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BEYONCE - Ego

May 29th, 2009

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“I am in a different place right now and I want people to see the many sides of me,” Beyonce says by way of explaining the gimmick of releasing her “I Am…Sasha Fierce” album as two separate discs. Knowles’ manager/father Mathew adds, “Beyonce was adamant–and she has complete creative control. She felt she couldn’t mix the songs together.” But that left a lot of empty space on the two CDs, so the Deluxe Edition re-release pads the original version with unreleased tracks from the same sessions (Beyonce claims to have worked on some ‘70 songs in nearly the year it took to complete). “Ego” is one such addition, amended to the “Sasha Fierce” disc.

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KINGS OF LEON - Notion

May 29th, 2009

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American rock and roll family tree Kings Of Leon continue their push to become the biggest band in the UK with “Notion”, the fourth single from “Only By The Night”, the best-selling digital album of all-time in the British Isles. A lot of that’s due to the warm, throaty growl of singer Nathan Followill, who, with brother Caleb, crafts the soaring hooks that buttress it. And also because the Followill brothers (and one cousin) took a page from U2 by shining their garagey southern rock though the prism of an arena-ready sonic gloss.

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GIUSY FERRERI - La Scala

May 29th, 2009

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Born in Palermo in 1979, Giusy Ferreri (Giuseppa Gaetana) started playing piano at the age of 14 and soon hit the local bar circuit with a blend of psychedelic rock, blues and country. Thanks to her strong voice and personality, Ferreri finished second on the first Italian edition of “X Factor”, and her “Non Ti Scordar Mai Di Me” became the most played song on commercial radio. It was later included on an EP of the same name that featured cover versions in the Italian pop tradition. “Gaetana”, her first album, has lapped Platinum six times over in her home country.

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3OH3! - Don’t Trust Me

May 29th, 2009

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Named after the 303 telephone area code of metro-Denver, US anti-gangsta hip-hop/electronica duo 3OH!3 hail from the city of Boulder, the nation’s capitol of hippies, hempwear and Hummers. The ADD-generation act likes to wrap head-rattling wordplay, skronky electronic experimentation and bowel-loosening beats into costumed skits during their energetic live shows. “Don’t Trust Me” is their first single.

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THE ALL-AMERICAN REJECTS - I Wanna

May 29th, 2009

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With their last record yielding three Top 20 hits, The All-American Rejects are one of emo’s poppiest bands. The manicured hooks on their third–”When The World Comes Down–show off AAR’s drive. The songs also show how normal these Midwestern American boys are: The melodies don’t get any fancier than the string-and-piano groove of “Fallin’ Apart”, and the lyrics don’t get any darker than “You’re never comin’ home to me/That’s the hardest thing to see”. But the sticky-sweet “I Wanna” has enough Warped Tour whine to grab kids who think the band Weezer is old.

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LINKIN PARK - New Divide

May 29th, 2009

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Less than 24 hours after its release, Linkin Park’s “New Divide” shot to No. 1 on iTunes’ Top 100 Songs, bumping “Boom Boom Pow” by Black Eyed Peas, which had been in the top spot for seven consecutive weeks. Film director Michael Bay used the Linkin Park song “What I’ve Done”–from their album “Minutes To Midnight”–in his live-action film “Transformers: The Movie”. Both parties were so pleased by the result that LP wrote “New Divide” specifically as the theme for the sequel “Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen”. (transformersmovie.com)

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MAXÏMO PARK - Wraithlike

May 29th, 2009

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Maxïmo Park worked with producer Nick Launay (Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Nick Cave) on third album “Quicken The Heart”, and he steers the band away from “Our Earthly Pleasures” slickness and toward a slightly rawer, guitar-based sound that recalls “A Certain Trigger”. Yet “Quicken” isn’t as immediately accessible as their debut–not because the band is taking experimental risks, but because too often the hooks and melodies don’t jump out as they have before. “Wraithlike”, however, is a glorious exception, crashing sirens, emphatic drums and surging, tidal riffs.

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NICKELBACK - If Today Was Your Last Day

May 29th, 2009

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Canada’ ChartAttack.com claims Nickelback’s “Chad Kroeger is a genius because he turned out an extremely racy album ["Dark Horse"] that’s loaded with songs about gettin’ drunk and doin’ it, with enough love and moral authority to grease its passage into the mainstream. Rejoice, North America. This is your world.” Kroeger and co. gives the party anthems a rest for the almost pop-country paean to carpe diem “If Today Was Your Last Day” (mega-producer Mutt Lange’s resume includes Shania Twain as well as Def Lep).

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EROS RAMAZZOTTI - Dimelo A Mi (Parla Con Me)

May 29th, 2009

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Italian superstar Eros Ramazzotti admits that his personal life includes only a few good friends, due to a suspicious personality that developed while he grew up poor. “There were no books in my parents’ home, no suggestions made how to even have a decent conversation,” he laments. “The only source of information was my father’s inappropriate photos of women.” But Dad redeemed himself by recognizing Eros’ passion for music and finding a way to purchase his son a guitar. “Dimelo A Mi (Parla Con Me)” is from the new collection “Ali E Radici”.

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KASABIAN - Underdog

May 29th, 2009

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If naming your band after the pregnant young woman who served as Charlie Manson’s getaway driver in the Tate-LaBianca murders might seem in poor taste (to be fair, Linda Kasabian did eventually turn state’s witness), consider that Kasabian is the same band that decided to name their upcoming third album “West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum”. (”It’s a tongue-twister!” remarks leader Tom Meighan.) And they’re big fans of sonic hoodlums Primal Scream, so ’nuff said. For “Underdog”, Kasabian enlisted American hip-hop producer Dan The Automator (first Gorillaz record) to goose their electronica-indie rock hybrid.

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