Archive for February 2010

Ben Harper covers Springsteen for Haiti   25/02/10

I know there are alot of incredible songs and uniting of artists around the globe for “Artists for Peace and Justice Haiti Relief” to raise much needed funds for Haiti, but I just had to bring your attention to Ben Harper’s incredible cover of Bruce Springsteen My Father’s House. Here’s the video performed live at [...]

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Murdoc Niccals has been sighted (and thinks Lady Gaga’s a…)   19/02/10

There have been videos, interviews, and whispers and radio shows from the Gorillaz but to date no one has sited them… at last it looks like someone’s found Murdoc. Looks like his time on the wagon has passed! Running off to exotic isles with champagne & suitcases of cash isn’t the only thing keeping Murdoc [...]

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Erika Heynatz premieres her new video on Who.com   19/02/10

Erika’s new single Kingdom is released on digitally today and her video premiere’s on who.com – Check it out below! To get the single Kingdom on iTunes, click here.

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Free download of Yeasayer’s new single O.N.E   19/02/10

Hands up who has been waiting for a new Yeasayer album since the stereo died down after spinning 2007/8’s magnificent middle-eastern-infused-brain-melter All Hour Cymbals for the first time? “More tunes!” we said… “More tunes now!” It’s been a torturous wait, but we were richly awarded late last year when Yeasayer delivered Ambling Alp, a very [...]

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Goldfrapp – Head First on a Rocket!   19/02/10

Disco-glam Alison Goldfrapp is back after her 2008 LSD-laced folk trip in the woods, and she is ready to party… on a rocket. The first track we’ve heard from Goldfrapp’s (remember, they’re a duo) upcoming album Head First is the glittery disco number Rocket – which is streaming from their myspace as we speak. Don’t [...]

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Operator Please – download “Logic” for free and find the Gloves that fit   17/02/10

Since Operator Please are editing their video for Logic right this minute, you really oughtta know the tune. Fortunately enough, the Operator Please team from the Gold Coast (who love to give you handwritten notes in class) are giving Logic away free from their website! The first taste of the upcoming album Gloves is a [...]

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Ben Harper and Playboy!   17/02/10

That got your attention! Ben Harper & Relentless7’s new video for Lay There and Hate Me premiered on playboy.com… when you check it out you’ll understand why.

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Hot Chip Galore – One Life Stand   17/02/10

It’s been a massive week for the angelic-voiced sweethearts of electro-pop Hot Chip… They’ve performed live with The Roots on Jimmy Fallon, globally broadcast a show live from NYC, and their new album One Life Stand finally burst out of back rooms and onto shelves in record stores… but if you need an extra prod [...]

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Wes’s Music Soapbox: Massive Attack’s Heligoland and Entertainment vs Inspiration   17/02/10

As the year starts, I debate new music with my peers as I’ve done many years before: “HOW ON EARTH IS THERE GOING TO BE A NEW SOUND THIS YEAR?” one voice says. “I WONDER WHAT IT’LL LOOK LIKE?” another voice replies. “AND PLEASE GOD DON’T LET IT START WITH GA GA ANYTHING.” I laugh [...]

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Wanna see the Gorillaz HQ Plastic Beach?   04/02/10

Five years on from the release of Demon Days, Murdoc Niccals and co. return with Gorillaz. The band have taken up residence, recording on a secret floating island deep in the South Pacific, a Plastic Beach HQ, made up of the detritus, debris and washed up remnants of humanity. This Plastic Beach is the furthest [...]

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Keith Urban and David Guetta score Grammy’s: “I’m David Guetta, bitch!”   04/02/10

So who procrastinated for half of Monday watching the entire Grammy’s pre-telecast online? If you had the stamina for the full broadcast, you would have found out in real-time that our lovely local chap Keith Urban swooped up the Grammy for Best Male Country Vocal Performance for Sweet Thing from his 2009 album Defying Gravity. [...]

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