 Artist: Enforsaken: mp3 download Genre(s): Metal: Death,Black Enforsaken's discography:  The Forever Endeavor Year: 2004 Tracks: 10 Originally begun as a side plan by members of Deadpornstar and the Fallen, Arlington Heights, IL-based Enforsaken specialise in the sort of musical death metallic element normally heard from Swedish bands such as In Flames, At the Gates, and Arch Enemy -- differently known as "Iron Maiden on steroids." A couple of late-'90s demos helped get their express on the road, and after hook up with Germany's Lifeforce Records for 2001's Embraced by Misery CD, Enforsaken vocalizer Steven Sagala, guitarists Steve Stell and Joe DeGroot, bassist Eric Kava, and drummer David Swanson (world Health Organization had lately replaced Patrick O'Keefe) touched to Olympic Records for 2004's uncut The Forever Endeavor. |
Thursday 4 September 2008
Mp3 music: Enforsaken
Friday 15 August 2008
The Beatles Original Management Contract Set For Auction
The Beatles original management contract with Brian Epstein is to be auction in London next month.
The document, which is expected to raise �250,000, was gestural by all four members of the band in January 1962.
But Epstein refused to
Thursday 7 August 2008
Joi Cardwell And Steal Vybe
Artist: Joi Cardwell And Steal Vybe
Genre(s):
House
Discography:
Wanderlust (SL032) Vinyl
Year: 2007
Tracks: 3
Friday 27 June 2008
Alec Baldwin narrates public service ad about homelessness in NYC
NEW YORK - Alec Baldwin is lending his voice to critics of New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg's homelessness policies.
The "30 Rock" actor narrates a public service announcement released by the Coalition for the Homeless, a charity blasting Bloomberg's follow-through on a 2004 pledge to slash the number of homeless New Yorkers.
Over footage of people on city streets, Baldwin recites statistics such as "over 40,000 New Yorkers will go to sleep homeless tonight." A coalition spokeswoman says the spot will be televised on various networks.
The city department of homeless services says the number of homeless people on Manhattan streets and in shelters is shrinking, which the coalition disputes.
Baldwin's representatives didn't immediately return phone calls Wednesday. The 50-year-old actor is an enthusiastic Democrat who often speaks out on political matters.
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Sunday 22 June 2008
Baroness
Artist: Baroness
Genre(s):
Other
Discography:
First
Year: 2004
Tracks: 3
Baroness plays an eclecticist brand of heavy metal, embracing the violence and sharp technique of new-millennium alloy simply with melodic accents and thinking guitar solve that suggests the influence of indie stone and post-punk bands. The quaternion members of Baroness -- John Baizley on guitar and vocals, Brian Blickle on guitar, Summer Welch on bass, and Allen Blickle on drums -- ar all earlier from Lexington, VA, only they pulled up bet and relocated to Savannah, GA, when they formed the band in mid-2003. Baroness made their recording debut in 2005 with Low, a three-song EP released through Savannah-based indie label Hyperrealist Records. A second EP from Baroness, only called Moment, appeared in stores later the same year. In 2006, Baroness teamed up with some other upbeat simply powerful band from Savannah, Unpersons, for a split EP entitled A Grey Sigh in a Flower Husk released through At a Loss Records. In 2007, Baroness signed with the well-respected independent alloy label Relapse Records, and in the flow of 2007 they issued their low gear full-length saucer, The Red Album, followed by all-inclusive touring.
Saturday 14 June 2008
Spike Lee - Eastwood To Lee Shut Your Face
Spike Lee has responded to Spike Lee's criticism of his two films about the
World War II battle of Iwo Jima, Flags of Our Fathers and Letters
from Iwo Jima. At the Cannes Film Festival last month Lee told reporters:
"There was not one black soldier in both of those films. ... In his vision of
Iwo Jima, Negro soldiers did not exist." However, in an interview with
Britain's Guardian newspaper published today (Friday), Eastwood said his
film was about the American soldiers who raised the flag on Mount Suribachi
during the battle. He noted that the black troops who participated in the
battle were part of a munitions company that was not involved in the flag
raising. "If I go ahead and put an African-American actor in there, people'd
go: 'This guy's lost his mind.' I mean, it's not accurate." He then angrily
said of Lee: "A guy like him should shut his face."
06/06/2008
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Monday 9 June 2008
Jennifer Rush
Artist: Jennifer Rush
Genre(s):
Other
Pop
Rock
New Age
Discography:
Stronghold
Year: 2007
Tracks: 52
Out of My Hands
Year: 1998
Tracks: 11
Credo
Year: 1997
Tracks: 11
Power of Jennifer Rush
Year: 1991
Tracks: 13
Classics
Year:
Tracks: 12
While virtually unknown in the U.S., pop vocaliser Jennifer Rush achieved star status as an expatriate in Europe, selling millions of records and releasing a train of strike singles famous for their stentorian, dance-rock arrangements and Rush's herculean voice. Born Heidi Stern in New York City, Rush's father was an opera singer and her mother was a pianist. At the geezerhood of 9, she touched to Germany with her kin, reversive in her teens to the States. In 1982, she returned to Germany with her father to follow up on a tattle career, sign language a dole out with CBS/Columbia. Changing her diagnose to Jennifer Rush, she released a series of songs that made her a whizz in Europe, including "Into My Dreams," "Come Give Me Your Hand," "25 Lovers," and "Band of Ice." In 1985, Rush scored a massive European strike with "The Power of Love," which became i of the longest-running chart-toppers in U.K. history. The song, which she likewise co-wrote, was packaged with several of her former European hits for her U.S. debut Jennifer Rush. Released as a individual, "The Power of Love" failed to replicate its succeeder upon its stateside liberation, only reaching figure 57. Instead, versions of the song by Laura Branigan and Celine Dion strike the American Top 40 (the latter hitting number one for a calendar month in 1994). It wasn't until her third U.S. release, Spirit Over Mind, that Rush reached the Top 40 as an artist with her twain with Elton John, "Flames of Paradise," reach number 37 in 1987. She continued to retain a big European following throughout the stay of the '80s and '90s, collaborating with writers such as Desmond Child and Diane Warren and playacting with high profile acts like Michael Bolton and Placido Domingo. Despite selling millions of albums abroad, most of her albums suffer not been released in the U.S.
Elbow - The Seldom Seen Kid
If you've spent time with Elbow in the past - 2001's 'Asleep in the Back', 2003's 'Cast of Thousands', 2005's 'Leaders of the Free World' - the question 'why aren't they bigger?' has probably arisen during or after each listen. Their consistency as a band is an all too rare thing; people's lack of knowledge of their work is all too frequent.
All of the above are in place once again for 'The Seldom Seen Kid', a record which could be Elbow's best - but the chances of massive success are slimmer than those on its gloriously cinematic race rigging story 'The Fix', one of the many standouts here.
As in the past, what 'The Seldom Seen Kid' rewards is patience. The arrangements are predominantly slow; the big noise is seldom but wisely chosen; the singalong singles are somewhere else. But spend enough time with these 12 songs and their magic grows by the hour.
Singer Guy Garvey has evolved into a great chronicler of love and worn-down life and the combination of sweet, sad and scathing here is intoxicating.
There really is something for every mood: the stomping 'Grounds for Divorce' booms with bad attitude and big drums; the Richard Hawley duet on 'The Fix' is wickedly funny; the tenderness of 'Mirrorball' something to shield yourself with and 'Friend of Ours' yet another Elbow reason to stay in, by yourself, with the lights off.
These are just four of the treats that await; the other eight could turn out to be your favourites. If you've found yourself thinking that the equation of music to money well spent is increasingly negative, 'The Seldom Seen Kid' will restore equilibrium.
Garvey has spoken of his happiness at being known as an 'albums band', but just like so many people have sold themselves short when it comes to Elbow so too has he: they're a great albums band. Make sure the 'Kid' isn't seldom heard.
Harry Guerin
All of the above are in place once again for 'The Seldom Seen Kid', a record which could be Elbow's best - but the chances of massive success are slimmer than those on its gloriously cinematic race rigging story 'The Fix', one of the many standouts here.
As in the past, what 'The Seldom Seen Kid' rewards is patience. The arrangements are predominantly slow; the big noise is seldom but wisely chosen; the singalong singles are somewhere else. But spend enough time with these 12 songs and their magic grows by the hour.
Singer Guy Garvey has evolved into a great chronicler of love and worn-down life and the combination of sweet, sad and scathing here is intoxicating.
There really is something for every mood: the stomping 'Grounds for Divorce' booms with bad attitude and big drums; the Richard Hawley duet on 'The Fix' is wickedly funny; the tenderness of 'Mirrorball' something to shield yourself with and 'Friend of Ours' yet another Elbow reason to stay in, by yourself, with the lights off.
These are just four of the treats that await; the other eight could turn out to be your favourites. If you've found yourself thinking that the equation of music to money well spent is increasingly negative, 'The Seldom Seen Kid' will restore equilibrium.
Garvey has spoken of his happiness at being known as an 'albums band', but just like so many people have sold themselves short when it comes to Elbow so too has he: they're a great albums band. Make sure the 'Kid' isn't seldom heard.
Harry Guerin
Los alegres de la sierra
Artist: Los alegres de la sierra
Genre(s):
Latin
Other
Discography:
Duele el amor
Year: 2006
Tracks: 13
Corridos de la sierra
Year: 2005
Tracks: 10
15 Super Exitos
Year: 2005
Tracks: 15
El Rey Del Universo
Year:
Tracks: 10
Canciones Y Corridos
Year:
Tracks: 10
Led by accordionist Eugenio Abrego and bajo sexto player Tomás Ortiz, Los Alegres de Terán light-emitting diode the way for intricate twosome harmonies within the norteño style of Mexican music. The chemical group was formed in Nuevo León when Abrego and Ortiz met at a baseball club in the mid-'40s, simply stirred about the orbit to Monterrey, Reynosa, and in the end the border township of McAllen, TX.
Commencement with their low gear record, 1948's "Corrido de Pepito," the mathematical group pioneered rich, harmonic norteño corridos and rancheras, along with Los Cadetes de Linares and Los Tremendos Gavilanes. They recorded over a hundred LPs and had hits with many songs, including "Carta Jugada," "Alma Enamorada," and "Entre Copa y Copa." The band as well indulged in cross-marketing moves, including a spot on the bill at the first Polka Festival, held in Chicago during the mid-'60s, and an appearance in several movies, notably, the 1961 melodrama Pueblito, directed by Emilio "El Indio" Fernández. Los Alegres de Terán were inducted into the Tejano Conjunto Hall of Fame in 1983, though Abrego passed away five-spot old age later.
Jade Goody Burgled For the Third Time
Big Brother star Jade Goody has been burgled for the third time.
Thieves broke into Goody's �750,00 Essex home, and ransacked her bedroom. They took designer watches, rings, a Tiffany necklace and earrings, totaling around �56,000.
The 26-year-old -- who shot to fame after taking part in Big Brother 3 in 2002 -- was dropping off sons, Bobby Jack, four, and three-year-old Freddie, at mum Jackiey's in Bermondsey, South East London, when the raiders struck.
She reportedly discovered the theft when she arrived home with her dog, Batman. It is thought she left a window open.
Her spokesman told Britain's Daily Mirror newspaper, "This is the third time Jade has been burgled. She is going to increase her security."
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Made in China: the singer poised to sweep the globe
China may be the arriving superpower, an economic and military giant finally stirred from centuries of slumber. But in one area of their Long March to global leadership, the inheritors of Mao remain unreconstructed minnows: the world of pop music.
Yet, if some commentators are to be believed, all that could be about to
change. This summer a telegenic former Mongolian nomad who sings in Tibetan
and fuses the sound of the zither and horse-head fiddle with appealingly
dreamy electronic dance music is hoping to become the first Chinese pop star
to crack the Western market.
The initial staging post in Sa Dingding's quest for international fame and
fortune will be Britain. Already hailed as the oriental equivalent of stars
ranging from the ethereal Hibernian crooner Enya to the fiery Icelandic
chanteuse Bjork, she will arrive in the UK next week where she is
confidently expected to pick up a prestigious BBC Radio 3 World Music Award,
a move coinciding with the re-release of her first album, Alive.
The campaign to bring modern Chinese music to a mainstream British audience is
being masterminded by the global music giant Universal. It will continue
through the summer when the 25-year-old Buddhist performs at a televised
Prom at the Royal Albert Hall, then appear before a sell-out crowd at the
Womad festival. She also plans a major appearance in Beijing to coincide
with the Olympic Games where she will be a target for the massed ranks of
the international media as they train their cameras on all things Chinese.
Listen to 'Alive (Mantra)' by Sa Dingding
Courtesy of Wrasse Records
Her fans insist Sa is a million miles from her homeland's adolescent army of
teen-queen poplets and clean-cut heavy metallers, blending a unique mix of
indigenous cultures with haunting, ambient electronica that industry bosses
are gambling would fit rather nicely on the iPods of well-heeled Western
consumers relaxing to exotic chillout sounds.
Evoking the wide-open spaces of the Chinese interior, a land still strange and
remote to Western tourists, her music has caught the attention of the top
British DJ Paul Oakenfold and the former producers of Madonna and Kylie
Minogue. By phone yesterday from her record company office in Beijing, Sa
said it had always been her ambition to share her music with a wider
audience.
Listen to 'Lagu Lagu' by Sa Dingding
Courtesy of Wrasse Records
"Now I have the chance of a lifetime, the opportunity to fulfil my dream,
for people from far away from China to listen to my music and see me perform,"
she said. "I feel very lucky to come to Europe and particularly to the
UK market and I hope I will bring great pleasure to audiences."
Sa believes she can help break down what seems like an everwidening gap in
understanding between China and the West, perhaps even helping to reverse
the controversy engulfing her native country in what was hoped would be its
showcase Olympic year.
But, despite her championing of Tibetan culture in her music, she is no
political critic of the regime in Beijing, which has faced growing
international condemnation for its brutal crackdown on recent
anti-government protests in Tibet, a position which could easily dog her as
she becomes increasingly exposed to the questioning gaze of the Western
media.
"I am a musician so I concentrate on making music, but I am also Chinese
so I definitely support our government policy on this issue," she said. "I
think everyone has their own country and they will hope their country can be
peaceful and develop well."
China's restrictions on free speech are proving something of a hindrance to
its emerging musical culture, with artists unable to pursue the traditional
rock and roll themes of rebellion and excess while also being forced to
avoid contentious political and social subjects. The end result is, to many,
a saccharine procession of Identikit stars with little crossover appeal
outside the Chinese mainland. Yet Sa, who shot to fame after winning a China
Central Television singing contest in 2000, has carefully skirted possible
areas of controversy, encouraging fans to explore the limits of their
imaginations rather than the political system. She has championed instead
the indigenous cultures she first became aware of as a child growing up in
Mongolia to a Mongolian mother and Han Chinese father.
She spent her first six years in a nomadic existence with her grandmother.
Later, she travelled through Tibet and Yunnan, ending up in Beijing where
she studied at university. On the way she learnt Sankskrit, Tibetan and
Lagu, a language rapidly disappearing from the remotest villages of southern
China.
To this she added her own language, one she says she created based on buried
memories of her grandmother talking to her as a baby and which, she claims,
prompted hardened studio engineers to burst into tears when they heard it.
Add to this heady brew studies in Buddhism and a smattering of Dyana yoga
and the result is a unique melange of styles and traditions that has already
shifted some two million albums in Asia.
But not everyone is buying it and some voices have declared the dressing-up of
Sa Dingding in ethnic clothes to be little more than a cynical record
company marketing ploy.
The international music expert Simon Broughton, editor of Songlines magazine,
is more open to her undoubted charms but he believes she is vulnerable to
criticism that she is exploiting her exotic ethnicity to stand out in
China's overwhelming Han culture, with the music and performance bordering
dangerously close to pastiche.
"The good thing about her is that she is genuinely half-Mongolian,"
he said. "But there is a naivety about the way this music is perceived
in China and it makes it uncomfortable for us in the West because it exposes
China's neo-colonialist attitude to its minorities. But if she was to say
anything she shouldn't it would torpedo her career. Given what is happening
in Tibet at the time, this makes it extremely awkward for her."
Of course, there are those who have seen it all before. Zhu Zheqin, better
known as Dadawa, was also hailed as the first big thing to come out of China
when in 1996 she became the first Chinese singer to secure an international
release for 40 years. She too revelled in the nickname the "Chinese Enya",
even going so far as to tour and record with the legendary Chieftains. Zhu,
who is ethnically Han, also experimented with the sounds of Tibet. But for
her it was a fusion too far. Signed by Warner Records, her career stalled
amid a welter of criticism over her apparent attempts to appropriate the
culture of the oppressed nation, not least when she appeared in the maroon
robes of a Tibetan nun, and accusations by campaigners that she was
legitimising Beijing's repressive rule in the mountain kingdom.
Less controversial but arguably artistically considerably more egregious is
China's other recent musical export, Twelve Girls Band. Formed in 2001 from
more than 4,000 classically trained contestants studying at Chinese
conservatoires, the 13-piece TGB (there are only ever 12 on stage at any one
time) was assembled by the Chinese rock Svengali, Wang Xiao-Jing.
Bringing traditional instruments such as erhu (flute), yangqin (dulcimer) and
pipa (lute), they successfully reworked modern Western tracks such as
Coldplay's "Clocks" and – you guessed it – Enya's "Only
Time" to complete two highly successful tours of the United States, as
well as playing the Shanghai leg of 2007's Live Earth extravaganza.
Luckily for British audiences, they have yet to arrive on these shores. Those
with a penchant for Chinese sounds will have to satisfy themselves with the
photogenic charms of Sa Dingding. Whether she is able to break out of the
world music ghetto remains to be seen. The initial signs are promising. Her
music is being taken seriously by critics in Britain. She was described this
week by one reviewer as "an impressive addition to the ranks of world
divas".
But for Sa, success, she says, is all about a more noble cause. "I hope I
can be a cultural bridge connecting the Western people and Chinese people
and show them what is happening in China right now as well as bring back
from the West a little bit of what is happening here," she said.
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A.B. Quintanilla III Presents Kumbia All Stars
Artist: A.B. Quintanilla III Presents Kumbia All Stars
Genre(s):
Latin
Discography:
Ayer Fue Kumbia Kings Hoy Es...
Year: 2006
Tracks: 14
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Network Newscasts In Dead Heat
The ABC and NBC newscasts once again ended in a photo finish, with Nielsen giving a slight edge to ABC World News With Charles Gibson which, it said, attracted 7.66 million viewers, while NBC Nightly News With Brian Williams attracted 7.65 million viewers, a statistically insignificant difference. The CBS Evening News With Katie Couric remained well behind with 5.54 million viewers.
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Jackson Promotion Pulled
Janet Jackson has another album flop on her hands - bosses at her record label have ceased promoting Discipline and there are no more single releases planned. Jackson, who once broke chart records with seven U.S. top five hits from one album - Rhythm Nation 1812, has scored only one hit from her new release, Feedback. And there are no plans to try to top that. In a disappointing email correspondence to celebrity blogger Perez Hilton, Jackson writes, "We started off with Feedback and the label and myself haven't quite seen eye to eye since the Feedback single so they've kind of basically stopped all promotion. "I'm trying to figure out a way to say this, but just to say it and to be quite honest, they just stopped all promotion whatsoever on the album, so I don't think you're going to hear another single off this album." At the height of her popularity, Jackson scored 19 hit singles from just three albums - Control, Rhythm Nation: 1812 and janet. And she still holds the record for scoring number ones in America from the same album, over three successive years.
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