Music - album
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Nik Kershaw best with ‘no frills’
The first fully accoustic album by one of Britain's best songwriters, Nik Kershaw, is perhaps the best he ever published. It shows the artist as he really is - no filter, 'no frills'.
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Best thing about Ricky Martin is… me?
It's been almost six years since we heard a sound from the Puerto Rican superstar Ricky Martin. But on February 1st (2011) the world will be 13 latin-inspired pop-tunes richer as the album 'Musica+Alma+Sexo' releases around the world.
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Wonder Rubber Stars In The Flesh
Sometimes the stars align perfectly and magic happens. In 2011, Wonder Rubber Stars align for a magic start with the release of their EP "Life Danced In The Flesh".
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Nice reviews for upcoming Duran album
The first reviews of the new Duran Duran single 'All you need is now' are ticking in. And it seems the band, along with Mark Ronson, found some of the greatness of the past and some new twists worth paying attention to.
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All you need is Duran Duran
Another strike of unnatural brilliance and foresight has brought UK's most successful pop-outfit to invite yet another young talent into the studio for inspiration. Mark Ronson and Duran Duran makes 2+2=5
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Wonder Rubber Stars on the roam
Nietzsche said "When you stare into the abyss long enough, the abyss stares back at you". I met someone once who added "Sometimes it's good to stare into the abyss. You might realize just how beautiful it can be when you watch it from above." I was reminded of this again today, when I listened to "Wonder Rubber Stars" for the first time. In a very, very good way.
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Duran Duran keeps on swinging
As part of the David Bowie tribute-album 'We were so turned on' (2010) the swinging brum boys, Duran Duran, recently presented a well set cover of the 1979 track 'Boys keep swinging'.
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9 of 12 Duran-songs ready for new album
Duran Duran keyboard wizard Nick Rhodes explains why the process of making the band's next album has been so complicated and why a release date has been postponed until the beginning of 2011.
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Carpark North – Lost the next album
After massive touring the Danish electro-rock pop-power-trio Carpark North is ready to take over the world. 'Lost' is going to be the title of the band's 4th album - their long expected international debut.
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Did Radiohead wrap another album in LA?
A slip of the tongue and a LA Times blogpost swiftly removed spawns rumours of an upcoming release from the band Radiohead. The blog 'Stereogum' follows the matter closely and hopes to get disclosure soon (as do we).
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Nice Little Penguins with a Peacock
For the first time in five years there's news in English from Nice Little Penguins. Here on Latebar we're quite fond of 'The Peacock' and hope it'll mark a great re-introduction of the quartet as an international Danish pop band.
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Sade is back with a Soldier of Love
The best selling female singer in Britain finally ends a decade of silence and releases new material. Band members called the new album a hard but wonderful birth. It seems only the wonderful is visible to the fans. It surely is nothing but a pleasure listening to.