Wednesday, 28 May 2008
Cripple Bastards
Artist: Cripple Bastards
Genre(s):
Other
Hardcore
Discography:
Desperately Insensitive
Year: 2003
Tracks: 19
Almost Human
Year: 2001
Tracks: 50
Misantropo A Senso Unico
Year: 2000
Tracks: 16
Frammenti Di Vita
Year: 1995
Tracks: 7
Life's Built On Thoughts 7
Year: 1993
Tracks: 1
 
Monday, 26 May 2008
Lars Ulrich announces Metallica tour for fall
Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich revealed Thursday night during an intimate Los Angeles benefit concert that the band will follow the September release of its new, as-yet-untitled album with a tour in October.
"That was the first show of the tour," said Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett, who, along with his bandmates, shredded through a nearly two-hour set with such hits as "For Whom the Bell Tolls," "Fuel," "Master of Puppets," "... And Justice for All," "Enter Sandman," and "Seek and Destroy," at Los Angeles' 2,300-capacity Wiltern LG.
The group didn't reveal any new material during its lengthy set. Nevertheless, "it feels good to play live again," singer-guitarist James Hetfield told a packed audience. "We haven't played here in a long time."
Last's night concert was pulled together on short notice to help raise funds for the nonprofit Silverlake Conservatory of Music. The organization was co-founded by Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea, who joined Metallica onstage for "Fight Fire With Fire," from the band's 1984 album "Ride the Lightning."
Money raised from the concert will go toward the Silverlake Conservatory of Music's programs and operations, along with scholarships for low-income students who can't afford instruments and music lessons.
Bill White, director of development at the Silverlake Conservatory of Music, said the idea for the benefit concert came together during a board meeting when Flea offered to ask Metallica's Ulrich if the band would be interested in doing a benefit show on the school's behalf. As a result, "We'll probably raise over $300,000 net on this," White says. "It's a gift from Metallica to the school."
Tickets for the concert went on sale Sunday for $200 apiece, along with a limited amount of VIP tickets that ran $500. Along with its annual Hullabaloo fund-raiser, which last year featured Eddie Vedder and Red Hot Chili Peppers, the Silverlake Conservatory of Music has plans to do more one-off benefit concerts, according to White.
Meanwhile, Metallica will remain on the West Coast this weekend to play Tucson, Ariz.'s KFMA Day (Thursday), KROQ-Los Angeles' Weenie Roast (May 17), followed by Manchester, Tenn.'s Bonnaroo Music Festival (June 13). No other North American dates were announced at deadline, but the rock act also has a handful of concert and festival appearances in Europe slated for August.
Along with Metallica, last night's benefit concert featured rock act Scars On Broadway, the new band from System of a Down guitarist/vocalist Daron Malakian and drummer John Dolmayan. As previously reported, Scars on Broadway's as-yet-untitled debut album is slated for a late summer release.
Hudson Heats Things Up With Armstrong In Cannes
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Jennifer Hudson Steps Into the 'Spotlight' With New Single
NEW YORK, May 19 -- After her critically-acclaimed
performance in Dreamgirls, Academy Award winner Jennifer Hudson makes her
long-awaited foray into the music scene with "Spotlight," her official
first single from her self-titled debut album, set for release in September
on Arista Records. "Spotlight" impacts radio June 9 and will be digitally
available at iTunes on June 10.
(Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20080519/NYM040 )
Written and co-produced by Ne-Yo and produced by Stargate, "Spotlight,"
which addresses insecurities within a relationship, is one of many stellar
songs which showcases Hudson's amazing powerhouse vocals. An all-star team
of writers and producers have been assembled to contribute their talents to
Hudson's highly-anticipated debut album, including Timbaland, Robin Thicke,
The Underdogs, Diane Warren, Tricky Stewart and more.
"I'm beyond ecstatic about my new album," says Hudson. "I think people
will be pleasantly surprised, because it shows a side of my work that no
one has heard before. This album has a huge variety of sounds and one of my
favorite songs is 'Spotlight' because it has this great infectious groove.
This is completely new territory for me and I can't wait for people to hear
it."
Clive Davis, Chief Creative Officer, SonyBMG Worldwide states: "With
Jennifer's debut album we will be introducing a major new recording star.
She takes on every genre of music and makes each her own. She's pure and
simple a great natural talent and her album will very excitingly reflect
that."
In addition to her debut album, Hudson continues with her burgeoning
acting career in the much-buzzed about New Line Cinema version of the HBO
hit series Sex and the City, in theatres May 30. On October 17, Hudson
returns to the silver screen in the film adaptation of Sue Monk Kidd's
best-selling novel The Secret Life of Bees.
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Scarface
Artist: Scarface
Genre(s):
Rap: Hip-Hop
Other
Discography:
Made
Year: 2007
Tracks: 12
My Homies Part 2
Year: 2006
Tracks: 11
Balls and My Word
Year: 2003
Tracks: 14
The Fix
Year: 2002
Tracks: 13
Greatest Hits
Year: 2002
Tracks: 18
Last Of A Dying Breed
Year: 2000
Tracks: 15
My Homies
Year: 1998
Tracks: 15
The World is Yours
Year: 1993
Tracks: 17
Mr. Scarface Is Back
Year: 1991
Tracks: 12
The Untouchable
Year:
Tracks: 15
Scarface quickly became the South's to the highest degree admired doorknocker and remained so passim the '90s after breaking away from the Geto Boys to set up his solo career in 1991. Even if he ne'er scored whatever national hits or stormed up the charts with any of his legion albums end-to-end the '90s, no one could dubiousness his clout passim the South. He fundamentally defined what it meant to be a Southern hoodlum doorknocker geezerhood ahead anyone regular coined the term Dirty South. This became glaringly evident in the late '90s when a massive moving ridge of danton True Young MCs arose from Houston, New Orleans, and Memphis emulating his trend of hardened, ghetto-bred, straight-up hard-core rapping. Besides portion as the father-God of Southern hoodlum strike, it seemed as if every hard-core rapper wanted to aline himself with Scarface during the '90s -- everyone from Ice Cube and Dr. Dre to 2Pac and Master P collaborated with the former Geto Boy -- all in an attack to foster credibility among the loyal Southern rap audience. Yet disdain his authentic influence, Scarface ne'er crossed over to mainstream success. His albums were frequently plagued with filler, his lyrics were plainly likewise rough for wireless, and his devotedness to producer Mike Dean lED to a stagnant, albeit trademark, legal. Still, likely because Scarface ne'er crossed over and remained aligned to the streets, his influence ne'er waned, fashioning him one of the few veterans able to keep up in the here-today, gone-tomorrow rap game. In the early 2000s, Def Jam Records rewarded his staying power with a moneymaking contract, a wealth of industry connections, and a powerful merchandising bear on. Scarface accordingly enjoyed the most successful album of his life history, The Fix (2002), and a revival of interest in his back catalog, which his sometime judge, Rap-a-Lot, repackaged that same year on Sterling Hits.
Before Brad Jordan (born November 9, 1970) became known as Scarface, he called himself Akshen. As such, he began his strike career first gear as a solo creative person in his native Houston during the mid-'80s for James Smith's then-fledging Rap-a-Lot label. Smith was trying to launch a group he labeled the Geto Boys, and he eventually asked Akshen to connect the radical in the late '80s. The Geto Boys' second album (and first base to feature Scarface) -- Traction It! On That Other Level (1990), later repackaged and re-released that same class just as The Geto Boys -- appalled many with its intense depictions of violence and its boilers suit extreme nature. This record album featured the birdcall "Capone," which introduced Akshen's neuter self, a title he would keep from that point onward. The ensuing disceptation surrounding the group's debut lay the Geto Boys on the map and set the stage for the impressive We Can't Be Stopped (1991). In the wake of the group's national achiever came solo albums, one of which existence Scarface's debut, Mr. Scarface Is Back (1991). The record album made it evident world Health Organization the group's to the highest degree gifted fellow member was, and the clap showered on Scarface resulted in bitter tensions among his fellow Geto Boys: Bushwick Bill and Willie D. By the time Scarface returned with his follow-up album, The World Is Yours (1993), his reputation overshadowed that of his group's. Willie D consequently gone, and the Geto Boys never over again rivaled We Can't Be Stopped, cathartic lukewarm, albeit popular, efforts with a new lineup earlier later reuniting in the late '90s. In the meanwhile, Scarface continued to funnel his efforts into extra solo efforts: The Diary (1994) and Unassailable (1997). He then released the double-disc My Homies (1998), a bloated crusade load up with guests, many of the South's leading rappers.
It wasn't until 2000, though, that Scarface north Korean won square wonder from the greater tap community with Last of a Dying Breed (2000), his most personal and focused record album in years. As a resultant role, he was awarded Lyricist of the Year at the 2001 Source Awards and was offered a promising handle with Def Jam Records. The powerhouse East Coast mark wanted Scarface to helm its Def Jam South subsidiary company sectionalisation, and the knocker obliged, number 1 sign language Ludacris, world Health Organization became an overnight virtuoso, and then releasing his have album, The Fix (2002). Led by a Kayne West-produced quislingism with Jay-Z, "Guess Who's Back," it spawned a popular single, "My Block," and attracted far-flung bosom. Rap-a-Lot furthered Scarface's newfound coast-to-coast banker's acceptance with the rapper's first best-of ingathering, Superlative Hits (2002). In turn, he reunited with Willie D and Bushwick Bill and put together The Foundation (2005), another Geto Boys album. In 2006 he introduced his new crew, the Product, with the album One Hunid and released a bit intensity of My Homies. Also landing in 2006 was 2 Face, a assembling of tracks featuring Scarface and the late 2Pac.
George Lucas - Indiana Jones Faces Cannes Critics
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull comes under the beady eye of film critics at the Cannes festival today.
Stephen Spielberg and George Lucas' creation would probably be more at home in a snake pit or running away from large boulders than waiting for the critics' verdict.
Later today, however, that is exactly what Spielberg will be doing as he attends the festival's first screening of the movie, the fourth in the series.
Spielberg is back in Cannes for the first time since 1986, when The Colour Purple received its out-of-competition premiere.
The fourth Indiana Jones film is set in the cold war and sees Harrison Ford, now 68, take on Russians in their bid to hunt down a mysterious relic the Crystal Skull of Akator.
It is one of the most hyped-up movies of the summer and is expected to be a blockbuster hit regardless of the critics.
Despite that, reputations are there to be bruised and if previous hammerings films have taken at Cannes are anything to go by there is a real risk Indy IV may find itself in hot water.
Tom Hanks probably still shudders in his sleep when he remembers the less-than-welcome given to The Da Vinci Code two years ago. Ford will be hoping the same fate doesn't lie in wait for him.
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The film, which tells the story of the 1944 assassination plot against Hitler, was initially postponed from summer 2008 to this fall; and is now not expected to appear until next year.
“We were originally expecting the film to be released in June,” said a senior executive at one of Britain’s leading cinema chains.
“I know there have been all sorts of problems with this production and we will not be screening it at all this year.”
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