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Brandy’s Back!

carly — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 16:47:37 +0000

Four years on from her successful fourth album ‘Afrodisiac’, RnB superstar Brandy is back with her fifth studio album ‘Human’. Released on December 9th, the album marks Brandy’s debut on the Epic Records label, following her split with Atlantic Records in 2005. Brandy continues to build upon her previous success (with her first four albums; ‘Brandy’ in 1994, ‘Never Say Never’ in 1998, ‘Full Moon’ in 2002 and ‘Afrodisiac’ in 2004) with this selection of ass-kicking RnB beats and soulful ballads. This lady just goes from strength to strength!

Check out Brandy’s latest two singles, ‘Right Here (Departed)’ and ‘Long Distance’, below. They’re certainly well worth a look:

Right Here (Departed)

Long Distance

Top Ten Albums of 2008

nessy — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 10:48:12 +0000

It’s that time of year again, as 2009 draws ever closer and we look back on 2008 with fond memories. It’s a time of lists, what was hot & what was not….

So to kick things off I’ve listed the albums released in 2008 which make my top ten…..

Lists are very personal so have some fun and get posting on the community…

We want to know what makes your; top ten albums, singles, gigs & events….Your favourite artists and videos, all the best and worst moments from the past year…..

My Top Ten Albums of 2008:

Kings of Leon - Only By the Night

Primal Scream - Beautiful Future

Oasis - Dig Out Your Soul

The Charlatans - You Cross My Path

CSS - Donkey

Friendly Fires - Friendly Fires

Ladyhawke - Ladyhawke

Goldfrapp - Seventh Tree

MGMT - Oracular Spectacular

Black Keys - Attack and release

Fall Out Boy Album Exclusive

nessy — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 10:20:45 +0000

Calling all fans of American pop punk band, ‘Fall Out Boy’ I’m sure you’ve all been eagerly awaiting the release of their new album, ‘Folie a Deux’ well relax as you can listen to the album in it’s entirity exclusively on their myspace page

The album, the bands fifth, has been produced by Neal Avron and Timbaland and is scheduled for release on December 16th.

Fall Out Boy have taken a slightly new direction with ‘Folie a Deux’ enlisting a number 0f some of the hottest artists including Lil Wayne, Pharrell, Panic At the Disco, Elvis Costello and Debbie Harry from Blondie to collaborate on their new songs resulting in some excellent tracks.

Track Listing:

“Disloyal Order of Water Buffaloes”
“I Don’t Care”
“She’s My Winona”
“American Suitehearts”
“Headfirst Slide into Cooperstown on a Bad Bet”
The (Shipped) Gold Standard”
“Coffee’s for Closers)”
“What a Catch, Donnie”
“27″
“Tiffany Blews”
“w.a.m.s.”
“20 Dollar Nose Bleed”
“West Coast Smoker”

Listen to it here and post your reviews on the community….

Check out the video for the leading single from the album - ‘I Don’t Care’

Robbie and Take That Together Again, Would be Magic!!

nessy — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 15:01:55 +0000

Excellent news install for all Robbie Williams and Take That fans…. I’ve just read a news article which states that the Robster will be rejoining Take That in the not too distant future!!!!! I so hope this is true, It will be great to see them all back together after all these years.

Rumour also has it that Robbie may be making a special guest appearance on the band’s ITV special - Take That Come To Town scheduled to be aired this Sunday (7th December) at 8pm.

The sexy man band will be performing a medely of their greatest hits alongside songs taken from their new album ‘The Circus’ released Monday 1st December, which looks set to be yet another number one hit for the band.

Check out the video for ‘Greatest Day’ the leading hit single taken from ‘The Circus’

World Tour! Pah! Yeah, if you say so Brit!

carly — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 15:13:56 +0000

Britney Spears has revealed that she will perform just two European dates on her supposed 2009 World Tour. The ‘Womanizer‘ star revealed on her website that she will play two dates at London’s O2 Arena on June 3rd and 4th 2009.

Hmmm, since when does a world tour include just two European dates? Especially if they’re both in London! Despite embarking on a much smaller European tour than anticipated, Britney fans are still expected to snap up the must-have tickets.

I for one will be at the front of the queue when tickets for Brit’s O2 shows go on sale on 5th December. I just hope the tickets don’t cost too much!

What do people think? Will anyone else be heading to the O2 for a night of poptastic cheese? Oh how we’ve missed you Brit!

Guns N’Roses Preview Chinese Democracy

nessy — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 15:58:24 +0000

Guns N’ Roses are previewing their highly anticipated album, ‘Chinese Democracy’ exclusively on the bands myspace page

The album, which has been fourteen years in the making, has astonishingly already attracted almost five million plays since it began streaming yesterday, Wednesday 20th November.

‘Chinese Democracy’ is scheduled for release in the US on November 23rd and in the UK on Monday 24th and is reported to have cost frontman Axl Rose $2million.

Tracklisting as follows;

‘Chinese Democracy’
‘Shackler’s Revenge’
‘Better’
‘Street Of Dreams’
‘If The World’
‘There Was A Time’
‘Catcher N’ The Rye’
‘Scraped’
‘Riad N’ The Bedouins’
‘Sorry’
‘I.R.S.’
‘Madagascar’
‘This I Love’
‘Prostitute’

Apparently Chinese Democracy will be the first installment in a trilogy of new albums which are slated for release over the next few years…..

Take a listen and let us know what you think…. was it worth the wait?

Beyoncé ‘I Am…Sasha Fierce’ Hits the Shelves

nessy — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 12:42:07 +0000

America’s leading R&B singer Beyoncé Knowles releases her third solo album ‘I Am…. Sasha Fierce’ in the UK today (Monday 17th November)

The highly anticipated album has been developed over the past year culminating in an ambitious two-disc album which is available either as a standard or deluxe edition (featuring bonus tracks).

The album has been split onto two discs to showcase Beyoncé’s differing styles with Sasha Fierce revealing her wilder sid. The album also features a number of collaborations with guest singers including some of the hottest male artists around, ‘Kanye West’, ‘Jay-Z’ and ‘Justin Timberlake’

But don’t panic if you haven’t got a copy yet as it’s being previewed in it’s entirety on Beyonce’s myspace page check it out now and shake that booty!!!!!!!

The double album features the hit singles; ‘If I Were a Boy’ and ‘Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It)’, the leading tracks respectively on Disc 1 ‘I Am…’ and Disc 2 ‘Sasha Fierce’. check out the videos below…..

Will Britney and Justin ever reunite?

carly — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 15:24:29 +0000

The Hollywood rumour mill went into overdrive last week after it was alleged that Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake would join Madonna onstage at LA’s Dodger’s Stadium on Thursday. Gossip sites were full of Brit and Justin reunion predictions and fans of the one-time couple were breathing a collective sigh of relief that after a six year break in communication, the pair were once again on speaking terms.

However,while both performers did indeed perform with the queen of pop, any predictions of the former couple performing together were wide of the mark. Britney was reportedly first to the stage and Justin is said to have joined Madonna only after Brit’s performance was over. While it’s nice to see these two pop starlets performing with Madonna, the packed audience - not to mention the selection of young Hollywood starlets in the front row - were eager to see a Britney and Justin reunion. However, it looks like those fans will have to wait a little longer.

While the show was no doubt impressive, why was there no Britney/Justin reunion? Ok, so the pair had a bitter break-up in 2002 (Britney is alleged to have cheated on Justin and JT retaliated by mocking Britney in his music video ‘Cry Me A River’) but seriously, get over it already! Britney has been married twice since - and also has two young boys - and Justin is currently embarking on his second long-term relationship since Britney so why all the childish behaviour? Seriously, Britney’s been to hell and back since her Mickey Mouse days so can’t they put this behind them already? I’m sure Britney could have done with an extra friend last year. So come on guys, put all the drama behind you and get back in the studio. Make a million teenage girls happy!

Rapper ‘Professor Green’ Debuts New EP

nessy — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 10:47:29 +0000

One of the UK’s hottest rappers, Professor Green, who was recently touring with Gym Class Heroes, is showcasing 9 new tracks from, ‘The Green EP’ (out now) exclusively on his myspace in the lead up to the release of his forthcoming album, ‘Lecture#2′

Green started rapping as an MC at 18 and has made a huge name for himself, winning over 100 battles and being titled 2nd best MC in the Power Summit 50k battle in the Bahamas as well as winning the ‘Jump Off MySpace’ battle rap tournament in July 2008.

Prof Green has also co-hosted a late night show ‘In New DJ’s We Trust’ for Radio 1 and featured on the final tracks of ‘The Twangs’ album with a remix of ‘Either Way’ featuring Mike Skinner.

Tracklisting for ‘The Green EP’

01. Don’t Let Go ft Ny
02. Intermission
03. Trunk Shit
04. Big Wide World
05. Whats Going to Become of Us
06. Hometown w/ Adele
07. Reefer Dreaming
08. Here I Come
09. Maybe ft Ed Hayes

Check out the video for ‘Either Way’ below…. TUNE!!!!

Are you ready for a Britney Spears, Paris Hilton and Lindsay Lohan sitcom?

carly — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 15:19:20 +0000

Rumours are flying around Hollywood that paparazzi favourites Lindsay Lohan, Britney Spears and Paris Hilton are in talks to star in a sitcom together.

US TV network HBO, which brought us Sex and the City, are reportedly keen to sign up the blonde trio to appear as flatmates struggling to make it big in Hollywood.

Show chiefs are said to have approached Extras star Ricky Gervais and Desperate Housewives creator Mark Cherry to pen the script, which would see the trio playing characters inspired by themselves.

This could be interesting! The trio were close friends in 2006 and were often seen out on the party scene together. However, the girls grew apart in 2007 due to their personal crisis’ - drug and alcohol addiction for Lindsay, prison for Paris and a psychiatric ward for Britney.

Nevertheless, now that Lindsay has fallen in love, Paris is sober and Britney finally has her head in the right place, the timing couldn’t be better.

If the sitcom goes ahead then it certainly would make for entertaining viewing. And who cares if it’s not real? If millions of people can sit through ‘reality’ show The Hills each and every week then I’m sure this sitcom will be a huge hit.

What do you guys think? Will you be tuning in?