Check out an animated version of the "Drop & Gimme 50" video:

Mike Jones feat. Hurrican Chris "Drop & Gimmie 50" is the New Joint of the day on 106th & Park. New video below:

Just announced!! Johnathan Rice will join the bill at SXSW opening up for labelmates, R.E.M. He will perform on Wed, March 12 at Stubbs along with Summerbirds in the Cellar, Papercranes, and Dead Confederate. This is one bill that you're not going to want to miss. I know I won't! Woo!!!

IDINA MENZEL DEBUTS NEW WARNER BROS. ALBUM 'I STAND' JANUARY 29

Tony Award Winner Scheduled To Appear on NBC's Today Show and Perform at Virgin Megastore on Day of Release

NEW YORK, NY—January 28, 2008—The release of ‘I STAND,’ the long awaited and highly anticipated Warner Bros. Records debut of Idina Menzel, will take place on Tuesday, January 29th along with an appearance by Menzel on NBC's Today Show as well as a performance at Virgin Megastore in Times Square also on January 29th at 6:30 pm, it was confirmed by her record label. She is also scheduled to appear on “The View” on February 13th and Good Day LA on February 7th.

With a one-of-a-kind unmistakable voice and nine songs written by the artist, 'I STAND' covers Idina Menzel's unique perspective on life and love. The first single "Brave" has been hailed by Billboard as "ascending to the stratosphere - amid gratifying skyscraping production".

'I STAND' produced by Grammy award winner Glen Ballard brings Idina Menzel to another chapter of a star studded career that includes a Tony Award for her star turn as the green witch in 'WICKED' as well as a Broadway debut in the Pulitzer prize winning 'RENT'. Menzel recently performed the National Anthem for a TV audience of many millions before the start of the famed Giants / Patriots Game in New Jersey.

For more information on Idina Menzel
please check out her web site:

www.idinamenzel.com

Press Contact:
Liz Rosenberg
Warner Bros. Records
212-707-3256

... from the band Mastodon accepts a drawing from loyal fan at their sold-out show with Neurosis this past Friday at the Brooklyn Masonic Temple.

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Check out this amazing video by Johnathan Rice.

JOHNATHAN RICE TO HIT THE ROAD WITH MATT COSTA IN FEBRUARY

SINGER/SONGWRITER SUPPORTING LATEST ALBUM, FURTHER NORTH — OUT NOW ON REPRISE RECORDS

After completing three tours last fall with the likes of Rilo Kiley, The Good Life, and The Redwalls, singer-songwriter Johnathan Rice will hit the road once again in February for a series of support dates with fellow singer-songwriter Matt Costa.

The Los Angeles-based Rice has been touring in support of his second album Further North, which blends refined acoustic and electric guitar melodies with pulsing rhythms and piercing prose. The album has received rave reviews since its release by Reprise Records on September 11th, 2007. Giving it four stars, Blender said: “Sarcastic, not that hopeful, full of coyotes, wildfires, and wistful looks back at what might have been, this is an impressive set for anyone, let alone a 24-year-old with just one previous release.” Paste praised Further North’s mix of “country-folk and Heartland rock,” calling it a “largely live-in-the-studio affair with Rice presiding over an energetic mix that’s equal parts Tom Petty tunefulness and Uncle Tupelo guitar crunch.” USA Today called the album “eminently worth checking out,” while Performing Songwriter noted that “this young songwriter is only getting better at his game.”

Produced by Jason Lader, Farmer Dave Scher, and Rice himself, Further North is a musical step forward from its predecessor, Rice’s full-length debut Trouble is Real. That 2005 release earned him comparisons to such folk troubadours as Gram Parsons and Nick Drake, and landed him tours opening for R.E.M. and Wilco. Having grown up shuttling between Glasgow, Scotland, and Virginia, Rice invites the listener to see the cracked American Southwest through his eyes on Further North, resulting in lyrical observations that are shrewd yet sincere.

THE VERONICAS are getting ready for their return Stateside...here's a little preview of the what you have to look forward too.
What can YOU do to prepare for their return, you ask? Brush up on your Aussie Slang of course!
http://www.koalanet.com.au/australian-slang.html

www.theveronicas.com

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