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Breaking: M83

Who: Ambient shoegaze-pop group M83 is the project of 28-year-old France-based musician Anthony Gonzalez. Up through 2005, Gonzalez collaborated with his pal Nicolas Fromageau, crafting spaced-out synth-powered compositions. But when the two mutually split, Gonzalez went pop, releasing last year’s excellent, slow-growing album Saturdays=Youth. That disc most recently caught the ears of the Kings of Leon and the Killers, who both asked Gonzalez (plus his backing band) to open up their string of recent U.S. arena dates. Sounds Like: M83’s tunes range from astral cinematic soundscapes to full-blown club-ready jams. On his latest record, Gonzalez ties those disparate genres together by paying tribute to 1980s pop culture, when the Thompson Twins, Talk Talk and John Hughes’ movies ruled. (That red-headed girl on cover of Saturdays=Youth? Total dead-ringer for Molly Ringwald.) Cuts like “Graveyard Girl” (about a lonely goth chick who feels like she’s too big of a loser to ever get kissed) and “Kim and Jessie” (about two best friends who may or may not have Sapphic tendencies) are warm, nostalgic odes to high-school adolescence. “I wanted to try new things,” says Gonzalez about his direction on the LP. “It was time to do something more pop and less serious. I wanted to be less dramatic than on my previous albums. My other albums are like movie soundtracks, where you had to listen from the start to the end. With this one, you can love two or three songs on the album and maybe not care for the other ones.” Vital Stats: • Before forming M83, Gonzalez used to work in the promotions department of a small, independent French record label. But he found it hard to work on music while holding down a day-job — not to mention keep up with his heavy partying habit around Paris’ club scene. “I had so much fun,” says Gonzalez. “I would see a show every night and I was partying all the time. But there were too many distractions. I was useless.” • M83 teamed up with director Eva Husson to

Publicado: 2009-01-28 Proveedor: Rolling Stone Etiquetas: Rock News, Breaking

Morning Mix: Nicole Richie Pregnant Again; Brangelina Snub Ryan Seacrest a Second Time

Best Actress nominees Anne Hathaway and Meryl Streep share a moment at the Vanity Fair after party. (Getty Images) Gallery: Oscar Fashion Headlines: Kate Winslet, Sean Penn take top acting honors | Full Oscar Coverage... Brangelina snub Ryan Seacrest yet again... Mickey Rourke delivers expletive-laced Spirit Award acceptance speech (NSFW)... Nicole Richie and Joel Madden expecting second child... Paris Hilton wins worst actress honors at Razzies... Rihanna assures fans she's "remains strong;" Kenan Thompson says Chris Brown still welcome at "SNL"... Miley Cyrus says there's nothing weird about her relationship with dad... J.Lo ad Marc Anthony's twins celebrate first birthday... Robert Wagner dishes about his Hollywood conquests... Terminally ill British reality star Jade Goody marries... Lawyer says Peter Falk's care is adequate. Pix: For 30th birthday, Jennifer Love Hewitt channels Holly Golightly (FWIW, you still don't look like Hepburn)... Madonna at the Vanity Fair Oscar party. First Lady Watch:

Publicado: 2009-02-23 Proveedor: Washington Post Etiquetas: Daily Mix

New Roger O'Donnell Video - "Tiny Pieces Of You"

When keyboard master and ex-Cure/Thompson Twins/Psychedelic Furs man Roger O'Donnell offered to write a theme to Stereogum (named "(Theme To) Stereogum"), we expected there would be lots of synths and not really any lyrics. Because how do you write lyric

Publicado: 2009-01-21 Proveedor: StereoGum Etiquetas: stereogum,indie,rock,mp3,blog

Gosselin Children Cleared To Appear On Television

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Kate's eight are free to appear on their mom's upcoming reality show. A spokesman for the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry says producers have obtained child-labor permits for Kate Gosselin's twins and sextuplets to appear with their mother on a series of TLC specials, "Kate Plus 8." Troy Thompson said Monday that the permits are good for six months, then must be renewed. Pennsylvania regulators concluded last month that permits should have been obtained

Publicado: 2010-04-26 Proveedor: Huffington Post