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5 of 05 |
Over the last few weeks of 05 we will be
posting our writers' picks for the best of 2005.
Each day we will post a new Top 5 list
from two of our writers. At the conclusion we will present the master list
comprised of the top picks from all of our writer submissions.
Trent McMartin's Top 5 of 05.
5.
The Mohawk Lodge - Rare Birds
4.
Brian Borcherdt - The Remains of Brian Borcherdt Vol. 2
3.
System of a Down - Mezmerize
2.
North Atlantic Explorers - Skylines
1.
Thrice - Vheissu
Jordan Rodgers's Top 5 of 05.
5.
Andrew Bird - Andrew Bird and the Mysterious Production of Eggs
4.
Bonnie Prince Billy/Matt Sweeney - Superwolf
3.
Okkervil River - Black Sheep Boy
2.
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah! - Clap Your Hands Say Yeah!
1.
Sufjan Stevens - Illinois
(click on the CD lists to read that writer's comments on each CD and
for related links for release)
| Bobby
Brown Ruins Xmas |
Contact Music reports: Fallen R+B star BOBBY
BROWN has sparked outrage among family groups in America, after insisting
Santa Claus doesn't exist on his TV holiday special BEING BOBBY BROWN:
CHRISTMAS WITH THE BROWNS.
Carving up a ham, surrounded by family
and friends, joker Brown looks straight into the TV camera and states,
"Kids, I want to tell you there's no such thing as Santa Claus." [see full
story for more]- Click
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| Diddy
A Joke |
Contact Music reports: SEAN 'DIDDY' COMBS
has declared all his stage name changes a "joke".
He says, "No (more name changes), this
is it. To be honest, changing my name was just a joke, and you never know
how seriously people will take things.[One of our lovely readers came up
with his next name p.shiddy. see full story for more]-
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| Texas
Vs Sony |
tinfoil.music reports: The Texas attorney
general said on Wednesday that he added a new claim to a lawsuit charging
Sony BMG Music Entertainment with violating the state's laws on deceptive
trade practices by hiding "spyware" on its compact discs.
The new charges brought by Abbott contend
that MediaMax software used by Sony BMG to thwart illegal copying of music
on CDs violated state laws because it was downloaded even if users rejected
a license agreement.[see full story for more]- Click
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| Love
Home Auction |
AP reports: A historic home bought by rocker
Courtney Love about eight years ago is up for public auction to satisfy
debts in a foreclosure case, the Thurston County sheriff's office has announced.
Love, who was married to the late Nirvana
frontman Kurt Cobain, purchased the gabled bungalow for his family in 1997
and now owes about $367,000, including the loan balance and legal fees,
to WMC Mortgage Corp. of Los Angeles, which filed for foreclosure in Superior
Court.[see full story for more]- Click
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| Fugees
Snub Black Eyed Peas |
Gigwise reports: The Fugees Pras Michel has
rubbished any likenesses to the Black Eyed Peas saying they are like Oasis
compared to The Beatles.
The trio who have reunited after ten years
together believe they are far superior to trout-faced Fergie and co.
He told Time Out magazine: "I don't have
nothing bad to say about them, they are what they are. But they're not
the Fugees.[see full story for more]- Click
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| Futureheads
Soph |
Gigwise reports: The Futureheads have recorded
fourteen songs for their second album and has given an insight into life
in the studio.
Posting on their official website they
wrote recently: The band is nearing the end of a five week stint recording
with Ben Hillier (Blur, Doves, Depeche Mode) on a farm near Scarborough
in North Yorkshire.[see full story for more]- Click
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| New
Sugababe |
hecklerspray reports: Only yesterday, The
Sugababes announced that Mutya Buena had left the group after seven beautiful
years of looking all grumpy in photos and mumbling answers in interviews.
It took all of a day to find a replacement
for Mutya. And the brand new Sugababe - Amelle Berrabah - seems to fit
the Sugababes bill perfectly: she's a bit funny-looking and she isn't really
smiling in the new group photo. Ah, it's like Mutya never left.[see full
story for more]- Click
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| Erasure
Go Country |
Aversion reports: Erasure will make the unexpected
leap from synth-pop to country on its next album.
The British duo will unleash Union Street
in April from Mute Records. The 11-track album reinvents classic Erasure
numbers as country-western tracks. [see full story for more]-
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| John
Hall Running for Congress |
Day in Rock Reader Submission reports: John
Hall, known not only for his work in pop music as the center piece of the
70s/80s group Orleans( Still the One, Dance With Me, Love Takes Time, etc.)
but as well for his political underpinings which sometimes frame his songwriting,
is running for the Congress in 19th District of New York.
With John's other resume which includes
his work with the School Board in Ulster County and while a resident in
Woodstock, NY, he has decided to take his education, experience, character
and integrity into politics and to Washington AND with the same passion
that surfaces in his music.[see full story for more]-
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| Oasis
Shuns Sony |
Ananova reports: Noel Gallagher fears Sony
Music will "do the dirty" on Oasis and release a 'greatest hits' album
next year.
Oasis do not want to release a compilation
album yet - but their Sony contract ends next year.
Noel said: "We've come to the end of our
contract with Sony. We won't sign with them again.[see full story for more]-
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| The
Scarred Set Release |
Punkmusic.com reports: This past August Punk
Core proudly announced that they would be welcoming The Scarred into their
roster. They just announced that the new album, entitled No Solution, will
be in stores on March 21st 2006. No Solution is the follow up to the band's
self released, self titled debut which earned a spot in the hearts of '77
style punk fans. [see full story for more]- Click
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| Helloween
Nix Show |
Blabbermouth reports: German power metallers
HELLOWEEN have been forced to cancel their Polish concert, which was scheduled
for January 12, 2006 at Poznan's Arena due to "poor ticket sales," according
to the promoter, Metalfest. Only 150 tickets (for an over-4,000-capacity
venue) had reportedly been sold at the time of the cancellation[see full
story for more]- Click
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| God
Not Avenged |
Blabbermouth reports: Launch Radio Networks
reports: With the holidays here and the so-called "War On Christmas" in
the news, religion is always a hot topic at this time of year. AVENGED
SEVENFOLD includes a number of religious references in its music, even
taking its name from a passage in the Bible. But frontman M. Shadows told
Launch that the band doesn't have any messages about God, or the Devil
for that matter. "Anyone that read the lyrics and really knew anything
about us, they would know we're not promoting either," he said. "That's
one thing about this band that I love is that we never really shove any
kind of, like, political or religious beliefs on people. We just, the music's
there to entertain and maybe thought-provoking on both sides, but we don't
try to, like, really shove anything down anyone's throat. There's too many
bands that do that nowadays, I think."[see full story for more]-
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| Velvet
Revolver Libertad |
Audio Aggression reports: While speaking to
ABC Radio's ePrep, Velvet Revolver front-man Scott Weiland said the band
have decided to title their next album 'Libertad', which is the Spanish
word for freedom.[see full story for what Scott had to say about the concept
behind the new album]- Click
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| Radiohead
Update |
Audio Aggression reports: Radiohead will return
the studio in February to continue work on their follow-up to 2003's 'Hail
to the Thief'. The band will hit the road in May for a handful of UK dates
followed by a US tour in the summer.[see full story for more]-
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| Mike
Peters fighting Cancer |
Day in Rock reports: Mike Peters (The Alarm)
posted the following message on the group's homepage this week: Hello my
friends,
I hope you are all enjoying the best of
times as the holiday season approaches.
I have some very difficult news to share
with you. Last Thursday on the 8th December, I was diagnosed as having
cancer. I have been told by my consultant, Dr. E that I have Chronic Lymphocytic
Leukemia (CLL). The good news is that although my illness is not curable,
it is treatable and, in the words of Dr. E, it is a disease I will probably
die with, rather than of.
I want to reassure all of you that I will
be fighting this fight with every ounce of energy I can muster. I have
my wife Jules, and son Dylan beside me and they are reason enough to live
for. They have both been incredible.[see full story link for the entire
message from Mike. ]- Click
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| Jay-Z
Taxis |
MTV reports: Ho, ho, Hova! Jay-Z is proving
he's no Scrooge this holiday season. With millions of New Yorkers finding
it so difficult to maneuver through the city due to the transit strike
which has now come to an end the Jigga sent out several limousines
to pick up pedestrians around the city who were trying to make it to work
over the past three days.[We may bust on Jay-Z here at DiR from time to
time but this was a pretty damn cool thing for him to do. Now click the
full story link to see what he's doing for some poor children for Christmas]-
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