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Kieron Gillen’s Workblog » Indie Work Update

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I’m asked on Formspring about the state of the art of what I’m up to outside of Marvel. Been a while since I’ve said anything here. Let’s cut and paste it, as a FYI.

Can you tell us anymore about your upcoming indy projects? Like artists you are working with or what period of history for your historical series? Are they slated for release this year?

Er… abstractly they all 4 should drop this year, but knowing indie work, some could drop into the next. Were I to put money on it, I’d say half of them will. There’s a chance all four will be 2013.

(That would piss me off enormously. It’ll be 3 years since I had any new Indie work out. )

I better not say any of the artists that haven’t been announced. Richard Ortitz is the artist on the Heat (Some of his pages are here: richardortizcomic.blogspot.com/search/label/Comic%20Pages ). I suspect this is one of the ones that will drop to next year, unless he starts producing pages faster. AVATAR PROJECT 2 (Unannounced) has an artist you probably won’t be aware of. That should be very late this year, and I feel more confident in happening in 2012 than The Heat.

The other two projects, one is from Image and the other one is still in a Lawyering place. One is an Urban Fantasy comic with an artist I’ve worked with before. The Historical series is classically set, with an artist I’ve never worked with before, but whose work I’ve loved for years and has drawn at least one of my fave indie books of the 00s. The former will be announced quite soon. The latter, I suspect, will be announced later in the year – maybe SDCC. I suspect Avatar Project 2 may be SDCC too.

I note two things here:i) Just to stress, the “you probably won’t have heard of” and the comment about Richard’s page-production aren’t actually negative – they’re purely meant to be factual. The Artist on Avatar Project 2 is awesome, but he’s fresh and new so the name won’t speak to you if I drop it. And Richard’s production is just what it is.ii) How do you spell Indie? Indy? Me and the questioner differ. Man!

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BRIT Awards: British Breakthrough Act (1977 – 2011) – Video

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6th February 2012, 14:20

Capital FM is taking a look back at the previous winners of one of the most significant awards at the BRITs.

The British Breakthrough Act award can be one of the biggest career highlights for any artist. It can catapult an acts’ career overnight and this year sees the likes of Jessie J going up against Ed Sheeran, Emeli Sande, The Vaccines and Anna Calvi.

The list of previous winners contains some of the biggest names ever in British music and whoever takes home this year’s prestigious prize will be more than happy to sit alongside such acts as the ones below.

Tinie was the most nominated artist at the BRITs 2011 with nods in a total of four categories. The rapper picked up his award in typical style as he sported a fetching white suit. He also managed to walk away with the Best British Single prize for his single ‘Pass Out’.

Tinie has since been working on the follow up to his debut ‘Disc-Overy’ and has also launched a fashion design label.

Watch Tinie perform a medley of his biggest hits at the BRITs 2011 below.

An overwhelmed and ecstatic Marvin, Aston, JB and Oritsé picked up there first ever BRIT Award in 2010 and thanked their fans for helping to make their “dreams come true” during their speech at the ceremony.  

The boy band didn’t stop there as they picked up the award for Best British Single with ‘Beat Again’ and performed an energetic rendition of the track on the night.

JLS have become one of the most successful acts ever to have appeared on The X Factor and one of the biggest boy bands in the UK. They are currently working in their fourth studio album and hoping to work with Ed Sheeran.

Watch JLS perform ‘Beat Again’ at the BRITs 2010 below.

It was a fantastic night for Duffy as she picked up a trio of awards at the BRITs 2009. The singer was riding high on the success of her debut album ‘Rockferry’ which produced the smash single ‘Mercy’.

The Welsh singer has since gone on to release her second studio album ‘Endlessly’ which has failed to make as big an impression as he first.

Watch Duffy perform ‘Warwick Avenue’ at the BRITs 2009 below.

Mike beat off competition form Leona Lewis, Klaxons, Kate Nash and Bat For Lashes to take home the award. The singer opened the event in 2008 with a mash up of his singles ‘Love Today’ and ‘Grace Kelly’. He was also joined by Gossip lead singer Beth Ditto during the performance where the pair broke out into Beth’s single ‘Standing In The Way Of Control’.

Mika is currently preparing to release his third studio album ‘The Origin Of Love’ which is scheduled for release sometime in 2012.

Watch Mika perform ‘Grace Kelly’ and ‘Love Today’ at the BRITs 2008 below.

Following the success of their debut album ‘Costello Music’ the Scottish trio took home the 2007 award away from favourites The Kooks. A clearly jovial Jon, Barry and Mince Fratelli were covered in beer and champagne as the announcement was made and then headed on stage to thank their fans who had been behind the band from the start.

The group have since gone on hiatus with all three members working on new musical projects. Most notably, Jon who went on to form Coedine Velvet Club with Lou Hickey before releasing his debut solo album ‘Psycho Jukebox’. Barry has since joined Birmingham outfit The Twang and Mince has been working with Jon providing drums on his solo effort.

Watch The Fratellis acceptance speech at the BRITs 2007 below.

The band were not in attendance for the BRITs 2006 ceremony and recorded a message from their tour bus accepting their award. However, they let We Are Scientists singer Keith Murray do the talking.

The Sheffield outfit have become one of the biggest ever British Bands responsible for such hits as ‘Brianstorm’, ‘Crying Lightning’ and ‘When The Sun Goes Down’.

The band released their fourth album ‘Suck It And See’ last year and front man Alex Turner is set to begin work on the second Last Shadow Puppets album with Miles Kane.

Watch the the Arctic Monkeys acceptance speech at the BRITs 2006 below.

Keane collected the award for British Breakthrough ahead of Franz Ferdinand, Joss Stone, Natasha Bedingfield and The Zutons. The band released their hugely popular debut album ‘Hopes And Fears’ in 2004 which was followed by 2006′s ‘Under The Iron Sea’ and last album ‘Perfect Symmetry’.

The band are currently working on their fourth studio album and in 2011 announced that Jesse Quin had been recruited as a new full time member of the group.

Charlie, James and Matt became one of the countries most popular acts with the release of their self titled debut album and follow up ‘A Present For Everyone’. Their pop punk style gave life to a new breed of boy band and they won big at the 2004 BRITs taking home the British Breakthrough and Best Pop Act.

The band split up in 2005 with Charlie concentrating on his other band Fightstar. He has since gone on to release a solo album. Matt had a short solo career and has appeared on ‘I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here.’ James released new material with his band ‘Son Of Dork’ – who have since disbanded.

You can watch a clip of the band performing ‘Teenage Kicks’ live on the show below.

Will Young rose to fame as the winner of the first of the new breed of music talent shows ‘Pop Idol’ in 2001. He released his debut album ‘From Now On’ in 2002 and was crowned British Breakthrough Act at the BRITs the following year.

The singer beat The Streets, Liberty X, Ms Dynamite and Wirral band The Coral to the award on the night.

The ‘Your Game’ singer has since gone on to record five studio albums and a greatest hits collection.

Boy band Blue took home the prize in 2002 following the success of their debut single ‘All Rise’ and follow up ‘Too Close’. The band released three studio albums before announcing their split in 2005.

All four members went on to have solo careers, with Simon Webbe having the most success out of the group. Duncan James enjoyed several presenting roles, Lee Ryan has appeared in films as well as cooking show ‘Hells Kitchen’ and Antony Costa has featured in musicals.

The band have now reformed and even represented Great Britain at the 2011 Eurovision Song Contest. They have since announced plans to release a new album and are rumoured to have been working with Bruno Mars and Ne-Yo.

Robbie Williams was the big winner on the night, but Ben, Mark, Christian and Paul took home their first and only BRIT Award for the British Breakthrough Act.

The band had huge success with their cover of the A-ha classic ‘Take On Me’ and decided to call an end to their time after founding member Paul Marazzi left the group.

In 2009, they decided to reform as a trio and released their fourth studio album a year later.

Jo, Tina, Jon, Bradley, Paul, Rachel, Hannah – better known as S Club 7 – won the award in the millennium year after beating off competition from the likes of Shanks and Bigfoot and the Honeyz. The evening’s event saw a performance by boy band Five and Queen as well as Travis taking home the coveted British Album award for ‘The Man Who’.

Their single ‘Reach’ has been tackled by many a music reality show hopeful and the band themselves have all gone on to have a variety of careers. Rachel Stevens is regarded as having the most success since the band’s departure and there have been rumours of a possible reunion in 2012.

The Indie band had to fight off Billie Piper, Five and Steps to be crowned the British Breakthrough Act of 1999. The event was held at The London Arena and also saw David Bowie take to the stage with Placebo for a stand out performance of the T-Rex classic ’20th Century Boy’.

The Scottish outfit have released eight studio albums and their BRITs success was supported by their critically acclaimed record ‘The Boy With The Arab Strap’.

Welsh rockers Stereophonics took home the award for British Breakthrough Act ahead of favourites Travis in 1998. Lead singer Kelly Jones gave the acceptance speech and after thanking everyone he said: “About time for a bit of f***ing recognition.”

The band have headlined Glastonbury Festival, released seven studio albums and continue to tour the world. They fired drummer Stuart Cable in 2003 and the former member sadly passed away in 2010.

Gaz Coombes and co had to beat such artists as Elastica and Cast to take the British Breakthrough Act prize this year. The band achieved success after the release of their debut album ‘I Should Coco’ in 1995 which produced the single ‘Alright’. This was also the year in which Jarvis Cocker’s infamous mocking of Michael Jackson took place.

The band went on to release such singles as ‘Richard III’, ‘Moving’ and ‘Pumping On Your Stereo’ and also picked up a further two BRIT awards in 1998 and 2000. The group have now disbanded and are pursuing solo projects.

During the height of their Britpop success, the Gallagher brothers and the rest of the Manchester band picked up the first of a career total of six BRITs. The group had released their debut album ‘Definately Maybe’ during the previous year and were also up for the Best Album award on the night as well.

The band went on to become one of the countries most successful ever bands before announcing their split in 2009 after a falling out between Noel and Liam. Both brothers have gone on to pursue other projects, with Liam fronting his band Beady Eye and Noel going solo.

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Musicians vie for Olympic position

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The musicians fortunate enough to play at the London Olympic Games’ opening ceremony this year will enjoy a prestigious gig with a Live Aid-like global-reach: not only is their honour at stake, but those who seize the day will likely enjoy a concomitant surge in album sales.

“Coverage of the 2012 Olympic Games represents the biggest single broadcast event in the BBC’s history,” predicts the corporation’s director-general Mark Thompson. Lord Coe, chairman of the 2012 Olympics Committee, says Britain will embrace a Halley’s Comet-like moment.

In terms of sheer scale and spectacle, the opening and closing ceremonies of the Beijing 2008 Games set the bar high. Only the British “hand-over” segment of the closing ceremony was somewhat underwhelming. Who could forget Leona Lewis and Jimmy Page awkwardly miming Whole Lotta Love atop a double-decker London bus? Who could forget the decidedly amateur-theatre-like cast of “commuters” who looked on?

Keen to erase that memory, perhaps, the prime minister David Cameron is sparing no expense on the opening ceremony of the London Olympics. Indeed, when the event’s artistic director Danny Boyle visited Downing Street recently to show two six-minute films previewing his plans, he was able to persuade the prime minister to increase funding from £40 million (Dh225m) to £80m.

Boyle – the Oscar-winning auteur behind the films Slumdog Millionaire and Shallow Grave – is working closely with the event’s musical directors, Underworld, and he and the electronic act led by Karl Hyde and Rick Smith go back a long way. Underworld’s Born Slippy NUXX featured on the soundtrack of the Boyle-directed Trainspotting, while last year, he and the band collaborated on a stage production of Mary Shelley’s gothic tale, Frankenstein.

“It’s a great honour and one we’re taking very seriously,” Hyde told the BBC regarding Underworld’s Olympic duties. “It’s certainly not something we’ll get the chance to do again.”

Exactly who will be billed alongside Underworld on July 27 is still the topic of much speculation. “Olympic flame tempts Pink Floyd,” wrote the Daily Express on January 3, but a representative of the band’s guitarist soon refuted the claim, stating: “Dave Gilmour can confirm that there is no truth in media speculation that Pink Floyd are reuniting to perform at the 2012 Olympics.”

Another obvious choice, and a name that keeps popping up, is Paul McCartney. The epic strains of Live and Let Die would certainly be appropriate for the cut and thrust of the Olympic arena, and Macca has confirmed that he’s in talks to play at the opening ceremony. Ringo Starr, by contrast, has long-since quashed hopes that the Games might prompt something of a Beatles reunion.

“I’ll be touring America, so I won’t be doing it,” he told the press assembled at last year’s Mojo Awards.

Elsewhere, over at Newnownext.com, editors are all aflutter about The Spice Girls, claiming that Posh, Baby, Scary, Sporty and Ginger may be reuniting for an Olympic performance.

“[It's] enough to cause a zig-a-zig-ah of excitement,” says reporter Chris Spargo.

Given that The Spice Girls and comedian Jennifer Saunders are currently hatching Viva Forever, a West End musical based on the group’s songs, an appearance at the Games doesn’t seem so far-fetched.

More prosaically, one of the most heartwarming stories about bands who may or may not play the opening ceremony centres around Britpop also-rans Shed Seven. Galvanised by the title of 1996 single Going for Gold, fans of the York-formed group have launched a Facebook page that aims to have the song adopted as Team GB’s unofficial anthem.

Though the Guy Garvey-led Elbow have been commissioned to compose the BBC’s official Olympics theme, Shed Seven guitarist Paul Banks told York newspaper The Press that his band, too, has much to offer: “… Shed Seven have always been the underdogs [of] the British music scene, but we are still fighting and working hard. That probably sums up the Great Britain team quite well, really.”

The theme song of the Moscow 1980 Olympics was Moscow Gives the Start, while the Barcelona 1992 Games featured Barcelona by Freddie Mercury and Montserrat Caballe. Literal song titles are the norm, then, but what should the instrumental music at an Olympic Games opening ceremony convey? Nobility, conviction and a sense of excellence seem apposite, and mindful of that, perhaps, those preview films Boyle screened at Downing Street reportedly featured excerpts from Edward Elgar’s Nimrod.

It’s Britain’s pop cultural capital that translates best, though, and that’s why I’d like to see The Rolling Stones top the bill when the London Olympics kick off on July 27. Jagger, Richards and company are true rock champions, and in Start Me Up, they have the perfect song for the occasion.

As for who actually will play on the day, don’t expect an official announcement just yet: Björk’s August 13 appearance at the Athens 2004 Games was only confirmed three weeks before lift-off. The London 2012 opening ceremony will likely have a trick or two up its sleeve, too.

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Indie Music Legend Morrissey Rages About Royal Oak Show

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The British performer and indie music legend took to his website to rate his best performances of the year — and the worst — and little suburban Royal Oak, Mich., took the brunt of his legendary ire.

Morrissey, former lead singer of The Smiths, blasted security at his sold-out December show for savaging fans.

“I stopped the show at the Royal Oak Theater in Michigan in consideration of the audience – who were being unashamedly assaulted by the in-house security,” he wrote. “It is difficult to watch this happen, especially when our friends … are being forcibly choked to death simply for being there.

“If such attacks happened at the opera or in a night-club, the victims would rightfully sue.”

The Royal Oak Music Theatre was long a sore subject for Royal Oak police, who argued there weren’t enough of them to patrol such a large facility. The city stopped all dancing there years ago to keep the crowds as docile as possible.

In this instance, according to a concert review in The Daily Tribune, the show ended during an encore when audience members rushed the stage, which happens at Morrissey shows. “Morrissey stopped the music and stated, “We’d like to thank Royal Oak security. Bleh!” before storming off stage,” according to the report.

But Royal Oak wasn’t the only scapegoat on his site. Morrissey also said his appearance at The Shrine in Los Angeles was a disaster, calling the venue “an open slum.”

“Degradingly, the front of the hall is an orchestra pit so lowered that I found myself singing to a mass of hair,” he wrote. “The people at the front – who possibly paid the most – were quite literally down a hole. It was embarrassing for me, and surely humiliating for them.”

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Rock Band 3 Music Store Adds Tears for Fears and Sum 41 Singles

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On January 31st, you’ll be able to give your PlayStation, Wii, and Xbox 360 version of Rock Band 3 a fat lip then stand there waiting for it to fall head over heals. The thee singles below are making their way to the Rock Band Music Store:

  • Sum 41 – “Fat Lip” (Has Pro Guitar and Pro Bass expansions at an added cost per song.)
  • Sum 41 – “Still Waiting”
  • Tears for Fears – “Head Over Heels” (Has keyboard support.)

Each song will run you $1.99 USD (160 Microsoft Points, 200 Wii Points) with the Pro Guitar and Pro Bass expansion adding $0.99 USD (100 Wii Points™/80 Microsoft Points) per song.

Unfortunately, this DLC update does not include the “literal version” of “Head Over Heals,” you’ve got the internet for that. So grab your monkey, put on your gas mask, and play the keyboard.  It’s time to return those library books.

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Kenny Chesney Leads Country Music Awards Nominees

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The country music singer Kenny Chesney now has nine more reasons to tip that ever-present cowboy hat of his. He led all artists with nominations in nine categories, entertainer of the year and best song among them, when the Academy of Country Music announced its slate of contenders for its 47th annual honors on Thursday.

Jason Aldean, another connoisseur of cowboy hats, was next, with six nominations, and Brad Paisley had four. Among groups, Lady Antebellum led the tally with five nominations, and the list of female performers was headed by Taylor Swift, who received three nominations.

Further demonstrating Mr. Chesney’s star power, Grace Potter, best known in the indie rock world as a singer with the Vermont band Grace Potter and the Nocturnals, also received three nominations, all of them in connection with her duet with Mr. Chesney on “You and Tequila,” one of the biggest country hits of the past year and also a nominee for two Grammy Awards next month. Mr. Chesney also received nominations in recognition of his varied roles as singer and producer in connection with his hit CD “Hemingway’s Whiskey.”

Fans will have an opportunity to vote in the entertainer of the year and new artist categories; in fact, votes for nominees for new artist of the year can be cast online through Jan. 30, with eight semifinalists listed. The winners in all categories will be announced April 1 in Las Vegas, with Reba McEntire and Blake Shelton, who is one of the contenders for the entertainer of the year award, as hosts of a show that will be broadcast on CBS.

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Weekend music menu: Country, funk and classic rock with an ‘Oz’ twist

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This weekend’s music docket includes some old-time country music, some dinner-time funk and some familiar music, thanks to a couple of tribute shows.</p><p> <span class="bold">Get your hillbilly on:</span> If you’re in the mood for wild, old-time/hill-country music, the Bottleneck, 737 New Hampshire St. in Lawrence, has a band for you Friday and Saturday night: Mountain Sprout, a four-piece group (fiddle, banjo, guitar, stand-up bass) from Eureka Springs, Ark. </p><p>The band has shared bills with an array of big-time country stars, from Charlie Daniels to Willie Nelson and Leon Russell. The Sprout has also become a favorite at jam-band fests.</p><p> On Friday, it will share a bill with the Ragbirds, a five-piece band from Michigan that describes the music on its new album, “Travelin’ Machine,” like this: “The songs strike a balance between home and adventure, drawing upon elements of pop, gypsy, Afro-Cuban, Celtic, Middle Eastern and African sounds, with a little Cajun spice.” The ‘birds are led by Erin Zindle, who plays a small host of instruments (violin, mandolin, accordion, banjo and percussion) while she sings lead vocals.</p><p> Saturday night, two bands will open for Mountain Sprout: Cowgirl’s Train Set, a six-piece from Lawrence that calls itself a “psycho-folk hobo-punk-grass band,” and Grass Crack, a punk-bluegrass band from Tulsa, Okla. For more information, call 785-841-5483.</p><p> <span class="bold">Tribute alert:</span> The Paul Green School of Rock is taking over the RecordBar, 1020 Westport Road, for two early shows this weekend. “Dark Side of the Rainbow” starts at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday. The show features the “Dark Side of the Moon” set to visuals of “The Wizard of Oz,” which appear to correspond with each other. (The show is also often called “The Wizard of Floyd.”) Both shows are all-ages shows.</p><p> <span class="bold">Another tribute alert:</span> Several local bands are contributing to the January installment of Sonic Spectrum’s tribute series. This month’s honoree: Talking Heads. The bands playing are Betse Ellis with Lauren Krum and members of Dead Voices (minus David Regnier), Molly Picture Club, In Back of a Black Car and Soft Reeds.</p><p> Each will deliver their interpretations of favorite Heads songs starting at 8 p.m. Sunday at the RecordBar. Admission is $10. Some proceeds go to the Midwest Music Foundation. It’s an 18-and-older show.</p><p>Mike Stover of Dead Voices said of his band’s set: “Betse picked the set list, almost exclusively deep cuts from the first three albums. I’m pleased with how well these songs sound as translated by our band. I think we made a conscious decision <span class="italic">not </span>to sound like Talking Heads.”</p><p>Ellis revealed her band’s contribution: “Swamp”; “Don’t Worry About the Government”; “Heaven”; “Air”; “Warning Sign”; “Tentative Decisions”; “Cities.” The experience, which has been as much about playing with her makeshift band as it was about arranging Talking Heads songs, has been revelatory, she said.</p><p> “I recruited the Dead Voices band and Lauren for this,” said Ellis, who plays fiddle with the Wilders. “Playing with Dead Voices and singing with Lauren is like finding out I can suddenly converse in Portuguese and have all these Portuguese friends. I may have known a few words before, but mainly I spoke French. </p><p>“It’s actually more like I’m dreaming in Portuguese now, because doing this show is a dream come true. And don’t worry: We won’t be singing in Portuguese.”</p><p> <span class="bold">Saturday double-header:</span> The Brick, 1727 McGee St., has something for early birds and night owls on Saturday. The matinee/dinner-hour headliner is Phaze II, a groove-heavy funk/soul band featuring Mark Vick on guitar, Harris Green on vocals and percussion, Adam Hale on bass and Kriss Ward (Federation of Horsepower) on drums. Showtime is 5 p.m. </p><p>Later Saturday night, three Kansas City bands with different takes on country and western music share a bill: the Grisly Hand, with Adam Lee & the Dead Horse Sound Company and the Blue Boot Heelers. Showtime is 10 p.m.</p><p> <span class="bold">Saturday quadruple bill: </span>The Record Bar has booked four bands on Saturday night, and the lineup is about as diverse as a rock show can get. It features the Pedaljets (hard, brash post-punk/indie-rock); American Catastrophe (dark and stormy bluesy-roots rock); the String and Return (heavy but ambient and hypnotic rock) and Deco Auto (crunchy power-pop). Admission is $10. </p><p>The show is also a 50th birthday celebration for Michael Byars, host of “The Mailbox” podcast at the Midwest Music Foundation blog and the early morning voice you hear weekdays on KCUR (89.3 FM). Showtime is 9:30 p.m. </p><p><span class="subhead">Coming up</span></p><p>&bull; The last time Estelle Swaray was in town, she played at the swanky, 800-capacity VooDoo Lounge. The British singer/songwriter and producer followed a set by her opener, Solange Knowles. </p><p>That was back in February 2009. That night, Estelle (she goes by her first name) played a one-hour set that showcased her first album, “Shine,” a collection of soul numbers with some R&B, hip-hop and reggae accents. </p><p>On Feb. 6, Estelle brings the BET Music Matters Tour to Kansas City for a show at the Riot Room, 4048 Broadway. It’s an interesting show for a venue that typically books rock bands (especially hard-rock bands), DJs and hip-hop shows.</p><p> <span class="bold"></span>If this show turns out to be as good as the VooDoo show, which was under-attended, it will be worth the price of admission: $16. Estelle will bring with her two other vocalists and songwriters: Stacy Barthe, who has written songs recorded by Britney Spears, Rhianna and Katy Perry, and Ava Bella. </p><p>Estelle’s third full-length album, “All of Me,” is out Feb. 28.</p><p>&bull; Mike Dillon is coming back to in his former hometown and sharing a bill and a stage with Yojimbo, a groovy, funk/soul trio from New Orleans, and Kansas City’s Malachy Papers. Showtime is 9 p.m. Wednesday at the Brick.

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2012 Tri-C High School Rock Off: The schedule

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Yep, it’s time for the 16th annual Tri-C High School Rock Off. The battles kick off Saturday fternoon at the House of Blues and conclude with the Final Exam on Saturday, Feb. 11.

More than 60 groups playing classic rock, punk rock, emo rock, indie rock, ska, R&B and more will compete for prizes, including the chance to appear on Cuyahoga Community College’s “Crooked River Groove” television show, cash, an opening slot for a national act at a concert put on by promoter Live Nation and recording time at Ante Up Audio.

Round 1: 3:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 14

Abraham Lincoln, Upper St. Clair (Pittsburgh); Bam!, Oberlin; Blue Fin, Cuyahoga Falls and Hoban (Akron); Burkley, Lakeview (Cortland); Copykat Crisis, Brunswick; D-Flo and the Improv Magic, Padua Franciscan (Parma); Elipsus, Firestone, St. Vincent-St. Mary and St. Joseph Middle (Akron); Runaway Summers, Paulding; the Lake Effect, Willoughby South; the Siren Slaves, Highland (Medina), Medina County Career Center; Uptight, Wellington, Keystone (LaGrange).

Round 2: 3:30 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 15

Blackhole Evolution, Highland (Medina); Dancing Boxes, Madison; Hit the Ground Running, Hudson; Medicine Monkeys, Highland (Medina); Morning in May, Wooster; Northern Whale; Austintown Fitch (Austintown); Sweet Asylum, West Geauga, Mentor; the Slight Chill, Brecksville-Broadview Heights, Keystone Online, St. Ignatius (Cleveland), Westlake; the Winter Brave, Upper St. Clair (Pittsburgh); War Head, Berea; We Are Chimera, Findlay.

Round 3: 6 p.m. Friday, Jan. 20

Below the Surface, Beachwood, Solon; Camden, Strongsville; Lack of Focus, Cleveland Heights, Shaker Heights, Hawken (Gates Mills); LifeLine, Trinity (Garfield Heights), Normandy (Parma), Brecksville-Broadview Heights; One Will Fall, North Ridgeville, Bay Village; Our First Last Chance, Valley Forge (Parma), Midpark (Middleburg Heights), Padua Franciscan (Parma); Phaylinx, Nordonia, St. Ignatius (Cleveland); Saving Your Tomorrow, North Ridgeville; the Rasputins, St. Ignatius (Cleveland), Olmsted Falls; the Under-Dog Revolution, Aurora, Stow-Munroe Falls; Through the Tent Flap, Shaker Heights, Orange.

Round 4: 3:30 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 22

Bail Easy, Cathedral Prep (Erie, Pa.), McDowell (Millcreek Township, Pa.); Honest Abe and the Railsplitters, Lake (Uniontown); Hot Mess, Jackson (Massillon), Hoover (North Canton); Kyle Roark, West Geauga; Never Knows Best, Highland (Medina); No Clue, South Range (North Lima); Noize From the Basement, Field (Mogadore), Cuyahoga Falls, Tallmadge; Revive and Recover, Willoughby South, Wickliffe, Euclid; To the Winchester, McKinley (Niles); Two Days Until Tomorrow, Lakeview (Cortland).

Round 5: 6 p.m. Friday, Jan. 27

AudaCity, Cloverleaf (Lodi), Normandy (Parma), St. Ignatius (Cleveland); Chil, Stow-Munroe Falls, Hoban (Akron); Diplomat, Lakewood; Frank Toncar, Lakeview (Cortland); Last Minute, Notre Dame Cathedral Latin (Chardon); Radiation, Mentor, Lake Catholic (Mentor); the Natives, Chagrin Falls, Kenston (Bainbridge Township), Walsh Jesuit (Cuyahoga Falls), Aurora; the Ultra Quartet, North Ridgeville; When Push Comes to Shove, Norwalk, Edison (Milan); Your Sister’s Knickers, Strongsville, St. Ignatius (Cleveland); Youth Never Dies, St. Edward (Lakewood), Lake Ridge Academy (North Ridgeville).

Round 6: 3:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 28

Dempsey Hall, St. Ignatius (Cleveland); Deo Vindice, Austintown Fitch (Austintown), Boardman; Garrick Koermer, Brunswick; Hold No Grudge, Lowellville; Krych Sisters, Padua Franciscan (Parma), Gilmour Academy (Gates Mills), Medina County Career Center; Mojo, Cloverleaf (Lodi); Orange Rhyme, Glenoak (Canton), Tuscarawas Valley (Zoarville); Radiation X, Highland (Medina), Wadsworth; Spitting Image, Grand Rapids (Michigan), Forest Hills Central (Michigan); Sundrops, Aurora; the Glow Pop Jiggly Jams, Holy Name (Parma Heights), Walsh Jesuit (Cuyahoga Falls), Twinsburgh, Cuyahoga Heights.

The Final Exam: 4 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 11th

Bands to be announced.

I should face my fear of concert and that usually happens right after I was striving for free music videos. You can purchase tickets for shows for as less as $100. As headliner, Metallica's set was about twice as long as everyone else's and with all the effects like fireworks was more of a show, but there's no denying they've had the greatest success of their peers. Firstly, this is to ensure that you will be able to get a ticket for the event that you want to go to. After the 9/11 attacks, about 150 songs were pulled from airplay. We are our brother's keeper! Many of the similarities and differences between the pieces detailed in this review contribute to overall music making in that traditional modes of music production were manipulated in traditional and nontraditional means in order to create interesting and complex music.Concert Review OK Go Lights Up DC I've seen many shows over the years, but I've never seen a band have as much fun as OK Go did when they performed at the 9:30 Club in Washington, DC.

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In a revelation that has sent shockwaves through the music industry, Trevor McMillan, a 31-year-old self-confessed ‘alternative’ music fan, has spotted an inherent contradiction in the lyrics of Jessie J’s 2011 chart smash ‘Price Tag’. McMillan, who lists post-punk, 4AD, Indie Before It Sold Out, Bon Iver and The Shins as his favourite music, said he happened to hear the song on the radio one day and noticed the contradiction. Explaining that he doesn’t normally listen to the radio but he was at work, McMillan noticed that while the song seemed to be espousing a strong anti-capitalist message, the pop nature of the song itself and the fact that Jessie J was rich, set alarm bells ringing in his head. As soon as he got home, McMillan wrote as his Facebook status update, “If it’s not about the money Jessie J then why are you so rich?” The update sparked two replies and got 9 ‘likes’, the second highest amount McMillan has ever gotten for a status update.

As news spread of the revelation, Jessie J went into damage limitation mode. After pledging to give a percentage of the profits from the song to charity she also arranged a free concert for her angry fans. A representative for Jessie J was quoted as saying:

Look, we didn’t think anybody would notice. When a bit of time passed we thought we were in the clear but McMillan has us bang to rights. There was a certain profit-driven motive in this endeavor and now that it’s been pointed out Jesse feels relieved. She doesn’t have to hide it anymore.

Despite her best efforts to clear up the mess, some fans have been unforgiving. An official spokesperson for the Occupy movement, which up until now had regarded ‘Price Tag’ as their theme song, has stated that they can no longer endorse the song now that this contradiction has been pointed out. “It just wouldn’t feel right,” said the unnamed spokesperson, “I think we’re going to go with ‘Killing In The Name’ by Rage Against The Machine instead. Their stalwart refusal to engage with corporate America is more in keeping with our message”.

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An Indie Big Night For The Eve Of The Big Day Out

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An Indie Big Night For The Eve Of

The Big Day Out

The Big Day Out presents aBig Night In with Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Ghost Waveand She’s So Rad at the King’s Arms on Thursday 19January.

Three of the outstanding indie acts of 2011gather forces at Auckland’s home of live alternative musicfor one big night of party starting action for the 2012 BigDay Out.

Unknown Mortal Orchestra capped off aneventful 2011 by cropping up all over Pitchfork’s ‘bestof the year’ lists and recruiting a new drummer for theirshows downunder.

And with Kody Neilson being the one toanswer brother Ruban’s call to join up, it’s been arevelation to see the two Mint Chicks main men lockedtogether in playing the furious psychedelic pop jamsthatmade UMO one of the bands of 2011 anywhere.

They’rejoined on the bill by the two new bands grabbing ears on theAuckland scene last year – Ghost Wave andShe’s So Rad. Both groups released debut EPs thathaunted the top of the alternative charts for months andpromise many big things for 2012.

Warm up for the Big DayOut alongside UMO, Ghost Wave and She’s So Rad at theKings Arms, Thursday 19 January.

Tickets on sale now fromundertheradar.co.nz and Real Groovy.

BIG DAY OUT 2012AUCKLAND

SOUNDGARDEN, KASABIAN, MY CHEMICALROMANCE, THE LIVING END, BATTLES, GIRL TALK, PARKWAY DRIVE,RÖYKSOPP, FOSTER THE PEOPLE, GIN WIGMORE, CUT OFF YOURHANDS, UNKNOWN MORTAL ORCHESTRA, CAGE THE ELEPHANT,BEASTWARS, GHOSTWAVE, BEST COAST, MAYAVANYA, DAVID DALLAS ,TONY HAWK, NOELGALLAGHER’S HIGH FLYING BIRDS, NERO (LIVE),THE VACCINES, BASSNECTAR, CAVALERA CONSPIRACY, MARIACHI ELBRONX, P MONEY, REGURGITATOR, KIMBRA, MIDNIGHT YOUTH, DASRACIST, SIX60, MT EDEN, THE ADULTS, I AM GIANT, CAIRO KNIFEFIGHT, JAKOB, BULLETPROOF, JUNICA, @PEACE, DJ SIR-VERE andNICK D

FRIDAY, 20 JANUARY, 2012 – AUCKLAND

MT SMART STADIUM

Maurice Road, Penrose.Gates open 11am

Tickets $160 (incl GST and bf) Strictlimit of 4 tickets per customer. Available from ourwebsite bigdayout.com , Ticketmaster ticketmaster.co.nz , phone bookings(09) 970 9700 plus all Ticketmaster outlets and Real Groovy(Auckland).

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You will be askedto read and agree to our Conditions of Sale and Admissionbefore you can purchase tickets. Conditions of Sale andAdmission can be viewed at bigdayout.com

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