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Sound of Urchin is a New York based band that has garnered much attention on the tour circuit, after the well-received Diamond (2005). The band members - Tomato (lead vocals, drums), Doo Doo Brown (bass), Rev. B-Ill (guitar) and Seahag (guitar) - have an enthusiastic approach to blending various musical styles, sounding sometimes like the Foo Fighters, other tracks set to a late 80s vibe, and an overall bonhomie that helps set the mood, particularly in live sets.

Their latest as-yet-unreleased album is Rejoice, quite appropriately touted as ‘the Return of the Rock Album’, which premiered at SXSW this year. The rhythms and vocals are well-produced, along with consistently good lyrics. It feels at times like a gospel-rock set, but there’s more here than just that.

“Jesse Tenser” begins with an extended riff on the guitars, before launching into a rant on the impact of fame on the self (you’ll remember everything you haven’t done/was it that bad or sometimes fun?Did you ever think it would Gospelmusiclyricpage889 to this) The stanzas are interspersed with some impassioned fretwork that enlivens the song. The vocals go up a few notches as the Listentocountrymusicyb progresses before culminating in a pensive note on how ‘it takes you back to selfish acts/and just won’t let you be‘.

“Dig” keeps the tempo up, a strong thrash-metal beginning gives way to the driving urge that makes human achievement possible and keeps one going (I don’t care as long as I can get it/Wheels are turning/I am burning/Can’t you see it’s a part of me). The thrashing riffs never let up, and the vocals are expertly mixed through the chords, although not quite able to overpower them.

“Shake The Magic Eight Ball” lets the magic roll, friends, feeling and all. The bass and rhythm guitar vie for attention, and Tomato’s leads from the front.

“Go To Your Room” has a catchy rhythm and fun lyrics,(”I’m hurt/I’m hurt/…/Go to your room/I’ve had it/And don’t come out till 7/I’m tired/…You’re rude and ugly and pretty disrepectful/You take up all my time/and suck up all my juice“) I intend to play this for my kids the next time they rip the place up with their antics. I love the ‘What did I do to deserve this?” riff. Best song on the album - “Black Helicopters Over Brooklyn” status? We’ll see.

“The Last From Me” eases the pace somewhat. Its pretty vacuous, though, for all the nifty beats. The final third somewhat redeems the track, but not entirely.

The segue into “Oh My God” is redeeming (pun intended). This is the space the band occupies best. Frenetic strumming, drums, and strong vocals - “satisfaction is guaranteed” I’d love to try this song on Rock Band or Guitar Hero, but doubt I could pull it off.

“Rejoicing The Majesty”, from the title sounds suspiciously like another Redeemer track. part of the Vatican Top 10. The lyrics don’t change the impression (time to get closer to your sweetness/…Desire/…/reach for the unknown/) and the track covers the gamut of any self-respecting thrash-metal godhead song.

“Don’t Walk Me Down That Road” is a rather more traditional rock gospel track,  I find the imagery memorable (”and then I get that feeling/my heart has a ceiling/and I can’t find the words to speak/…/I can’t get my breath to breathe/“) The lust for life is portrayed well (the forces of evil gently judge my soul/but I won’t go/the floor keeps calling me to come on down/but I’m living my life like I never did before/and I want more/) and if you believe there’s more to life than the heat and noise, this song will make you feel that other side all too close.

“I’m Not Surprised” retreats to familar territory. The extended refrains don’t seem overlong, rescued as they are by guitar solos.

“Rite To Fire” stays strong, with something resembling an 80s vibe.

“The Rooster Says Good Morning” seems to keep at the same pace. It’s another light track, saying much but not quite getting to its goal, going ‘on and on/and up and down/and round and round‘.

?Hag” is a great track, in the league of some of the best metal anthems around. Its instrumental, building the pace and giving room to all the instruments to blossom on the soundstage. The rhythm guitar enters late in the piece, and yet is the crowning achievement to this masterful number. (*****)

“A Better Place” gives one more chance to build and maintain the heavy pace, providing meaty support to the compelling lyrics. One of the longer songs on the album, it doesn’t lose pace along the way.

“Disappointment Has Come Upon Me” seems to take a breath at the beginning, and then returns to strong guitar work with a somewhat cheesy ‘la la la’ refrain. 

“All Reality Has Changed / Nosferatu” is a good book-ender, taking its time to settle into its pace, and deserving of a few listens. The second half (Nosferatu?) is a thrash-metal playfest, never easing up.

The final track “Living Well Lady” sounds like a concert outtake, and quite different from the rest of the album. The piece barely begins and ends, almost an afterthought.

Overall, a good effort, worth the listen, and will help cement the already strong cred of Sound of Urchin in their fanbase. Will it be a breakout album? Perhaps, it should resonate with rock fans, at the very least.

Sony Ericsson’s partnership with watch-maker Fossil has again proved fruitful, this time yielding a trio of timepieces in the new MBW-150 series, successors to the MBW-100, which the two companies lift the cuff on in September 2006.Sony Ericsson and Fossil’s MBW-150: the ‘classic’ lookThe new models have a more mainstream look than the sci-fi styled MBW-100. The MBW-150 Music Edition has a sporty look complemented with a black plastic strap. The Kategroombridgegalleryyxdfm Edition presents a cleaner look with a stainless steel strap to match the metal casing all three watches sport. The Classic model has a leather strap.The Executive editionWater-resistant at depths of up to 30m, the watches all incorporate Bluetooth 2.0 to keep them connected to the wearer’s phone. They all have an analogue face and movement, but they also sport an OLED panel to show what song’s playing on your handset, or the number of the person who’s currently calling you, for example. At other times they show the time in digital form.Surf’s up…The link’s two-way: each watch can be used to control a Sony Ericsson phone’s music player, for instance, and to accept or reject incoming calls.All three watches are due in Q4, Sony Ericsson. The Executive watch is expected to be priced around €300 Theweddingsingerg while the other two models will be cost around €250 ($333/?169). The currently available MBW-100 retails for around ?180 ($354/€266).

Day 2 was more Audiosearchcgh the same here. Lots of briefings and some good sessions. The show floor opened late yesterday afternoon, and I had a quick walkabout. It’s smaller in scale from last year, but that’s par for the course for all shows these days. The traffic seemed pretty good, but it’s too early to tell how exhibitors are finding things.

It’s also a bit early to determine how much the show has benefitted from the VON fallout. I’m going to stay mum on that for now, but if you’re curious, you should check out the blogs of the usual suspects who have already shared their views. And if you don’t know who they are, drop me a line.

Nothing really stands out for me in terms of who’s exhibiting - many are familiar and represent the mix you’d expect to see here. What I did like seeing was Tier 1 operators exhibiting, for either wholesale traffic - Qwest, or business services - Time warner Cable. I’ll be spending more time walking the show today and should have a better idea then of how things are working for everyone.

Otherwise, here are some photos from the first two days - enjoy…

View from my hotel room - aside from the smog, not a bad place to be…

Rich Tehrani kicking off the keynotes on Tuesday

Jonathan Christensen of Skype

Xuedong(XD) Huang of Microsoft

Andy Abramson’s wine dinner (apologies for the grainy photo!)

Phil Wolff all lit up…

You know who this man is - always good to see Carl - at any event…

Tom Howe’s applications session (got some very good news coming about him)

Packet 8/Microsoft/Aastra launch of Response Point - very nice combination here. Microsoft made Countrysongspo notable announcements at the show, and this is probably the biggest in terms of making some serious moves into the business voice market. It’s great for Packet 8, as this gives them a complete solution for the SMB market. Sure will be interesting to see how much of their new growth comes from resellers versus direct sales at the retail level. Pictured are Huw Rees, Xuedong Huang and Bryan Martin.

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“We’re Happybirthdaysongxyj coolest band. Yeah, I said it,” boasted a white jumpsuit-clad Rivers Cuomo on the opening night of Weezer’s North American tour at Lowell’s Tsongas Arena Tuesday night.

Quirkiness has always been the band’s strong suit on record, but Weezer have finally pulled it off live with an electrifying array of both reliable and unpredictable tunes, a renewed band dynamic, and an entertaining yet completely random onstage silliness.

Surrounded by a sea of college types and assorted older fans, the alt-pop quartet plowed through a set of the usual classics — “Buddy Holly,” “Pink Triangle,” and “Hash Pipe” to name a few — and to the audience’s delight, offered many welcome twists. With other band members singing some of Cuomo’s leads (and Tom Delonge of opener Angels & Airwaves Latinsingers4885 on “The Sweater Song”), a massive onstage “hootenanny” that had fans playing along to acoustic renditions of tracks like “Island in the Sun,” and covers of Oasis’ “Morning Glory” and Nirvana’s “Sliver,” the band has never been so refreshing.

New songs like “Troublemaker” and the wonderfully epic “The Greatest Man That Ever Lived” — both off the band’s SPIN-approved 2008 self-titled album — were the surprising highlights, partially indebted to Cuomo’s silly jumpsuit, Super Mario Bros mustache, and sheer bravado, coupled with the songs’ goofy soliloquies. An elated crowd singing every word and jumping in-time to every song proved that in Boston, at least, Weezer are finally performing at their quirkiest, most confident, and absolute best.

Check out pictures from last night on page 2.

Weezer’s Scott Shriner / Photo by Tim Bugbee

Weezer’s Rivers Cuomo / Photo by Tim Bugbee

Weezer’s Rivers Cuomo / Photo by Tim Bugbee

Weezer drummer Pat Wilson / Photo by Tim Bugbee

Weezer’s Rivers Cuomo / Photo by Tim Bugbee

LG likes Chocolate. Chocolate has done a rather good job of boosting LG’s profile in the mobile phone market. And now the company hopes it’ll do the same in the digital music arena. Enter the UP3 Flat, an oddly named but clearly Chocolate-inspired MP3 player soon to debut in Korea and maybe elsewhere.It’s a Flash-based device, of course, and sports a slide-out, pared down USB Sealmusicuva for direct insertion into a spare port, something we’ve not seen since the days of the iRiver Orgasmaudiobyn remember them? - T20. There’s a thick lanyard retainer on the top, while the earphone socket’s on the side, above two of the controls. Not shown here are the red lights above the arrow-shaped buttons on the front of player. In addition to playing back music, the UP3 has a voice recording facility too.The UP3 Flat is expected to ship next year in 512MB, 1GB and 2GB versions. The 512MB is set to be priced at around KRW60,000 ($65/_33/’50). R

SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT UK today announced a groundbreaking new deal with OASIS and the band’s own independent label Big Brother Recordings for the release of their next three albums and the distribution and marketing of their extensive catalogue.

The deal - a first of this magnitude - creates a unique structure whereby OASIS release both their new recordings and entire catalogue through Big Brother in all major markets worldwide under a profit share arrangement with SONY BMG.

OASIS Moderntalkingmp3freetija among the most successful British bands of all time having sold nearly 50 million albums worldwide, of which 13 million in the UK alone, and have received 151 platinum awards. Their album Be Here Now remains the fastest selling album of all time in this country, having sold nearly 700,000 copies in three days on its release in 1997. Their 1996 Knebworth House gigs at the time broke the record for the largest audience of any outdoor concert held in the UK - with 250,000 fans attending over two nights. They have won five Brit Awards, 8 Q Awards, 13 NME Awards, and the most prestigious Ivor Novello Award, Songwriters Of The Year. In February 2008 Definitely Maybe was voted The Best British Album From The Last 50 Years by Q Magazine. (What’s The Story) Morning Glory came second.

OASIS have released all their records since 2000 in the UK on their own, independently run label Big Brother Recordings which has to date amassed sales of over 4,000,000 albums. Oasis’ seventh studio album is due out later this year.

Ged Doherty, Chairman and CEO of SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT UK says: “Oasis are in complete control of their destiny and could have chosen to sign with anyone - or even go it alone - so I am delighted that Urinarytrackinfection6583 have chosen to continue to work with us.. In addition this new arrangement will empower Big Brother to market and release not only the new albums but also the historic catalogue in many other countries of the world so that they can replicate the unparalleled sales and marketing record they have in the UK.”

Alec McKinlay, partner in Ignition management, who brokered the deal with SONY BMG, says: “This is an imaginative and exciting arrangement which will allow Big Brother to team up with the crème of both the independent and major sectors worldwide to build on Oasis already considerable international success. This allows the band to take advantage of all the opportunities presented by the new business models available today as well as remaining totally in control of their own destiny. We are really pleased that Sony BMG have demonstrated the foresight and courage to engage with the band in this way.

There will be no further comment on the agreement by either SONY BMG or Big Brother.