Artist: Cantoma
Genre(s):
Dance
Discography:
Cantoma
Year: 2003
Tracks: 13
Behind the Big Voice: David Archuleta
Friday 27 June 2008
Cantoma
Artist: Cantoma
Genre(s):
Dance
Discography:
Cantoma
Year: 2003
Tracks: 13
Behind the Big Voice: David Archuleta
Sunday 22 June 2008
Hangedup
Artist: Hangedup
Genre(s):
Indie
Rock
Discography:
Clatter for Control
Year: 2005
Tracks: 10
Kicker in Tow
Year: 2002
Tracks: 9
Hangedup
Year: 2001
Tracks: 8
Saturday 14 June 2008
The Incredible Hulk
The Incredible Hulk
Dir: Louis Leterrier
Stars: Edward Norton, Liv Tyler, William Hurt
*** 1 / 2
The first and best sign that director Louis Leterrier understands the job in front of him in the second movie take on Marvel Comics' Hulk is the winking cameo he gives Lou Ferrigno � the big green monster in the �70s TV series � and the late Bill Bixby, glimpsed in a rerun of The Courtship Of Eddie�s Father.
For the audience buying tickets for the film this weekend, Ed Norton will be playing Bruce Banner, the character made famous for them by Bixby back in the �70s -- not by poor Eric Bana from the ill-starred Ang Lee film of 2003 to which this is, ostensibly, a sequel. Like an embarrassing relative or your high school haircut, Lee�s film is something no one wants to discuss, but its shadow hangs over Leterrier�s film.
To his credit, Leterrier has no interest in departing from the comic book film form. The film sets up the scenario quickly � Banner in exile in a favela in Brazil, searching for a cure for his �condition� � and rewards us with a big action set piece and the first appearance of Banner�s hulking alter ego within the first half hour. We get the love interest (Liv Tyler), the bad guys (William Hurt and Tim Roth) and the stock conspiracy theory plot mechanism with a secret military program; everything in its place and a place for everything.
What Ang Lee overlooked � or ignored � was that the comic book film is rarely interested in innovation, especially innovation that deprives it of brute thrills in favour of a more nuanced exploration of character. Like it or not, the successful comic franchise film audience craves the familiar - how else do you explain the roar that issued from the preview crowd during the film�s coda, featuring a cameo by Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark, aka Iron Man, and borrowing the good karma of a much more successful summer comic franchise to give its audience the �happy ending� they craved?
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Sunday 8 June 2008
Let There Be More Light Child Of Universal Tongue
Artist: Let There Be More Light Child Of Universal Tongue
Genre(s):
Other
Discography:
Let There Be More Light
Year: 1998
Tracks: 1
Seal - Seals Icy Proposal To Klum
Wednesday 4 June 2008
Dordan
Artist: Dordan
Genre(s):
Celtic
Discography:
Celtic Aire
Year: 1999
Tracks: 11
The Celtic mathematical group Dordan consists of a trinity of women from County Galway, including tin whistle musician Mary Bergin, harper Kathleen Loughnane and fiddler Dearbhail Standun. Dordan, whose advert means "drone" in Gaelic, released their low album Jigs To The Moon in 1994, and gained more tending for their Narada Christmas album The Night Before รข€¦ A Celtic Christmas. They released some other album for Narada, Celtic language Aire, in 1999 and one for Shanachie, Irish Gaelic Traditional & Baroque Music, the same year.
Gyllenhaal And Biel Pulled From Movie Over Missing Money
Blizzard made festival icy cool
ON a list of things to do before you die raving in a blizzard should feature
highly.
That's exactly what punters were able to experience at the excellent first
year of new festival TignesFest.
Set at venues around the cracking French resort of Tignes over a weekend last
month some of the freshest talent throughout Europe was on show.
Among the highlights were THE SHOES who carried off nicely a rock
performance interspersed with rap.
That's about when the snow started pelting down forcing organisers to cancel
the last few bands but not before PRIMARY 1 cracked open a set
fuelled with electro delights.
Click here to see more pictures from TignesFest
As the aftershow moved to The Melting Pot the legendary EDDY TEMPLE-MORRIS
got the crowd warmed up playing a storming set of his signature mash-up
remixes.
BBC Radio 1 darling KISSY SELL OUT then tore the place apart proving
why he is hot property and one to see at this summer's festivals.
The next day Scottish born NAOMI ROPER stole the show with her
indie-folk acoustic set.
Battling to sing due to her vocal chords having taken a beating the night
before she left the crowd begging for more.
TignesFest was a brilliant concept pulled off to perfection.
Bringing together fresh musical talent with the backdrop of the snow-covered
resort of Tignes this was a festival that it felt special to be apart of
from the start.
This event is one to watch and can only go from strength to strength in coming
years.
highly.
That's exactly what punters were able to experience at the excellent first
year of new festival TignesFest.
Set at venues around the cracking French resort of Tignes over a weekend last
month some of the freshest talent throughout Europe was on show.
Among the highlights were THE SHOES who carried off nicely a rock
performance interspersed with rap.
That's about when the snow started pelting down forcing organisers to cancel
the last few bands but not before PRIMARY 1 cracked open a set
fuelled with electro delights.
Click here to see more pictures from TignesFest
As the aftershow moved to The Melting Pot the legendary EDDY TEMPLE-MORRIS
got the crowd warmed up playing a storming set of his signature mash-up
remixes.
BBC Radio 1 darling KISSY SELL OUT then tore the place apart proving
why he is hot property and one to see at this summer's festivals.
The next day Scottish born NAOMI ROPER stole the show with her
indie-folk acoustic set.
Battling to sing due to her vocal chords having taken a beating the night
before she left the crowd begging for more.
TignesFest was a brilliant concept pulled off to perfection.
Bringing together fresh musical talent with the backdrop of the snow-covered
resort of Tignes this was a festival that it felt special to be apart of
from the start.
This event is one to watch and can only go from strength to strength in coming
years.
Bruce Willis - Bruce Willis Set To Star In Videogame Adaptation
Bruce Willis is in negotiations to star in game adaptation Kane & Lynch: Dead Men for Lionsgate films, reports claim.
If the Die Hard actor gives the deal his blessing, he will take the role of Kane, according to Variety.
The game tells of a Death Row escapee who is sprung from prison along with schizophrenic killer Lynch.
Hudson Hawk star Willis was first linked with the project in 2007, with Billy Bob Thornton predicted to take the part of Lynch. No mention of the latter has been made in the new announcement, with a co-star still being sought.
Directorial duties will be handed to Simon Crane, making his feature directorial debut, having served as assistant director on Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life, X-Men 3 and Terminator 3.
Kyle Ward will be getting a script together, described by the Los Angeles Times as the "hottest" new writer in Hollywood in 2007.
IO Interactive, developers of Kane & Lynch, has had another of its games turned into a movie in recent years, with its Hitman series adapted last November, starring Deadwood's Timothy Olyphant.
Filming on the Kane & Lynch project should start before the end of 2008.
04/06/2008 13:32:16
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Former Blue star Ryan charged with assault
Former boyband singer Lee Ryan has been charged with an attack on a taxi driver, UK police have confirmed.
The 24-year-old ex-Blue star, who recently appeared in the ITV show 'Hell's Kitchen,' is accused of assaulting a cabbie following a minor traffic accident in Surrey on New Year's Eve last year.
He was charged with common assault after answering bail at Reigate Police Station.
A Surrey Police spokeswoman said Ryan will appear at Redhill Magistrates' Court on 29 February.
Blue officially split in 2005 to pursue solo projects. They sold over 7m records, including three UK No One singles and albums, before splitting up.
They were reportedly set for a reunion tour and album last year which has so far failed to materialise.
The 24-year-old ex-Blue star, who recently appeared in the ITV show 'Hell's Kitchen,' is accused of assaulting a cabbie following a minor traffic accident in Surrey on New Year's Eve last year.
He was charged with common assault after answering bail at Reigate Police Station.
A Surrey Police spokeswoman said Ryan will appear at Redhill Magistrates' Court on 29 February.
Blue officially split in 2005 to pursue solo projects. They sold over 7m records, including three UK No One singles and albums, before splitting up.
They were reportedly set for a reunion tour and album last year which has so far failed to materialise.
Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman's Australia Trailer Debuts
The trailer for Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman's highly anticipated new movie, Baz Luhrmann's 'Australia', has debuted online.Described as an "epic" the move is the eagerly awaited follow up to Luhrmann's 2001 hit 'Moulin Rouge'.Watch the trailer for 'Australia' by clicking here.Photo courtesy of Chanel.
Hexstatic
Artist: Hexstatic
Genre(s):
Industrial
Rock
Discography:
When Robots Go Bad
Year: 2007
Tracks: 13
Master-View
Year: 2004
Tracks: 11
Rewind (NTONE43)
Year: 2000
Tracks: 13
Though they're best known in the music world as the award-winning ocular arm of sound recording cut-and-paste experts Coldcut, Hexstatic (previously Hex) has disordered depressed the barriers 'tween music, multimedia, and computers ever so since they created the low gear computer-generated pop video (Coldcut's Christmas Break) in 1990. Graphic design artists Robert Pepperell and Miles Visman formed Hex along with Coldcut's Matt Black and Jonathan More. While on the job on videos for artists including Kevin Saunderson, Queen Latifah, and Spiritualized, Hex programmed a video biz (High Banana) in 1991 and inaugurated a series of multimedia system CD-ROMs just one year later with Global Chaos CDTV, which united music, graphics, and picture games into one mathematical product. A series of successors (Escapism, Global Chaos, and Digital Love) preceded the passing of 1994's AntiStatic, some other CD-ROM at the same time released on CD and vinyl by Coldcut's NTone Records.
(Heights Banana) in 1991 and inaugurated a series of multimedia system CD-ROMs just one year later with Global Chaos CDTV, which united music, graphics, and picture games into one mathematical product. A series of successors (Escapism, Global Chaos, and Digital Love) preceded the passing of 1994's AntiStatic, some other CD-ROM at the same time released on CD and vinyl by Coldcut's NTone Records.
Throughout the '90s, Hex attended Black and More's live performances with visuals, and Pepperell likewise developed the CD-ROM fortune of Coldcut's 1997 LP, Rent Us Play, plus the package used during the macrocosm tour. Though Pepperell and Visman later left hand Hex, sweet roue came in the form of Stuart Warren Hill and Robin Brunson. Their low work for Coldcut, the Timber video, won awards for its innovative exercise of repetitive picture clips synced to the music. In 2000, they released Rewind, their possess album for NTone. Obviously a digital-edge passing, the two-disc set combined CD-ROM and DVD capabilities to a fully synchronised music picture liberation. In 2003, Hexstatic contributed a second base mass to Coldcut's turntablist combine series Solid Steel, Listen & Learn. Master-View from 2004 was another multimedia system package, this time featuring one CD and one DVD. Their 2007 endeavor When Robots Go Bad featured client vocalists Ema J, Sabirajade, and MC Profisee.
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