Beyonce is not the only one doing well post Destiny's Child. Former band member Kelly Rowland's new track, Work, from her digital-only album release Ms Kelly, is hitting the No. 1 spot across the globe.
The Grammy award-winning R&B superstar's album, whose full title is Ms Kelly: Diva Deluxe, is an upbeat collection of five new songs and several funky remixes.
The album's first single, Work, is expected to be one of the year's hottest dance clips.
Video: Click here to watch Kelly's hot new clip, Work
Saturday, 31 May 2008
Friday, 30 May 2008
Oxford Collapse announce fourth album details
Oxford Collapse have announced the release of their fourth album, �??Bits�??, slated to hit shelves August 5 via Sub Pop.
The fourth album from the Brooklyn-based trio, �??Bits�?? follows 2006�??s �??Remember The Night Parties�?? and is the second release from the band on the Seattle imprint.
The band road-tested much of the new record while on their recent stint on the road with borough-buddies We Are Scientists, and recorded the album in chunks over the course of last year with Eric Emm at the Brothers Studios, and Chad Matheny in �??spaces all over town�?�.
The track listing for �??Bits�?? is:
�??Electric Arc�??
�??The Birthday Wars�??
�??Vernon-Jackson�??
�??Young Love Delivers�??
�??Back of the Yards�??
�??A Wedding�??
�??Featherbeds�??
�??For the Winter Coats�??
�??Men and Their Idea�??
Meanwhile, they will support the album�??s release with a US tour. The dates are:
Pittsburgh, PA Gooski�??s (June 10)
Bloomington, IN Bear�??s Place (11)
Chicago, IL Empty Bottle (12)
Madison, WI Terrace (13)
Omaha, NB The Waiting Room (14)
Denver, CO Hi Dive (15)
Missoula, MT The Badlander (17)
Seattle, WA Nectar Lounge (18)
Portland, OR Holocene (19)
San Francisco, CA The Independent (21)
Los Angeles, CA Roxy Theatre (22)
San Diego, CA Casbah (23)
Phoenix, AZ The Rhythm Room (24)
Austin, TX The Mohawk (26)
New Orleans, LA One Eyed Jacks (27)
Washington DC Black Cat Backstage (30)
Boston, MA TT the Bears (July 1)
Brooklyn, NY Southpaw (2)
Philadelphia, PA Johnny Brenda�??s (29)
Brooklyn, NY Music Hall of Williamsburg (31)
New York, NY Bowery Ballroom (August 1)
Columbus, OH The Basement (3)
Detroit, MI Magic Stick (4)
Indianapolis, IN The Music Mill (5)
Minneapolis, MN Varsity Theater (7)
Cleveland, OH Grog Shop (9)
--By our New York staff.
Find out more about NME.
The fourth album from the Brooklyn-based trio, �??Bits�?? follows 2006�??s �??Remember The Night Parties�?? and is the second release from the band on the Seattle imprint.
The band road-tested much of the new record while on their recent stint on the road with borough-buddies We Are Scientists, and recorded the album in chunks over the course of last year with Eric Emm at the Brothers Studios, and Chad Matheny in �??spaces all over town�?�.
The track listing for �??Bits�?? is:
�??Electric Arc�??
�??The Birthday Wars�??
�??Vernon-Jackson�??
�??Young Love Delivers�??
�??Back of the Yards�??
�??A Wedding�??
�??Featherbeds�??
�??For the Winter Coats�??
�??Men and Their Idea�??
Meanwhile, they will support the album�??s release with a US tour. The dates are:
Pittsburgh, PA Gooski�??s (June 10)
Bloomington, IN Bear�??s Place (11)
Chicago, IL Empty Bottle (12)
Madison, WI Terrace (13)
Omaha, NB The Waiting Room (14)
Denver, CO Hi Dive (15)
Missoula, MT The Badlander (17)
Seattle, WA Nectar Lounge (18)
Portland, OR Holocene (19)
San Francisco, CA The Independent (21)
Los Angeles, CA Roxy Theatre (22)
San Diego, CA Casbah (23)
Phoenix, AZ The Rhythm Room (24)
Austin, TX The Mohawk (26)
New Orleans, LA One Eyed Jacks (27)
Washington DC Black Cat Backstage (30)
Boston, MA TT the Bears (July 1)
Brooklyn, NY Southpaw (2)
Philadelphia, PA Johnny Brenda�??s (29)
Brooklyn, NY Music Hall of Williamsburg (31)
New York, NY Bowery Ballroom (August 1)
Columbus, OH The Basement (3)
Detroit, MI Magic Stick (4)
Indianapolis, IN The Music Mill (5)
Minneapolis, MN Varsity Theater (7)
Cleveland, OH Grog Shop (9)
--By our New York staff.
Find out more about NME.
Scarlett Johansson Performing Live (Video)
Scarlett Johansson has added musician to her resume releasing an album of Tom Waits covers - and one original - called, 'Anywhere I Lay My Head', and has performed live for AOL's Sessions.Watch a video of Johnasson performing live below and catch her AOL Session by clicking here. Photo courtesy of Universal Pictures.
Corrie's Liam set for dramatic exit?
'Coronation Street' heartthrob Rob James-Collier is reportedly set to quit the show when his current contract expires at the end of this year.
According to Digital Spy, the 31-year-old actor, who plays factory boss Liam Connor in the show, is leaving because of "typecast" fears.
A show source reportedly told the News of the World: "Nobody was expecting this and it's bad news because Liam has become hugely popular with fans."
"He won Sexiest Male at the British Soap Awards and they had big things planned for him."
"They wanted the Carla-Liam-Maria thing to really step up in pace, with him finally cheating on his girl with his sister-in-law. It would have given them a brilliant storyline which could have bubbled away until Christmas."
According to the report, a 'Coronation Street' spokesperson late confirmed the actor's planned departure, saying: "We've known for some time that Rob would be leaving at the end of his current contract."
"It's given the writers time to pen a really good exit storyline for his character, Liam."
"Rob will remain filming with us until around October and he will bow out on screen at the end of the year."
According to Digital Spy, the 31-year-old actor, who plays factory boss Liam Connor in the show, is leaving because of "typecast" fears.
A show source reportedly told the News of the World: "Nobody was expecting this and it's bad news because Liam has become hugely popular with fans."
"He won Sexiest Male at the British Soap Awards and they had big things planned for him."
"They wanted the Carla-Liam-Maria thing to really step up in pace, with him finally cheating on his girl with his sister-in-law. It would have given them a brilliant storyline which could have bubbled away until Christmas."
According to the report, a 'Coronation Street' spokesperson late confirmed the actor's planned departure, saying: "We've known for some time that Rob would be leaving at the end of his current contract."
"It's given the writers time to pen a really good exit storyline for his character, Liam."
"Rob will remain filming with us until around October and he will bow out on screen at the end of the year."
Jennifer Aniston: 'Sex With John Mayer Is Better Than With Brad'
Jennifer Aniston has reportedly delivered the ultimate put-down to ex-husband Brad Pitt by bragging to friends that new man John Mayer is the better lover.
As his past paramours have hinted, Mayer the Player apparently knows what he's doing beneath the sheets.
"Jennifer is calling John the best ever lover. In fact, she can't stop raving about his skills between the sheets - insisting the sex with him is way better than it was with Brad during their four-and-a-half-year marriage," a source tells the National Enquirer.
The source also claims that Mayer's bedroom skills are helping Jen to finally put her divorce behind her and moving on with her life.
The source added, "It is no secret that every guy Jennifer has dated after her bust-up with Brad was merely a bit-player in her recovery process.
"Only now, in John's arms, does she look even close to finally putting Pitt in the past tense."
As his past paramours have hinted, Mayer the Player apparently knows what he's doing beneath the sheets.
"Jennifer is calling John the best ever lover. In fact, she can't stop raving about his skills between the sheets - insisting the sex with him is way better than it was with Brad during their four-and-a-half-year marriage," a source tells the National Enquirer.
The source also claims that Mayer's bedroom skills are helping Jen to finally put her divorce behind her and moving on with her life.
The source added, "It is no secret that every guy Jennifer has dated after her bust-up with Brad was merely a bit-player in her recovery process.
"Only now, in John's arms, does she look even close to finally putting Pitt in the past tense."
Angelina Jolie makes surprise visit to Baghdad
UN goodwill ambassador and Hollywood star Angelina Jolie has travelled to Iraq on a humanitarian mission and met with officials to demand help for people displaced by the war.
Although a scheduled press conference at the US embassy was cancelled, the Oscar-winning actress spoke to CNN telling the station that she wanted more to be done for the Iraqi families driven from their homes.
The 32-year-old said: "There are over two million displaced people and there never seems to be a real coherent plan to help them. There's lots of good will and lots of discussion but there seems to be a lot of talk at the moment and a lot of pieces that need to be put together."
The US embassy in Baghdad confirmed that Jolie had lunch with US troops serving in Iraq and had held a meeting with their top commander General David Petraeus, senior diplomats and Iraq's minister for displaced people.
A US embassy official told AFP: "She is here in her official capacity as a UN goodwill ambassador to meet with US, Iraqi and NGO officials to discuss internally displaced persons."
She also held talks in Baghdad's fortified Green Zone with the UN head of mission Staffan di Mistura and there were also plans for her to meet Iraq's Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, a US official said.
Jolie told CNN: "Of the two million internally displaced, it's estimated 58% are under 12-years-old. It's a very high number of people in a very, very vulnerable situation and a lot of young kids".
"So far, the different US officials I met with and different local people I've met with all have shared concerns, very, very strongly. They have spoken out about the humanitarian crisis, but there seems to be a block in," said the star.
Jolie continued: "What happens in Iraq and how Iraq settles in the years to come is going to affect the entire Middle East. And a big part of what it's going to affect, how it settles, is how these people are returned and settled into their homes and their community and brought back together and whether they can live together and what their communities look like."
She added: "It's in our best interest to address a humanitarian crisis on this scale because displacement can lead to a lot of instability and aggression."
Jolie is no stranger to the country. In August 2007, she met some of the 1,200 Iraqis stranded on the border between Iraq and Syria and appealed for more international support for those affected by the Iraq conflict.
During that tour, Jolie left UNHCR officials to visit privately with US and other multinational forces based in the area.
The following month, she launched a $150m appeal by UNICEF, the UN's fund for children, and the UN High Commissioner for Refugees to help educate 1m children affected by the war.
Although a scheduled press conference at the US embassy was cancelled, the Oscar-winning actress spoke to CNN telling the station that she wanted more to be done for the Iraqi families driven from their homes.
The 32-year-old said: "There are over two million displaced people and there never seems to be a real coherent plan to help them. There's lots of good will and lots of discussion but there seems to be a lot of talk at the moment and a lot of pieces that need to be put together."
The US embassy in Baghdad confirmed that Jolie had lunch with US troops serving in Iraq and had held a meeting with their top commander General David Petraeus, senior diplomats and Iraq's minister for displaced people.
A US embassy official told AFP: "She is here in her official capacity as a UN goodwill ambassador to meet with US, Iraqi and NGO officials to discuss internally displaced persons."
She also held talks in Baghdad's fortified Green Zone with the UN head of mission Staffan di Mistura and there were also plans for her to meet Iraq's Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, a US official said.
Jolie told CNN: "Of the two million internally displaced, it's estimated 58% are under 12-years-old. It's a very high number of people in a very, very vulnerable situation and a lot of young kids".
"So far, the different US officials I met with and different local people I've met with all have shared concerns, very, very strongly. They have spoken out about the humanitarian crisis, but there seems to be a block in," said the star.
Jolie continued: "What happens in Iraq and how Iraq settles in the years to come is going to affect the entire Middle East. And a big part of what it's going to affect, how it settles, is how these people are returned and settled into their homes and their community and brought back together and whether they can live together and what their communities look like."
She added: "It's in our best interest to address a humanitarian crisis on this scale because displacement can lead to a lot of instability and aggression."
Jolie is no stranger to the country. In August 2007, she met some of the 1,200 Iraqis stranded on the border between Iraq and Syria and appealed for more international support for those affected by the Iraq conflict.
During that tour, Jolie left UNHCR officials to visit privately with US and other multinational forces based in the area.
The following month, she launched a $150m appeal by UNICEF, the UN's fund for children, and the UN High Commissioner for Refugees to help educate 1m children affected by the war.
Vidna Obmana and Asmus Tietchens
Artist: Vidna Obmana and Asmus Tietchens
Genre(s):
Ambient
Discography:
The Shifts Recyclings CD2
Year: 2002
Tracks: 6
The Shifts Recyclings CD1
Year: 2002
Tracks: 6
Motives For Recycling CD2
Year: 1999
Tracks: 10
Motives For Recycling CD1
Year: 1999
Tracks: 4
Untitled
Year: 1992
Tracks: 5
Diego Amador
Artist: Diego Amador
Genre(s):
Jazz
Discography:
Directo Granada
Year: 2006
Tracks: 12
Piano Jondo
Year: 2003
Tracks: 9
Anticipo flamenco
Year:
Tracks: 10
MIT, Coda Album Review
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