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| Free Decemberists Download from ‘The Hazards of Love’ Posted: 15 Jan 2009 03:27 PM CST Get your first listen of The Decemberist’s forthcoming LP, The Hazards of Love, by heading to the band’s site and signing up for the mailing list. Also check out Colin Meloy’s new twitter feed for the most up-to-date abstruse information about him and the band. The Decemberists: website | myspace | Always The Bridesmaid series review | @ electric factory | The Hazards of Love tracklist | twitter  Related Posts This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| All-American Rejects CD Giveaway! Posted: 15 Jan 2009 02:30 PM CST If you haven’t yet seen the All-American Rejects‘ cover of Britney Spears‘ “Womanizer” for Yahoo! Pepsi Smash taping, you are in for a treat. Why “Womanizer”, one may ask? “We can do it better than Britney,” according to AAR front man Tyson Ritter. Touché. **AAR fans are in for another treat — Popwreckoning has a copy of the band’s latest album, When The World Comes Down, to giveaway! To win, leave a comment with your favorite pop cover song. A winner will be drawn at random on January 30th.** All-American Rejects: website | myspace | When The World Comes Down review | soundcheck  Related Posts |
| M83 to Perform on ‘Conan’, Tour with The Killers Posted: 15 Jan 2009 01:15 PM CST French electronic pop outfit M83 will appear on “Late Night with Conan O’Brien” later this month to perform their latest single “Kim and Jessie”. This late night television debut marks another milestone for the band and will air on January 27th (check local listings for time and channel). In other exciting M83 news, Anthony Gonzalez and company will hit the road in support of The Killers in arenas around the country (dates below). Next Saturday, January 24th, the band will play a solo show at New York City’s Irving Plaza. They’ll open with a set of ambient music followed by the intense set M83 has been rocking in support of Saturdays=Youth. M83’s label, Mute Records, is currently holding a video contest for the album’s upcoming single “We Own The Sky”. Entries must be submitted by January 20th (get cracking!). The winner will have their video debuted on Pitchfork TV. To learn more and submit an entry visit: http://www.youtube.com/group/m83 Tour Dates: M83: website | myspace | youtube | Saturdays=Youth review  Related Posts |
| Nokia Comes With Music Digital Service Posted: 15 Jan 2009 11:45 AM CST
Comes With Music features the catalogs of Universal Music Group, Sony BMG Music Entertainment and Warner Music Group as well as independent music from labels like The Orchard (NASD: ORCD), Beggars Group, IODA, the Ministry of Sound, PIAS and Pinnacle. Check out a quick instructional video on using Comes With Music: Comes With Music is already available in the United Kingdom and will makes its way across the pond to the US this year. Comes With Music: website Related Posts |
| Soulja Boy Tell’em’s Animated Series Posted: 15 Jan 2009 10:15 AM CST On heels of releasing his sophomore album iSouljaBoyTellem, platinum recording artist Soulja Boy Tell Em will launch an animated web series via his latest video for the song "Soulja Boy Tell Em". The video and the series, which will follow in late January, will combine live action and animation. Check out the theme song: After initially being discovered and making a name for himself through his YouTube video for the song "Crank That (Soulja Boy)", which was #1 on Billboard's Hot 100 for seven weeks, it was only a matter of time until the artist decided to return to the internet with something groundbreaking. The show, titled "Soulja Boy Tell Em: The Animated Series", follows an animated Soulja who is in midst of enjoying his hip-hop superstardom when he's suddenly forced to return to High School. Soulja, with the help of his animated friends, is continually doing whatever he can to get out of his daily school routine. The school's principal, played by a live action Alfonso Ribiero (best known for his dance moves as Carlton on “Fresh Prince of Bel-Air”) is always hot on Soulja's heels to keep him in line. The series will run on Soulja Boy’s website. Soulja Boy Tell Em: website | myspace Related Posts |
| Posted: 15 Jan 2009 08:45 AM CST In history, the Boxer Rebellion was a violent movement in China led by the “Boxers United in Righteousness.” The group was rebelling against expansion, evangelism and cosmopolitanism in the face of the country’s financial crisis and recent natural disasters. Jump ahead a little over a century later, and a new Boxer Rebellion enters. This time the Boxers hail from the United Kingdom, are united in making amazing music and the only reason you’d think they’re violent is that they produce killer track after killer track on their new release Union.
Boxer Rebellion is a group that has mastered mixing the best of all British artists into their own unique blend of soaring vocals and epic instrumentals. On the first song, “Red Light Means Go”, the big bass drum echoes some of what made Coldplay’s “Viva La Vida” so great, while the vocals effortlessly transition from the subtleties of Thom Yorke to the amphitheater filling hugeness of a U2 song without being quite as ostentatious as Bono has a tendency to be. This band sure knows how to open an album and get you hooked. Each track introduces another element that keeps this band increasingly interesting whether it be a background whisper or a new instrument, each song is entrancingly atmospheric, but focused enough that the songs don’t become a background haze. While their are some songs not quite up to the caliber of the album like “Forces” due to its weak chorus, other songs like “Spitting Fire” remind why this band has the potential to be put on the same pedestal as Arcade Fire. Just as they introduce themselves with a great opener, Boxer Rebellion is just as skilled at closing an album. If a few songs gave Radiohead vibes, “Silent Movie” is this band’s “Exit Music (For a Film)” as the soaring vocals continue to give goosebumps in all the right moments when layered with the instrumentals. “Evacuate” So make a union of your own with beautiful harmonies and check out the just released Union. Tracklisting: Boxer Rebellion: website | myspace Written by: Bethany Related Posts |
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This year, the US will be introduced to Nokia’s Comes With Music service, which allows users to download all the music available in the Nokia Music Store to the phone for an entire year. Once that year is up, all music downloaded onto the phone is the user’s to keep! Comes With Music will be available across a range of Nokia devices, including the new Nokia 5800 XpressMusic (pictured), the Nokia N95 8GB and Nokia 5310 XpressMusic. With more than 10 million units sold globally since its introduction last year, the Nokia 5310 XpressMusic is the best selling music phone in the world.
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