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- Music Review: Def Leppard `Sparkles’ on new studio CD
- … Cent Plays Drill Sergeant In G-Unit’s ‘Rider Pt….
- When it comes to music taste everyone uses different buds
- Earth dig up a sparkling new album
- Band Says Its Music Is ‘A Punch In The Face’
- Disc Debuts: New releases of CDs DVDs and video games

Music Review: Def Leppard `Sparkles’ on new studio CD
San Francisco Chronicle – Apr 29, 2008
tmpl –>(04-29) 12:32 PDT (AP) –Def Leppard “Songs from the Sparkle Lounge” (Bludgeon Riffola): Closing in on 30 years as arena rock staples give Def Leppard credit for keeping it fresh and somewhat surprising on their first studio album in six years. There’s quite a range here from the nu-metal feel of the opening track “Go” (think Def Leppard-meets-Tool) to the duet with country superstar Tim McGraw on “Nine Lives. ” (Thanks again Bon Jovi for making ALL the rock bands skew country. ) “C’mon C’mon” has a much more ’70s feel sounding like Cheap Trick playing Gary Glitter’s “Rock ‘N’ Roll Part II. But the best moment here comes on the ballad “Love” in which the band channels their inner Queen. From the opening acoustic riff that’s very reminiscent of “Love f My Life” to the melody that’s more than a little similar to “Jealousy” the four-part wall-of-harmony that adorned so many Queen classics and multi-layered electric guitar that could have been played by Brian May himself this track is sheer audio joy.

… Cent Plays Drill Sergeant In G-Unit’s ‘Rider Pt….
MTV.com – Apr 29, 2008
And everything felt big and dynamic. I think we lost that along the way. Based on the climate of the music industry videos have started getting smaller and smaller. You’ve been feeling that visually. Taking it back to a more grandiose way of delivering videos is more expensive but 50 can afford it. “It starts getting pricey but you have to find creative ways to do things” Terrero said. “We found creative ways to make the sets look bigger than they appear.

When it comes to music taste everyone uses different buds
Daily Cardinal – Apr 29, 2008
In truth I?m attracted to any piece of music that is widely considered atrocious since there?s something undeniably compelling about an artist or album that manages to draw ire and cause the majority to recoil in distress. In the past this has led me to seek out such albums as Lou Reed?s hilariously annoying Metal Machine Music a double album of literally nothing but offensive layered guitar feedback and the Rolling Stones? Their Satanic Majesties Request?Brian Jones? muddy druggy and vaguely brilliant answer to 1967. Sometimes this penchant of mine to explore infamously bad music leads me to uncharted regions of discomfort?like when I forced myself to endure Bruce Willis? The Return of Bruno just for kicks or made the mistake of thinking the Butthole Surfers? nightmarish Locust Abortion Technician might actually be worth hearing. The reason I?m willing to put up with this sort of torturous experimentation is that ?bad? often translates to ?good? when you look through the magnifying glass of novelty and I wouldn?t want to miss out. Besides those artists who take a risk and end up making something mind-numbingly dreadful?rather than playing the pandering game of audience appeasement?are the coolest of them all because they?re doing exactly what they want to do. What could be more rock ?n? roll than that? Another important consideration is for music to be legitimately aggravating it has to be really popular too.

Earth dig up a sparkling new album
Village Voice – Apr 29, 2008
ContentSidebar img{ border: none;}. ContentSidebar h4{ margin: 10px 0px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; }. ContentSidebar a{ font-size: 12px;} LEGACY F DISSLUTIN Earth dig up a sparkling new album By Zach Baron published: April 29 2008 After a first act defined by gloom and glacial feedback the Seattle drone-metal outfit Earth released The Bees Made Honey in the Lion’s Skull a wonderfully melodic suite of long-form instrumental music. The band which was originally named for Black Sabbath’s first and most regressive incarnation has spawned its own imitators: The arty doom-metal band Sunn ))) began as an Earth tribute act and Boris Sleep and hordes of other experimental-music royalty have hailed the Seattle quartet as the pinnacle of post-Melvins metal. But Earth has long since moved on and the band’s new obsessionsâ€â€sedate chiming bursts of organs guitars and drumsâ€â€are as compelling as their hugely influential old ones.

Band Says Its Music Is ‘A Punch In The Face’
Amarillo.com – Amarillo.com (subscription) – Apr 29, 2008
"We look at it like a fight because we’re going out there to knock people out. When we come off the stage the tank is empty. " The metal band will play Tuesday at Azteca Music Hall 500 N. Farm-to Market Road 1912. Disturbed headlines the show and Art of Dying is also on the bill. FFDP was pieced together largely through the efforts of Zoltan Bathory guitar. Bathory an Ultimate Fighting Championship fan found inspiration in the "five-point-palm exploding heart technique" in "Kill Bill Vol.

Disc Debuts: New releases of CDs DVDs and video games
Dallas Morning News – Apr 29, 2008
Musiq Soulchild Ledisi Maurice White Maceo Parker and others. Def Leppard Songs From the Sparkle Lounge (Mercury) – The enduring pop-metal band has a studio album full of original material including “Nine Lives” the much-talked-about single featuring country music superstar Tim McGraw. Maná Arde el Cielo (Warner Music Latina) – The first live greatest-hits CD for the popular influential Mexican rockers boasts two new studio tracks a cover of Marco Antonio Solis’ “Si No Te Hubieras Ido” and Maná lead singer Fher lvera’s “Arde el Cielo. ” Maureen McGovern A Long and Winding Road (P… Def Leppard Songs From the Sparkle Lounge (Mercury) – The enduring pop-metal band has a studio album full of original material including “Nine Lives” the much-talked-about single featuring country music superstar Tim McGraw. Maná Arde el Cielo (Warner Music Latina) – The first live greatest-hits CD for the popular influential Mexican rockers boasts two new studio tracks a cover of Marco Antonio Solis’ “Si No Te Hubieras Ido” and Maná lead singer Fher lvera’s “Arde el Cielo. ” Maureen McGovern A Long and Winding Road (P. Classics) – Pop-song stylist honors ’60s songwriters such as Jimmy Webb Joni Mitchell Paul Simon Carole King Bob Dylan Paul McCartney John Lennon and others on this collection of timeless tunes. Mudcrutch Mudcrutch (Warner Bros.