’Spotlight’ (Arista): B+
On the bounceworthy lead single off her forthcoming debut album, “American Idol” loser/Oscar winner Hudson questions whether she’s captivated by her overprotective lover or simply held captive. The beat sounds like a cross between Alicia Keys’ “No One” and about 10 other songs co-writer Ne-Yo and production team Stargate have created in tandem, upping the radio-ready factor but lending “Spotlight” a been-there-done-that feeling. Still, Hudson makes the track her own by delivering it with believable angst and the kind of powerhouse singing that catapulted her from cruise ship performer to “Idol” finalist and bona fide “Dreamgirl.”
Tuesday, 1 July 2008
Rahsaan Patterson
Artist: Rahsaan Patterson
Genre(s):
Retro
Discography:
Rahsaan Patterson
Year: 1997
Tracks: 14
Love In Stereo
Year:
Tracks: 12
After Hours
Year:
Tracks: 11
Soul singer and ballad maker Rahsaan Patterson is another in the job of new-school R&B singers (Maxwell, Erykah Badu) with a morsel more than integrity than most of the chart-toppers during the 1990s. After tattle in church from the age of six-spot, Patterson moved with his crime syndicate from New York to California to sensation in the children's point KIDS Incorporated. He later affected back to the East Coast, resuming his career with small TV roles and assorted commercials, just returned to Los Angeles in the early '90s to record demos and contribute backing vocals to albums by Martika and Brandy, among others. Patterson proved himself a more than than competent songster as substantially, writing hits like Tevin Campbell's "Back to the World" and Brandy's "Baby." Those successes last earned him a recording narrow with MCA, which issued his self-titled debut record album in early 1997. Love in Stereo followed deuce age by and by. After a foramen from the performace spotlight, he released After Hours in August of 2005.
Duffy - Duffy Claims Song Of The Year Prize At Mojo Awards
Duffy's smash hit Mercy has been named song of the year in the Mojo Honours List 2008.
The Welsh singer's number one single was called a "timeless song" by the magazine's editor-in-chief Phil Alexander at last night's ceremony at The Brewery in London.
"It could really have come from any period in time over the last 50 years," he added.
However, the Rockferry star - real name Aimee Ann Duffy - lost out in the other two categories in which she was nominated, with Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds taking the best album prize for Dig Lazarus Dig!!! while Arctic Monkey Alex Turner's side project, the Last Shadow Puppets, were named best breakthrough act.
Alexander paid tribute to the Specials, who entered the Mojo Hall of Fame, as a band who "stood for something in terms of what they had to say", while he described icon award winners the Sex Pistols as "punk's standard bearers".
"The Sex Pistols truly redefined modern music in the space of one solitary album," he explained.
"They influenced every aspect of popular culture from fashion to the media, film and literature and on to the music industry itself."
Other winners in the reader-voted categories included Led Zeppelin for best live act and the Juno soundtrack for best compliation, while Genesis, Mark E Smith and Neil Diamond were all honoured with merit awards.
The winners are as follows:The Mojo song of the year
LCD Soundsystem: All My Friends
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds: Dig!!! Lazarus, Dig!!!
Last Shadow Puppets: The Age of the Understatement
Richard Hawley: Tonight the Streets Are Ours’
Duffy: MercyThe Mojo best album sponsored by Ford TransitNick Cave and The Bad Seed: Dig!!! Lazarus, Dig!!!
Arctic Monkeys: Favourite Worst Nightmare
Radiohead: In Rainbows
Duffy: Rockferry
Robert Plant and Alison Krauss: Raising Sand
The Mojo compilation of the year
Theme Time Radio Hour With Your Host Bob Dylan (Ace)
The Very Best of Ethiopiques: Hypnotic Grooves from the Legendary Series (Buda/Manteca)
Cries From The Midnight Circus: The Ladbroke Grove Scene 1968 – 1971 (Sanctuary/Universal)
Control OST (Warner)
Juno OST (Warner)The Mojo best live act
Arctic Monkeys
Rufus Wainwright
Seasick Steve
Led Zeppelin
Neil Young
The Mojo breakthrough act sponsored by Electronic Arts (EA)
Duffy
Foals
Pete Molinari
Last Shadow Puppets
Bon Iver
Merit awards bestowed by the magazine below:The Mojo catalogue release of the year sponsored by HMVPillows & Prayers: Cherry Red Records 1981-1984The Mojo classic album awardMy Bloody Valentine: LovelessThe Mojo inspiration award sponsored by HMVJohn FogertyThe Mojo heroMotorheadThe Mojo songwriter awardNeil DiamondThe Mojo icon award sponsored by EMI Music Catalogue MarketingSex PistolsThe Mojo lifetime achievement awardGenesisThe Mojo hall of fame sponsored by Universal MusicSpecialsThe Mojo Les Paul award sponsored by GibsonJohn MartynThe Mojo medalStiff Records' Dave RobinsonThe Mojo maverickMark E SmithThe Mojo outstanding contribution to music sponsored by Cavern ClubPaul Weller
17/06/2008 08:54:16
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Andreas Kremer vs. Thomas Schmidl
Artist: Andreas Kremer vs. Thomas Schmidl
Genre(s):
Other
Discography:
The Terrorists Survival Kit Vi
Year: 2003
Tracks: 4
Pete Doherty Rocks Glastonbury Sans Babyshambles
Diddy Hard at Work on Most Exciting Film of All Time
Photo: Getty Images
Diddy to Play Several Action Heroes: To follow his appearance in ABC's TV movie and Broadway version of A Raisin in the Sun, Renaissance man Sean "Diddy" Combs is developing a movie he describes as, "A modern action, almost a more realistic, black Bruce Willis/Bourne Identity/Quentin Tarantino." [Reuters via Playlist]
Radiohead Not Worth the Exercise, Say French: An ecofriendly concert promotion for a Radiohead show in France went bust when fans — who would only have had to ride to the Paris offices of XL Records on a bicycle to score tickets — failed to materialize, leaving 35 passes unclaimed. [Sun U.K.]
Kellz Up to His Old Tricks Again: An employee of the recently acquitted R. Kelly has been accused of threatening to kill a state witness in his child-pornography trial. Additionally, Kelly is working on a gospel album. [E!, MTV]
New Hulk Not As Smashy As Hoped: Marvel Studios' David Maisel may be publicly thrilled with the box office for the rebooted Incredible Hulk franchise ($55 million on opening weekend), but it actually performed worse than Ang Lee's "failed" 2003 version, which pulled in $7 million more in its first three days of release. [Playlist]
Academy Sorry for Making You Sit Through Three Songs From Enchanted: The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has amended its rules so that only two songs from any given film can be nominated in the Oscars' "Best Original Song" category, which is terrible news for Dreamgirls 2. [Variety]
Diddy to Play Several Action Heroes: To follow his appearance in ABC's TV movie and Broadway version of A Raisin in the Sun, Renaissance man Sean "Diddy" Combs is developing a movie he describes as, "A modern action, almost a more realistic, black Bruce Willis/Bourne Identity/Quentin Tarantino." [Reuters via Playlist]
Radiohead Not Worth the Exercise, Say French: An ecofriendly concert promotion for a Radiohead show in France went bust when fans — who would only have had to ride to the Paris offices of XL Records on a bicycle to score tickets — failed to materialize, leaving 35 passes unclaimed. [Sun U.K.]
Kellz Up to His Old Tricks Again: An employee of the recently acquitted R. Kelly has been accused of threatening to kill a state witness in his child-pornography trial. Additionally, Kelly is working on a gospel album. [E!, MTV]
New Hulk Not As Smashy As Hoped: Marvel Studios' David Maisel may be publicly thrilled with the box office for the rebooted Incredible Hulk franchise ($55 million on opening weekend), but it actually performed worse than Ang Lee's "failed" 2003 version, which pulled in $7 million more in its first three days of release. [Playlist]
Academy Sorry for Making You Sit Through Three Songs From Enchanted: The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has amended its rules so that only two songs from any given film can be nominated in the Oscars' "Best Original Song" category, which is terrible news for Dreamgirls 2. [Variety]
Tectonic
Artist: Tectonic
Genre(s):
Rock
Discography:
Moving Ninja Formations-TEC010 Vinyl
Year: 2007
Tracks: 4
Cash's parents' home for sale on eBay
Eridu Arcane
Artist: Eridu Arcane
Genre(s):
Gothic
Discography:
The dying of an ageless day
Year: 2002
Tracks: 9
Groupa
Mood and Burns
Artist: Mood and Burns
Genre(s):
Drum & Bass
Discography:
Infected (INF001)
Year: 2005
Tracks: 2
Ivan Sokolovsky
Zombie Nation
Artist: Zombie Nation
Genre(s):
Electronic
Rock
New Age
Techno
Dance
Discography:
Black Toys
Year: 2006
Tracks: 12
Absorber CD2
Year: 2003
Tracks: 6
Absorber CD1
Year: 2003
Tracks: 13
Absorber
Year: 2003
Tracks: 14
Leichenschmaus
Year: 2001
Tracks: 11
Kernkraft 400
Year: 2000
Tracks: 3
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Leichenschmaus [UK-Import]
Year: 1999
Tracks: 11
The orphic terpsichore outfit Zombie Nation is comprised of a couple of DJs, wHO go by the aliases of Splank and Mooner, both of whom hail from Munich. The duo showtime sign-language to DJ Hell's label, International Deejay Gigolo, before moving on to Ministry of Sound's Data pronounce. Zombie Nation issued the track "Kernkraft four hundred" several multiplication as a remix during 1999 and 2000. By 2000, Mooner was done for and Splank was exploitation his birth constitute, Florian Senfter. Senfter released the "Rake Angels" track under the John Starlight pseudonym in 2001 so returned to go as Zombie Nation in 2003 with the album Absorber. More John Starlight singles were released thouroughout 2004 and 2005, so in 2006 the Zombie Nation album Black Toys appearead along with the successful single "Booster shot".
Hefner suffers back pains from 'bed rustling'
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