Archive for the 'Music News' Category

10 Years

No shame. No apologies will be handed out with the re-release of 10 Years’ latest album “Killing All That Holds You.” 14 killer tracks – 4 mixed by long-time favorite of the band, Ulrich Wild (Pantera, Deftones) – 4 acoustic tracks and the single that is proving a hit wherever it travels, “Wasteland.” This […]

April 13th, 2006 - Posted in Music News

Hoobastank Announces Free Club Shows For Fans

Hoobastank will play a series of free shows at small venues throughout the month of April, the band revealed through a fan club email. The short road trip, called the Every Fan For Himself tour, will promote the upcoming arrival of the band’s new album, Every Man For Himself, on May 15. Fans are encouraged […]

April 11th, 2006 - Posted in Live Music, Music News

Death Cab For Cutie

Formed in the tiny college town of Bellingham, WA, Death Cab for Cutie started out as a solo project from engineering student and committed indie rocker Ben Gibbard. Having turned a freshly broken heart into nine songs he wasn’t embarrassed to share with someone else, he recruited fledgling four-track producer (and fellow Teenage Fanclub […]

April 11th, 2006 - Posted in Music News

Beatles live album

A new Beatles album consisting of live music from across the band’s career is in production, it has been revealed.
The album will coincide with a Las Vegas show about the band, which was originally the brainchild of George Harrison, before his death in 2001.
Currently being overseen by the two surviving members of The Beatles - […]

April 11th, 2006 - Posted in Live Music, Music News

Gorillaz Demon Days Live Show Online

If you didn’t get to see the Gorillaz performing live in New York last week, you can still catch some of the concert, thanks to MSN Music and EMI Records.
Right now, MSN is streaming the final concert of the Gorillaz’s five-night stand at the legendary Harlem Apollo, where Gorillaz co-creator Damon Albarn and the musicians […]

April 11th, 2006 - Posted in Live Music, Music News

Winners of 2006 Country Music Television awards

The winners of Monday’s Country Music Television awards:
Music Video of the Year: Better Life, Keith Urban
Male Video of the Year: Who You’d be Today, Kenny Chesney.
Female Video of the Year: Jesus Take the Wheel, Carrie Underwood.
Group/Duo Video of the Year: Skin (Sarabeth), Rascal Flatts.
Collaborative Video of the Year: Who Says You Can’t Go Home, Bon […]

April 11th, 2006 - Posted in Music Event, Music News

You Have Killed Me Pt.2 - Morrissey

UK pressing. Morrissey, the elder statesman of British popular music, returns in 2006 with ‘You Have Killed Me’, the first single lifted from the album Ringleader Of The Tormentors, probably his best solo work to date. Written by Morrissey and Jesse Tobias, this enhanced single features the title track backed with ‘Human Being’ & […]

April 11th, 2006 - Posted in Album Reviews, Music News

Coca-Cola goes “Stageside” for music, P2P marketing

Rather than share the sponsor spotlight like it must on “American Idol,” Coca-Cola North America opted to create its own music program. Taking the concept even further, the soft drink giant is bypassing traditional television to get “Stageside” out to its target audience.
Island Def Jam R&B star Ne-Yo is the first artist to be showcased […]

April 11th, 2006 - Posted in Music Download, Music Event, Music News

Royalty Free Music.com Offers Comprehensive Music Programs

Professionals involved in film, television and media production have become increasingly more reliant on inexpensive royalty free music to enhance their various productions. For the past ten years, the company RoyaltyFreeMusic.com has provided affordable, high quality royalty free music to professionals across every industry that can be used as production music for films and television […]

April 11th, 2006 - Posted in Music Download, Music News, Music Store

Download free videos at iTunes

The iTunes Music Store has offered weekly, free song downloads for some time now.
Recently they added free, limited-time video downloads as well — but we never seem to get over there to check out what’s available every week.
Happily, the Free iTunes Downloads blog does all the work for you. Says the creator:
It was a hassle […]

April 11th, 2006 - Posted in Music Download, Music News, Music Store

Sprint Music Store hits milestone

Sprint announced its Sprint Music Store has reached the milestone of two million song downloads. The Sprint Music Store was first launched on October 24, 2005. Sprint reached the one million download mark back in February of this year.
Songs purchased through the service come with two copies–one copy can be played on the customer’s phone, […]

April 11th, 2006 - Posted in Music Download, Music News, Music Store

Musica’s download sales rise steadily

Music download sales at Musica had grown month-on-month since the offering was launched a year ago but still made up a small part of sales, said Paul Watson, the New Clicks Holdings-owned chain’s technology executive.
Watson said the legal online service was introduced to counter the threat posed by online rivals but also to take advantage […]

April 11th, 2006 - Posted in Music Download, Music News, Music Store, Music Video

We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions - Bruce Springsteen

‘We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions’ features Bruce’s personal interpretations of thirteen traditional songs, all of them associated with the legendary guiding light of American folk music, Pete Seeger, for whom the album is named. Speaking of the origins of the new music, Springsteen said, “So much of my writing, particularly when I write […]

April 10th, 2006 - Posted in Album Reviews, Music News, Music Video

Official Wants to Offer B.I.G. Reward

A city councilman wants to offer a $50,000 public reward for leads in the unsolved murder of rapper Notorious B.I.G. Councilman Dennis Zine proposed Friday to offer the reward for 60 days.
“I am hopeful someone will come forward with information which will lead to the eventual apprehension of the murderers involved in this case,” Zine […]

April 9th, 2006 - Posted in Music News