The MP3 Catalog Blog
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01/23/2008 09:57 AM
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Alicia Keys
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Alicia Keys was born in 1981, and despite her young age she has already risen to the top of the music industry. By the end of 2007, Keys had sold more than 35 million records. When compared to other musical performers, it is easy to see that Keys has achieved a very high level of [...]
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01/20/2008 09:52 PM
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Taylor Swift Still Isn’t Relinquishing the Charts
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The talented Miss Swift isn’t budging from her solid perches at the top of Billboard’s country albums and songs charts, where she sits with Taylor Swift and
“Our Song,” respectively.To make life even sweeter, Swift also has this week’s highest vaulting new single, “Picture to Burn,” which bows at No. 52. The only other first-time songs [...]
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01/16/2008 08:53 PM
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Dean Owens - Whisky Hearts
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In many ways, Dean Owens’s third solo album is very old fashioned. That isn’t meant as a criticism - musically it references huge slabs of Springsteen (especially the opener, Years Ago, one of those slyly political songs with its ripe rip of sax, and the gloriously uplifting Hallelujah) and in its more relaxed moments the [...]
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01/15/2008 08:45 PM
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Tom Baxter - Skybound
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It’s been three years since we heard anything from Tom Baxter. His 2004 release Feather and Stone, especially its opening track My Declaration, was a Radio Two favourite, but since then, not a sausage. Now comes Skybound, an autobiographical album, which shows off his angelic, dreamy voice with an eclectic mix of sounds and styles.A [...]
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01/14/2008 04:54 PM
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The Magnetic Fields - Distortion (Nonesuch)
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It’s four years since the last The Magnetic Fields album, i, but Stephin Merritt has hardly been idle. Yet where 69 Love Songs showed a remarkable profligacy of songwriting, and Showtunes elicited his love of Chinese music, Distortion is a conscious step back - not just looking over its shoulder, but swiveling round for a [...]
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01/13/2008 03:16 PM
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Chrisette Michele
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Surrounded by music since she was a small child, twenty-four year old singer, songwriter and composer Chrisette Michele has been blessed with an old soul and this Long Island bred songwriter and vocalist has a deep appreciation for the harmonic
foundations that includes gospel and jazz. “I did my first solo when I was four [...]
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01/12/2008 02:31 PM
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Sara Bareilles
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As a gifted singer and a versatile pianist with no formal training, Sara Bareilles burst onto the pop scene with a naturally skilled voice ranging from powerful and
soulful to sweet and gentle, earning her instant comparisons to Fiona Apple and Norah Jones. At age 18, she left the Redwood forests of her hometown, Eureka, CA, [...]
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01/11/2008 02:27 PM
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Tony Yayo Confident As Trial Date Is Set; Promises Eminem, Dr. Dre Will Be On G-Unit LP
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“I just came from court, I got my Donald Trump button-up on,” Tony Yayo said with a smile on Thursday afternoon (January 10) while sitting in the G-Unit’s Manhattan office.
Yayo, born Marvin Bernard, had been in court earlier in the day to make an appearance before his upcoming trial on charges of endangering the [...]
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01/07/2008 04:26 PM
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Kanye vs Beyonce
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Kanye West has revealed that Beyonce kicks his ass at Connect 4.
As strange as it sounds the friends battled it out at the board game when they were hanging out at Jay-Z’s new club recently.
In his first blog since the death of his mother Kanye thanked fans for the support and talked of playing Connect [...]
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01/07/2008 01:42 PM
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Fogerty’s Creative Revival
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John Fogerty’s newest, Revival, is easily his best record since Centerfield, and has some of his best material since the CCR days. Songs like Gunslinger, Creedence Song, and Long Dark Night hold their own against Creedence’s best stuff.
The album starts off with Don’t You Wish It Was True, with a beat that is similar to [...]
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Album: B-Sides
Originally released in 1978, the Nick Lowe-produced effort will include 11 B-sides and alternate takes of the set's songs; highlights include live versions of "Neat Neat Neat," demo versions of three songs and an unreleased studio version of "This ... In addition to a standard single-disc reissue, the 20th anniversary is marked by a high-quality vinyl version, a deluxe edition with a second CD of B-sides and demos, and a two-CD/one-DVD box set with a concert film. The Traveling Wilburys "The ... Also, a special edition ‘disc box’ containing the “In Rainbows” CD, Double-vinyl release, a b-sides CD and a hardcover artwork collection was released for a mere $80. “It was an experiment that felt worth trying, really it’s fun to make ... Gone is the immediate sugar-sweet rush, and, aside from the contributions from Maps, Tapedeck and Hot Chip which have some merit, perhaps as B-sides, it begs the question: why tamper with something already so deliciously pop perfect? Rating: 2/5 ... TERRE HAUTE — Plans aren’t easy to understand, sometimes. Take an architect, for example. In a burst of inspiration, he might scratch out a design for a dream home on a restaurant napkin. No one else, though, could decipher such a rough etching ... F**k that, the last one nearly killed me. "There will be some kind of something this year. I might just put B-sides to the next album out first online. Then put an album out in 2009. Which means you won't be seeing me on stage for a while. Sorry folks The newbies whooped at the beginning but grew listless as Fiasco chose to showcase a lot of B-sides from both of his albums. And he ignored their plea to perform his catchy single "Go Go Gadget Flow," which plays off the Inspector Gadget cartoon ... January’s a pretty busy month for you this year – you’ve the Essential record coming out, a b-sides compilation too, and then there’s the book you’ve written, Things The Grandchildren Should Know . It is a little overwhelming. There was a day ... Given the pre-Christmas release date alone, you'd be forgiven for approaching The Killers' latest record with some wariness. That it is also a 'B-Sides and Rarities' collection, so early on in the band's career, provokes extra caution. Over the last ... Following up their critically applauded unveiling album, Hallelujah Sirens , Like Bees flaunts a Real Life cover “Send Me An Angel” along with Sirens B-Sides and two new tracks “Audience in the Room” and “Airshow Disaster.” Like Bees ...
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