Thursday, 26 June 2008
Are You a Saturday Night Fever Fan?
Send GMA your video tribute to the iconic '70s film, which came out 30 years ago
Monday, 16 June 2008
Glastonbury headliners revealed
Jay Z, Kings of Leon and The Verve have been announced as this year's Glastonbury headliners.
Following months of speculation, in which Radiohead, Bruce Springsteen and Led Zeppelin were rumoured to play on the Pyramid stage, the headliners were finally disclosed yesterday.
Kings of Leon will headline on Friday night; Jay Z on Saturday; and The Verve will close the festival on Sunday evening.
Other acts also confirmed to play are CSS, Neil Diamond and Hot Chip. The Guardian is also reporting that Leonard Cohen will perform on stage for the first time in 14 years.
Of the headliners, organiser Emily Eavis said: "We're absolutely thrilled to have them. The Verve are a classic Glastonbury band who've played some amazing sets at the festival over the years. Now that they're back together again, playing brilliant shows, we've finally got them doing the headline slot that they always deserved. I can't wait."
She continued: "Jay-Z is coming all the way over from New York especially to play the festival. It's a real coup for us. He might seem like a slightly unusual choice for Glastonbury, but we've never just gone for the obvious acts and we're so honoured to have one of the most talented and respected musicians on the planet coming to the farm. He's an amazing artist and an incredible live act. I think he's going to blow people away."
She added: "That leaves Kings of Leon. They've come through the ranks at Glastonbury since they rocked the New Bands Tent in 2003. We think they're one of the most exciting live bands out there right now and that they're ready to make the leap to join a great heritage of Friday night headliners which includes Coldplay and White Stripes."
The full line-up for the Festival will be announced in June with the three-day event taking place from 27 to 29 June.
Fans who want one of the 137,500 tickets on offer must provide contact details and a passport photo in order to receive a registration number.
The number does not guarantee entry to the festival at Worthy Farm in Pilton, however fans will not be able to buy a ticket without one.
They have until Friday 14 March to register their interest via the festival's website. Tickets will then go on sale on Sunday 6 April.
Following months of speculation, in which Radiohead, Bruce Springsteen and Led Zeppelin were rumoured to play on the Pyramid stage, the headliners were finally disclosed yesterday.
Kings of Leon will headline on Friday night; Jay Z on Saturday; and The Verve will close the festival on Sunday evening.
Other acts also confirmed to play are CSS, Neil Diamond and Hot Chip. The Guardian is also reporting that Leonard Cohen will perform on stage for the first time in 14 years.
Of the headliners, organiser Emily Eavis said: "We're absolutely thrilled to have them. The Verve are a classic Glastonbury band who've played some amazing sets at the festival over the years. Now that they're back together again, playing brilliant shows, we've finally got them doing the headline slot that they always deserved. I can't wait."
She continued: "Jay-Z is coming all the way over from New York especially to play the festival. It's a real coup for us. He might seem like a slightly unusual choice for Glastonbury, but we've never just gone for the obvious acts and we're so honoured to have one of the most talented and respected musicians on the planet coming to the farm. He's an amazing artist and an incredible live act. I think he's going to blow people away."
She added: "That leaves Kings of Leon. They've come through the ranks at Glastonbury since they rocked the New Bands Tent in 2003. We think they're one of the most exciting live bands out there right now and that they're ready to make the leap to join a great heritage of Friday night headliners which includes Coldplay and White Stripes."
The full line-up for the Festival will be announced in June with the three-day event taking place from 27 to 29 June.
Fans who want one of the 137,500 tickets on offer must provide contact details and a passport photo in order to receive a registration number.
The number does not guarantee entry to the festival at Worthy Farm in Pilton, however fans will not be able to buy a ticket without one.
They have until Friday 14 March to register their interest via the festival's website. Tickets will then go on sale on Sunday 6 April.
Thursday, 12 June 2008
Rumillajta
Artist: Rumillajta
Genre(s):
New Age
Discography:
City Of Stone
Year: 2000
Tracks: 10
Pachamama (Mother Earth)
Year: 1996
Tracks: 12
The music of the Andes Mountains comes to living through and through the playing of La Paz, Bolivia-based fivesome Rumillajta (marked roomy-yaktee). Combining original songs and traditional tunes, the radical bring a modern sensibility to the music, tattle close to such contemporary issues as alien debt and the predicament of Bolivia's miners. While the musical traditions of Bolivia continue the cornerstone of their sound, the band has incorporated medicine from passim the Andes Mountain region. Rumillajta, whose name comes from the Quecha word for "ruins of pit," are known for their groundbreaking harmonies, plentiful instrumentation, and rhythmic complexness. Most of the group's instruments are reinforced by lead quena (Andean flute) player and composer Adrian Villanueva. Prior to forming Rumillajta, Villanueva performed with such Bolivian groups as los Trovodores de Bolivia. The isthmus is rounded out by charango participant and composer Juan Jorge Laura, lead isaac Bashevis Singer and zampona (pan pipes) participant Nestor Tintaya; guitarist, composer, adapter, and background knowledge singer Juan Carlos Cordero, and zampona player and percussionist Max Cordero Ponce.
Neil Young gets new honor -- his own spider
Radiohead - Radiohead Slam Emi
RADIOHEAD have hit out at their former record company EMI, angry they can't stop the label from releasing an album of their greatest hits.
EMI bosses took the decision after the band walked away from their contract to release their last album In Rainbows through new label XL Recordings.
Frontman Thom Yorke is annoyed he will have no control over the EMI album - and dismisses it as pointless. He says, "We haven't really had any hits so what exactly is the purpose (of the greatest hits album)?
"There's nothing we can do about it. The work is really public property now anyway, in my head at least. It's a wasted opportunity in that if we'd been behind it, and we wanted to do it, then it might have been good".
He also accuses EMI boss Guy Hands of lying to the press - by claiming Radiohead quit the label because it refused the band's demands for $20 million (GBP10 million). He tells Word magazine, "The idea that we were after so much money (is) stretching the truth to breaking point. That was his PR company briefing against us. I was so angry. It was a clear indication that the relationship was over".
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Conchords debut new material in LA
Kiwi folk-comedy duo Flight of the Conchords have debuted several new songs during a two-hour show in front of a sold out crowd in Los Angeles.
NME.com reported the celebrated act mixed classic tracks with new songs with witty banter and classic tracks from their HBO television series during the first of two shows at the Los Angeles Orpheum Theatre.
One new song was about Jemaine Clement's ex-girlfriend forming a choir, and featured a friend on back-up vocals.
"This song is so new we don't even know it yet," said Jemaine.
"It's like cookie dough - it's not quite finished but it still tastes great," Bret McKenzie added.
The band finished the set with the classic Business Time, but played two encores, including a new track about angels "doing it" in the clouds, NME.com reported.
"Jesus is our drummer on this one," Jemaine said.
NME.com said tickets for the gigs were being scalped online for $400 each.
The pair, who garnered a cult following thanks to their sitcom, will begin filming a second season of Flight of the Conchords after their short tour.
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Ex-Busted members to appeal against royalties decision
Two original members of boy band Busted are appealing after the High Court threw out their claims for unpaid royalties.
As previously reported Ki Fitzgerald and Owen Doyle, who were sacked from Busted in 2001, were asking for millions of pounds in unpaid royalties after claiming they co-wrote some of the band's hits.
They said they were forced to sign away their rights before they left the band, but their case was dismissed and the pair received no money.
However it has now been revealed that the duo are to be credited as original co-owners of the tracks in question - including the 2002 single 'What I Go To School For'
A statement released on behalf of the two ex-Busted members said that this fact had been unreported til now.
Fitzgerald and Doyle said they will continue to "fight for justice".
As previously reported Ki Fitzgerald and Owen Doyle, who were sacked from Busted in 2001, were asking for millions of pounds in unpaid royalties after claiming they co-wrote some of the band's hits.
They said they were forced to sign away their rights before they left the band, but their case was dismissed and the pair received no money.
However it has now been revealed that the duo are to be credited as original co-owners of the tracks in question - including the 2002 single 'What I Go To School For'
A statement released on behalf of the two ex-Busted members said that this fact had been unreported til now.
Fitzgerald and Doyle said they will continue to "fight for justice".
20th Century Fox Sound Effects
Artist: 20th Century Fox Sound Effects
Genre(s):
Soundtrack
Discography:
Steam Trains, Trolleys, etc
Year:
Tracks: 59
Summer fling
Coldplay enjoy biggest ever US hit
Coldplay have scored their biggest ever hit on the US singles chart.
'Viva La Vida', the title track from the band's upcoming fourth album, climbs from ten to three on this week's Billboard Hot 100, eclipsing the number eight peak of their 2005 single 'Speed Of Sound'.
Rapper Lil Wayne remains at number one with 'Lollipop' this week, while Leona Lewis sticks at two with 'Bleeding Love'.
The only new track in the top ten comes from pop singer Katy Perry, who leaps from 21 to five with 'I Kissed A Girl'.
The top ten singles in full (click for our reviews):
1. (1) Lil Wayne ft. Static Major: 'Lollipop'
2. (2) Leona Lewis: 'Bleeding Love'
3. (10) Coldplay: 'Viva La Vida'
4. (4) Rihanna: 'Take A Bow'
5. (21) Katy Perry: 'I Kissed A Girl'
6. (6) Usher ft. Young Jeezy: 'Love In This Club'
7. (5) Jordin Sparks & Chris Brown: 'No Air'
8. (7) Ray J & Yung Berg: 'Sexy Can I'
9. (3) David Cook: 'The Time Of My Life'
10. (8) Madonna ft. Justin Timberlake: '4 Minutes'
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'Viva La Vida', the title track from the band's upcoming fourth album, climbs from ten to three on this week's Billboard Hot 100, eclipsing the number eight peak of their 2005 single 'Speed Of Sound'.
Rapper Lil Wayne remains at number one with 'Lollipop' this week, while Leona Lewis sticks at two with 'Bleeding Love'.
The only new track in the top ten comes from pop singer Katy Perry, who leaps from 21 to five with 'I Kissed A Girl'.
The top ten singles in full (click for our reviews):
1. (1) Lil Wayne ft. Static Major: 'Lollipop'
2. (2) Leona Lewis: 'Bleeding Love'
3. (10) Coldplay: 'Viva La Vida'
4. (4) Rihanna: 'Take A Bow'
5. (21) Katy Perry: 'I Kissed A Girl'
6. (6) Usher ft. Young Jeezy: 'Love In This Club'
7. (5) Jordin Sparks & Chris Brown: 'No Air'
8. (7) Ray J & Yung Berg: 'Sexy Can I'
9. (3) David Cook: 'The Time Of My Life'
10. (8) Madonna ft. Justin Timberlake: '4 Minutes'
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Die Warzau
Artist: Die Warzau
Genre(s):
Rock
Discography:
Big Electric Metal Bass Face
Year: 1991
Tracks: 14
Chicago industrial duet Die Warzau provision a guitar and sample-heavy version of the kind, with minimum lyrics. Van Christie (guitar, synth, scheduling, vocals) and Jim Marcus (percussion section, vocals) debuted in 1988 with Disco music Rigido, following that record album with 1991's Magnanimous Electric Metal Bass Face. Die Warzau returned in 1995 with the album Railway locomotive, as well running on remixes for Björk. A whole decade passed earlier the band was to appear again. The 2005 Die Warzau included Christie and Marcus and iI new members, Abel Garibaldi and Dan Evans. The four-piece batting order debuted with the full-length Convenience, released by their new label Pulseblack.
Dave Swarbrick and Martin Carthy
Nine Inch Nails - Nine Inch Nails Are Stronger With New Line-up
Rockers NINE INCH NAILS are promising fans the "strongest" touring line-up they've ever had - after reshuffling the musicians in their band.
Bassist Justin Meldal-Johnsen, who has worked with both Garbage and Beck, will replace British musician Rich Fownes on the upcoming North American tour.
Frontman Trent Reznor will also be backed by guitarist Robin Finck, fresh from a recently ended stint replacing Slash in Guns N' Roses, as well as drummer Josh Freese and keyboardist Alessandro Cortini.
On the band's official website, Reznor says, "We've added, we've subtracted and we've wound up with unquestionably the strongest lineup I've EVER had.
"We've been working on something really special for these shows and so far I couldn't be happier with the results."
The trek is set to begin on 25 July (08) at the Pemberton Festival in British Columbia, Canada.
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