Monday, 8 September 2008

Metronomy for Jack Daniels Birthday NME Radio session

Metronomy are set to play a Jack Daniel's Birthday NME Radio Session, scheduled to be broadcast on Tuesday (September 9) at 4pm (BST) on Iain Baker's show.


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

NEW YORK �

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

THE CURE are lease their patriotic fans come a small-arm of the action with their
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.

The Hypnagogic States EP is due taboo on September 13.The young album, as yet untitled, will be released on October 13.



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Saturday, 9 August 2008

Joy Electric

Joy Electric   
Artist: Joy Electric

   Genre(s): 
Rock
   Electronic
   Dance
   Pop
   Other
   Gospel
   



Discography:


Workmanship   
 Workmanship

   Year: 2007   
Tracks: 6


The Otherly Opus   
 The Otherly Opus

   Year: 2007   
Tracks: 10


Replay Music 2006-06-22   
 Replay Music 2006-06-22

   Year: 2006   
Tracks: 1


The Ministry of Archers   
 The Ministry of Archers

   Year: 2005   
Tracks: 10


Montgolfier and the Romantic Balloons   
 Montgolfier and the Romantic Balloons

   Year: 2005   
Tracks: 11


Hello Mannequin   
 Hello Mannequin

   Year: 2004   
Tracks: 14


Friend Of Mannequin   
 Friend Of Mannequin

   Year: 2004   
Tracks: 11


Tick Tock Treasury   
 Tick Tock Treasury

   Year: 2003   
Tracks: 12


The Magic of Christmas   
 The Magic of Christmas

   Year: 2003   
Tracks: 10


The Art and Craft of Popular Music 1994-2002 (cd2)   
 The Art and Craft of Popular Music 1994-2002 (cd2)

   Year: 2002   
Tracks: 19


The Art and Craft of Popular Music 1994-2002 (cd1)   
 The Art and Craft of Popular Music 1994-2002 (cd1)

   Year: 2002   
Tracks: 15


Starcadia   
 Starcadia

   Year: 2002   
Tracks: 5


Unelectric   
 Unelectric

   Year: 2001   
Tracks: 10


Legacy.Volume One.The White Songbook   
 Legacy.Volume One.The White Songbook

   Year: 2001   
Tracks: 14


CHRISTIANsongs   
 CHRISTIANsongs

   Year: 1999   
Tracks: 11


Children of the Lord   
 Children of the Lord

   Year: 1999   
Tracks: 4


The Land of Misfits   
 The Land of Misfits

   Year: 1998   
Tracks: 5


Old Wives Tales Ep   
 Old Wives Tales Ep

   Year: 1998   
Tracks: 8


Robot Rock   
 Robot Rock

   Year: 1997   
Tracks: 10


Plastiq Musiq -- Electric Music Compilation 1   
 Plastiq Musiq -- Electric Music Compilation 1

   Year: 1997   
Tracks: 1


We Are the Music Makers   
 We Are the Music Makers

   Year: 1996   
Tracks: 10


Melody   
 Melody

   Year: 1996   
Tracks: 18


Five Stars for Failure   
 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

Efecto Mariposa   
Artist: Efecto Mariposa

   Genre(s): 
Latin
   Folk
   Other
   



Discography:


Vivo en Vivo   
 Vivo en Vivo

   Year: 2007   
Tracks: 17


Complejidad   
 Complejidad

   Year: 2006   
Tracks: 13


Que Mas Da   
 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.





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Tuesday, 24 June 2008

Producer Slams Lindsay Lohan Paparazzi Stalkers

The producer on Lindsay Lohan’s new movie Labor Pains has hit out at paparazzi for stalking the trouble actress, claming the lengths they go to in order to attain the picture picture is “insane”.

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."

Monday, 23 June 2008

Evil Nine

Evil Nine   
Artist: Evil Nine

   Genre(s): 
Other
   



Discography:


You Can Be Special Too   
 You Can Be Special Too

   Year: 2004   
Tracks: 15