Mike's Mad4these
Choice new music - w/c 18 Oct 10
1 1 STEREOPHONICS A Thousand Trees (1996 Radio One Session) from the 'Word Gets Around' 3 CD special edition (including a book of Kelly's lyrics and notes) released 18 October 2010
2 - KATIE PERRY Firework new single 15 November 2010
3 - NELLY FURTADO Night Is Young new single 16 November 2010
4 3 WILDER Skyful Of Angels new single 22 November 2010
5 4 INNERCITY PIRATES Seen It All Before new single
6 - JOHN LEGEND & THE ROOTS Wake Up from the new album 'Wake Up' 18 October 2010
7 - NADINE COYLE Insatiable (Timka & WAWA Edits) new single 8 November 2010
8 8 I BLAME COCO In Spirit Golden new single 25 October 2010
9 - LINKIN PARK Waiting For The End new single from the 'A Thousand Suns' album
10 - EXAMPLE Two Lives new single 14 November 2010

This week's post ...

Boys Like Girls
Heart Heart Heartbreak new single 22 November 2010
Boys Like Girls are Martin Johnson (vocals, guitar), Paul DiGiovanni (lead guitar, vocals), Brian Donahue (bass guitar, vocals) and John Keefe (drums). and following on from the success of their hit single “Love Drunk” which A-Listed by Radio 1 and which has so far sold over 1 million digital copies in the U.S, Boys Like Girls have announced details of a new single and UK tour. “Heart Heart Heartbreak” will be the second single to be released from their album ‘Love Drunk’ on Monday 22nd November and is another infectious slice of pop-punk and already a firm live favourite. The band will also head out on tour with Kids In Glasses Houses in November which will call at the following venues:
10th November – Manchester Academy
11th November – Norwich UEA
12th November – Southampton Guildhall
14th November – Cardiff University
15th November – Bristol Academy
17th November – Glasgow ABC
18th November – Birmingham Academy
20th November – Leeds Met University
21st November – Newcastle Academy
23rd November – Sheffield Academy
24th November – London Shepherd’s Bush Empire

Example
Two Lives new single 14 November 2010
It’s been a phenomenal year for Example, with a certified silver selling album ‘Won’t Go Quietly’, killer festival performances both in the UK and Europe, a sell-out UK tour, 350K sales of this year’s summer anthems ‘Kickstarts’ and a support for the Faithless tour, Example is well and truly on a roll. And he continues his relentless onslaught on the UK charts with new single ‘Two Lives’ released through Ministry of Sound Recordings on 14th November.
‘Two Lives’ is yet another epic moment from the ‘Won’t Go Quietly’ LP and tracks like ‘Kickstarts’ shows Example cannot not only write a love song with the best of them (self declared inspirations for this tune being Chris Martin and Kanye West) - but also deliver a signature killer chorus every time. Produced by upcoming golden boy ISHI (Tinie Tempah) ‘Two Lives’ and its sweeping guitars and piano led intro is a more heart felt track; the lyrics show sincerity and glimpses of a more mature musical direction. ‘Two Lives’ is yet another Example triumph ready to follow in the footsteps of previous smashes ‘Watch the Sun Come Up’, ‘Won’t Go Quietly’ and ‘Kickstarts’. Example is currently on his headline UK tour selling over 25K tickets nationwide over 17 dates. His new live set also hits the road with Faithless kicking off in Bournemouth on 30th November climaxing at London’s O2 Arena on 11th December. With support from a roll call of Radio 1 DJs of Zane Lowe, Annie Mac, Judge Jules, Annie Mac and Mistajam, and massive daytime love from Fearne Cotton, Greg James, and a shout out from Chris Moyles for his very special recent live lounge performance, Example is definitely one of the hottest acts to impact the charts this year.
‘Two Lives’ is released with Data on 14th November with remixes from Wez Clarke, Kris Menace, Loadsta, Tek-One and Ian Archer.

I Blame Coco
In Spirit Golden new single 1 November 2010
Weird it sounds like Sting singing... she wouldn't have her Dad helping yet would she? Anyway, a good song, some very catchy hooks lifted and accentuated by the remixers involved... Hope this goes Top 40 for her...
Here's the PR.....I Blame Coco is set to release her new single ‘In Spirit Golden’ on November 1st on Island Records. In thrall to uplifting 1970s Disco as much as it is to intricate 1980s electro, ‘In Spirit Golden’ is a shimmering, soaring anthem full of giddy nods to computer game soundtracks and Killers style stadium pop riffs. ‘In Spirit Golden’ will be released one week before I Blame Coco’s debut album, ‘The Constant’ (November 1st). The single will be accompanied by remixes from Arthur Baker,, RacknRuin, Soul Avengerz and DC Breaks, the latter of which has already worked its way onto Radio 1. After a summer packed with festival shows, I Blame Coco will be embarking on her first nationwide headline tour this autumn, during which ‘In Spirit Golden’ will be released.
I Blame Coco plays:
October
Wed 13th BRISTOL, Thekla
Thu 14th SHEFFIELD, Live Wire (Sheffield Union)
Fri 15th OXFORD, Academy 2
Sat 16th COVENTRY, Kasbah
Mon 18th GLASGOW, King Tuts
Tue 19th LEEDS, Mine (Leeds University)
Wed 20th LONDON, Scala
Tue 26th MANCHESTER, Academy 3
Wed 27th LIVERPOOL, O2 Academy 2
Thu 28th NEWCASTLE, Other Room
November
Mon 1st NOTTINGHAM, Bodega
Tue 2nd BIRMINGHAM, Academy 2
Wed 3rd BRIGHTON, Brighton Ballroom
Tickets cost £7 (Sheffield/Coventry £5, Nottingham, Brighton, Bristol £7.50, London £9) and are on sale now.

James Blunt
Stay The Night new single 25th October 2010
A bright up-lifting pop song sounding great alongside Train's 'Hey Soul Sister'... Top Ten Us maybe... Top 20 here. Good chune
PR.... “If this is what we’ve got, then what we’ve got is gold” James Blunt releases his brand new single, the insanely catchy “Stay The Night”, on Custard/Atlantic Records on October 25. The single is taken from his third album “Some Kind Of Trouble” which will be released on November 8. The album was produced by Steve Robson (with co production by Greg Kurstin and Eg White) and sees the five times Grammy nominee start another chapter in his musical career with a new freshness and spontaneity pervading the whole record. The single “Stay The Night” exemplifies this mood, a sexy acoustic-guitar driven party song about “singing ‘Billie Jean’, and mixing vodka with caffeine”. Written by Blunt, OneRepublic’s Ryan Tedder and Steve Robson, it’s the sound of an artist at the peak of his powers and it’s also very much the sound of an artist having fun. “Before, I would write a song and we’d go and record it. This time, it was very much come in with nothing”, recalls Blunt. “There was that sense of energy, let’s have fun in the studio and make a racket. It was great fun and felt natural.” “Some Kind Of Trouble” follows up the enormous global success of Blunt’s two previous albums, 2003’s “Back To Bedlam” and 2007’s “All the Lost Souls” which between them sold a staggering 18 million copies worldwide. It was recorded largely in London with James’s regular touring band, with whom he will be back on the road in 2011, with dates to be announced soon.

John Legend & The Roots
Wake Up new album 18 October 2010
Well 'I Wish I Knew' should provide an updated theme for Film 2010 with Wossys dynamic replacements.... and 'Wake Up', a superbe Philadelphia original by Harold Melvin treated lovingly to Legends update... great song... great performance... and The Roots is a fine monicker to describe what's occurring here... top notch deserves success
PR... Musical powerhouses John Legend & The Roots are presenting fans with a fiery new offering, Wake Up! The upcoming CD, being released by Sony Music on October 11th 2010, will feature soulful music from the 60’s and 70’s all with an underlying theme of awareness, engagement and consciousness— effectively telling listeners to Wake Up! After being inspired by the recent historical Presidential election campaign of 2008, the R&B singer Legend and hip-hop band The Roots felt a need to enter the action. What started as plans for a single quickly developed into a passionate album representing change, hope and activism— not only referencing one particular moment in time, but on a larger scale, holding true no matter what the political climate may be. The resulting album features eleven profoundly evocative songs infused with sounds of gospel, rock and reggae inflections with hip-hop influences. The album is highlighted by familiar tracks like “Wholly Holy” by Marvin Gaye and “Little Ghetto Boy” by Donny Hathaway mixed with the more obscure selections of Baby Huey and the Babysitters’ “Hard Times,” and “Hang on in There” by Mike James Kirkland. “These songs sound so relevant now,” Legend says. “On most of them, you wouldn’t change a lyric. ‘Wake Up Everybody’ (the album’s first single, featuring contributions from Melanie Fiona and Common) has four verses—the first one is a general statement, the second is about education, third is about health care, and the fourth is about making a better environment. No editing needed.” “When
these songs were written, people were more spiritually in tune,” says Roots drummer/musical director Ahmir “?uestlove” Thompson. “It was fresh from the civil rights era and there was a feeling of hope that maybe, yes, someday we will all be free. In 2010, not so much.” The album features one original composition, Legend’s song "Shine," which is featured in Academy Award-winning director Davis Guggenheim’s upcoming documentary film Waiting for Superman. The song, a "Stevie-Wonder-meets-gospel" stunner, clearly demonstrates the strengths of this specific group of musicians. Wake Up! blends Legend’s expressive, thoughtful vocal interpretations with an element of funk that only The Roots can provide. Bringing John Legend & The Roots together is an inspired pairing, so logical that it’s a little surprising they haven’t teamed up in a proper collaboration before. John Legend is a six-time Grammy winner whose three albums have all hit Number One on the Billboard R’n’B charts, and have sold over 600,000 copies in the UK alone. He has previously collaborated with such artists as Kanye West, Jay-Z, Alicia Keys, and the Black Eyed Peas. The Roots—currently visible nightly as the stupendously versatile house band on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon—have released nine acclaimed studio albums (including the recent How I Got Over) and redefined the relationship between live instruments and hip-hop.
Track listing:
1. Wake Up (No Rap)
2. Humanity
3. I Wish I Knew
4. Shine

Katy Perry
Firework new single November 2010
Another smash hit... and it's worth re-reading the press release for her latest album... “I can’t run from where I came from, nobody can,” says Katy Perry. When it came time to make her exhilarating second album “Teenage Dream,” Katy found herself increasingly drawn back home to Santa Barbara, Calif. Back to where they knew her before she became a superstar. Before she kissed a girl and liked it. And, certainly, before she sold 5 million copies of her Capitol Records blockbuster, “One of the Boys.” “I love the vibe that Santa Barbara gives off and I wanted to really tap into the purity of my childhood and that feeling,” says the two-time Grammy nominated singer. “It was really fun to get away and walk into the studio with no make-up on.” “Teenage Dream,” out August 30th, will move you, both emotionally and physically. “When I was touring, I wanted people to dance more,” Katy says. “So I wrote an album that made people move, yet didn’t sacrifice the story substance that I had on the last record.” The album, whose producers include Max Martin, Tricky Stewart, Stargate, Dr. Luke and Greg Wells, is a glorious evolution from “One of The Boys,” It showcases an artist who dares us to join her as she experiences every facet of life.
“I’m giving everyone the full spectrum on this record,” Katy says. “You’re getting the sugary sweet, but you’re also getting the ‘Oh my goodness, she had to sit down for a minute and let some things off her chest’.”
Fun first single, “California Gurls,” went straight to No. 1 in the UK charts, has gone Gold and is the undeniable summer anthem of 2010. Featuring Snoop Dogg, “Gurls” is a sizzling salute to sun-kissed days spent in Daisy Dukes and a bikini top. Other album highlights include the heartbreakingly wistful “The One that Got Away,” the naughty, playful strut of “Peacock,” the uplifting “Firework,” the pulsing, stinging “Circle the Drain,” and the spiritual quest of “Who Am I Living For.” And then, of course, there’s the passionate, thumping title track. “I called the album ‘Teenage Dream’ because I feel like I will always want to be that pin-up poster,” Katy says. “I definitely want to be in everybody’s dreams at all times until I get to Liz Taylor’s age when I’m not in your dreams anymore, and I’m just a diva!”
It’s irreverent statements like this that have branded Katy a true American original. She’s the extremely talented girl next door with slyly captivating charm. She’s the face most likely to adorn the bedroom walls of young girls who adore Katy not only for her musical brio, but for her playful yet sophisticated fashion sense (Who else could wear a blinking dress that lights up) “I don’t ever really want to come off as trashy,” she says. ‘But I want people to know I’m definitely having fun.”
Of that, there’s no doubt. Seldom has an artist catapulted onto the world scene and captured not only people’s ears, but their hearts as well. Since the 2008 release of “One of the Boys,” Katy has taken a jet-fueled rocket pack to the top, wowing fans with her often whimsical, irresistible pop songs. Katy topped charts in more than 25 countries with cultural phenomenon “I Kissed a Girl,” “Hot N Cold,” “Thinking Of You” and “Waking Up in Vegas,” and has sold more than 22 million digital tracks and mobile products worldwide.
Katy erases any barrier between pop star and audience by writing all her own material. “You’re getting a pure connection to the artist,” Katy says. “You’re not getting some idea of what that artist should be, you’re getting a direct voice.”
Nowhere is Katy’s voice and vision clearer than in concert. She is a relentless road warrior, albeit one who comes complete with gigantic, blow up plastic strawberries to toss into the audience. As a newcomer, she stormed the Warped Tour stage for 47 dates in 2008, immediately winning over hardened rock fans with her ceaselessly energetic live show. Since then, she has steadily built audiences across the planet by touching down in more than two dozen countries and filling increasingly larger venues each time she returned to a city. 2009’s headlining “One of the Boys” tour was a phenomenal success, selling out around the world.
She’s also a popular television draw, appearing on countless talk shows, presenting and performing on the Grammys living out her lifelong dream of being
lowered from the ceiling in a 600 lb. banana, serving as a guest judge on "X Factor" and “American Idol,” and hosting MTV’s Europe Music Awards twice. More often than not she’s adding to her trophy case at each stop, winning Best New Act at the Europe Music Awards, Best Pop Video at the MTV Japan Awards and International Female Solo Artist at the Brit Awards.
As much as her life seems to play itself out in the press she reminds us the real Katy is in every note and every word of her music. “If you ever want an answer about how I felt about something or what I was going through or what I believe or my convictions or my love,” she says, “You just have to listen to the lyrics.” We can’t wait to hear every word she has to say.

Linkin Park
Waiting For The End new single 14 November 2010
Another fine offering from Linkin Park's brave new world... hopefully bettering the No.40 peak of 'The Catylist'.

Mirrors
Hide & Seek / Toe The Line new single 15 November 2010
Mirrors double a-side single features a couple of bright pop-ish indie tunettes... 'Hide & Seek' jollies along in a subtle captivating way as does 'Toe The Line'... with a little airplay and a little more luck... Top 40 can't be that far away

Nadine Coyle
Insatiable new single 8 November 2010
Good chune... should give Chezza a run for her dosh!!! Particularly like the Timka Extended Mix. Top Ten.
PR... Nadine Coyle releases her hotly anticipated debut solo single, 'Insatiable' on November 1st 2010 and album of the same name on November 8th exclusively through Tesco on her own Black Pen Records imprint. With the energy of a Lear-jet on a private runway, the massive singalong choruses of 'Insatiable' erupt and lodge in the brain after one listen. 'I'm a pop artist,' says Nadine, 'and that's what pop songs should do at their best. I just knew we had something special when we wrote that song.' 'Insatiable' was co-written by Nadine and golden era-Robbie Williams collaborator Guy Chambers.
The album 'Insatiable' is set to be one of the biggest musical events of the year, marking Nadine's first solo venture after seven years, five albums and millions of record and ticket sales as part of one of the most successful UK female acts of all-time, Girls Aloud.
The album has been put together by Nadine over the last two years and features 13 brand new tracks all written or co-written by her. Jam packed with stellar modern pop, 'Insatiable' mixes it up with influences ranging from the 80's to the noughties via Motown, sleek soul, blissed out ballads and a major injection of Tina Turneresque va-va-voooom to truly stop the show. 'It had to be right,' explains Nadine. 'It had to be my sound and my songs. Insatiable feels like that'.
The album was recorded in London, Stockholm, Malibu and Los Angeles with an international roll-call of musical talent, all assembled by Nadine herself. As well as Guy Chambers, other production or writing collaborators include William Orbit (Madonna), Toby Gad (Beyonce) and Desmond Child (Aerosmith and Bon Jovi) and a host of cherry picked brand new talent. If being crammed full of killer modern pop songs were not enough, 'Insatiable' is very much a singer's album, underlining that Nadine has one of the best voices around - incredible and diverse, she can go from breathy or sultry through to full-on powerhouse at the drop of a tune. The video for "Insatiable" being shot in LA is being directed by the legendary Wayne Isham who has previously worked with Britney, Muse, Janet Jackson and Metallica. In order to make her dream album Nadine created her own label Black Pen Records so she could take complete creative control. After considering numerous offers from several major record companies worldwide, she made the innovative decision to sign a deal with retail giant Tesco, who will stock the album exclusively. 'So much has changed in the way artists work now' explains Nadine, 'I think we have learned that the traditional model for selling an album isn't the only way of doing things. To be able to create an album where you are in complete control of your own work is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for an artist.

Nelly Furtado
Night Is Young new single / album 16 November 2010
Nelly F is back too and this is hitbound, probably not as big as 'Maneater' but hitbound nevertheless. Here's the pr...
Multi-platinum-selling, Grammy-winning global superstar, actress, philanthropist and recent Canadian “Walk of Fame” inductee, Nelly Furtado, will celebrate her first 10 years of recording with her first greatest hits compilation, The Best Of Nelly Furtado (Geffen Records). The album, to be released November 16th, features #1 Pop smashes, collaborations and three previously unreleased recordings and will be available in standard and double-disc deluxe editions.
Of the previously unreleased recordings, “Night Is Young,” the album’s first single, was co-produced by Salaam Remi (Nas, The Fugees, Amy Winehouse) and Staybent Krunk-A-Delic, and co-written by Nelly Furtado. Producer Remi and Furtado also co-wrote “Girlfriend” while “Stars,” was produced by Lester Mendez who co-wrote the track with Furtado. The Best Of Nelly Furtado looks back at a simply sensational and genuinely global first decade for the acclaimed Canadian-born singer-songwriter of Portuguese heritage. She has won and/or been nominated for seven Grammy awards, has a BRIT Award win, and has been awarded numerous Junos (Canada’s equivalent of the Grammy), including Album Of The Year for Loose as well as an MTV Europe Music Award. Furthermore, she has been nominated for a handful of Billboard Latin Music Awards and a Grammy for her groundbreaking 2009 album Mi Plan that further solidifies her vibrant and successful career as a dual language superstar. Embracing different cultures, musical styles and even languages, Nelly Furtado has helped define musical diversity for a new generation.
Nelly’s eclectic 2000 double platinum debut Whoa, Nelly! which spawned “I’m Like A Bird” was followed by the gold 2003 Folklore, whose “Forca” became the official anthem of the 2004 European Cup Football Championship. 2006’s double platinum, #1-debuting Loose spotlighted the platinum, Grammy-nominated “Promiscuous” along with the hits “Say It Right” and “Maneater.” Loose has been certified platinum in 32 countries and sold nearly 10 million copies worldwide and won the 2007 Brit Award for the International Female Solo Artist. In 2009, Mi Plan, her first album entirely in Spanish, made history when the single “Manos al Aire” soared to #1 on Billboard’s “Hot Latin Songs” chart, marking it the highest debut of 2009 for Latin Pop album and the first time a North American artist had reached the top spot with a song originally written in Spanish. The album went on to be a #1 hit on Billboard’s “Top Latin Album,” as well as ITunes and Amazon Latin music charts. In 2010, Nelly joined producer Bob Ezrin and Young Artists For Haiti in singing K’NAAN’s “Wavin’ Flag” where all proceeds go to Free The Children, War Child Canada and World Vision Canada. A video for “Night Is Young” will be available in the near future. Furtado’s highly anticipated fifth original album will be released in early 2011.

Tinie Tempah
Discovery new album
Well Tinie's arrived and later tonight he should takeover the MOBOS... two chart-toppers and the Frisky hands plus in knickers Number Two have made his year no doubt... Mr Tempah's remixes are in a league of their own... the cherry on the cake. Another victory for Grime land.

new trax
our weekly a to z of new cd review's is listed below

this week
Boys Like Girls 22/11/10
Example 14/11/10
I Blame Coco 1/11/10
James Blunt 25/10/10
John Legend LP 18/10/10
Katy Perry 15/11/10
Linkin Park 14/11/10
Mirrors 15/11/10
Nadine Coyle 8/11/10
Nelly Furtado 16/11/10
Tinie Tempah LP

11 Oct
Stereophonics 18/10/10

4 Oct
The Concretes 18/10/10
Fenech Solar 20/9/10
Foals 4/11/10
Huski v Arcade Fire 27/9/10
Klaxons 25/10/10
3OH!3 to be confirmed

27 Sep
Innercity Pirates 4/10/10
Pure Reason Revolution 11/10/10
TingTings 10/10/10
Robbie & Gary 4/10//10

20 Sep
Chapel Club 11/10/10
Devlin vs Kid Adrift
Spokes
Wilder 22/11/10

13 Sep
Carl Barat 4/10/10
Black Soul Strangers LP
Foals 13/9/10
Gyptian 31/10/10
The Lines 23/8/10
Mona 13/9/10
School Of Seven Bells 27/9/10

6 Sep
Chapel Club 11/10/10
Clinic 20/9/10
Dinosaur Pile-Up 27/9/10
Dutch Uncles 11/10/10
Ed Drewitt 25/10/10
Grinderman 6/9/10
Mr Fogg 23/8/10
We Are Scientists 11/10/10
Yeasayer

30 Aug
BoB & Rivers Cuomo 25/10/10
Chiddy Bang 11/10/10
Placebo 27/9/10
Professor Green & Example 3/10/10
Tinie Tempah 27/9/10

23 Aug
Bombay Bicycle Club
Robert Plant

16 Aug
The Bees
The Wombats

9 Aug
Bashy
I Am Arrows
I Blame CoCo
Jimmy Eat World
Katy Perry
Tokyo Police Club