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 JUSTIN BIEBER
My World 2.0
www.justinbiebermusic.com
Dist: Universal Music Canada
 My World 2.0, the NEW album from Justin Bieber, contains 8 brand new tracks including his newest #1 single “Baby” featuring Ludacris. This Candian R&B singer’s debut mini album (released Nov ’09) entitled My World crossed the Platinum plateau in Canada in just 5 weeks. To date, Justin has surpassed 100 million Youtube.com video views. TRACK LISTING:
 RUFUS WAINWRIGHT
All Days Are Nights: Songs For Lulu
www.rufuswainwright.com
Dist: Universal Music Canada
Written by Rufus Wainwright, produced by Rufus (with Pierre Marchand on three songs) and mixed by Marchand, who produced Poses, this 12-track record is steeped in beauty. It is a hugely personal album for Rufus and deeply emotional, channeled through Rufus’ fingers, his voice and a piano. The album title All Days Are Nights: Songs For Lulu is both a reference to Shakespeare's Sonnet 43 and Rufus’ own concept of Lulu, which he describes as a "dark, brooding, dangerous woman that lives within all of us. Rufus admits that recording All Days Are Nights: Songs For Lulu was one of the most difficult things he has ever done. “After hiding behind a 70-piece orchestra with my opera you can blame everything on the tuba player. With this album, when the curtain is raised it’s me on my own,” says Rufus. Track Listing:
 MONICA
Still Standing
www.monica.com
Dist: Sony Music Canada
Multi-Platinum, Grammy Award® winning recording artist, Monica, releases her new album Still Standing with the help of acclaimed producers Neyo, Missy Elliot, Jermaine Dupri, Brian Cox, Stargate and Carlos Mckinney. The first lady of Atlanta recently returned to the scene as the featured artist on the Keyshia Cole single “Trust” which has received much critical acclaim following the duos’ dynamic live performance of the track at this year’s Bet awards. Monica recently completed production on her own reality show also titled Still Standing, which began airing on Bet to record ratings after the Bet Hip Hop awards on October 28th. The show features Monica’s daily grind; juggling the roles of motherhood and recording artist, all the while trying to reclaim her slot at the top of the charts. The first single from the album is “Everything To Me.” Track Listing:
 BENNY ANDERSSON (of ABBA) BAND
Story Of A Heart
Dist: Universal Music Canada
Benny Andersson, composer of MAMMA MIA! and founding member of the legendary ABBA leads his 16 piece band in an album of original songs written with ABBA band member and longtime collaborator, Bjorn Ulvaeus. ABBA is one of history’s greatest pop bands. Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus founded the band and wrote all their songs. Benny Andersson remains a legendary figure for also writing the mega hit MAMMA MIA!, its subsequent film version, and the acclaimed musical Chess. His new Album Story Of A Heart contains 14 songs written in a variety of musical styles including big band, Celtic folk, 50s style do-wop, and disco pop. Track Listing:
 SCORPIONS
Sting In The Tail
www.the-scorpions.com
Dist: Universal Music Canada
“We want to end the SCORPIONS’ extraordinary career on a high note. We are extremely (grateful) for the fact that we still have the same passion for music we’ve always had since the beginning.” — Klaus Meine, lead singer.
After the release of their forthcoming album, STING IN THE TAIL, and a three-year mammoth tour, which will take them across five continents, one of the most successful rock bands in the world will be ending their career. During their 40-year career, Scorpions sold over 100 million albums worldwide and received many awards. Today, they still play sold-out venues around the world.
Their world tour will launch in the band’s home country, Germany, in May. After that, they will be touring through North America before they continue their journey through five other continents until 2012. TRACK LISTING.
 SNOOP DOGG
More Malice
www2.snoopdogg.com
Dist: EMI Music Canada
Legendary hip hop icon Snoop Dogg returns with the special CD/DVD package MORE MALICE which features 5 new songs and two new remixes including the smash hit "I Wanna Rock The Kings" G-Mix featuring Jay- Z, and also features the mini-movie Malice N Wonderland featuring appearances by Jaime Foxx, Xzibit, Soulja Boy Tell ‘Em and DJ Quik among others.
ABOUT THE MOVIE
In Malice N Wonderland – the movie, Snoop plays the gangsta/superhero, Malice in Wonderland, a hip-hop version of Gotham City where an oppressive arch-criminal Cain rules with an iron fist. and controls both the crooked police force and corrupt city officials. Malice mobilizes all the divided crew of Wonderland to come together and engage in an underground hip hop battle to overthrow Cain. TRACKLISTING.
 EASTON CORBIN
Easton Corbin
www.eastoncorbin.com
Dist: Universal Music Canada
The self titled debut album from Nashville newcomer Easton Corbin is one of the most anticipated country releases for 2010! He may be new to Nashville but his sound is so comfortable you’d swear he’s been around for years. Like his heroes George Strait and Keith Whitley, Easton is unapologetically country. His songs, while rooted in the present, call to mind simpler times when the back porch was where folks gathered to network. Steel guitars and fiddles are as much a part of his sound as his baritone drawl. "A Little More Country Than That" is the first single.Track Listing
 THE JOHN HENRYS
White Linen
www.thejohnhenrys.com
Dist: Universal Music Canada
The John Henrys have a sound that is undefinable. They draw from a potpourri of influences and styles that blend into something that is part alt-country, part Americana, part jam band and part rock n roll. Compared to likes of Neil Young, The Band and Tom Petty, The John Henrys have developed a reputation for tight musicianship, original arrangements and well crafted song writing.
White Linen is the band’s third album and their first made with the luxury of a decent recording budget and support of an independent label – Canada’s Linus Entertainment. The band took their time, recording the album over 7 months, putting down 17 songs, paring it down to a tight eleven, sequencing the album as if the band were releasing it only on vinyl, with Side A reflecting the influence of the city, and side B’s songs reflecting stories from the country.
 MINDY MCREADY
I’m Still Here
www.mindymccready.com
Dist: Universal Music Canada
Selling more than 3 million records and placing 12 singles on the Billboard Country music charts since the release of Ten Thousand Angels’ Mindy McCready’s life has been a front page story. I’m Still Here represents a new beginning and Mindy’s first album in over 8 years. For the first time, Mindy has written emotional songs about her life and struggles. She performs the title track live on the final episode of VH1’s Celebrity Rehab in which everyone cries including Dr. Drew because of it’s heart-wrenching emotion, “It was the first time Dr. Drew has ever cried on the show,” says Mindy. The album includes updated versions of her biggest hits: “Guys Do It All The Time” and “Ten Thousand Angels” as well as Mindy’s version of Garth Brook’s “The Dance”. TRACK LISTING:
 RON CONTOUR (Moka Only) & FACTOR
Saffron
www.myspace.com/mokaonly
Dist: Fontana North
Who is Ron Contour? Is he Moka Only, a mainstay of the Canadian hip-hop scene? Is he even Canadian? We can’t be entirely sure, but what we do know is that Ron enjoys some of the finer things in life (food, women, vintage clothing) and his latest and greatest collaboration with Saskatoon-based producer Factor is the perfect introduction to his world of debauchery and snacking. Saffron is an eccentric but devilishly satisfying record that presents a relaxed and vibey record that is impossible not to indulge in.
 GREENBERG
Soundtrack
Dist: EMI Music Canada
The Greenberg soundtrack features the debut film score music of James Murphy (of LCD Soundsystem). GREENBERG stars Ben Stiller, Rhys Ifans, Juno Temple, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Mark Duplass, Dave Franco, Chris Messina and is directed by Noah Baumbach. At a crossroads in his life, Roger Greenberg (Ben Stiller) ends up housesitting at his brother’s home in Los Angeles. There, he strikes up an unlikely friendship with his brother’s assistant Florence (Greta Gerwig), an aspiring singer. Florence and Greenberg’s encounters lead to an uncertain and wonderfully vulnerable courtship. Track Listing:
 HURON
Huron
www.huronmusic.ca
Dist: Fontana North
Cam Malcolm, Aaron Godstein, Adam Melnick and Peter Hall are four gentlemen from Hamilton who are serious music-makers. Each one has an extensive and impressive musical resume, including credits on albums by Ian Blurton and Junior Boys, performances with the CowboyJunkies and the Arkells, and an ex-member of indie rockers A Northern Chorus. Huron’s debut album was recorded in Hamilton, Ontario with renowned indie producer Ian Blurton. In the spirit of rock 'n’ roll, they recorded live off the floor: Pete (drums) and Adam (bass) hold down the rhythm section, while Cam (guitar), and Aaron (guitar, through as many big amps as possible) co-front the unit. Cam's "King and Country" is reminiscent of a heavier version of the Beatles' "Two of Us". Aaron's "Chicken Wing" is Cold Roses-era Ryan Adams. "The War Between" could stand up to any 90's shoe-gaze classic.
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 BETTIE SERVEERT
Pharmacy Of Love
www.bettieserveert.com
Dist: Fontana North
Formed in 1990 in Amsterdam, Bettie Serveert quickly climbed to the top of the indie underground with their debut record Palomine which highlighted Carol van Dyk's seductive voice and Peter Visser’s emotional guitar playing. The band's bittersweet melodies and their unique and unmistakable heavy sweet guitar led the debut record all the way to Gold status in the Netherlands while their second album Lamprey was hailed by Melody Maker as the most tangled, desolate, real life guitar sound of the year.
Their latest disc Pharmacy of Love captures the Betties raw, contagious energy that people have come to know from their live show. From the urgent “Deny All” to the anguished album closer, “What They Call Love,” Pharmacy of Love is a masterful collection of songs that are by turns raucous, shimmering and shiver inducing as they examine the vagaries of life and love. Facing down their demons and navigating love’s often-treacherous terrain, this is a band that, after 18 years and nine albums, has not mellowed with age. TRACK LISTING:
 SHE & HIM
Volume 2
www.sheandhim.com
Dist: F.A.B.
SHE & HIM are actress Zooey Deschanel and M. Ward who return to our ears with their new album Volume Two. This time, the harmonies have grown more angelically layered, the string arrangements more dramatic, the songwriting even sharper and more confident, but as with 2008's Volume One, the prevailing mood is bittersweet, dreamy, and romantic. What began as a fascinating, no-strings-attached collaboration on Volume One has evolved into a bona fide touring band, and She & Him are here to stay.TRACK LISTING:
 THE RUNAWAYS
Music From The Motion Picture
www.runawaysthesoundtrack.com
Dist: Warner Music Canada
Los Angeles 1975, Joan Jett (Kristen Stewart) and Cherie Currie (Dakota Fanning), two teenage valley girls with punk in their blood, meet and become the heart and soul of the seminal all girl band, The Runaways. Floria Sigismondi brings The Runaways to the big screen in this story of a group of extraordinary young women as they rise from rebellious Southern California kids to rock stars of the now legendary band that paved the way for future generations of girl musicians. Under the Svengali-like influence of rock impresario Kim Fowley (Michael Shannon), the group evolves into an outrageous success and a family of misfits. With its tough-chick image and raw talent, the band quickly earns a name for itself-and so do its two leads: Joan is the band's pure rock' n' roll heart, while Cherie, with her Bowie-Bardot looks, is the sex kitten.
The Soundtrack features classic music from The Runaways, plus Runaways songs performed by Dakota Fanning & Kristen Stewart. Also, music from Joan Jett, David Bowie, The Stooges, MC5 and more. TRACK LISTING:
 BRAD MEHLDAU
Highway Rider
www.bradmehldau.com
Dist: Warner Music Canada
Eight years ago, pianist-composer Brad Mehldau and Los Angeles-based producer Jon Brion (Dido, Kanye West, Fiona Apple, Rufus Wainwright) collaborated on the groundbreaking Largo album. They mixed Mehldau originals with radically reinterpreted versions of pieces by Radiohead, the Beatles and Nick Drake and brought a range of new instrumentation to Mehldau's sound, including horns, strings, vibes and electronics. It was a provocative pairing: the young master of acoustic jazz and the subversive pop impresario with a Brian Wilson-sized imagination; Largo arguably set a new standard for the very idea of standards. Highway Rider reunites Mehldau with Brion in an even more ambitious setting and reflects Mehldau's recent experience writing long-form pieces, including the Carnegie Hall-commissioned Love Songs for mezzo-soprano Anne Sofie von Otter. TRACK LISTING.
 GOLDFRAPP
Head First
www.goldfrapp.com
Dist: EMI Music Canada
Head First is Goldfrapp’s most powerful trip to date, a speedy rush of synth optimism, euphoria, fantasy and romance. With life affirming lyrics and stellar production it lifts off at full tilt and takes us on a journey to the heart of 2010.
The diversity, ambition and direction of the new album highlights Goldfrapp as true agenda-setters and modern British musical icons. Head First is the latest in a brilliantly consistent body of work - from the captivating electronic balladry of
Mercury nominated debut ‘Felt Mountain’ and its distorted-dancefloor follow-up, ‘Black Cherry’ to the glitterball glamour of ‘Supernature’ which came out in summer 2005 and went on to sell over a million copies worldwide. TRACK LISTING
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