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2009-08-20T22:43:00.000+08:00

Paula Cole - Courage

2009-07-31T10:47:00.000+08:00

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Colbie Caillat - Summer Sessions

2009-07-27T10:39:00.002+08:00

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Ashley Tisdale - Guilty Pleasure

2009-07-26T10:37:00.001+08:00

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Maxwell - BLACKSummers Night

2009-07-24T10:33:00.000+08:00

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3Oh!3 - Want

2009-07-23T10:19:00.002+08:00

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Tori Amos - Abnormally Attracted To Sin

2009-07-14T14:47:00.001+08:00

Donwload the album HERE.

Tracklisting:

1. Give
2. Welcome to England
3. Strong Black Vine
4. Flavor
5. Not Dying Today
6. Maybe California
7. Curtain Call
8. Fire to Your Plain
9. Police Me
10. That Guy
11. Abnormally Attracted to Sin
12. 500 Miles
13. Mary Jane
14. Starling
15. Fast Horse
16. Ophelia
17. Lady in Blue

A Camp - Colonia

2009-07-13T02:43:00.000+08:00

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Tracklisting:

1. "The Crowning" 3:45
2. "Stronger Than Jesus" 3:05
3. "Bear on the Beach" 4:11
4. "Love Has Left the Room" 3:39
5. "Golden Teeth and Silver Medals" (Duet with Nicolai Dunger) 4:41
6. "Here Are Many Wild Animals" 3:53
7. "Chinatown" 4:43
8. "My America" 3:12
9. "Eau De Colonia" 0:29
10. "I Signed the Line" 2:57
11. "It's Not Easy To Be Human" 2:35
12. "The Weed Had Got There First"

Prodigy - Invaders Must Die (includes the bonus cd lost beats)

2009-07-11T19:36:00.000+08:00

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Tracklisting:

1. 'Invaders Must Die'
2. 'Omen'
3. 'Thunder'
4. 'Colours'
5. 'Take Me To The Hospital'
6. 'Warrior's Dance'
7. 'Run With The Wolves'
8. 'Omen Reprise'
9. 'World's On Fire'
10. 'Piranha'
11. 'Stand Up'

Paolo Nutini - Sunny Side Up

2009-07-11T02:29:00.000+08:00

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Tracklisting:

1. 10/10
2. Coming Up Easy
3. Growing Up Beside You
4. Candy
5. Tricks Of The Trade
6. Pencil Full Of Lead
7. No Other Way
8. High Hopes
9. Chamber Music
10. Simple Things
11. Worried Man
12. Keep Rolling

Kanye West - 808s & Heartbreaks

2009-07-09T17:37:00.000+08:00

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Tracklisting:

1. Say You Will 6:18
2. Welcome To Heartbreak 4:23
3. Heartless 3:31
4. Amazing 3:58
5. Love Lockdown 4:30
6. Paranoid 4:38
7. RoboCop 4:34
8. Street Lights 3:10
9. Bad News 3:59
10. See You In My Nightmares 4:18
11. Coldest Winter 2:44
12. Pinocchio Story (Freestyle Live From Singapore)

Jennifer Hudson - Jennifer Hudson

2009-07-09T07:32:00.000+08:00

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Tracklisting:

1. Spotlight Listen
2. If This Isn't Love Listen
3. Pocketbook featuring Ludacris Listen
4. Giving Myself Listen
5. What's Wrong (Go Away) featuring T-Pain Listen
6. My Heart Listen
7. You Pulled Me Through Listen
8. I'm His Only Woman featuring Fantasia Listen
9. Can't Stop The Rain Listen
10. We Gon' Fight Listen
11. Invisible Listen
12. And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going (Highlights Version) Dreamgirls (Motion Picture Soundtrack
13. Jesus Promised Me A Home Over There

Eskimo Joe - Inshalla

2009-07-08T07:25:00.000+08:00

Download the album HERE.

Tracklisting:

1. Foreign Land
2. Inshalla
3. Losing Friends over Love
4. The Sound Of Your Heart
5. Childhood Behaviour
6. Don't Let Me Down
7. Falling For You (Intro)
8. Falling For You
9. Losing My Mind
10. Your Eyes
11. Please Elisa
12. Morning Light

Diana Krall - Quiet Nights

2009-07-07T13:13:00.005+08:00

Download the album HERE.

Tracklisting:

1. Where or When

2. Too Marvelous For Words

3. I've Grown Accustomed To His Face

4. The Boy From Ipanema

5. Walk On By

6. You're My Thrill

7. Este Seu Olhar

8. So Nice

9. Quiet Nights

10. Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry

11. How Can You Mend A Broken Heart

12. Everytime We Say Goodbye

Daniel Merriweather - Love & War

2009-07-06T13:05:00.003+08:00

Download the album HERE.

Tracklisting:

1. For Your Money
2. Impossible
3. Change (Featuring Wale)
4. Chainsaw
5. Cigarettes
6. Red
7. Could You
8. Not Giving Up
9. Getting Out
10. Water And A Flame (Featuring Adele)
11. Live By Night
12. Giving Everything Away For Free

Jonas Brothers - Lines, Vines and Trying Times

2009-07-05T12:56:00.003+08:00

Download the album HERE.

Tracklisting:

1. World War III
2. Paranoid
3. Fly With Me
4. Poison Ivy
5. Hey Baby
6. Before the Storm (feat. Miley Cyrus)
7. What Did I Do To Your Heart
8. Much Better
9. Black Keys
10. Don't Charge Me For The Crime (feat. Common)
11. Turn Right
12. Don't Speak
13. Keep It Real

The Ting Tings - We Started Nothing

2009-06-29T09:35:00.001+08:00

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Tracklisting:
01 Great DJ
02 That's Not My Name
03 Fruit Machine
04 Traffic Light
05 Shut Up And Let Me Go
06 Keep Your Head
07 We Walk
08 Be The One
09 Impacilla Carpisung
10 We Started Nothing

Metro Station - Metro Station

2009-06-28T09:22:00.001+08:00

Download the entire album HERE.

Tracklisting:
1. Seventeed Forever
2. Control
3. Kelsey
4. Shake It
5. Wish We Were Older
6. Now That We're Done
7. True To Me
8. Tell Me What To Do
9. California
10. Disco
11. After The Fall
12. Shake It (The Linderbergh Palace Remix)

Mandy Moore - Amanda Leigh and Wild Hope

2009-06-27T11:14:00.000+08:00

Download the entire album HERE.

Tracklisting:
1. Merrimack River
2. Fern Dell
3. I Could Break Your Heart Any Day Of The Week
4. Pocket Philosopher
5. Song About Home
6. Everblue
7. Merrimack River (Reprise)
8. Love To Love Me Back
9. Indian Summer
10. Nothing Everything
11. Bug

Download the entire album HERE.

Tracklisting:
1. Extraordinary
2. All Good Things
3. Slummin' In Paradise
4. Most Of Me
5. Few Days Down
6. Can't You Just Adore Her
7. Looking Forward To Looking Back
8. Wild Hope
9. Nothing That You Are
10. Latest Mistake
11. Ladies Choice
12. Gardenia

Natalie Imbruglia - The Singles 97-07

2009-06-27T07:29:00.000+08:00

Download the entire album HERE.

Tracks:
01 Glorious
02 Counting Down The Days
03 Torn
04 Wrong Impression
05 Smoke
06 Shiver
07 Wishing I Was There
08 That Day
09 Big Mistake
10 Beauty On The Fire
11 Be With You
12 Amelia
13 Against The Wall
14 Stuck On The Moon

"King Of Pop" is gone...

2009-06-26T09:19:00.004+08:00

LOS ANGELES – Michael Jackson, the sensationally gifted child star who rose to become the "King of Pop" and the biggest celebrity in the world only to fall from his throne in a freakish series of scandals, died Thursday. He was 50. Jackson died at UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles. Ed Winter, the assistant chief coroner for Los Angeles County, confirmed his office had been notified of the death and would handle the investigation.

The circumstances of Jackson's death were not immediately clear. Jackson was not breathing when Los Angeles Fire Department paramedics responded to a call at his Los Angeles home about 12:30 p.m., Capt. Steve Ruda told the Los Angeles Times. The paramedics performed CPR and took him to the hospital, Ruda told the newspaper.

Jackson's death brought a tragic end to a long, bizarre, sometimes farcical decline from his peak in the 1980s, when he was popular music's premier all-around performer, a uniter of black and white music who shattered the race barrier on MTV, dominated the charts and dazzled even more on stage.

His 1982 album "Thriller" — which included the blockbuster hits "Beat It," "Billie Jean" and "Thriller" — is the best-selling album of all time, with an estimated 50 million copies sold worldwide.

The public first knew him in the late 1960s, when as a boy he was the precocious, spinning lead singer of the Jackson 5, the music group he formed with his four older brothers. Among their No. 1 hits were "I Want You Back," "ABC," and "I'll Be There."

He was perhaps the most exciting performer of his generation, known for his feverish, crotch-grabbing dance moves and his high-pitched voice punctuated with squeals and titters. His single sequined glove, tight, military-style jacket and aviator sunglasses were trademarks second only to his ever-changing, surgically altered appearance.

"For Michael to be taken away from us so suddenly at such a young age, I just don't have the words," said Quincy Jones, who produced "Thriller." "He was the consummate entertainer and his contributions and legacy will be felt upon the world forever. I've lost my little brother today, and part of my soul has gone with him."

Jackson ranked alongside Elvis Presley and the Beatles as the biggest pop sensations of all time. He united two of music's biggest names when he was briefly married to Presley's daughter, Lisa Marie, and Jackson's death immediately evoked that of Presley himself, who died at age 42 in 1977.

As years went by, Jackson became an increasingly freakish figure — a middle-aged man-child weirdly out of touch with grown-up life. His skin became lighter, his nose narrower, and he spoke in a breathy, girlish voice. He surrounded himself with children at his Neverland ranch, often wore a germ mask while traveling and kept a pet chimpanzee named Bubbles as one of his closest companions.

"It seemed to me that his internal essence was at war with the norms of the world. It's as if he was trying to defy gravity," said Michael Levine, a Hollywood publicist who represented Jackson in the early 1990s. He called Jackson a "disciple of P.T. Barnum" and said the star appeared fragile at the time but was "much more cunning and shrewd about the industry than anyone knew."

Jackson caused a furor in 2002 when he playfully dangled his infant son, Prince Michael II, over a hotel balcony in Berlin while a throng of fans watched from below.

In 2005, he was cleared of charges he molested a 13-year-old cancer survivor at Neverland in 2003. He had been accused of plying the boy with alcohol and groping him, and of engaging in strange and inappropriate behavior with other children.

The case followed years of rumors about Jackson and young boys. In a TV documentary, he had acknowledged sharing his bed with children, a practice he described as sweet and not at all sexual.

Despite the acquittal, the lurid allegations that came out in court took a fearsome toll on his career and image, and he fell into serious financial trouble.

Jackson was preparing for what was to be his greatest comeback: He was scheduled for an unprecedented 50 shows at a London arena, with the first set for July 13. He was in rehearsals in Los Angeles for the concert, an extravaganza that was to capture the classic Jackson magic: showstopping dance moves, elaborate staging and throbbing dance beats.

Singer Dionne Warwick said: "Michael was a friend and undoubtedly one of the world's greatest entertainers that I fortunately had the pleasure of working with. ... We have lost an icon in our industry."

Hundreds of people gathered outside the hospital as word of his death spread. The emergency entrance at the UCLA Medical Center, which is near Jackson's rented home, was roped off with police tape.

"Ladies and gentlemen, Michael Jackson has just died," a woman boarding a Manhattan bus called out, shortly after the news was announced. Immediately many riders reached for their cell phones.

So many people wanted to verify the early reports of Jackson's death that the computers running Google's news section interpreted the fusillade of "Michael Jackson" requests as an automated attack for about half an hour Thursday evening.

In New York's Times Square, a low groan went up in the crowd when a screen flashed that Jackson had died, and people began relaying the news to friends by cell phone.

"No joke. King of Pop is no more. Wow," Michael Harris, 36, of New York City, read from a text message a friend sent to his telephone. "It's like when Kennedy was assassinated. I will always remember being in Times Square when Michael Jackson died." (SOURCE: YAHOO NEWS)

PRINCIPAL DATES IN THE LIFE AND CAREER OF MICHAEL JACKSON

Below are the principal dates in the life of pop star Michael Jackson, 50, who died in Los Angeles on Thursday after suffering a cardiac arrest.

- August 29, 1958: born in Gary, Indiana

- August 1962: singing debut with his brothers, The Jackson Five

- March 1969: first Jackson Five contract with Tamla Motown, Detroit's black-owned record label. Michael's voice propels the group onto the hit parade with "ABC" and "I'll Be There"

- 1970: launch of solo career alongside that of the Jackson Five

- August 1979: release of "Off The Wall" album, produced by Quincy Jones, which sold 11 million copies

- December 1982: release of "Thriller" album, whose seven hits included "Billie Jean" and "Beat It," pushing sales to 50 million copies worldwide

- 1984: Jackson's face gets burnt during filming for a Pepsi ad

- 1985: buys ATV Music -- a company with rights to John Lennon and Paul McCartney songs -- for 47.5 million dollars

- 1985: Jackson writes "We Are The World," which benefited the fight against hunger in Africa

- 1987: release of "Bad," which sold 26 million copies and marked the end of his collaboration with Quincy Jones

- 1988: his autobiography "Moonwalk" comes out

- 1990: Michael Jackson is seen for the first time wearing a surgical mask in public

- 1992: release of "Dangerous," which sold 22 million copies

- August 1993: a father accuses Jackson of molesting his 13-year-old son, but settles out of court

- May 1994-February 1996: marriage to Lisa Marie Presley, daughter of Elvis

- June 1995: release of "HIStory" album

- November 1996-October 1999: marriage to Debbie Rowe, a 37-year-old nurse with whom he has two children, Prince Michael and Paris Michael Katherine

- October 2001: release of "Invincible"

- July 2002: Jackson accuses record labels of exploiting artists, especially African-Americans

- November 19, 2002: scandal after Jackson dangles his third son, nine-month-old Prince Michael II, from a Berlin hotel balcony

- January 31, 2003: Sotheby's auction house sues for non-payment of 1.7 million dollars for two paintings

- February 3: in documentary "Living with Michael Jackson" broadcast on ITV, Jackson claims never to have abused a child, merely to have shared his bed

- February: the singer's manager brings a 13-million-dollar lawsuit for back salary, which is settled out of court in June

- November 18: police raid Jackson's Neverland ranch in California as "Number Ones" album is released

- November 19: warrant issued for Jackson's arrest on several counts of child molestation

- November 20: Jackson is arrested and handcuffed after surrendering to police, held briefly then released on bail

- December 18: he is formally charged with child molestation

- January 16, 2004: Jackson pleads not guilty during his first appearance amid a media circus

- January 31, 2005: Michael Jackson trial begins with jury selection

- February 28, 2005: Opening arguments begin in trial

- June 4, 2005: Jurors begin considering their verdict

- June 13, 2005: Jackson acquitted on all charges against him

- March 5, 2009: Jackson announces series of comeback concerts in London -- billed as the "final curtain" -- his first major shows for more than a decade

- May 20, 2009: Jackson delays comeback shows. Concert organizers say singer's health is "fantastic"

- June 25, 2009: Jackson reported dead in Los Angeles after suffering cardiac arrest (SOURCE: ABS-CBN NEWS)

TEARS FLOW FOR POP's "PETER PAN"

LOS ANGELES, June 26, 2009 - Tears flowed outside a hospital here Thursday as hundreds of Michael Jackson fans gathered to mourn the loss of the music legend, stunned by his sudden death at the age of 50.

"Right today I can't believe we might have lost the best entertainer this world has ever seen," sobbed Lana Brown, 49, from Dallas, overcome with emotion as she struggled to come to terms with the news.

Brown, who described herself "as the biggest Jackson fan ever" was on holiday with her family in Los Angeles when her friend phoned to tell her that Jackson had collapsed and was being treated at the UCLA hospital.

Like hundreds of others, she made her way to the hospital, hoping against hope that Jackson, whose music and dance thrilled generations of fans, would pull through.

"I left my office. Everyone should. It's so shocking. Because you think someone like Michael Jackson will live forever, like Peter Pan," Yoshiko Plair, clasping a sunflower for her icon, told AFP.

The 49-year-old real estate agent heard the news, like so many others, via a text message on her phone when she was in the bank.

Dropping her business, she rushed home, put on her "Thriller" T-shirt and hustled her sister and two children to the hospital to stand vigil.

"He changed music, he's the reason all that black music is on MTV now," Plair said. "I followed him from that first song. I'm going to mourn him today and probably for the rest of my life."

She added she was going to stay until the hospital officially announced Jackson's death. "I want to hear with my own ears, I can't believe it until I hear it myself.

Student Ashley Leon, 20, also decided to come after hearing of the news of Jackson's collapse.

"I called my room mate who is the extreme Michael Jackson fan because, you know, this is one of the biggest things we'll live through in our lives. We all grew up with his music."

The crowd swelled through the afternoon in the bright summer sunshine waiting for news of their hero.

And most of them brushed off the past scandals that had blighted Jackson's life, after he was charged with and then acquitted of child-molestation.

"You know Michael Jackson has his stuff going on. You knew he's crazy. But he's Michael Jackson," said Leon.

While Brown was more emphatic saying: "All of that did not matter to me because I knew it wasn't true." (SOURCE: ABS-CBN NEWS)

M.I.A. - Kala (2 CD Limited Edition)

2009-06-23T09:07:00.000+08:00

Download the entire album HERE.

Tracklisting:

DISC 1
1. Bamboo Banga
2. Bird Flu
3. Boyz
4. Jimmy
5. Hussel (Feat. Afrikan Boy)
6. Mango Pickle Down River (with The Wilcannia Mob)
7. 20 Dollar
8. World Town
9. The Turn
10. XR2
11. Paper Planes
12. Come Around (Feat. Timbaland)

DISC 2
1. Paper Planes (Afrikan Boy and Rye Rye Remix)
2. Shells
3. Far Far
4. Big Branch
5. What I Got
6. Sound Of Kuduro (Buraka Som Sistema Feat. MIA)

Matchbox Twenty - Rarities and Collection

2009-06-20T09:09:00.000+08:00

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Tracklisting:
01. You and I (Acoustic)
02. 3am (Guitar Acoustic)
03. 3am (Piano Acoustic)
04. Busted (Acoustic)
05. Disease (Acoustic)
06. Hang (Acoustic)
07. Kody (Acoustic)
08. Long Day (Acoustic)
09. Never Going Back Again (Acoustic)
10. Push (Acoustic)
11. Time After Time (Acoustic)

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Tracklisting:
01. Million Miles
02. Paint Me Blue
03. Just Plain Tired
04. This Is Not a Love Song
05. Unkind
06. High
07. Jesus Was an Alien
08. Here Comes Horses
09. Loss, Strain & Butterflies
10. 3 a.m.
11. Forever December
12. Dear Joan

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Tracklisting:
1 Cold
2 Real World
3 All I Need
4 Soul
5 Disease
6 Could I Be You
7 3 AM
8 Mad Season
9 Feel
10 Hand Me Down
11 If You're Gone
12 Bright Lights
13 Bent
14 Unwell
15 Back to Good
16 Downfall
17 You're So Real
18 So Sad So Lonely
19 Long Day
20 Push

RARITIES AND LOST SOULS DOWNLOAD LINK

Tracklisting:
01. Busted (Acoustic)
02. Don't Let Me DOwn (Beatles Cover)
03. Fast Car (Tracy Chapman Cover)
04. Heavy (Live)
05. Mama Don't Let your Babies Grow up to Be Cowboys(With Counting Crows Live)
06. Margret (Live)
07. Back 2 Good (Acoustic)
08. Girl Like That (Live)
09. Real World (Live)
10. Nothing Compares to You (Prince Cover)
11. Tired (Non Lp Bonus)

CHARTS AROUND THE WORLD

2009-06-20T08:24:00.002+08:00

USA – Billboard Chart

TW	LW	ALBUM
1	NEW	THE BLACK EYED PEAS The E.N.D.
2	1	DAVE MATTHEWS BAND Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King
3	2	EMINEM Relapse
4	4	CHICKENFOOT Chickenfoot
5	NEW	AVENTURA The Last

UK – BBC Top 40 Albums

TW	LW	ALBUM
1	NEW	KASABIAN West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum
2	1	PAOLO NUTINI Sunny Side Up
3	NEW	THE BLACK EYED PEAS The E.N.D.
4	2	DANIEL MERRIWEATHER Love & War
5	NEW	LITTLE BOOTS Hands

Australia – ARIA Top 50 Albums

TW	LW	ALBUM
1	NEW	THE BLACK EYED PEAS The E.N.D.
2	NEW	KARNIVOOL Sound Awake
3	3	PINK Funhouse
4	1	ESKIMO JOE Inshalla
5	4	EMINEM Relapse

CANADA – Nielsen SoundScan Top 100 Album

TW	LW	ALBUM
1	NEW	THE BLACK EYED PEAS The E.N.D.
2	1	EMINEM Relapse
3	2	DAVE MATTHEWS BAND Big Whiskey And The GrooGrux King
4	3	GREEN DAY 21^st Century Breakdown
5	9	CHICKENFOOT Chickenfoot

Paramore - The Final Riot

2009-06-19T08:15:00.000+08:00

Download the entire album HERE.

Tracklisting:

1. Born For This
2. Thats What You Get
3. Here We Go Again
4. Fences
5. Crushcrushcrush
6. Let The Flame Begin
7. When It Rains
8. My Heart
9. Decoy
10. Pressure
11. For A Pessimist Im Pretty Optimist
12. We Are Broken
13. Emergency
14. Hallelujah
15. Misery Business

Miley Cyrus - Breakout

2009-06-17T11:06:00.004+08:00

Download the album HERE.

Tracklisting:

1. Breakout
2. 7 Things
3. The Driveway
4. Girls Just Wanna Have Fun
5. Full Circle
6. Fly On The Wall
7. Bottom Of The Ocean
8. Wake Up America
9. These Four Walls
10. Simple Songs
11. Goodbye
12. See You Again (Rock Mafia Remix)

Franz Ferdinand - Tonight

2009-06-16T11:00:00.003+08:00

Download the Entire Album HERE.

Tracklisting:

Disc 1 - Tonight

1. Ulysses
2. Turn It On
3. No You Girls
4. Send Him Away
5. Twilight Omens
6. Bite Hard
7. What She Came For
8. Live Alone
9. Can't Stop Feeling
10. Lucid Dreams
11. Dream Again
12. Katherine Kiss Me

Disc 2 - Blood (Bonus)

1. Feel The Pressure
2. Die On The Floor
3. The Vaguest Of Feeling
4. If I Can't Have You Then Nobody Can
5. Katherine Hit Me
6. Backwards On My Face
7. Feeling Kind Of Anxious
8. Feel The Envy

Rob Thomas - Her Diamonds (Single)

2009-06-13T18:51:00.005+08:00

Rob Thomas is one of my favorite musicians and he is back with a new single Her Diamonds, the carrier single off his upcoming album Cradlesong. As soon as his album becomes available, it will also be available here for download. For the meantime, you can download his latest single HERE.

Do come back here as I will post Matchbox Twenty's rarities and collections. Matchbox Twenty fans will surely enjoy!

Adele - 19

2009-06-13T10:42:00.003+08:00

Download the entire album HERE.

Tracklisting:

1. Daydreamer
2. Best For Last
3. Chasing Pavements
4. Cold Shoulder
5. Crazy For You
6. Melt My Heart To Stone
7. First Love
8. Right As Rain
9. Make You Feel My Love
10. My Same
11. Tired
12. Hometown Glory

CHARTS AROUND THE WORLD

2009-06-13T10:32:00.002+08:00

USA – Billboard Chart

TW	LW	ALBUM
1	NEW	DAVE MATTHEWS BAND Big Whiskey And The GrooGrux King
2	1	EMINEM Relapse
3	NEW	311 Uplifter
4	NEW	CHICKENFOOT Chickenfoot
5	2	GREEN DAY 21^st Centure Breakdown

UK – BBC Top 40 Albums

TW	LW	ALBUM
1	NEW	PAOLO NUTINI Sunny Side Up
2	NEW	DANIEL MERRIWEATHER Love & War
3	1	EMINEM Relapse
4	2	ESCALA Escala
5	NEW	PAUL POTTS Passione

Australia – ARIA Top 50 Albums

TW	LW	ALBUM
1	NEW	ESKIMO JOE Inshalla
2	1	EMINEM Relapse
3	3	PINK Funhouse
4	2	GREEN DAY 21^st Century Breakdown
5	4	LILY ALLEN It's Not Me, It's You

CANADA – Nielsen SoundScan Top 100 Album

TW	LW	ALBUM
1	1	EMINEM Relapse
2	NEW	DAVE MATTHEWS BAND Big Whiskey And The GrooGrux King
3	2	GREEN DAY 21^st Century Breakdown
4	3	GINETTE RENO Fais-Moi De La Tendresse
5	5	VARIOUS ARTISTS Hannah Montana The Movie - OST

Heaven & Hell - The Devil You Know

2009-06-12T18:34:00.002+08:00

Download Heaven & Hell's album The Devil You Know HERE.

Tracklisting:

1. Atom and Evil
2. Fear
3. Bible Black
4. Double The Pain
5. Rock and Roll Angel
6. The Turn of the Screw
7. Eating the Cannibals
8. Follow the Tears
9. Neverwhere
10. Breaking Into Heaven

Pussycat Dolls - Doll Domination (Deluxe Edition)

2009-06-11T18:24:00.002+08:00

Download PCD's latest album Doll Domination (Deluxe Edition)HERE.

Tracklisting:

Disc 1

1. When I Grow Up
2. Bottle Pop (Feat. Snoop Dogg_
3. Watcha Thing About That (Feat. Missy Elliott)
4. I Hate This Part
5. Takin' Over The World
6. Out Of This Club (Feat. R. Kelly and Polow Da Don)
7. Who's Gonna Love You
8. Happily Never After
9. Magic
10. Halo
12. Elevator
13. Hush Hush
14. Love The Way You Love Me
15. Whatchamacallit
16. I'm Done

Disc 2

1. If I Was A Man (Feat. Jessica Sutta)
2. Space (Intro. Melody Thornton)
3. Don't Wanna Fall In Love
4. Played (Intr. Ashley Roberts)
5. Until U Love U (Nicole Scherzinger)
6. Baby Love (Bonus)
7. Perhaps Perhaps Perhaps
8. Lights, Camera, Action (Feat. NKOTB) (Bonus)

James Morrison - Songs For You, Truths For Me

2009-06-08T18:03:00.002+08:00

Download James Morrison's latest album Songs For You, Truths For Me HERE.

Tracklisting:

1. The Only Night
2. Save Yourself
3. You Make It Real
4. Please Don't Stop The Rain
5. Broken Strings (Feat. Nelly Furtado)
6. Nothing Ever Hurt Like You
7. Once When I Was Little
8. Precious Love
9. If You Don't Wanna Love Me
10. Fix The World Up For You
11. Dream On Hayley
12. Love Is Hard

U2 - No Line On The Horizon

2009-06-07T17:56:00.001+08:00

Download U2's latest album No Line On The Horizon HERE.

Tracklisting:

1. No Line On The Horizon
2. Magnificent
3. Moment of Surrender
4. Unknown Caller
5. I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight
6. Get On Your Boots
7. Stand Up Comedy
8. FEZ-Being Born
9. White As Snow
10. Breathe
11. Cedars Of Lebanon

Lil' Wayne - Tha Carter III

2009-05-30T15:16:00.002+08:00

BIOGRAPHY

Real Name: Dwayne Michael Carter, Jr

Date Of Birth: September 27, 1982

Origin: New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

Labels: Cash Money/Young Money/Universal

Nicknames: Weezy, Weezy F Baby, Lil Weezy, Young Wayne, Baby Jr, Young Weezy, Wayne, Birdman Jr, Best Rapper Alive, Rapper Eater, Dr. Carter, President Carter, Mr Carter, Weezyana & Young Tune

Unquestionably Cash Money/Universal Motown Records recording artist, Lil Wayne will go down in history as the best rapper of his generation. Indeed he may go down as one of the best artists in hip-hop period. One look at Lil Wayne’s impeccable track record will convince even the most ardent skeptic that the New Orleans born lyricist is a strong contender for the crown of “Greatest of All Times.”

In the span of his 13-year career, Lil Wayne has sold over six million units, including his magnum opus, The Carter II (2005) which sold over 2.5 million units. He has been featured on numerous high profile singles including Fat Joe’s Grammy nominated single “Make It Rain,” and in the past two years, Lil Wayne has recorded over 1,000 songs and freestyles. According to MTV, Lil Wayne has released more music in the last two years than the legendary Tupac Shakur.

Now with his highly anticipated sixth and arguably his best album The Carter III, Lil Wayne’s career and legacy is set to climb to even greater heights. "I made The Carter III so that whatever song is on, it will stick with you forever,” says Wayne. “That’s why I took my time with it. I wanted it to be a classic.”

A classic it will truly be. With production by Alchemist, Cool & Dre, David Banner, Kanye West, and Jim Jonsin, to name a few, and guest appearances by some of today’s premiere recording artists including T-Pain (Got Money), Bobby Valentino (Mr. Officer), Babyface (Comfortable), Juelz Santana & Fabolous (Ain’t Got Nuthin) and a special guest appearance by the legendary R&B singer Ms. Betty Wright (Play With Fire), Tha Carter III is an eclectic collection of 15 songs that range from simply brilliant to sheer genius.

The first single from the Tha Carter III, “Lollipop,” featuring Static Major is the bubbling lead single that has Wayne delivering his clever lyrics laced with racy double entendres over a funky slow burning beat. Lil Wayne’s second single, “A Milli” which was produced by Bangladesh (Ciara & Ludacris), is a booming 808 laced track augmented by a tight rhythmic snare, accented by handclaps and a sample that matches Wayne’s staccato flow perfectly. In “Mr. Carter” featuring Jay-Z, we find the two trading introspective lyrics about their lives and legacy in the rap game with Wayne at his lyrical best dropping stream of conscious gems like: “I got the flo’, I’m tryin’ to see the roof/Didn’t wear a bulletproof so I got shot, you can see the proof/Blind eyes can look at me and see the truth/Wonder if Stevie do?”

Born Dwayne Michael Carter, Jr. and raised in New Orleans infamously poor Hollygrove neighborhood, Lil Wayne was discovered by Cash Money CEO Brian “Birdman” Williams when a mutual friend introduced him to the pre-teen rapper. The Birdman immediately saw a spark in the youngster’s eyes and took him under his wing. In 1993, Lil Wayne and fellow Cash Money rapper B.G. came together as a duo called The BGs and released their debut EP True Stories. In 1997, a 15 year old Wayne joined forces with BG, Juvenile and Turk to form The Hot Boys for their debut album Get It How U Live. The record sold over 400,000 copies independently. The Hot Boys sophomore LP Guerilla Warfare (1999) went platinum and earned Wayne critical acclaim. That set the stage for his platinum selling 1999 solo debut Tha Block Is Hot. The album yielded a number one single with the title tune and was certified double platinum.

The following year Wayne released his sophomore LP Lights Out, which reached gold status and in 2002, Lil Wayne dropped his third solo LP 500 Degrees. It too went gold. Two years later Wayne released The Carter, the first album in the trilogy that would elevate Wayne to superstar status. The Carter (2004) was a commercial success selling over one million copies and reaching #5 on the Billboard Hot 100 Charts and #2 on the Hot R&B/Hip Hop chart. In 2005, Wayne released The Carter II, which sold over 1.8 million records. 2006 saw the release of Like Father, Like Son, a collaboration between Lil Wayne and Birdman which has sold over 750,000 units.

GQ Magazine named Lil Wayne as its “Man Of The Year” for 2007. Rolling Stone Magazine tagged him as “Best MC of 2008” while Blender Magazine (2008) named him the “Best Rock Star Alive.” So it should come as no surprise that his latest solo outing finds the hip-hop super star at the top of his game. With Tha Carter III, Lil Wayne proves to the world why he is indeed considered “the best rapper alive” and one of the great recording artists of his generation. (Source: Lil Wayne HQ)

You can download Lil' Wayne's latest album Tha Carter III HERE.

Track Listing:

1. 3 Peat
2. Mr. Carter
3. A Milli
4. Got Money
5. Comfortable
6. Dr. Carter
7. Phone Home
8. Tie My Hands
9. Mrs. Officer
10.Let The Beat Build
11.Shoot Me Down
12.Lollipop
13.La La
14.Playing With Fire
15.You Ain't Got Nothin
16.DontGetIt

Ciary - Fantasy Ride

2009-05-28T13:23:00.003+08:00

Biography

Ciara Harris (sounds like Sierra) was born on October 25, 1985.

She grew up in a military household and as a military brat (her father was in the army, her mother was in the air force), she moved around her family moved around the country (and the world) while she was younger. She was born in Austin, TX, but with her father in the Army, Ciara spent time living in Germany, New York, California, Arizona, and Nevada before landing in Atlanta.

She always enjoyed singing. She began doing some modeling, but thought that singing would be her focus after she finished school. She graduated Riverdale High School in 2003 and she wrote down on a piece of paper that she was going to be a professional singer and set out to do just that. She cut out everything that did not have to do with a singing career, including talking on the phone, friends and even broke up with her boyfriend. She joined a girl group (Hear Say), but quickly decided that she should be a solo artist, and then she hooked up with record producer Jazze Pha and signed with his record label (Sho'Nuff).

Together with Sean Garret (co-wrote "Yeah"), and produced by Lil' Jon, they wrote her first single, "Goodies," which was produced in the Crunk & B style first originated by Usher. In 2004, she was the first female to release a song in this genre and after it became popular, she was dubbed with the title of the First Lady of Crunk & B. [Note: the word "crunk" was derived from mixing of the words "crazy and "funk".] Says Lil' Jon of the newly-formed genre, "Crunk & B songs are R&B songs that get you crunk. They make you wanna wild out. ['Goodies'] is a female empowerment record. The female has the power. The female is in control on this song. This is one of those records for the ladies." The album by the same name (Goodies), released by LaFace Records also became an instant chart topper (Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Top 10) when it was released in September of that year.

"I'm so happy I wrote 'Goodies'," Ciara enthuses. "I pray everybody gets it the way they're supposed to." In the hook, Ciara warns, "If you're looking for the goodies keep on looking 'cause they stay in the jar." "I think we all run across this problem," she explains. "A guy thinks you're gonna be with him because he's got the iced out chain, he's popular and all that. But that ain't it. That ain't gonna make me give you my number and that's definitely not gonna make me go home with you. It's the truth."

Jon says he was impressed by Ciara's approach to the song, which she co-wrote with "Yeah" songwriter Sean Garrett. "She did an excellent job on it," says Jon. "With this record, it's the way she rides over the track, the way she freaks the beat and the stuff that she says to connect her with other women. She's saying stuff that women can relate to. Guys are always trying to get some from a girl and she's like you can't have it. That's what makes her stand out and this is one of those records with that undeniable energy where as soon as the beat comes on it catches you and makes you move. You can't sit still when that song comes on. Crunk music, you can't fake because it's all about the energy. It's gotta be real."

And Ciara is as real as they come. Her self-titled Sho' Nuff/LaFace/Zomba Label Group debut is a heaping dose of real life issues conveyed through everyday language and extraordinary production and vocal delivery. The album is a complete work of art and a masterful mixture of messages for the young and not so young. On "Thugstyle," a song she wrote with songwriter Johnta Austin (Toni Braxton, Aaliyah) Ciara displays her true 'round the way girl' nature. "It's kinda how a guy would talk to a female, always spittin' game," she explains. "To me, it's a little slick. It's just a fun record. Everyone loves to sing along with it." "Looking at You" and "Pick up the Phone" with their groove-heavy tracks and sassy vocals, are signature Ciara, who says the latter, written and produced by Austin and Jazze Pha, talks about something that "everybody goes through." "I love this record because it's so real. I say, 'You know it would be nice if you could call somebody and let somebody know that you're alright....I know you see me on the caller I.D. so pick up the p-h-o-n-e.'"

The slow and sweet "And I," which Ciara did with producer Adonis, is about "loving someone for who they are and not what they have." And "Ooh Baby," written by Sean Garrett and Keri Hilson (Reuben Studdard, 3LW) is about good old-fashioned infatuation. "I'm just really into this guy," Ciara explains, in character. "I consider myself a 'round-the-way girl, down to earth and basically the kind of guy I like is like this guy who pulls up in the F-150 pickup with the crazy banging system. He's a 'round-the-way dude, kinda 'hood. But I'm like really into him."

With its easy-to-relate-to subject matter, the album is listener-friendly and accessible to anyone who knows even the slightest bit about 'keeping it real.' "The songs are very catchy," says Ciara. "They're for all demographics, all age ranges....They're not as personal as I want to be. I'd rather be more personal on the second album, once I grow a little more."

She released her Goodies video in 2005 which includes music videos from the album and the making of "1, 2, Step" other behind the scene scenes and bonus song. She is currently touring around the U.S. She won the 2005 BET Award for best collaboration for her the hit song "1, 2, Step" featuring Missy Elliot.

Considering the short time that she's been in the music business Ciara has grown plenty. She admits that she's a bit more mature than the average teenager. "Throughout life I've experienced a lot more than the typical 18 year old has. And being in this industry makes you develop more quickly than a typical child would. You mature faster." But much of Ciara's growth and maturity come from her determination to pursue her dreams. "I remember watching Destiny's Child perform on TV one day. That's when I made up my mind: 'Hey I wanna do this.' I watched my peers around me and they were worried about who's wearing what, going to school, trying to talk to somebody and I was like 'I'm trying to be somebody. What can I do to get there as soon as possible?'"

And now Ciara is ready to share her vibe with the rest of the world, but "It's not just about penning clever lyrics and singing and dancing to a banging track," she says. "My goal is to deliver a positive message and let people know they're not the only one going through things....I've been blessed to be able to counsel my peers. I'm here to deliver a message and I think the impression that you make is very important. I don't wanna write records just to write. I wanna have a message to everything that I write. That gives you longevity." (Source: IamFan)

Album Review by T. Carlson

In her third offering, Ciara takes her fans on a "fantasy ride" that hits many highs and lows. The overly hyped and continuously delayed album boosts many radio friendly songs and potential hits. One of the album's downfalls is the lack of cohesiveness. This might be attributed to the album's original formatting of having three different discs representing various musical styles, which later became scraped. The album's formatting change resulted in all concepts being placed on one disc.

Aside from the lack of fluidity, this 13-track album offers a little something for everyone. Listeners' ears will be subjected to Ciara's alter ego, "Super C" softly crooning over seductive mid-tempo ballads and heads will bob along to the album's contagious club bangers with the catchy hooks.

If listeners are looking for the growth and "evolution" with Fantasy Ride, they will be slightly disappointed.

Strongest points:

The album's aggressive and dance driven beats allow this album to standout. The album enlists production from many of the industry's "it" producers. This includes: Justin Timberlake, Tricky Stewart, The Dream, Rodney Jerkins, and Missy Elliot. In addition, the many collaborations found on the album helps to give the "swagger" Super C was aspiring for. Cameos include: Justin Timberlake (Love Sex & Magic), Chris Brown (Turntables), Ludacris (High Price), Missy Elliott (Work), Young Jeezy (Never Ever), and The-Dream (Lover's Thing).

Weak Points:

Ciara, aka Super C's vocal delivery is at most sub par. Vocally Ciara seems to exhibit a lack of growth. There is no differentiation between Ciara and Super C. Ciara's voice remains monotonous and at times is almost inaudible over the infectious production. In actuality, Ciara and Super C both become lost in the production and merely sit in the background. For the longest Ciara has been fighting for her own identity. Throughout her career she has been compared to the likes of Janet Jackson and even the late Aaliyah. Many songs throughout the album actually are very reminiscent of Janet's Discipline era. For instance, I Don't Remember is very similar to Janet's Rock With U. The lyrics at times are very superficial and lack depth and intensity--G is for Girl, Like a Surgeon, and High Price.

Highlights:

Ciara to the Stage, Love Sex & Magic, High Price (the operatic vocals gives the track an unique flair), Never Ever (possibly Ciara at her best), Work, When I (Bonus Track), and Keep Dancin' On Me. (Source: Amazon)

You can download Ciara's latest album Fantasy Ride HERE.

Track Listing

01. Ciara To The Stage
02. Love Sex Magic (feat. Justin Timberlake)
03. High Price (feat. Ludacris)
04. Turntables (feat. Chris Brown)
05. Like A Surgeon
06. Never Ever (feat. Young Jeezy)
07. Lover's Thing (feat. The-Dream)
08. Work (feat. Missy Elliott)
09. Pucker Up
10. G Is For Girl (A-Z)
11. Keep Dancin' On Me
12. Tell Me What Your Name Is
13. I Don't Remember
14. Go Girl (feat. T-Pain) (Bonus)

Lily Allen - Its Not Me Its You

2009-05-27T12:54:00.002+08:00

Biography

With her omnivorous musical tastes and cheeky attitude, London-based pop singer/songwriter Lily Allen made a name for herself almost as soon as she released her demos on the Internet. The daughter of comedian Keith Allen, Lily spent most of her childhood bouncing from one school to another -- in fact, she attended 13 different schools between the ages of five and 15. This constant moving meant she didn't have much of a chance to make lasting friendships, so Allen entertained herself with books and, especially, music: she listened to everything from T. Rex, the Specials, and the Slits to the Happy Mondays and drum'n'bass, and even ran away to see the Glastonbury Festival when she was 14. After she left school a year later, she realized that music was the only career for her. Allen concentrated on her songwriting and singing, developing a style that was equally sweet and bratty; late in 2005, she set up a /MySpace page and posted demos of her songs, as both individual tracks and as part of two limited-edition "mixtapes" that also featured tracks by Dizzee Rascal, Creedence Clearwater Revival, and Ludacris. The critical acclaim for her work fueled Allen's publicity, leading to tens of thousands of friends on /MySpace, airplay on BBC Radio One, and a record deal with Regal/Parlophone before the end of 2005.

Allen began working on her full-length album with producers such as Greg Kurstin, Mark Ronson (with whom she also collaborated on a cover of the Kaiser Chiefs' "Oh My God" that appeared on her second mixtape), and Futurecut, and released a limited-edition 7" of LDN as her debut single in spring 2006. Both LDN and Smile, which followed that summer, were chart successes, with the former reaching number seven on the U.K. chart and the latter hitting number one the week it debuted. Hot on the heels of Smile came Allen's first full-length, Alright, Still, which she supported with a slew of dates stretching out to the end of the year. Despite the speed of her success, Allen continued to update her /MySpace page with amusing blog rants, including one about her June 2006 appearance on Top of the Pops that berated the lead singer of the Kooks for "wearing broken straw hats and dark sunglasses" indoors and Dirty Pretty Things for having "organic sliced bread on the rider." Allen rang in 2007 with more tour dates, including gigs in Japan, Australia, and the U.S., and the U.S. release of Alright, Still. She also earned nominations for British Breakthrough Act and British Female Solo for that year's Brit Awards, while "Smile" and Alright, Still were nominated for British Single and British Album, respectively.

Allen spent most of 2007 touring, but also collaborated with Dizzee Rascal on Maths and English's duet "Wanna Be" and provided vocals on Basement Jaxx's Crazy Itch Radio. Allen's personal life and side projects were nearly as prominent as her music career, with her relationship with Chemical Brother Ed Simons and her subsequent miscarriage making headlines in late 2007 and early 2008. In February 2008, Allen embarked on a talk show on BBC Three, Lily Allen and Friends, which lasted through that April. That month, Allen posted two new demos on her /MySpace page, including "GWB," which was about President George Bush; for her second album, she worked with producer Greg Kurstin of the Bird and the Bee, and co-wrote several songs with him instead of just providing the lyrics. She also worked on songs with Jamie Reynolds of the Klaxons and wrote a song about comedian James Corden for the 2008 Shockwaves Awards. Another new song, "Everyone's at It," debuted that fall, and Allen courted controversy again with an unauthorized cover of Britney Spears' "Womanizer" that December. It's Not Me, It's You, which covered topics like drugs, fame, family, and society, arrived early in 2009, preceded by the single The Fear. (Source: Starpulse)

You can download Lily Allen's latest album Its Not Me Its You HERE.

Track Listing:

1. Everyone's At It (Album Version)
2. The Fear (Album Version)
3. Not Fair
4. 22
5. I Could Say
6. Back To The Start
7. Never Gonna Happen
8. Fuck You
9. Who'd Have Known
10. Chinese
11. Him
12. He Wasn't There

Kings Of Leon - Only By The Night

2009-05-25T16:13:00.000+08:00

BIOGRAPHY

Kings of Leon's history is the epitome of a mythological rock & roll story. The Followill brothers are sons of a preacher man who were raised on the road throughout the South, traveling from one Pentecostal church service to the next. They were shattered by a divorce, transformed by illicit substances and the stoner music of Led Zeppelin and rewarded with a Nashville record deal for their grinding garage-boogie sound and raw, Southern gothic lyrics.

The Followill boys — Nathan (born June 26th, 1979), Caleb (born January 14th, 1982) and Jared (born November 20th, 1986) — grew up watching their father Leon, a Pentecostal preacher, instill the fear of God in parishioners across the heartland. Forbidden to listen to secular music, they spent their early childhoods being home-schooled, watching church choirs and occasionally banging on drums during services. The boys' fates as followers of fundamentalist Christianity seemed sealed until 1997, when Leon Followill resigned from the church and divorced his wife. The divorce rocked the Followills' world, and afterwards, the two eldest brothers moved to Nashville, hoping to break into music. They quickly ran into Nashville songwriter and former new waver Angelo Petraglia, who turned the brothers on to the secular music of the Rolling Stones and Johnny Cash. In 2000, the two met a singer who helped them find a manager.

Kings of Leon, named for their father, were born when younger brother Jared and a cousin, Matthew Followill (born September 10th, 1984), came into the fold. At first, Nathan and Caleb's musical influences were few. But Jared, who briefly attended public schools, had learned about the music of the Pixies and Velvet Underground. The boys began woodshedding, and by 2002 Kings of Leon had interest from nine labels. A bidding war ensued, with the band ultimately choosing RCA Records.

The group's debut EP, Holy Roller Novocaine, and album, Youth and Young Manhood — both produced by Petraglia and Ethan Johns (son of Led Zeppelin and Who producer Glyn Johns) — came out in 2003. The band's retro-chic look — long hair, mustaches, Seventies-style clothing — and blend of Southern boogie with gritty garage rock inspired comparisons to both Lynyrd Skynyrd and the Strokes. Kings of Leon were hailed by the British press as the second coming of rock & roll, being named everything from 2004's "Best New Band" to "the kind of authentic, hairy rebels the Rolling Stones longed to be." But the band failed to make much of an impact in the United States, where reviews were generally lukewarm and the modern rock audience generally disinterested. In the U.S., Youth sold only 100,000 copies compared with the 750,000 copies it moved elsewhere. When Kings embarked on a tour, the band became the cliché of rock & roll excess and the British press went along for the ride. Stories of sex, drugs and sightings with models followed the home-schooled boys, who just a few years earlier hardly knew what sex, drugs and rock & roll meant.

The group's highly anticipated second album, Aha Shake Heartbreak, came out in 2005, debuting at Number Three on the British charts. Kings added more experimental touches — the angularity of British art-punk band Wire — to their still-very-raw aesthetic. A tour supporting U2 upped the band's profile in the U.S., and the album reached Number 55 on the Billboard 200. In late 2006, just before release of Kings' third album, Because of the Times, the band opened for Bob Dylan at some shows. Times, released in April 2007, found the Kings moving even further away from their short songs with immediate hooks, but the general sound and substance remained the same, with lyrics about pregnant girlfriends and black Camaros, and the album reached Number 25. (Source: Rolling Stone)

ALBUM REVIEW - ONLY BY THE NIGHT

Free from their strict Pentecostal father, Kings of Leon's Followill brothers (plus cousin Matthew) spent their first two records establishing themselves as horny Nashville youngsters with a neo-garage-rock style that got them tagged as the "Southern Strokes." Nowadays, the Kings are feeling a different sound: Like last year's Because of the Times, Only by the Night is long on astral, arena-ready largeness, with blippy keyboards, droney guitars and whoa-oh-oh backing vocals. Frontman Caleb Followill cranks up his Allman Brothers howl, turning out big choruses with sometimes tough-to-parse lyrics and deep-feeling melodies reportedly influenced by pain meds he began taking after shoulder surgery. The revamped sound doesn't always work: Cuts like the slow-burning murk-fest "Cold Desert" feel like sub-John Mayer soul — bland and overly ponderous. But when the Kings find a gussied-up groove with teeth — like the effects-laden Zeppelin stomp of "Crawl" or the pulsating, New Wave "Sex on Fire" — they sound like rock heroes experiencing the joy of well-manicured sound. (Source: Rolling Stone)

You can download Kings of Leon's latest album Only By The Night HERE or download selcted tracks by clicking on the following single track links:

Download Links

1. Closer
2. Crawl
3. Sex On Fire
4. Use Somebody
5. Manhattan
6. Revelry
7. 17
8. Notion
9. I Want You
10. Be Somebody
11. Cold Desert

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Britney Spears - Circus

2009-05-22T03:45:00.002+08:00

BIOGRAPHY

Spears was born December 2, 1981 , in Kentwood Louisiana. The daughter of Lynne, an elementary school teacher, and Jamie, a construction contractor, Spears auditioned for the Disney Channel’s Mickey Mouse Club at the age of 8.

Producers for the show decided she was too young, but one was impressed enough to help her find an agent in New York.

Accompanied by her mother and younger sister, Spears lived in Manhattan for the next several summers, studying at the Professional Performing Arts School.

In 1991, she landed a part as a demonic child in Ruthless, an off-Broadway production based on the 1956 horror film, The Bad Seed.

At age 11, Spears auditioned again, this time successfully, for the Mickey Mouse Club. For the 1993 and 1994 seasons, she lived in Orlando, Florida, where the show is filmed, in a dorm with the rest of the cast—including two future members of the group ‘N Sync and Keri Russell, future star of the WB’s Felicity.

After her run on the MMC, Spears attended high school at home in Louisiana for a year, before heading back to New York at age 15 to audition for executives at Jive Records.

She signed a development deal with Jive and over the next two years recorded her debut album with producers Eric Foster White, who had worked with Whitney Houston (one of Spears’ professed influences, with Madonna, Michael Jackson, and Mariah Carey), and Max Martin, who worked with fellow pop stars the Backstreet Boys.

The album, Baby One More Time, was completed by early 1998 but wasn’t released until January 1999. During the interim, Spears set out on a promotional tour to shopping malls throughout America, prompting inevitable comparisons with ‘80s teen pop stars such as Tiffany and Debbie Gibson.

Her first single, also titled “Baby One More Time,” was released in October 1998; its success got Spears a gig opening for ‘N Sync, by then a popular teen band.

When Spears’ album was released on January 12, 1999 , it went straight to the top of the Billboard charts, becoming the first album of the year to debut at No. 1. The single, spurred along by a racy video featuring Spears dressed as a bare-midriffed Catholic schoolgirl, also shot up to No. 1.

By September, Baby One More Time had sold over 6 million copies. Spears’ first eagerly-awaited solo tour opened in June 1999.

Some controversy surrounded a Rolling Stone cover story in March 1999, picturing the 17-year-old Spears in a seductive, Lolita-esque pose. Spears has vigorously denied the widespread rumor that she has breast implants, as well as the rumor that she is actually in her 20s.

Before the Grammy Awards, held in February 2000, Spears had emerged as one of the leading contenders for Best New Artist. She eventually lost the award, to fellow ex-Mickey Mouse Clubber and teen pop sensation Christina Aguilera.

Spears' second album, Oops!...I Did It Again, hit stores in May of 2000. With 1.3 million copies sold in its first week in stores, the album became the top-selling debut by a solo female artist ever. It earned Spears two more Grammy nominations, for Best Vocal Pop Album and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance (for the single “Oops!...I Did It Again”).

Spears released her third album, Britney, in November 2001, which featured the breakout single, I’m A Slave 4 U. With her next album, In the Zone (2003), she tried to sound more adult while at the same time playing up an even sexier image. She collaborated with Madonna on the popular track Me Against the Music and scored a top ten hit with Toxic.

In recent years, Spears has become more famous for her personal life than her music. She dated fellow Mickey Mouse Club alum Justin Timberlake of the blockbuster boy band 'N Sync for a number of years. Their much-talked-about breakup was followed by an annulled impromptu marriage to childhood pal Jason Allen Alexander in 2003.

Spears married dancer Kevin Federline in a much-publicized wedding in September 2004. Their first child, a son, was born on September 14, 2005. Their second son was born on September 12, 2006. Spears filed for divorce in November 2006. The divorce became finalized in July.

After her break-up with Federline, Spears’ personal life seemed to spin out of control. Within days, she was photographed without underwear arriving at various parties. In February 2007, she shaved her head with electric clippers at a tattoo shop in Sherman Oaks, California.

Britney made several attempts at rehabilitation before completing a program at a Malibu, California-based treatment facility on March 20, 2007. But Spears' former bodyguard said he saw her doing drugs shortly after.

Tony Baretto revealed in an interview on Sept. 24 that Spears had done drugs twice at a nightclub, but didn’t say what kind of drugs she did. Baretto, fired two months after that alleged incident, also filed a deposition in her child-custody case claiming to be witness to “nudity, drug use and safety issues” involving her kids.

Spears, who is trailed almost everywhere by a mob of celebrity photographers, has also became notorious for distracted driving. In February 2006, she was photographed driving with her son on her lap.

On August 6, 2007, paparazzi photographed Spears steering her car into another vehicle as she tried to park in a space in a lot in Studio City. The video showed her walking away after assessing the damage to her own car.

The owner of the other car, Kim Robard-Rifkin, learned it was Spears who had hit her car through a video posted on the Internet and filed a police report three days later. Investigators later determined that Spears also did not have a license.

A hit-and-run charge against Spears was dismissed Oct. 25 after she paid an undisclosed amount to the other car's driver in the fender-bender. She also pleaded not guilty to a misdemeanor charge of driving without a valid driver's license and later obtained a temporary California license.

The damage continued to pile up into that October and November as three people, including two paparazzi and a Los Angeles sheriff's deputy, reportedly had their feet crushed as Spears drove her car through crowds.

In addition to her motoring misfortunes, Spears was also dropped by her management company, the Firm, on Sept. 17, eight days after her widely panned performance at the MTV Video Music Awards. Still, her new album Blackout came out October 30 to broadly favorable reviews.

She also suffered from pinkeye, a common infection when you have little kids. Spears made that revelation coming out of the Los Angeles courthouse Oct. 15 where she was booked on charges in the Aug. 6 incident. She was wearing large designer sunglasses at night to hide her infection, which she said hurt “really bad.”

The biggest blow, however, was yet to come. Citing concerns about her use of drugs and alcohol, Superior Court Commissioner Scott Gordon removed Spears from physical custody of her children Oct. 1. Gordon ordered Spears to undergo random drug and alcohol tests and meet weekly with a parenting coach who would report back to the court about her parenting skills.

Gordon later granted some visitation rights to Spears, but reversed that on Oct. 17 after finding she had failed to comply with some conditions for shared custody. He withdrew the visitation ban a few days later, but only in the presence of a court-approved monitor.

Gordon also ordered both parents to complete the court's “Parenting Without Conflict” class. Indeed, they attended their first of six sessions on Oct. 24 at the Beverly Hills Hotel. Spears and Federline reportedly discussed how a divorce can affect children, and received instructions on what they should be doing to be good divorced parents.

Spears failed to regain custody of her children Oct. 30, following a damning review of her parenting skills. She was, however, granted two supervised visits per week with her kids if she has regular drug and alcohol tests, childproofs her home, buckles the kids in car seats and continues meeting with a court-appointed parenting coach.

In that ruling, Gordon also noted that Spears had failed to keep appointments with a court-appointed parenting coach, Lisa Hacker, on three occasions before finally holding a series of sessions. Gordon added that while Hacker felt Spears “loves her children and the children are bonded” to her, she had expressed “several observations that are of concern.”

“It seems that her (Spears) choices are dependent more upon what she wants to do at any given time rather than what would be more enjoyable for the children,” Hacker stated in the Oct. 19 report. She added that the Spears household: “Ranged from chaotic to almost somber with no communication at all.”

During all three visits, Hacker said Spears “rarely engaged with the children in either conversation or play” and had displayed a “lack of general attention at times.” Hacker closed her report by stating bluntly: “The problem is that unless Ms Spears realizes the consequences of her behavior and the impact that it has (on) her children, nothing is going to be successful.”

Gordon's nine-page ruling said Spears could have overnight visits with her kids. She would get two visits a week from noon to 7 p.m. and one from noon to 10 a.m. the next morning. All the visits would be monitored. Spears and Federline were also ordered to meet to agree a holiday schedule.

The Oct. 30 ruling followed a tense three-hour hearing Oct. 26 attended by both Spears and Federline. During a break, Spears reportedly began cursing, Access Hollywood reported.

“Eat it! Lick it! Snort it! F*** it!” she was overheard repeating when a reporter tried to ask her a question. Spears also seemed distraught when she eventually left the courthouse for the day.

Spears was ordered to show up for a deposition to determine whether she misused alcohol and substances in front of her young children. But she missed several sessions, including ones scheduled for Dec. 12, 2007 and Jan. 2, 2008.

Another deposition was scheduled for Jan. 3, but Spears arrived so late that it was called off after only 14 minutes. Later that night, she was taken to a hospital after a standoff in her Beverly Hills mansion when she refused to return the children to Federline's bodyguard following a visit.

Spears finally turned over her children after ambulances showed up. She was conscious, alternately smiling and looking distraught, when paramedics took her out of her home in a gurney.

The exact reasons for Spears being taken to hospital were not revealed although there was speculation she was suffering from a long-standing psychological illness, possibly bipolar disorder.

Spears discharged herself Jan. 5, but couldn't get out the door without bumping into psychologist and television talk show host “‘Dr. Phil” McGraw. He had been asked to meet with Spears by her parents. After they chatted, Dr. Phil reportedly escorted Spears to her car.

And then, Dr. Phil started telling everybody about his encounter with Britney, including the media. Britney’s parents, not happy about it at all, said through a spokeswoman that “‘he (Dr. Phil) was not invited to make this part of a public display or part of the media” and called it “‘an example of a trust being betrayed.”

Lou Taylor, a business manager for Spears' mother, Lynne, and younger sister, Jamie Lynn, said Jan. 9 McGraw was planning to do a show on Spears (her parents reportedly declined to participate), but cancelled it, saying her predicament was “‘too intense.”

Mental health professionals also criticized McGraw, saying he went too far. McGraw fired back at his critics in an interview with Entertainment Tonight on Jan. 7.

“‘Somebody needs to step up and get this young woman into some quality care — and I do not apologize one whit, not one second, for trying to make that happen,” he said.

Meantime on Jan. 4, Commissioner Gordon gave sole physical and legal custody of the former couple's two toddler sons to Federline and suspended Spears' visitation rights. That decision was upheld during closed-door meetings on Jan. 14 and Jan. 23.

Spears’ attendance at those hearings were erratic. On Jan. 14, she left the courthouse almost as fast as she arrived with her car surrounded by paparazzi. On Jan. 23, she bolted less than a half-hour after arriving. Although her attendance was not required at either hearing, Spears' lawyers had told the singer she should appear to have any hope of regaining access to her children, as reported widely by celebrity news websites.

Spears did finally show up to a deposition Jan. 21, according to published reports. People.com and TMZ.com said Spears drove to the Los Angeles office of Federline's attorney, Mark Vincent Kaplan, with a friend and was seen leaving more than two hours later.

Meantime, the lawyers representing Spears in her custody battle declared their intention to quit. The law firm Trope and Trope asked a court on Jan. 2 to be relieved as her attorneys, citing a “breakdown” in communication with Spears that makes representing her “impossible,” according to a filing obtained by CelebTV.com.

The fact that Spears didn’t show for a scheduled deposition Jan. 2 may have been a factor in her lawyers’ decision to drop her. The celebrity website TMZ.com reported that it was the fifth deposition the pop princess had missed. Attorney Stacy Phillips took the reigns in Britney's custody case on Feb. 19.

On Jan. 28, journalist Barbara Walters cited Spears’ friend and sometimes manager Osama "Sam” Lutfi when she broke that news on her ABC television show The View that Spears was suffering from "mental issues" and is seeing a psychiatrist.

"He said that Britney is suffering from what he describes as mental issues which are treatable," Walters said. "He said that she has been to a psychiatrist and that she, I assume, is starting some kind of treatment."

Walters said Lutfi told her Spears was having mood swings and trouble sleeping. But Spears was back in touch with her mother, who had been very supportive.

In the hours following Walters' announcement, a visibly distraught Spears was seen bolting out of a car with Lutfi at her Beverly Hills home. And a few hours after that, her parents, Jamie and Lynne Spears, arrived from their home in Louisiana for a possible "intervention."

The operation to commit Spears to UCLA Medical Center's psychiatric ward appeared to have been "carefully planned over a period of time," the Los Angeles Times reported. A psychiatrist treating the singer had contacted police to set the events in motion.

Authorities entered Spears’ hilltop home in Studio City, known as the Summit, shortly after 1 a.m. on Jan. 31

They were inside for about ten minutes before they spirited Spears away, under the code name "package,” through a side entrance by a motorcade nearly the length of a football field. It included police on nearly a dozen motorcycles and two cruisers. Two police helicopters also followed overhead.

Spears’ mother, Lynne, was seen leaving the UCLA Medical Center psychiatric ward at about 5:30 a.m. When asked whether Britney was doing all right, Lynne Spears replied, "Yeah," before departing in a Range Rover.

Britney was committed on what was supposed to be a 72-hour hold. When the 72 hours were up, her stay was extended Feb. 3 by another 14 days. Hospital staff members cited a section in the state law that allows patients to be retained for medical treatment if they are found to be gravely disabled or a danger to themselves or others.

But on Feb. 6, just three days after that extension, Spears was released against the advice of a psychiatrist. A private security detail reportedly escorted Spears out with relatively little fanfare.

Spears was almost immediately hounded again by paparazzi as she drove around Los Angeles in a black Mercedes-Benz with an unidentified man. At one point, more than 15 people circled the car, shooting still pictures and video. Spears’ parents said they believed their daughter's life is at risk.

"As parents of an adult child in the throes of a mental health crisis, we were extremely disappointed this morning to learn that over the recommendation of her treating psychiatrist, our daughter Britney was released from the hospital that could best care for her and keep her safe," Spears’ parents said in a joint statement.

"We are deeply concerned about our daughter's safety and vulnerability and we believe her life is presently at risk,” the statement read. "There are conservatorship orders in place created to protect our daughter that are being blatantly disregarded. We ask only that the court's orders be enforced so that a tragedy may be averted."

On Feb. 1, Los Angeles Court Commissioner Reva Goetz had named Spears' father as conservator of her person and he and attorney Andrew Wallet as conservators of her $100 million estate. A July 31 hearing extended the conservatorship through to the end of 2008 with a hearing scheduled in October.

Lutfi, who has been at Spears’ side throughout much of her well-documented public breakdown, was also ordered to stay away from the pop singer and stop harassing her. Lynne Spears claimed that since Britney met Lutfi in October 2007, he had moved into her daughter's home and taking over her finances, controlling the paparazzi following her and putting drugs in Britney's food to keep her quiet.

Lynne Spears also said Lutfi had disabled her cars so she couldn’t leave, "cut Britney's home phone lines and removed her cell phone chargers. He yells at her. He claims to control everything -- Britney's business manager, her attorneys and the security guards at the gate.”

Lynne Spears said when she, her husband and a friend went to Britney's home to stage an intervention, Lutfi told her if she tried to get rid of him, Britney would be "dead.”

"I have no problems with anyone writing anything negative against me,” Lutfi responded in a text message to The Associated Press. "My image is not of concern, hers is.''

The restraining order, approved Feb. 1 and publicly released by the court on Feb. 5, required Lutfi to remain 250 yards away from the medical center where Spears was being held, her home and the homes of her parents, siblings and children. Spears' father allowed the restraining order to expire July 31, citing his daughter's renewed mental clarity.

On May 6, Spears was granted increased visits with her two sons. A lawyer for the singer’s former husband, Federline, said the longer visits were “recognition of the progress that has been made.”

Spears and Federline reached a custody settlement on July 18 in which Federline retained sole custody while Spears kept her visitation rights.

Spears returned to the MTV Video Music Awards on September 7. While she did not perform, she did pick up three trophies, including video of the year, best female and best pop video for Piece of Me. She thanked God, her children and her record label for each of her award wins.

"This is such an honor to have this award right now," she said, wearing a glittering silver dress and her hair in soft blonde waves. "I want to thank my fans, this is dedicated to you."

On September 15, it was announced that her six studio album Circus would be released on December 2, her 27th birthday. The first single from the album, Womanizer, was released to radio stations on September 26.

On October 21, 2008, a mistrial was declared in Britney Spears' misdemeanor trial for driving without a valid license. Jurors were unable to reach a verdict after they deadlocked at 10-2 in favor of acquitting the pop star, the foreman said in open court. In light of the jury split, prosecutors decided to drop the case.

The charge stemmed from an August 6, 2007, fender-bender in a parking lot that was caught on video and in pictures by photographers who trail the singer whenever she ventures out in public. A hit-and-run charge in the case was dismissed after Spears compensated the other driver for damages. (Source: Biography.Com)

Download Britney Spears latest album Circus HERE or download selected tracks off the album by clicking on the following single track download links:

Donwload Links

1. Womanizer
2. Circus
3. Out From Under
4. Kill The Lights
5. Shattered Glass
6. If U Seek Amy
7. Unusual You
8. Blur
9. Mmm Papi
10. Mannequin
11. Lace And Leather
12. My Baby
13. Radar (Bonus Track)
14. Rock Me In (Bonus Track)
15. Phonograph (Bonus Track)
16. Amnesia (Bonus Track)

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Kris Allen - The New American Idol

2009-05-21T10:55:00.002+08:00

Kris Allen's smooth vocals and boy-next-door image propelled him to "American Idol" victory Wednesday, turning the theatrical powerhouse Adam Lambert into the most unlikely of also-rans.

"I'm sorry, I don't even know what to feel right now. This is crazy," said a stunned Allen, 23, of Conway, Ark.

As host Ryan Seacrest said in announcing the result of the viewer vote, "The underdog, the dark horse, comes back and wins the nation over."

Lambert's commanding vocal range and stage presence -- and the judges' adoration of him -- at times turned "Idol" into "The Adam Lambert Show," with the other contestants mere guests. But it turned out that "Idol" viewers could embrace a gifted performer like Lambert, one who sported black nail polish and bold self-assurance, only to a point.

Simon Cowell tipped his hat to both contestants Wednesday.

"To both of you, and I don't normally mean this, I thought you were both brilliant. .... The future's all yours," the judge said.

Before the results were announced, Lambert and Allen had a moment of musical camaraderie: They joined together with Queen on the rock anthem "We Are the Champions."

"Adam did win. So did Kris. Nobody lost tonight. These are two champions," said Paul Stanley from Kiss backstage.

The outcome echoed last year's contest, when Cowell all but crowned David Archuleta after the performance finale -- but the victory went to David Cook.

Lambert's triumph was never inevitable. When Allen and Lambert were declared the finalists last week, just 1 million viewer votes separated the pair out of 88 million cast.

Allen bloomed during the season, gaining more assurance onstage and winning viewers over with his smooth, heartfelt vocals, modest demeanor and well-scrubbed good looks.

There was also the Danny Gokey factor. Gokey made it to the top three before he fell out of the contest, leaving his supporters up for grabs.

"After the third one leaves, you wonder where do the votes go from that third contestant," Paula Abdul said backstage after Tuesday's singing showdown.

Allen seemed the likely candidate for those viewers' affections, for on- and offstage reasons. Allen and Gokey, 29, of Milwaukee, were downright conservative when compared to Lambert's elaborate staging and wardrobe choices. Allen is a married college student and has worked as a church worship leader. Gokey, a widower, is a church music director.

Lambert, 27, of Los Angeles, brought measured rock flashiness -- daring, not freaky -- with songs including "Whole Lotta Love," the first-ever Led Zeppelin tune on "Idol." He's largely kept his personal life under wraps, saying "I know who I am" when asked about it.

Earlier this week, Allen said he hoped the outcome wouldn't be decided by "having the Christian vote."

"I hope it has to do with your talent and the performance that you give and the package that you have. It's not about religion and all that kind of stuff," he said.

Added Lambert: "It's about music. That's really important to keep in mind."

The finale Wednesday included the usual bag of tricks for extending the show to two hours and delaying the result until the final minutes. There were group numbers, the Golden Idol Award -- semifinalist funnyman Nick "Norman Gentle" Mitchell among the contenders -- and celebrity-contestant combos.

Allen was joined by Keith Urban on "Kiss a Girl," while Lambert performed with Kiss. The female finalists, including Allison Iraheta, opened up for Fergie, who sang "Big Girls Don't Cry" and then was joined by her group, the Black Eyed Peas.

Iraheta later dueted with Cyndi Lauper on "Time After Time" and Danny Gokey joined Lionel Richie for two tunes.

Rod Stewart sang "Maggie May" after the male finalists opened for him with "Do Ya Think I'm Sexy."

An offbeat guest was Steve Martin, the actor-comedian who also specializes in the banjo. He played his song "Pretty Flowers" with finalists Megan Joy and Michael Sarver on vocals.

Asked by Seacrest to guess who might win "American Idol," Martin replied: "I know it's a long shot, but I'm hoping I do."

Allen rose to the occasion during Tuesday's performance show, especially with his soulful version of "Ain't No Sunshine." But he was tripped up by "No Boundaries," a song co-written by judge Kara DioGuardi and ill-suited to his voice.

Lambert did a better job with "No Boundaries" and excelled on his reprise of "Mad World" and on "A Change is Gonna Come."

"That was the best I've ever heard you sing -- ever!" exclaimed Abdul. (Souce: Yahoo Music)

Idol's Final Showdown: Rock God Adam Lambert vs Guy Next Door Kris Allen

2009-05-20T16:06:00.009+08:00

It's our second consecutive all-male "American Idol" Top Two and just like last year, when you were either a Cook Fan or an Archuleta Booster, the battle lines are pretty much drawn across this great nation. Nobody is allowed to be ambivalent. You can root for Kris. You can root for Adam. But don't tell me that you like them both equally and differently.

Kris won the coin toss last week and, like all good Pete Carroll coached teams, he opts to defer and go second. Each singer will perform thrice, including "No Boundaries," the inevitably corny coronation song courtesy of none other than Superfluous Fourth Judge Kara DioGuardi.

How did the night go down? Click through...

Singer: ADAM LAMBERT
Song: "Mad World"

Fred, Daphne, Velma and Simon Say: Check it out. This is it, Randy, explains. Randy loves Adam showing his sensitive side. Randy starts with an A+. Hard to know where the grading goes from here. Kara says that Adam changed the game for everybody else and that he rocked it again tonight. Paula, roasted on a spit overnight, is also proud of Adam. Me, I'm wondering if I could rock Adam's coat. Simon, shirt unbuttoned to his belly-button, calls the performance "a bit over-theatrical." Simon hates the coat, but Randy says it's a "Twilight" thing." Randy has never seen "Twilight."

Singer: KRIS ALLEN
Song: "Ain't No Sunshine"

Fred, Daphne, Velma and Simon Say: Dude. Yo. Check it out. You know? You know what Randy loves about Kris? That he knows the kind of artist he is and that this was one of his best performances ever on the stage. Kara says that if you can't feel a Kris Allen performance, there's something wrong with you. Well, I didn't like "Glee" either, so there probably is something wrong. Paula raves about Kris' ability to Allen-ize every performance. But can he Simonize? Simon admits he was surprised when Kris' name was called out week, but he takes back his skepticism after that performance. Simon calls Round One for Kris. Me? I think Kris was better-than-usual, while Adam was just good-as-usual. To my mind? Round One is a push, a draw.

Singer: ADAM LAMBERT
Song: "Change Is Gonna Come"

Fred, Daphne, Velma and Simon Say: Listen. The song is an amazing classic for Randy and Adam showed that he can sing his face off. Matt Giraud is appreciative. Kara says it may be Adam's best performance of the entire competition, pulling it back and letting it go. Paula doesn't speculate, yelling that it was his best. Simon's lost at least one button on his shirt since we last saw him. "You are 100% back in the game," Simon reassures Adam.

Singer: KRIS ALLEN
Song: "What's Goin' On"

Fred, Daphne, Velma and Simon Say: Randy loves that we have a duel, finding the song timely. Randy calls it light, which has to be a judgment on the emotion of the performance, not the song itself. Kara likes that Kris' delivering a message. Paula says Kris tore the song up and made Marvin Gaye proud. "It was like three friends in their bedroom strumming along to Marvin Gaye." Ryan makes a confusing homophobic joke. Simon gives Round Two to Adam, "a million percent." It may even be more than that. If this were a boxing match, the first round would be either 10-10 or 10-9 either way depending on your preference. Adam has this one solidly 10-8 with a knockdown.

Singer: ADAM LAMBERT
Song: "No Boundaries"

Fred, Daphne, Velma and Simon Say: "Dude you can sing the phone book," Randy says, before saying it was pitchy in spots and just aight. Kara speaks on behalf of her co-writers to thank him. Paula is out of adjectives. She's in awe. Simon mocks the mountains and hurricanes and declares that over the whole season, Adam has been one of the best and most original contestants they've ever had and tells him that he's a worldwide star. Adam thinks he got the job done. I'm wondering if Kara DioGuardi and not Kris Allen is going to do Adam in.

Singer: KRIS ALLEN
Song: "No Boundaries"

Fred, Daphne, Velma and Simon Say: Randy tells Kris that he should be proud of himself, even if the key was too high. Kara agrees it was too high and that Kris shouldn't be judged on the performance. Paula says he deserves being where he is. Simon says Kris' best performance was his first tonight, but that he deserved to be on the stage tonight. Kris doesn't know if he did enough. I'd give the last round to Kris, but on a technicality. That makes it a 10-9 round for Kris at best.

(Source: Hitfix)

You can download MP3s of all of tonights performances HERE or download selected tracks using the single track download links below:

Download Links:

Adam Lambert

1. Adam Lambert - Mad World
2. Adam Lambert - A Change is Gonna Come (Simon Fuller’s choice)
3. Adam Lambert - No Boundaries

Kris Allen

1. Kris Allen - Aint No Sunshine (on the piano)
2. Kris Allen - What’s Going On (Simon Fuller’s choice)
3. Kris Allen - No Boundaries

Deleted Blogs - Coldplay And Kelly Clarkson

2009-05-17T14:48:00.000+08:00

My Coldplay and Kelly Clarkson blogs have mysteriously disappeared!!! Can anyone shed a light on how this could have happened? Anyway, I am reposting here the download links to their albums:

Coldplay - Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends

Track 1 - Life in Technicolor

Track 2 - Cemeteries of London

Track 3 - Lost!

Track 4 - 42 Track 5 - Lovers in Japan

Track 6 - Reign of Love

Track 7 - Yes

Track 8 - Chinese Sleep Chant

Track 9 - Viva La Vida

Track 10 - Violet Hill

Track 11 - Strawberry Swing

Track 12 - Death And All His Friends

Track 13 - The Escapist

Track 14 - Lost! (Acoustic Version)

Track 15 - Lovers In Japan (Acoustic Version)

Track 16 - A Spell A Rebel Yell (B-Side)

Kelly Clarkson - All I Ever Wanted

Track 1: My Life Would Suck Without You

Track 2: I Do Not Hook Up

Track 3: Cry

Track 4: Don't Let Me Stop You

Track 5: All I Ever Wanted

Track 6: Already Gone

Track 7: If I Can't Have You

Track 8: Save You

Track 9: Why Ya Wanna Bring Me Down

Track 14: If No One Will Listen

Track 15: Tip Of My Tounge

Track 16: The Day We Fell Apart

Radiohead - In Rainbows

2009-05-16T12:06:00.003+08:00

Radiohead vs. Miley Cyrus

You may have heard that the Hannah Montana star got into it a little bit with Radiohead. The beef started when Miley was denied a meet-and-greet with the band at the Grammy Awards. Ms. Miley was excited to meet Radiohead, who she was (past tense), a big fan of. But Thom Yorke, lead singer of the group, politely declined the tween queen.

So what did Miley do? Skulk back to her underwear-baring BF with her tail between her legs. Not so much. She said she was going to make it her mission to expose the band for the mean guys they were. She...was...going...to...ruin...them. Mwahahahaha!

Until Thom Yorke had just about enough of that sort of Mean Girls behavior and tried to put Miley in her place. In a statement issued to Us Weekly, the singer says, "When Miley grows up, she'll learn not to have such a sense of entitlement."

This may be true, Thom. No, I take that back. This is absolutely true. But not meeting a fan when you're a few dressing rooms away from them - no matter who, or how annoying, that fan might be - and then going on the public record to do battle with a teenager, reeks of something...I believe it's also called entitlement. With a hint of lame. (Source: Limelife)

Download Links:

DISC 1
DISC 2

Single Track Download links:

Disc 1

1. 15 Step

2. Bodysnatchers

3. Nude

4. Weird Fishes Arpeggi

5. All I Need

6. Faust Arp

7. Reckoner

8. House Of Cards

9. Jigsaw Falling Into Place

10. Videotape

Disc 2

1. Mk1

2. Down Is The New Up

3. Go Slowly

4. Mk2

5. Last Flowers

6. Up On The Ladder

7. Bangers And Mash

8. 4 Minure Warning

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Pussy Cat Dolls - Jai Ho

2009-05-15T23:09:00.000+08:00

Download Pussy Cat Dolls' latest Single "Jai Ho" HERE.

Eminem - Relapse (Coming Soon)

2009-05-14T23:20:00.000+08:00

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Only Two Idols Remain

2009-05-14T11:39:00.003+08:00

Danny Gokey is dancing off "American Idol," leaving showy Adam Lambert and twangy Kris Allen to duke it out in the finale of the popular Fox singing competition next week.

Gokey, the bespectacled 29-year-old church music director and recent widower from Milwaukee, was revealed to have received the fewest viewer votes on Wednesday.

Gokey had continually impressed the judges with his husky voice -- but not his hip shaking -- throughout the contest. "Idol" judge Simon Cowell called his cover of Joe Cocker's version of "You Are So Beautiful" on Tuesday a "vocal master class" but said his dancing during Terence Trent D'Arby's "Dance Little Sister" was "desperate."

Along with Lambert, Gokey had long been considered to be a front-runner of the eighth season, never appearing as one of the show's bottom vote-getters. "Idol" host Ryan Seacrest said more than 88 million votes were received with 1 million votes separating the top two singers, meaning next week's Lambert-Allen showdown may be closer than anticipated.

"Look, none of us would have predicted this, guys," Cowell at the end of the show.

The episode kicked off with "Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian" stars Ben Stiller, Hank Azaria, Bill Hader and Jonah Hill starring in a plug masquerading as a skit about the "Idol" judges' desk being inducted into the Smithsonian. It wasn't a joke. The perch will be on display at the Smithsonian Institution Building in the coming weeks.

Before the results viewers saw Alicia Keys urging fans to support her charity, a 15-year-old Rwandan rapper named Noah, sixth-season champ Jordin Sparks, videos of the final three singers' trips to their hometowns and an over-the-top performance by Katy Perry.

Gokey just wanted to cut to the chase.

"I think we've had enough suspense, enough commercials, just enough playing around," he said. "Let's just get to it."

"I want to see Katy Perry!" Lambert exclaimed in response.

The feeling was apparently mutual. Perry made her love for Lambert no secret. The "I Kissed a Girl" singer crooned her latest single, "Waking Up in Vegas," with a troupe of glittery showgirls while wearing a scantily clad Elvis-inspired ensemble that was initially covered in a cape emblazoned with Lambert's name.

Either Lambert, a 27-year-old theater actor from San Diego, or Allen, a 23-year-old college student from Conway, Ark., will be crowned "Idol" next Wednesday. Cowell said Allen's totally stripped-down version of Kanye West's "Heartless" on Tuesday made him a contender for the finale. (Source: Yahoo Music)

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American Idol - Judges' Choice Week

2009-05-13T12:51:00.013+08:00

Tonight on a very special American Idol, the judges got to pick a song for each of the final three, which--if you believe in Idol conspiracy theories, which I admittedly sometimes do--meant the judges could really fix this competition by cruelly foisting truly mismatched tunes upon the hapless contestants. (Remember, bad song selection felled many an Idol contender this season, from Kasey Carlson's "Every Little Thing She Does Is Tragic" Police travesty to Megan Corkrey's snoozy "Turn Your Volume Down Low" Bob Marley cover."

The final three's fate rested squarely in the judges' grubby little hands.
Well, judging by the song Paula Abdul picked for Danny Gokey tonight, she must dislike him as much as I do. Why else would she force him to perform Terence Trent D'Arby's "Dance Little Sister," when Danny himself has frequently pointed out that he CAN NOT DANCE? A funky number like this needed some of the James Brownish fancy footwork that Terence used to so expertly execute back in the day...and let's face it, Danny had already had enough trouble with those simple step/touch/step/touch group-singalong routines he'd struggled through all season.

Actually, Danny's voice was pretty strong on this track tonight--the song brought out the best qualities of his smoky vocals, I grudgingly admit. Unfortunately, it also brought out some truly regrettable funky-chicken dance moves that would make even Taylor Hicks at his purple-jacketed goofiest cringe. Man, I know Terence needed a career comeback...but not like this. I sincerely doubt that Danny's performance will do for "Dance Little Sister" what, say, Jason Castro did for "Hallelujah" last season.

Paula, not wanting to admit she'd made a foolish choice while possibly under the influence of back pills, said of Danny's hokey hoofing: "I'm a choreographer, and I think you did really good!" Well, of course she'd say that. Kara DioGuardi was not as kind, saying, "The dancing was a little too gyrating for me," and Simon Cowell described Danny's moves as "a bit desperate." But then again, Simon also pointed out that Idol is a SINGING show and "not that funny little dance competition next door." (FYI, Simon meant So You Think You Can Dance, a series I love as much or even more than AmIdol, which starts next week to fill the-post-Idol void in my heart and DVR!)

Randy Jackson thought Danny was "dope," but I just thought Danny looked like a big dope. But yeah, singing-wise, Danny was a'ight, dawg.

Next up was Kris Allen, whose song choice came courtesy of Randy and Kara, who as the panel's two most expendable judges apparently have to share one brain now. Anyway, Karandy, as I will now call them, went with OneRepublic's "Apologize," which I thought was a much more sensible selection for this particular contestant, very much in Kris's comfort zone. I mean, muppetboy David Archuleta even did a good job with this song last season (it was the only Archie performance I actually enjoyed last year), so I knew Kris could pull it off, no problem.

Kris indeed performed "Apologize" quite well, showcasing his quiet strengths (unfortunately, his one bum note was not quiet at all, and in fact was loud enough to possibly cost him a place in next week's finale), although Kara inexplicably later lambasted Kris for interpreting it too literally by playing it on piano. Um, what was he SUPPOSED to play it on, the kazoo? This confusing comment angered Simon, enough to have him direct his usual biting criticism not at Kris but at Kara (and, by association, Randy), blaming Karandy for the tune's uninspired arrangement. And then Randy, Kara, and Simon proceeded to bicker like an old bigamist married trio, with poor Paula caught in the middle and probably wishing she could toss back a handful of back pills and make the pain all go bye-bye.

Performing third, in the well-deserved "pimp spot," was Adam Lambert. Adam wasn't just at an advantage by singing last--or, frankly, singing BEST--but also because his song was selected by the Idol judge with the best business sense and artistic instincts, Simon Cowell. And Simon sure got this one right: He went with U2's "One," and he made a specific point of saying that he'd had to personally ring up Bono to get permission for Adam to sing this great ballad of the ages. (Just like the almighty Led Zeppelin had to grant the go-ahead for Adam to do "Whole Lotta Love" last week.)

Please note that Simon mentioned that he got permission from Bono for ADAM LAMBERT to sing "One"--not for just any old Idol hopeful to sing it. I do believe Simon (who, much like me, hasn't been shy about his bias toward Adam, even predicting on Oprah this week that Adam will win) was subtly trying to say, "Bono would not have let Danny or Kris do 'One.'" (But then again, maybe that's just wishful thinking on my part.)

Anyway, this was another slam-dunk Lambert victory. In fact, when he nailed the big goosebumpy note at the end (with none of the difficulty Kris had on "Apologize"), I literally burst into applause. At my desk. By myself. Yes, I am a geek. But I couldn't help but clap! It was, as Simon somewhat self-servingly but still correctly put it, a "brilliant, brilliant performance," and even Paula had to admit Simon had picked the right song for the right singer. It was "One," for The One.

So that was round 1. For round 2, the contestants thankfully wrested back control and got to choose their own tunes. And in Danny and Kris's cases, they were definitely better off having some say in the song-selection process.

First Danny intrepidly thumbed his nose at all Taylor Hicks comparisons (which he has understandably garnered all season) by picking a song by one of Taylor's obvious influences, Joe Cocker. But it was a good choice--and not just because he remained seated during his performance instead of trying to awkwardly boogie all over the stage again (though his lack of movement was a plus, as it put the focus back on his decent voice). He crooned the Billy Preston-penned "You Are So Beautiful" backed by a lovely string section, and his female fans predictably melted and swooned. This was definitely more Danny's element, here.

Karandy loved Danny's second attempt, with Randy saying, "You showed you're here because you can really, really, really sing! You have mad vocals," and Kara equally enthusiastically raving, "Everything you didn't do in the first performance for me, you just did now. Stunning! Amazing!" Simon additionally described Danny's second performance as a "vocal master class." I, of course, wasn't quite so impressed...but this performance was indeed much, much better than Gokey's clumsy round 1 attempt

However, it was Kris that showed the greatest gains in round 2, proving to Kara and other doubters that he really could change up a song and make it his own. See, for his second number he did an acoustic-folk-guitar rendition of Kanye West's Heartless," and let me tell you, it was about 18 jillion times better than the time Kanye himself sang it on Idol a few weeks ago. (No Auto-Tunes necessary!) Randy actually declared Kris's version better than both the recent Fray cover AND Kanye's original, and Kara (who lamented, "Why didn't you do that with 'Apologize'???") did a 180 and called Kris "brave, bold, and fearless."

Simon worded it best when he in turn said: "After your lame first song, I had written you out of this competition; that, however, has all changed after that performance." And I hope Simon was right here. "Heartless" may have given Kris the edge he needed, as this was one of the most memorable performances of the night and one of Kris's best of the season. Kris did what he needed to do tonight; despite his humble demeanor, he demonstrated that he was in it to win. Obviously I still have all my hopes pinned on Adam for the actual win, but I'd much rather see Kris in the finale than Danny, and his records are the ones I'd be more likely to buy in the future.

Saving the best for last was Adam, who put Danny's eardrum-perforatingly screechy "Dream On" debacle from last week to shame--by taking on an Aerosmith song himself with much more swagger and much more success. I do wish he'd done something a little more out-there and flamboyant--like Queen or Cher, as mentioned by Ryan Seacrest, or maybe even some Scissor Sisters or Mika or Rufus Wainwright or Patrick Wolf. But hey, that "is he gay?" Entertainment Weekly cover story may have freaked out more conservative viewers/voters already, so I guess there was no need for Adam to take a big risk like that. Instead he belted out the testosterock classic that Kara wished Danny had sung last week, "Cryin'," although he of course sang it about 18 jillion times better than Danny would have. After this, I'll be cryin' if Adam is not in the finale next week.

"You are one of the best that we've ever had on this stage!" Randy bellowed. (What did he mean, one of the best? How about THE best?) Paula made some indecipherable comment about frequent flier miles and flying high that made me suspect she was flying high, if you catch my drift...but it was a compliment, I did understand that much. Kara predicted, "We'll see you at the finals!" But Simon still warned people to vote, saying to Adam, "It's very easy to assume that you're going to sail through to the finale. But I want people to vote for you because you deserve it, based on talent."

Tune in tomorrow night to see what happens! (Source: Yahoo Music)

Download Tonight's Performances Below:

Single Track Download Links

The Judge's Choice

Paula’s Choice - Danny Gokey - Dance Little Sister
Simon’s Choice- Adam Lambert - One
Kara and Randy’s Choice-Kris Allen - Apologize

The Contestant's Choice

Danny Gokey - You Are So Beautiful
Kris Allen - Heartless
Adam Lambert - Cryin

Download the entire collection HERE.

Metallica - Death Magnetic

2009-05-12T07:02:00.001+08:00

In the Eighties, thrash metal wasn't a scene, it was an arms race: riffs kept speeding up, drum kits got bigger. But with 1991's Black Album, Metallica opted for unilateral disarmament, slowing their tempos, shortening their songs and smelting their chugging guitars and piston-powered drums into armor-plated pop hooks. After that, the band rushed from one reinvention to another, starting with the Southern-rock infusion of 1996's Load and culminating in the muddled, bizarrely produced group-therapy session of 2003's St. Anger. No longer: Death Magnetic is the musical equivalent of Russia's invasion of Georgia — a sudden act of aggression from a sleeping giant.

Just as U2 re-embraced their essential U2-ness post-Pop, this album is Metallica becoming Metallica again — specifically, the epic, speed-obsessed version from the band's template-setting trilogy of mid-Eighties albums: Master of Puppets, Ride the Lightning and, especially, the progged-out ...And Justice for All. That much is clear from the 90-second mark of Death Magnetic's first track, "That Was Just Your Life," where the band unleashes a barrage of James Hetfield's dutta-duh-duhnt riffing and Lars Ulrich's octuple-time double-bass-and-snare smashing. That long-vanished sound, as essential to Metallica as variations on the "Start Me Up" riff are to the Stones, is all over the album —you wonder how these fortysomething dudes are going to handle playing it live night after night. (Enter chiropractor.)

Death Magnetic marks the group's split with producer Bob Rock, who helmed every Metallica album from 1991 to 2004 and pushed them toward concision and immediacy — until St. Anger, when he seemed to throw up his hands altogether. (As the 2004 documentary Some Kind of Monster demonstrates, Rock deserved credit for getting any music at all out of a band determined to self-destruct.) New producer Rick Rubin shoves Metallica in the opposite direction: Half of Death Magnetic's tracks are over seven minutes long, with song structures that are not so much "verse/chorus/verse" as "long intro/heavy jam/verse/even heavier jam/chorus/bridge/wild solo/outro."

This feels like the right move for an era where Guitar Hero is the new rock radio. (Appropriately, the full album will be downloadable for GH play.) And it's not as if Top 40 stations were going to slip in Metallica between Chris Brown and the Jonas Brothers, anyway. These songs rarely feel too long: At their best, they combine the melodic smarts of Metallica's mature work with the fully armed-and-operational battle power of their early days. "The End of the Line" is a freight-train rocker with a ricocheting riff and lyrics about a doomed, drug-addicted star. It builds to a frantic guitar duel between Kirk Hammett and Hetfield, a wah-wah-crazed solo and, finally, a bridge that feels like an entirely new song. And the spectacular "All Nightmare Long" — a thematic sequel of sorts to "Enter Sandman" — combines relentless Master of Puppets guitars with a Black Album-worthy chorus.

St. Anger was a misguided attempt to recapture the band's mojo by sounding "raw" — but Death Magnetic manages to sound huge, polished and tough. The musicianship feels thrillingly live throughout, and nimble new bassist Robert Trujillo helps, even though he's mostly heard as a distant, ominous rumble. (Has there ever been a more bass-averse band in rock?)

There's supposed to be a lyrical theme here — something about death — but it's hard to discern. After expanding his lyrical palette on previous albums, Hetfield is now so determined to re-metallize that he pushes toward self-parody: "Venom of a life insane/Bites into your fragile vein," he barks on "The Judas Kiss." The "One"-style half-ballad, half-thrasher "The Day That Never Comes" appears to be yet another tale from Hetfield's rough childhood, complete with the awful pun "son shine."

But if you ignore the lyrics, Death Magnetic sounds more like it's about coming back to life. Everything comes together on the fan-favorite-to-be "Broken, Beat and Scarred," which manages to channel the full force of Metallica behind a positive message: "What don't kill ya make ya more strong," Hetfield sings, with enough power to make the cliché feel fresh. The aphorism he paraphrases happens to come from Nietzsche's Twilight of the Idols, which is subtitled How to Philosophize With a Hammer. Metallica's philosophizing may get shaky — but long may that hammer strike. (Source: Rolling Stone)

Single Track Download Links:

1. That Was Just Your Life
2. The End Of The Line
3. Broken, Beat And Scared
4. The Day That Never Comes
5. All Nightmare Long
6. Cyanide
7. The Unforgiven III
8. The Judas Kiss
9. Suicide And Redemption
10. My Apocalypse

DOWNLOAD THE ENTIRE ALBUM HERE.

Black Eyed Peas - Boom Boom Pow (Single)

2009-05-10T23:55:00.001+08:00

Black Eyed Peas' forthcoming fifth studio album "The E.N.D (The Energy Never Dies)" has finally got a release date. Carrying "a lot of dance stuff, real melodic, electronic, soulful" music, the new effort will make its way out in U.S. on June 9 via Interscope Records. For the album's first single, the band has released a song called "Boom Boom Pow" which is currently on top of Billboard Hot 100. They are scheduled to embark on a tour across the globe with complete tour dates expected to be announced in the coming weeks.

will.i.am previously revealed that the record will be dropped as "a diary of music" with "a lot of international inspiration." He said, "When it comes out, there'll be 12 songs on it, but the next day there could be 100 songs, 50 sketches, 1,000 blogs all (online) around 'The End' so the energy really, truly never dies."

Taboo meanwhile shared they mix electro sounds with hip-hop music for the follow up to their 2005 studio album "Monkey Business". "will.i.am was doing X-Men the new movie ['X-Men Origins: Wolverine'], so he got inspired in Australia to do electro music," Taboo explained at the re-opening of the Conga room in Los Angeles. "So we fused electro with hip-hop and made our own mesh." (Source: Ace Showbiz)

Download the Black Eyed Peas latest single Boom Boom Pow HERE.

Eminem - We Made You (Single)

2009-05-10T16:30:00.003+08:00

Eminen's new video "We Made You" mocks women who have dominated the news in the last year. Set up as a spoof of the Bret Michaels reality show Rock Of Love, Em pokes fun of Britney Spears, Lindsay Lohan, Kim Kardashian, Jessica Simpson, Jennifer Aniston, Amy Winehouse, Ellen DeGeneres and Sarah Palin.

Though critics can find fault with all of the portrayals, The O'Reilly Factor host Bill O'Reilly defends just one of the women-Sarah Palin, the Alaska Governor who was the 2008 Republican vice presidential candidate.

O'Reilly, a longtime hip-hop antagonist, calls Eminem's depiction of Palin crude. A Palin lookalike dressed in a low cut bustier and business suit sits atop of an office desk, flirting with a shirtless Eminem posing as Palin's husband.

O'Reilly is upset the media has not condemned Em for the video. "Eminem is obviously on an obscene rant about Sarah Palin," O'Reilly says in Wednesday's broadcast. "Totally obscene. Totally inappropriate. Nothing good about it.

"O'Reilly feels that political analysts for Media Matters, The New York Times, Los Angeles Times and NBC should have called Eminem to task for his treatment of Palin.

"The video means nothing," O'Reilly says. "It plays before kids who are confused. But the hypocrisy and the dishonesty of the media does mean something in this country. It is out of control and is demonstrable by this."

I know that O'Reilly dishes politics, is a Palin supporter, and wants to blast other media outlets for letting Eminem's political dig slip through the cracks. It is an interesting perspective.

However, if he finds offensive and "crude" Eminem's implication that former beauty queen Palin is a sex symbol, I wonder if O'Reilly only feels that way because she is a politician?

What about the video's insensitive and mocking depictions of Amy Winehouse, Jessica Simpson, Ellen DeGeneres, Kim Kardashian and Lindsay Lohan? Are those okay?

Like it or not, "We Made You" is Eminem's typical satire. In my opinion, Tina Fey's pre-election Palin impressions on Saturday Night Live were much more damaging to Palin's image than this Eminem video. (Source: Yahoo Music)

Eminem's latest album titled Relapse is scheduled to be released on May 19th and will also be available for download here at Musikero the same day. Enjoy his latest single "We Made You".

Download it HERE.

American Idol Results: Top 3 Revealed

2009-05-07T12:00:00.003+08:00

Who's going to the semifinal after rock night on American Idol? We shall see.

Host Ryan Seacrest says 64 million votes were cast, more than any other non-final week.

In non-results news, No Doubt, Daughtry and Paula Abdul are all performing this evening. But first, after they shill for Ford, the Top 4 perform with Slash.

During the conversations before the results, Danny Gokey reveals that he originally really thought he hit that last note in "Dream On," but that watching it back, he laughed the whole time because it was so, so awful. Then Allison Iraheta talks about her talking-back moment, and the audio cuts out for a second -- did she swear? Seems like maybe.

Paula Abdul is performing on the Idol stage for the first time. By which I mean that she is dancing. There isn't any real singing going on, that is for sure. There is when No Doubt comes out to do "Just a Girl," though. Why is Gwen Stefani doing pushups? Also, she has the same problem that Jamie Foxx had last week and when she throws the mic out to the audience for a response, they ... don't.

Finally, we get some results: Ryan recounts the judges' impressions from last night without telling anyone anything for a while. Kris Allen is safe -- and shocked.

Next, Daughtry performs its newest single, and Chris Daughtry relives his surprise ouster from AI back in the day. It was terrible, but he rebounded, as you may have noticed.

Results again: Adam Lambert is safe, too. So is Danny Gokey, so that means Allison Iraheta is going home. Awww, man ... on rock week? She was amazing last night. But at least we get to relive it when she sings "Crybaby" again.

American Idol - Rock 'N Roll Week

2009-05-06T11:08:00.005+08:00

Adam Lambert, Allison Iraheta Shine On 'American Idol' Rock Night

When it gets down to the top four on "American Idol," there is no need to add any extra drama to the equation. But, just hours before Danny Gokey, Allison Iraheta, Kris Allen and Adam Lambert took the stage for Tuesday night's (April 5) rock-themed show, the program's stage manager, Debbie Williams, was rushed to the hospital after tumbling down the iconic center stairs, and the studio was evacuated when a set piece collapsed and sent glass flying everywhere.

The result? The top four didn't a get a chance for a proper run-through of their songs, but as Seacrest said at the top of the program, "The show must go on," and, frankly, they didn't sound any worse for the wear as the show added yet another twist to this unconventional season: duets. (Check out Jim Cantiello's "American Idol" live blog for a minute-by-minute take on the show.)

With guest mentor Slash, the iconic guitarist for Guns N' Roses and Velvet Revolver, in the house, the remaining quartet got their pep talks this week at legendary Los Angeles rock club the Roxy.

First up was this year's resident male rocker, Lambert, who bit off a huge chunk of rock history by choosing Led Zeppelin's "Whole Lotta Love." Promising to "kill it," Lambert took the stage in a studded black leather jacket and black jeans and his signature sneer, slinking back and forth as he unleashed a series of bluesy falsetto wails, ending with a gut-busting high note that drew a standing ovation.

"This is the Adam that I love, dude. ... Nobody's gonna ever think about Broadway or any of that stuff. You are a rock star tonight," Randy Jackson enthused about the first-ever performance of a Zeppelin song on the show. Kara DioGuardi took it a step further, saying, "You are more than a rock star, you are a rock god," suggesting he should make an album that mixes classic '70s rock with glam rock and Nine Inch Nails. "It's your lane — kill it!" she screamed.

Paula Abdul called him a "whole lotta perfect," and Simon Cowell joked that the performance was a bit understated, noting that taking on one of the best rock songs of all time could have been a disaster, but instead it was one of his favorite performances from Lambert so far and one unlikely to be topped.

Allison Iraheta, the season's other rocker, chose a song that perfectly fit what Slash called her "natural rock-and-roll mannerism and swagger": Janis Joplin's "Cry Baby." With a multi-layered, fire-engine red, 1980s hair-metal hairdo, courtesy of Lambert's stylist, Iraheta fell immediately into the pocket, tapping into the late blues belter's underlying pain and grit, serving up aching verses and then exploding with a soulful wail on the chorus.

Jackson didn't love the song choice, saying it didn't show off the 17-year-old singer's formidable range, while Kara said it was the right choice of artist, though she might have picked a different Joplin song. Noting that Iraheta has been knocked for a perceived lack of personality while performing, Kara said she saw the teen's personality shine through as Abdul called her "downright fearless" and suggested that if the long-gestating Joplin biopic ever gets made, Iraheta should be the star. Cowell said Iraheta had shown "staggering" growth over the past eight weeks and praised her confidence, while dissing her for sounding too much like the original.

Next came the first duet segment in the finals, which awkwardly paired Gokey and Allen on a cover of Styx's "Renegade." The two, whose grit-and-glass voices sounded smooth together at first, traded off lines during the verses, with Allen showing a bit more of an edge than he's previously displayed and Gokey singing over him during the choruses.

"I really like the harmonies. I think you guys complement each other greatly with that song," Randy said, noting that the individual vocals were not as strong. Kara thought it was funny that "the guys that help the little women cross the street" were singing a song called "Renegade," but she said, "The sum of the parts was better," suggesting that maybe they couldn't hear their own vocals at times, which led to some pitchiness. Paula had no such complaints, calling their duet "powerful" and "compelling," though Simon seemed unimpressed, nonchalantly saying, "Danny, you were better than Kris."

Allen got a chance to shine alone next, and, like Lambert, he went for the big score, choosing "Come Together" by the Beatles. He got to borrow one of Slash's guitars during the mentoring session, admitting he almost "peed his pants" at the chance. Strumming one of his own on the show, Allen added his blue-eyed soul to the heavy Fab Four rocker, showing a bit more attitude.

Randy appreciated that Allen was able to still be himself in a genre he isn't known for, even if the vocals weren't great, but professed to being blown away by Allen's guitar playing. Kara wasn't as convinced, saying she appreciated that the soft rocker tried to bring a harder edge but "for me, this was not a great performance. ... It was trying too hard. It wasn't the best song." Simon said bluntly, "I didn't like it that much. It was rather like eating ice for lunch, which is it will leave you with nothing to remember afterwards." Simon also called it a safe, boring "jam," which, as he predicted, did not top Lambert.

The final solo performance came from Gokey, who chose Aerosmith's legendary AM radio classic "Dream On." Known for his gospel-tinged crooning, Gokey appeared to struggle to add some grit to his voice at first but then settled into a powerful blues delivery, appearing to run out of steam for the iconic scream at the end, which sounded strained and awkward.

The judges were mixed, with Randy giving him an A-plus for effort in a genre that is not his strong suit, though Kara wondered if Gokey took previous comments about his lack of swagger too seriously and maybe pushed things a little too far this week.

Paula is still a huge fan but wasn't feeling the song choice, and Simon agreed with the other three that Gokey took some chances. "But the last note, it was like watching a horror movie," he said. "It was actually a little over-the-top, where I think with Adam it kind of worked; with you, it didn't work so much."

Despite all that, Cowell predicted that Gokey would be safe.

The show ended with the night's second duet: Iraheta and Lambert taking on Foghat's greasy 1975 rocker "Slowride." With Iraheta singing in her chesty lower register and Lambert complementing her with his high squeal (and some seriously tight striped pants), the pair looked and sounded very comfortable singing together. They each worked the audience individually but made time to lock eyes occasionally and ended the song with their faces just a few feet apart as they held a big note and shared a warm hug.

"You guys are our two seasoned rock stars," Randy enthused, saying they should do a duet on their respective albums. Kara called them a rock god and goddess and praised the pair for pushing one another to be better, while Simon declared them the unequivocal winners of the duet-off. "Completely different than the other one, and actually, Adam, you may have given this one a chance to stay in the competition because of that."

Wednesday night's results show will feature performances from "Idol" finalist Chris Daughtry, No Doubt and the debut of judge Abdul's new single, "I'm Just Here for the Music." (Source: MTV)

You can download tonight's solo and duet performances below:

Solo Performance

Adam Lambert - Whole Lotta Love
Danny Gokey - Dream On
Allison Iraheta - Cry Baby
Kris Allen - Come Together

Duets

Kris and Danny - Renegade
Adam and Allison - Slow Ride

Authographed Photos of Adam, Danny and Kris

Cash Crate - Make Money Online

2009-05-04T23:16:00.003+08:00

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Twilight - OST

2009-05-02T10:49:00.013+08:00

Studio Suits Shutting Down New Moon Romances?

OK, this is getting as old as Rob Pattinson's favorite musty underpants. Knowledgeable sources out the friggin' wazoo are coming to us claiming that Summit, the production company heralding our fabulous Twilight series, engages in heavy-handed tactics involving whom their stars may or may not date.
And Summit just won't say if it's true or not—even though I've been asking them for ages! Some sources even claim this studio edict is demanded contractually.

"[Summit]'s really strict about their stars not dating," revealed an insider with firsthand knowledge about the rules and regulations regarding being a Twilight star. "So Rob and Kristen are pretty screwed."

Uh, that's only if the two beautiful Twilight costars are actually dating, right?
Guess this gets into that über-tricky dictionary dilemma, otherwise known as define dating, right? "I can tell you this," added another source supertight with the Twi cast, "Kristen and her boyfriend [Michael Angarano] are together—even if it's just for show, they're together right now."

Angarano's mere presence, of course, is supposed to shut up all talk that Kristen and Robert might be more than just superclose castmates, right? Isn't that how you think if you're a high-powered Hollywood suit? (Lots of them do, trust me on this.)

But hey, I'm all for giving everyone the right to speak. And Summit, to date, has chosen to pass on that particular little cast etiquette rule. As I said, they have not commented one way or the other.

Why is everyone involved in this young-love scenario (both on and off camera) acting like they have something to hide?

Rob? Has the texting love partner you're not supposed to be with got your tongue? (Source: E! Online)

In the meantime, enjoy the first installment's soundtrack only here at Musikero.

Download Links:

1. Suppermassive Black Hole (Muse)

2. Decode (Paramore)

3. Full Moon (The Black Ghosts)

4. Leave Out All The Rest (Linkin Park)

5. Spotligh (Twilight Mix) (Mutemath)

6. Go All The Way (Into The Twilight) (Perry Farrell)

7. Tremble For My Beloved (Collective Soul)

8. I Caught Myself (Paramore)

9. Eyes On Fire (Blue Foundation)

10. Never Think (Ron Pattinson)

11. Flightless Bird, American Mouth (Iron And Wine)

12. Bella's Lullaby (Carter Burwell)

The American Idol Alumni Association

2009-05-02T09:47:00.005+08:00

When Kelly Clarkson sold 255,000 copies of All I Ever Wanted in the week that ended Sunday night, she lengthened her lead as the American Idol alumnus who has sold the most albums. This brings her career total to 9,836,000 albums. Still, it's probably just a matter of time until Carrie Underwood overtakes her. Underwood, the Season 4 champ, has already sold 9,408,000 albums. These two women are the only Idol alums who rank among the top 200 album sellers of the Nielsen/SoundScan era (which began in 1991). Clarkson is #187 on the list. Underwood ranks #198. In all, eight Idol contestants have sold 1 million or more albums so far in their careers. Fifteen have sold 500,000 or more.

The best-selling individual album by an Idol alum is Underwood's Some Hearts, which has sold 6,720,000 copies since its release in November 2005. It edges out Clarkson's Breakaway, which has sold 6,056,000 copies. (Oddly, neither album made #1 on The Billboard 200. Some Hearts peaked at #2. Breakaway reached #3). The rest of the top five in terms of total sales: Daughtry's Daughtry (4,401,000), Clay Aiken's Measure Of A Man (2,783,000) and Clarkson's Thankful (2,719,000).

The song with the most paid downloads by an Idol alum is "No Air," Jordin Sparks' melodramatic duet with Chris Brown, which has sold 2,874,000 digital copies. It edges out Underwood's revenge saga "Before He Cheats" (2,673,000). The rest of the top five: Clarkson's turbo-charged "Since U Been Gone" (2,063,000), Daughtry's rock ballad "It's Not Over" (1,978,000) and Sparks' gently rhythmic "Tattoo" (1,927,000).

Three Idol contestants have become Grammy winners. Underwood has amassed four Grammys, Clarkson has picked up two and Jennifer Hudson has won one. Hudson has also won an Oscar.
Four of the 15 Idol contestants who have sold the most albums competed in Season 5. They are Taylor Hicks, that season's winner; Elliot Yamin, who came in third; Chris Daughtry, who finished fourth; and Kellie Pickler, who placed sixth. Though Hicks won the competition, all three of these other finalists have outsold him. (Hicks isn't the only Idol winner who has been humbled on the charts by a singer he beat on the show. Ruben Studdard, the Season 2 winner, has been outsold by runner-up Clay Aiken.)

Here's a complete list of the 15 Idol contestants who have sold 500,000 or more albums. Each artist's name is followed by their total album sales tally, through this week.

1. Kelly Clarkson, 9,836,000. The Season 1 winner this week becomes the first Idol contestant to land two #1 albums. All I Ever Wanted was preceded by her 2003 debut, Thankful. Both albums contained #1 singles, "My Life Would Suck Without You" and "A Moment Like This," respectively. But Clarkson's best-seller is her sophomore album, Breakaway. The 2004 album spawned four top 10 hits, including "Since U Been Gone" and "Because Of You." It's the only album by an Idol contestant to feature four top 10 hits. The album also brought Clarkson two Grammys, including Best Pop Vocal Album.

2. Carrie Underwood, 9,408,000. The Season 4 winner is the only Idol contestant who has won (or even been nominated for) a Grammy as Best New Artist. Underwood has won a total of four Grammys, more than any other Idol contestant. She has also sold more albums than any other country singer in Idol history. Underwood's debut album, Some Hearts, spawned three top 20 hits: "Inside Your Heaven" (which hit #1), "Jesus, Take The Wheel" and "Before He Cheats." While Some Hearts stalled at #2, her sophomore album, Carnival Ride, opened at #1 with first-week sales of 527,000.

3. Clay Aiken, 4,896,000. The Season 2 runner-up has sold more albums than any other male singer in Idol history. Aiken has also sold more albums than any other singer who didn't win the competition. His debut album, Measure Of A Man, opened at #1 with first-week sales of 613,000. That's still the record for the biggest weekly sales tally of any Idol contestant's album. The album included two top 10 hits: the #1 "This Is The Night" and a cover of the Carpenters' hit "Solitaire." Aiken also had a million-seller with Merry Christmas With Love, the best-selling holiday album by an Idol contestant.

4. Daughtry, 4,413,000. Chris Daughtry, who finished fourth in Season 5, has sold more albums than any other rock artist in Idol history. He has also sold more than any other Idol performer who didn't make the final round, and more than any other Idol performer who went on to form a group. The band's debut album, Daughtry, is the only album by an Idol contestant to climb to #1 (as opposed to debut at #1). It first hit the top spot in its ninth week. The album spawned four top 20 hits, "It's Not Over," "Home," "Over You" and "What About Tonight." Daughtry's tally includes an EP that sold 9,000 copies.

5. Ruben Studdard, 2,487,000. The Season 2 winner has sold more albums than any other African American contestant in Idol history. He's also the only artist on this list who was born outside the U.S. He was born in Frankfurt, Germany, while his father was stationed there in the U.S. Army. Studdard's debut album, Soulful, bowed at #1 with first-week sales of 417,000 copies. It featured two top 10 hits, "Flying Without Wings" and "Sorry 2004." Studdard's sophomore album, the gospel-oriented I Need An Angel, hit #20. His third release, the R&B-focused The Return, hit #8.

6. Fantasia, 2,309,000. The Season 3 winner, Fantasia Barrino, shed her last name and became a star. She hit #8 with her debut album, Free Yourself. The album featured four Hot 100 hits, including the #1 "I Believe." Her follow-up album, Fantasia, reached #19. Like Clay Aiken (who played Sir Robin in Monty Python's Spamalot), Fantasia has made her mark on Broadway. She played Celie in The Color Purple in 2007.

7. Jordin Sparks, 1,053,000. The Season 6 winner reached #10 with her debut album, Jordin Sparks. It featured four top 20 hits, "This Is My Now," "Tattoo," "One Step At A Time" and "No Air," a duet with Chris Brown. This tally also includes an EP which has sold 49,000 copies.

8. David Cook, 1,029,000. The Season 7 winner reached #3 with his sophomore album, David Cook. It spawned a #3 hit, "The Time Of My Life," as well as a top 20 follow-up, "Light On." This tally also includes Cook's pre-Idol debut album, Analog Heart, which has sold 2,000 copies.

9. Kellie Pickler, 990,000. Pickler, who finished sixth in Season 5, reached #9 with both her debut album, Small Town Girl, and her follow-up, Kellie Pickler. Pickler is from North Carolina, a state that produced three other top-selling Idol contestants-Clay Aiken, Daughtry and Fantasia.

10. Josh Gracin, 780,000. Gracin, who finished fourth in Season 2, reached #11 with his debut album, Josh Gracin. The album spawned three chart hits, including "Nothin' To Lose," which made the top 40. Gracin's tally also includes his follow-up album, We Weren't Crazy.

11. Bo Bice, 735,000. The Season 4 runner-up reached #4 with his debut album, The Real Thing. It included the #2 hit, "Inside Your Heaven." Bice's tally also includes his follow-up album, See The Light. Bice is from Alabama, a state that has produced two Idol winners, Taylor Hicks and Ruben Studdard (though he was born in Germany, he grew up in Birmingham, Ala.).

12. Taylor Hicks, 719,000. The Season 5 winner reached #2 with his debut album, Taylor Hicks. It featured his #1 hit, "Do I Make You Proud," and a remake of the Doobie Brothers' "Takin' It To The Streets," which was a hit a few months before Hicks was born in 1976. Hicks' tally also includes The Distance, his new album, and Early Works, a collection of pre-Idol recordings.

13. Jennifer Hudson, 669,000. Hudson finished seventh in Season 3. No other Idol contestant who was voted off so early has sold 500,000 albums. Her debut album, Jennifer Hudson, reached #2 and won a Grammy for Best R&B Album. It featured her top 30 hit "Spotlight." Hudson also won an Oscar as Best Supporting Actress for Dreamgirls.

14. David Archuleta, 665,000. The Season 7 runner-up reached #2 with his debut album, David Archuleta. It featured the #2 hit "Crush," which has sold 1,642,000 downloads.

15. Elliott Yamin, 630,000. Yamin, who finished third in Season 5, reached #3 with his debut album, Elliot Yamin. It featured his top 15 hit, "Wait For You." Yamin's tally also includes two holiday titles, Sounds Of The Season and My Kind Of Holiday.

Four singers who made it to the final round on Idol have sold less than 500,000 albums to date and thus didn't make the list. Justin Guarini, the runner-up on Season 1, has sold 146,000 albums; Diana DeGarmo, the runner-up on Season 3, has sold 168,000; Katharine McPhee, the runner-up on Season 5, has sold 376,000; and Blake Lewis, the runner-up on Season 6, has sold 353,000. (Source: Yahoo Music)

American Idol - The Rat Pack Week

2009-05-01T00:51:00.012+08:00

Matt Giraud thrown off of 'American Idol'

There was no saving Matt Giraud this time on "American Idol."

The 23-year-old dueling piano player from Kalamazoo, Mich., was rescued by the show's judges two weeks ago. But on Wednesday it was revealed that he received the fewest viewer votes on the Fox singing competition -- just beneath this season's most formidable front-runner.

"I'll definitely remember being the cat with nine lives up here," Giraud said after his dismissal.

At the start of the show, host Ryan Seacrest split the finalists: Giraud and Kris Allen on one side, Danny Gokey and Allison Iraheta on the other. Seacrest then allowed seemingly unstoppable Adam Lambert to choose which group he belonged in. Lambert picked Gokey and Iraheta, but Seacrest dropped a bomb: Lambert was in the bottom three with Giraud and Allen.

"My mouth went open again," said judge Kara DioGuardi. "That's what happens with Adam."
The drama was extended after Seacrest sent Allen to safety, leaving Lambert and Giraud as the bottom two vote-getters. While the judges were split on Tuesday's "Rat Pack"-themed show over Giraud's "My Funny Valentine" rendition, they all agreed that 27-year-old theater actor Lambert's "Feeling Good" performance left them feeling, well, really good.

The Lambert alarm was all for naught, though. Giraud was sent packing.

Gokey and Iraheta, who both recently celebrated birthdays, were safe from elimination, but the 29-year-old church music director from Milwaukee and the 17-year-old high school student from Los Angeles weren't totally out of harm's way. Video was shown of them tangling in a cake-making brawl that left their kitchen a mess.

Gokey was served with the cleaning bill.

"You mean `American Idol' doesn't pay for this?" Gokey asked.

"Maybe we'll take care of it if you win," Seacrest responded.

The four remaining finalists -- Allen, Gokey, Iraheta and Lambert -- will perform rock 'n' roll songs next week, two weeks before the two-part finale. (Source: Yahoo.com)

Download Links:

Kris Allen - The Way You Look Tonight

Allison Iraheta - Someone to Watch Over Me

Matt Giraud - My Funny Valentine

Danny Gokey - Come Rain Come Shine

Adam Lambert - Feeling Good

Visit American Idol Website for more

The Fray - The Fray

2009-05-01T00:36:00.011+08:00

2009 album from the Denver-based quartet, the follow-up to their enormously successful How To Save A Life. The Fray, who exploded into worldwide success with that album, have captured the skilled songwriting that broke them and, with the help of acclaimed producers Mike Flynn and Aaron Johnson, created a set of songs sure to make them household names. The band continues their licensing success story by collaborating with ABC's hit show, Lost in a series of music video promos featuring the album's first single, 'You Found Me' for the newest season of the show. The spots also ran during the 2008 American Music Awards, where the band was a featured performer. Over the weekend of the release and performance, the Lost video had over one million views. 10 tracks. (Source: Amazon.com)

Download Links:

Track 1 - Syndicate
Track 2 - Absolute
Track 3 - You Found Me
Track 4 - Say When
Track 5 - Never Say Never
Track 6 - Where The Story Ends
Track 7 - Enough For Now
Track 8 - Ungodly Hour
Track 9 - We Build Then We Break
Track 10 - Happiness

Hannah Montana The Movie (Soundtrack)

2009-04-29T19:47:00.013+08:00

The amazing soundtrack to the feature film Hannah Montana The Movie is here and loaded with music from today's biggest artists...including 14 brand new songs by Miley Cyrus, Hannah Montana, Billy Ray Cyrus, Taylor Swift and Rascal Flatts. This soundtrack is without question the best of both worlds as it features hit tracks like "The Climb" from Miley Cyrus plus new songs from Hannah Montana. (Source: Amazon.com)

Download Links:

Track 1 You'll Always Find Your Way Back Home

Track 2 Let's Get Crazy

Track 3 The Good Life

Track 4 Everything I Want (Steve Rushton)

Track 5 Don't Walk Away

Track 6 Hoedown Throwdown

Track 7 Dream

Track 8 The Climb

Track 9 Butterfly Fly Away (Miley Cyrus and Billy Ray Cyrus)

Track 10 Backwards (Rascal Flatts)

Track 11 Back to Tennessee (Billy Ray Cyrus)

Track 12 Crazier (Taylor Swift)

Track 13 Bless the Broken Road (Rascal Flatts)

Track 14 Let's Do This

Track 15 Spotlight

Track 16 Game Over (Steve Rushton)

Track 17 What's Not To Like

Track 18 The Best of Both Worlds: 2009 Movie Mix

Thank You

2009-04-29T11:51:00.002+08:00

Thank you guys again for your overwhelming support. Do continue to download and watch out for more. Please support these artists by attending their concerts and events. If you liked their music, do buy their original CDs.

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Taylor Swift - Fearless

2009-04-27T09:27:00.004+08:00

2008 sophomore album from the young Country singer/songwriter who charmed the hearts and charts of America beginning with her debut single 'Tim McGraw'. Her triple-platinum self-titled debut release has scanned over 3.4 million units and spent more weeks at #1 than any other Country album this year: 24 weeks! Taylor is the only Country female artist to have five Top 10 singles from a debut album and the only Country female vocalist this decade to reach the Top 5 on Billboard's Hot 100 Chart. Needless to say, she's a sensation that has only just begun to show what she is capable of. 13 tracks including the single 'Love Story' and 'Change', first heard during the 2008 Summer Olympics. (Source: Amazon.com)

Download Links:

Track 1 - Fearless
Track 2 - Fifteen
Track 3 - Love Story
Track 4 - Hey Stephen
Track 5 - White Horse
Track 6 - You Belong With Me
Track 7 - Breathe
Track 8 - Tell Me Why
Track 9 - You're Not Sorry
Track 10 - The Way I Loved You
Track 11 - Forever And Always
Track 12 - The Best Day
Track 13 - Change

Artists and Albums To Look Forward To

2009-04-24T20:53:00.003+08:00

Guys, thank you so much for your overwhelming support. I still have to upload all my files so please do drop by everyday for updates. In the coming days, the following albums will be available for download here:

American Idol Season 8 Performances
Kid Rock - Rock N Roll Jesus
Adelle - 19
Beyonce - I Am Sasha Fierce
Coldplay - Viva La Vida and Death To All His Friends
Duffy - Rockferry
Estelle - Shine
Katy Perry - One Of The Boys
Lily Allen - It's Not Me, It's You
Natalie Imbruglia - The Singles 97-07
Ne-Yo - Year Of The Gentleman
Radiohead - In Rainbows
Rihanna - Good Girl Gone Bad
Sarah McLachlan - Closer: The Best of Sarah McLachlan
Taylor Swift - Fearless
The Fray - The Fray
U2 - No Line On The Horizon
Craig David - Greatest Hits
John Legend - Evolver
M.I.A. - Kala
David Archuleta - David Archuleta
David Cook - David Cook
Hannah Montana The Movie - O.S.T.
Kings Of Leon - Only By The Night
Pink - Funhouse
Shontelle - Shontelligence
T.I. - Paper Trail
Twilight -O.S.T.
Britney Spears - Circus
Flo Rida - R.O.O.T.S.
Lady GaGa - The Fame
Lil' Wayne - The Carter III
Metallica - Death Magnetic
Miley Cyrus - Breakout

Hope this excites you. If your favorite artist is not on the list, do drop me a line. You will surely get it.

Enjoy!

American Idol Season 8 - Performances

2009-04-24T18:12:00.026+08:00

Download Links of American Idol Performances

Michael Jackson Week

Adam Lambert - Black or White

Alexis Grace - Dirty Diana

Allison Iraheta - Give In To Me

Anoop Desai - Beat It

Danny Gokey - P.Y.T.

Jasmine Murray - I'll Be There

Jorge Nunez - Never Can Say Goodbye

Kris Allen - Remember The Time

Lil' Rounds - The Way You Make Me Feel

Matt Giraud - Human Nature

Megay Joy - Rockin' Robin

Michael Sarver - You Are Not Alone

Scott McIntyre - Keep The Faith

Grand Ole Opry Week

Adam Lambert - Ring of Fire

Alexis Grace - Jolene

Allison Iraheta - Blame It On Your Heart

Anoop Desai - Always On My Mind

Danny Gokey - Jesus Take The Wheel

Kris Allen - To Make You Feel My Love

Lil' Round - Independence Day

Matt Giraud - So Small

Megan Joy - Walkin' After Midnight

Michael Sarver - Ain't Goin Down

Scott McIntyre - Wild Angels

50 Years of Motown Week

Adam Lambert - The Tracks of My Tears

Allison Iraheta - Papa Was A Rolling Stone

Anoop Desai - Oh Baby Baby

Danny Gokey - Get Ready

Kris Allen - How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)

Lil' Round - (Love Is Like A) Heatwave

Matt Giraud - Let's Get It On

Megan Joy - For Once In My Life

Michael Sarver - Ain't Too Proud To Beg

Scott McIntyre - You Can't Hurry Love

Top iTunes Downloads Week

Adam Lambert - Play That Funky Music

Allison Iraheta - Don't Speak

Anoop Desai - Caught Up

Danny Gokey - What Hurts The Most

Kris Allen - Ain't No Sunshine

Lil' Round - I Surrender

Matt Giraud - You Found Me

Megan Joy - Turn Your Lights Down Low

Scott McIntyre - Just The Way You Are

The Year They Were Born Week

Adam Lambert - Mad World

Allison Iraheta - I Can't Make You Love Me

Anoop Desai - True Colors

Danny Gokey - Stand By Me

Kris Allen - All She Wants To Do Is Dance

Lil' Round - What's Love Got To Do With It

Matt Giraud - Part Time Lover

Scott McIntyre - The Search Is Over

Songs Of The Cinema Week

Adam Lambert - Born To Be Wild

Allison Iraheta - I Don't Want To Miss A Thing

Anoop Desai - Everything I Do ( I Do It For You)

Danny Gokey - Endless Love

Kris Allen - Falling Slowly

Lil' Round - The Rose

Matt Giraud - Have You Ever Really Loved A Woman

Disco Week

Adam Lambert - If I Can't Have You

Allison Iraheta - Hot Stuff

Anoop Desai - Dim All The Lights

Danny Gokey - September

Kris Allen - She Works Hard For The Money

Lil' Round - I'm Every Woman

Matt Giraud - Stayin' Alive

Enjoy!!!

Secondhand Serenade - A Twist In My Story

2009-04-21T14:27:00.002+08:00

The sophomore album titled A Twist In My Story by Secondhand Serenade was released on February 2008 on Glassnote Records.

Secondhand Serenade consists of vocalist and guitarist John Vesely.

I listened to A Twist In My Story in its entirety and I really enjoyed the album. In fact, I predict the album will not suffer from the sophomoric blues like other bands and musicians have suffered.

A Twist In My Story commences with "Like a Knife" and concludes with "Goodbye." The songs in between like "Fall For You," "Maybe," "Stranger," "Your Call," "Suppose," "Why" and "Stay Close, Don’t Go" continue to twist the story in multiple directions until that last "Goodbye."

If you are unfamiliar with Secondhand Serenade’s music, consider these options. First, I prefer not to label bands or musicians, however if you enjoy Dashboard Confessional’s music then you will definitely enjoy Secondhand Serenade. Second, if for some reason you do not like Dashboard Confessional’s music but still enjoy acoustically played music, then you should definitely listen to Secondhand Serenade.

The songs played acoustically on the album are "A Twist In My Story," "Pretend" and "Goodbye."

Therefore, if you really enjoy Dashboard Confessional’s music and/or enjoy acoustically played music, visit Secondhand Serenade's website or their MySpace page and listen to their music. You can also view live performances at these sites.

If it turns out that you really enjoy Secondhand Serenade’s music, make sure you purchase their albums Awake (which is currently available), and A Twist In My Story, which will be released on February 19, 2008 at iTunes, Napster, Rhapsody or any other store that sells their music.

If you own a video iPod, I would recommend purchasing the video "Vulnerable" from Secondhand Serenade’s debut album Awake. The video is just as entertaining as its musical counterpart.

If you do not own a video iPod but enjoy the song "Vulnerable", make sure you purchase their album at iTunes, Napster, Rhapsody or any store that sells their music. Other songs you will want to listen to on Awake are "Your Call," "Maybe," and "It’s Not Over".
Finally, I am looking forward to providing future coverage of Secondhand Serenade next time they perform in Chicago. Also, make sure you pre-order the album A Twist In My Story. Below is the album song list for A Twist In My Story. (source: blogcritics.org)

Download Links:

Track 1: Like A Knife
Track 2: Fall For You
Track 3: Maybe
Track 4: Stranger
Track 5: Your Call
Track 6: Suppose
Track 7: A Twist In My Story
Track 8: Why
Track 9: Stay Close, Don’t Go
Track 10: Pretend
Track 11: Goodbye

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2009-04-21T12:27:00.000+08:00

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