
The album Sonnet 155 is a rockclassical crossover of eleven songs written and performed by Tim Arnold, which also re-interprets classical pieces of music by Mozart, Rimsky Korsakov and a co-write with composer Michael Nyman – all driven by Shakespearean themes. For those who missed out on the live performance in the Almeida, it is a worthy substitute. To paraphrase Shakespeare You should live twice – in it and in my rhyme.Macmillans very own music festival, the Brick Lane Takeover is set to take over seven venues around East Londons Brick Lane on Thursday 17th June offering seven hours of brilliant music from some of the best indie, electro, folk and punk rock bands around. We’ve got 2 pairs of tickets up for grabs so keep reading for your chance to win.The final line-up has been confirmed and will feature some awesome bands including Eliza Doolittle, Kill it Kid, Erland and the Carnival, Goldheart Assembly, Three Trapped Tigers, Tubelord, DJ Format, Midfield General, Little Comets and many, many more.

The combination of rain and a Tuesday evening aren’t usually good news for bands on this rung of the gig ladder. So it proved for Trim the Barber who drew a small polite audience. They played the sort of indie rock that is quite in vogue at the moment and there’s not much to differentiate them from the others doing much the same thing.Gringo Star came on stage and immediately their influences were there for all to see, and hear, and they are 100% proof American. They play an amalgam of garage, 50’s rock n’ roll, be bop, throw in some Tom Petty and Beach Boys and you have a sound that is at times very familiar, but has enough original touches to prevent it being derivative. This was good time music and they pretty soon had the crowd on their side.Dead Confederate are from the Southern United States, and neighbours of Gringo Star, but that’s where the similarities end, musically they are light years apart Dead Confederate’s is darker world, and this was a stark, brooding display of controlled sound and power Huge grinding riffs, sometimes brutally heavy and played with an intensity that threatened to demolish the venue, and crush those who had the good sense and taste to brave the elements.

But that is simply a calculation using the two-thirds of stations earning less than $1.25 million annually. After further analysis, the GAO expects to produce a far higher estimate from bigger stations and international broadcasters. The additional revenue from a performance right would benefit record companies, musicians and performers, and session musicians differently, but could lead to more investment in the creation of music, the report concluded.Label capital continues to evaporate, a major motivation for the current Congressional push. But increased royalty requirements could cause significant collateral damage, introducing tricky questions of the overall business and societal impact.In its report, the GAO predicted that some stations would simply go out of business, bankrupted by the increased fees. Others would sidestep the requirements by shifting towards non-music programming. Separately, the FCC urged the GAO to examine the impact of inevitable staffing cuts, including the reduction of critical weather, emergency, and news functions.This is a complicated debate with complicated ramifications Major broadcasters have always argued that without their promotional muscle, labels could never gain the traction they need on newer songs Others, including A2IM chief Rich Bengloff, notes that this argument only goes so far - after all, plenty of catalog and oldies-focused stations are benefiting from already-established artists and songs, without compensation.

Widely considered as the greatest guitarist of all time, Jimi Hendrix will forever be remembered as a true legend in music history. This collector’s item provides fans with an unrivalled compilation of Hendrix’s music and documents his ingenious work at its best.The most cherished band of their generation, Teenage Fanclub return in May 2010 with a brand new album Shadows, a headline slot at Camden Crawl and a UK tour. It has been 5 long years since their last album, Man-Made, was released to universal acclaim, so it is no overstatement to say the new album is keenly anticipated. While most bands are lucky to have one great songwriter, Teenage Fanclub are blessed with three, hence Shadows is overflowing with the kind of gorgeous, harmony driven classics youd expect to find on a greatest hits albumTeenage Fanclubs appearance at this years Camden Crawl Festival will be their first London headline since a packed-to-the-rafters Koko show in January 2008.

Original plans to release the record on the 13th June have been shelved and the song will now be available digitally on Wednesday 9th and in shops afterwards.Thousands of England Fans have called the TalkTalk freephone lines to join the chorus and back their team to glory in South Africa this summer.Over the weekend fans’ vocals will be added to the record so the track will be mastered, ready to be available for Wednesday. The record can be preordered now on HMV.com and 7 Digital.The song is an infectious reworking of 80’s Tears for Fears classic Shout led by James Corden and England Fans featuring an inimitable rap by Dizzee Rascal The collaboration was masterminded by Simon Cowell along with Dizzee, Nick Cage, James and TalkTalk to unite England for its team.

Glance around the industry, and it seems that royalty monitoring, collection, and distribution are hopelessly chaotic affairs. But that spells opportunity for a number of smart technology plays.On Tuesday morning, Universal Music Group Publishing officially tapped TuneSat to help monitor performance royalties on broadcast television. TuneSat is mostly a behind-the-scenes, non-hyped company, though its revenue potential could be important. The company scours broadcast television for unauthorized uses of songs, thereby unearthing found money for publishers, labels, and other rights holders.TuneSat is aiming to monetize royalties buried under layers of antiquated reporting systems, and this is a company unafraid to name names That includes ASCAP, whom TuneSat accuses of relying on antiquated cue sheets that are 80 percent inaccurate because they are mostly manual and fraught with error, according to one executive.

The upbeat tempo, electronic overture and relentless bass line of Escape Velocity is the welcome warm-up to any night out and the perfect prelude to, Another World.A definitive dance-floor classic, that builds momentum quicker than the duo drop beats, the third track is destined for a place in the Chemical Brother’s hall of anthems.Released last month - in time for mid May Ibiza openers - Swoon is the only pre-released single from the album, and has proved to be a slow burner, after it disappointingly charted lower than any of the group’s hits to date.But Rowlands & Simons, should remain quietly optimistic on the album’s closer, Wonders of the Deep.

The follow up to the critically acclaimed limited edition single Ceasar’ feat. Robyn, Self Machine’ weaves theatrical synth pop together with Coco’s gloriously husky, personality packed vocal to create an incomparable sound that’s light years ahead of the pack.I’m not a human if you say I’m notI’m not a human if my hinges lock’ ponders a philosophical Coco over towering keys and indomitable beats.As 19 year old Coco gets to grips with an imagined robot state which is part JG Ballard, part Wall-E, she effortlessly blows all the wannabe chart botherers out of the water.

Spurred on by the group’s motto Dream, Believe, Achieve, they are a remarkable example of what can be accomplished with hard work, dedication and belief. Since winning the show, they have performed in front of H.M. The Queen on The Royal Variety Show, been the first act to perform outside No. 10 Downing Street, in front of the Prime Minister, and they star in the new British smash-hit film StreetDance 3D’. They were even asked by Michael Jackson to open all of his 50 This Is It shows before his death. They have also been travelling the length of the country dancing for their legion of devoted fans.With their first album in 20 years Something for Everybody set for a June 14th release, DEVO have announced that they will appear in the hit animated series FUTURAMA’s 100th episode special.The episode will see DEVO campaign for mutant rights Leelas parents are second-class, mutant citizens who live underground in the sewers, the members of Devo have mutated over the years, while vocalist Mark Mothersbaugh helps out with their campaign for equality.

The look is a bit more industrial, though that was hardly a surprise to attendees. Gizmodo is still sitting on a very hot seat for leaking the device, though plenty of details remained a mystery ahead of the presentation. A lot of you have already seen this, Jobs told the WWDC audience in San Francisco. But believe me, you aint seen it.A couple of iPhone apps were also showcased during the presentation. That included games from Guitar Hero and FarmVille, as well as a movie rental play from Netflix already available on the iPad. Overall, Apple has now sold over 5 billion apps, and paid developers $1 billion in the process, according to Jobs.And, up ahead, users will be treated to the now-named iOS 4, an update that enables multi-tasking, folders, and access to the iBooks app and iAd mobile advertising network. The new iPhone hits June 24th, and will cost $199 for the 16GB version, and $299 for the 32GB version.Band financing is incredibly difficult to come by these days, even for established acts like Public Enemy Meanwhile, artists like Imogen Heap can attest to the dollars needed to make a serious tour happen.

The new material, from the Black Rock’ album went down very well but it was still his solo acoustic interlude and the classic JB numbers that had the crowd in paroxysms of joy – that and a brilliant encore of ZZ Top’s Just Got Paid’.At the moment he is probably the most consistently fine performer around and while the Albert Hall gig last year was special this one out shone it by a mile.Sandi Thom played a short support set and I have to admit I had my doubts as to why she was there – I’m wrong, she was stunning and a real surprise From somewhere she has found some Blues roots and played an absolute cracker of a set aided on her current single by Marcus Bonfanti in Joe Bonamassa’s role – hopefully we can get a full tour out of her sometime soon.

Instead of hitching to that hull, the singer urged bands to self-release, and keep control in turbulent times. I guess I would say, dont tie yourself to the sinking ship because, believe me, its sinking, Yorke said. The interview was conducted for the not-yet-released Rax Active Citizen Toolkit, oddly a textbook.Good advice? Yorke walks the walk on this one, and his former label EMI is now in dire straits. But Radiohead is largely a pre-digital success story, making it difficult to pick apart real innovation from previous tailwinds. Radioheads name-your-price concept stirred a tremendous amount of excitement, but its broader application for emerging artists could be unimportant. Indeed, Radiohead admitted that most fans paid nothing for the In Rainbows album, and resulting studies revealed that BitTorrent downloads easily outpaced official site downloads.Meanwhile, Radioheads enmity towards its former label carries a bit of hypocrisy, though major label tie-ups are typically complicated affairs for artists When the corporate industry dies it will be no great loss to the world, Yorke continued.

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This single is certainly one of the strongest on the album and is well worthy of a single release. Its pure pop with a strong beat and catchy chorus - one that will lock in your brain after one listen.I wonder if this will be it for singles from the album hopefully no Lady GaGa antics and time for Pixie to concentrate on album number 2?Already one of the mostly hotly tipped bands of 2010, its not hard to see why New York band The Drums have developed a guitar pop sound that has an indie edge, yet is warm and melodic Forever and Ever Amen is a perfect example of their sound it does build slowly but once the rich layers of harmonies come in on the chorus its a pleasure to hear over and over again.

It would, however, seem that Wax Fang fell victim to a badly scheduled evening, where their intricate performance fell on unprepared ears. They were not as animated as I’d expected, which probably stemmed from having an audience that were new to their work and the outcome was slightly clinical. Hopefully, Wax Fang will be able to shrug this mediocre reception off as one of many trials on their way to greater success.Joe Bonamassa was playing to the biggest audience he has ever faced in the UK and totally blew them away with a combination of showbiz style and great guitar playing.The crowd at the Apollo was shoehorned in in the stalls and from the first moments of Ballad of John Henry’ they were cheering and hollering. And rightly too as the huge stage set ended up as second best to a guitarist not just at the top of HIS game but probably the best guitarist on the planet today.He completely commanded the attention of the crowd whether he was singing center-stage or marching around the set playing some great riffs and solos The band became completely anonymous simply because of the magnetic power that Bonamassa holds over his audience.
