Exo’s ‘Monster’ release wins hearts, tops charts

Edit Asia Times 09 Jun 2016
Cal it Exo, the chart slayer! As much-anticipated, Exo scored an all-kill soon after it released its third album “EX’ACT” with double title tracksMonster” and “Lucky One.”....

Aerosmith's Steven Tyler announces country music solo album

Edit NME 09 Jun 2016
Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler has confirmed details of his long-planned country music album ... The title-track will be released later this month (June 24). The record will be 13 tracks in all and was recorded with T Bone Burnett, Dan Huff, Marti Fredriksen and Jaren Johnston ... ....

Red Hot Chili Peppers Rule Adult Alternative Songs Chart With 'Dark Necessities'

Edit Billboard 09 Jun 2016
The song is the quartet's fourth No. 1 on the tally (which launched in 1996), following "The Zephyr Song" (five weeks at No ... The Chili Peppers' last three No ... The new set's title track, released May 26, is the Hot Shot Debut (for top new entry) on Hot Rock Songs, starting at No. 30 ... ....

Samaris: Black Lights review

Edit The Irish Times 09 Jun 2016
Jófríður Ákadóttir’s vocals, on the other hand, prove intoxicating, particularly when coupled with the foreboding jitter of the title track, Wanted 2 Say’s flush of ......

Bartosz Woroch: Dancer on a Tightrope CD review – compelling risk-taking

Edit The Guardian 09 Jun 2016
At its centre is the title track, a 1993 work by Sofia Gubaidulina in which Bartosz’s violin stretches and pirouettes, yearning for flight; underneath, the piano offers a kind of safety net, ......

First Listen: The Low Anthem, 'Eyeland'

Edit National Public Radio 09 Jun 2016
Eyeland is an elegant concept album whose title track is a kind of metaphor for consciousness — specifically, the enchanted and terrifying time in childhood when illusion and reality aren't yet cleaved ... "Wzgddrmtnwrdz," one of Eyeland's two instrumental tracks, features a chorus whistling The Beatles' "Yellow Submarine." ... The resultant track evokes ......

Per Oddvar Johansen: Let’s Dance review – unflappable hipness

Edit The Guardian 09 Jun 2016
It’s a very broad mix of idioms and moods – including the gripping north European folk-jazz meditation of the title track (with Snekkestad wandering tantalisingly on- and off-pitch, Lien prodding and coaxing, and Johansen playing loose, spacey tattoos), ......

Shortlist album reviews: Paperboy Reed, Ivor SK, Ciggie Witch, Travis, Alister Spence

Edit Sydney Morning Herald 09 Jun 2016
Strong and measured, it is metronomic in its husky delivery. Hailing from Sydney but having spent a good deal of time in the American deep south, SK's songs are imbued with a sense of the vast emptiness of the Mississippi delta, particularly the title track, which is the standout, benefiting from a slow and repetitive guitar line and hand-claps towards the end....

First Listen: Bruce Hornsby And The Noisemakers, 'Rehab Reunion'

Edit National Public Radio 09 Jun 2016
i. Bruce Hornsby And the Noisemakers' new album, Rehab Reunion, comes out June 17 ... In the album's title track, Hornsby's drift toward country music over the past couple decades is evident; there's a twang in the Virginian's voice as he and his band — Gibb Droll on guitar, J.V ... Other tracks, like "Soon Enough" and "Valley Road," take on the more contemplative tone Hornsby perfected way back when with "The Way It Is." ... ....

Spectrum album reviews: Ngaiire, Ladyhawke, Mark Pritchard and The Gloaming

Edit Sydney Morning Herald 09 Jun 2016
"Your heartache is not forever," sings New Zealand singer-songwriter Pip Brown on the title track to her third album as Ladyhawke, "it's another road that we will walk together." An act of romantic dedication, the song, like much of the record, has a sense of affirmation that is warm and genuine ... opening track called ?....

Wrote some lyrics for fun to survive changing times, says Faaiz Anwar

Edit The Times of India 09 Jun 2016
New Delhi, June 9 (IANS) Faaiz Anwar , who has written hit songs for films like "Dil Hai Ke Manta Nahin " and " Tum Bin ", says there were times when he had to pen lyrics like "Chikni kamar pe teri" and "Chammak challo chail chabeeli" to survive in the changing times ... 'Naina shaatir bade' by Sukhwinder Singh, 'Tere kudi' by Mika, 'Yeh pyar hai; by Javed Ali , the title track by 'Jojo' and the item song 'Amul maska' by Khushi Thakur "....

EG Album Reviews: June 10

Edit Sydney Morning Herald 09 Jun 2016
The Temper Trap. THICK AS THIEVES. (Liberation). ★★★ Advertisement ...  Craig Mathieson. Garbage. STRANGE LITTLE BIRDS. (Mushroom) ...  Jane Rocca ... The title track, Ratja Yaliyali (Vine of Love), is a homage to the potent bond between Gawurra and his grandmother, sung with moving force, while Guwak (Little Black Bird) is "calling to tell the sun to rise quickly/for the children's sake" ... ....

Ben Watt at The Deaf Institute Review

Edit Skiddle 09 Jun 2016
Drew Williams checks out the former Buzzin' Fly boss' new band in regal form in Manchester. Last updated. 9th Jun 2016. Image. Ben Watt ... Addressing the crowd between songs, Watt was notably gracious that he can tour with the same superbly-talented musicians he recorded the new record with ... On-stage, he was as contemplating as ever. The heart-breaking introduction to the album's title track left the hushed room in a reflective mood ... ....
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