Wax Tailor - In The Mood For Life (Mole Listening Pearls)

His first album “Tales of the Forgotten Melodies” drew comparisons to the likes of RJD2, Portishead and DJ Shadow, while his second “Hope & Sorrow” (80 000 sold worldwide) landed him a nomination at the prestigious Victoires de la Musiques, as well as the US Indie Awards. Wax Tailor is coming off a year which saw him tour relentlessly (over 200 concerts) and score the title track for the movie “Paris” by Cedric Klapisch as well as a few remixes (Nina Simone, ASA). He is now a well-established and respected producer.

Written in both Paris and New York City, his third album “In the Mood for Life” is an organic landscape with orchestral accents. Taking its cues from Soul, Funk, Hip-Hop or 60’s Pop Music, this is one eagerly awaited 52 minute journey. Who else than this necromancer of forgotten melodies can assemble such a wide array of influences and make them coexist with such ease? On Wax Tailor album melancholic melodies reminiscent of The Cocteau Twins strike a delicate balance with a brand of Hip-Hop seldom seen since the days of Jurassic 5. Wax Tailor also masters the art of reinventing oneself, and although his signature sound is immediately identifiable, this new album establishes a true evolution both in terms of production and song writing. Sting instruments, which were once just extras, now assume a more prominent role (Dry Your Eyes, Go Without Me). Where genres once crossed path from one track to another, they now collide within a track (This Train, Fireflies). The resulting sound is denser, more organic as well (Leave It, I Own You…) and the song writing more finely chiseled.

With the opening notes, the mood sets the stage. Wax Tailor is now a sound stager, the director of an aural movie whose urban roots meet the perfect casting. Throughout this album, he appropriates a multitude of references with a very personal touch. His music is beyond genres and defies categorization, it is a modern brand of Pop music, designed with a rigor and an expertise that betrays the love this artist puts into his craft.

Albumtrailer: In The Mood For Life

Video: In The Mood For Life (Making of)

Tourdates: In The Mood For Life Tour 2009

Punk Goes Pop Vol 2

Este album es el ultimo de la saga de Punk Goes…, que es una serie de album en los cuales se reunen diferentes bandas de rock para realizar covers de canciones del genero tematico del disco. Punk Goes Pop Vol 2 es el ultimo disco de la seria lanzado hasta el momento aunque se sabe que para el 2010 se lanzara un nuevo album llamado Punk Goes Classic Rock, aunque el nombre de las bandas que realizaran los cover o las canciones de las cuales se ara el cover aun son desconosidos. Punk Goes Pop Vol 2 es el octabo album de la serie y el segundo en hacer covers de artistas del genero pop.

Aqui les dejo el video de Toxic por A Static Lullaby, el arte del album con sutracklist y los kins de descarga.

1. Alesana- “What Goes Around…” by Justin Timberlake
2. Silverstein- “Apologize” by One Republic
3. August Burns Red- “…Baby One More Time” by Britney Spears
4. Mayday Parade- “When I Grow Up” by Pussycat Dolls
5. A Day to Remember- “Over My Head (Cable Car)” by The Fray
6. Escape the Fate- “Smooth” by Santana feat. Rob Thomas
7. There For Tomorrow- “Ice Box” by Omarion
8. Chiodos- “Flagpole Sitta” by Harvey Danger
9. Bayside- “Beautiful Girls” by Sean Kingston
10. Breathe Carolina- “See You Again” by Miley Cyrus
11. The Cab- “Disturbia” by Rihanna
12. A Static Lullaby- “Toxic” by Britney Spears
13. Four Year Strong- “Love Song” by Sara Bareilles
14. Attack Attack!- “I Kissed a Girl” by Katy Perry

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Link por ILA

X Factor judge and Girls Aloud star Cheryl Cole tops charts

Girls Aloud singer and X Factor judge Cheryl Cole has reached the number one spot in the UK pop charts with her single Fight For This Love.

It has sold over 290,000 copies so far and is the fastest-selling record this year, as well as being Cole’s first solo release.

Cole, who was dubbed the sexiest woman in the world by readers of FHM magazine in April, has toppled Alexandra Burke, who had been the winner of the X Factor in 2008, from the number one slot.

Cole had performed Fight For This Love on the X Factor when 12.7 million viewers were watching the show last week.

Other recent publicity that has helped her rise to the top was being featured on the cover of the British edition of Vogue in February.

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The mystery and power of Marilyn Monroe

 

 

Ever since  I heard that the grave next to Marilyn Monroe’s was put on sale,  I’ve been wondering what it was about her that people love so much (men and women) so naturally I had to find out.  What was so captivating that today that people are willing to spend millions to spend an eternity next to her be buried next to her?

Time and time again she appears in pop culture representing the epitome of beauty.  Many female stars attempt to capture her look or are strongly inspired by it.  Need I name some?  I’m sure you know.  Madonna, Lindsay Lohan, Megan Fox, Anna Nicole Smith, you get the picture.

She’s got at least one good song about her at least  inspired by her.  Know Elton John’s song Candle in the Wind?  It was originally written in 1973 about Marilyn.

And of course Andy Warhol painted his famous images of Marilyn Monroe.

Why?  It wasn’t just because she was beautiful and died tragically (not to mention the conspiracy theories her death spawned) at the age of 36, although that in itself might be enough to develop a cult following.  She didn’t let a hard early life stop her from becoming successful.  And seriously how many successful model, actress, singers are there? And of course she wasn’t just a dumb blonde.

What do you think about Marilyn Monroe and her influence today?

Kagehime

Fools Garden - Lemon Tree

Fool’s Garden es una banda de pop alemana formada en 1991 por Peter Freudenthaler en la voz, Volker Hinkel en la guitarra, Thomas Mangold en el bajo, Roland Röhl como tecladista y a Ralf Wochele en la batería. Debutaron en 1993 con el disco Once In A Blue Moon, dos años más tarde Fool’s Garden publico Dish of the Day, logrando éxito masivo en Europa y Asia con el sencillo “Lemon Tree“.

Demorou para colocarem olho gordo na herança de Michael Jackson

Michael Jackson saúda o público ao receber prêmio de artista do século no American Music Awards, em Los Angeles

O ex-advogado de Michael Jackson, Sydney Lanier, reivindicou aos administradores da herança do Rei do Pop US$ 3 milhões ( acho que é pouco hein) em indenização pelos danos causados a sua reputação após defender o artista, informou nesta terça-feira (20) o site “TMZ”.

Lanier assegurou que representou o cantor em vários casos, entre os quais, em um julgamento em 2005, no qual também estava envolvido Marc Schaffel, celebridade da indústria pornográfica e confidente de Michael(=O).

Ao final do processo, o cantor, segundo Lanier, se negou a pagá-lo por seus serviços e o levou aos tribunais acusando-o de fraude(O MJ nem era folgado). O advogado disse que, como consequência do processo, sua reputação foi afetada e que passou “dois anos de caro e estressante litígio”(nimguem mando ele defender o MJ).

Lanier chegou a ressaltar na documentação que preparou para os administradores da herança que lamentava a morte de Michael, porque queria que ele “se desculpasse” pelo que fez. “Devido à sua trágica morte, isso nunca aconteceu”, afirmou(O cara nem se importava com o MJ só com a própia reputação né, rsrs).

Ass: Lester

Gran Ronde

Gran Ronde es una banda de Los Ángeles, Estados Unidos formada en el año 2004 y que a pesar de ser Yankees su estilo esta entre el indie rock y el post punk al mejor estilo Británico, y a pesar de que el post punk en estos días ya este demasiado quemado nunca viene mal una banda como esta, a mi personalmente me recuerda a bandas como boy kill boy, the cinematics, apartment, y hasta un poco a the bravery y un poquito mas chiquito a the killlers, aunque según los críticos todo lo que dice post punk, y todo lo que encasillan en ese genero tiene que ser super parecido a joy division, interpol y editors(por nombrar algunos), y si tienen influencias pero solo se quedan en eso.Su unico album fue lanzado el 8 de julio en el Reino Unido y se llama “Secret Rooms”, el álbum esta compuesto de diez temas super melódicos, melancólicos, emocionantes, oscuros y por sobre todo eso, buenísimos. Espero que a ustedes también le guste.

Track List:
1. On And On 3:34
2. Fist Fight 4:21
3. Say Say Say 3:45
4. Secret Rooms 4:20
5. Set It Off 4:05
6. Gold 5:04
7. Wisdom 2:11
8. Come Together 2:57
9. The Naturalist 3:47
10. Run Me Over 4:16

GRAN RONDE – SECRET ROOMS(2009)

COMENTAR NO CUESTA NADA MAS QUE TIEMPO!!!COMENTEN!!!

New Akon Tracks!

Akon’s next album will be released in the first quarter of 2010, and is titled After Life. So far, only a few tracks have been confirmed, but of those, two have leaked.

I posted the snippet of one a few days ago, and it’s okay. The other, “No More You”, though, I really like. Has obvious inspiration from the classic “Stand By Me” by Ben E. King, with a modern touch.

Check them out.

Akon – No More You
Akon – New York City (Prod. by The Runners)

Pop Hearts

Here’s a set of Andy Warhol style pop hearts that I made inspired in part by the Pet Shop Boys Pop Art cover. 

 The first heart is fierce.

The second heart enjoys the taste of pop.

The third heart’s in pain.  It needs more pop

And the last heart’s got Madonna and Britney Spears in its eyes as it eats Michael Jackson and eyes Angelina Jolie.

Kagehime

#1735 - Franz Ferdinad Latin America Tour

Depois da rápida passagem do Franz Ferdinand por São Paulo pra tocar na The Week e no VMB 2009 os escoses marcaram para março do ano que vem algumas datas por essas banda de cá. Além do Brasil (São Paulo, Rio, Porto Alegre e Brasília) eles também tocam na Argentina (Buenos Aires), Peru (Lima), Paraguai (Assunção), Chile (Santiago), Colômbia (Bogotá) e República Dominicana (Punta Cana).

 

Os ingressos em SP e no Rio começam as vendas no dia 19 de outubro de 2009!

12 mar 2010 20:00 TBC Buenos Aires 13 mar 2010 20:00 TBC Santiago 16 mar 2010 20:00 TBC Asunción 18 mar 2010 20:00 PEPSI ON STAGE Porto Alegre 19 mar 2010 20:00 FUNDICAO PROGRESSO Rio de Janeiro 21 mar 2010 20:00 TBC Brasília 23 mar 2010 20:00 VIA FUNCHAL São Paulo 25 mar 2010 20:00 TBC Lima 27 mar 2010 20:00 TBC Bogotá 3 abr 2010 20:00 TBC Punta Cana

Os valores do ingresso em São Paulo vão de R$ 90 (meia/pista) a R$ 300 (camarote/inteira). No Rio os valores vão de R$ 70 (meia) a R$ 140 (inteira).

Minha aposta é que os ingressos em SP esgotem na primeira semana!
A banda que eu queria muito que abrisse o show do FF:

Pop music about pop

There are quite a few pop songs out there about pop, but I’m only naming some of the ones that use pop in the title that I like.

Creature Pop Culture

Prince Pop Life  Sorry this is the remix.  Couldn’t find the original. If nothing else listen to the lyrics.

M  Pop Musik  Not the greatest song ever, but gets nicely stuck in the head which is what pop music tends to do.

Then there’s the Pet Shop Boys Pop Art album.  Which is awesome.

Know anymore pop pop music songs?

Kagehime

Exiled

What can I say?  Everyone loves this song!  It’s verging on anthemic and like most good pop songs it walks the line between drunk-uncle-at-a-wedding cheesy and so unashamedly what it is with no pretense at being anything more, that you can’t help embracing it and then some.

Tried and tested; it’s guaranteed to make people dance on furniture and administer an air grab or two.

(for those of you who do not know of the term ‘air grab’, please visit the Urban Dictionary here for clarification)

Leona Lewis -Echo (Official Tracklisting)

1. Happy
2. I Got You
3. Can’t Breathe
4. Brave
5. Outta My Head
6. My Hands
7. Love Letter
8. Broken
9. Naked
10. Stop Crying Your Heart Out
11. Don’t Let Me Down
12. Alive
13. Lost Then Found feat. One Republic

Is it me or do all of the song titles sound lame. More Boo Hoo music to flood the airwaves.

Saiu novo clipe da BoA!

A cantora BoA que é considerada a Britney Coreana lançou video da música “Bump Bump” [Clique aqui para ouvir!] que tem participação do rapper Verbal.

O clipe tem uma super coreografia, uma bela produção, filmagem e direção que é acompanhado de uma música que mistura de toques de Jazz com batida super K-POP!

Pra quem não conhece e gosta de um bom estilo POP, vale a pena conferir tanto a música quanto ao clipe.

Por Riick

Shakira: La Cantante hara una Aparicion Especial en "Ugly Betty"

Fuente: EFE
Shakira tendrá una aparición especial en la cuarta temporada de la serie ‘Ugly Betty’

Shakira intervendrá en un capítulo de la serie Ugly Betty de la cadena televisiva ABC, donde se interpretará a sí misma.

Según fuentes de la cadena, la artista rodará sus escenas en Nueva York para un capítulo que tendrá como escenario las islas Bahamas y que se emitirá, posiblemente, en noviembre.

Silvio Horta, creador de la serie, afirma que la cantante y él son grandes amigos y comenta que luego de varias negociaciones, ella decidió aceptar.

En el episodio en el que intervendrá Shakira, que llevará por titulo ‘The Bahamas Triangle’, la ayuda de la artista colombiana será clave en una sesión de maquillaje para la revista ficticia de la serie llamada Mode.

La cuarta temporada de Ugly Betty, protagonizada por América Ferrera está muy pronta a estrenarse en México, esperala.