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Pop Musicology - "The Second Drummer Drowned"

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Matchbox Twenty have been one of the hottest rock bands in the world since forming in 1996 by Rob Thomas, Kyle Cook, Brian Yale, Paul Doucette and Adam Gaynor (later left the band in 2005).

Fronted by principal songwriter and lead singer Rob Thomas who has also found fame as a solo artist (his collaboration with legendary guitarist Carlos Santana spawned the massive worldwide hit "Smooth"), the band have released a total of four studio albums - Yourself or Someone Like You, Mad Season, More Than You Think You Are and more recently, Exile on Mainstream.

Their best known songs are: "Push", "3 A.M.", "Real World", "If You're Gone", "Disease", "Unwell", and "Bright Lights".

Exile on Mainstream is Matchbox Twenty's first album after their mini hiatus since 2005 and features six brand new songs on disc 1 while disc 2 features eleven of their greatest hits. The album has spawned three hit singles since its release in October 2007 with the first single, "How Far We've Come" enjoying top 10 success in Australia.

Matchbox Twenty is currently on the eve of bringing their 'Out of Exile' world tour in support of Exile on Mainstream to Australian shores in April. The band will play at 8 venues Australia-wide with shows in Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth, Hunter Valley, Brisbane, Canberra and Wollongong.

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Kids in the Hall to start touring in North America

March 26th 2008 02:31

They're almost 40, but the Kids in the Hall are getting back together for a reunion tour of Canada and the United States.

It was a hugely influential Canadian sketch comedy group, and I used to watch the show with my friends, cackling with glee, forming my claylike mind into their odd, surreal sense of humour.

They didn't have wide appeal - certainly, my father didn't like the show, as the cast members would regularly dress up in drag to play female characters, much like Monty Python, and at least one of the members was openly homosexual.

Still, I have to attribute some small part of my genius to the Kids, who came up with ridiculous characters, like the Head Crusher and Cabbage Head, but brought it all together somehow.

TSOYA has a list of the tour dates - if they'll be in your city, you'd best go down and see them.

Can you enjoy this as much as I do?

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Duffy

March 21st 2008 23:15

Amy Duffy, mostly known as just 'Duffy', hails from Gwynedd in North-west Wales and is one of the most interesting and talented singer/songwriters to have emerged for aeons and has been credited by the UK music industry as the sound of 2008.

The 23 year-old is blessed with soulful and emotionally honest vocals and great songwriting abilities which has seen her and co-writer Bernard Butler of Suede fame create a sound that has often been compared to 60s singer Dusty Springfield.

In late 2007, Duffy finally released her debut single - a limited edition single called "Rockferry" (which later became the title of her debut album). Her follow-up single, "Mercy" (often credited as her 'debut' single given the limited edition nature of "Rockferry"), knocked Swedish DJ Basshunter off the top of the charts to claim the No.1 spot on the UK singles chart as well reaching no.1 in terms of download sales. The single also made Duffy the first Welsh female artist to achieve a no.1 single in 25 years!

Her highly-anticipated debut album, Rockferry, was released on March 3, 2008 to positive reviews from fans and critics alike - The Observer newspaper awarded the albums 5/5 stars. On the back of the success of her two singles and appearances on Jools Holland's music show, the album flew off the shelves with a staggering 60,000 units sold on the first day alone making it well on course to become one of the fastest selling debuts on record.

Rockferry features a total of 10 tracks, all co-written by Duffy with the help of Bernard Butler (4 tracks), Steve Booker (2 tracks), Jimmy Hogarth (4 tracks), and Eg White (3 tracks).

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Kate Nash

March 13th 2008 06:30

Twenty year-old London singer/songwriter Kate Nash took the UK music industry by storm in 2007 with her single, "Foundations", waltzing into the UK singles chart at #2 before peaking at #1 a short while later

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Michael Jackson's Billie Jean Live

March 10th 2008 10:39

With all this talk of Michael Jackson having to sell the Ranch and being so scarred from plastic surgery that he's had to stay out of the public eye, it's a good time to remember why Jackson was a household name.

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Scouting for Girls

March 5th 2008 06:45

Over the years, Britain has produced some of the world's best and most loved bands including The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and more recently, Oasis, while others such as Blur, Kula Shaker, Arctic Monkey, McFly etc. has been well received in their homeland

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