The 50th edition of the famous Grammy Awards is just one month away and for the their performance, the alt-powerhouse of [tag]Foo Fighters[/tag] have something special in mind. Meaning they’ve partnered with YouTube to launch a fan contes in which contenders will have to upload a 60 second video that consists of them covering The Pretender with orchestral instruments. That means no guitar, no bass, no drums just string, woodwind and brass players are invited…
[tag]Lenny Kravitz[/tag]’s latest effort lands early next month and it’s tracklist has just surfaced, recently. The new record, titled “It Is Time for a Love Revolution,” spreads across 14 tracks including the already first two announced singles “Bring It On” and “I’ll Be Waiting.” After some early sampling the record sounds terribly promising, a real treat to start off the new year. The album is out February 5.
[tag]Nine Inch Nails[/tag] frontman, Trent Reznor, has recently revealed the “sales numbers” of his latest project, which he participated as a producer for [tag]Saul Williams[/tag]’s third album The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of NiggyTardust. The record was distributed exclusively in digital version via niggytardust.com and came in two versions: a free download limited to 192kbps MP3s and a $5 version, that gives the choice of downloading 192kps MP3 version, 320kbps MP3 version or lossless FLAC…
Here’s a feature about [tag]Nick Cave[/tag] we know you’re all gonna dig, after all with a hip name for Nick and The Bad Seeds’ forthcoming 14th album like “Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!” you can’t go wrong. The official tracklist was reveled just recently, as well with a US release date of April 8, one month after Dig lands on UK soil on March 3 via Mute. The first single is set to be title track (I’ve…
The legendary Athenian alt-rock trio of [tag]R.E.M.[/tag] have recently announced the title and release date of their forthcoming 14th LP. According to Billboard the album, recorded in Vancouver and Dublin and produced by Jacknife Lee, will be titled “Accelerate”, and should be out on April 1. Those of you who may still feel the bitter taste of R.E.M’s lethargic rhythm in the band’s previous album Around The Sun, can somewhat stay at ease, as the…
A big happy new year, for all you faithful readers, is in order for this first post of 2008; without your constant support we probably couldn’t have found the motivation to go on with our work. Anyway after a few days of hard drinkin’ well deserved rest, we’re back on the saddle and it seems like the band we’ve blogged the most in the past year is still here to stay. Yeah folks [tag]Radiohead[/tag] recently…
Surprising a lot of people [tag]Josh Groban[/tag]’s Christmas centric LP Noel, went from being just another carol record 10 weeks ago, to now being the best selling album of the year 2007, with over 2.8 million copies sold (the majority in the last few weeks). Thus surpassing “High School Musical 2” soundtrack (which has sold just over 2.7 million units) and Daughtry, the 2006 self-titled debut by “American Idol” finalist Chris Daughtry’s band, (2.3 million)….
A few months ago we presented you with this year’s Rock & Roll HOF first time eligible to be inducted artists. Now the five grand artist that have been honored with the flattering inductions have been announced, and leading the pack is no other then the pop queen [tag]Madonna[/tag], thanks to her debut single, “Everybody,” that was released twenty-five years ago in 1982. Madonna and John Mellencamp will be inducted into the Rock and Roll…
Steve Jobs’ iTunes is undoubtedly the world’s largest online music retail store and as physical records have long ago been outsourced, in terms of sales, by downloads we can safely say that the iTunes charts are a measure to test a band’s mainstream popularity. Let’s take in example the latest end of the year charts from Apple, that have surfaced recently; namely the “best selling albums of the year” and the “best selling singles.”Apparently [tag]Maroon…
Considered by many a talented actress, unbeknownst to many, the Tony award winner Idina Menzel (those of you who follow Broadway shows religiously, will undoubtedly recognize her from “Wicked” or “Rent”) is a very talented musician as well. In the past she’s released two albums, that unfortunately didn’t get the necessary attention it deserved and decayed into anonymity. Now, on her third studio effort, titled “I Stand” announces to be a hit record of the…
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