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| Posted: 05 Jan 2009 04:35 PM CST Hello all. So, first, apologies, because this is going to be a slightly shorter remix entry than usual. That being so because I’m currently traveling and won’t be back in the good ol’ United States for another two weeks. But I didn’t want you to start your week off with nothing. However, I am currently in London discovering some solids sounds, which I will share when I return. But today I shall cover The Presets. The Presets are a creative and extremely cutting edge electronic duo from Australia, signed on to the same label as Cut Copy and Van She, Modular Recordings. I first heard them with the release of their 2005 album, Beams. They released their sophomore album this year, Apocalypso, which met and surpassed their debut by far. You can catch the duo on tour in the US beginning in Tallahassee, Fl. on March 27th and finishing up in Pomona, Ca. on April 20th. Check the band’s website for dates and venues. “This Boy’s In Love” Lifelike Remix “Talk Like That” Miami Horror Remix Written by: Ali Hussain Related Posts |
| Posted: 05 Jan 2009 03:09 PM CST Congratulations to Mary Chang of Gaitherburg, Maryland for winning the Ting Tings‘ giveaway! Mary has won: Check out the pair’s performance for NBC’s New Year’s Eve performance on NBC: The Ting Tings: website | myspace | stream "Great DJ" | @ johnny brenda's  Related Posts |
| Oasis @ Susquehanna Bank Center, Camden NJ Posted: 05 Jan 2009 11:25 AM CST Oasis recently completed the US leg of their ‘Dig Out Your Soul’ tour. Despite mixed reviews initially, by the time the boys reached the Susquehanna Bank Center in Camden, NJ (one of their last US stops), there was no doubt they were back in fine form. With a great mix of the new (”Bag It Up”, “The Shock of the Lightning”), the classics (”Champagne Supernova”, “The Masterplan”), and a cover of “I Am the Walrus” to close it all out, Oasis put on an incredible show.
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| “Monkey: Journey To The West” Remix Album “Monkey Bee” Posted: 05 Jan 2009 10:15 AM CST Two remixes of “Monkey Bee” from 2008’s Monkey: Journey To The West, one by Philadelphia’s Diplo and the other by UK’s Kwes, will be released digitally on January 13th. The album a reinterpretation of a Mandarin Opera by Gorillaz’s Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett. In addition to the remixes, Monkey: Journey To The West has seen the creation of a limited, deluxe edition each signed and numbered package comes in a hand-made, black cloth-bound gold-foiled box containing four exclusive Jamie Hewlett giclee art prints on Somerset archival paper, each stamped and numbered, one signed and dated. Housed in a red, gold-foiled folio; a cloth-bound hardback 84-page art book; two super-heavyweight 200-gram vinyl LPs featuring six bonus tracks not on the commercial release, and more. Every purchase of the Box Set, limited to 2000 copies worldwide, includes a digital version of the album. Monkey: Journey To The West was first staged June 28, 2007 in the UK at the inaugural Manchester International Festival, when world-renowned theatre, opera and film director Chen Shi-Zheng enlisted Albarn and Hewlett to provide unique, modern musical and visual interpretations of the themes and characters of this most beloved work of Chinese folklore. The result was a new stage show for the 21st century that recast an ancient Chinese legend as a dazzling spectacle involving nearly 40 Chinese circus acrobats, martial artists and singers, and an orchestra of both Western and traditional Chinese instruments. Monkey has since played to sold-out houses across Europe, made its U.S. debut at the 2008 Spoleto Festival USA, played at London’s famed Royal Opera House, and is in the midst of an extended London run in a specially built tented theater adjacent to the O2 Arena. Monkey: Journey To The West: website | myspace  Related Posts |
| Eric Hutchinson - Sounds Like This Posted: 05 Jan 2009 08:45 AM CST Eric Hutchinson released his latest album, Sounds Like This, this past May. The album can easily be classified as a pop-rock-folk style that has been proven time and time again to please the public. In September of this year, Hutchinson was awarded the “VH1 You Oughta Know” award of 2008. Obviously, this is a clear sign of his growing fame. On Sounds Like This, all of his major influences can be heard. The most profound influence that the listener can hear in every one of his songs is that of Stevie Wonder. It is in the way that Eric Hutchinson sings his songs that reminds us all of the glory that is created with the combination of both piano and vocals mixed in with a little bit of blues and jazz. In the song “You’ve Got You”, Eric Hutchinson sings about how someone who is full of himself “will be sorry first ” for not taking notice of those around him. Although some of the songs on the album are easy listening music, such songs as “You’ve Got You” are self empowering numbers to which many can relate. Over all, VH1 got it right, this is someone you ought to know and become familiar with. The album is Sounds Like This, and as a avid fan of all sorts of music, I recommend this album to all those other fans of feel good music. Tracklisting: Eric Hutchinson: website | myspace  Written by: Kyle Thurin Related Posts |
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