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The Strokes
Fri, 29 Aug 2008 13:43:08 -0600The Strokes is a 5 piece band hailing from New York City, made up of Nikolai Fraiture (bass), Julian Casablancas (vocals), Albert Hammond Jr and Nick Valensi (guitar) and Fab Moretti (drums). Their The Modern Age EP kick-started a wave of hype that saw their 2001 debut record, Is This It achieve massive success and helped initiate an explosion of bands who squeezed brazen New York punk attitude into 3 minute pop songs. In 2003, their second album (Room on Fire) hit stores and recieved critical praise, some critics citing this album as an advance musically and showed they weren't content to milk the formula that brought them their success. Constant touring followed by a well-earned break (during which Casablancas married the band's publicist's secretary) meant that it wasn't until January 2006 that their third record, First Impressions of Earth was released. (read more)Jonas Brothers
Fri, 29 Aug 2008 13:41:00 -0600Ask the Jonas Brothers who they're hoping to turn into fans with their new self-titled CD and they won't say "everybody." But that's precisely what they'll mean. "We're aiming for people our age, " says 18-year-old Joe. "But we also wanna get kids younger than us, " adds 15-year-old Nick. "And older people, too, " 20-year-old Kevin pipes up. The highly anticipated follow-up to the New Jersey siblings' 2006 debut-which featured the TRL hit "Mandy"-"Jonas Brothers" is sure to make good on the band's goal: >>(more)Jason Mraz - I'm Yours
Tue, 26 Aug 2008 09:17:42 -0600A singer-songwriter originally from Mechanicsville, Virginia, USA, Jason Mraz set out for the big city, attending a performing arts college in New York City. Realizing the competitive nature of the musical theater world he paired his innate desire to perform his own material, Mraz picked the guitar at age 18 and began panhandling on the streets of NYC. Rumor has it that Mraz ran into a 'psychic' in central park who told him something along the lines of "remember to follow your dreams". Jason interpreted this as his sign to follow his heart all the way to the San Diego coffee house scene where a developing base of creative singer/songwriters was beginning to blossom. Mraz gained a following of fans on the coffee house circuit - most notably Java Joe's, where he worked with percussionist Toca Rivera. ( read more)Natasha Bedingfield
Sat, 23 Aug 2008 10:44:27 -0600Natasha Bedingfield (born November 26, 1981) is a British pop singer, and sister of pop singer, Daniel Bedingfield. She also has a younger sister, Nikola. Her debut single, "Single", was released in 2004, followed by the worldwide hit "These Words", which charted at #1 in the UK. She also released "Unwritten" and "I Bruise Easily" from the album, both of which were top 20 hits. Her debut album Unwritten went triple platinum in the UK, and has since found huge success in the USA.Natasha's single "Unwritten" was featured in the movie "The Sisterhood Of The Travelling Pants" and many different televeision adverts. It also serves as theme song for the hit MTV reality series "The Hills." Natasha has just released her second album, N.B., and the lead single off of it is the hit I Wanna Have Your Babies, which features Nadine Coyle from Girls Aloud in the video. >>(read more)Colbie Caillat
Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:55:52 -0600Colbie Caillat is a singer-songwriter with songs based on a humble approach; although her music is acoustic based, the arrangements go much deeper, culling from classical folk, jazz & pop, with her distinguished breathy vocals and dynamic melodies commanding the audience of the listeners she’s gained and which have been described as sounding like "sweet honey flowing over rocks." A great song, says Colbie Caillat, should lift your heart, warm the soul and make you feel good. Taking her own sound advice, "Coco", the debut album by the 22 year-old Californian singer-songwriter is simply crammed full of them. In an age when marketing has been elevated above content and so many songs are written and produced to a pre-ordained formula, Caillat comes as a welcome breath of fresh air. Records these days seem to fall into two categories. The vast majority tend to contain one or two good tracks which you download to your computer so that you never have to listen to the rest of the album again. Far more rare are those that demand to be listened to from start to finish, with every song in perfect symmetry. Think of the kind of vintage, organically-crafted albums that Carole King or Joni Mitchell used to make. Thankfully, it's a tradition that is being kept alive today by the likes of Norah Jones, Jack Johnson - and now Colbie Caillat.>>(read more)John Mayer
Fri, 15 Aug 2008 23:36:08 -0600John Clayton Mayer, born October 16, 1977, in Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA, and started playing guitar at 13 after being inspired by the movie Back to the Future. In 2003, he won the Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance for the 2002 single Your Body is a Wonderland from the album Room for Squares. In February 2005, he was awarded the Song of the Year Grammy for his song Daughters, which he composed while in the shower, from the album Heavier Things. In winning the award, he beat out such contenders as Alicia Keys, and Kanye West. >>(read more)Coldplay
Fri, 15 Aug 2008 23:24:26 -0600Coldplay was introduced to the public in 2000, with their debut album "Parachutes" which included smash hit Yellow. In 2002, two years after their debut album was released, the band's second album entitled "A Rush of Blood to the Head" hit retail stores, and just astonished their fans and even got them new attention. Included on the album were songs such as In My Place, The Scientist, and the ever so popular, Clocks. Often considered to be the next U2, Coldplay is the type of band that almost anyone can listen to. Their soft and smooth sound can be very relaxing and enjoyable to hear. Their music can almost seem like theme songs, with the abundance of times they have been heard on the big screen and on cable TV. (read more)Demi Lovato and Joe Jonas
Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:27:10 -0600Demetria "Demi" Devonne Lovato (born August 20, 1992) is an American actress, singer and songwriter. She is best known for her role as Mitchie Torres in the Disney Channel Original Movie Camp Rock and for her role as Charlotte Adams in the short five-minute Disney Channel series As The Bell Rings. She is currently on the Burning Up Tour with the Jonas Brothers. Lovato was born in Dallas, Texas to Patrick Lovato and Dianna (nee Hart). She is of Hispanic, Irish and Italian descent. She started acting at the age of six, when she landed her first series regular role as Angela on Barney & Friends, there she met her best friend, Selena Gomez. As time went on Lovato pursued her singing and instrumental career, and she guest starred on Prison Break, Split Ends (pilot) and Just Jordan. (She started acting at the age of six, when she landed her first series regular role as Angela on Barney & Friends, there she met her best friend, Selena Gomez. (more)Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love
Mon, 25 Aug 2008 14:55:07 -0600Leona Lewis (born April, 3rd 1985) is an English singer-songwriter and winner of the third series of popular television talent show The X Factor. Lewis was born in the London district of Islington, and is of English, Welsh and Afro-Caribbean descent. At the age of five, she attended the Sylvia Young Theatre School. She began writing her own songs at the age of 12, and had recorded an album of demo songs by the age of 15. In Spring of 2006, Lewis auditioned for the third series of The X Factor. She progressed through the final stages of the contest with a comfortable majority, and eventually won the contest and a £1 Million recording contract in December 2006. Her debut single, A Moment Like This sold over a million copies and became Christmas Number One. (read more)Ashanti
Wed, 30 Jul 2008 19:00:29 -0600Ashanti Shequoiya Douglas (born October 13, 1980 in Glen Cove, New York), professionally known as Ashanti, is a Grammy Award-winning American singer, songwriter, record producer, actress, model, and fashion designer who rose to fame in the early 2000s. She is most famous for her eponymous debut album Ashanti which featured the hit song "Foolish", and sold 503, 000 copies (Gold) in its first week on release in the USA in April 2002, a record breaking feat. (read more)Vanessa Hudgens and Zac Efron Pictures
Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:34:28 -0600Vanessa Hudgens and Zac Efron have a fairy tale love story that has captured the hearts of teenagers and pre-teens worldwide. They met when they both starred in High School Musical (HSM), which was a blockbuster movie on the Disney Channel. Vanessa played the starring role of Gabriella Montez and Zac played opposite her starring as Troy Bolton. Although Vanessa and Zac are constantly seen together in Los Angeles, bloggers are continually speculating that their romance is over, but they have always been wrong. (read more)Simple Plan
Sat, 23 Aug 2008 06:14:23 -0600Simple Plan is a pop/rock band that came about in stages that began with the formation of the Canadian band Reset, in 1995, by high-school friends Pierre Bouvier, Charles-André (Chuck) Comeau and Adrien White. Reset toured around Canada with bands such as MxPx, Ten Foot Pole, and Face to Face, but only managed to gain modest popularity. The debut album was released in 1997. Comeau soon left to go to college, but two years later he hooked up with Jean-François (Jeff) Stinco and Sébastien Lefebvre, and again started making music. It was coincidence that brought Comeau and Bouvier back together at a Sugar Ray concert in late 1999, and Bouvier soon left Reset and joined his old friends. >>(read more)Kenny Chesney
Fri, 29 Aug 2008 01:35:30 -0600Kenny Chesney was born March 26, 1968, in Knoxville, Tenn., and raised in nearby Luttrell. He attended college at East Tennessee State in Johnson City and became a fixture in the area's venues, including Chuckie's Trading Post and Quarterback's Barbecue. "The scene up there then was mostly blues, rock and folk, " he recalls. "I was about the only one doing George Jones and Hank Jr. I got to where I had a pretty good following." An awakening of sorts came when he went into the Classic Recording Studio in Bristol, Va. Backed by several musicians he knew from college (who later became the core of Alison Krauss' band), he recorded an album's worth of songs he'd written. (read more)New Order
Sat, 23 Aug 2008 05:48:32 -0600Pioneers of dance music in the 1980s, New Order hailed from Salford and Macclesfield, England, and are noted as being one of the first bands to bridge the gap between post punk and dancefloor. They were Factory Records' highest selling artist; they funded Factory's famous Manchester club, The Hacienda. They recorded with legendary hip-hop producer Arthur Baker (on 1983's single Confusion and 1984's Thieves Like Us), and they embraced Ibizan club culture on the album, Technique. Formed in 1980 by the three surviving members ( Bernard Sumner, Peter Hook and Stephen Morris) of Joy Division after the lead singer Ian Curtis committed suicide. Gillian Gilbert joined in October 1980 on keyboards and occasional guitar. Their early music followed in the same vein as Joy Division, most notably on debut album Movement. This is mostly seen now as a 'transitional' album where the new 4-piece band were trying to find a new identity. They continued to develop their music and their identity with tracks such as Procession and Temptation until 1983 when they released Blue Monday, arguably their most famous song and the biggest-selling 12" single of all time. This came in such a detailed Peter Saville-designed sleeve (replicating a floppy disc) that it is claimed by some that the band's record company, Factory, lost money on every copy sold. The release of "Blue Monday" coincided with the album Power, Corruption & Lies which further developed their rock/electro crossover. Other albums followed in 1985 (Low-Life), 1986 (Brotherhood (read all)The Mars Volta
Sat, 23 Aug 2008 06:22:42 -0600The Mars Volta are an American musical group founded by Cedric Bixler Zavala and Omar A. Rodriguez-Lopez. They are generally considered progressive rock, with jazz and Latin influences. They are known for their wild live shows, extensive jams, cryptic lyrics and experimentation in, and use of, ambient music, to help establish mood. Members of the band At the Drive-In, Cedric Bixler-Zavala and Omar Rodriguez-Lopez, were in De Facto with audio technician Jeremy Michael Ward. De Facto included Cedric on drums, Omar on bass, and Jeremy with various loop, vocal, sound, and distortion effects - a composite of sounds, hinging squarely on tripped-out, instrumental dub. Though DeFacto started as a local band with a rock feel, they were rooted in the realm of >>(read more)Beck
Sat, 23 Aug 2008 05:36:26 -0600Beck Hansen (born Bek David Campbell, July 8, 1970) is an American musician, singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. Beck's music--with its pop-junk culture collage of musical styles, obtuse, ironic lyrics, and post-modern arrangements incorporating samples, drum machines, live instrumentation and heady sound effects--was among the most idiosyncratic of '90s alternative rock. Though his most popular albums were released in the 1990s, Beck continues to inspire fans well into the modern age of alternative rock, with his creative songwriting combined with his innovative production style and never ending willingness to experiment and surprise. Beck was born in Los Angeles, California, to David Campbell (a musician and son of a presbyterian minister) and Bibbe Hansen (a former dancer for The Velvet Underground, member of Black Fag, and visual artist). When his parents separated, Beck stayed with his mother and brother in Los Angeles, where he was influenced by that city's diverse musical offerings—everything from hip-hop to latin music—and his mother's art scene – all of which would later reappear in his recorded and published work. He didn't have many friends in his childhood, which gave him time to develop his musical talent. (read more)The Beach Boys
Sat, 23 Aug 2008 05:29:03 -0600The Beach Boys are an American rock and roll band. First formed in 1961, they gained popularity for their close vocal harmonies and lyrics reflecting a California youth culture of surfing, girls and cars. Brian Wilson's growing creative ambitions later transformed them into a more artistically innovative group that earned critical praise and influenced many later musicians. The group initially comprised singer-musician-composer Brian Wilson, his brothers, Carl and Dennis, their cousin Mike Love, and friend Al Jardine. This core quintet, along with early member David Marks and later bandmate Bruce Johnston, were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1988. The Beach Boys have often been called "America's Band""Still America's Band: The Beach Boys Today", Kevin M. Cherry, National Review, July 8, 2002 and have had thirty-six U.S. Top 40 hits (the most of any U.S. rock band), including four number one singles. Many changes in both musical styles and personnel have occurred during their career, notably because of Brian Wilson's mental illness and drug abuse (leading to his eventual withdrawal from the group) and the deaths of Dennis and Carl Wilson in 1983 and 1998, respectively. Extensive legal battles between members of the group have also played their part. After Carl Wilson's death, founding member Al Jardine was ousted by Mike Love. Love and Bruce Johnston then leased the rights to the band's name and continue to tour as The Beach Boys. read the rest of the Wikipedia articleSonic Youth
Sat, 23 Aug 2008 05:59:23 -0600Sonic Youth are an experimental rock group formed in New York City in 1981. The band consists of Thurston Moore (guitar, vocals), his wife Kim Gordon (vocals, bass, guitar), Lee Ranaldo (guitar, vocals) and Steve Shelley (drums). In their early career Sonic Youth were associated with the no wave art and music scene in New York City, but have outlasted most associated bands. (read more)Green Day
Sat, 14 Jun 2008 03:17:38 -0600Green Day, based in California, USA, consists of Billie Joe Armstrong on lead vocals and guitar; Mike Dirnt, born Michael Ryan Pritchard, on bass and backing vocals; and Tré Cool, born Frank Edwin Wright III, on drums. Close associate Jason White has served as a second guitarist on the tours supporting their 2000 and 2004 albums. Musician Jason Freese has played a variety of instruments with the band, including keyboards on tour. Billie Joe and Mike began the band as 'Sweet Children' near San Francisco, CA (read more)Bullet For My Valentine
Sat, 23 Aug 2008 06:24:42 -0600Bullet For My Valentine is a band from Bridgend, Wales in the United Kingdom. They name their Influences as Metallica, Iron Maiden, Slayer, Megadeth and Machine Head among others. Formed in 1998 under the name "Jeff Killed John", they originally played Metallica and Nirvana covers. They initially struggled to find success, and tensions arose when other Welsh bands such as Lostprophets and Funeral for a Friend were getting noticed and became more popular. When it came to the band recording a demo, things didn't go as well as planned and the original bass player, Nik Crandle, quit the band a week before they were due to record. (read more)
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