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U2’s New Album Cover and Tracklist Revealed

Posted by Veronica Santiago Categories: Upcoming Releases, Rock

U2's No Line on the Horizon

UPDATE: The first digital track was released earlier than scheduled. It can now be purchased on iTunes.

U2’s twelfth studio album has now been given an image to go with its name. No Line on the Horizon - with art courtesy of Japanese artist/photographer Hiroshi Sugimoto - marks the first time since 1993’s Zooropa that the band does not appear on the cover.

The LP’s first single, “Get On Your Boots,” can be purchased as a digital download beginning February 15th. Horizon will then be available on five different formats just two weeks later (March 3). Digipack versions will also include a film directed by Anton Corbijn.

A track listing for the new album can be found after the jump.

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Read More | Billboard

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No Suckiness Here: Kelly Clarkson Offers Preview of New Single

Posted by K.C. Morgan Categories: Upcoming Releases, Pop

Kelly Clarkson’s “My Life Would Suck Without You,” the first single on her upcoming album, can now be previewed through Amazon.com. Upon hearing the track, it’s possible to forget all the troubles that so recently plagued Kelly. It’s possible to believe she’ll be back on top of the music world soon.

’s first winner quickly became a pop princess and viable hit maker. Her first album, Thankful, debuted at number one on the Billboard chart. Her next project, the Grammy-winning album Breakaway, showed that Clarkson could offer some edge with her music, as well. In 2006, it looked like Kelly Clarkson’s success was unstoppable.

But while working on her third album My December, Clarkson suffered a public split with her management company and had reported troubles with her label. She canceled a summer tour and suffered a few negative headlines, but Clarkson started to pull through. The album became a success, and now Kelly’s all set to release more scintillating singles for her listeners.

Go ahead and treat your ears to the not-so-sucky preview, but you’ll have to wait until March before the rest of Clarkson’s album becomes available.

Read More | Amazon.com

The Best Music of 2008

Posted by Kellsee Chu Categories: Site Features

Bon Iver

Which albums, songs or shows had you raving in 2008? Find out what our Kellsee Chu chose as this year’s best:
Best Albums
1. Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago:  Bon Iver is Justin Vernon who recorded this album out in the remote Wisconsin cabin where he lived for 3 months.  The result is this gorgeous album filled with songs about lost and love.  If being isolated in a cabin in Wisconsin can produce music like this, I’m all for him going back there permanently.  Bonus points to Vernon for his beautiful cover of Okkervil River’s “Blue Tulip.”

2. Ra Ra Riot - The Rhumb Line:  Their drummer John Pike died last year in a drowning accident, but this band decided to go on and it was the right decision. It’s an album full of catchy tunes. “Can You Tell” and “Dying is Fine” are excellent.

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Beyonce becomes Sasha Fierce

Posted by K.C. Morgan Categories: Upcoming Releases, Pop, R&B / Soul

Beyonce“I have someone else that takes over when it’s time for me to work and when I’m on stage, this alter ego that I’ve created that kind of protects me and who I really am,” explained Beyonce Knowles, singing superstar and movie maven.

Who is this alter ego, this doppelganger who looks like Beyonce but acts provocative? From now on, you can just call Mrs. Jay-Z Sasha Fierce. Her new album “I Am…Sasha Fierce” debuts November 18 and the ad campaign has already begun among a blitz of public relations ops and even a weird MySpace page.

“Sasha Fierce is the fun, more sensual, more aggressive, more outspoken side and more glamorous side that comes out when I’m working and when I’m on the stage,” Knowles explained…or should I just call her Sasha? View the Sasha Fierce MySpace page for your opportunity to win a personal message and gift bag worth $500.

Is all this just about her new album…or is Beyonce really undergoing a name change?

Read More | Yahoo News

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