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The radio of the month is SpaceFunkParty : "Underground Radio for Groovy People"

Click the play button, enjoy the groove and dance. Other great Webradios are listed here.

12.31.2010

Noise of the Week: Bon Jovi is highest ticket earner of 2010

Bon Jovi have topped the ticket sales for touring acts in 2010. Their Circle The World tour of 2010 scored Bon Jovi over $200 million in ticket sales. The $201.1 million earnings beat out AC/DC and U2 by a huge margin of more than $41 million.

Lady Gaga's Monsters Ball tour netted her $133.6 million in sales (from 138 shows) and Metallica scored $110.1 million. Michael Bublé was the sixth highest-earner, followed by the Walking with Dinosaurs tour, Paul McCartney, the Eagles and Roger Waters rounding out the top ten.

When the list was limited to US ticket sales alone, Bon Jovi was first, followed by Roger Waters, Dave Matthews Band, Bublé and the Eagles. (From Music-News).

POP/INDIE/ROCK/ALTERNATIVE Playlist edited

Listen for free to Deerhunter, Daan, Local Natives, Brute Chorus, The Melvins, Chief, ...


Découvrez la playlist Rock/Indie/... 2009-2010 avec The Budos Band

Show me how you dance on good music

Listen for free to Ebony Bones, Delphic, Dale Earnhardt Jr., ...


Découvrez la playlist Let's dance in 2009/2010/... avec Wave Machines

ambient + electro 2010 (with some songs of 2009)

Listen for free to Teebs, Gold Panda, Lorn, Pantha du Prince,...


Découvrez la playlist electro chill avec Jaga Jazzist

12.30.2010

Album of the Year: Top Ten

This selection is of course subjective and incomplete. But it's definitely worthy to listen to these albums very carefully.

TOP TEN
  • Grinderman 2 by Grinderman (More info here)
  • Oh Land by Oh Land (More info here)
  • Aplause Ep by Aplause (More info here)
  • Backhand Fam by Backhand Fam (More info here)
  • Hearts on Hold by Tu Fawning (More info here)
  • Halcyon Digest by Deerhunter (More info here)
  • Concealing Fate by Tesseract (More info here)
  • Nothing Else by Lorn (More info here)
  • Black Noise by Pantha du Prince (More info here)
  • The Bride Screamed Murder by The Melvins (More info here)
2 more for the road:
  • Kill Devil Hills by DJ MUGS & ILL BILL (More info here)
  • 1 inch / 1/2 mile by Grasscut (More info here)

12.29.2010

Blockbuster of the Year: Top Five

I made a short list of interesting "blockbusters" that have been released during 2010. This selection is of course subjective and incomplete.


- Senior by Royksopp (More info here)
- Rock Dust Light by Jamiroquai (More info here)
- Alpine Valley 2010 by Phish (More info here)
- Duppy Writer by Roots Manuva and Wrongtom (More info here)
- Tron Legacy by Daft Punk (More info here)


More "Blockbusters" of 2010 here

12.28.2010

Buzz of the Year: Top Five

made a short list of interesting "buzz" that I mention in the blog during 2010. This selection is of course subjective and incomplete. 


- My Days by Kids These Days (More info here)
- BTSTU by Jai Paul (More info here)
- Same Dream China by Gold Panda  (More info here)
- Upside Down by Off! (More info here)
- Unbroken, Unshaven by The Budos Band (More info here)


For more "buzz" of 2010 click here.

12.27.2010

Reissue of the Year: Top Five

I made a short list of interesting reissues that have been released during 2010. This selection is of course subjective and incomplete but those albums are great new year’s gifts ideas.

- Pretty Hate Machine by Nine Inch Nails (click here for more details)
- The BBC Sessions by Jimi Hendrix (click here for more details)
- Station to Station by David Bowie (click here for more details)
- Cowboys from hell by Panthera (click here for more details)
- Bitches Brew by Miles davis (click here for more details)

For other exciting 2010 reiusses, box sets,... click here.

12.22.2010

Blockbuster of the Week: Alpine Valley 2010 by Phish

Taken from onlinephishtour (click on the link for a complete review) : "As written on the cover of Phish’s new DVD/CD box set, Alpine Valley is indeed “legendary.” The two concerts there over the weekend of August 14 & 15, 2010, anchored the second half of the band’s summer tour, with powerful performances on all fronts. The weekend at Alpine Valley included arguably the best two shows of August and possibly all of summer. This box set highlights the first night.

The set includes four discs: 2 DVDs and 2 CDs. Not only do the DVDs have the entire concert from August 14, parts (much) of the second night is included as filler material. The first disc has the entire first set of the second night, and the second disc includes the Ghost > Theme From the Bottom > Big Black Furry Creature from Mars from the second night. The packaging includes an impressive panoramic picture of the Alpine crowd, along with a booklet of pictures Dave Vann took during the concert. The inside pocket also contains a special, alternative style, Alpine Valley merit badge."


Phish - Alpine Valley 2010 DVD - "Stealing Time From The Faulty Plan" from Phish on Vimeo.

Phish is unfortunately unknow in Europe but is very famous in the U.S. where many of their albums got gold or platinum certifications. Here is one of their classic taken from the 1989 album Junta.

12.21.2010

Take the Double Buzz: Architects & Abe Vigoda

Two Buzz for the price of one: That's the Christmas spirit.

1. Crush by Abe Vigoda from the album Crush.





2. Day In Day Out by Architects from their forthcoming album The Here and Now.

12.20.2010

Enjoy some good songs from 2009 and 2010

Discover the playlist Rock/Indie/... 2009-2010 with Daan

Reissue of the Week: Original Album Classics by Dave Brubeck

The 90th birthday of Dave Brubeck on December 6 has inspired a great deal of awards, tributes and reappraisals these past few months. But it all really begins and ends with the groundbreaking music he has made over the years. Time Outis an acknowledged classic, but there is so much more to the man’s career than that.


Sony Music Masterworks have just issued two Brubeck box sets highlighting some of the best music he ever recorded. The first Time was a five-disc collection focusing on his experiments with time signatures. The second, simply titled Original Album Classics explores five other monumental albums he released in the crucial ten year period between 1954-1964. (Taken from blogcritics: click on the link to read the complete review).


The albums on this 5 CD Boxset are:
1. Jazz Goes to College
2. Brubeck Plays Brubeck
3. Gone with the Wind
4.Brandenburg Gate: Revisited
5. Jazz Impressions from New York


The albums on the "Time" Boxset are:
1. Time Out
2. Time Further Out
3. Countdown: Time in Outer Space
4. Time Changes
5. Time in






12.17.2010

Noise of the Week: Clinton sues Black Eyed Peace

George Clinton has filed a copyright lawsuit against members of the Black Eyed Peas, UMG Recordings and Cherry Hill Music for allegedly sampling his song "(Not Just) Knee Deep" on a Grammy-award nominated album.

According to the complaint, filed on Friday in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles, Clinton's song wound up in remixes of the Black Eyed Peas' "Shut Up," first released in 2003.

Clinton's original song appeared on his 1979 album "Uncle Jam Wants You" and ran more than 15 minutes long. An edited version reached No. 1 on the Billboard Black Singles chart, besting Michael Jackson's first solo hit.

"(Not Just) Knee Deep" was later sampled by artists such as De La Soul, LL Cool J, MC Hammer, Snoop Dogg, and Tupac.

George Clinton, "(Not Just) Knee Deep"


George Clinton, a funk pioneer, has become more aggressive on the copyright front in past years with several cases involving his intellectual property. He's enjoyed some success in court, getting a judge to acknowledge his ownership in the legendary phrase, "Bow wow wow yippie yo yippie yay" and winning a ruling that record labels violated his rights by re-releasing four of his 1970s albums. These victories seem to be emboldening him on the legal front.

He's now going after sampling, a music technique that's technically illegal from a copyright standpoint (depending on the nature of the use), but also something that is rarely pursed. Most musicians try to clear samples anyway, but violators have often been given a free pass.

According to the complaint, Clinton became aware of the Black Eyed Peas' use of his old song when a record producer for the band came to him in 1999 and requested a license for a new remix of "Shut Up."

Black Eyed Peas, "Shut Up (Remix)"


Clinton says he rejected the request, not knowing at the time that his song had already been sampled by the band in a prior version. He says the sample was used by the Peas anyway on the album "The E.N.D.," which was nominated for a Grammy Award for Album of the Year.

Clinton is seeking maximum statutory damages of $150,000 per infringement and an injunction prohibiting further distribution of the infringing song. (Taken from Billboard).

12.16.2010

Album of the Week: Applause by Applause

Album: Applause (EP)
Band: Applause
Origin: Brussels, Belgium
Label: 3ème bureau/Wagram
Info, tour dates, music: Myspace

12.15.2010

BLockbuster of the Week : Michael by Michael Jackson

Without any surprise, this week's blockbuster is the """""""new"""""" album of Michael Jackson (or Sony ""wants"" Cash??). Please Sony let him rest in peace!

12.13.2010

Reissue of the Week: My Favorite Things by John Coltrane

Tommorow a digitally remastered and expanded edition of this classic album will be released by the label Ais. It contains the complete original Coltrane album My Favorite Things, which includes the original classic studio version of the Rodgers and Hammerstein classic. A complete September 1960 session by the Coltrane Quartet with McCoy Tyner, Steve Davis and Billy Higgins has been added as a bonus.

Track List:
1. My Favorite Things 13:44
2. Everytime We Say Goodbye 5:43
3. Summertime 11:35
4. But Not For Me 9:34
       Bonus Tracks
5. One And Four (aka Mr. DAY) 7:38
6. Exotica 4:33*
7. Like Sonny [version 2] 3:57*
8. Exotica [alt tk] 4:33*

Original version of My favorite things taken from The Sound of Music (Music by Rodgers and Lyrics by Hammerstein).





John Coltrane Version (Coltrane: Soprano Sax - McCoy Tyner: Piano - Steve Davis: Bass - Elvin Jones: Drums). How woud you qualify this piece? Perfection? Incredibly beautiful?



More tunes, info and orginal version of My Favorite Things' album right here.

12.10.2010

Sad News of the Week: Aretha Franklin confirmed to have cancer

The Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin, is battling pancreatic cancer, The Detroit News has learned from three sources close to the singer's friends and family.
Franklin, 68, was the first woman inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and has earned 18 Grammys in her storied career. Her fiery, soulful voice and peerless musicianship has led to accolades like music critic Dave Marsh's remark that she is the "greatest female voice of her generation." With a track record of hits including "Respect," "Chain of Fools" and "I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Loved You)," it's hard to find anyone who disagrees.  (From The Detroit News)

We all hope that she'll pull through this!



12.09.2010

Album of the Week: Backhand Fam by Backhand Fam

Album: Backhand Fam
Band: The Backhand Fam
Label: Unsigned
Tour Dates, Info : Official Website
Listen to the album on: Official Website
Don't miss these songs: Doing it, Rage, Homies, Piff & Orangemen, Do What I Does

12.08.2010

Blockbuster of the Week : Tron Legacy by Daft Punk

You waited for this? Here is finally the soundtrack of Tron Legacy. Surprisingly, this could be the best release of Daft Punk...

You can hear a 21 minute mix of Daft Punk's Tron Legacy on myspace.

12.07.2010

12.06.2010

New Radio of the Month: Funky time

Since a couple of days the radio of the month (up above this page) is SpaceFunkParty. The name says it all: FUNK, FUNK, FUNK and GROOVE. Enjoy and dance!

12.03.2010

News of The Week: Bright Eyes reform for new album


According to Conor Oberst website, Bright Eyes will release the band’s seventh studio album The People’s Key on February 15th, 2011 on Saddle Creek Records. Recorded in Omaha, Nebraska, at ARC Studios, The People’s Key was produced by Mike Mogis and engineered by Mogis and Andy Lemaster.
In support of the album Bright Eyes can announce two very special shows next year: 
Radio City Music Hall in New York City on March 9th  with special guests Superchunk and Wild Flag(Pre-Sale Begins: December 1 at 12PM EST. Public On-Sale: December 4 at 10AM EST) and
London’s famed Royal Albert Hall on June 23rd (Pre-Sale Begins: December 1 at 12PM EST. Public On-Sale: Saturday, December 4 at 9AM GMT).
Full track list for The People’s Key:
1 Firewall
2 Shell Games
3 Jejune Stars
4 Approximated Sunlight
5 Haile Selassie
6 A Machine Spiritual (In The People’s Key)
7 Triple Spiral
8 Beginner’s Mind
9 Ladder Song
10 One For You, One For Me
We can only dream that the new album will be as good as their masterpiece Lifted or The Story Is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Ground relased in 2002.

12.02.2010

Album of the Week: Hearts on Hold by Tu Fawning

Album: Hearts on Hold
Band: Tu Fawning
Label: Provenance/Jealous Butcher/Polyvinyl
Tour Dates, Info : Official Website, Myspace
Listen to the album on: deezer
Don't miss the song: Diamond in the Forest
Reviews: cokemachineglow, groovemine.

12.01.2010

Blockbuster of the Week : Body Talk by Robyn

The disappointing Body Talk by Swedish singer Robyn is the blockbuster of the week. It's made of 5 new songs and 5 old songs. Here is one of the new one:


Robyn's international career started in 2005 with the album Robyn and the single With every Heartbeat.

11.30.2010

Take the Buzz # 18: Too Much by Sufjan Stevens

Taken from the critically acclaimed album The Age of Adz, Too much by Sufjan Stevens is making the buzz. Enjoy!

11.29.2010

Reissue of the Week: All Things Must Pass by George Harrison

To celebrate 40th anniversary, George Harrison’s 1970 solo debut, All Things Must Pass, was released on 26th november in a limited edition, numbered 180-gram vinyl set in its original 3LP configuration, with faithfully replicated original monochromic album art, poster and lift-top box packaging. Newly remastered at Abbey Road Studios from the original analogue master tapes, the deluxe vinyl reissue commemorates the landmark album’s 40th anniversary and will be available exclusively at Record Store Day-participating independent music retailers across the U.S.

All Things Must Pass is also available internationally as a non-numbered limited edition 3LP boxed set.  The album is available for download purchase in audiophile quality digital format (96Khz/24 bit) exclusively at www.georgeharrison.com. (Taken from georgeharrison.com).

Track list (limited edition 3 LP Box):

LP1
SIDE ONE
1. "I'd Have You Anytime"
2. "My Sweet Lord"
3. "Wah-Wah"
4. "Isn't It a Pity (Version 1)"
SIDE TWO
1. "What Is Life"
2. "If Not For You"
3. "Behind That Locked Door"
4. "Let It Down"
5. "Run of the Mill"
LP2
SIDE ONE
1. "Beware of Darkness"
2. "Apple Scruffs"
3. "Ballad of Sir Frankie Crisp (Let It Roll)"
4. "Awaiting On You All"
5. "All Things Must Pass"
SIDE TWO
1. "I Dig Love"
2. "Art of Dying"
3. "Isn't It a Pity (Version 2)”
4. "Hear Me Lord"
LP3 (‘Apple Jam’)
SIDE ONE
1. "Out of the Blue"
2. "It's Johnny's Birthday"
3. "Plug Me In"
SIDE TWO
1. "I Remember Jeep"
2. "Thanks for the Pepperoni"

11.26.2010

Noise of the Week: Rufus Wainwright at the Opera

For five nights in July, Rufus Wainwright will become the first solo artist to take up residency in the Royal Opera House for an amazing and unprecedented series of concerts in the iconic building, his only European dates in 2011. One of the world's most innovative musicians and live performers, Rufus will take over the ROH with special guest appearances by his sister Martha, his father Loudon and opera singer Janis Kelly.
House Of Rufus dates and peformance information:
July 18: Rufus Does Judy! With Britten Sinfonia conducted by Stephen Oremus
July 19: An Evening with Rufus and Martha Wainwright and band
July 21: An Evening with Rufus and Loudon Wainwright III and band
July 22: Rufus Does Judy! With Britten Sinfonia conducted by Stephen Oremus
July 23: Concert Version of Prima Donna with Janis Kelly, plus Rufus Does Rufus with Britten Sinfonia conducted by Stephen Oremus.
(Taken from Rufus' official website).

Here's the most beautiful Rufus' song I know: Poses from the 2001 eponymous album.

11.25.2010

Album of the Week: Oh Land by Oh Land

Album: Oh Land (EP)
Artist: Oh Land
Release Date: 19 October (yes I admit I missed that one)
Label: Fake Diamond Records
Info, Music and Tour Dates: Myspace, Official website
Style: A'cappella, electronic
Review: livemusicguide, dealnay
Tracklist: Sun of a Gun/ White Nights/  Wolf & I/ Rainbow /or Perfection (depending on your country's EP version)
Special Notice: I recommend the 2008 album Fauna

11.24.2010

Blockbuster of the Week : The Hits Collection Vol. One by Jay-Z

The album that will the top the charts this week is most probably The Hits Collection by Jay-Z.
Like it or not, Jay-Z is a hit factory since 1996. The album will be available in Standard Edition, Deluxe Edition, and Collector's Edition Box Set as well as a 3-disc deluxe vinyl.

Track listing:

1. Public Service Announcement
2. Run This Town
3. 03' Bonnie and Clyde
4. Encore
5. I Just Wanna Love U (Give It 2 Me)
6. Izzo (HOVA)
7. DOA (Death Of Auto Tune)
8. 99 Problems
9. Empire State of Mind
10. Dirt Off Your Shoulder
11. Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem)
12. Show Me What You Got
13. Roc Boys (And the Winner Is)
14. Big Pimpin'

11.23.2010

Take the Buzz # 17: Upside Down by Off!

The punk song Upside Down by Off! is making the buzz. The singer Keith Morris was previously member of Black Flag.

11.22.2010

Reissue of the Week: Pretty Hate Machine {2010 remaster} by Nine Inch Nails

TR from NIN declares: "I’m happy to finally announce the re-issue of the first Nine Inch Nails record “Pretty Hate Machine,” releasing worldwide 11/22. UMe and Bicycle Music Group managed to locate the original mixes, so I went in the studio with Tom Baker and remastered it for a greatly improved sonic experience. In addition, Rob reinterpreted Gary Talpas’ original cover to make for a fresh new package.

It’s been an interesting trip watching the fate of this record float from one set of hands to another (a long and depressing story) but it’s finally wound up in friendly territory, allowing us to polish it up a bit and present it to you now. We had fun revisiting this old friend, hope you enjoy."



Head Like a Hole (1989 version):

11.19.2010

2009-2010 Hip Hop Playlist


Discover the playlist hip hop with Company Flow

Music Noise: SAVE THE 100 CLUB

The 100 club is one of the most famous and old music club in the world. The Clubs heritage is legendary and has seen performances from acts as diverse as The Sex Pistols, Muddy Waters, Lee Konitz, Oasis and Travis to The Clash,The White Stripes, Sinead O'Conner and Nico to name but a few. Artists like The Rolling Stones, Joe Strummer, The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Paul Weller, Ocean Colour Scene, The Handsome Family and Squarepusher have performed here long after becoming established. Musicians that have played at the 100 Club are listed here.

Unfortunately, the rumor regarding the possible closure of the 100 Club in December is true. Do like Mick Jagger, Sex Pistols, THe Clash, Ray Davies, Franck Black and Liam Gallagher : Support the 100 club here!



FACEBOOk PAGE "SAVE THE 100 CLUB:" HERE

11.18.2010

Album of the Week: Man on the Moon II by Kid Cudi

Album: Man on the Moon II: The Legen of Mr. Rager
Artists: Kid Cudi
Release Date: November 9
Label: Dream On
Info & Tour dates: Official Website, Myspace

11.17.2010

Blockbuster of the Week : Not music by Stereolab

Not Music is not a "new" new albul of indie veterans Sterolab but rather a selection of 12 tracks recorded during the same sessions that produced 2008's Chemical Chords, plus an Atlas Sound remix of old track Neon Beanbag.




Stereolab became Indie Icon with their 1994 album "Mars Audiac Quintet".

11.16.2010

Take the Buzz # 16: I'll Be Wait for Sadness Comes Along by Chrome Sparks

The unsigned musician Chrome Sparks (formerly Professor Purple) is making the buzz with this very good song "I'll be wait for Sadness Comes Along".

11.15.2010

Reissue of the Week: Jimi Hendrix: The BBC sessions Deluxe Edition

The Jimi Hendrix Experience: BBC Sessions features more than 30 original recordings remastered from the original BBC tape archives. Covers all of The Jimi Hendrix Experience's British radio and television appearances and features recordings from Hendrix's studio appearances in 1967 and 1969. This double CD collection includes classic radio highlights like "Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window?" "Catfish Blues," "Driving South," "Killing Floor," "Hear My Train A Comin',", "Houndog", and "Sunshine Of Your Love." 

The Deluxe Edition comes in a lavish digipak with a booklet including detailed session info, liner notes, photos and memorabilia. The DVD includes an exclusive mini-documentary. 

This special documentary provides an inside look at Jimi's legendary BBC performances and recordings. The program features interviews with Jimi Hendrix Experience bassist Noel Redding, BBC producers Bernie Andrews and Jeff Griffin as well as footage of Jimi's celebrated January 1969 performance on A Happening For Lulu and more. 

Original Classic Albums also available on 180 gram audiophile LP with gatefold jackets and color LP booklets.


Tracklisting:

Disc 1
    TitleComposerTime
Disc 2
    TitleComposerTime