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Thursday, June 30, 2011
Monday, June 20, 2011
Bon Iver's New Self Titled Album Gets a 9.5
Bon Iver's new album, 'Bon Iver,' will be released tomorrow here in the U.S. and I'm excited to get my hands on it. Pitchfork gave the album a 9.5 out of 10, so that makes me even more curious to hear the new stuff.
Apparently, there are two Bonnie Rait covers, 'I Can't Make You Love Me' and 'Nick of Time' on the B-side of the album. You can listen here.
Keep your eyes peeled for the album out tomorrow!
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Sources:
http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/15551-bon-iver/
http://www.pitchfork.com/news/42901-listen-bon-iver-covers-bonnie-raitt/
Keep your eyes peeled for the album out tomorrow!
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Sources:
http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/15551-bon-iver/
http://www.pitchfork.com/news/42901-listen-bon-iver-covers-bonnie-raitt/
Sunday, June 19, 2011
Thursday, June 16, 2011
The Voice – Will it Save NBC or Not?
Have you been watching The Voice? I do not watch music competition shows on television, BUT I gave The Voice a shot…and I love it. I really enjoy that there are very successful artists on the show to help “coach” the contestants. Each artist has a different background and genre, so it mixes things up. So far, it has got me hooked and I haven’t missed a show yet. But is The Voice enough to put NBC back on its feet?
The Voice is a singing competition where the judges do not see the contestant, but only hear them. As the judges face the opposite direction, the artist(s) sing their song, and each judge votes on them if they want them on their team. If more than one judge votes, then the artist gets to pick whose team they want to be on. Once the blind auditions are completed, they do battle rounds and the teams are cut in half, from eight down to four per team. Then the live shows begin, and America votes on who to keep.
In the past, NBC has tried to go up against the Fox hit, American Idol, with its own musical competition show, but those attempts failed. This made everyone at NBC a bit skeptical about the project at first, but very hopeful. The Voice of Holland was very popular overseas and successfully outranked American Idol, so they decided to jump at the opportunity.
The Voice premiered on April 26, 2011 and when the numbers rolled in the next day, they were shocked. Executives said they would have been completely happy with a rating of 3 points, but according to The Hollywood Reporter, “The show's first episode had premiered to a 5.1 (about 12 million total viewers) in 18-49 [demographic].” The show has continually gotten better, and has received great reviews.
The Voice was a big bet for NBC, costing around $2.3 million per episode. The celebrity judges, Christina Aguilera, Cee Lo Green, Adam Levine, and Blake Shelton, cost a pretty penny to be on the show, but guess who cost the most? Aguilera is reportedly receiving $225,000 per episode, whereas the boys are all receiving about $75,000. But that is quite all right with NBC, they were willing to pay to put a quality show on television. I think they got it.
Do you think The Voice has what it takes to put NBC on the top?
Do you think The Voice has what it takes to put NBC on the top?
To find out more on The Voice, check out their website here.
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Sources:
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/miracle-voice-202039
Thursday, June 2, 2011
Coachella Decides to Keep the Party Going For an Extra Weekend
Due to popular demand and consistently sold out passes, the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival has decided to expand the festival to two weekends in 2012. The festival will be held two weekends in a row on April 13 – 15 and April 20 – 22. The additional weekend will not just be an extension of the good fun, but an identical line up from the weekend before.
This is a great idea, but a pretty ambitious one. Coachella sold out within six days for the 2011 festival, but will it sell out for two weekends in a row? The festival sells 75,000 passes per day, which is a total of 225,000 for the weekend. Looking at Facebook and Twitter, Coachella doesn’t even have that amount of followers on their sites. Did they set the bar too high? Paul Tollett, President of Goldenvoice and the founder of Coachella, understands the growing demand and has taken a step to meet that demand.
"We had too many people who wanted to go [in 2011]. We feel that [in 2012] there will be even more that want to go, so we're trying to create more room for them. The options would be to sell more tickets on one weekend or have two weekends, and [the latter] is the option we went with." – Paul Tollett
Not only does this open up more tickets for avid festival goers, but it also gives the option of two different weekends for those with busier lives. This will help them to align their schedules for the event, bringing in more people for the additional weekend.
Do you think this is a good idea? Or would you rather there be two different line-ups for each weekend? Tickets go on sale tomorrow, June 3rd until June 10th. Check out Coachella for ticketing information.
I think this will turn out great, but they probably have a few issues to work out ahead of them. Hopefully all the musicians will agree to two weekends in a row and ticket sells will be overwhelming. I guess we’ll find out next week.
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Foo Fighters - Walk
The Foo Fighters' new album, Wasting Light, has been doing great since its April 2011 release. In this new video for 'Walk' frontman, Dave Grohl, goes a bit crazy. I like it.
Foo Fighters - 'Walk'
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