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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X-Plorer
Brandon Wessels, 18, of Waterman walks out of Best Buy in DeKalb on Sunday afternoon with an official Guitar Hero X-plorer Controller for the popular video game, which he will share with his friend, 17-year-old Steven Davies. “We both play together ... Aspyr Media on Tuesday announced that it is shipping Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock for the Macintosh. The game is now on store shelves and costs $79.99. It comes on hybrid disc for Mac and Windows and includes one “X-Plorer” guitar controller ... The game includes an “X-Plorer” USB guitar game controller, too. In Guitar Hero III, you’re a struggling musician who’s trying to climb to the top by making deals with record producers, getting bigger and bigger gigs, sealing endorsement ... When Activision and RedOctane released Guitar Hero II for the Xbox 360 in April, the copublishers let virtual rockers pick up the newly released Gibson X-Plorer controller as a stand-alone purchase day and date to accommodate for the new multiplayer ... And just as eloquently as the standard wireless controllers interact with the system, the guitar provides a relatively seamless transition from "GH2"'s X-plorer controller. I mention that it is a relatively seamless transition only because the worry ... And yes, I did get Guitar Hero 2 on the 360 when it came out and if anything, I've been easier on this new guitar and the X-plorer guitar has lasted longer. I mean, come on, not even two weeks and the damn controller says "**** you" to me? Well ... However, Wal-Mart offers you Guitar Hero III, but only bundled with an X-plorer or an SG, the older versions of the controller. The problem is that once you find this out, it's already too late, since the store doesn't refund or replace items, if you ... The free game demo, playable with either the X-Plorer guitar or Xbox 360 controller, will include the following 5 finger-melting songs: Even Flow (by Pearl Jam) Lay Down (by Priestess) The Metal (by Tenacious D) Hit Me with your Best Shot (as ... Along with a great new song line-up – “Paint it Black,” baby! – GH III comes with a new wireless controller, which feels like a great improvement over GH II’s X-Plorer. The strap doesn’t get twisted as easily and 'cordless' means more ... The immersion factor whilst holding a controller like a light gun, or in the case of Guitar Hero II (from now on GH2), its guitar shaped X-plorer controller, well, the immersion factor absolutely skyrockets and creates a truly unique experience. Take ...
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