Yael Naim. Yael Naim album
Yael Naim is the second studio album by Yael Naim. It contains the hit single “New Soul”.
In Naim’s birth country of France her self-titled album was released on October 22, 2007. On iTunes the album was available as a digital download world-wide but did not gain much popularity until February 2008 [...]
The Lodger was formed inside the mind of Ben Siddall inside the squalor of an LS6 bedsit.
After 3 sold-out limited 7s (”Many Thanks For Your Honest Opinion” Dance to the Radio, “Watching” Double Dragon, “Let Her Go” Angular Records) and touring around the UK and Europe with bands such as The Long Blondes and The [...]
Mudhoney. The Lucky Ones
The Lucky Ones is the ninth album by the band Mudhoney. It was released on May 20, 2008.
Mudhoney have never really received the respect they deserve over the years. To the uninformed, Nirvana were the grunge band that started it all, but trace the lineage back, and right at the start of [...]
Islands. Arm’s Way
Arm’s Way is the second studio album by Montreal-based Indie band, Islands. It is scheduled for release on May 20, 2008 on CD and download. The album’s title is a play on the words “harm’s way”. The album leaked online on April 11, 2008.
Arm’s Way finds Islands setting sail distinctly away from the [...]
Lupe Fiasco. The Cool
Lupe Fiasco’s The Cool, commonly referred to as simply The Cool, is the second studio album by Chicago rapper Lupe Fiasco, released on December 18, 2007. The Cool is a loose concept album, based on a song and its titular character from his debut album Food & Liquor of the same name. [...]
Duffy. Rockferry album.
Meet the cool Daffy’s album - Rockferry! Rockferry is the debut album due to be released by Welsh singer Duffy on the 3rd March 2008.
The Rockferry album has generally received positive reviews from critics. The Observer, for example, gave the album a 5 out of 5, describing it as ‘a fantastic album of [...]
German techno group Scooter have knocked Madonna off the number one spot in the UK album chart.
Jumping All Over the World, the group’s first UK album since 2002, went straight in as a new entry.
Madonna’s 4 Minutes, featuring Justin Timberlake, held onto the singles top spot for a fourth week.
Jumping All Over The [...]
If you’re looking for that rare album from the ’70s, Amazon’s “CreateSpace” service may have the answer for you.
The Amazon announced this week that it has teamed up with EMI Music and Sony BMG, two labels usually up for starting new trends in the digital age, to bring out-of-print albums back in full glory.
Amazon acquired [...]
Hudson Entertainment, a premier provider of entertainment content, announced today that it has signed a licensing and distribution agreement with Napster to further extend its digital music offerings.
The new deal with Napster will allow Hudson Entertainment’s music division to offer full-length music tracks from top independent music labels and artists through Napster’s on-demand music subscription [...]
Madonna. Hard Candy. 2008.
Madonna attempts to reaffirm her position as the queen of pop and re-invention with her 11th studio album, “Hard Candy,” a tedious collection of dance-club anthems and repetitious hip-hop mixes.
The biggest disappointment with “Hard Candy” isn’t that it sounds bland when compared to everything in the current pop-dance genre; it’s that it [...]
