Wednesday, 25 June 2008
Coverage
Artist: Coverage
Genre(s):
Metal
Discography:
Chrysalides Funebres
Year: 2004
Tracks: 8
Euro-trance duo Groove Coverage emerged as one of the most successful German club acts of its generation with a series of crossover chart smashes. DJ Novus (born Markus Schafferzyk) and producer Axel Konrad co-founded the visualise in the summer of 2001. After a geminate of subway system club favorites, "Hit Me" and "Ar U Ready," they recruited vocalist Mell, wHO took center stage on the discovery Groove Coverage strike "Moon Shadow," a Mike Oldfield cover that earned the group its first German Top Ten strike. Mell's gestation forced her to go on foramen from the group, however, and with pinch hitter singer Verena, Groove Coverage scored its second serial Top Ten accounting entry with "Immortal Is a Girl," co-written by Lou Bega of "Mambo No. 5" celebrity. In the autumn of 2002 the duo issued its debut full-length, Covergirl, supporting its freeing with a term of enlistment crossways western and cardinal Europe. Mell returned in 2003, although Verena continued contributory extra vocals to 2004's 7 Years and 50 Days, an record album highlighted by its smash hit cover of Alice Cooper's "Envenom." The LP as well generated the hits "She" and "Fleer," the latter a break in Australia, Canada, and Japan as well. After a series of singles including "Holy place Virgin," "On the Radio," and "21st Century Digital Girl," Groove Coverage issued its third uncut, twenty-first Century Digital Girl, in mid-2006.
Thursday, 12 June 2008
Cate Blanchett - Blanchetts Plea To Prime Minister Over Australian Exhibit
Actress CATE BLANCHETT has signed an open letter to Australian Prime Minister KEVIN RUDD - urging him not to censor a controversial photography exhibition.
Police in Sydney, Australia, shut down an exhibition of photographs by respected artist Bill Henson last week (beg19May08) because the show featured naked pictures of 12 and 13-year-old children.
The move has sparked a heated debate in the country over the line between art and pornography.
And Blanchett has come to the defence of the exhibition, insisting Rudd should not block Henson's work.
The letter reads: "We should remember that an important index of social freedom, in earlier times or in repressive regimes elsewhere in the world, is how artists and art are treated by the state.
"We wish to make absolutely clear that none of us endorses, in any way, the abuse of children. Henson's work has nothing to do with child pornography and, according to the judgment of some of the most respected curators and critics in the world, it is certainly art."
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Friday, 6 June 2008
Royworld, Dust
Royworld
Dust
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London quartet Royworld are constantly touring at the moment! They release their new single, 'Dust', on 19th May 2008 through Virgin Records. It's taken from the band's forthcoming debut album 'Man In The Machine' released on 2nd June.
Fronted by Rod Futrille, Royworld have a unique way of creating their monolithic, skyscraping songcraft. The songwriting process in itself is unusual as it is split between Rod and his brother Crispin who does not feature in the Royworld line-up for the recording process nor their live shows. The band of close friends then delivers the Futrilles' brainchild to devastating effect.
A strong combination of Royworld's debut single, 'Man In The Machine' released in March, and their breath taking nationwide live shows has quickly moved them to the forefront of the latest handful of new British acts set to do well in 2008.
TOUR DATES:
3rd May Norwich, Arts Centre
4th May Oxford, Academy 2
5th May Birmingham, Bar Academy
7th May Liverpool, Barfly
8th May Glasgow, Tuts
9th May Dublin, Trinity Ball
11th May Leeds, Cockpit
12th May Lancaster Library
13th May Manchester, Night and Day
15th May Cardiff, Club Ifor Bach
16th May Brighton (The Great Escape Festival)
18th May Southampton, The Joiners
19th May London, Borderline
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