When Mobile burst onto the scene in 2006, they were quickly lumped in with other '80s rock revivalists and were tagged "The Killers of the north." With catchy top radio hits like "Montreal Calling" and "Out Of My Head," the band quickly gained national popularity.
http://www.chartattack.com/features/63039/mobile-travel-a-dark-path-on-tales-from-the-city
NEW YORK----Shopping at Macy’s at Christmas is an experience steeped in tradition. The home of beloved holiday events across the country, Macy’s will be celebrating the season with such favorites as Macy’s Santaland®, animated holiday windows, tree lightings, fireworks and parades.
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/081121/20081121005720.html?.v=1
The Bong Show Brightblack Morning Light at the Beachland Tavern, Thursday, Nov. 20 The singer's name is Naybob Shineywater. The album was recorded "with four solar panels in New Mexico." And the lyrics promise, "A high time is on the rise." Welcome to the world of Brightblack Morning Light, freak-folk's ambassadors of "just chill, man." On Motion to Rejoin, its second CD of stonewashed hippie ...
http://www.freetimes.com/stories/15/81/your-concert-picks-for-a-frigid-week
There has been a flurry of activity in the UK lately for Violens, a band based in New York but originally from Miami. They have just released a four-track self-titled EP through Deadly People and last week played two gigs at small venues in London.
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/larry-ryan--caught-in-the-net-1027857.html
In 2005, Maria Taylor received national attention when songs from her first solo album, 11:11 , were featured on Grey’s Anatomy. Of course, longtime fans of her music weren’t surprised in the slightest. Over the years she’s become known for her layered songwriting and meltingly beautiful vocals in bands such as Little Red Rocket, Azure Ray and Now It’s Overhead. Following the success of ...
http://laist.com/2008/11/20/maria_taylor.php
Shawn Black's demeanor doesn't give away his age. He spends his free time coasting on a skateboard and writing rap lyrics for his hip-hop group. His T-shirts and skate shoes camouflage his graying goatee.
http://www.magicvalley.com/articles/2008/11/18/features/monday/148814.txt
FAYETTEVILLE — Less is so much more, at least in the cleverly rendered tale of a London barber gone mad. (Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Northwest Edition)
http://www.nwanews.com/adg/News/243997/
It’s not unusual for struggling musicians to seek out members of established bands for advice. For Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson, though, things never seem to happen in the usual way.
http://www.nypress.com/article-18689-miles-to-go.html
T-Pain Thr33 Ringz (Nappy Boy/Konvict/Jive) There's more to T-Pain than his ubiquitous Auto-Tune program. For starters, there are plenty of R&B hooks, famous friends and self-deprecating slams on his third album of space-age love songs. But yeah, mostly it's about his Auto-Tuned warble coming on to the shawties in the club and the strippers on the pole. On "Chopped N Skrewed," T-Pain and ...
http://www.freetimes.com/stories/15/81/this-weeks-new-releases-reviewed
SingStar, anyone? Judging by more than 15 million sales and more than 2.2 million song downloads , the answer is yes.
http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=309023
In explaining just how informal marriages were in Renaissance Italy, the scholars Silvana Seidel Menchi and Diego Quaglioni explained, “People got married in stables or in a tavern, in the kitchen or in the vegetable garden, in the pasture or in the attic, in a wood or in a blacksmith’s shop, under the portico of one’s house or near the public fountain.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/16/arts/16weekeaheada.html
Oh dear. Damon Albarn is at it again. Just when you thought that maybe a nouveau Chinese opera was as far as his fervent and fertile imagination might wander—Albarn has now gone and convinced New York’s rather dignified Lincoln Center to stage something called the Honest Jon’s Revue.
http://www.filter-mag.com/index.php?id=17861&c=2
"On behalf of the streets, I just can't be ignored.." Real talk. Today's intro line is from Young Jeezy, and it's something that just fits me, nah'mean? People just can't seem to ignore me, no matter how hard they may try to say otherwise. Welcome back to The HIPE, ladies and gentlemen.
http://www.lordsofpain.net/news/2008_/1226848281.php
