<![CDATA[Daily updated Musics news! - Articles]]> http://www.musicsnews.com en-us N/A false Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:38:19 MST 20 <![CDATA[Primal Scream reveal all about new album]]> http://www.musicsnews.com/articles/2080/1/Primal-Scream-reveal-all-about-new-album/Page1.html Primal Scream have gone back to basics their eighth studio album.Recalling the -influenced sounds of their mid-90s efforts, singer Bobby Gillespie and his band have turned their back on the sonic experimentations of recent albums, and instead rely on a gonzo live sound approach.
“I think we’re one of the best live bands in the world and I wanted to capture that,” Gillespie told NME.COM of the shift in styles. “The last two albums we’ve been loops and drum machines, for this record we wrote euphoric rock n roll songs and I wanted to capture that euphoria and I think we did it. It was a great time making it, fucking great!”
The raw approach has triggered speculation the band have fallen out with My Bloody Valentine mainman and recent collaborator Kevin Shields – and even Primal Scream themselves are currently unsure of the situation.“What people need to understand is that Kevin only played with us live,” explained Gillespie. “He mixed a lot of songs but he never played guitar on the albums, people think he was playing on records but he was playing live. Is Shields still involved? I don’t know, he didn’t play at the last gig in Glasgow three weeks ago. He never made that gig because he was working on a Sophia Coppola movie, so I don’t really know.”Tracks set to appear on the album include 'Nitty Gritty’, ‘Boogie Disease’ and forthcoming single 'Country Girl' (due out May 22).
With the album mixed by Oasis producer Dave Sardy in Los Angeles – bringing the album in at a cool 20 days – guests include Alison Mosshart from The Kills who sings backing vocals, Echo And The Bunnymen guitarist Will Sergeant and Nick Cave collaborator Warren Ellis who “plays fiddle” on ‘Hell’s Coming Down’.Currently the untitled album is due out on June 5, with Primal Scream due to play several festivals this summer. Source: nme.com]]> no@spam.com (Manthos Tzorbatzakis) http://www.musicsnews.com/articles/2080/1/Primal-Scream-reveal-all-about-new-album/Page1.html <![CDATA[Kid Rock, Lynyrd Skynyrd Team For 'Rebels' Tour]]> http://www.musicsnews.com/articles/2079/1/Kid-Rock-Lynyrd-Skynyrd-Team-For-Rebels-Tour/Page1.html Kid Rock and Lynyrd Skynyrd will team up for a run of co-headlining dates in August, beginning Aug. 8 in Oklahoma City. The shed tour, under the "Rock and Rebels" banner, will feature an opening act still to be announced.
Additionally, Skynyrd has been added to the bill of Kid Rock's May 15 Rock and Roll Revival show at Madison Square Garden in New York, joining Rev Run and Peter Wolf. That show will mark the first time Rock and Roll Hall of Famers Skynyrd, fresh off another co-headlining tour with Hank Williams Jr., has ever played the Garden.
Meanwhile, Rock's Revival runs through Western Canada in July with Rev Run and opening acts Matt Mays and El Torpedo. That tour added July 19, 20 and 22 at DTE Music Center in Clarkston, Mich., with July 19 and 20 sold out and only lawn tickets remaining for the July 22 date. Rev Run and Uncle Kracker are on the Detroit market shows, billed as Rock's "All Summer Long" party.

The Rock and Roll Revival Tour will resume on the West Coast in September with guests still to be announced.

Here are Kid Rock and Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Rock and Rebels" tour dates: Aug. 8: Oklahoma City (Zoo Amphitheater)
Aug. 9: Houston (Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion)
Aug. 14: Cincinnati (Riverbend Music Center)
Aug. 16: Indianapolis (Verizon Wireless Music Center)
Aug. 22: Camden, N.J. (Susquehanna Bank Center)
Aug. 23: Mansfield, Mass. (Tweeter Center for the Performing Arts)
Aug. 25: Toronto (Molson Amphitheatre)
Aug. 30: Holmdel, N.J. (PNC Bank Arts Center)
Aug. 31: Hartford, Conn. (New England Dodge Music Center)             Source:billboard.com

]]> no@spam.com (Manthos Tzorbatzakis) http://www.musicsnews.com/articles/2079/1/Kid-Rock-Lynyrd-Skynyrd-Team-For-Rebels-Tour/Page1.html <![CDATA[Madonna tops Mariah with Candy]]> http://www.musicsnews.com/articles/2078/1/Madonna-tops-Mariah-with-Candy/Page1.html In a week full of strong debuts, from Lyfe Jennings and Def Leppard to the Roots and Portishead, Madge is No. 1.It's a busy week at the top of the The Billboard 200, with Madonna's Hard Candy leading the action at No. 1. It is the artist's seventh chart-topper, the second-most among all female artists--only Barbra Streisand, with eight, has more. The Warner Bros. set moved 280,000 copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan. After racing 68-3 last month, the diva's single "4 Minutes" featuring Justin Timberlake gave Madonna her 37th top 10 hit--the most of any artist in the rock era. Until now, she and Elvis Presley were tied with 36 apiece.  As a consequence, Mariah Carey's E=MC2 (Island Def Jam) is dethroned to No. 2 after two weeks on top; the album moved 95,000 units, a 48 percent sales drop-off. Leona Lewis' Spirit (Syco/J) slips 2-3 with 84,000 (-12 percent).Lyfe Jennings' Columbia album Lyfe Change starts with 80,000 at No. 4. His last set trumps this start though, as The Phoenix began at No. 2 with 136,000 in 2006.
Def Leppard scores its 11th consecutive top 20 album with the bow of Songs from the Sparkle Lounge (Island/UMe) at No. 5 with 55,000 units. The band started its top 20 streak on The Billboard 200 back with 1983's Pyromania when it peaked at No. 2. Since Pyromania, every Def Leppard album has reached the top 20.
The Roots' ninth album, Def Jam set Rising Down, enters at No. 6 off of a 54,000 start. The hip-hop act's last release, 2006's Game Theory, started at No. 9 with 61,000.
Portishead returns with its first studio album in more than 10 years as Third bows with 53,000 at No. 7, a new charting high-water mark for the U.K. act. Its last studio effort, 1997's Portishead, debuted and peaked at No. 21.Tom Petty side project Mudcrutch--which was actually the precursor to Petty's career as a solo artist--has a No. 8 start with its self-titled Reprise set with 38,000. Petty's last release, 2006's Highway Companion, started at No. 4 with 112,000.The multi-label Now 27 continues its decline 6-9 with 31,000 and a 4 percent decrease.
The Wal-Mart exclusive set Greatest Hits Vol. 1 and 2 from Tim McGraw bows at No. 10 with 29,000. The 2-CD set combines the singer's 2000 Greatest Hits with his 2006 Greatest Hits Vol. 2: Reflected.
Aside from those seven releases, 24 other albums debut inside The Billboard 200, including Steve Winwood's Nine Lives (Columbia, No. 12, 26,000), Carly Simon's This Kind of Love (Hear Music, No. 15, 23,000), Augustana's Can't Love, Can't Hurt (Epic, No. 21, 21,000), Lil Mama's VYP: Voice of the Young People (Jive, No. 25, 19,000), Mindless Self Indulgence's If (The End Records, No. 27, 18,000) and Mana's Arde El Cielo (Warner Music Latina, No. 30, 17,000).
Album sales this week are up 10 percent from last week's sum with 7.55 million units and down 10.4 percent from the same week last year. Source:mp3.com]]> no@spam.com (Manthos Tzorbatzakis) http://www.musicsnews.com/articles/2078/1/Madonna-tops-Mariah-with-Candy/Page1.html <![CDATA[NINE INCH NAILS: New Album 'The Slip' Available For Free Download]]> http://www.musicsnews.com/articles/2077/1/NINE-INCH-NAILS-New-Album-The-Slip-Available-For-Free-Download/Page1.html

NINE INCH NAILS has made its new ten-song, 44-minute minute album entitled "The Slip" available for free download at www.nin.com (free signup required). The new set includes the songs "Echoplex" and "Discipline" which were both posted online during the last couple of weeks ahead of the new album release.
The music is available in a variety of formats, including high-quality MP3, FLAC or M4A lossless at CD quality and even higher-than-CD quality 24/96 WAVE (licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial ShareAlike license). All downloads include a PDF with artwork and credits.For those of you interested in physical products, the band plans to make a version of this release available on CD and vinyl in July.

"The Slip" track listing:

01. 999,999
02. 1,000,000
03. Letting You
04. Discipline
05. Echoplex
06. Head Down
07. Lights In The Sky
08. Corona Radiata
09. The Four Of Us Are Dying
10. Demon Seed

All songs were performed by Trent Reznor, Josh Freese, Robin Finck and Allesandro Cortini.NINE INCH NAILS mainman Trent Reznor released the instrumental "Ghosts I-IV" album online on March 2. The two-hour collection of 36 untitled instrumental tracks was made available in various high-quality DRM-free formats at different price levels. According to a press statement, a total of 781,917 copies of the project were transacted at NIN.com in the first week of release, including paid and free downloads, plus pre-orders for physical editions of the set. The total gross earned was reported as $1,619,420.

The expensive "ultra-deluxe" limited edition of "Ghosts I - IV" sold out almost instantly despite a steep $300 price tag. A digital version is available for five dollars, along with a $75 limited edition "deluxe" package. Source:roadrunnerrecords.com

]]> no@spam.com (Manthos Tzorbatzakis) http://www.musicsnews.com/articles/2077/1/NINE-INCH-NAILS-New-Album-The-Slip-Available-For-Free-Download/Page1.html <![CDATA[Alicia Keys lets the music guide her]]> http://www.musicsnews.com/articles/2076/1/Alicia-Keys-lets-the-music-guide-her/Page1.html The 2007 chart-topping album "As I Am" is still a fresh concern for Alicia Keys, but the singer says she's already actively mulling her next record."I've been thinking about the next album, since we kind of wrapped up this album," says Keys, who's in the middle of the North American tour promoting "As I Am" that comes to the HP Pavilion on Saturday. The set, which debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 in November, still remains in the top 30 of the chart.
"Part of what I've been thinking about is, 'What are the ways that I want to express myself this time?' " she says "When I was just finishing recording 'As I Am,' I said to myself that I want to do something that's totally stripped-down, stripped-back, totally piano-based, singer-songwriter; a Joni Mitchell-Carole King type of vibe."I might do that, but you never know where life takes you, where the music's going to take you."
Keys says her greatest obstacle to creating new music now is finding a chance to do it amid a worldwide tour schedule that has dates booked into 2009."At this point I'm trying to find the space to continue to record as I'm on tour," explains Keys, who recently canceled some performances because of voice health issues. "That's always a bit of a challenge for me 'cause it takes so much out of me to tour."But there's always that urge to stay creative and write on that more personal side. So the main goal now is to continue to find that quiet space somewhere in the madness." source: mercurynews.com]]> no@spam.com (Manthos Tzorbatzakis) http://www.musicsnews.com/articles/2076/1/Alicia-Keys-lets-the-music-guide-her/Page1.html <![CDATA[Rappers Lil Wayne, DFB Among Celebrities Attending At Static Major Tribute]]> http://www.musicsnews.com/articles/2075/1/Rappers-Lil-Wayne-DFB-Among-Celebrities-Attending-At-Static-Major-Tribute/Page1.html More than two months after his death, Static Major’s presence on the music scene continues to be felt, as the producer's fellow entertainers gather to pay tribute to his memory and influence.The event, organized by Static Major’s wife Avonti, will take place Sunday (May 4) at the City Block venue in Static Major's hometown of Louisville, Kentucky.Invited celebrity guests include rappers Lil Wayne, Missy Elliott, Timbaland, Dem Franchize Boyz and Pretty Ricky.Static Major died Feb. 25 from complications from a medical procedure.Prior to his passing, the 33-year-old beatmaker was credited for writing a string of hit songs for numerous artists such as Ginuwine ("Pony," "So Anxious," "Same Ol G"), Aaliyah ("Are U That Somebody," "Rock The Boat," "Try Again," "We Need A Resolution," "Back In One Piece" feat. DMX), Pretty Ricky ("On The Hotline," "Your Body," "Call Me"), Jay-Z ("Don't Change The Game"), Jamie Foxx ("Can I Take You Home") Diddy ( "Tell Me" feat. Christina Aguilera) 50 Cent ("Fire" feat. the Pussycat Dolls), Timbaland & Magoo ("Luv 2 Luv U"), Truth Hurts ("Addictive") and Nas ("You Owe Me" feat. Ginuwine) and Playa ("Cheers 2 U").
The tribute event comes amid the success of Static Major’s latest collaboration on the Lil’ Wayne single "Lollipop."The song, which the singer wrote, currently sits at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs and Hot Rap Tracks charts and No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100.Despite "Lollipop" ending up with Lil’ Wayne, the track was originally penned for Dem Franchize Boyz.After the group missed the chance to acquire the song, Kadife Sylvester, a close friend of Static Major, shopped a demo of "Lollipop" to Lil’ Wayne, who took a liking to the track after hearing it.Sources tell AllHipHop.com that Static Major’s death will not prevent the singer’s forthcoming album from hitting stores this year.The OG music/Blackground Records/Universal release, titled Suppertime, will feature the lead single "I Got My" feat. Lil Wayne.
Other artists slated to appear on Suppertime include Dem franchize Boyz, Project Pat and Missy Elliott.In addition to the album, a DJ Khaled mixtape featuring all of Static Major's hits will be released.  Source:allhiphop.com]]> no@spam.com (Manthos Tzorbatzakis) http://www.musicsnews.com/articles/2075/1/Rappers-Lil-Wayne-DFB-Among-Celebrities-Attending-At-Static-Major-Tribute/Page1.html <![CDATA[Steve Winwood makes comeback with new album]]> http://www.musicsnews.com/articles/2074/1/Steve-Winwood-makes-comeback-with-new-album/Page1.html Steve Winwood has needed every one of the nine lives he alludes to in the title of his new CD.For a roughly 15-year chunk of his career, he seemed to have lapsed into a musical coma. From the mid '80s through the late '90s, Winwood released three morbid solo albums in a row, each calcifying the brand of MOR soul that gave him his biggest meal ticket, with hit albums like "Back in the High Life."
After the last two CDs bombed, Winwood finally got the message: He could no longer sleepwalk through barely average work and expect to connect. So, on 2003's aptly named "About Time," Winwood at last rescued his muse from the crypt, returning to the expansive and inspired sound he patented with his classic band Traffic back in their early-'70s peak.
For "Nine Lives," Winwood again mines the same rich mode. The disk offers another rash of organically paced tracks that filter Afro-pop, Brazilian samba and American idioms through the star's own erudite English sensibility. Winwood gets ace backing from his great road band - composed of musicians from four continents.Their rapport shows in the tracks' easy heat. The band's new riffs have the sexiness of jams, honed into the formality of song.
In "Hungry Man," a South African township jive guitar dances around harder rock rhythms. In "Dirty City," guest star Eric Clapton lays a tasteful British guitar-god lead over roiling Latin beats.Winwood's voice retains its choirboy resonance and spiraling wind power throughout the disk. His trademark Hammond B3 organ exudes tenderness and fire.
Despite all this, "Nine Lives" can't be called a pivotal Winwood album. It's too controlled, too tasteful and has too craftman-like for that. But it does offer an amiable and engaging example of a master back in his element.  Source:nydailynews.com]]> no@spam.com (Manthos Tzorbatzakis) http://www.musicsnews.com/articles/2074/1/Steve-Winwood-makes-comeback-with-new-album/Page1.html <![CDATA[OneRepublic Singer Cancels Gigs After Surgery]]> http://www.musicsnews.com/articles/2073/1/OneRepublic-Singer-Cancels-Gigs-After-Surgery/Page1.html OneRepublic's frontman Ryan Tedder has had to pull out of the upcoming shows for the band following surgery on his Achilles tendon.Tedder injured himself right before the bands Central Michigan University show on the current tour.He suffered a serious tear to his tendon and had immediate surgery.Tedder is at home recuperating and is expected to be "back on his feet" within weeks."I want to apologize to all of our fans holding tickets to the cancelled shows," said Tedder. "We hope to reschedule shows in these areas as soon as possible. Thanks to everyone for the get well soon messages too! I'm looking forward to being back on stage as soon as possible."Meantime, OneRepublic have cancelled all upcoming US show. They should be back in action mid-May for the UK tour.

The cancelled dates are:

April 25 Mt. Pleasant, MI - Central Michigan University - (Crocs Tour)
April 26 Cincinnati, OH - University of Cincinnati - (Crocs Tour)
April 27 Salisbury, MD - Salisbury University - (Crocs Tour)
April 29 Erie, PA - Gannon University - (Crocs Tour
May 1 New Britain, CT - Central Connecticut State University
May 2 New Brunswick, NJ - Rutgers University - (Crocs Tour)
May 3 Albany, NY - SUNY University at Albany - (Crocs Tour)
May 4 East Rutherford - NJ Bamboozle Festival, The Meadowlands
May 6 Toronto, Ontario Canada - Kool Haus                         source:undercover.com

]]> no@spam.com (Manthos Tzorbatzakis) http://www.musicsnews.com/articles/2073/1/OneRepublic-Singer-Cancels-Gigs-After-Surgery/Page1.html <![CDATA[Radiohead says no more music freebies]]> http://www.musicsnews.com/articles/2072/1/Radiohead-says-no-more-music-freebies/Page1.html It was a pivotal moment for the music industry which many thought sounded the death knell for recorded music sales, but Radiohead won't be repeating its initiative to let fans pay what they want for their downloads, The English rock band's frontman said Tuesday. "I think it was a one-off response to a particular situation," Thom Yorke said of the band's decision last October to let viewers pay what they wanted for digital downloads of the new album "In Rainbows."
"Yes. It was a one-off in terms of a story. It was one of those things where we were in the position of everyone asking us what we were going to do. I don't think it would have the same significance now anyway, if we chose to give something away again. It was a moment in time," Yorke told the Hollywood Reporter.Radiohead's decision to allow fans to pay into the online equivalent of an honesty box for the album came shortly after it walked away from troubled record label EMI, sparking acres of comment about the future direction of the music industry and the dwindling revenue pot from CD sales.The band has remained quiet about whether the experiment was a success, with many fans thought to have downloaded the album without paying anything at all. "In Rainbows" was later released conventionally as a CD, and topped the U.S. and U.K. charts.The groundbreaking move towards potentially free music has been adopted by a number of artists including Prince and Nine Inch Nails. Most recently fellow English rockers Coldplay said Monday that they would give away its new single "Violet Hill" free of charge, resulting in the group's Web site crashing the next day due to demand. Source: Reuters/Hollywood Reporter]]> no@spam.com (Manthos Tzorbatzakis) http://www.musicsnews.com/articles/2072/1/Radiohead-says-no-more-music-freebies/Page1.html <![CDATA[Coldplay to give new single away for free]]> http://www.musicsnews.com/articles/2070/1/Coldplay-to-give-new-single-away-for-free/Page1.html For years, people have been clamouring that Coldplay's music isn't worth paying for. Now, at last, the band themselves are bowing to pressure. Their new single, tickets to two upcoming concerts - yes, they're giving it all away for free.Violet Hill, the first single from the group's new record, is available as a free download starting at 12.15pm today. If you're going to take advantage, do it quick: in another week, you'll have to pay for the thing to get it from iTunes.In a further act of headline-stealing magnanimity, Coldplay have also announced two free gigs. On June 16, they will fill London's Brixton Academy, while four nights later they repeat the gesture at Madison Square Garden in New York.Tickets for both gigs will be distributed through a contest on the band's website, with details to be announced.
Coldplay's new album, their fourth, is still due to be called Viva La Vida, but they've also appended a pondersome subtitle: Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends is how the record will be listed when it arrives in shops on June 16.In further Coldplay news, the album art has also been announced! Although Viva La Vida is ostensibly named after a Frida Kahlo painting, Chris Martin and the band have spurned Kahlo's modernism and instead found their cover by vandalising a Eugene Delacroix painting. His 1830 masterpiece Liberty Leading The People depicts dead bodies, soldiers, and Liberty waving the French tricolour. In Coldplay's version someone's also scrawled a Ricky Martin lyric in white paint.Because if there's one thing that sums Coldplay up it's a vandalised oil painting of a topless lady with a French flag! Source: guardian.co.uk]]> no@spam.com (Manthos Tzorbatzakis) http://www.musicsnews.com/articles/2070/1/Coldplay-to-give-new-single-away-for-free/Page1.html