Grand Ole Party is a trio from San Diego, California (EUA) consisting of singer-drummer Kristin Gundred, guitarist John Paul Labno, and bassist Michael Krechnyak. They started playing in San Diego in mid-2006, having moved from the San Francisco area. The three met while attending college at University of California, Santa Cruz.
Their debut album, Humanimals, was produced by Blake Sennett of Rilo Kiley and was released on DH Records in January 2007. The band opened for Rilo Kiley on their tour from September to November 2007.
They were nominated for "Best New Artist" in the 2006 San Diego Music Awards but lost to Kite Flying Society. However, they were voted "Best Alternative" band in the 2007 San Diego Music Awards.
If you want more information on the band visit MySpace.
Crystal Castles is a Toronto-based band, consisting of multi-instrumentalist Ethan Kath (of Jakarta and formerly Kïll Cheerleadër) and vocalist Alice Glass (of Fetus Fatale). Crystal Castles are known not only for their own efforts as a band, but also for commissioned remixes for number of groups, including "Hunting for Witches" by Bloc Party, and "Atlantis to Interzone" by friends, Klaxons.
Crystal Castles is the first full-length LP by Toronto-based duo Crystal Castles. It was released in North America on March 18, 2008 and in the UK on April 28, 2008.
On May 4, 2008, it charted at number 47 in the UK Album Chart
Tracklist: 1.Untrust Us 2.Alice Practice 3.Crimewave (Crystal Castles vs. HEALTH) 4.Magic Spells 5.Xxzxcuzx Me 6.Air War 7.Courtship Dating 8.Good Time 9.1991 10.Vanished 11.Knights 12.Love and Caring 13.Through the Hosiery 14.Reckless 15.Black Panther 16.Tell Me What to Swallow
SoKo (born Stéphanie Sokolinski) is a French singer and actress. She was born in Bordeaux in France to a Polish family and has been called Soko as far back as she can remember. She has appeared in several French movies, and got her start as a singer after she asked the director if she could sing on screen.
In 2007 she got a big hit in Denmark with her song "I'll Kill Her" after the radio program The Black Boy Scouts started hyping the song. The song reached number one on the chart of the Danish version of the iTunes Store and was the number one song in rotation on radio. In October 2007 her music was featured in Stella McCartney’s fashion show in Paris. Since early 2008 she is also played in Germany by 1LIVE, first only at night in 1Live Plan B but later, due to high demand, troughout the whole day.
She has not put out a full album, but has released an EP "Not Sokute" with five songs. Nevertheless, she has had sold out concerts in Denmark.
Tracklist: 1. The Dandy Cowboys 2. Shitty Day 3. I’ll Kill Her 4. Take My Heart 5. It’s Rainning Outside
Other unreleased (some live) songs are available at MySpace.
Kala is the second studio album by British musical artist M.I.A., released on 20 August 2007 on XL Records (see 2007 in music). The album was mainly written and produced by M.I.A. and collaborator Switch. Upon release, Kala was hailed by critics and was ranked as one of the best albums of the year by several publications.
Tracklist: 1.Bamboo Banga 2.Birdflu 3.Boyz 4.Jimmy 5.Hussel 6.Mango Pickle Down River 7.20 Dollar 8.World Town 9.The Turn 10. XR2 11. Paper Planes 12. Come Around - with Timbaland Bonus tracks: 13. Far Far M.I.A. and Switch 14. Big Branch Diplo (additional production by Switch) 15. What I Got Blaqstarr Birdflu (Cavemen Remix)
Video for Does It Offend You, Yeah?'s new single, Epic Last Song, from the album 'You Have No Idea What You're Getting Yourself Into' out now. Want more about? See here!
"After the sudden breakup of Funkstörung, there were still a couple of confirmed Funkstörung gigs left to play. De Luca didn’t hesitate and asked Phon.o to fill in for Michael Fakesch. He was shocked. It was the first time he felt this kind of chemistry with a partner on stage! The infected fans felt the same way. Press play!" And to know more about them, there is an interview that they did to the blog:
E.R: When did you form your band? What inspired you to make music together? CLP: Chris and me played gigs together as Funkstörung feat Phon.o. after we played we realized that we have fun together and the combination of our music and the ideas we have could be great. So it was clear to us to start working on an album. This was around autumn 2006.
E.R: What are your main influences? CLP: Oh, we have a lot of influences, cause we like a lot of different music. But the main influences are hip hop and electronic music like techno, acid, miami bass, baltimore, ghetto tech... for us its more important, that the music touchs you and has a certain vibe and groove. Everything could is interesting to us as far as its cool... it could be a single nice bassline or a weird noisy drone....
E.R: How would you describe your music? CLP: Our music its a mix out of all music we like with a attention to a nice beat and sound settings.We have a lot of guest vocalists with super voices and attitudes.
E.R: What do you think about the changes in the music industry that are going on, with CD sales down and major labels doing poorly? CLP: The cool thing is, that everything is reachable now. you can nearly get everything worldwide. Myspace is cool to get connected and to listen to new music.
E.R: What are your next projects? CLP: We will release an ep on boys noize records in end of aug. after that we release our long awaited album on sitkatapult in end of october.
