There is nothing new & original about this band. The sound and the looks are all too similar in the pop-rock scene. Sounding somewhere in between Jimmy Eat World and All American Rejects, their self titled album, Boys Like Girls will have you humming their choruses and tapping your feet through out the day.

I would never recommend this album to a music critic, but this upbeat and catchy album is definitely perfect for your day out at the beach.

 

Boys Like Girls - The Great Escape

http://myspacetv.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=10108548

courtesy of BOYS LIKE GIRLS

Notable Tracks: The Great Escape, Hero/Heroine, Heels Over Head, Five Minutes to Midnight & Thunder

 

Official Website: http://www.boyslikegirls.com/

Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/boyslikegirls

Now, by now, everyone’s heard of the infamous rivalry between 50 Cent and Kanye West. 50 went so far as to claim he would retire from the hip hop game if he would be beaten out by Kanye on the sales charts. Initially, buzz off their respective singles put Kanye’s Stronger out in the lead with pure quality and noise. I’m sure 50 and his label were a bit worried. Until now.

Kanye West’s album has leaked, huge…
A perfect copy of it was leaked onto the web late last week and now it’s made itself onto eBay, album cover and all. How much is it selling for?

$5.
Check it.

Yes, half the selling price of the album that will be in stores this coming Tuesday. A little counter intuitive for me, seeing that the demand of the album coupled with supply should drive the price higher, but what do I know, I hated econ.

Either way, Kanye and Island Def Jam are worried about this. Not a great indicator of how the album will do in stores on the 11th next week, but you never know. It’s a crazy world we live in where a movie like Underdog or Mr Bean’s Holiday gets made.

PS: if judging purely on the album covers as a metric for success. I’d give it to Kanye. That mouse is blasting off into the universe while, 50 seems worried, that he’s been left on the ground, while the mouse is circling the planet on his jetpack. I need a jetpack. Then I can battle it out for 1 too.

I can’t believe I live in a world where High School Musical 2 can be the number 1 album in America. A soundtrack, beating out juggernauts

I attest, I am a closet fan of musicals. Moulin Rouge, Sound of Music, Grease, Hairspray, but I can’t bring myself to watch High School Musical 1 or its sequel.

Really, is it that good? Or has Disney just become that damn good as to know the exact formula of what sells?

High School Musical 1, a Romeo and Juliet story, of 2 rival worlds coming together with romance and friendships blossoming. Sounds Grease. And 2. Transition from youth into an adulthood preparing to go away to college, separating friends and romances, and perseverance to maintain relationships and forge new ones in adversity. Sounds Saved by the Bell meets Grease.

They’re both coming of age stories, with romance, comedy, hi-jinks, and most importantly music. Coming of age films resonate extremely well with audiences, regardless of age it seems, harkening back to the nostaglia of a youth saturated with innocence, blind excitement and refreshing optimism. Regardless of recycled themes, scenes and plots, even the harshest critic and cynic can’t deny the sheer effectiveness of the formula which Disney has embraced.

Think it’s a mere anomaly? Disney’s Hannah Montana aka Miley Cyrus, is #4 on the charts.
As for me, I’ll be sitting tight waiting for the 50 and Kanye albums to drop next week. Gloves off fellas.

Just learned about this artist today who gained a lot of attention on YouTube, but then got exposed by Wall Street Journal as a “fake amateur.” [WSJ article here] *shrugs* whatever, I think it’s a clever way to market + she’s talented and not a poser in that sense. Haters need to stop hatin’!

Marié Digby links: Myspace | YouTube

hey hey hey. First post. Thought i’d make this one important, and i can think of no other seattle based hip hop group that screams importance like the Blue Scholars. I’ll post a video soon, but until then check them out at www.bluescholars.com. do it now!

Dan Out- Keep on Rocking the Movement.

I met Nobody Famous at a boring bar. Fortunately, the company was good. Nobody Famous is one of the few people who does everything - from the beats, to the performance, to all the specifics in between. Check out his work at: http://www.myspace.com/nobodyfamous.

Maybe if you all visit his page and he gets a trillion hits, he’ll have to change his stage name.

MTV has been steadily heading downhill for the past 4 years, with the largest drop of 28% in viewership last year. They’ve shifted programming interests to concentrate on materialism, cheap stunts, dating shows, superficiality, celebration of celebrity; I’m talking about “The Hills,” “Laguna Beach,” “Can I Come In,” “Real World,” “Road Rules,” and the show that will go down as my most hated show, “My Super Sweet Sixteen.” Yes, if anyone is at fault, it would be the channel themselves.

The channel has desperately been trying new and innovative things to revive its flailing brand.

But their track record with attempts is bordering abysmal as they’ve missed out over and over again. On YouTube. And MySpace. And music download store like iTunes. Plus, it couldn’t have helped that Justin Timberlake revealed Janet Jackson’s nipple to the entire world during a certain MTV produced Super Bowl halftime show, driving advertisers to leave the once golden temple of the youth of America.

You got to give them a bit of credit for trying though. In their latest attempt to revive the dying brand, they’ve moved to an entirely new location and are turning to Las Vegas to be that special place of renaissance. (they must not have been watching the news during the NBA All Star Weekend this past year…)

Instead of a central auditorium or concert hall, MTV will be broadcasting from all throughout the Palms Hotel & Casino rolling from the pool to Rain to their sports arena to separate suites in the hotel, where performances and announcements will be made. Before the show, people are able to go online to mtv.com and enter a virtual world, likened to Second Life, and browse through the suites and view virtual performances. Hmm… very cool, but Second Life and a slew of other sites do this already. So let’s try again, MTV.

Their final try at glory: embracing a bit of nostalgia, harkening back to the heyday of pop and TRL. I’m talking about Britney Spears, the boa constrictor around her body, and her infamous camel toe. Yes, Britney Spears is scheduled to perform at the MTV VMA’s.

This would have been a great move… 2 years ago. It’s unfortunate Britney’s image isn’t the hot, girl next door, untouchable icon she used to be back then. She’s done gone authentic trailer trash. Very public problems with child custody, crotch shots, debauchery, and lip-syncing…She’s a sinking tugboat trying to pull a sinking cruiseliner. They’re both fighting to stay afloat, trying…

Losers say they’ll try. Winners, now winners, are the ones who go home and fuck the prom queen.
Peace,
IsoGen