HeadbangersBlog.com recently hooked up with Isis frontman Aaron Turner to talk
about the creation of Wavering Radiant, why he won’t discuss his lyrics, recent
challenges and obstacles in his life and the influence of drugs — or lack thereof — on good psychedelia. Turner also addressed his kinship with Tool and Neurosis, his experimental music label Hydra Head and the benefits and drawbacks of music filesharing.
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Kamis, 02 April 2009
Isis Guitarist Aaron Turner: A Headbangers Blog Podcast
KxK Guitars Unveils New K.K. Downing Signature Model
KxK Guitars is has unveiled the brand new K.K. Downing signature guitar model. With years of R&D refinement, KxK has delivered a guitar that satisfies the needs of one of metal’s most iconic guitarists. The original two were in K.K.’s hands just in time for the 2008 world tour and now they are available to players and fans in a limited quantity.
All KxK guitars are neck thru guitars built exclusively in the United States using only top shelf components and craftsmanship. For this special signature model, the features include:
3 Piece Maple neck
Mahogany body
Scalloped Maple or Ebony fretboard
K inlays
24.75" scale
Floyd Rose Speedloader Chrome
EMG 81/85
1 Volume Push/Pull switch for
Pickup selection
Dunlop flush mount strap locks
24 Dunlop 6120 frets
Kluson vintage tuners (tuners are for visuals only)
Battery Box
Dual carbon fiber rods
Dual action truss rod
Available with or without the K.K. Downing pearl body logo
Each guitar is numbered in order
Finish options are:
Lightning White, Diablo Red, or Black
G&G hard shell case included
MSRP $2,999.00 USD
When asked about his new signature model in a recent interview, K.K. Downing replied: “I can play a whole set without even changing guitars, that’s how good it is”.
All KxK K.K. Downing signature model guitars will be built to order and only available factory direct from KxK Guitar. For more information, please visit them online at http://www.kxkguitars.com/.
All KxK guitars are neck thru guitars built exclusively in the United States using only top shelf components and craftsmanship. For this special signature model, the features include:
3 Piece Maple neck
Mahogany body
Scalloped Maple or Ebony fretboard
K inlays
24.75" scale
Floyd Rose Speedloader Chrome
EMG 81/85
1 Volume Push/Pull switch for
Pickup selection
Dunlop flush mount strap locks
24 Dunlop 6120 frets
Kluson vintage tuners (tuners are for visuals only)
Battery Box
Dual carbon fiber rods
Dual action truss rod
Available with or without the K.K. Downing pearl body logo
Each guitar is numbered in order
Finish options are:
Lightning White, Diablo Red, or Black
G&G hard shell case included
MSRP $2,999.00 USD
When asked about his new signature model in a recent interview, K.K. Downing replied: “I can play a whole set without even changing guitars, that’s how good it is”.
All KxK K.K. Downing signature model guitars will be built to order and only available factory direct from KxK Guitar. For more information, please visit them online at http://www.kxkguitars.com/.
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Trey Anastasio Orchestral Record Coming May 12
Time Turns Elastic, a ground-breaking work for vocals, guitar and orchestra composed by Trey Anastasio and Don Hart, will be released on May 12 by Rubber Jungle Records, Anastasio's independent label. The piece - orchestrated by Hart and performed by Anastasio and the Northwest Sinfonia, conducted by David Sabee - blends the intrinsic elegance of classical music with searing blues-rock guitar, resulting in an exhilarating work that engages and challenges fans of both genres.
"Neither of us had ever heard anything that uses a guitar as a serious instrument intermingled with an orchestra in the same way one would write a concerto for a violin and orchestra," says Anastasio, who first collaborated with Hart at the 2004 Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival while staging a piece from one of his solo albums, Seis de Mayo. "I grew up loving Ravel and Eric Clapton equally," he continues. "So I kept saying to Don, 'why can't we have a piece of music that's half Ravel and half Cream's Disraeli Gears?' "
Both Anastasio, named one of the 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time by Rolling Stone and a founding member of the genre-melding rock band Phish, and Hart, who's worked with a diverse group of musicians that includes Martina McBride, Collective Soul and Randy Travis and is currently Composer-in-Residence for Orchestra Nashville, are musical chameleons whose tastes cross all boundaries. While the pair's collaborations on Anastasio's Shine (2005) and Bar 17 (2006), may prefigure Time Turns Elastic, the composition actually began as a Phish song.
"I was living in upstate New York when I started writing this little tune that just kept growing," recalls Anastasio. "I initially thought it would be a Phish song, but after I sent a demo of it to Don, it just grew organically into an orchestral piece." The 13-minute acoustic guitar demo - which is included on the album - evolved into "Movement 2" and "Movement 3" and provided Hart with the inspiration for "Movement 1."
Anastasio and Orchestra Nashville (conducted by Paul Gambill) gave Time Turns Elastic its debut performance at the Orchestra's season opener at Nashville's legendary Ryman Auditorium in September 2008. "It was ambitious, strange and wholly entertaining," said rollingstone.com. "There was no doubt that he had won over both his hardcore fan base and the Bach aficionados who were new to the party."
Time Turns Elastic will receive its East Coast premiere on May 21st when Anastasio joins Music Director Marin Alsop (the first woman to head a major American orchestra) and the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra for a special evening - already sold out - that will also feature classic Phish songs and solo Anastasio compositions. And Time Turns Elastic will come full circle when Phish performs it on the band's upcoming summer tour, interpreting the piece as an epic rock song. For details on the tour, the band's first in five years, please visit phish.com.
Time Turns Elastic Track Listing:
1. Time Turns Elastic
Movement 1
Song at Dawn
Ruby Shaded Sea
Movement 2
Submarine
Landslide
Rays of Blue Light
Movement 3
Silver Sound Shower
Hailstorm
Funnels
Carousel
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Selasa, 31 Maret 2009
Andre 3000 Arrested For Speeding, Debuts Musical
Andre 3000 of the hip hop duo Outkast is free on bond after police charged him with driving 109 mph on a highway in suburban Atlanta.
Authorities say the entertainer was clocked speeding in his Porsche in a 65 mph zone south of Atlanta early Saturday.
The 33-year-old's real name is Andre Benjamin. He is free on a $1,200 property bond pending a court date April 29.
Benjamin's publicist did not return a call seeking comment.
Police say Benjamin told them he was going so fast because he missed an exit and had to turn around.
As the Grammy-winning Outkast, Andre 3000 and Big Boi have churned out six platinum-plus albums, including their hit double-release "Speakerboxxx/The Love Below." The latter sold tk copies in the United States, according to Nielsen Soundscan.
In related news, Andre 3000's sassy cast of musical kids, who celebrated everything from crayons to the blues in the short-lived TV cartoon series "Class of 3000," brought their eclectic sounds to the stage earlier this month.
The man who created them says the show, like the cartoon, tries to teach kids the essence of music.
"This is about having fun with the music and melodies," says Andre 3000, who co-created the cartoon series with executive producer Tommy Lynch. "It's not like we're trying to throw candy-coated morals at kids. We're bringing music to life for them to remember."
The Cartoon Network canceled the Emmy Award-winning show last spring, a year and a half after it debuted.
"Class of 3000 Live" opened earlier this month at the Alliance Theatre in Atlanta. The hour-long children's play is expected to run through March 29. Benjamin hopes the production will eventually be performed in schools nationwide.
The show is based on the cartoon's first-ever episode, "Life Without Music." Jazz and blues artist Sunny Bridges flees his own international stardom to return to Atlanta, where he runs into rambunctious 12-year-old Lil' D and seven of his energetic friends who are seeking a music teacher at their performing arts middle school. Bridges ends up making them his students.
All featured songs were created by Benjamin, who is known for his 2004 smash hit "Hey Ya!" He and Big Boi, of the six-time Grammy-winning group OutKast, have churned out six platinum-plus albums, including their ubiquitous "Speakerboxxx/The Love Below."
Each song from "Class of 3000" features Benjamin's jazzy melodies. He hopes the kids who attend the performances can learn more about how music is formed through instruments - the same way he did when he was younger.
"I wanted to make sure it wasn't the teenybopper, kiddie sounds or stupid songs," he says. "I wanted to introduce them to different styles of music I was introduced to. From funk to jazz to calypso music, just to let them know there's a base from what they are hearing now."
"Class of 3000," which won an Emmy in 2007 for Individual Achievement in Animation, aired on the Cartoon Network but didn't make it past two seasons. The Alliance contacted Cartoon Network and ended up going with "Class of 3000" not long after the show was dropped.
Director Rosemary Newcott, who has worked at the Alliance Theatre for more than 20 years, says it was a "no-brainer" in choosing the show.
"The whole spirit of this show is infused with him, with his sense of humor and his love for music," she says of Benjamin. "That's a valuable trait that draws people in."
Copyright 2009 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed
Additional editing by Mariel Concepcion for Billboard.
Authorities say the entertainer was clocked speeding in his Porsche in a 65 mph zone south of Atlanta early Saturday.
The 33-year-old's real name is Andre Benjamin. He is free on a $1,200 property bond pending a court date April 29.
Benjamin's publicist did not return a call seeking comment.
Police say Benjamin told them he was going so fast because he missed an exit and had to turn around.
As the Grammy-winning Outkast, Andre 3000 and Big Boi have churned out six platinum-plus albums, including their hit double-release "Speakerboxxx/The Love Below." The latter sold tk copies in the United States, according to Nielsen Soundscan.
In related news, Andre 3000's sassy cast of musical kids, who celebrated everything from crayons to the blues in the short-lived TV cartoon series "Class of 3000," brought their eclectic sounds to the stage earlier this month.
The man who created them says the show, like the cartoon, tries to teach kids the essence of music.
"This is about having fun with the music and melodies," says Andre 3000, who co-created the cartoon series with executive producer Tommy Lynch. "It's not like we're trying to throw candy-coated morals at kids. We're bringing music to life for them to remember."
The Cartoon Network canceled the Emmy Award-winning show last spring, a year and a half after it debuted.
"Class of 3000 Live" opened earlier this month at the Alliance Theatre in Atlanta. The hour-long children's play is expected to run through March 29. Benjamin hopes the production will eventually be performed in schools nationwide.
The show is based on the cartoon's first-ever episode, "Life Without Music." Jazz and blues artist Sunny Bridges flees his own international stardom to return to Atlanta, where he runs into rambunctious 12-year-old Lil' D and seven of his energetic friends who are seeking a music teacher at their performing arts middle school. Bridges ends up making them his students.
All featured songs were created by Benjamin, who is known for his 2004 smash hit "Hey Ya!" He and Big Boi, of the six-time Grammy-winning group OutKast, have churned out six platinum-plus albums, including their ubiquitous "Speakerboxxx/The Love Below."
Each song from "Class of 3000" features Benjamin's jazzy melodies. He hopes the kids who attend the performances can learn more about how music is formed through instruments - the same way he did when he was younger.
"I wanted to make sure it wasn't the teenybopper, kiddie sounds or stupid songs," he says. "I wanted to introduce them to different styles of music I was introduced to. From funk to jazz to calypso music, just to let them know there's a base from what they are hearing now."
"Class of 3000," which won an Emmy in 2007 for Individual Achievement in Animation, aired on the Cartoon Network but didn't make it past two seasons. The Alliance contacted Cartoon Network and ended up going with "Class of 3000" not long after the show was dropped.
Director Rosemary Newcott, who has worked at the Alliance Theatre for more than 20 years, says it was a "no-brainer" in choosing the show.
"The whole spirit of this show is infused with him, with his sense of humor and his love for music," she says of Benjamin. "That's a valuable trait that draws people in."
Copyright 2009 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed
Additional editing by Mariel Concepcion for Billboard.
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Kelly Rowland Leaves Columbia Records
R&B singer and Destiny's Child member Kelly Rowland has parted ways with her label, Columbia Records. While she no longer will be recording with the label as a solo artist, she will continue her role in the Destiny's Child catalog.
"Because Columbia Records has been my home base as an artist for more than a decade, the decision to move out on my own required a lot of soul-searching," Rowland said in a statement. "As a solo artist, I felt the need to explore new directions, new challenges, and new freedoms outside my comfort zone and my friends and family at Columbia have been incredibly understanding about my evolution."
"Kelly Rowland is one of our finest contemporary artists and a musical force to be reckoned with," said Rob Stringer, CEO, Columbia/Epic Label Music Group. "It has been a privilege and a pleasure to work with Kelly and we will continue our working relationship with her under the Destiny's Child moniker. The decision for Kelly to seek other opportunities for her solo career was agreed upon mutually, and any reports to the contrary are false."
Rowland's last release, 2007's "Ms. Kelly," has sold 219,000 copies in the United States, according to Nielsen Soundscan.news source of www.billboard.com
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Radiohead, Arctic Monkeys Top Readings And Leeds Lineups
Arctic Monkeys headline slot, meanwhile, will be the band's first U.K. live dates since December 2007. The band headlines Leeds on Friday Aug. 28 and Reading the following night.To combat scapling, festival organizers Festival Republic also announced Monday that they have signed a deal with secondary ticketing company Viagogo to become the official secondary ticketing and ticket exchange partner of the Reading, Leeds and Latitude Festivals. The Latitude festival in Southwold, Suffolk, with headliners Pet Shop Boys, Grace Jones and Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds takes place July 16-19.Marking the first time that a major music festival has signed a partnership with a secondary ticketing partner, Viagogo will allow fans to legitimately buy and sell tickets in a secure online environment. A physical pick-up point will also exist at the Leeds and Latitude festival sites and Reading town center to allow fans to personally collect their tickets. news source of www.billboard.com
Radiohead, Arctic Monkeys and Kings of Leon have been confirmed as the headline acts at the U.K.'s twinned Reading and Leeds Festivals.The festivals will held at Little Johns Farm, Reading and Bramham Park, Leeds, over England's August Bank Holiday weekend (Aug. 28-Aug. 30).Other bands confirmed for the two shows include Kaiser Chiefs, the Prodigy, Yeah Yeah Yeahs. Vampire Weekend, Placebo, Fall Out Boy, Bloc Party, Deftones, Funeral for a Friend, Maximo Park, Ian Brown, Friendly Fires, Gallows, the Courteeners, White Lies, Gossip, Florence and the Machine and Glasvegas.The big news, however, is Radiohead making its debut headline performance at Reading and Leeds Festival. The shows will be Radiohead's only U.K. festival appearance of 2009. The Oxford-based band last played Reading Festival in 1994 and will perform at Leeds on Saturday Aug. 29 then close the Reading leg of the festival the following night.King of Leon's headline appearances on Friday Aug. 28 at Reading and Sunday Aug. 30 in Leeds also mark the band's only English festival dates and will form their final U.K. shows of 2009.
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Lucky Dube Killers Found Guilty
Three men accused of murdering South African reggae star Lucky Dube in 2007 have been found guilty, Talk Radio 702 reported on Tuesday.
Two of the accused attempted to escape earlier on Tuesday, but were caught and brought back to court to hear the judgment.
Arguments for the sentence will begin on Wednesday.
Dube, 43, was killed in an apparent botched carjacking in October 2007. Dube recorded more than 20 albums and had shared a stage with Sinead O'Connor, Peter Gabriel and Sting.
The singer won over 20 awards locally and internationally. His first album, released in 1984 with the title "Rastas Never Die," was banned by South Africa's apartheid government.
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Wolfmother 'Back Around' With Free Download
With a sophomore album on the way, Australian rockers Wolfmother is building the buzz with a freebie download of new single "Back Round."Fans can download an MP3 of the song from the official Wolfmother.com Web site in return for a personal email address and cell phone number. The track -- swimming in chunky guitar licks and drum fills -- is the first tangible recording from the new incarnation of Wolfmother.It comes ahead of an as-yet untitled second album, the follow-up to the Modular-signed act's 1.5 million selling self-titled debut from 2006.In early April, they will record the remainder of the album in L.A. with acclaimed producer Alan Moulder (My Bloody Valentine, Smashing Pumpkins, Nine Inch Nails). "It's full steam ahead with a view to get a record out for the fourth quarter," Wolfmother's manager John Watson tells Billboard.biz.
The group performed "Back Round" last Friday as the final act of the Vodafone MTV Australia Awards in Sydney. The band is encouraging fans who download the track to donate a fee to the Red Cross Victorian Bushfire Appeal.Originally a three-piece, the band imploded in the latter part of last year. Frontman Andrew Stockdale resurrected the band with a new line-up and made a coming out party of the Sound Relief bushfire benefit concerts on March 14, where a four-man Wolfmother played at both the Melbourne Cricket Ground and Sydney Cricket Ground legs.
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Sabtu, 14 Februari 2009
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Senin, 26 Januari 2009
Guitar Hero: Metallica - Track List Revealed!
Metallica have announced the track listing for the Guitar Hero: Metallica video game, which is due out for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Wii and PlayStation 2 on March 29, 2009.
Playable venues in the game include the L.A. Forum, Tushino Airfield, the legendary Hammersmith Odeon and more.
Metallica Songs:
All Nightmare LongBatteryCreeping DeathDisposable HeroesDyers EveEnter SandmanFade To BlackFight Fire With FireFor Whom the Bell TollsFranticFuelHit the LightsKing NothingMaster of PuppetsMercyful Fate (Medley)No Leaf CloverNothing Else MattersOneOrionSad But TrueSeek and DestroyThe Memory RemainsThe Shortest StrawThe Thing That Should Not BeThe UnforgivenWelcome Home (Sanitarium)Wherever I May RoamWhiplash
Other Songs:
Alice In Chains- No ExcusesBob Seger- Turn the PageCorrosion of Conformity- AlbatrossDiamond Head- Am I Evil?Foo Fighters- Stacked ActorsJudas Priest- Hell Bent For LeatherKyuss- Demon CleanerLynyrd Skynyrd- Tuesday's GoneMachine Head- Beautiful MorningMastadon- Blood and ThunderMercyful Fate- EvilMichael Schenker Group- Armed and ReadyMotorhead- Ace of SpadesQueen- Stone Cold CrazySamhain- Mother of MercySlayer- War EnsembleSocial Distortion- Mommy's Little MonsterSuicidal Tendencies- War Inside My HeadSystem of a Down- ToxicityThe Sword- Black RiverThin Lizzy- The Boys Are Back In Town
In addition to these songs, Wii and PS2 owners will also receive three additional tracks, "Broken, Beat and Scarred", "Cyan" and "My Apocalypse" from the Death Magnetic album. PS3 and Xbox 360 owners will be able to download the full album for use in Guitar Hero Metallica, if they haven't already previously downloaded it for the other Guitar Hero games.
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