Album name: You Can’t Change That Boy Artist name: Wake the President Genre: Indie Pop/Folk Released: March 9th 2009 (Europe); May 19th 2009 (USA) Label: Electric Honey (UK), Magic Marker (US), Rimeout (JP) ZME Rating: 9/10 Website: http://www.myspace.com/wakethepresidentband The indie pop band from Glasgow, Scotland are out on the music market with their very first album. It’s called “You Can’t Change That Boy” and it is out throughout Europe for more than a month now….
You know how some people can just walk into a room, and instantly take control of it? All eyes will shift to them, all attention will be focused squarely on them, the entire congregation will hang on their every word. Think Penny Lane from Cameron Crowe’s wonderful Almost Famous – when she walks into Stillwater’s hotel room, starts reciting the pre-flight safety spiel, and commands the rapt attention of every last person in earshot. The…
Album name: My Name Artist name: Mélanie Pain Genre: Pop/Folk Released: April 21, 2009 Label: 101 Distribution ZME Rating: 8/10 Website: www.myspace.com/melaniepain Pop music has just updated its own definition through a new album released by Nouvelle Vague’s lead singer Mélanie Pain. It’s her first solo album after 5 years of non-stop touring with the bossa nova band. She first released her album in Australia and New Zeeland on April 19th, which has been followed…
Album name: Shallow life Artist name: Lacuna Coil Genre: Metal…ish Released: April 20, 2009 Label: Century Media ZME Rating: 8/10 Website: Lacuna Coil The first thing that has to be said about this album is they’ve worked with producer Don Gilmore, who also teamed up with Good Charlotte, Avril Lavigne and Linkin Park, so at first I was thinking this album is going to be poppish and more mainstream. I was right. I also remember…
Album name: The Virgins Artist name: The Virgins Genre: Rock/Pop Released: April 2009 (European release date) Label: Warner/ Atlantic ZME Rating: 7/10 Website: www.thevirgins.net NYC’s latest art rock outfit released their debut album after a flurry of ecstatic press accolades and hype. Awarded one of Alternative Press’s “100 Bands You Need to Know,” the aptly titled Virgins combine late-’70s new wave with sufficient 80s cheese and contemporary indie rock. The Virgins exemplify the sound and…
Album name: Colonia Artist name: A Camp Genre: Rock/Pop Released: 28 April 2009 Label: Wigpowder/Nettwerk ZME Rating: 7/10 Website: acamp.net What do you remember about The Cardigans? Y’know – the vaguely memorable Scandinavian pop band of the late 90s. “Love Fool”, probably, because Jim from The Office sang it one time. Is that all you remember of them? Maybe you remember the song itself, famed for its inclusion on the Romeo and Juliet soundtrack? You…
Well times are changing, and (most) artists are having a rough time adapting to it. But as you could have easily guessed, Madonna is not among them. Yeah, she’s seen it all, done it all, and well, like it or not, she kicks ass mtv-wise today too. So what happened is Guy Oseary, her manager, send out a tweet asking for suggestions for what songs to put on this album, and as you could have…
Album name: All I Ever Wanted Artist name: Kelly Clarkson Genre: Pop Rock Released: March 10, 2009 Label: Sony BMG ZME Rating: 8/10 Website: kellyclarkson.com Well to sum it up pretty well, I’d have to say that this album, just as her previous releases, is made of pop rock that doesn’t suck; quite the contrary. Kelly Clarkson manages to put her lovable self into her songs and face it, that’s why we listen to her….
After he announced a streak of comeback shows it seems the whole world has gone into a huge frenzy to get tickets; and they’re not even on pre-sale yet (they’ll be on March 11). I can only imagine how it will be on Wednesday morning. Or, can I?? I mean c’mon, massive massive traffic was expected of course, but this just seems to much. I mean 16.000 hits per second, just do the math, that’s…
Artist name: U2 Album name: No Line on the Horizon Label: Interscope Genre: Rock Release date: 27 February, 2009 ZMErating: 9/10 Website: www.u2.com Now, if I were to describe my feelings towards No Line on the Horizon, before spinning it, I’d definitely disapprove of anticipation and call for skepticism. Few albums were given in the past years, that promised to become huge slumps, only to transcend to classic LP status. I almost was prepared to…
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