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Ruben Studdard hasn't lost faith in his music career. The American Idol winner is set to release a new album on May 19th. This will be his fourth album titled, Love IS, and it will be composed of many love ballads. Studdard hopes to re-connect with the audience that voted him through to a win on the second season of the show.
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All of the songs on the new album are all-time personal favorites of Rubens, plus a few new ballads written and performed by Studdard. Love IS features covers of many classic love ballads such as Michael Jacksons “I Can’t Help you", Al Green’s “For the Good Times,” the Beatles' “The Long and Winding Road," and one of my favorites-- Extreme’s “More Than Words.” . A full-scale concert feftour, in-store appearances, and radio shows are also in the works to accompany the release of the album this Spring. Apparently, the soulful 'teddy bear ' has become somewhat of a work-a-holic while on haiatus. Sources cite he is very eager to get back in the studio to begin working on his next album!
Welcome back to the love ballad game Ruben! Do you think Studdard will make an Idol-worthy comeback? [Via billboard.com]
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Lil’ Wayne recently lost a civil lawsuit concerning a documentary film based on his life. The film gives the audience a glimpse inside the public and personal life of the controversial rapper. There are scenes offef the rapper reliving his first sexual experience as well scenes portraying his personal drug use. The film was reviewed by Wayne’s camp, and the rapper's manager made a request for the "defamatory" scenes to be removed from the film. When the film debuted at the Sundance Film Festival, the scenes were still there, and shown to the audience! Wayne and his manager filed for a request for a preliminary injunction with the Los Angeles Superior Court, but the motion was denied. Had it been granted, it would have kept QD2 (The production company) from distributing the project. QD2 stands by their statement that they have made a truly remarkable film that showcases the extraordinary talent of Lil’ Wayne. The documentary is scheduled to be released this year. My only question is… If you didn’t want this in the film, why would you have talked openly about it to reporters and an entire film crew? I guess bad publicity is still publicity, right? Just sayin'… Go here to check out the trailer for the documentary. [Via: Billboard.com]
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Have you seen the GYT ads MTV has been running lately? The GYT ad campaign is an ongoing partnership of MTV, the Kaiser Family Foundation, and the Planned Parenthood Federation of America to help young people make responsible decisions about their sexual health. In a world of LOLs, BRBs, and OMGs; GYT ( "internet speak" for Get Yourself Tested) hopes to speak to the youth in our universal language: music! Check out the latest GYT ad, featuring Asher Roth "spitting".
Learn more about the GYT partnership here.
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Today's new music:
A Camp - Colonia
Disciplines - Smoking Kills
Bob Dylan - Together Through Life
Ben Folds - Ben Folds Presents: University A Cappella!
Melody Gardot - My One And Only Thrill
Great Northern - Remind Me Where The Light Is
Halestorm - Halestorm
Heaven & Hell [Post-Ozzy Osbourne members of Black Sabbath] - The Devil You Know
Ben Lee - The Rebirth Of Venus
Method Man & Redman - Blackout 2
Mr. Doc - Beat Salad Vol. 1
So Many Dynamos - The fefLoud Wars
Check back for more new music every Tuesday!
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 Straight from the source, Here's the full Lollapalooza 2009 lineup!
Depeche Mode
Tool
The Killers
Jane’s Addiction
Beastie Boys
Kings of Leon
Lou Reed
Ben Harper and Relentless 7
Thievery Corporation
Snoop Dogg
Rise Against
Andrew Bird
TV on the Radio
Vampire Weekend
The Decemberists
Neko Case
STS9 (Sound Tribe Sector 9)
Animal Collective
Band of Horses
Of Montreal
Arctic Monkeys
Coheed and Cambria
Ben Folds
Fleet Foxes
Silversun Pickups
Kaiser Chiefs
Crystal Castles
Bon Iver
Santigold
Atmosphere
Dan Auberbach
Cold War Kids
Deerhunter
Lykke Li
Robert Earl Keen
Peter Bjorn and John
Heartless Bastards
Gomez
Glasvegas
Federico Aubele
Dan Deacon
Passion Pit
The Raveonettes
The Gaslight Anthem
The Airborne Toxic Event
White Lies
Ra Ra Riot
No Age
Asher Roth
Los Campesinos!
Bat For Lashes
Chairlift
Gang Gang Dance
The Virgins
Amazing Baby
Portugal. The Man
The Knux
Ida Maria
Delta Spirit
Friendly Fires
Manchester Orchestra
Constantines
Ezra Furman & The Harpoons
Hockefefy
Miike Snow
Alberta Cross
Hey Champ
Sam Roberts Band
The Henry Clay People
Davy Knowles and Back Door Slam
Cage the Elephant
Living Things
The Low Anthem
Blind Pilot
Langhorne Slim
Other Lives
The Builders and The Butchers
Eric Church
Joe Pug
Kevin Devine
The Green Cards
Carney
Thenewno2
The 2009 edition of Lollapalooza promises an expanded offering of dance and electronic music on a nightclub-style stage called "Perry's." Bassnectar, MSTRKRFT, Simian Mobile Disco, KiD CuDi and A-Trak are among the DJs booked to spin.
Featured performers at Perry’s include:
Bassnectar
MSTRKRFT
Simian Mobile Disco
DeadMau5
Boys Noise
KiD CuDi
Crookers
A-Trak
Hercules and Love Affair (DJ Set)
The Bloody Beetroots (DJ Set)
LA Riots
Kaskade
The Glitch Mob
Hollywood Holt
Rye Rye
He Say, She Say
Car Stereo (Wars)
Dark Wave Disco
Moneypenny
Yello Fever
Animal Collective (DJ Set)
"Early bird" discount tickets went on sale at the end of March, with a limited number of passes still available for $195. Regular priced passes are $205, and a variety of V.I.P. options are also available at lollapalooza.com.
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Here's your new music for today! Wanna stay in- the- loop with what's going on in music? Be sure to check back Every Tuesday for up-to-date album and DVD releases!
Art Brut Art Brut vs. Satan
Big Bad Voodoo Daddy How Big Can You Get?: The Music Of Cab Calloway
Big Fresh B.F.F. (Big Fresh Forever)
brakesbrakesbrakes Touchdown
Burning Human Resurrection
Depeche Mode Sounds of the Universe
Dubious Ranger Uneasy Truce At The Watering Hole
Empire Of The Sun Walking On A Dream
Katie Herzig Apple Tree
Jane's Addiction A Cabinet of Curiosities [b-sides collection]
Booker T. Jones Potato Hole
Lucuna Coil Shallow Life
Pepper Kona Gold
Pet Shop Boys Yes
Rick Ross Deeper Than Rap
Super Furry Animals Dark Days/Light Years [Digital release 16 Mar]
Tinted Windows [Smashing Pumpkins' James Iha, Cheap Trick's Bun E. Carlos, Hanson's
Taylor Hanson and Fountains Of Wayne's Adam Schlesinger] Tinted Windows
The Urgency The Urgency
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Who? Ida Maria Børli Sivertsen 'aka' Ida Maria
What She's Workin' With
Album Fortress Round My Heart - 2008
Success Overseas: Ida Maria gained considerable success in Norway in 2007 after winning two national competitions for unknown artists and playing very successful shows at the annual Norwegian music industry festival, By:Larm 2007 and 2008. Her singles "Oh My God" and "Stella" were both played regularly on Norwegian national radio stations. Ida Maria has continued to expand her success outside of her native country, namely in the United Kingdom, where she has appeared on Later... with Jools Holland, has been interviewed by The Times and has performed at Glastonbury Festival.
Fun Fact: Ida Maria is reported to have the neurological phenomenon of synesthesia which, in her case, means she envisions colors when she hears music. Hot Singles: "Oh My God", "I Like You So Much Better When You're Naked" Hype
*Ida Maria has been working the live circuit for quite some time. Along with her band, she has performed at various festivals--touring in Scandinavia, the United Kingdom, the United States, and Australia. *She was nominated in the Best Rock/Indie Artist category at the BT Digital Music Awards in 2008.
* Her hit single, “Oh My God”, is featured on this season’s promos for the popular television show, Gossip Girl .
A combination of the eccentricity of Amy Winehouse, the raw edge of the Strokes and the searing vocals of Bjork makes Ida Maria an artist we'd like to see stick around for a while. Let us know what you think. Get To Know Ida Maria:
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Dark Matter
Starring: Meryl Streep, Liu Ye, Greg Kinnear, Val Kilmer
Synopsis: A Chinese student comes to the United States to study the origins of the universe, hoping to win the Nobel Prize through his work in dark matter theory, but when campus politics get in the way, tragedy ensues.
Lost In Austen
Synopsis: An avid Jane Austen fan lives in present day New York with her boyfriend until she finds she's swapped places with Austen's fictional creation Elizabeth Bennett.
The Reader
Starring: Kate Winslet, Ralph Fiennes, David Kross, Bruno Ganz, Karoline Herfurth
Synopsis: "The Reader" opens in post-WWII Germany when teenager Michael Berg becomes ill and is helped home by Hanna, a stranger twice his age. Michael recovers from scarlet fever and seeks out Hanna to thank her. The two are quickly drawn into a passionate but secretive affair.
Michael discovers that Hanna loves being read to and their physical relationship deepens. Hanna is enthralled as Michael reads to her from "The Odyssey," "Huck Finn," and "The Lady with the Little Dog." Despite their intense bond, Hanna mysteriously disappears one day and Michael is left confused and heartbroken.
Eight years later, while Michael is a law student observing the Nazi war crime trials, he is stunned to find Hanna back in his life – this time as a defendant in the courtroom. As Hanna's past is revealed, Michael uncovers a deep secret that will impact both of their lives. "The Reader" is a haunting story about truth and reconciliation, about how one generation comes to terms with the crimes of another.
The Spirit
Starring: Samuel L. Jackson, Gabriel Macht , Scarlett Johansson, Eva Mendes
Synopsis: "The Spirit" is a classic action-adventure-romance genre-twister written for the screen and directed by Frank Miller. It is the story of a former rookie cop who returns mysteriously from the dead as the Spirit (Gabriel Macht) to fight crime from the shadows of Central City. His arch-enemy, the Octopus (Samuel L. Jackson) has a different mission: he's going to wipe out Spirit's beloved city as he pursues his own version of immortality. The Spirit tracks this cold-hearted killer from Central City's rundown warehouses, to the damp catacombs, to the windswept waterfront ... all the while facing a bevy of beautiful women who either want to seduce, love or kill our masked crusader. Surrounding him at every turn are Ellen Dolan (Sarah Paulson), the whip-smart girl-next-door; Sliken Floss (Scarlett Johansson), a punk secretary and frigid vixen; Plaster of Paris (Paz Vega), a murderous French nightclub dancer; Lorelei (Jaime King), a phantom siren; and Morgenstern (Stana Katic), a sexyfef young cop. Then of course, there's Sand Saref (Eva Mendes), the jewel thief with dangerous curves. She's the love of his life turned bad. Will he save her or will she kill him?
[via The Movie Insider]
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Here's your new music for today! Wanna stay in- the- loop with what's going on in music? Be sure to check back Every Tuesday for up-to-date album and DVD releases!
The Boy Least Likely To The Law Of The Playground
The Datsuns Headstunts
Death Cab For Cutie The Open Door [EP]
FACT FACT
Fastball Little White Lies
Grand Duchy Petits Fours
Jeniferevr Spring Tides
Ida Maria Fortress Round My Heart
Metric Fantasies
Papercuts You Can Have What You Want
Pomegranates Everybody, Come Outside!
Silversun Pickups Swoon
Yonlu A Society In Which No Tear Is Shed Inconceivably Mediocre
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Jason Aldean Wide Open
Alligators Piggy & Cups
Bat For Lashes Two Suns
The Bigger Lights Fiction Fever
The Blue Van Man Up
Doves Kingdom Of Rust
William Fitzsimmon The Sparrow And The Crow
The Hold Steady Positive Rage [Live CD/DVD]
Jadakiss The Last Kiss
Loaded Sick
Bob Mould Life And Times
Rascal Flatts Unstoppable
So Many Dynamos The Loud Wars
The Thermals Now We Can See
Sara Watkins Sara Watkins
Neil Young Fork In The Road
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 As you may remember, My World featured Lady Gaga as an up-and-coming artist to watch back in December. If you've been keeping up with pop music as of late, you'll know that Ms. Gaga is steadily proving that she's on the road to becoming a pop legend! Poker Face is the #1 song in America this week, according to the Billboard Hot 100, making Lady G the first artist in almost 10 years to have their first two singles chart at #1!
GaGa follows in the footsteps of Christina Aguilera and Mariah Carey, both artists who nabbed the top spot twice in a row with their debuts.The Lady is only the fourth female artist in the last 25 years to open with a pair of #1s!
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