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Radiohead - The Best Of
The Best Of brings together the singles, key album tracks and live favorites spanning the band’s entire Parlophone Records and Capitol Records career. It will be available in the following formats and configurations: a 1CD collection featuring 17 tracks, a Special Edition 2CD, adding 13 tracks, a 4-piece vinyl set with 29 tracks, a 30-track digital download, and a DVD featuring all the classic promo videos.
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Story Of The Year - Our Time Is Now (Two Years in the Life of...) DVD
Contest coming soon
Touring for "In The Wake Of Determination" brought Story of the Year to new fans, new places, and some of the biggest, most intense crowds to date. As always, cameras rolled and captured the experiences along the way. Our Time Is Now is the story of those two years. It's a two-part feature including a never-before-seen look into the band's writing and recording process, and a home video style documentary of life on the road.
Watch: Promotional Trailer | Clip 1 | Clip 2
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Flobots - Fighting With Tools
A new group out of Denver on Universal Records, they reached the #1 most requested song in the United States at radio in just 2 weeks and are blowing up everywhere else.
Watch: E-card
Listen: Handlebars
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Jethro Tull - This Was (Collectors Edition)
As Jethro Tull celebrates 40 years of worldwide rock superstardom, Capitol/EMI is releasing a 2-CD and digital release of a remastered and expanded Collectors Edition of the British band’s 1968 debut album, This Was. The release presents, for the first time on CD, the album’s original mono mix as well as a new stereo mix of the album. Also featured are nine related 1968 recordings for John Peel’s BBC Radio program, “Top Gear,” plus four rare 1968 UK singles: “Sunshine Day,” “Song For John Gee,” “Love Story” and “Christmas Song.” The commemorative package includes 35 tracks in all, as well as package notes and anecdotes from Jethro Tull’s members.
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Local H - 12 Angry Months
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Written after the bitter end of a long-term relationship, the album chronicles a full year of post-breakup experiences. Each track on 12 Angry Months corresponds to a month, and deals with the range of emotions one encounters after love turns sour. Those emotions range from anger (“so, baby could you do me a favor? fall off the earth and i'll see you later”), to jealousy (“this is crazy, I can’t believe that you replaced me”), to acceptance (“you knew we’d never make it anyway”). Highly regarded for their powerful sound and unique two-man lineup with Scott Lucas on vocals and guitar and Brian St. Clair on drums, Local H is known for derisive lyrics, heavy guitars and feedback, energetic live shows, and an active relationship with their fans. The band performs regularly, and will be on tour nationally in 2008.
Listen: 24 Hour Break-Up Session
View: E-card
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Charlotte Sometimes - Waves And The Both Of Us
Charlotte’s first focus track is taken from the lyric’s of Cypress Hill’s “How I Could Just Kill A Man”. It gives a pretty good introduction to her style. The album is releasing May 6th.
Listen: How I Could Just Kill A Man | Sweet Valium High
Watch: Video preview
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Marie Digby - Unfold
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In addition to twelve original tracks penned by Marié, "Unfold" will include her wildly popular, stripped down version of Rihanna's "Umbrella." Just a few months ago, Marié's acoustic version of the Rihanna hit "Umbrella" debuted at No. 40 on the Billboard Adult Top 40 while Rihanna's original at was at No. 37, which marked the first time in the history of the Adult Top 40 list that versions by two different artists of the same song have charted simultaneously. The album showcases the singer/songwriter's upbeat acoustic pop melodies and smart, honest lyrics. Two of her original songs, "Stupid for You," and "Say It Again," also debuted nationally on the hit MTV show "The Hills," while another original, "Spell" debuted on the CW Network show "Smallville."
Watch: Marie Digby YouTube
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Madonna - Hard Candy
Pop music's queen returns with a new studio album. The first single and video, 4 Minutes, features Justin Timberlake and Timbaland.
Watch: 4 Minutes
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Portishead - Third
Last.fm announced today that Portishead's long-awaited new album, Third, will be made exclusively available on the site, in its entirety, for free from April 21, a week before its official release. Third is the Bristol band's first studio album in 11 years, and each of its 11 tracks will be made available for free, full-length, on-demand streaming on Last.fm for 7 days leading up the official release on April 28.
Listen: Third
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Love - Forever Changes (2CD collector's edition)
Regarded as the L.A.-based psychedelic folk-rock pioneers' finest achievement, Love's FOREVER CHANGES is sometimes compared to Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band and Pet Sounds. The third and final album by the original Love lineup remains a timeless musical experience four decades after its Elektra release. Produced by band cofounder Arthur Lee and The Doors' engineer/producer Bruce Botnick, the visionary album weaves a rich tapestry of sound as Lee's quavering voice delivers lyrics that are both enigmatic and poetic as he is backed by the band's gorgeous melodies and evocative orchestral arrangements. This Collector's Edition of FOREVER CHANGES contains the original 11 songs along with an alternate mix of the album comprised almost entirely of unreleased tracks. The bonus material also includes a trove of unreleased gems culled from the album's recording sessions.
Listen: Listening Party
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Shannon Noll - Turn It Up
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This is Shannon’s most dynamic album. From the first hit, Loud, to anthemic rockers like Way Out to heartfelt emotion in Breakdown and In Pieces to unabashed sentiments in soul stirring ballads like Sorry Is Just Too Late and Is You, every song is a showcase for Shannon’s vocal abilities and shows his growth as a songwriter. Shannon was particularly thrilled to work with one of rock music legend Richie Sambora. The two wrote the blistering power ballad, Sorry Is Just Too Late along with producer Luke Ebbin. Richie also played guitar on the track. Richie has nothing but praise for Shannon. “There are very few current artists that embody the great classic vocalists, but have a contemporary flair,” says Richie. “Shannon is that artist.”
Video: Loud | On Oprah's Big Give
MP3: Loud
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Blue Man Group - How To Be A Megastar Live!
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How To Be A Megastar Tour is a live rock show that takes the audience through a satirical "workshop" on how to create "the perfect rock concert experience." In the process, they celebrate, skewer and otherwise deconstruct rock stardom in all of its narcissistic glory. The Blue Men download a new "how-to manual" that takes the audience through a uniquely clever and interactive show that guarantees to deliver hypnotic entertainment for all ages.
E-card | Listening Party
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The Veronicas - Single: Untouched
Most young bands today can’t say they have performed together for 18 years, but sisters Lisa and Jessica of The Veronicas have done just that. The vocal chemistry that has evolved from singing together from the age of five is showcased in their latest single, “Untouched” which pairs intense strings with an electro-dance beat.
Listen: Untouched
Watch: Untouched video
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Carly Simon - This Kind Of Love
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Her first album of all-original songs in eight years, This Kind of Love ranks among Simon’s most personal albums as well as one of her most stylistically diverse excursions with songs ranging from gorgeous melodies to driving rhythms. The CD is co-produced by Simon, Frank Filipetti and Jimmy Webb who also wrote or co-wrote most of the arrangements.The three first teamed up for Film Noir, Simon’s album of standards that Webb produced in 1997. The musical inspiration of this CD comes from Simon’s fascination with Brazilian music, whose rhythms are subtly infused throughout.
Listen: Island | Hold Out Your Heart
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"I am obsessed with music. It's an obsession." - Kady Malloy, American Idol contestant, season seven. Think she was talking about us? Yeah, probably...
TV Video - The Tomorrow Show with Tom Snyder: John, Paul, Tom, Ringo
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On April 25, 1975, John Lennon gave what was to be his last televised interview on “The Tomorrow Show With Tom Snyder. The 2-DVD set “The Tomorrow Show With Tom Snyder: John, Paul, Tom & Ringo” also includes a 1981 interview with Ringo Starr, who discusses his film and music career, as well as remembrances of his band mate and friend John Lennon, and a 1979 interview with Paul and Linda McCartney, Denny Laine & Laurence Juber, from a stage in London, who were then enjoying huge success with Wings.
Watch: Trailer
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Van Morrison - Keep It Simple
Contest winners will be announced soon
A self-produced collection that points up Morrison’s awareness that the details are every bit as important as the big picture. That depth of feeling has characterized Morrison’s records from day one.
Listen: That's Entertainment
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The Lemonheads - It's A Shame About Ray (reissue)
Contest winners will be announced soon
Special edition, remasted, with 10 bonus tracks featuring "Shaky Ground," which was originally released as the B-side to "My Drug Buddy." The remaining nine songs are unreleased demos that Dando recorded in 1991, including early renditions of album tracks "Confetti," "Rockin Stroll" and "Hannah & Gabi," plus "Bit Part," which includes vocals from Hatfield. The DVD contains 45 minutes of videos and live performances that were previously released only on VHS as Two Weeks In Australia. The disc features videos for several songs from IT'S A SHAME ABOUT RAY, including the title track, the breakout single "Mrs. Robinson," "My Drug Buddy" and more. Also included is a video for "Being Around," a song that would appear a year later on the follow-up to RAY and "Half The Time" from the Lemonheads' Atlantic debut, Lovey. A trio of live performances include "Alison's Starting To Happen," "Ride With Me" from Lovey and "It's About Time" from 1993's Come On Feel The Lemonheads. The DVD also features candid commentary by Dando recalling the band's wild Australian antics.
Listen: Listening Party
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Fountains Of Wayne: OWM pal Dan Weir has posted an interview with Fountains of Wayne frontman Chris Collingwood on his MySpace blog. Check it out here.
New Found Glory - Hits
Contest winners will be announced soon
Angst fueled by hooky guitar riffs and old-school hardcore breakdowns. Defiant, yet upbeat. One of the first bands to fuse emo and punk-pop, add a tinge of hardcore, and bring it to the mainstream, New Found Glory has sold nearly 3-million albums while delivering the quintessential rock sound of the 2000s--melodic, fun, and personable. Now, for the first time, all of the band’s best-loved singles and album cuts have been brought together for Hits.
Listen: Situations (snippet) | Hit Or Miss (snippet)
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Emily Saxe - Keeping You In Mind
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Her latest release is filled with arrangements that are jazzy morsels of contemporary Americana, with rootsy instruments and hypnotic rhythms. National Public Radio calls Keeping You In Mind, "a must addition to your CD collection." The Tucson Citizen describes Emily as having "....one of the world's most daringly intimate voices", and Oregon Weekly calls her latest CD "....nearly perfect."
Listen: Walk On By
Watch: Interview Video
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The Wood Brothers - Loaded
Contest winners will be announced soon
John Medeski returns as producer. He got into the mix as the songs were just taking shape, and he plays keyboards on several tracks. The crew, working at a studio near Woodstock, New York, opened up the sessions to other musicians and friends making this a more fleshed-out, multi-layered band effort compared to the spare, live-in-the-studio approach of their previous effort Ways Not To Lose.
Listen: Postcards From Hell | Pray Enough
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The Vines - The Best Of
Contest winners will be announced soon
The Vines’ top hits and album tracks spanning the band’s three studio releases between 2002 and 2006 have been gathered for the first time for The Best Of The Vines. The new CD and digital collection features 16 tracks, including “Factory,” the single that first put them on the international music map, the 90-second title track from the band’s gold-certified debut album, Highly Evolved, and the Modern Rock chart hits “Get Free,” “Ride” and “Outtathaway."
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All Crazy - Sex Drugs And Hip Rock
Contest winners will be announced soon
A young multi-talented, multi-facet, and multi-racial group from Philadelphia developing a strong following on the east coast with their energetic live performances and stage presence. The band fuses rock, hip hop, blues, and soul with catchy melodies and at time hysterical lyrics. They even have a violinist which gives their sound a unique edge.
Watch: Wrong Time
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Everclear - The Vegas Years
Never shy about their influences and the music they grew up on, multi-platinum rockers EVERCLEAR have long been known for saluting the band’s roots by recording and performing a dynamic and eclectic array of covers. Now for the first time, Everclear’s best studio and concert recordings have been gathered for a new collection, The Vegas Years. The disc features 14 covers the band recorded between 1994 and this year, including versions of Hall & Oates’ “Rich Girl” and Paul Revere & The Raiders’ “Kicks,” both available exclusively on the new CD and digital album release.
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Kurt Cobain - About A Son DVD
Contest winners: Ilyse Johnson (Kendall Park, NJ), Cassandra Farrar (San Antonio, TX)
An intimate and moving portrait of the late musician and artist Kurt Cobain as told entirely in his own words. In the film, Kurt Cobain recounts his own life – from his childhood and adolescence to his days of musical discovery and later dealings with explosive fame – and offers often piercing insights into his life, music, and times. The conversations featured in the film have never before been made public and reveal a highly personal portrait of an artist much discussed but not particularly well understood.
Watch: Trailer | Clip | E-card
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Mike Doughty - Golden Delicious
Contest winners will be announced soon
The first single from the album, "27 Jennifers," is currently in the top 10 at AAA radio, according to MediaBase. In early reviews, Relix called it a "ripe and fruitful album," and Paste said, "those with a taste for his off-kilter sensibility will find his latest delicious indeed."
Listen: 27 Jennifers
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Play Radio Play - Texas
Often compared to Postal Service, on the surface, Dan’s songs are sweet, cute, and just bursting with pure happiness. But listen carefully to what his gentle voice is singing about – you'll discover a darker dimension to his music. It's this diverse combination of sound and subject that gives his music depth and realness.
Listen: Madi Don't Leave
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Be Your Own Pet - Get Awkward
Get Awkward is the sophomore full-length from Nashville foursome Be Your Own Pet. Making it presented new challenges for Jonas, Jemina, Nathan, and John, and yielded some surprises. The songs remain fast and loud, totally wired and tantalizingly brief. Applying the dubious word "mature" is open for heated debate – string arrangements and soppy ballads are blessedly absent – but the music definitely reflects a sharp increase in experience.
Listen: The Kelly Affair
Watch: Food Fight teaser video | The Kelly Affair
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Shauna Burns - The Moon And The Fire Circle
Contest winners: Marilyn Wons (Miramar Beach, FL), Linda Ellis (Canyon Lake, TX), Kelly Frey (Horicon, WI)
Drawing upon her degree in Anthropology from the University of Utah, Burns says she uses her passion for that field of study like a shovel that allows her to dig into herself to uncover her next musical adventure. “I use anthropology as a songwriting tool all the time,” she says. “It’s the study of human development and cultural identity and relationships between people.”
Watch: E-card
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Roxy Music - The Thrilll Of it All DVD
Contest winner: Jim Cincinello (Bloomingdale, IL)
Since the early 1970s, Roxy Music has been known for its combined idiosyncratic experimentation, sophisticated wit and highly developed visual presentation. For the first time, the band’s best filmed material has been collected for release in a definitive DVD collection. The Thrill Of It All: A Visual History (1972-1982) includes 38 music videos, concert clips and television performances, many of which have never before been released, on two DVDs.
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Soundtrack - Honeydripper
Contest winners: Dennis Robinson (Mandan, ND), Kathy Conley (Pierce City, MO)
This acclaimed new film written, directed and edited by John Sayles, revisits the genesis of rock 'n' roll -- namely '50s rural blues from the Deep South. The story depicts a second chance for an aging bluesman, the kickoff to a young guitar turk's career and the rise of rock 'n' roll itself. The movie features an all-star cast including Danny Glover, Charles S. Dutton, Lisa Gay Hamilton, Stacy Keach, Mary Steenburgen, Yaya DeCosta and Sean Patrick Thomas. Opening in New York and Los Angeles December 28 and nationally in January and February, the soundtrack to this blues music-themed period film includes new songs by Keb' Mo', Mable John and guitar phenom Gary Clark, Jr., who appears in the film as well. The album also contains a new song by the incomparable Ruth Brown, the last recorded before her death in 2006.
Listen: Listening Party
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Randy Jackson and Friends - Randy Jackson’s Music Club, Vol. 1
Contest winners will be announced soon
The album includes a stellar ensemble of artists and features the return of fellow Idol judge Paula Abdul who’s track “Dance Like There’s No Tomorrow” is her first release of new music in over a decade. Other guests on the album include Idol standouts Katherine McPhee and Elliot Yamin, U.K. phenom Joss Stone, country trailblazer Travis Tritt, pop-rock hitmaker Jason Mraz, ace country songwriter-producer John Rich (of Big & Rich), R&B luminary Sam Moore and Bon Jovi guitarist-harmonizer Richie Sambora. Randy also works once more with Mariah Carey who guests on the gospel track “Understand” along with Bebe Winans and Hezekiah Walker, Kim Burrell & Rance Allen. The collection also features major up and coming talent such as Barbie Esco on the track “My R&B” and Kelli Selah on “Who’s Gonna Love You Now” among others.
Listen: Dance Like There's No Tomorrow
Watch: Dance Like There's No Tomorrow
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Sheryl Crow - Detours
Lyrically the album is the most politically and personally outspoken record of her career, addressing the current state of the world from different perspectives as well as some of the personal challenges she’s faced over the last several years. The album, which in the end remains spiritually hopeful, retains the raw freshness of Bill Bottrell’s Tuesday Night Music Club-production and subtly pushes the boundaries of her previous work into new musical territories.
Watch: Love Is Free | Shine Over Babylon | Webisode | In The Studio | God Bless This Mess
MP3: Love Is Free (part)
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Dispatch - Zimbabwe Live At Madison Square Garden DVD
Contest winners will be announced soon
Known as the band that redefined independent music history, the members of Dispatch released album after album on their own label, rising up without the assistance of a major record label and selling over 600,000 albums. Dispatch became pioneers, making their reputation largely by touring, word-of-mouth and file sharing. The three nights at MSG, marked the band’s first appearances together since their 2004 farewell show, which drew more than 110,000 fans from 25 countries, making it the largest independent music event in history. Coming together for a cause that’s greater than anything that drew them apart, Dispatch: Zimbabwe not only raised funds to alleviate suffering in Zimbabwe, but also marked the first time an independent band sold out Madison Square Garden. This DVD features the entire sold out performance at Madison Square Garden, behind the scenes interviews with the band and an exclusive documentary on the African Country.
Watch: DVD Trailer | Elias | General
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The Ravonettes - Lust Lust Lust
Coming soon! Out in the UK and due here in February, the new album will knock you out for sure.
Watch: Live video of songs from the new album
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Previous contests & music features
Radiohead - The Best Of
The Best Of brings together the singles, key album tracks and live favorites spanning the band’s entire Parlophone Records and Capitol Records career. It will be available in the following formats and configurations: a 1CD collection featuring 17 tracks, a Special Edition 2CD, adding 13 tracks, a 4-piece vinyl set with 29 tracks, a 30-track digital download, and a DVD featuring all the classic promo videos.
More Info - Buy | Web Site | MySpace | Discuss It
Story Of The Year - Our Time Is Now (Two Years in the Life of...) DVD
Contest coming soon
Touring for "In The Wake Of Determination" brought Story of the Year to new fans, new places, and some of the biggest, most intense crowds to date. As always, cameras rolled and captured the experiences along the way. Our Time Is Now is the story of those two years. It's a two-part feature including a never-before-seen look into the band's writing and recording process, and a home video style documentary of life on the road.
Watch: Promotional Trailer | Clip 1 | Clip 2
More Info - Buy | Web Site | MySpace | Discuss It
Flobots - Fighting With Tools
A new group out of Denver on Universal Records, they reached the #1 most requested song in the United States at radio in just 2 weeks and are blowing up everywhere else.
Watch: E-card
Listen: Handlebars
More Info - Buy | Web Site | MySpace | Discuss It
Jethro Tull - This Was (Collectors Edition)
As Jethro Tull celebrates 40 years of worldwide rock superstardom, Capitol/EMI is releasing a 2-CD and digital release of a remastered and expanded Collectors Edition of the British band’s 1968 debut album, This Was. The release presents, for the first time on CD, the album’s original mono mix as well as a new stereo mix of the album. Also featured are nine related 1968 recordings for John Peel’s BBC Radio program, “Top Gear,” plus four rare 1968 UK singles: “Sunshine Day,” “Song For John Gee,” “Love Story” and “Christmas Song.” The commemorative package includes 35 tracks in all, as well as package notes and anecdotes from Jethro Tull’s members.
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Local H - 12 Angry Months
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Written after the bitter end of a long-term relationship, the album chronicles a full year of post-breakup experiences. Each track on 12 Angry Months corresponds to a month, and deals with the range of emotions one encounters after love turns sour. Those emotions range from anger (“so, baby could you do me a favor? fall off the earth and i'll see you later”), to jealousy (“this is crazy, I can’t believe that you replaced me”), to acceptance (“you knew we’d never make it anyway”). Highly regarded for their powerful sound and unique two-man lineup with Scott Lucas on vocals and guitar and Brian St. Clair on drums, Local H is known for derisive lyrics, heavy guitars and feedback, energetic live shows, and an active relationship with their fans. The band performs regularly, and will be on tour nationally in 2008.
Listen: 24 Hour Break-Up Session
View: E-card
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Charlotte Sometimes - Waves And The Both Of Us
Charlotte’s first focus track is taken from the lyric’s of Cypress Hill’s “How I Could Just Kill A Man”. It gives a pretty good introduction to her style. The album is releasing May 6th.
Listen: How I Could Just Kill A Man | Sweet Valium High
Watch: Video preview
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Marie Digby - Unfold
Win it here!
In addition to twelve original tracks penned by Marié, "Unfold" will include her wildly popular, stripped down version of Rihanna's "Umbrella." Just a few months ago, Marié's acoustic version of the Rihanna hit "Umbrella" debuted at No. 40 on the Billboard Adult Top 40 while Rihanna's original at was at No. 37, which marked the first time in the history of the Adult Top 40 list that versions by two different artists of the same song have charted simultaneously. The album showcases the singer/songwriter's upbeat acoustic pop melodies and smart, honest lyrics. Two of her original songs, "Stupid for You," and "Say It Again," also debuted nationally on the hit MTV show "The Hills," while another original, "Spell" debuted on the CW Network show "Smallville."
Watch: Marie Digby YouTube
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Madonna - Hard Candy
Pop music's queen returns with a new studio album. The first single and video, 4 Minutes, features Justin Timberlake and Timbaland.
Watch: 4 Minutes
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Portishead - Third
Last.fm announced today that Portishead's long-awaited new album, Third, will be made exclusively available on the site, in its entirety, for free from April 21, a week before its official release. Third is the Bristol band's first studio album in 11 years, and each of its 11 tracks will be made available for free, full-length, on-demand streaming on Last.fm for 7 days leading up the official release on April 28.
Listen: Third
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Love - Forever Changes (2CD collector's edition)
Regarded as the L.A.-based psychedelic folk-rock pioneers' finest achievement, Love's FOREVER CHANGES is sometimes compared to Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band and Pet Sounds. The third and final album by the original Love lineup remains a timeless musical experience four decades after its Elektra release. Produced by band cofounder Arthur Lee and The Doors' engineer/producer Bruce Botnick, the visionary album weaves a rich tapestry of sound as Lee's quavering voice delivers lyrics that are both enigmatic and poetic as he is backed by the band's gorgeous melodies and evocative orchestral arrangements. This Collector's Edition of FOREVER CHANGES contains the original 11 songs along with an alternate mix of the album comprised almost entirely of unreleased tracks. The bonus material also includes a trove of unreleased gems culled from the album's recording sessions.
Listen: Listening Party
More Info - Buy | Discuss It
Shannon Noll - Turn It Up
Win it here!
This is Shannon’s most dynamic album. From the first hit, Loud, to anthemic rockers like Way Out to heartfelt emotion in Breakdown and In Pieces to unabashed sentiments in soul stirring ballads like Sorry Is Just Too Late and Is You, every song is a showcase for Shannon’s vocal abilities and shows his growth as a songwriter. Shannon was particularly thrilled to work with one of rock music legend Richie Sambora. The two wrote the blistering power ballad, Sorry Is Just Too Late along with producer Luke Ebbin. Richie also played guitar on the track. Richie has nothing but praise for Shannon. “There are very few current artists that embody the great classic vocalists, but have a contemporary flair,” says Richie. “Shannon is that artist.”
Video: Loud | On Oprah's Big Give
MP3: Loud
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Blue Man Group - How To Be A Megastar Live!
Win it here!
How To Be A Megastar Tour is a live rock show that takes the audience through a satirical "workshop" on how to create "the perfect rock concert experience." In the process, they celebrate, skewer and otherwise deconstruct rock stardom in all of its narcissistic glory. The Blue Men download a new "how-to manual" that takes the audience through a uniquely clever and interactive show that guarantees to deliver hypnotic entertainment for all ages.
E-card | Listening Party
More Info - Buy | Web Site | Discuss It
The Veronicas - Single: Untouched
Most young bands today can’t say they have performed together for 18 years, but sisters Lisa and Jessica of The Veronicas have done just that. The vocal chemistry that has evolved from singing together from the age of five is showcased in their latest single, “Untouched” which pairs intense strings with an electro-dance beat.
Listen: Untouched
Watch: Untouched video
More Info - Buy the album | Web Site | Discuss It
Carly Simon - This Kind Of Love
Win it here!
Her first album of all-original songs in eight years, This Kind of Love ranks among Simon’s most personal albums as well as one of her most stylistically diverse excursions with songs ranging from gorgeous melodies to driving rhythms. The CD is co-produced by Simon, Frank Filipetti and Jimmy Webb who also wrote or co-wrote most of the arrangements.The three first teamed up for Film Noir, Simon’s album of standards that Webb produced in 1997. The musical inspiration of this CD comes from Simon’s fascination with Brazilian music, whose rhythms are subtly infused throughout.
Listen: Island | Hold Out Your Heart
More Info - Buy | Web Site | MySpace | Discuss It
"I am obsessed with music. It's an obsession." - Kady Malloy, American Idol contestant, season seven. Think she was talking about us? Yeah, probably...
TV Video - The Tomorrow Show with Tom Snyder: John, Paul, Tom, Ringo
Win this DVD!
On April 25, 1975, John Lennon gave what was to be his last televised interview on “The Tomorrow Show With Tom Snyder. The 2-DVD set “The Tomorrow Show With Tom Snyder: John, Paul, Tom & Ringo” also includes a 1981 interview with Ringo Starr, who discusses his film and music career, as well as remembrances of his band mate and friend John Lennon, and a 1979 interview with Paul and Linda McCartney, Denny Laine & Laurence Juber, from a stage in London, who were then enjoying huge success with Wings.
Watch: Trailer
More Info - Buy | Label Web Site | Discuss It
Van Morrison - Keep It Simple
Contest winners will be announced soon
A self-produced collection that points up Morrison’s awareness that the details are every bit as important as the big picture. That depth of feeling has characterized Morrison’s records from day one.
Listen: That's Entertainment
More Info - Buy | Web Site | MySpace | Discuss It
The Lemonheads - It's A Shame About Ray (reissue)
Contest winners will be announced soon
Special edition, remasted, with 10 bonus tracks featuring "Shaky Ground," which was originally released as the B-side to "My Drug Buddy." The remaining nine songs are unreleased demos that Dando recorded in 1991, including early renditions of album tracks "Confetti," "Rockin Stroll" and "Hannah & Gabi," plus "Bit Part," which includes vocals from Hatfield. The DVD contains 45 minutes of videos and live performances that were previously released only on VHS as Two Weeks In Australia. The disc features videos for several songs from IT'S A SHAME ABOUT RAY, including the title track, the breakout single "Mrs. Robinson," "My Drug Buddy" and more. Also included is a video for "Being Around," a song that would appear a year later on the follow-up to RAY and "Half The Time" from the Lemonheads' Atlantic debut, Lovey. A trio of live performances include "Alison's Starting To Happen," "Ride With Me" from Lovey and "It's About Time" from 1993's Come On Feel The Lemonheads. The DVD also features candid commentary by Dando recalling the band's wild Australian antics.
Listen: Listening Party
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Fountains Of Wayne: OWM pal Dan Weir has posted an interview with Fountains of Wayne frontman Chris Collingwood on his MySpace blog. Check it out here.
New Found Glory - Hits
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Angst fueled by hooky guitar riffs and old-school hardcore breakdowns. Defiant, yet upbeat. One of the first bands to fuse emo and punk-pop, add a tinge of hardcore, and bring it to the mainstream, New Found Glory has sold nearly 3-million albums while delivering the quintessential rock sound of the 2000s--melodic, fun, and personable. Now, for the first time, all of the band’s best-loved singles and album cuts have been brought together for Hits.
Listen: Situations (snippet) | Hit Or Miss (snippet)
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Emily Saxe - Keeping You In Mind
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Her latest release is filled with arrangements that are jazzy morsels of contemporary Americana, with rootsy instruments and hypnotic rhythms. National Public Radio calls Keeping You In Mind, "a must addition to your CD collection." The Tucson Citizen describes Emily as having "....one of the world's most daringly intimate voices", and Oregon Weekly calls her latest CD "....nearly perfect."
Listen: Walk On By
Watch: Interview Video
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The Wood Brothers - Loaded
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John Medeski returns as producer. He got into the mix as the songs were just taking shape, and he plays keyboards on several tracks. The crew, working at a studio near Woodstock, New York, opened up the sessions to other musicians and friends making this a more fleshed-out, multi-layered band effort compared to the spare, live-in-the-studio approach of their previous effort Ways Not To Lose.
Listen: Postcards From Hell | Pray Enough
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The Vines - The Best Of
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The Vines’ top hits and album tracks spanning the band’s three studio releases between 2002 and 2006 have been gathered for the first time for The Best Of The Vines. The new CD and digital collection features 16 tracks, including “Factory,” the single that first put them on the international music map, the 90-second title track from the band’s gold-certified debut album, Highly Evolved, and the Modern Rock chart hits “Get Free,” “Ride” and “Outtathaway."
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All Crazy - Sex Drugs And Hip Rock
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A young multi-talented, multi-facet, and multi-racial group from Philadelphia developing a strong following on the east coast with their energetic live performances and stage presence. The band fuses rock, hip hop, blues, and soul with catchy melodies and at time hysterical lyrics. They even have a violinist which gives their sound a unique edge.
Watch: Wrong Time
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Everclear - The Vegas Years
Never shy about their influences and the music they grew up on, multi-platinum rockers EVERCLEAR have long been known for saluting the band’s roots by recording and performing a dynamic and eclectic array of covers. Now for the first time, Everclear’s best studio and concert recordings have been gathered for a new collection, The Vegas Years. The disc features 14 covers the band recorded between 1994 and this year, including versions of Hall & Oates’ “Rich Girl” and Paul Revere & The Raiders’ “Kicks,” both available exclusively on the new CD and digital album release.
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Kurt Cobain - About A Son DVD
Contest winners: Ilyse Johnson (Kendall Park, NJ), Cassandra Farrar (San Antonio, TX)
An intimate and moving portrait of the late musician and artist Kurt Cobain as told entirely in his own words. In the film, Kurt Cobain recounts his own life – from his childhood and adolescence to his days of musical discovery and later dealings with explosive fame – and offers often piercing insights into his life, music, and times. The conversations featured in the film have never before been made public and reveal a highly personal portrait of an artist much discussed but not particularly well understood.
Watch: Trailer | Clip | E-card
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Mike Doughty - Golden Delicious
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The first single from the album, "27 Jennifers," is currently in the top 10 at AAA radio, according to MediaBase. In early reviews, Relix called it a "ripe and fruitful album," and Paste said, "those with a taste for his off-kilter sensibility will find his latest delicious indeed."
Listen: 27 Jennifers
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Play Radio Play - Texas
Often compared to Postal Service, on the surface, Dan’s songs are sweet, cute, and just bursting with pure happiness. But listen carefully to what his gentle voice is singing about – you'll discover a darker dimension to his music. It's this diverse combination of sound and subject that gives his music depth and realness.
Listen: Madi Don't Leave
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Be Your Own Pet - Get Awkward
Get Awkward is the sophomore full-length from Nashville foursome Be Your Own Pet. Making it presented new challenges for Jonas, Jemina, Nathan, and John, and yielded some surprises. The songs remain fast and loud, totally wired and tantalizingly brief. Applying the dubious word "mature" is open for heated debate – string arrangements and soppy ballads are blessedly absent – but the music definitely reflects a sharp increase in experience.
Listen: The Kelly Affair
Watch: Food Fight teaser video | The Kelly Affair
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Shauna Burns - The Moon And The Fire Circle
Contest winners: Marilyn Wons (Miramar Beach, FL), Linda Ellis (Canyon Lake, TX), Kelly Frey (Horicon, WI)
Drawing upon her degree in Anthropology from the University of Utah, Burns says she uses her passion for that field of study like a shovel that allows her to dig into herself to uncover her next musical adventure. “I use anthropology as a songwriting tool all the time,” she says. “It’s the study of human development and cultural identity and relationships between people.”
Watch: E-card
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Roxy Music - The Thrilll Of it All DVD
Contest winner: Jim Cincinello (Bloomingdale, IL)
Since the early 1970s, Roxy Music has been known for its combined idiosyncratic experimentation, sophisticated wit and highly developed visual presentation. For the first time, the band’s best filmed material has been collected for release in a definitive DVD collection. The Thrill Of It All: A Visual History (1972-1982) includes 38 music videos, concert clips and television performances, many of which have never before been released, on two DVDs.
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Soundtrack - Honeydripper
Contest winners: Dennis Robinson (Mandan, ND), Kathy Conley (Pierce City, MO)
This acclaimed new film written, directed and edited by John Sayles, revisits the genesis of rock 'n' roll -- namely '50s rural blues from the Deep South. The story depicts a second chance for an aging bluesman, the kickoff to a young guitar turk's career and the rise of rock 'n' roll itself. The movie features an all-star cast including Danny Glover, Charles S. Dutton, Lisa Gay Hamilton, Stacy Keach, Mary Steenburgen, Yaya DeCosta and Sean Patrick Thomas. Opening in New York and Los Angeles December 28 and nationally in January and February, the soundtrack to this blues music-themed period film includes new songs by Keb' Mo', Mable John and guitar phenom Gary Clark, Jr., who appears in the film as well. The album also contains a new song by the incomparable Ruth Brown, the last recorded before her death in 2006.
Listen: Listening Party
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Randy Jackson and Friends - Randy Jackson’s Music Club, Vol. 1
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The album includes a stellar ensemble of artists and features the return of fellow Idol judge Paula Abdul who’s track “Dance Like There’s No Tomorrow” is her first release of new music in over a decade. Other guests on the album include Idol standouts Katherine McPhee and Elliot Yamin, U.K. phenom Joss Stone, country trailblazer Travis Tritt, pop-rock hitmaker Jason Mraz, ace country songwriter-producer John Rich (of Big & Rich), R&B luminary Sam Moore and Bon Jovi guitarist-harmonizer Richie Sambora. Randy also works once more with Mariah Carey who guests on the gospel track “Understand” along with Bebe Winans and Hezekiah Walker, Kim Burrell & Rance Allen. The collection also features major up and coming talent such as Barbie Esco on the track “My R&B” and Kelli Selah on “Who’s Gonna Love You Now” among others.
Listen: Dance Like There's No Tomorrow
Watch: Dance Like There's No Tomorrow
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Sheryl Crow - Detours
Lyrically the album is the most politically and personally outspoken record of her career, addressing the current state of the world from different perspectives as well as some of the personal challenges she’s faced over the last several years. The album, which in the end remains spiritually hopeful, retains the raw freshness of Bill Bottrell’s Tuesday Night Music Club-production and subtly pushes the boundaries of her previous work into new musical territories.
Watch: Love Is Free | Shine Over Babylon | Webisode | In The Studio | God Bless This Mess
MP3: Love Is Free (part)
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Dispatch - Zimbabwe Live At Madison Square Garden DVD
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Known as the band that redefined independent music history, the members of Dispatch released album after album on their own label, rising up without the assistance of a major record label and selling over 600,000 albums. Dispatch became pioneers, making their reputation largely by touring, word-of-mouth and file sharing. The three nights at MSG, marked the band’s first appearances together since their 2004 farewell show, which drew more than 110,000 fans from 25 countries, making it the largest independent music event in history. Coming together for a cause that’s greater than anything that drew them apart, Dispatch: Zimbabwe not only raised funds to alleviate suffering in Zimbabwe, but also marked the first time an independent band sold out Madison Square Garden. This DVD features the entire sold out performance at Madison Square Garden, behind the scenes interviews with the band and an exclusive documentary on the African Country.
Watch: DVD Trailer | Elias | General
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The Ravonettes - Lust Lust Lust
Coming soon! Out in the UK and due here in February, the new album will knock you out for sure.
Watch: Live video of songs from the new album
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SCARLETT JOHANSSON
Anywhere I Lay My Head
The album features 10 Tom Waits songs and one original track. Working with TV on the Radio producer David Sitek, Johansson is joined by Yeah Yeah Yeahs guitarist Nick Zimmer, Sean Antanaitis from Celebration, and others.
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Watch: Falling Down
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ALANIS MORISSETTE
Flavors of Entanglement
Her new CD is due June 10
Listen to: Underneath
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Read / Write About It
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JACKIE GREENE
Giving Up The Ghost
Dubbed “The Prince of Americana” by the New York Times, Greene is steeped in country, blues, jazz, rock and folk traditions, defying easy categorization.
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JUNO SOUNDTRACK
The eclectic soundtrack from one of the most entertaining, quirky, and infectous films of the year!
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Listen: Anyone Else But You
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NIRVANA
Unplugged in New York DVD
Features extra tracks, rehearsal footage, and interview.
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Trailer | About A Girl | All Apologies
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