The News Review:
- … Aguilera Scores Billboard #1 – News Story | Music Celebrity…
- … ‘Beautiful Image’ f Britney – News Story | Music…
- Don’t expect less from Low when they turn up the amps
… Aguilera Scores Billboard #1 – News Story | Music Celebrity…
MTV.com – Aug 23, 2006
The Billboard albums chart’s top five is packed with nothing but new releases with Atlanta R&B quartet Cherish taking #4 after selling 91000 copies of Unappreciated its first week out. The soundtrack to the Disney Channel movie “Cheetah Girls 2″ opens at #5 with more than 87000 sales. The 22nd installment in the Now That’s What I Called Music! compilation series slips three spots to #6 selling 83000 copies its sixth week in stores. The previous chart champ Rick Ross’ Port of Miami slides to #7 with 79000 scans. Eminem protégé bie Trice is back with Second Round’s on Me which racked up close to 74000 in first-week sales to debut at #8. The “Step Up” soundtrack steps three spots back to #9 selling 64000 copies. Rounding out the top 10 is Nickelback’s All the Right Reasons which holds the #10 spot for a third week and moved another 53000 units to reach a 46-week sales total of more than 3… Dancehall specialist Cham’s Ghetto Story follows at #53 selling 15000-plus units while the inaugural release from Dave Navarro’s the Panic Channel (Ne) opens at #108 with more than 8000 sales. The incomparable Yanni returns to the chart at #124 selling 7000 copies of his Live: The Concert Event. Arizona-bred punks Change of Pace bow at #155 with Prepare the Masses which sold just over 5000 units its first week in stores. And coming in at #180 with 4000 copies sold is Gargolas Next Generation a Latin reggaetón compilation featuring Tego Calderón Mario VI and Valentino. Check out “Christina Aguilera’s ld Soul” for an inside look at Back to Basics.
… ‘Beautiful Image’ f Britney – News Story | Music…
MTV.com – Aug 23, 2006
pen on Saturday with performances at Arthur Ashe Kids’ Day. The artists will join pros including Serena Williams Andre Agassi Andy Roddick and James Blake for a day of tennis and music at the USTA National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows New York. New York-area Common fans with an interest in T-shirt design can rub elbows with the rapper from 1-3 p.
Don’t expect less from Low when they turn up the amps
New York Press – Aug 23, 2006
As quiet as possible the lowered volume served as an unspoken “screw you” a punk rock move from a group whose connection to punk wasn’t as much sonic as it was implied—neatly stowed away in their ethos. The quiet slow-going approach Alan Sparhawk and original Low bassist John Nichols adopted early on was a reaction—in the same way punk rock commented on the tired tropes of bloated ’70s rock bands. Low’s halcyon plods commented on the trappings of super-raucous punk: You keep playing your music loud and fast and we’ll play our songs soft and slow thank you. Unfortunately the stillness of their sound landed Low one of cheesiest tags in rock: slowcore. At worst the label mocked the band’s intelligence. At best it sounded totally stupid.