Monday, 8 September 2008
Metronomy for Jack Daniels Birthday NME Radio session
The electro-rockers, whose raw album 'Nights Out' scored nine out of decade in the new issue of NME (cover dated September 6), will play two songs for the session � one of which will be current single 'Heartbreaker'.
As previously proclaimed, Esser volition play a Jack Daniel's NME Radio session, set to be broadcast on Thursday (September 11) at 4pm.
Meanwhile, you can look on Glasvegas' recent Jack Daniels Birthday NME Radio session on the NME Video Blog now.
Additionally, each hebdomad five NME readers will get the chance to bring a friend to the NME Radio studio apartment to watch these performances. Visit NME.COM/jackdaniels for your chance to witness the Jack Daniel's Birthday Sessions number 1 hand.
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Friday, 29 August 2008
'Promises to Keep' a hit for Biden
The publisher of Sen. Joe Biden's memoir, an instant best vendor for the presumed vice presidential candidate, is beingness reissued in paperback with a first-class honours degree printing of 100,000.
The Random House Publishing Group released "Promises to Keep" in hardcover a year agone. After a brief appearing on The New York Times' hardcover best-seller list, the book quickly faded, as did Biden's presidential candidacy, which ended in early January.
According to Nielsen BookScan, which tracks just about 70 percent of gross sales, the memoir had only when sold 15,000 copies before net weekend's proclamation that Sen. Barack Obama had elect Biden as his running mate. "Promises to Keep" quickly reached the round top 25 on Amazon.com and was out of strain as of Monday afternoon.
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Tuesday, 19 August 2008
Remix Cure for Fall Out Boy
extroverted album.
The gloom merchants are letting bands world Health Organization have been inspired by them remix
their new album tracks for a special EP.
Members of FALL OUT BOY, AFI, 65DAYSOFSTATIC, 30
SECONDS TO MARS and MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE will each record their
own remix of one of the tracks from the extroverted album.
With a career that has seen as many highs as ROBERT SMITH�s round the bend
hairdo, the band understandably feel it�s time to let their devotees get their
work force on their material.
Proceeds from the EP will go to the International Red Cross.
These are the tracks that will feature:
The Only One by JARED LETO from 30 Seconds to Mars
Freakshow by members of AFI
Sleep When I'm Dead by GERARD WAY from My Chemical Romance
The Perfect Boy remixed by PETE WENTZ and PATRICK STUMP from
Fall Out Boy
Exploding Head Syndrome by 65 Days Of Static.
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Saturday, 9 August 2008
Joy Electric
Artist: Joy Electric
Genre(s):
Rock
Electronic
Dance
Pop
Other
Gospel
Discography:
Workmanship
Year: 2007
Tracks: 6
The Otherly Opus
Year: 2007
Tracks: 10
Replay Music 2006-06-22
Year: 2006
Tracks: 1
The Ministry of Archers
Year: 2005
Tracks: 10
Montgolfier and the Romantic Balloons
Year: 2005
Tracks: 11
Hello Mannequin
Year: 2004
Tracks: 14
Friend Of Mannequin
Year: 2004
Tracks: 11
Tick Tock Treasury
Year: 2003
Tracks: 12
The Magic of Christmas
Year: 2003
Tracks: 10
The Art and Craft of Popular Music 1994-2002 (cd2)
Year: 2002
Tracks: 19
The Art and Craft of Popular Music 1994-2002 (cd1)
Year: 2002
Tracks: 15
Starcadia
Year: 2002
Tracks: 5
Unelectric
Year: 2001
Tracks: 10
Legacy.Volume One.The White Songbook
Year: 2001
Tracks: 14
CHRISTIANsongs
Year: 1999
Tracks: 11
Children of the Lord
Year: 1999
Tracks: 4
The Land of Misfits
Year: 1998
Tracks: 5
Old Wives Tales Ep
Year: 1998
Tracks: 8
Robot Rock
Year: 1997
Tracks: 10
Plastiq Musiq -- Electric Music Compilation 1
Year: 1997
Tracks: 1
We Are the Music Makers
Year: 1996
Tracks: 10
Melody
Year: 1996
Tracks: 18
Five Stars for Failure
Year: 1996
Tracks: 7
Contemporary Christian synth pop chemical chemical group Joy Electric is the inspiration of Orange County, CA, native Ronnie Martin, erstwhile of Rainbow Rider and Dance House Children (which also featured his comrade, Jason Martin, of Starflyer 59).
Originally conceived as a solo design for Martin, Joy Electric featured spirited pop songs with religious and capricious lyrics lay out to gratifying synthesiser melodies. The group debuted with 1994's Tonal pattern on Tooth & Nail Records, unitary of the prime minister main Christian record labels, and home to Christian indie stone bands Velour century and MxPx. Melody and 1995's Five Stars for Failure EP were recorded with samplers, synthesizers, and drum machines, simply on 1996's We Are the Music Makers Martin switched to victimisation alone parallel synths for all melodic line and percussion parts.
After the release of 1997's Old Wives Tales remix EP, Joy Electric added the band's handler and keyboardist, Jeff Cloud, as an official fellow member of the grouping. That class likewise byword the button of the band's most popular album yet, Automaton Rock. Soon after, the chemical group added some other member, Caleb Mannann, and stirred to the BEC record label. As growing interest from the secular euphony scene added to an already unassailable Christian following, Joy Electric continued gaining fans with 1998's The Land of Misfits EP and the following year's Children of the Lord EP and CHRISTIANsongs album. Along with their duties in Joy Electric, Cloud continued to run his Velvet Blue record label and advancement business, piece Martin founded his possess electronica label, the capably named Plastiq Musiq.
2001 saw the incoming of The White Songbook: Legacy, Vol. 1, a high-concept synth careen candy album that showed the growing ambitions of Joy Electric. The following year, a ingathering of unexampled and one-time songs called The Art and Craft of Popular Music was released. But Martin wasn't done, no sir. In 2003 the prolific synth master issued the clickety pop, glitchy sweet of the Ticking Tock Treasury LP, followed a class later by the chillier traditionalist synth pop of the Friend of Mannequin EP and Howdy, Mannequin full-length. Martin also constitute sentence to spell Christian festivals and prepare Shepherd, an experimental guitar side offer. The fourth volume in the Legacy series, The Ministry of Archers, came out the next year, attended by an EP, Montgolfier and the Romantic Balloons. Both albums were produced at the fresh revamped Electric Joy Toy Company studio. The fifth and net Legacy album, The Otherly Opus, arrived in 2007.
Tuesday, 1 July 2008
Efecto Mariposa
Artist: Efecto Mariposa
Genre(s):
Latin
Folk
Other
Discography:
Vivo en Vivo
Year: 2007
Tracks: 17
Complejidad
Year: 2006
Tracks: 13
Que Mas Da
Year: 2004
Tracks: 15
Efecto Mariposa were natural in 1997 when Susana Alva (acoustic guitar, voice), Frasco G. Ridgeway (bass, vocalisation), and Raúl Osuna traveled by train from their native Malaga to Madrid chasing down dreams of a vocation in music. Joined by Alfredo Baón (drums), the band exhausted the following four days writing material, development a sound, and creating a network through performance. After a class of solid advancement and national touring, the band released its self-titled debut record with the help of Universal. Efecto Mariposa created meaning bombilate among Spanish acoustic sway fans, laying the groundwork for the band's solidly successful followup. Metamorfosis earned Efecto Mariposa an invitation to tour with Latin crop up star Juanes on some of the nation's largest stages. Metamorfosis II was released curtly thereafter, featuring two additional songs. Having quenched their contract with Universal, Efecto Mariposa distinct to develop, record, and tied finance their third spillage, Complejidad. Following the record's release in October of 2005, the Efecto promoted it and toured indefatigably, so much so that the band eventually released a second edition of Complejidad. The band's one-quarter album, Vivo en Vivo, is expected out in the summer of 2007.
Efterklang To Score Two Theatre Plays
Tuesday, 24 June 2008
Producer Slams Lindsay Lohan Paparazzi Stalkers
Hollywood bigwig Lati Grobman tells People: "It's the most insane thing I've ever seen in my life. They do things that are very, very aggressive.
"I'm not a producer anymore, I'm a policewoman!"
Grobman also talks about Firecrotch’s professionalism on set, explaining: "The difference between her and the other girls that are naughty in the business is that she's actually talented.
"It's not (like) Paris Hilton and the rest of them. We took a chance. It's good that we did. So far, so good."