I came across Enter Shikari on Maden NFL 08. It was an accidental encounter relating one of their tracks, but I instantly loved their music. While some may think the rock/electronics clash, I think it's a rather distinctive sound. The "rock" side delivers crushing guitars, while the keyboards give a great melodic undertone. I like their heavy guitars and drums that go nicely into harmonious and catchy choruses. I enjoy most of their tracks on their previous two CDs. This band isn't for everyone but they're a favorite of mine.
Enter Shikari will be releasing their third studio album “A Flash Flood of Colour” on January 16, 2012 via Ambush Reality, Hopeless. The new album will contain the following tracks:
The Maccabees have got to be one of the most underestimated bands of all time. I think 2009 was a great year for them. Their sophomore album was brilliantly written and proved their maturity as a band. I think they may be one of those "fine wine" bands- getting better and better with each successive release. As their debut album stays a favorite of mine, it was always going to be hard to follow but Wall of Arms does it for me. It's an appeal to say "all of them!" but most terrific have to be "Love you Better" and "No Kind Words". But, what makes The Maccabees such a great band is their talent to perform live- I have seen them several times and each time I have been blown away so if you ever get the chance to catch them live- do it! It's an unforgettable experience.
The Maccabees will be releasing their third studio album “Given to the Wild” on January 09, 2012 via Fiction. The CD contains thirteen tracks as listed below:
Tyler Bates composed the complete music for score for Chris Gorak’s upcoming Sci Fi film “The Darkest Hour”. The soundtrack CD was released on December 13, 2011 twelve days ahead of movie release date December 25, 2011 (US).
Complete Soundtrack
1. I Like That (Richard Vission and Static Revenger feat. Luciana)
After their gigantic sophomore, The Fray comes back three years later with their third studio album Scars & Stories, produced by Brendan O'Brien. The album contains twelve tracks and all of them were written by the band members. The first single off of the album “Heartbeat” was release in October. An up-tempo song inspired by their real life experiences. This song brings life back into the music industry. The Fray’s soothing guitar rhythms along with their stylish blend of rock and alternative it sure to make an impression. The lead singer’s voice no longer sounds like David Gray or John Mayer knockoff; he's really found his range this time around.
Live The Fray "Heartbeat"
Scars and Stories is scheduled for release on February 07, 2012 through Epic.
Hugo is an upcoming adventure film based on the bestselling book “The Invention of Hugo Cabret” by Brian Selznick. The complete score to Hugo was composed by well-known composer Howard Shore, who also composed score for The Twilight Saga: Eclipse. Soundtrack to Hugo is scheduled for release on November 22, 2011, one day ahead of the movie release date.
Complete soundtrack:
1. The Thief
2. The Chase
3. The Clocks
4. Snowfall
5. Hugo’s Father
6. Ashes
7. The Station Inspector
8. Bookstore
9. The Movies
10. The Message
11. The Armoire
12. Purpose
13. The Plan
14. Trains
15. Papa Georges Made Movies
16. The Invention Of Dreams
17. A Ghost In The Station
18. A Train Arrives In The Station
19. The Magician
20. Coeur Volant, Zaz (Elizabeth Conoir, Isabelle Geffroy, Howard Shore)
Rihanna has premiered her second single “You Da One”, from her upcoming fourth studio album “Talk That Talk” slated for release on November 21, 2011.
Rihanna You Da One Complete Lyrics
You the one that I dream about all day
You the one that I think about always
You Are The One So I Make Sure I Behave!
My love is your love, your love is my love
Baby, I love you,
I need you here
Give me all the time
Baby we meant to be
You got me, smiling all the time
Cause you know how to give me that
You know how to pull me back
When I go runnin, runnin
Tryin' to get away from loving ya
You know how to love me hard
I won't lie, I'm falling hard
Yep, I'm falling for ya but there's nothin wrong with that
You the one that I dream about all day
You the one that I think about always
You Are The One So I Make Sure I Behave!
My love is your love, your love is my love
You the one that I dream about all day
You the one that I think about always
You Are The One So I Make Sure I Behave!
My love is your love, your love is mine
Baby come,
tear me now,
hold me now
Make me come alive
You got the sweetest touch
I'm so happy,
you came in my life
Cause you know how to give me that
You know how to pull me back
When I go runnin, runnin
Tryin' to get away from loving ya
You know how to love me hard
I won't lie, I'm falling hard
Yep, I'm falling for ya but there's nothin wrong with that
You the one that I dream about all day
You the one that I think about always
You Are The One So I Make Sure I Behave!
My love is your love, your love is my love
You the one that I dream about all day
You the one that I think about always
You Are The One So I Make Sure I Behave!
My love is your love, your love is mine
And Yes I'm kinda crazy,
That's what happens baby,
When you put it down
You should've give it to me
Good like that,
Should've hit it like that,
Had me yellin' like that
Didn't know you would've
had me coming back
You the one that I'm feeling
You the one that i'm loving
Ain't no other, that's like you
No there's just one, one, one
No baby just one, one
I bet you wanna know
You the one that I dream about all day
You the one that I think about always
You Are The One So I Make Sure I Behave!
My love is your love, your love is my love
You the one that I dream about all day
You the one that I think about always
You Are The One So I Make Sure I Behave!
My love is your love, your love is mine
Two years after release of her "Revolution," she looks like she still playing into her tough chick picture. At least that's what the album cover with Miranda leaving from a fiery car suggests. And in no doubt hits like "Fastest Girl in Town," "Look At Miss Ohio" and "Mama's Broken Heart" carry on to treat us with chronicles of her disobedience and manner. But she is not happy just stereotype herself. Somewhat, on album number 4, fittingly entitled "Four the Record," she covers a wide range of topics from cross dressing politicians to death of a loved one. If there is ever a country album that is spicy with small town chats this is it. Further, after she has passed up from the hard edged rock bite. This time round the CD has a more organic music that is more rootsy in its ballads while the barnburners have a more bluesy dance to them. Part of the genius of creating such a fascinating album is that she only constrained herself to writing or co-writing six songs, with the majority coming from Pistol Annie's Angaleena Presley, Lady Antebellum's Charles Kelley, Brandi Carlile, Gillian Welch and Alison Moorer and other Nashville greats such as Luke Laird, Ashley Moore and hubby Blake Shelton.
Here is the complete deluxe edition track list, which includes the song Hurts To Think:
1. "All Kinds of Kinds" by Don Henry, Phillip Coleman (track lenght 4:26)
2. "Fine Tune" by Natalie Hemby, Luke Laird (4:39)
3. "Fastest Girl in Town" by Miranda Lambert, Angaleena Presley (3:20)
4. "Safe" by Lambert (4:46)
5. "Mama's Broken Heart" by Kacey Musgraves, Shane McAnally, Brandy Clark (2:59)
6. "Dear Diamond" by Lambert (3:49)
7. "Same Old You" by Brandi Carlile (3:05)
8. "Baggage Claim" by Lambert, Hemby, Laird (3:18)
9. "Easy Living" by Lambert, Scotty Wray (2:45)
10. "Over You" by Lambert, Blake Shelton (4:15)
11. "Look at Miss Ohio" by David Rawlings, Gillian Welch (4:18)
12. "Better in the Long Run" (with Blake Shelton) by Ashley Monroe, Charles Kelley,
Gordie Sampson (3:34)
Carole King has returned to the music scene with a new album “A Holiday Carole”. This is her seventieth studio album and first on in 10 years time. The first single off of the album titled "Everyday Will Be Like a Holiday" was released as a digital download. The album contains twelve songs and it’s scheduled for release on November 01, 2011.
She has had long absences in the past from recording. Hardly ever though does any artist hope to make a come back to the music scene after a ten-year break with a new set of recordings as strong and creative as the material found on "A Holiday Carole”.
Complete track listing
1."My Favorite Things" (Oscar Hammerstein II and Richard Rodgers)
2."Carol of the Bells" (Mykola Leontovych)
3."Sleigh Ride" (Leroy Anderson and Mitchell Paris)
4."Christmas Paradise" (Louise Goffin, George Noriega and Jodi Marr)
5."Every Day Will Be Like a Holiday" (William Bell and Booker T. Jones)
6."Chanukah Prayer" (Traditional, Arrangement by Louise Goffin and Lee Curreri)
7."Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" (Ralph Blane and Hugh Martin)
8."I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm" (Irving Berlin)
9."Christmas in the Air" (Louise Goffin and Jodi Marr)
10."Do You Hear What I Hear" (Gloria Shayne and Noel Regney)
11."This Christmas" (Donny Hathaway and Nadine McKinnor)
12."New Year's Day" (Louise Goffin and Guy Chambers)
British dance rock group Enter Shikari is back with their third studio album titled “A Flash Flood of Colour”, which is scheduled to be released on January 9, 2012 via Ambush Reality. A Flash Flood of Colour contains eleven tracks and the first promotional single titled Sssnakepit was released in September as digital download. The single peaked at number 01 on the UK Rock Chart.
It looks like most people accidentally encounter this band, as did I. The key to their success is melody. Their music is full of stunning melodies covered in rock/electronica sounds. I think it's a quite distinctive sound. The keyboards offer a nice melodic feeling while the "rock" side offers crushing guitars. I like their heavy guitars and drums that move nicely into melodic and catchy choruses. I personally enjoy most of their songs, and this band isn’t for every one but they're a favorite of mine.
Star Wars: The Old Republic (SWTOR) is a forthcoming MMORPG video game based in the Star Wars universe. It is currently in development by BioWare Austin and will publish by Electronic Arts / LucasArts for Microsoft Windows. The game is scheduled for release on December 20, 2011.
SWTOR sets three hundred years following the actions in Knights of the Old Republic and the game will place gamers on either side of a huge combat among the Republic and the Empire. In SWTOR, gamers will discover an age thousands of years prior to the rise of Darth Vader when conflict among the Old Republic and the Sith Empire splits the galaxy. Gamers can select to play as Jedi, Sith, or a range of other classic Star Wars characters, defining their individual tale and deciding their trail down the light or dark side of the Force. Along the way, gamers will assist brave friends who will brawl at their side or perhaps let down them, based on the gamers’ actions. Gamers can also select to unite with friends to clash rivals and conquer unbelievable challenges.
Star Wars: The Old Republic (SWTOR) System requirements
Processor: AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4000 or better / Intel Core 2 Duo Processor 2.0 Ghz or better
Memory: At least 1.5 GB RAM for XP / 2 GB or better for Windows Vista/7
Graphics: ATI XT1800 or better / NVIDIA 7800 or better / Intel 4100 or better. 256 MB minimum video RAM, shader 3.0 or better fully compatible graphics card.
Walt Disney Records has announced that they will be releasing the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack to its upcoming movie The Muppets on November 22, 2011, one day ahead of the film release date. The soundtrack contains 15 songs and three of them are classic Muppets songs which are "Mahna Mahna", "Rainbow Connection" and "The Muppet Show Theme" (featuring guest vocalist Joanna Newsom).
Martina McBride is normally regarded as being one of the top artists of any genre at present. Her upcoming eleventh studio album titled “ELEVEN” is scheduled for release on October 11, 2011 through Republic Nashville records. The standard edition of the CD contains eleven tracks while the deluxe edition contains four additional bonus tracks as well as three music videos.
She has been a veteran RCA recording singer since early 90s, and she is the 4-time successor of the popular CMA Female singer of the Year award. With Martina’s signature style, a lively voice range and high-pitched voice, she attaches directly to the heart of her listeners. She usually records up-tempo and romance music. However, there is a grown side to her, where she tackles public awareness matters in her country classic "Independence Day," about family matters, where "Concrete Angel" and "Broken Wing" tackle child and emotional violence, as well.
Paramount Home Entertainment is teamed up with Dreamworks to release the second installment of their highly successful CGI animated movie series “Kung Fu Panda” (KFP) on DVD, Blu-ray and Digital Copy on December 13, 2011.
The original cast including the Po (voiced by Jack Black), Po’s dad Mr. Ping, the Furious Five and Master Shifu are returned in this sequel. Kungful Panda 2 takes place some time after the original movie where Po and his friends are required to face a new menace, Shen who has returned with a powerful armament to take over the village and to destroy Kung-fu. It is established in the original film that Po’s dad is a goose (Ping). He can’t be a dad of Po. The movie reveals his ancestry further. He is a dragon master, but Po is told by Master Shi fu to discover inner peace. In order to discover the inner peace he requires to beat Shen, first Po have to discover the secret of his history, a history that he only visualizes in flash of recurring memory that Shen's return has awakened in him.
The visual effects, together with the voice skills of the cast, are outstanding, for it is rare that a CGI film can attain such sensation through its characters. KFP2 filled with humor, action, as well as some very touching moments, which really make the KFP2 that much more outstanding.
Kung Fu Panda 2 - DVD Trailer
Kung Fu Panda 2 DVD and Blu-ray releases will feature the following extra materials.
•"Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness"
•Kickin' It with the Cast
•Deleted Scenes.
•Filmmakers' Commentary
•World of DreamWorks Animation.
•Previews.
•Sneak Peek -
•Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Masters
•Panda Stories
•Kung Fu Shuffle
•Ni Hao - Learn Chinese!
•DVD-ROM features.
•Animation Inspiration - (Blu-ray only)
•The Animators' Corner - (Blu-ray only)
•Trivia Track - (Blu-ray only)
For additional details, please visit official press release at: prnewswire
After years of great efforts to get anyone in the music industry to take him critically, Toby foremost made the big time in 1993 with ‘Should've been a cowboy’, which was one of his highly successful country singles of the 90s, and he has continued a consistently high level of accomplishment since, up to the release of his last album in 2010 Bullets in the Gun. He aware, as all artists do, that hit with new material won't last long, but you can be certain that he'll be attempting to continue his career going for as long as possible. He was flourishing during the beginning of his career when he worked for Mercury. Following his success with the single Should've been a cowboy, he had several other big hits, my favorites among them being “Wish I didn't know now”, “You ain't much fun” and “Who's that man”, though I like many other tracks too.
He sings great songs, most of them he wrote or co-wrote, however he's glad to record new songs written by others as well as the rare cover. He’s grainy voice may not please everybody, but it is a true country voice so it's no revelation that he is well-liked among country fans. They should have at least one Toby Keith album.
Toby Keith’s upcoming “Clancy's Tavern” will be his fifteenth studio album, which is slated for release on October 25, 2011 through Show Dog-Universal Music. The first single off the new album titled "Made in America” was released in June 2011.
The standard edition will contain the following track list
1. "Made in America"
2. "I Need to Hear a Country Song"
3. "Clancy's Tavern"
4. "Tryin' to Fall in Love"
5. "Just Another Sundown"
6. "Beers Ago"
7. "South of You"
8. "Club Zydeco Moon"
9. "I Won't Let You Down"
10. "Red Solo Cup"
11. "Chill-axin'"
Live - Toby Keith "Made In America"
The deluxe edition will contain the following four songs in addition to the above track list.
Saints Row 3: The Third is an adventure video game developed by Volition and published by THQ for the Xbox 360. The game is scheduled hit stores on November 15, 2011.
Saints Row 3: The Third follows after captivating Stilwater for their own, the Third Street Saints have changed from street mob to household brand name, with Saints sneakers, Saints energy drinks and Johnny Gat dip head dolls all available at a store near you. The Saints are kings of Stilwater, but their star position has not gone ignored. The organization, a well-known criminal union with hocks in play all over the world, has twisted its eye on the Saints and demands esteems.
Declining to kneel to the organization, you take the fight to a new city, playing out the most bizarre gameplay scenarios ever seen in Saints Row: The Third
Complete tracks list:
