Artist: The Backyardigans
Genre(s):
Other
Discography:
Backyardigans
Year:
Tracks: 12
Top 10 television programs in Canada for the week of June 2-8
Sunday 22 June 2008
The Backyardigans
Artist: The Backyardigans
Genre(s):
Other
Discography:
Backyardigans
Year:
Tracks: 12
Top 10 television programs in Canada for the week of June 2-8
Saturday 14 June 2008
U.K. pop duo Ting Tings building buzz in America
LONDON (Billboard) - U.K. indie-rock duo the Ting Tings topped the U.K. charts in May with both the supremely catchy single "That's Not My Name" and their debut album -- and are now taking on America.
Singer/guitarist Katie White and drummer Jules de Martino performed on ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live" Friday, and promptly launched a 10-date mini tour. Their June 13 stop at Los Angeles' Troubadour quickly sold out.
Their album, "We Started Nothing," was released June 3 in the United States via Columbia, which initially shipped 65,000 units. A May 20 digital release -- alongside a vinyl version through indie retailers -- has shifted 9,000 copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan.
The buzz has been helped by an iPod commercial featuring the song "Shut Up and Let Me Go," and an energetic performance at the South By Southwest music festival in Texas last March.
The video for "Shut Up and Let Me Go" will have its world premiere June 13 on MTV. The song climbed to No. 55 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart last month.
De Martino says the Ting Tings emerged "accidentally" from failed band Dear Eskimo, which was dropped from Mercury U.K. before it released an album.
That experience left them "distraught," he says, but the duo's response was to throw live music parties at the artists' community where it is based in Manchester.
"We're just very lucky we met each other and got through that really awful period in our last band," de Martino says.
Singer/guitarist Katie White and drummer Jules de Martino performed on ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live" Friday, and promptly launched a 10-date mini tour. Their June 13 stop at Los Angeles' Troubadour quickly sold out.
Their album, "We Started Nothing," was released June 3 in the United States via Columbia, which initially shipped 65,000 units. A May 20 digital release -- alongside a vinyl version through indie retailers -- has shifted 9,000 copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan.
The buzz has been helped by an iPod commercial featuring the song "Shut Up and Let Me Go," and an energetic performance at the South By Southwest music festival in Texas last March.
The video for "Shut Up and Let Me Go" will have its world premiere June 13 on MTV. The song climbed to No. 55 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart last month.
De Martino says the Ting Tings emerged "accidentally" from failed band Dear Eskimo, which was dropped from Mercury U.K. before it released an album.
That experience left them "distraught," he says, but the duo's response was to throw live music parties at the artists' community where it is based in Manchester.
"We're just very lucky we met each other and got through that really awful period in our last band," de Martino says.
Sunday 1 June 2008
Brian Wilson Returns to Capitol Records / EMI, His Original Label Home
NEW STUDIO ALBUM, 'THAT LUCKY OLD SUN,' TO BE RELEASED SEPTEMBER 2 ON CD,
DELUXE CD/DVD, LIMITED EDITION VINYL & DIGITALLY
'You don't have to climb the Capitol tower, or play the Hollywood Bowl, if
there's a roll in your heart, and a rock in your soul...' (lyrics from That
Lucky Old Sun's 'California Role')
HOLLYWOOD, Calif., May 19 -- He is one of popular music's
most deeply revered figures, a legendary writer, producer, arranger and
performer of some of the most cherished music in rock history. Indeed, it
is no exaggeration to call Brian Wilson one of the most gifted and
influential pop composers of the last 50 years. Today, Wilson announces his
return to Capitol Records / EMI, his original label home. Wilson's new
studio recording, That Lucky Old Sun, will be released by Capitol/EMI on
CD, CD/DVD, limited edition vinyl and digitally on September 2 (September 1
internationally).
Brian Wilson's return to Capitol Records / EMI, where The Beach Boys
caught their first hit wave with the 1962 classic, "Surfin' Safari/409," is
a triumphant homecoming for one of the world's most gifted and beloved
musical talents.
"I'm thrilled to be back home with Capitol, and I'm looking forward to
sharing That Lucky Old Sun with everyone," says Brian Wilson. "This music
is really special to me."
"We are delighted to be working with Brian Wilson for his new album,
That Lucky Old Sun," says Guy Hands, Executive Chairman of EMI Music. "We
all remember the feeling we got when we first heard The Beach Boys' music.
My particular favorite classic is 'Surfer Girl.' It always reminds me of
driving an open top car down the Pacific Coast Highway from Santa Barbara
to Malibu. Brian Wilson is an iconic talent with enormous musical influence
all over the world and we are very proud to be representing him."
A musical love letter from Southern California, That Lucky Old Sun
shimmers with sun-dappled choruses and arrangements that swell and swirl as
if carried by the Pacific tides. One of the songs, "Midnight's Another
Day," has been described by MOJO magazine as "glorious." The album is
narrated in transitional interludes spoken by Wilson as 'That Lucky Old
Sun,' the storyteller. The narratives, cameos on life and the heartbeat of
Los Angeles, propel the album's musical story.
Last summer, Wilson found himself singing the 1949 classic song, "That
Lucky Old Sun," which became the inspiration for a unique approach to what
would become his next studio release. He bought Louis Armstrong's version
of the track and was inspired to collaborate lyrically with his band mate
Scott Bennett, and with Van Dyke Parks, his old 'sidekick,' to create
vibrant spoken narratives. Wilson debuted That Lucky Old Sun at London's
Royal Festival Hall in September 2007 in a series of six sold-out and
critically-acclaimed concert performances celebrating the theatre's
restoration.
Wilson describes That Lucky Old Sun as an "interwoven series of
'rounds' with interspersed spoken word," and as an autobiographical
travelogue of sorts. The new studio album is produced by Wilson and was
created with his acclaimed band at Capitol Studios in Hollywood, where he
first recorded in 1962.
The new release is the dawning of a new California morning for Brian
Wilson, continuing the awe-inspiring concept album journey that he first
began four decades ago. Wilson's songwriting, arranging and producing
talents came together in harmonious glory for The Beach Boys' 1966 classic,
Pet Sounds, and have continued to evolve during his solo career,
highlighted by his 2004 critically acclaimed Brian Wilson Presents SMiLE.
Lyrically and in Wilson's incomparably lush, evocative arrangements, That
Lucky Old Sun adds a new chapter to Wilson's conceptual presentations,
reaching ever higher with his vibrant and moving autobiographical
storytelling and intricate harmonies.
Following numerous nominations, Wilson won a well-deserved Grammy Award
for Best Rock Instrumental Performance (2004) for "Mrs. O'Leary's Cow" and
he was inducted into the UK Music Hall of Fame in 2006. Last December, he
was feted as a leading cultural icon by The Kennedy Center Honors alongside
Diana Ross, Martin Scorsese, Steve Martin and Leon Fleisher.
Brian Wilson and his band will perform a number of his classic hits and
compositions at select North American and UK concerts this summer.
Brian Wilson: That Lucky Old Sun
1. That Lucky Old Sun
2. Morning Beat
3. That Lucky Old Sun (narrative)
4. Good Kind Of Love
5. Forever My Surfer Girl
6. That Lucky Old Sun (narrative)
7. Live Let Live
8. Mexican Girl
9. That Lucky Old Sun (narrative)
10. California Role
11. That Lucky Old Sun (narrative)
12. Oxygen
13. Can't Wait Too Long (vocal excerpt)
14. Midnight's Another Day
15. Going Home
16. Southern California
Brian Wilson: Confirmed Concert Dates
June 28 London (UK) English Heritage Picnic Concerts
June 29 Ipswich (UK) Regent Theatre
July 1 London (UK) Royal Albert Hall
July 8 Niagara Falls, ON Niagara Fallsview Casino
(Avalon Ballroom)
July 9 Ottawa, ON Ottawa Blues Fest
July 12 Highmount, NY Belleayre Mountain Ski Center
July 13 Hampton Beach, NH Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom
Sept. 12/13/14 Los Angeles, CA Hollywood Bowl
See Also
DELUXE CD/DVD, LIMITED EDITION VINYL & DIGITALLY
'You don't have to climb the Capitol tower, or play the Hollywood Bowl, if
there's a roll in your heart, and a rock in your soul...' (lyrics from That
Lucky Old Sun's 'California Role')
HOLLYWOOD, Calif., May 19 -- He is one of popular music's
most deeply revered figures, a legendary writer, producer, arranger and
performer of some of the most cherished music in rock history. Indeed, it
is no exaggeration to call Brian Wilson one of the most gifted and
influential pop composers of the last 50 years. Today, Wilson announces his
return to Capitol Records / EMI, his original label home. Wilson's new
studio recording, That Lucky Old Sun, will be released by Capitol/EMI on
CD, CD/DVD, limited edition vinyl and digitally on September 2 (September 1
internationally).
Brian Wilson's return to Capitol Records / EMI, where The Beach Boys
caught their first hit wave with the 1962 classic, "Surfin' Safari/409," is
a triumphant homecoming for one of the world's most gifted and beloved
musical talents.
"I'm thrilled to be back home with Capitol, and I'm looking forward to
sharing That Lucky Old Sun with everyone," says Brian Wilson. "This music
is really special to me."
"We are delighted to be working with Brian Wilson for his new album,
That Lucky Old Sun," says Guy Hands, Executive Chairman of EMI Music. "We
all remember the feeling we got when we first heard The Beach Boys' music.
My particular favorite classic is 'Surfer Girl.' It always reminds me of
driving an open top car down the Pacific Coast Highway from Santa Barbara
to Malibu. Brian Wilson is an iconic talent with enormous musical influence
all over the world and we are very proud to be representing him."
A musical love letter from Southern California, That Lucky Old Sun
shimmers with sun-dappled choruses and arrangements that swell and swirl as
if carried by the Pacific tides. One of the songs, "Midnight's Another
Day," has been described by MOJO magazine as "glorious." The album is
narrated in transitional interludes spoken by Wilson as 'That Lucky Old
Sun,' the storyteller. The narratives, cameos on life and the heartbeat of
Los Angeles, propel the album's musical story.
Last summer, Wilson found himself singing the 1949 classic song, "That
Lucky Old Sun," which became the inspiration for a unique approach to what
would become his next studio release. He bought Louis Armstrong's version
of the track and was inspired to collaborate lyrically with his band mate
Scott Bennett, and with Van Dyke Parks, his old 'sidekick,' to create
vibrant spoken narratives. Wilson debuted That Lucky Old Sun at London's
Royal Festival Hall in September 2007 in a series of six sold-out and
critically-acclaimed concert performances celebrating the theatre's
restoration.
Wilson describes That Lucky Old Sun as an "interwoven series of
'rounds' with interspersed spoken word," and as an autobiographical
travelogue of sorts. The new studio album is produced by Wilson and was
created with his acclaimed band at Capitol Studios in Hollywood, where he
first recorded in 1962.
The new release is the dawning of a new California morning for Brian
Wilson, continuing the awe-inspiring concept album journey that he first
began four decades ago. Wilson's songwriting, arranging and producing
talents came together in harmonious glory for The Beach Boys' 1966 classic,
Pet Sounds, and have continued to evolve during his solo career,
highlighted by his 2004 critically acclaimed Brian Wilson Presents SMiLE.
Lyrically and in Wilson's incomparably lush, evocative arrangements, That
Lucky Old Sun adds a new chapter to Wilson's conceptual presentations,
reaching ever higher with his vibrant and moving autobiographical
storytelling and intricate harmonies.
Following numerous nominations, Wilson won a well-deserved Grammy Award
for Best Rock Instrumental Performance (2004) for "Mrs. O'Leary's Cow" and
he was inducted into the UK Music Hall of Fame in 2006. Last December, he
was feted as a leading cultural icon by The Kennedy Center Honors alongside
Diana Ross, Martin Scorsese, Steve Martin and Leon Fleisher.
Brian Wilson and his band will perform a number of his classic hits and
compositions at select North American and UK concerts this summer.
Brian Wilson: That Lucky Old Sun
1. That Lucky Old Sun
2. Morning Beat
3. That Lucky Old Sun (narrative)
4. Good Kind Of Love
5. Forever My Surfer Girl
6. That Lucky Old Sun (narrative)
7. Live Let Live
8. Mexican Girl
9. That Lucky Old Sun (narrative)
10. California Role
11. That Lucky Old Sun (narrative)
12. Oxygen
13. Can't Wait Too Long (vocal excerpt)
14. Midnight's Another Day
15. Going Home
16. Southern California
Brian Wilson: Confirmed Concert Dates
June 28 London (UK) English Heritage Picnic Concerts
June 29 Ipswich (UK) Regent Theatre
July 1 London (UK) Royal Albert Hall
July 8 Niagara Falls, ON Niagara Fallsview Casino
(Avalon Ballroom)
July 9 Ottawa, ON Ottawa Blues Fest
July 12 Highmount, NY Belleayre Mountain Ski Center
July 13 Hampton Beach, NH Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom
Sept. 12/13/14 Los Angeles, CA Hollywood Bowl
See Also
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