Daughtry – What About Now

This track entered the charts last week and is now at number 11.  Chris Daughtry was in the 5th American  Idol series and came fourth.

This is an nice easy track and is from his self named band Daughtry.

Their album Leave This Town is a great rock album.  Listen to snippets below.

The Temper Trap – Live in Birmingham

The Temper Trap playing live at the Hare and Hounds Pub, Kings Heath, Birmingham – Monday 28th September 2009 supported by Goldhawks.

Promoted by Birmingham Promoters.

What a fantastic night.   Still can’t believe we’ve been to see them, with all the anticipation waiting for the night to come, it seemed to be over in a flash.  They played songs from the album Conditions and had the crowd rocking.

Having seen them live it now seems to make the CD sound even better and far more special.

Temper Trap sound as good live, if not better, than the CD itself, which really says something about the talent of this band.

Dougie is the main vocals

Lorenzo (left) on guitar

Jonathon (right) on bass

Toby on drums (can just make him out at the back)

And of course not forgetting their support band Goldhawks who were equally as fabulous.  Will definitely buy their album and would go and see them in concert again.

New York by Paloma Faith

New in the top 40 charts is this record from Paloma Faith.  Called New York, it went straight in at no 21.

Sounds like quite an interesting character.  Amongst other things she has been a magicians assistant,  appeared in the new Terry Gilliam film “The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus” and appeared in the St Trinian’s film as Andrea the Emo.

Interesting and lovely voice.  Very listenable  (is that even a word?)

Her new album is out now called Do You Want The Truth Or Something Beautiful.

Click on the picture left for more information.

To hear snippets from the album you can hear them below.

On some of the tracks she sounds like a cross between Duffy and Amy Winehouse (this is a compliment as both artists are good).

Favourite tracks at the moment are Smoke and Mirrors and Play On, but to be honest they all sound brilliant.

Hallelujah by ortopilot

Thanks to Clarepip on Twitter for introducing this singer who goes by the name of ortopilot.

He has a beautiful voice and this version of Hallelujah is truly haunting.

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Sex on Fire by Kings of Leon

I may be a little behind with this song, but I only heard it for the first time when being sung by Jamie Archer on  the X Factor (who sang it brilliantly).

Below are snippets of the album.

Keep Your Head Up by Girls Can’t Catch

Jumping straight into the charts this is a real feel good track.  Look forward to hearing more from Girls Can’t Catch

The band is signed to British pop label Fascination who also look after Girls Aloud, Sophie Ellis Bexter and The Jonas Brothers.

Girls Can’t Catch is made up of 18 year old Phoebe Brown, 18 year old Jess Stickley and 24 year old Daizy Agnew.

Supernova by Mr Hudson ft Kanye West

Currently at number three in the charts, this is a great track.  His voice is pure and crisp to listen to ie you can actually make out what he’s singing.  Always good.

By all accounts Mr Hudson is a multi-talented singer/songwriter from Birmingham, England.   One up for the Brummies!

The Temper Trap – Conditions

Album released today!

Click on the picture to order MP3, Audio CD or Vinyl.

Mine arrived in the post today!!!!!!!!!!! Playing it while I type and it’s brilliant.

The Temper Trap – Conditions

This has to be the best debut album for a band I’ve heard in a long time.  This Australian band has something fantastic – an album where the songs don’t all sound the same.

That may sound strange, but having looked at a few albums to put on the site recently, I’ve just got bored with the same -iness (is that a word?)

This album/band is a  great mixture of rock, a little bit of INXS, a touch of Coldplay, a little bit of Erasure in one of the songs and a lot of brilliant natural talent.

The album is released on August 10th 2009 – can’t wait.  Update: Love the music so much have just bought 2 tickets to see them live in September on their UK tour!

Turn up the volume to listen to this album.  Current favourite tracks are Love Lost, Fader and Fools.

Check out a sample of the songs on the album in the Featured Music section or  click below.  Album tracks are:

1. Love Lost
2. Rest
3. Sweet Disposition
4. Down River
5. Soldier On
6. Fader
7. Fools
8. Resurrection
9. Science Of Fear
10. Drum Song

Pitbull – I Know You Want Me

Pitbull is an American Rapper from Miami, Florida – real name Armando Christian Perez.

Heard this on the radio the other day and immediately thought of pulsating, throbbing night clubs.  This song turned up loud is very sexy especially when you hear the lyrics:

“I know you want me, you know I want you”

Can imagine it being played at the end of the evening.

He’s bought out at least 4 albums.   Most of them have explicit lyrics so not ones I’ll be posting here (just in case!).  Click on the links shown for more details and reviews.

M.I.A.M.I (Money is a Major Issue)

El Mariel

The Boatlift

Money is Still A Major Issue

Rebelution – out September this year.

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