Patrick O'hearn & other: June 2008

Thursday 26 June 2008

Souldrop

Artist: Souldrop

   Genre(s):
Drum & Bass

Discography:

Sensor-SENSOR004 Vinyl

Year: 2006
Tracks: 2

Keynote (KEYNOTE003)

Year: 2005
Tracks: 2

Monday 23 June 2008

Los Lonely Boys

Artist: Los Lonely Boys

   Genre(s):
Rock
   Pop

Discography:

Sacred

Year: 2006
Tracks: 13

Live at the Fillmore

Year: 2005
Tracks: 12

Los Lonely Boys

Year: 2004
Tracks: 12

The Tex-Mex rock grouping los Lonely Boys herald from San Angelo, TX, and consist of three brothers, guitar player Henry Garza, bassist JoJo Garza, and drummer Ringo Garza, Jr. Their beginner, Ringo Garza, Sr., as well was a phallus of a stripe made up of his brothers, the Falcones, wHO played conjunto music around Texas in the '70s and '80s. After that radical broke up, Garza went solo, backed by his deuce-ace sons regular ahead they reached their teens. The crime syndicate resettled to Nashville in the 1990s, and bit by bit the sons emerged as a mathematical group carve up from their don. They affected back to Texas, and in 2003, their debut album, Los Lonely Boys, was recorded at Willie Nelson's Pedernales transcription studio in Austin with Nelson sitting in; the record album was issued by Or Music, and earned national attention. Epic Records picked the album up for major-label distribution in March 2004, resulting in a Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal the next year. The Boys released their uneasily anticipated soph album, Sacred, in 2006.

Midwinter

Artist: Midwinter

   Genre(s):
Metal: Gothic

Discography:

Astral Mirrors

Year: 2003
Tracks: 11

Sunday 22 June 2008

Once more with feeling: Oscar duo conquer New York

NEW YORK (Billboard) - Glen Hansard, armed with a weathered acoustic guitar and an ear-to-ear grin, walked onto the fully lit stage of Manhattan's Radio City Music Hall and addressed the 6,000 faces assembled in the cavernous space.

"Can you hear me okay?" asked the knowingly unmiced performer. The echoes of "No!" that rang from the audience didn't stop the Irish singer from launching into a spirited, unamplified rendition of "Say It To Me Now." The song grew from a modest whisper to a pleading scream that reached even the "cheap" seats.

From the outset last Monday, Hansard and his Czech-born partner Marketa Irglova, who won songwriting Oscars this year for the musical romance "Once," made a point of treating Radio City like a quaint club venue.

It was more than their charming pop melodies and quiet harmonies that helped create the intimacy. Throughout the set, the duo told endearing stories, invited friends and family members onstage for collaborations, changed the set list on a whim and led the audience in multiple sing-alongs. It may have been one of the biggest gigs (literally and figuratively) of their career, but the duo brought a palpable humility to the grandiose venue.

As expected, the set featured many songs from "Once," including crowd-favorites like "Lies," "When Your Mind's Made Up," their Oscar-winning ballad "Falling Slowly," and the audience-demanded novelty gem, "Broken Hearted Hoover Fixer Sucker Guy."

The crowd was also treated to a lesser-known standouts, among them "Gold" (which featured a return appearance by the night's opening act, Interference) and several songs by the Frames (Hansard's other musical outfit). Irglova and her sister, who flew over from the Czech Republic for the show, performed a cover of Paul Giovanni's "Gently Johnny." But the evening's biggest applause was reserved for Hansard's raw, fiery rendition of Van Morrison's "Astral Weeks."

Still, it seemed the greatest awe was felt by the performers onstage, who often remarked on the surprising good fortune that had them headlining a venue that seemed almost out-of-reach when the pair made their New York debut in 2006.

"A couple years ago, we decided to kick our ball as hard as we could, and see how far it would go," Hansard said at one point during the show. "We were hoping it would reach the end of the garden, but we watched it go . . . across the street, over the next town, into a place we'd never even heard of before.

Alabama Sue Former Drummer

Country supergroup ALABAMA are suing their former drummer for the cash they overpaid him on their 2003 farewell tour.

Bandmates Randy Owen, Jeff Cook and Teddy Gentry claim Mark Herndon, who spent 25 years as the band's drummer for hire, owes them $200,000 (GBP100,000).

Ironically, Herndon recently asked his former bandmates for a $65,000 (GBP32,500) advance on sales from a live album Alabama recorded during the 2003 farewell tour, according to the Globe.

The Alabama trio reportedly reacted to his request by suing him for the $200,000 (GBP100,000) advance he got prior to the 2003 tour.

A source close to Herndon tells the Globe that the drummer is prepared to come forward with details that will ruin the Country Music Hall of Fame band's legacy if Owen, Cook and Gentry insist on taking their lawsuit further.

The insider says, "Mark kept his mouth shut tight when they were rocked by alleged extramarital affairs... and bad business deals.

"If they go ahead with this, he's going to let them have it."

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Dropkick Murphys

Artist: Dropkick Murphys

   Genre(s):
Rock
   Rock: Punk-Rock
   Pop: Pop-Rock
   ROck: Alternative

Discography:

The Meanest Of Times

Year: 2007
Tracks: 16

The Warrior's Code

Year: 2005
Tracks: 14

Tessie [EP]

Year: 2004
Tracks: 5

Blackout

Year: 2003
Tracks: 14

Live On St.Patrick's Day

Year: 2002
Tracks: 26

Sing Loud, Sing Proud

Year: 2001
Tracks: 16

The Singles Collection

Year: 2000
Tracks: 24

The Gang's All Here

Year: 1999
Tracks: 17

The Early Years

Year: 1998
Tracks: 18

Do Or Die

Year: 1998
Tracks: 16

Boys on the Docks

Year: 1998
Tracks: 6

The hardcore punk/Celtic common people outfit Dropkick Murphys formed in south Boston in 1995; vocalist Mike McColgan, guitar player Rick Barton, and bassist Ken Casey comprised the original nucleus of the mathematical group, with a series of drummers passage through and through the lineup before the summation of Matt Kelly in 1997. After a series of EPs including Fire and Brimstone, Tattoos and Scally Caps, and Boys on the Docks, the Dropkick Murphys signed to Hellcat Records to egress their 1998 uncut Do or Die, produced by Rancid's Lars Frederiksen; McColgan exited the group before long after (he afterward went on to form the like-minded Street Dogs) and was replaced by vocalizer Al Barr for the reexamination, 1999's The Gang's All Here.

Ring Mentality, a stock split spill with the Business, appeared in mid-2000, only at the same time the band was going through and through an extensive redesign. Their five-piece organisation expanded into a septet, for Marc Orrell stepped in after original guitarist Rick Barton left the band to induce marital. James Lynch (guitar), Spicy McHaggis (bagpipes), and Ryan Foltz (mandolin) were also added to the lineup to enhance the band's growl sound. Frederiksen, world Health Organization produced the band's first deuce albums, left wing the Dropkicks to venture out on their own for their third studio cause, Sing Loud, Sing Proud. Bassist Ken Casey took over, and the album, which featured collaborations with ex-Pogue Shane MacGowan and Cock Sparrer's Colin McFaull, was issued in former 2001.

Their Irish pride shone through the following year, when Live on St. Patrick's Day from Boston, MA was released in the summer. Recorded at the biggest Irish-American solemnization of the year in a town known for its far-flung Irish heritage, the set was a caustic deterrent example of their intense and lively gigs. As the band prepped for the annual Vans Warped Tour in summer 2003, they released Blackout in June; the album featured new bagpipe player Scruffy Wallace and accordionist Tim Brennan (world Health Organization farther took over mandolin and tin whistle later Foltz left next some touring). The Murphys reworked the Boston Red Sox anthem "Tessie" on their mid-2004 EP Tessie, which after became the idea birdcall to the Sox's World Series run that year. Warrior's Code followed in 2005, and one of its songs, "I'm Shipping Up to Boston," was later used in the 2006 Martin Scorsese film The Departed. Soon after, the band recorded The Meanest of Times, a accumulation of songs just about family trueness, featuring edgar Albert Guest appearances by Spider Stacy of the Pogues and Ronnie Drew of the Dubliners, released in mid-September 2007.

Zune gets in tune with L.A.

Afrocelts

Artist: Afrocelts

   Genre(s):
New Age

Discography:

Seed

Year: 2003
Tracks: 9

The traditional music of Western Africa and Ireland is amalgamated into a seamless blend by Afro Celt Sound System. The band's exciting performances cause become a popular attraction at the WOMAD festival in Reading, England, since 1995, spell their 1996 debut album, Volume 1, cadaver one of the most successful examples of ethnical exchange. Afro Celt Sound System bring together top-ranked musicians, including traditional Irish vocalizer Iarla O'Lionard, uillean pipers Davy Spillane (Moving Hearts) and Ronan Browne, whistle player James McNally (the Pogues), Kenyan nyatiti player Ayub Ogada, and Baaba Maal bandmembers Kauwding Cissakho and Massamba Diop. Jo Bruce, the logos of British bassist/vocalist Jack Bruce (Cream), rounds out the group on keyboards and electronic computer programming. Several tracks on the band's debut album, produced by Grammy-nominated producer Simon Emmerson, featured members of Shoonglenifty on mandolin, bongos, banjo, guitar, and tinker. Released initially on the EMD/Real World label, Volume 1 was issued in the U.S. by Caroline Records. Afro Celt Sound System made their U.S. concert debut in July 1997. Their irregular album, Volume 2: Release, was in conclusion issued in 1999 by Real World. Intensity 3: Further in Time, which featured edgar Albert Guest vocals on "Life Begins Again" by Robert Plant, was released in spring 2001. Seed followed in 2003, with the accompanying Pod DVD arriving the following year. In 2005 the group establish a new house on the Narada label with Volume 5: Anatomic.

Mario Lopez - Bar Girl Claims Lopez Cheated With Her

MARIO LOPEZ cheated on ex-girlfriend KARINA SMIRNOFF with a Texan bartender, according to a new tabloid expose.

The actor split with Smirnoff earlier this month (Jun08) after an 18-month-long romance, which began when they were paired up as dance partners on TV competition Dancing with the Stars.

But San Antonio waitress Meaghan Cooper claims Lopez romanced her for 11 months behind Smirnoff's back.

The 22-year-old tells Star magazine, "He has a lot of great qualities, but he's not the most faithful person in the world.

"He told me he lived alone, but I opened up his closet and saw a row of women's shoes and said, 'Either you're a cross-dresser or a woman is living here.'

"Mario said Karina just left her stuff there and was moving out. He kept telling me he and Karina were broken up."

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Alterkicks

Artist: Alterkicks

   Genre(s):
Indie

Discography:

Do Everything I Taught You

Year: 2005
Tracks: 3

Combining melodic pop elements with the overstrung ambiance of indie rock and Brit-pop, Alterkicks were formed in 2002 by vocaliser Martin Stilwell, guitarists Mike Oates and Gareth Padfield, bassist Mark Yari-Gerrard, and drummer Oliver Hughes. The five met through and through ads posted in music shops, and they exhausted well-nigh of their first year working up material and acquisition to play as a band. In 2004, Alterkicks scored their first base major better when Zane Lowe, a disk jockey on BBC Radio One, began playing songs from their demo tape during his demonstrate. Before long the band was approached by the illustrious independent label Fierce Panda, which released Alterkicks' first base single, "Do Everything I Taught You" b/w "The Cannibal Hiking Disaster," in the spring of 2005. Enthusiastic reviews and wireless airplay caused the single to quick sell out its limited edition pressing, and Moshi Moshi Records soon stepped forrard to liberation a second single by the chemical group, "Oh Honey" b/w "Citalopram" and "Flying lizard." Steady touring followed for the band, as well as a well-received live studio session for BBC Radio Two, and Alterkicks soon became headliners at a regular club dark in Liverpool, dubbed Little Big Man. In 2006, the group signed a semipermanent recording narrow with B*Unique Recordings and released its first base single with the label, "On a Holiday"; an album, produced by Stephen Street, was ascribable in 2007.

Cameron Diaz - New Hollywood Star Names Unveiled

CAMERON DIAZ, ROBERT DOWNEY JR., HUGH JACKMAN, SHAKIRA, SIR BEN KINGSLEY and husband-and-wife team WILLIAM H. MACY and FELICITY HUFFMAN are among a glittering list of names who will be awarded stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2009.

The hot list also includes Kyra Sedgwick, Kenny 'Baby Face' Edmonds, Tim Burton, Ralph Fiennes, The Village People, John Stamos, bands Rush and The Miracles as well as Disney character Tinkerbell.

Twenty-five celebrities have been approved by a committee and will be presented with their stars provided they agree to attend a presentation ceremony within five years and hand over $25,000 (GBP12,500) to cover the cost of protecting the star.

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