The MP3 Catalog Blog
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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Okkervil River
6. Our Life Is Not a Movie or Maybe, Okkervil River: The song is kind of like a movie or maybe, with high drama and lots of sights and sounds, most notably singer Will Sheff's nerdy primal wails. 7. Oh Katrina, Black Lips: A peculiar post-hurricane ... Okkervil River, "The Stage Names" (Jagjaguwar) -- Will Sheff's songwriting is inconsistent on the band's fifth album, but the highlights are so thrilling that the weaker songs are easy to overlook. 8. Avett Brothers, "Emotionalism" (Ramseur ... 10. Okkervil River, “The Stage Names” “What gives this mess some grace unless it’s kicks, man? Unless it’s fictions? Unless it’s songs?” Will Sheff yelps on this gorgeous record – a back porch symphony dedicated to fatigue, regret and ... The Stage Names," Okkervil River (Jagjaguwar); "Sirens of the Ditch," Jason Isbell (New West); and "Aman Iman: Water Is Life," Tinariwen (World Village). Also, "Kala," M.I.A. (Interscope); "100 Days, 100 Nights," Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings (Daptone ... 10. Okkervil River, “The Stage Names” “What gives this mess some grace unless it’s kicks, man? Unless it’s fictions? Unless it’s songs?” Will Sheff yelps on this gorgeous record – a back porch symphony dedicated to fatigue, regret and ... Okkervil River, "The Stage Names" (Jagjaguwar) The fourth album from this Austin, Texas, rock band delves into an encyclopedia of pop references, from Motown to The Smiths, to come up with a singular effort, an emotionally charged pop album with an ... The Stage Names by Okkervil River I enjoyed Okkervil River's 2005 album Black Sheep Boy, but 2007's The Stage Names finds the band taking their sound to the next level. And that means injecting large quantities of tasty pop hooks and competent playing ... Okkervil River, "The Stage Names." ... 2The Florida punk band was still a few months away from releasing "New Wave," the LP that Spin magazine has named ... Okkervil River, The Stage Names. This band plays massive, oddly affecting rock and roll, with an eye to the theatrical -- it's shades of Springsteen and Dylan with a propulsive edge. Just the first song, Our Life is Not a Movie or Maybe, is worth the ... Okkervil River's The Stage Names is a stunning and soaring collection of songs that examine the consequences of celebrity and pop culture. Wonderful wordplay and cinematic tales from songwriter Will Sheff, with music that's upbeat and smart. Song: "Our ...
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