The album of the year you haven’t heard of

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The New Nation

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Black Eyed Peas’ concert shut down for breaking the law

The group - who had been performing at an outdoor concert to mark the opening of a new Hard Rock Hotel in the city - were told by officers they would have to finish early after locals complained about the noise levels.

Hail, Hail, Rock’n'Roll

Saturday nights at Manhattan’s were part of the musical routine of my teens: Wednesdays were spent at the Pier in Wigan dancing to the Charlatans; Friday nights meant the Tudor House, where the walls were grooved with years of graffiti and the jukebox played the Stone Roses and Nirvana and Hendrix and, for some inexplicable [...]

The whole world gets hi on Africa

Now, bands all over the world are picking it up. The debut album from Sweden’s Suburban Kids With Biblical Names - confusingly titled #3 - is informed by hi-life. Balloons, the first single from the hotly tipped Oxford group Foals, has a distinctly hi-life (or at the very least African) riff. And Manchester’s Courteeners are [...]

The other side of the tracks

Then again, the fact that I haven’t heard of this music is rather the point of me meeting Mariusz. I’m here as part of an ongoing project to try and discover more about the secret soundtrack of Britain: music that’s hugely popular in the UK, but slips under the media’s radar because its audience is [...]

Tasty Baking Company Announces the Winner of Its Search for the 2nd Verse Jingle Contest

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Tasty Baking Company today announced the winner of its “Search for the 2nd Verse” Contest. Launched November 8, 2007 in conjunction with Tastykake’s sponsorship of Peter Nero and The Philly Pops’(R) Holiday Pops! Series, the contest sought to find a catchy line to follow the beloved first verse of [...]

A&E Finale, Editors Recall the Year’s Best and Worst in the Entertainment Business

Books: I loved Dave Egger’s What is the What because, I’ll be honest, it made me cry. I hated Automatic 2nd Date, because… more than I can say here. Movies: I loved Superbad because that’s just how high school was. I loved Live Free or Die Hard because that’s just how high school wasn’t. [...]

Women at the rock face

I THINK that the key to getting into the music business is hard work. When I was at university I set up my own promotions company, flyering for artists like KT Tunstall. After that I decided to set up my own music magazine that went out every two months in shops and bars. It was [...]

Kyle Minogue with Spring Concert in Bulgaria

Pop icon Kyle Minogue will make a concert in Bulgaria, announced the organizers from ‘Sofia Music Enterprises’. The special event will take place on capital’s stadium ‘Lokomotiv’ in the night of May 8 th . Tickets selling start tomorrow, December 14 th on prices of 40 and 50 BGN (20 to 25 EUR). For [...]