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Matchbox Twenty Pulls Out Of Wyoming Rodeo Concert Out Of Concern For AnimalsCHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) _ Matchbox Twenty has canceled a performance at a large rodeo event out of concern for the animals. Lead singer Rob Thomas confirmed that the band is pulling out of its July 18 show[...] Read more!
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Published: 2008-04-13
Provider: StarPulse
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Super Furry Animals Announce Uk TourSuper Furry Animals will head out on an extensive UK tour this autumn ahead of the release of their new album.The Welsh band will release He
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Published: 2007-07-24
Provider: Contact Music
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NEW MUSIC BURSTS FROM BAND'S BUBBLEROCK 'n' roll is a zoo, but the animals have always been free-range. At least until now. Atlanta-based punk pop band Cartel has agreed to be caged in a 40-by-40- foot Fiberglas "bubble" planted at the tip of Pier 54 on the Hudson, where they will...
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Published: 2007-05-29
Provider: New York Post
Keywords: bubble, Pugh, space, Cartel, Sanders, band, until, days, record, turn, walk, based, bunk, fans, kind, music
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Girl Talk Unleashes Pay What You Want Album “Feed the Animals” Mash-up guru Girl Talk’s new album Feed the Animals is now up for download on the Illegal Art Website. Like Radiohead’s In Rainbows, Feed the Animals will be available for whatever sum listeners deem worthy, even if they want to pay nothing. Girl Talk does have some incentives if you do choose to pay, however: $5 gets you FLAC files and a seamless mix of the album, while $10 gets you that and a physical copy of Feed when they become available. If you choose to download the album, you’re met with a series of options of why you opted not to pay, making you confront your own guilt. The album itself seems more focused and less jittery than Girl Talk’s previous album Night Ripper. Lil Wayne, Lil Jon, Avril Lavigne, Rod Stewart, Blackstreet, Procol Harum, Ace of Base, Kanye West, the Band and that song from Dawson’s Creek all get dropped in, and that’s just the first three tracks.
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Published: 2008-06-19
Provider: Rolling Stone
Keywords: Rock News
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"Hey Venus!" by Super Furry AnimalsWell before Animal Collective captivated the blogosphere with their pop subversion, another group of costume-wearing animals won over critics by running their pop hooks through a filter of artful wackiness. Super Furry Animals never pushed the mainstream away, though; after all, they even (mostly) stopped singing songs in Welsh after their early years. Their eighth album amplifies their accessibility further, focusing largely on good-natured pop with bubbly hooks and psychedelic embellishments in all the right places. After kicking off with the nutty "Gateway Song," frontman Gruff Rhys bites into "Run-Away," nailing the soaring chorus while the band raises a Spector-like ruckus. Nods to The Beach Boys continue in the effervescent harmonies on "Show Your Hand" and "The Gift That Keeps Giving." While these pretty, perfectly executed pop songs don't push the band's boundaries, it's hard to imagine a better opening sequence. Throughout, Rhys sounds like a songwriter
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Published: 2008-01-23
Provider: Artist Direct
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Photo Gallery: The Police From the Inside Our informal assessment: On top of being guitarist for the Police, a former member of the Animals and a surprisingly good writer, Andy Summers is also a pretty damned talented photographer. We caught up with Summers at New York’s Milk Gallery yesterday, where his photo exhibit “I’ll Be Watching You: Inside The Police 1980-1983″ — featuring lots of disarming black-and-white shots of the band at rest and backstage — is being displayed. When the Police reformed earlier this year for a world tour Summers brought his camera along for the ride, which may lead to a second collection. Click here to see a selection of shots from the exhibit, along with commentary from Summers himself.
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Published: 2007-10-31
Provider: Rolling Stone
Keywords: Rock News
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Jon Bon Jovi Warns: You Mess With the “Jovi,” You Get the HornsJon Bon Jovi was in a cafe in Red Bank, NJ, recently when he saw a container of Mijovi — an energy drink whose name shares four letters with the rocker’s — on display. He then called his lawyers, who sent the coffee drink’s makers a cease and desist order. Mijovi owner Marcus Carrington says the drink is named after his girlfriend, Jovita, and that it’s pronounced “mi hovi” (like mojito). Bon Jovi is also perturbed that the beverage’s can features the slogan “its-mi-life,” an incorrectly spelled take on one of the band’s recent hits, “It’s My Life,” though we didn’t hear Eric Burdon of The Animals (or anyone from Talk Talk, for that matter) complaining when Bon Jovi reused that song title. Carrington said that future cans of Mijovi will not feature that motto. We recommend “Mijovi, the energy drink that feels like a shot through the heart.”
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Published: 2007-07-20
Provider: Rolling Stone
Keywords: Rock News
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Fricke’s Picks: Everyone Sings Newman After releasing Randy Newman’s 1968 debut album, Randy Newman, to great acclaim and near-zero sales, the singer-songwriter’s label, Reprise, ran a pair of comically desperate ads in this magazine — first all but apologizing for Newman’s froggy, unsteady singing (”Once you get used to it, his voice is really something”), then offering to send readers a copy for the low, low price of nothing (”Can’t sell ‘em, so we’re giving ‘em away”). Ironically, Newman was already selling a lot of records as one of the most covered songwriters of the Sixties. On Vine Street: The Early Songs of Randy Newman (Ace) collects 26 singles and LP tracks by technically better singers and (at the time) more famous faces, including Dusty Springfield, Gene Pitney, Fats Domino, Scott Walker and even Fifties crooner Frankie Laine. Newman doesn’t sing a note here and contributes only a few arrangements. But his gently sour romanticism, the angular melancholy in his melodies and the Louisiana-boogie roll of his piano figures bloom in these voices and productions: the mod vaudeville of “Simon Smith and the Amazing Dancing Bear” by ex-Animal Alan Price; the Beau Brummels‘ authentic Southern longing in “Old Kentucky Home”; the torrid hurt in “Love Is Blind,” recorded by Erma Franklin (Aretha’s younger sister) in 1963, when Newman was just 20. The kitsch overfloweth in the Tokens‘ 1965 single of “Just One Smile” (there are better versions by Pitney and Blood, Sweat and Tears), and Eric Burdon should have cut “Mama Told Me Not to Come” with a real band of Animals, not the floppy, falsely billed session cats on this ‘67 take. On Vine includes “So Long Dad,” from Harry Nilsson’s fine full-length salute, Nilsson Sings Newman, released in 1970 — the same year Newman made his classic second LP, 12 Songs, finally proving no
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Published: 2008-05-21
Provider: Rolling Stone
Keywords: Rock News, Fricke's Picks
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