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Carrie Underwood: Play On
Underwood’s third album is overdeveloped and undercooked Carrie Underwood’s new album isn’t meant for iPods or headphones—or, for that matter, for individuals. It’s a more public record than a private or personal one, sometimes for better but usually for worse. Opener and first single “Cowboy Casanova” is a barnburner that will be the prelude to many girls’ nights out, while “Mama’s Song” will no doubt soundtrack innumerable weddings in the next few months. Other songs on Play On have less lofty goals: “Someday When I Stop loving You” and “What Can I Say” are soundtrack-ready montage rock; the latter deserves... read more
Found in: Music, Reviews3D Michael Jackson Concert Film Coming in October
A judge’s approval has officially sealed a $60 million deal with Sony to release This is It, a compilation of rehearsal footage recorded as Michael Jackson prepared for his planned concert series in London.... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsApple, Record Labels Team Up to Boost Album Sales
Very soon, your next album purchase on iTunes might contain more than just a handful or two of tracks. Although the project reportedly deemed "Cocktail" is characteristically still under wraps, Apple is said to be planning a virtual, interactive CD experience with every full-album download.... read more
Found in: Culture, NewsSony's Walkman is 30! Now, What to do With That Clunky Old Thing?
1979 saw the release of Pink Floyd's The Wall, the election of the UK's first female Prime Minister, and the nuclear meltdown at Three Mile Island. Equally innovative, groundbreaking and explosive, however, was the hottest new technology from Sony—the Walkman, which celebrated its 30th anniversary last week, on July 2.When the Walkman was first released, it weighed in at 14 ounces and was the size of a small book—titanic compared to today's teensy-weensy MP3 players. But it was the first kind of easily portable personal audio equipment, spawning a headphone revolution as people snapped up the $200 battery-operated cassette player.... read more
Found in: Culture, NewsSony and eMusic Join Forces
Apple is a giant when it comes to selling music: iTunes accounts for 70-80 percent of all digital music sales, everywhere. The prospect of any one company taking on Steve Jobs' empire is basically the equivalent of David taking on a thermonuclear-armed Goliath. Rather than go it alone, eMusic and Sony have just announced that the former will be selling the latter's back catalogue (everything two years and older) beginning fall of this year.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsJay-Z Reportedly Close To Deal With Sony
It looks like the Roc Boy is heading to Sony. Following his split with Def Jam last week, Jay-Z is apparently on the verge of signing a deal that will bring the highly anticipated Blueprint 3 and future recordings to Sony's Epic Records.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsPlayStation 2 favorite Shadow of the Colossus coming to the big screen
Following the trend of books-into-movies, movies-into-books, and CDs-into-musicals, Sony will adapt the 2005 PlayStation 2 game Shadow of the Colossus into a full-length feature, with The Scorpion King's Kevin Misher producing. Colossus is following in the footsteps of Dante's Inferno, which just got an X2 screenplay writer for the movie adaptation.... read more
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