New Music Monday: 28 April

Finally, the trip hop pioneers of Portishead are back with their long awaited third album, suggestively titled “Third”, the band’s first record in 10 years! Then there’s “Rising Down,” the latest, highly anticipated studio effort from behalf of The Roots. Possibly this week’s highlight, however, is “Hard Candy,” the latest album from “the queen of pop,” Madonna. Another highly interesting release is Foxboro Hot Tubs’ debut album “Stop Drop And Roll;” if you didn’t yet…

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Whitesnake prepare tour and album

The boys are back, and they’re making a grand entrance with both a tour and an album; well, at least they promise they will. With over 10 years since their last studio release, fans are eagerly awaiting the album which is set for April 22, as well as their summer tour. They’re back in the headlines! It’s gonna be called Good To Be Bad and band members seem to be thrilled about it: “The album…

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Def Leppard announce date for new album

Def Leppard has set a March 18 tentative U.S. release date (one day earlier internationally) for its new album, entitled “Songs from the Sparkle Lounge”. If things work out then it will be the first release since “Yeah!”, which was a collection of covers of songs by artists who had influenced the band. In fact their latest original release is 2002’s “X”. The first single is a song called “Nine Lives”, which features a guest…

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