rock opera in which the rock always comes first,” also topped the charts in 24 countries including the UK, Canada, and Japan.
Over the past month, Green Day has continued to work with MySpace Music for the promotion of 21st Century Breakdown. During the week of the album’s release, they played an exclusive concert in New York City which was filmed for the site’s premiere online concert program, The List. The performance can now be seen on The List’s official MySpace profile.
This year’s show will take place at the Gibson Amphitheatre in Los Angeles on Sunday, August 9th, and air the next day, Monday, August 10th, on FOX at 8 p.m. ET/PT. Fans can vote for Green Day at http://www.teenchoiceawards.com/.
Green Day, which is singer-guitarist Billie Joe Armstrong, bassist Mike Dirnt, and drummer Tre Cool, are preparing to launch their first proper tour of the United States and Canada in more than three years. The tour runs from July 3rd through August 25th. Please visit http://www.greenday.com/ for more details.
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Black Eyed Peas First #1 Album And Highest Sales Week Ever
Jun 19, 2009 Album, Black Eyed Peas, Video
Black Eyed Peas ‘The E.N.D.’ Lands At #1 On The Billboard 200 Chart
Black Eyed Peas’ “The E.N.D.” bows at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, selling 304,000 — the hip-pop act’s best sales week ever. It’s also the first No. 1 album for the group, which had previously gone as high as No. 2. Its last set, 2005’s “Monkey Business,” bowed in the runner-up slot with a then-best 291,000. It had the unfortunate luck to come out the same week as Coldplay’s “X&Y,” which kept the Peas’ at bay when it started at No. 1 with 737,000. via Billboard.com
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Dave Matthews Band Release Big Whiskey
Jun 5, 2009 Album, Dave Matthews Band, Tracklist
Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King, the Dave Matthews Band’s first studio album in four years, will be released on June 2nd by RCA Records. On Friday, June 5th, Dave Matthews Band will perform on NBC’s “TODAY” show on Rockefeller Plaza, marking the first morning television appearance in the band’s career.
With its celebratory spirit and lyrical ruminations on fragile mortality, the album pays tribute to saxophonist LeRoi Moore, the band’s fallen partner. Moore passed away in the summer of 2008 while the group was on tour and midway through making the album. “When Roi died, it shook the whole band and left us saying, ‘What do we do now?’” recalls Matthews. “We knew that first of all, we had to finish this record that he was already in love with. So all of us went back in with the attitude ‘We can’t mess around with this one, because this one is an ode.”
When the remaining members regrouped in a New Orleans, LA studio in early 2009 to complete the album, they found they were able to integrate much of the material Moore had recorded during their 2008 sessions in Charlottesville, VA and Seattle, WA. “It’s so powerful to have Roi here with us for one last time on an album,” says violin player Boyd Tinsley. Guitarist Tim Reynolds, trumpeter Rashawn Ross and saxophonist Jeff Coffin also played on the album and will join the band on tour.
Produced by Rob Cavallo (Green Day, My Chemical Romance), Big Whiskey has been hailed by Rolling Stone as the group’s “heaviest album yet, both musically and emotionally,” which went on to note: “Throughout, Carter Beauford beats out elaborate, propulsive groves; bassist Stefan Lessard lays down Flea-style funk bass lines; violinist Boyd Tinsley plays cresting, intense runs; and Matthews mirrors Moore’s saxophone lines with scatlike singing.” Billboard, in a cover story on Dave Matthews Band, praised Big Whiskey
Matthews created all of the artwork for Big Whiskey, including the richly detailed cover illustration that puts a GrooGrux spin on New Orleans’ traditional Mardi Gras parades while evoking the joy and the sorrow expressed in the album’s songs. Matthews has designed logos and other elements in the past, but this is the first time he has created the entire packaging for a Dave Matthews Band album. For a limited time, fans can have fun unscrambling the cover at aveMatthewsBand.com.
Big Whiskey is the follow-up to 2005’s Stand Up, the fourth consecutive Dave Matthews Band studio album to enter The Billboard 200 at No. 1. It will be available in three versions: standard, deluxe (with Scenes from Big Whiskey, a documentary on the making of the album) and super-deluxe, which includes bonus tracks, a photo book and lithographs in addition to the CD and documentary. Check out www.Billboard.com for an exclusive preview of footage from Scenes from Big Whiskey.
The track listing for Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King is as follows:
1. Grux
2. Shake Me Like A Monkey
3. Funny The Way It Is
4. Lying In The Hands Of God
5. Why I Am
6. Dive In
7. Spaceman
8. Squirm
9. Alligator Pie (Cockadile)
10. Seven
11. Time Bomb
12. My Baby Blue
13. You and Me
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Dave Matthews Band Release New Track
May 22, 2009 Album, Dave Matthews Band, Music, Music Bands, Music Videos, YouTube
Dave Matthews Band release second track, “Shake Me Like A Monkey,”
Fans that have purchased the Dave Matthews Band iTunes pass will get a little closer to celebrating the new album, Big Whiskey and The GrooGrux King, with a second track from the upcoming record. The exclusive download of “Shake Me Like A Monkey” from the iTunes pass is the second in a series of pre-album releases with the deluxe iTunes package. Also exclusive with the package is a behind the scenes look at the making of the album as well as unreleased b-sides, a digital artwork booklet and live music from the band’s Spring and Summer 2009 tours.
In addition to these rarities, be sure to check out the Dave Matthews Band channel on You Tube to watch the Groo Grux album artwork come alive with a fun and unique musical animation.
Dave Matthews Band’s latest album Big Whiskey and The GrooGrux King hits stores June 2nd, but is now available for pre-order with the exclusive iTunes pass! For more news, tour dates and to pre-order the album in a variety of configurations visit DaveMatthewsBand.com.
Shake Me Like A Monkey.
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Green Day’s 21st Century Breakdown Released
May 22, 2009 Album, Album Release, Green Day
First Single “Know Your Enemy” Remains No. 1 at Alternative Radio
21st Century Breakdown, Green Day’s highly-anticipated eighth studio album, was released worldwide on Friday May 15th, by Reprise Records. The album is the follow-up to 2004’s two-time Grammy Award-winning punk-rock opera American Idiot, which debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard chart, spawned five hit singles, and went on to sell more than 12 million copies worldwide.
The album’s first single, “Know Your Enemy” is already capturing the imagination of listeners across the country. It has been No. 1 at Alternative radio for three weeks and is the band’s ninth No. 1 single at the format, making them the artist with the second most No. 1’s of all-time at Alternative.
Green Day, which is singer-guitarist Billie Joe Armstrong, bassist Mike Dirnt, and drummer Tre Cool, are preparing to launch their first proper tour of the United States and Canada in more than three years. The tour begins July 3rd at Seattle’s Key Arena and will cross North America through the summer, including a July 27th stop at New York City’s Madison Square Garden, before finishing up with a show at the Forum in Los Angeles on August 25th. Please visit greenday.com for all cities, venues, and ticket on-sale dates.
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The iSouljaBoyTellem Television Takeover!
May 8, 2009 Album, Album Release, Soulja Boy, iTunes
Catch Soulja Boy Tell ‘Em turn his swag on all over your TV Sets. Set your reminders and DVRs, cause S. Beezy is set to take over!
(Check your local listings for correct times)
May 11
8:30 am – Good Day New York (Fox 5)
12:30 am – Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
May 13
6:00 pm – BET’s 106 & Park
May 15
8:30 pm – CW’s The Game
May 25
11:00 am – The View (ABC)
Also, May 8th is the last day to enter to win an outfit chosen by Soulja Boy himself courtesy of DrJays.com!
Does your swag need some serious help? Are there too many empty hangers in your closet? Do you have too many broken heels? If so, here’s your chance to really turn it up! Soulja Boy wants to help one lucky male and female turn their swag on full blast! Click on link below for more details!
http://www.drjays.com/site?class=Video&cmd=soulja&promo=home-contest-souljaboy
Go to iTunes and purchase Soulja Boy’s Sophomore Album iSouljaboytellem, featuring the hit singles “Turn My Swag On” and “Kiss Me Thru The Phone”!
Soulja Boy Tell’em
iSouljaBoyTellem – In Stores NOW!
Collipark Music/Interscope
www.tellem.tv| www.myspace.com/souljaboytellem
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Green Day Unleashes Know Your Enemy
“Know Your Enemy,” the first single from Green Day’s upcoming eighth studio album, 21st Century Breakdown, is available now. After teasing fans with a snippet of the track, the full version has finally hit iTunes for the world to hear.
21st Century Breakdown, which will be released by Reprise Records worldwide on May 15th, is the best-selling trio’s first studio album since 2004’s two-time Grammy Award-winning punk-rock opera American Idiot, which debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard chart, spawned five hit singles, and went on to sell more than 12 million copies worldwide. In a recent feature, Rolling Stone called 21st Century Breakdown “even more ambitious than American Idiot” and “a record of die-hard punk ideals…tightly scripted, continually ascending classic-rock excitement.”
Get “Know Your Enemy” now on iTunes.
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Green Day Unveil Lyrics and Making of the Video
Green Day have just released a behind-the-scenes look at their new video for “Know Your Enemy.” The clip, while short, gives a glimpse into what’s in store for fans in the forthcoming video. The Matthew Cullen (Weezer) directed video was shot in Los Angeles and will make its premiere on April 24th via 250+ MTV on-air and online outlets worldwide.
For fans that can’t wait for the video, Green Day have released the lyrics to the entire album on their official site GreenDay.com. 21st Century Breakdown hits stores May 15th.
21st Century Breakdown Tracklisting:
ACT I HEROES AND CONS
Song of the Century
21st Century Breakdown
Know Your Enemy
¡Viva La Gloria!
Before The Lobotomy
Christian’s Inferno
Last Night On Earth
ACT II CHARLATANS AND SAINTS
East Jesus Nowhere
Peacemaker
Last Of The American Girls
Murder City
?Viva La Gloria? (Little Girl)
Restless Heart Syndrome
ACT III HORSESHOES AND AND HANDGRENADES
Horseshoes and Handgrenades
The Static Age
21 Guns
American Eulogy
a) Mass Hysteria
b) Modern World
See The Light
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Akon to produce Alexandra Burke’s first album
The rapper will be producing Alexandra Burke’s very first album. Akon had this to say about working with the winner of “The X Factor”: “I’ve had calls to work with Alex and I’m going to do it. I love ‘The X Factor’ and I love helping to break new artists. To me, it’s one of the most enjoyable and important aspects of my job.” Also, Akon had this to say about Alexandra Burke’s artistic potential: “I’m taking people’s word on how good Alex is, like I did with Leona. It was a really refreshing experience working with Leona – she’s so quiet and calm.” It looks like an open and shut case, really. Akon probably has nothing to worry about how well Alexandra Burke can perform… after all she won “The X Factor”, that’s got to say something. And, in truth, best-sellers can be practically made from scratch these days.
U2 Premiere NEW Album
Feb 20, 2009 Album, Album Release, U2
Entire Album Available for Free Streaming on February 20th, Days Before Hitting Stores
MySpace Music myspace.com/music, the world’s premier online music portal, announces the exclusive world premiere of No Line On The Horizon, the new studio album from U2. Beginning on February Feb. 20th ,MySpace U.S. users will be able to stream the album in its entirety from U2’s official MySpace Music profile at www.myspace.com/u2, giving fans a chance to preview it before the U.S. release on March 3rd. No Line On The Horizon will be available for purchase on MySpace Music starting on March 3rd.
U2 recently premiered their latest video for the hit single Get On Your Boots on MySpace Music to fans around the world. No Line On The Horizon is the group’s highly anticipated 12th studio album and their first release since How to Dismantle An Atomic Bomb came out in late 2004. Recording sessions for No Line On The Horizon were held in various locations around the world, including Fez, Morocco, the band’s own studio in Dublin, New York’s Platinum Sound Recording Studios, and Olympic Studios in London. Long-time U2 collaborators Brian Eno and Danny Lanois produced the album, with additional production by Steve Lillywhite.
For more information about U2 and to stream No Line On The Horizon, visit their MySpace Music official profile at: myspace.com/u2.
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Timbaland says – too busy for new album
Jan 12, 2009 Album, Album Release, Timbaland
Super-producer Timbaland says he is to busy and has told his fans that they should not expect a new album from his stable him anytime soon.
The Apologize beat maker, some time ago confirmed that he intended to create a new album which will be a follow-up to Shock Value the 2007 hit release. But now he is saying that although he had every intention on delivering on his promise but fans not to get too excited, because completion on the project is a long way off due to all the production work he’s been taking on.
He says, “Man, I’m so in demand that people are making up albums just to try and keep up with me! What people are reading out there (about releasing a new album) is nonsense. I’m only just starting to think about Shock Value 2, just recording and putting some ideas together, so there are definitely no song titles, release date, or any other news related to the album. When Shock Value 2 finally does exist in the real world, everybody’s gonna hear it from me.”
Hey man we can wait, with all that shit you rappers have delivered in 2008 we would say you can put it on the backburner. If you are busy that would keep a lot of dog silent and not barking. They hate noise pollution.
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No Line On The Horizon, the new studio album from U2
No Line On The Horizon, the new studio album from U2, will be released in North America on Tuesday, March 3, 2009.
Written and recorded in various locations, No Line On The Horizon is the group’s 12th studio album and is their first release since the nine million selling album How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb, released in late 2004.
Sessions for No Line On The Horizon began last year in Fez, Morocco, and continued in the band’s own studio in Dublin, before moving to New York’s Platinum Sound Recording Studios. It was completed at Olympic Studios in London.
The album calls on the production talents of long-time collaborators Brian Eno and Danny Lanois, with additional production by Steve Lillywhite.
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Kanye Tries to Explain
Dec 15, 2008 Album, Kanye West
In comparison to the sales of his previous albums, Kanye West’s latest is release is anything but up to par. But if you need to have a good laugh, you need to read his recent blog post about his new album. He pretty much just builds up his own hype. Here’s a snippet: “I’M GONNA WALK THIS ALBUM SLOW LIKE A MORE INDEPENDENT APPROACH. I FEEL LIKE A NEW ARTIST. THERE’S ACTUALLY ARGUMENTS AGAIN. IT REMINDS ME OF THE FIRST ALBUM WHEN EVERYBODY SAID I COULDN’T RAP. I LISTENED TO ‘SAY YOU WILL’ LAST NIGHT AT MY HOUSE AND WAS DAAAMN, THIS SONG IS SOOOO DOOOPE!!! I’M A FAN OF WHAT I’VE MADE.” I’m sorry for all the caps by the way.
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Top 33 Albums of 2008
Blender magazine celebrates the year in music by coming up with a list of the 33 best albums of 2008. The list goes through several genres, resulting in a pretty inclusive review. Here’s the list they came up with:
1. Lil’ Wayne, ‘Tha Carter III’
2. Girl Talk, ‘Feed The Animals’
3. TV On The Radio, ‘Dear Science’
4. Metallica, ‘Death Magnetic’
5. Hot Chip, ‘Made In The Dark’
6. Robyn, ‘Robyn’
7. Of Montreal, ‘Skeletal Lamping’
8. Randy Newman, ‘Harps & Angels’
9. Vampire Weekend, ‘Vampire Weekend’
10. Fall Out Boy, ‘Folie A Deux’
11. Death Cab For Cutie, ‘Narrow Stairs’
12. My Morning Jacket, ‘Evil Urges’
13. Al Green, ‘Lay It Down’
14. Jenny Lewis, ‘Acid Tongue’
15. Bon Iver, ‘For Emma, Forever Ago’
16. Be Your Own Pet, ‘Get Awkward’
17. Conor Oberst, ‘Conor Oberst’
18. Ponytail, ‘Ice Cream Spiritual’
19. Katy Perry, ‘One Of The Boys’
20. Wale, ‘Mixtape About Nothing’
21. Erykah Badu, ‘New Amerykah Part I: Fourth World War’
22. Coldplay, ‘Viva La Vida’
23. The Cool Kids, ‘Bake Sale’
24. The Roots, ‘Rising Down’
25. Santogold, ‘Santogold’
26. Usher, ‘Here I Stand’
27. Mariah Carey, ‘E=MC2’
28. Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks, ‘Real Emotional Trash’
29. Raphael Saadiq, ‘The Way I See It’
30. Young Jeezy, ‘The Recession’
31. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, ‘Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!’
32. Taylor Swift, ‘Fearless’
33. Hayes Carll, ‘Trouble In Mind’
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Rihanna Makes a Record
Nov 26, 2008 Album, Album Release, Rihanna
Queen of the World Rihanna has accomplished another impressive thing. According to Billboard, her album ‘Good Girl Gone Bad’ has produced 8 charted singles, with all of the singles doing amazingly well. That’s a huge thing considering some people are lucky to get two hit songs off an album. The last person to do Rihanna’s charting was Shania Twain when her album ‘Come on Over’ produced 8 hits from 1997-1999. Rihanna was able to crank out 8 in less time than Shania though as the Barbadian babe just took 1 year and 7 months. ‘Umbrella’ sat at #1 for 7 weeks in 2007. ‘Shut Up and Drive’ went to #15 the same year as well as ‘Hate That I Love You’ which went to #7. ‘Don’t Stop the Music’ went to #3 in 2008. ‘Take a Bow’ was #1 for a week. Her collaboration with Maroon 5 ‘If I Never See Your Face Again’ was at #51. Disturbia was #1 for 2 weeks and ‘Rehab’ is at #91 to date.
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50 Cent Pushes Back
Nov 25, 2008 50 Cent, Album, Rapper
It looks like 50 Cent’s new album ‘Before I Self Destruct’ has lived up to its title. The record has went off only to self destruct. The CD has now been pushed back to 2009 without a specific release date being set. The record was originally set to come out in early December to hopefully capitalize on holiday buying but after the kickoff single tanked, it’s now getting kicked to the curb. I say we should blame Scott Storch for producing the embarrassment of a first single ‘Get Up’. The official reason being given for the album’s delay is that the rapper was rushing to meet the December date but that he opted to wait until next year to fully secure advertising and retail placement.
Britney Spears opens up about Circus!
Nov 25, 2008 Album, Album Review, Britney Spears, Music Videos
Britney opens up about Circus! Check out the brand new interview where the pop icon discusses everything from the “Womanizer” video concept to the difference between Circus and Blackout to her triple win at the VMAs. Be sure to tune into Britney: For The Record on November 30th at 10pm ET/PT on MTV.
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