Tuesday Music Guide - June 29, 2010 |
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| Tuesday, 29 June 2010 00:00 |
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 3OH!3Streets Of Gold www.3oh3music.com Dist: Warner Music Canada 3OH!3 recently put the finishing touches on their highly anticipated new album, Streets Of Gold. Streets Of Gold follows the Boulder, Colorado-based duo's breakthrough Photo Finish debut, Want and features the lead the single, "My First Kiss (Feat. Ke$ha)." The track began streaming exclusively at the band's own www.3oh3music.com on Monday, May 3rd and has since exploded on to the billboard charts, debuting in the top 10 on the Billboard Hot 100. 3OH!3 are currently introducing fans to Streets Of Gold on a major joint headlining run deemed the "Too Fast For Love" tour which will travel North America through mid-June.TRACKLISTING:  SCISSOR SISTERS Nightwork www.scissorsister.com Dist: Universal Music Canada Scissor Sisters return with their third album, Night Work a dynamic album with a big heart and some killer dance moves. One of the biggest European bands over the past decade, Scissor Sisters have been hard at work in studios in London, Bahamas and their home town of New York, and are ready to follow up on the phenomenal success of 2006’s Ta-Dah. Night Work is a dance record but it’s not all electronic. You can still hear the sound of a band spinning out together in a rehearsal room. It is the first time Scissor Sisters have worked with another producer; they recruited Stuart Price (The Killers, Madonna) to co-produce the album.  INDIGO GIRLSStaring Down The Brilliant Dream www.indigogirls.com Dist: EMI Music Canada Indigo Girls Amy Ray and Emily Saliers celebrate their long-standing passion for live performance on their new release, Staring Down the Brilliant Dream. The 2-disc CD features 31 songs, each hand-selected by the GRAMMY®-winning duo to capture the most memorable moments of their 2006–2009 shows. The CD reflects the spontaneity of a typical Indigo’s concert and includes a mix of solo performances and other numbers backed by their full band, plus vocal collaborations with such guests artists as Brandi Carlile and Jill Hennessey. TRACKLISTING:  NEEMAWatching You Think www.neema.ca Dist: Sony Music Canada  The sophomore album Watching You Think by recording artist, poet and dancer, NEeMA , was produced by Montréal born NEeMA in association with Leonard Cohen and Pierre Marchand. Of NEeMA ’s work, Leonard Cohen has said, “in the midst of all the static, a voice of true feeling arises - a rare event!” Cohen also drew the haunting album cover portrait of NE eMA .NEeMA ’s Watching You Think displays the artist’s international background and experience, seamlessly melding elements of world music, folk, and jazz with a good measure of pop. Her voice delivers twelve original songs of love, life and simple observations, in an uninhibited and authentic style complemented by some of Montreal’s best musicians.  KATZENJAMMERLE POP www.jammer.no Dist: Sony Music Canada Katzenjammer bring their musical mayhem to North America with the release of their debut album Le Pop. The all-female Norwegian quartet first stormed the States with their circus of a live show in Austin at SXSW last year with their raucous set consisting of the rotation of up to 29 instruments on which the women are self-taught. They also caught the attention of David Byrne, who invited them to play his artist-curated stage at 2009’s Bonnaroo. One Norwegian reviewer described the ladies as ”a mix between Eastern European folk music, B-52s, the sisters Kate & Anna McGarrigle, seasick bluegrass, country blues and a carnival orchestra on the run.”TRACKLISTING:  TIESTOMagikal Journey www.tiesto.com Dist: EMI Music Canada Grammy nominated TIËSTO is undeniably one of the greatest DJ talents of this era! Internationally recognized as one of the world’s premier DJs and producers. He has sold out stadiums of over 30,000 screaming fans and his shows are not only auditory masterpieces but are just as visually mesmerizing. TIËSTO has remixed fellow superstars including Sarah McLachlan, Justin Timberlake, Britney Spears, Yeah Yeah Yeahs and The Killers. This hits collection is the follow up to his critically acclaimed KALEIDOSCOPE album and ELEMENTS OF LIFE.TRACKLISTING:  FOREST CITY LOVERSHeart That’s Pounding www.forestcitylovers.com Dist: EMI Music Canada Forest City Lovers are nature-loving urban dwellers spinning lingering, lyrical melodies across the landscape of Canadian folk-pop. Born a fledgling pseudo-solo project of songwriter Kat Burns, Forest City Lovers took flight in 2006 with the independent release The Sun and the Wind. The band grew up into a fully-realized collaborative outfit and in 2008 launched their critically acclaimed sophomore album Haunting Moon Sinking (Out of This Spark), a collection that bolsters Forest City Lovers’ signature tunefulness with talented musicianship, strong guitar lines, and swelling string arrangements.TRACKLISTING: HASTE THE DAYAttack Of The Wolf King www.hastetheday.com Dist: EMI Music Canada The Indianapolis five-piece – who take their name from the hymn – have spent the past eight years rolling with the punches, taking the highlights and the challenges in equal measure. Embraced by a global fan base of rock and metal fans, HASTE THE DAY have released four revered albums that have collectively sold well over a quarter-million copies. Now, the members are ready to take their destiny into their own hands, with the help of a boatload of faith and the most dynamic, ferocious and art-minded album of their career. Attack Of The Wolf King–HASTE THE DAY's fifth full-length for Solid State Records – stirs up all of HTD's trademark moves to new frenzied heights for what, nine years into their career, could be their career-defining album.TRACKLISTING:  PIERCE THE VEILSelfish Machines www.piercetheveil.net Dist: Warner Music Canada The long-awaited follow up to Pierce The Veil’s genre defying debut is finally available and is sure to surpass even the high expectations fans have for it. After touring for almost two years straight, the band consciously set out to write an album that was fun to play and exciting for fans to hear live. The result is 12 tracks of catchy pop hooks paired with metal tinged guitars and aggressive vocals that only Pierce the Veil could meld together so flawlessly.TRACKLISTING:  PARKWAY DRIVEDeep Blue www.parkwaydrive.com Dist: F.A.B. Australia’s biggest hardcore-metal band Parkway Drive have delivered the long-awaited follow-up to 2007’s hard-hitting breakout album Horizons just in time to unleash the new tracks as they storm the Warped Tour all summer. Determined to surpass previous efforts, Parkway Drive have gone all out in creating a complete listening experience. While maintaining the band’s trademark sound at its core, Deep Blue weaves music, lyrics and artwork together into a dense concept that flows from beginning to end. Deep Blue finds Parkway Drive turning to veteran producer Joe Barresi, known for his work with big-league rock acts including Queens of the Stone Age, Bad Religion and Tool. 'Writing with a concept in mind has given us more direction,' explains Parkway Drive frontman Winston McCall. 'Every song on this album was created with a definite purpose, as opposed to just writing a riff and building on that.' Parkway Drive’s achievements are unmatched in Australian heavy music circles. After two huge-selling albums, 2004’s Killing With A Smile and 2007’s Horizons (the latter achieving Top 6 chart success in Oz), last year’s Parkway Drive: The DVD was met with a typically rabid response.TRACKLISTING:  KENNY GHeart & Soul www.kennyg.com Dist: Universal Music Canada Having sold more than 38 million CDs in his career, which is good for the 25th all-time best selling artist in America, there are still a great number of fans eager to hear new music from Kenny G. The latest release form the legendary Grammy award winner features Robin Thicke, Babyface & Richard Marx. The first single is “Fall Again”.TRACKLISTING:  THE-DREAMLove King www.the-dreammusic.com Dist: Universal Music Canada Multi Grammy award winner singer/ writer/producer The-Dream returns with his 3rd studio album Love King. Too date, he has written such big hits a Rihanna’s “Umbrella”, Mariah Carey’s “Touch My Body” and “Beyonce’s “Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)”. The album features T.I. and Ludacris among others.  TROOPER Hits From 10 Albums www.trooper.com Dist: Universal Music Canada As one of Canada’s top 5 selling bands of all time, Trooper rocked the late 70’s and early 80’s with their huge hits “Raise A Little Hell”, “The Boys in the Bright White Sports Car” and “We’re Here For A Good Time”. This career retrospective features tracks from all 10 of Troopers albums and is a must have for new and old Trooper fans alike. Features 10 page liner notes loaded with pictures that provide insight into each of Trooper’s 10 albums. CALL THE COPS Call The Cops www.myspace.com/callthecops Dist: Universal Music Canada In the last two years, CALL THE COPS has vaulted to the front ranks of Electro Pop Rock, gaining a buzz both in the US and internationally from their self-released EP, Motion Sickness.nAfter the surprising success of the EP, anticipation for the release of their self-titled debut album has grown to a fevered pitch. With producer Ian Kirkpatrick (Plain White Tees, Neon Trees) behind the board, Mark Needham (3Oh!3, Killers) doing the mix and song co-writes with Matt Squire (3Oh!3) and Tim Pagnotta (Sugarcult), Call The Cops is poised for huge success. The album features the tracks “Room 410” and “Get Close”.  SEMI PRECIOUS WEAPONSYou Love You www.myspace.com/semipreciousweapons Dist: Universal Music Canada SPW’s album debut with rock world producer-kingpin Jack Joseph Puig (The Rolling Stones, Beck, Black Eyed Peas) and Executive Producer Lady Gaga, YOU LOVE YOU, releases a day after they kick-off the North American leg of the Monster Ball tour. Fronted by the fierce Justin Tranter, the visual appeal of the band, who are masterfully thrusting sex, glamour, and loving violence back into the rock & roll spotlight, is undeniable. Tranter easily dominates any stage, with crowd pleasing antics ranging from gravity defying high kicks in his custom made Stuart Weitzman heels to pouring champagne into eager mouths of fans  DAYS DIFFERENCEDays Difference http://www.myspace.com/daysdifference Dist: Universal Music Canada Put together 2 sets of brothers from Virginia Beach, great song writing and vocals and you get new pop/rock band Days Difference. Jeremy William Smith is the frontman and chief songwriting force behind Days Difference who release their self-titled debut album — a breezy collection of pop gems that showcases the melody-minded songwriting, expressive vocals, and dynamic piano sound of 21-year-old Jeremy.  THE CAT EMPIRECinema www.thecatempire.com Dist: Fontana North The Cat Empire's message, on stage and in the studio, has always been about breaking down borders: musical, geographic, lingual. But they have never done it so powerfully as they do on their new album, Cinema. The album serves up a set which captures the inexorable force - and sheer joy - of their live performances, delivered in a format perfect for lounge-rooms, backyards, BBQ’s, cafes, road trips and parties all over the world.  JOAN ARMATRADINGThis Charming Life www.joanarmatrading.com Dist: Fontana North 3 times Grammy nominated British singer songwriter Joan Armatrading is the first female UK artist to have debuted at number 1 in the Billboards Blues charts. She is also the first female UK artist to be nominated for a Grammy in the blues category. One of Britain's female artists who has stood the test of time with songs like Love And Affection, Willow, Drop The Pilot and Lovers Speak. Joan's strong rhythmic acoustic guitar playing and her melodic electric solos help to make her the consummate musician.
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