some quick music news and updates.....

Monday, February 28, 2011

Monday, February 14, 2011

NEW RADIOHEAD !!!!

Radiohead releasing new album 'The King Of Limbs' on Saturday (Feb 19)

New record is billed as a 'newspaper album'
Radiohead are releasing their new album 'The King Of Limbs' on Saturday (February 19).

The band announced the news on their official website, Radiohead.com, this morning (February 14). It is available to order online at Thekingoflimbs.com.

The record will be available as a download from Saturday, then released physically on May 9 as what the band are billing as a 'newspaper album'.

The 'newspaper album' package will contain 'The King Of Limbs' on CD, two 10-inch vinyl records and artwork sheets. Those who buy the set will also receive the album as a download on Saturday.

The album will be the band's first since 2007's 'In Rainbows', which they released as a pay-what-you-like download.

The name of the new album relates to an oak tree in Wiltshire's Savernake Forest, thought to be around 1,000 years old. The forest lies around three miles away from Tottenham House, a listed country house where Radiohead recorded part of 'In Rainbows'.

The tree is a pollarded oak, referring to an ancient technique for harvesting timber for fencing and firewood. The phrase also appears in the 23rd chapter of the Qu'ran.

Wednesday, February 9, 2011

Thursday, February 3, 2011

MTV Woodie Awards Nominations....

MTVu, the dorm version of MTV that you might have watched a lot of in college because you and your roommate agreed not to get cable, will hold their annual awards ceremony in Austin during South By Southwest’s 25th anniversary festival. They announced their nominations yesterday, with hip-hop acts taking the lead on many categories: B.o.B. and Wiz Khalifa are both up for Woodie Of The Year against LCD Soundsytem, the Black Keys, and Arcade Fire. Local Natives, Sleigh Bells, and Wavves are up for the emerging artist award. And the Left Field Woodie — given to the ‘most original’ artist — will go to either Die Antwoord, Lil B, Yelawolf, Das Racist, or Kanye West. Hopefully MTV can get one or all of the Left Field artists to show up and/or perform, because that’s definitely the category with the most potential stage antics.
The show will air live at midnight ET from Austin on March 16, during SXSW. You can catch it on MTVu, MTV, and MTV2. The noms:

Woodie of the Year – (Artist of the Year)

The Black Keys (Nonesuch/Warner Bros)
B.o.B (Atlantic)
Arcade Fire (Merge)
LCD Soundsystem (DFA/Capitol)
Wiz Khalifa (Atlantic)

The Breaking Woodie – (Best Emerging Artist)
Local Natives (Frenchkiss)
Sleigh Bells (Mom + Pop)
Dev (Universal Republic)
Wavves (Fat Possum Records)
Two Door Cinema Club (Glassnote)

Best Video Woodie – (Best Video of the Year)
Vampire Weekend “Giving Up the Gun” (XL)
Duck Sauce “Barbara Streisand” (Fool’s Gold)
Gorillaz “Stylo” (Capitol)
Chiddy Bang “Opposite of Adults” (Capitol)
The Black Keys “Tighten Up” (Nonesuch/Warner Bros)

Performing Woodie – (Best Tour)
The National (4AD)
Girl Talk (Illegal Art)
Matt & Kim (FADER Label)
Robyn (Konichiwa/Cherrytree/Interscope)
Mumford & Sons (Glassnote)

Left Field Woodie – (Most Original)
Die Antwoord (Cherrytree/Interscope)
Lil B (Amalgam Digital)
Yelawolf (Ghet-o-vision/Shady/DGC/Interscope)
Das Racist (Unsigned)
Kanye West (Island Def Jam)

Wednesday, February 2, 2011

sad news for any White Stripe fans out there....

The White Stripes split up

Jack and Meg White confirm the band has 'officially ended'

A statement posted today (February 2) on their official website, Whitestripes.com, explained that the Detroit

The statement read: "The reason is not due to artistic differences or lack of wanting to continue, nor any health issues as both Meg and Jack [White] are feeling fine and in good health."

In 2007 the band cancelled world tour dates as drummer Meg was suffering from acute anxiety.

The statement continued: "It [the split] is for a myriad of reasons, but mostly to preserve what is beautiful and special about the band and have it stay that way."

The band also left a personal message to their fans on the site. "The White Stripes do not belong to Meg and Jack anymore," they wrote. "The White Stripes belongs to you now and you can do with it whatever you want. The beauty of art and music is that it can last forever if people want it to."

They also explained that music from the band, including unreleased material, would continue to be put out by Jack White's record label, Third Man Records.

The blues-rock pair released their first, self-titled album in 1999 then made a mainstream breakthrough in 2001 with their third album, 'White Blood Cells'. Their last full album release was 2007's 'Icky Thump''Under Great White Northern Lights', last year.

Jack White currently fronts The Raconteurs and The Dead Weather, whose second album, 'Sea Of Cowards', came out last year.
duo would make "no further new recordings or perform live". and they released a live album,