K'naan (07/08/09)

K'naan





OFFICIAL WEBSITE OF K'NAAN


From Last.fm:
"K’naan is a poet and hip-hop artist from Somalia. Born in Mogadishu, at age 13 he left for New York City with his mother and brother and finally settled in Rexdale, Ontario, Canada.

(not to be confused with Kna’an) (Keinaan, meaning traveller in Somali, born 1978)

In 2001 K’naan performed in Geneva at the 50th anniversary of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.

In 2005, he performed with DobaCaracol during the Live 8 concert in Barrie, Ontario. His full-length debut album, The Dusty Foot Philosopher, was released in 2005.

His song “PlaySoobax” (pronounced “So-Bah”) is now featured in the best selling video game FIFA Football 2006, made by Electronic Arts.

K’naan participated in the Breedlove Odyssey Tour with Mos Def, Talib Kweli, Pharoahe Monch and Jean Grae. He also participated in the “Welcome To Jamrock” tour along with Damian Marley.

The Dusty Foot Philosopher received a 2006 Juno Award for Rap Recording of the Year, and was nominated for the inaugural Polaris Music Prize. He also featured in a song by M1, titled “Till We Get There”.

The song “In the Beginning” from the album The Dusty Foot Philosopher was featured in the 2008 Comedy “Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay”

He also toured with Stephen Marley on Stephen’s “Mind Control” tour."


Articles / Other Sites:

K'naan's MTV Music Page

K'naan on Rolling Stone

K'naan on SPIN Magazine


Albums:


The Dusty Foot Philosopher (2006)
1. Wash It Down
2. Soobax
3. What's Hardcore?
4. My Old Home
5. Moment (Interlude)
6. I Was Stabbed By Satan
7. My God (Interlude)
8. Smile
9. If Rap Gets Jealous
10. The Dusty Foot Phiosopher
11. Strugglin'
12. In the Beginning
13. Hoobaale
14. The African Way (feat. Mwafrika)
15. Voices in My Head
16. Boxing My Shadow
17. For Mohamoud (Soviet)
18. Until the Lion Learns to Speak
19. Blues for the Horn
20. Til We Get There
21. Soobax
22. Strugglin'



Troubadour (2009)
1. T.I.A.
2. ABC's (feat. Chubb Rock)
3. Dreamer
4. I Come Prepared (feat. Damian Marley)
5. Bang Bang (feat. Adam Levine)
6. If Rap Gets Jealous (feat. Kirk Hammett)
7. Wavin' Flag
8. Somalia
9. America (feat. Mos Def & Chali 2na)
10. Fatima
11. Fire In Freetown
12. Take a Minute
13. 15 Minutes Away
14. People Like Me
15. Does It Really Matter


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Breathe Carolina (07/08/09)

Breathe Carolina





From Last.fm:
"Breathe Carolina is an electro-pop duo from Denver, Colorado. Their music is comprised of synthesized beats and tag-teamed, vocoded vocals ranging from melodic harmonies to abrasive screaming. They have released one iTunes album titled “Gossip”, and released their first hard-copy album, “It’s Classy, Not Classic” on Sept. 16th, 2008. Their second album has been recorded, “Hello Fascination”, and is set for release on August 18, 2009.

Breathe Carolina wrote and recorded It’s Classy, Not Classic as a duo, with David producing, in their home studio. Although this is David’s first stage venture as a vocalist, his chemistry and camaraderie with Kyle leveled the learning curve. For live shows they recruited a full band, including a guitarist, two keyboard players, and a DJ."


Articles / Other Sites:

Breathe Carolina on Pure Volume

Breathe Carolina's Kyle Evans article about Warped Tour


Albums:


It's Classy, Not Classic (2008)
1. The Introduction
2. No Vacancy
3. Show Me Yours
4. The Birds and the Bees
5. Classified
6. Gossip
7. That's Classy
8. Diamonds
9. You Wish (Interlude)
10. Lovely
11. Put Some Clothes On



Hello Fascination (Release Date on August 18, 2009)
1. Hello Fascination
2. I'm the Type of Person to Take It Personal
3. Take Me to Infinity
4. Dressed Up to Undress
5. I.D.G.A.F
6. Welcome to Savannah
7. I Have to Go Return Some Video Tapes
8. The Dressing Room
9. Tripped and Fell in Portland
10. Can I Take You Home?
11. My Obsession
12. Velvet
13. Rescue


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As Tall As Lions (07/08/09)

As Tall As Lions





OFFICIAL WEBSITE FOR AS TALL AS LIONS


From Last.fm:
"After coming off the road in mid-2005, following months of touring in support of their Triple Crown debut, Lafcadio, Long Island-based band As Tall As Lions – vocalist/guitarist Daniel Nigro, guitarist Saen Fitzgerald, bassist Julio Tavarez and drummer Cliff Sarcona – spent more than half a year channeling their energies into crafting an album that would not only realize the lofty ambitions of these four young men but define them as a band, once and for all. The resulting self-titled album - released August 8, 2006 on Triple Crown/East West - provides dramatic evidence that they met this self-imposed challenge, and then some.

As Tall As Lions’ journey toward maturation began in casual fashion, the original version of the band forming around Fitzgerald while the members were still in high school. During the next few years, they endured the lineup changes and artistic roadblocks many young bands experience before taking their present, permanent form. But they still had some growing to do.

“When we started doing Lafcadio, we really didn’t understand what we were getting ourselves into – we were just kids” says Nigro. “We had made a couple demos, put them on the Internet and, after a couple of days, we had record labels calling us ready to sign the band. We all thought this whole band thing was going to come too easily after that. We dropped out of college and made As Tall As Lions our priority. At first, it was a tough adjustment. We’d never been on tour before, and getting used to life on the road was draining. I think we’ve all grown up a lot since then, and our attitude has changed for the better. We put everything we had into this new record and are extremely happy with how it came out.”"


Articles / Other Sites:

As Tall As Lions on Pure Volume

As Tall As Lions on Rocksellout.com

Article from SPIN Magazine on As Tall As Lions at NYCs Knitting Factor


Albums:


Lafcadio (2005)
1. Break Blossom
2. 96 Heartbeats
3. Silhouettes/Silhouetting
4. The Carousel
5. Acrobat
6. Why We Cry At the Movies
7. If I'm Not Out Burning
8. My Glowing Morning Dreams
9. A Ghost In Drag
10. Blowing Out a Wish
11. Goodnite, Noises Everywhere



As Tall As Lions (2006)
1. Stab City
2. Song for Luna
3. A Break a Pause
4. Love, Love, Love (Love, Love)
5. Ghost of York
6. Milk and Honey
7. Be Here Now
8. I'm Kicking Myself
9. Where Do I Stand
10. Maybe I'm Just Tired



You Can't Take It With You (Release Date August 18, 2009)
1. Circles
2. Sixes and Sevens
3. You Can't Take It With You
4. Go Easy
5. Duermete
6. In Case of Rapture
7. We's Been Waitin
8. Is This Tomorrow?
9. Sleepyhead
10. The Narrows
11. Lost My Mind


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Imogen Heap (07/07/09)

Imogen Heap




OFFICIAL SITE OF IMOGEN HEAP


From last.fm:
" Romford, Essex, England (1998 – present)
Imogen Heap (born December 9, 1977) is a British singer-songwriter / electronica artist from Romford, Essex, England. She grew up playing music from an early age, and by her eleventh birthday she was writing her own songs. From the age of 15, she studied at the BRIT School Of Performing Arts & Technology in Croydon, South London, recording three tracks for the school’s annual CD between 1994 and 1995, “Aliens” being the title track of the latter.

Heap enjoyed a prestigious live debut, performing four songs (backed by friends Acacia) between sets by The Who and Eric Clapton at the 1996 Prince’s Trust Concert in Hyde Park, London. Her debut album, I Megaphone (an anagram of “Imogen Heap”) was internationally released in 1998 on independent record label Almo Sounds and garnered critical acclaim. However, as production of the album neared completion, it was announced that the record label had been sold and would be shut down. I-Megaphone featured collaborations with Guy Sigsworth and Dave Stewart. In Japan, the regional distributor, Zora, re-released the album in 2002, featuring “Blanket,” her collaboration with Urban Species which was released as a single in the United Kingdom, and a Frou Frou remix of one of her B-sides, a video to which was released exclusively to Japanese media. Following the disbanding of her UK and USA record label, I Megaphone was scarce in circulation, having not been re-printed until November 2006. An independent Brazillian record label has rights to the record, and has issued limited copies, some of which are available on eBay."


Articles / Other Sites:

Imogen Heap's Yahoo Page

Imogen Heap's Zune Page

Imogen Heap on AllMusic

Imogen Heap on Rolling Stone

Imogen Heap on SPIN Magazine


Albums:


I Megaphone (1998)
1. Getting Scared
2. Sweet Religion
3. Oh Me, Oh My
4. Shine
5. Whatever
6. Angry Angel
7. Candlelight
8. Rake It In
9. Come Here Boy
10. Useless
11. Sleep



Speak for Yourself (2005)
1. Headlock
2. Goodnight and Go
3. Have You Got It In You?
4. Loose Ends
5. Hide and Seek
6. Clear the Area
7. Daylight Robbery
8. The Walk
9. Just for Now
10. I Am In Love With You
11. Closing In
12. The moment I Said it



Ellipse (Due out August 25, 2009)
1. First Train Home
2. Wait It Out
3. Earth
4. Little Bird
5. Swoon
6. Tidal
7. Between Sheets
8. 2-1
9. Bad Body Double
10. Aha!
11. The Fire
12. Canvas
13. Half Life


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Backseat Goodbye (07/06/09)

Backseat Goodbye





BACKSEAT GOODBYE'S OFFICIAL SITE


From last.fm:
"Chad Sugg is the twenty-two-year-old behind the band Backseat Goodbye. Chad began Backseat with a few songs recorded through his laptop’s inner microphone.

Backseat Goodbye has played shows with the likes of The Format and Hellogoodbye, been chosen to play 27,000 attendance festivals along with Third Eye Blind, had a cd debut at number 48 in the iTunes Top 100 Folk Album Charts, been chosen a PurePick and featured on the front page of PureVolume.com, sold out of a limited 100 pressed Christmas cd within only 7 hours, and so much more.

Chad has written every Backseat Goodbye song and recorded every single one himself. He has also ran every other aspect of BG since the beginning, including booking all of his shows, getting press, attracting label attention and much more.

Currently, none of the albums are available in retail stores. However, fans are encouraged to purchase cds, shirts, and other merchandise that are always available at live shows and are also available at Backseat Goodbye’s online store.

According to Chad himself, Backseat Goodbye will always be his solo work, however he does plan on adding a full band to play with him at live shows in the future. But even when that happens, he will still be writing every bit of BG’s material and playing all of the instruments on his albums."


Articles / Other Sites:

Backseat Goodbye on Pure Volume

Backseat Goodbye on Absolute Punk


Some Albums:


Blue Moon, Yellow Eyes (2006)
1. Cloudy Day Sunrise
2. Blue Moon, Yellow Eyes
3. Postcards for Paper Hearts
4. Please Don't Take My Sunshine Away
5. And You Still Don't Believe
6. You Always Said Birmingham Was Better
7. A Kind of Lying Life
8. Under This Sky With You
9. Birds On a Wire
10. Trust No One, Believe Everyone
11. Cities for Sidewalks
12. If You Were a Folk Song
13. Second Guessing Your Second Chances
14. Back Pocket Breathing Room
15. So Much for a Picture Perfect Ending



Nightmares Are for Dreamers (2006)
1 With Words As Bright As the Sun
2. Beautiful Day
3. Technicolor Eyes
4. Work of Art
5. Love Song
6. Just One Note, Please
7. Lucky Lucky Me
8. Hand Claps and Loud Sighs
9. 32 Ways to Make You Smile
10. Lost Means Lost
11. The Sky Isn't Listening
12. Sunday In the Summer
13. Seeing Is Believing
14. Rainy Days and License Plates
15. Four Leaf Clover
16. I Am You, You Are Me
17. Sunset Never Came Home
18. Come Tomorrow
19. Nightmares



Dressed Up Like Dreams (2008)
1. Swallow the Sun
2. Dressed Up Like Dreams
3. Summer Drive Song
4. Bottom Lips and Fingertips
5. Hello Yellow
6. Song for Audrey
7. Technicolor Eyes
8. Hey
9. 32 Ways to Make you Smile
10. Calico Kitten
11. Envy the Living
12. Boys, Girls, Sing!
13. Sidewalk Sing Along
14. The Future Is a Masterpiece
15. Reactions Over Resolutions (Acoustic)
16. An Attempt to Forget
17. I Think I Might Change My Name to Tomorrow


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Foo Fighters (07/03/09)

Foo Fighters




FOO FIGHTERS' OFFICIAL SITE


From last.fm:
"Foo Fighters are an American alternative rock/post-grunge band formed by singer/guitarist Dave Grohl in 1995 in Seattle, USA. Grohl formed the group as a one-man project after the dissolution of his previous band Nirvana in 1994. Prior to the release of Foo Fighters in 1995, Grohl drafted Nate Mendel (bass), William Goldsmith (drums), and Pat Smear (guitar) to complete the group. Goldsmith left during the recording of the group’s second album The Colour and the Shape (1997), soon followed by Smear. They were replaced by Taylor Hawkins and Franz Stahl, respectively, although Stahl left prior to the recording of the group’s third album, There Is Nothing Left to Lose (1999).

Chris Shiflett joined as the band’s second guitarist after the completion of There Is Nothing Left to Lose. The band released its fourth album One by One in 2002. The group followed that release with the two-disc In Your Honor (2005), which was split between acoustic songs and harder-rocking material. Foo Fighters released its sixth album Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace in 2007. Over the course of the band’s career, three of its albums have won Grammy Awards for Best Rock Album, and all six have been nominated for Grammys. More informations on Foo Fighters’s official site www.foofighters.com."


Articles/ Other Sites:

Foo Fighters MTV Page

Foo Fighters on Allmusic

Foo Fighters on Facebook


Albums:


Foo Fighters (1995)
1. This Is a Call
2. I'll Stick Around
3. Big me
4. Alone + Easy Target
5. Good Grief
6. Floaty
7. Weenie Beenie
8. Oh, George
9. For All the Cows
10. X-Static
11. Wattershed
12. Exhausted



The Colour and the Shape (1997)
1. Doll
2. Monkey Wrench
3. Hey, Johnny Park!
4. My Poor Brain
5. Wind Up
6. Up in Arms
7. My Hero
8. See You
9. Enough Space
10. February Stars
11. Everlong
12. Walking After You
13. New Way Home



There Is Nothing Left to Lose (1999)
1. Stacked Actors
2. Breakout
3. Learn to Fly
4. Gimme Stitches
5. Generator
6. Aurora
7. Live-In Skin
8. Next Year
9. Headwires
10. Ain't It the Life
11. M.I.A.



One By One (2002)
1. All My Life
2. Low
3. Have It All
4. Times Like These
5. Disenchanted Lullaby
6. Tired of You
7. Halo
8. Lonely As You
9. Overdrive
10. Burn Away
11. Come Back



In Your Honor (2005)
1. In Your Honor
2. No Way Back
3. Best of You
4. DOA
5. Hell
6. The Last Song
7. Free Me
8. Resolve
9. The Deepest Blues Are Back
10. End Over End
1. Still
2. What If I Do?
3. Miracle
4. Another Round
5. Friend of a Friend
6. Over and Out
7. On the Mend
8. Virginia Moon
9. Cold Day In the Sun
10. Razor



Echoes, Silence, Patience, & Grace (2007)
1. The Pretender
2. Let It Die
3. Erase / Replace
4. Long Road to Ruin
5. Come Alive
6. Stranger Things Have Happened
7. Cheer Up, Boys (Your Make Up is Running)
8. Summer's End
9. Ballad of the Beaconsfield Miners
10. Statues
11. But, Honestly
12. Home
13. Once & for All (Demo)


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Brad Sucks (07/01/09)

Brad Sucks





BRAD SUCKS OFFICIAL SITE


From last.fm:
"Brad Sucks is the stage name of the artist Brad Turcotte, whose “one man band with no fans” was among the first to take full advantage of the free culture movement for advertising and distribution. (He is not to be confused with Brad Turcotte, the manager of Compadre Records.)

Turcotte opened his website in 2002 with the intention of producing “open source music”. His self-produced single, Brad Sucks One, included the audio source files used to create the finished files, and later he posted these source files to his website along with the MP3s.

Turcotte waives all rights to his songs, essentially making them public domain. This total freedom allows him to promote his music through sites such as Magnatune and ccMixter, as well as Myspace and Podsafe. Since he was one of the first to make this decision, he also received free publicity through blogs and interviews in free culture magazines. His first full CD, I Don’t Know What I’m Doing, was released both through Magnatune and a limited “professional” printing from his own website.

Turcotte also runs the website stripcreator.com , which allows participants to create their own talking-head webcomics. He is also the creator of in4mador. He is also listed on Sellaband, a website where artists co-ordinate raising money to record an album."


Articles/ Other Sites:

Brad Sucks on Megnatune

Brad Sucks on Facebook


Albums:


I Don't Know What I'm Doing (2003)
1. Making Me Nervous
2. Look and Feel Years Younger
3. Fixing My Brain
4. Bad Attraction
5. Sick As a Dog
6. Borderline
7. I Think I Started a Trend
8. Never Get Out
9. Overreacting
10. Dirtbag
11. Time to Take Out the Trash
12. Work Out Fine



Out Of It (2008)
1. Dropping Out of School
2. Certain Death
3. Fake It
4. Bad Sign
5. There's Something Wrong
6. Gasoline
7. Total Breakdown
8. Understood By Your Dad
9. Out of It
10. You're Not Going Anywhere


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Hot Action Cop (06/30/09)

Hot Action Cop





From last.fm:
"The group released their self-titled debut album on Atlantic Records in 2003. Rob Werthner (vocalist/songwriter/frontman) formed the band back in the 1990s with bassist Luis Espaillat and drummer Kory Knipp. With many musical influences (including the Bloodhound Gang, Eminem, Red Hot Chili Peppers and Limp Bizkit), he came up with plenty of songs with funky beats and lyrics about sex.

The name of the band comes from the irreverent nickname that Werthner gave the boyfriend of his ex-girlfriend after she and Werthner broke up in the early ’90s. He was an NYPD officer with a feathery out-of-date haircut.

Their song ‘Fever for the Flava’ was featured on the soundtrack of a few films, most notably the American Wedding and Grind sountracks (as well as appearing in episodes of the shows King of the Hill and The Man Show); a version with custom lyrics (about cars instead of sex) appeared in Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit 2."


Article/Other Sites:

Hot Action Cop's MTV Page

Hot Action Cop's VH1 Page


Albums:


Hot Action Cop (2003)
1. Doom Boom
2. Goin' Down on It
3. Don't Want Her to Stay
4. Fever for the Flava
5. Busted
6. Face Around
7. Club Slut
8. The Special
9. Show Her
10. Alayal
11. Why Judy
12. In a Little While


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Demi Lovato (06/29/09)

Demi Lovato





DEMI LOVATO'S OFFICIAL SITE


From last.fm:
"Demi Lovato, born Demetria Devonne Lovato on August 20, 1992 in Dallas, Texas, is an actress, singer, songwriter, guitarist and piano player. She began her acting career at 10 when she began playing Angela on “Barney & Friends.”

She has been a guest star on “Prison Break,” “Split Ends” and “Just Jordan.” In January of 2007, Demi landed a series regular role on the Disney Channel original short series, “As the Bell Rings” as Charlotte. Demi starred in the DCOM “Camp Rock,” as Mitchie Torres, which was released on June 20, 2008.

She also currently has her own sitcom on the Disney Channel, “Sonny With A Chance” which premiered 2009. Demi is also set to be in the movie “Princess Protection Program” as Rosie Montoya, which is due to premiere June 26, 2009, with co-Disney star Selena Gomez. A sequel to “Camp Rock”, “Camp Rock 2” is also set to premiere this year, with the Jonas Brothers.

Demi has been in national Hasbro “Hit Clips” spokesgirl, and has done voiceovers for both national radio and TV for Denny’s, Radica, and Hasbro. Additionally, Demi has won many statewide talent competitions. She has sung in venues such as the Eismann Center and the Dallas Cowboys’ Thanksgiving Day Halftime Show with LeAnn Rimes, as well as local places around Texas. She sung the national anthem at the beginning of the Thanksgiving Cowboys game in 2008 November.

In 2008, Demi Lovato released her first album on Hollywood Records, “Don’t Forget”, featuring singles such as “Get Back”, “La La Land”, and “Don’t Forget”."


Articles/Other Sites:

Demi Lovato's MTV Page

Demi Lovato's Facebook


Albums:


Don't Forget (2008)
1. La la Land
2. Get Back
3. Trainwreck
4. Party
5. On The Line (feat. Jonas Brothers)
6. Don't Forget
7. Gonna Get Caught
8. Two Worlds Collide
9. The Middle
10. Until You're Mine
11. Believe In Me



Here We Go Again
In Stores July 21, 2009


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