R&N - 06/28/08 - OnSmash Saturday Pt. 2

Push Play rocks

Hey again,

more new music blog:

The guys of Push Play were on TRL this past Monday. They played in a "Rock Band" battle on the Wii. They won, btw. :) Who IS/are Push Play?
They're a band straight out of Long Island, NY made up of CJ Baran, Steve Scarola, Nick DeTurris, and Derek Ries. They play bass, drums, guitar, and keyboard... and obviously sing.

Their mySpace genre says: Rock / Pop /Electronica
(I'm not good at classifying music, but I know what I like.)
Personally, my favorite songs on their page are "Situation".. then a tie between "Far From Beautiful (FFB)" & "Starlite Addiction." but that's just me. You decide.

It seems everyone does webisodes now, but hey. it's cool:
This one is "#8: Who We Are"

It gives us a look into how their family has influenced them.

What makes them different?
- They give back to various charities. You can read more about that on the myspace page.
- On June 22, they got on the MySpace Top 10 List for unsigned artists.
- They just won PopStar magazine's Best Male Newcomer Award. (August issue)
- They made history as being the first unsigned band to play Madison Square Garden. They've also played @ Nokia Theater, Crazy Donkey, and The Knitting Factory.
- I happened upon it while writing this: The New York Times has an article about them here.

Their new summer tour "Push Play Rock the States" kicks off July 7th in Chicago. Their album "Deserted" was released on iTunes last December and stayed in the top 100 for a while.. which is unheard of for an unsigned artist. yeah, pretty impressive. I'd say so. & they also earned a big enough fanbase to get a Zootopia performance..

helpful sites:
Myspace.com/PushPlayrox
PushPlaySite.com
old YouTube webisodes; New YouTube
fan-made: pushplay.fanfilled.com

BTW, at the end of TRL Push Play played "Away, Away" acoustically. & the gentlemen of Honor Society (see last Saturday's post) were there outside. and BOTH bands are looking for more state Street Team leaders. So check out their myspace page & see how u can help.. or create a State Street team if you don't see your state on the list/map. And Honor Society has MORE news, including their album being available on iTunes! "A Tale of Risky Business"

PS- both bands have a fan page on Facebook w/updates such as these. Check it out. :)
~peace out

R&N - 06/28/08 - OnSmash Saturday Pt. 1

I just had to type the words "glued cat" into one of those squiggly verification boxes. I laughed.

Good evening all. First post here too, so I suppose I should introduce myself. I'm 23, a broadcast journalism major at University of Houston, and I worked with AB a couple of years ago. Man, that long?
Seeing as this IS a music blog and all, I suppose I should mention that I run the gamut. From The Beatles to Sufjan Stevens to Souls of Mischief, my tastes in music change week by week.
I also am the guy who uploaded all the Slowreader b-sides to myspace.
Saying that I like everything, however, is a bit of a cop out. When i'm in the mood for hip hop, I listen to hip hop and only hip hop. I'm an extreme case; I once listened to the same song on repeat while driving from just north of Dallas to Houston (it was "Red Dust" by Zero 7, by the way). I've listened to Air's "La Femme D'Argent" over 5000 times, almost 25 days.

I suppose the point I'm trying to make with all this is that I tend to be a bit unpredictable. But it's campaign season now! Attack ads fly, and support ads spin. But what happened to campaign songs? Well, thanks to incumbent Texas Senator John Cornyn, they're still around. Only, well...


The Daily Show, CNN, and even his opponent, Rick Noriega, have been making fun of Big Bad John. But at least he's trying. After seeing Cornyn's ad, I searched for campaign ad songs. Lo and behold my surprise when it turned out Nixon, of all people, had the best "new" song I'd heard all week:


Today, they're all attack ads. But this, this took wooden and laconic Nixon and made him seem lovable. He's smiling. He's making friends with Mao Zedong and Leonid Brezhnev. And he also seems to be a butterfly. Nixon Now was the first time a presidential candidate so completely embraced television commercials, and he did it with an extremely catchy song.

But it's not all Nixon. Here's two more campaign songs for y'all:




Next time? Who knows. I'll try to have something interesting. Or ridiculous.
For the record, this one was ridiculous.

R&N - 06/27/08 - MF3 Exclusive

Hey folks,
mf3ex
Check out the new TI vid.

TI - No Matter What

~1~
AB

R&N 6/27/08 FLASHBACK FRIDAY!!!!!!

TIMBALAND AND MAGOO!!

WHAT UP PEOPLE!!!. It's your boy DT finally back again for another installment of Flashback Friday. Today I'm spotlighting the man that is killing the game today, he could really start calling himself King Midus. It's none other than that boy Timbaland. He also had a partner by the name of Magoo. If anybody knows what happened to this dude feel free to let me know. But they had some hits back in the day so let's get in to the music!!

UP JUMPS THE BOOGIE

DROP

LUV 2 LUV U

ALL YALL

INDIAN FLUTE

So there you have it, but I gotta say that I miss the late 90s and early 00s back when Tim was only charging 100k for a beat. Now that he's messin with Madonna, 100k might buy you the drum kit he's using on a beat. Throw in a little synthesizer and you're askin for atleast a mili.

DPT -- SEE YA'LL NEXT WEEK

R&N -- 06/26/08 -- LEAK CRITIQUE

TEAM BUCK????

Ok, this will be quick today.lol So I'm sure everyone has been hearing about the released tape by 50 showing the "sensitive" side of Young Buck right? Well...even though I am pro Buck due to 50's b!t$%as8ness...lol...I'm not really...feelin....this.....diss?

AND I think I'm ashamed to say I think Game actually came wit it on this diss?lol I'm jus sayin. I think I'm confused.lol Ya'll check it out. And critique, critique!

ANDDDDDD!!!! I'm definitely NOT a Team 50...but I will admit the guy got swagga...BUT...I can't even take this seriously. And Yayo???? This is Hilarity Clinton....unintentionally. I'm jus sayin.

R&N- 06/24/08 -Rock'N Roll Tuesdays

Jonny Lang And One Great Concert

House Of Blues/Dallas Texas June 20,2008



What's going on Rock'N Roll fans, what a weekend. What a Show. I was one of the lucky 2 thousand people at the house of Blues in Dallas Texas to see Jonny Lang live this past weekend. The easiest thing to say about the guy, is he is unbelievable! I have never experienced guitar playing, and such soulful and thought provoking vocals all in one show. Lang jammed through songs from his "Long Time Coming" album, and his latest "Turn Around" album. I was simply blown away, and thinking to myself John Mayer who? Jonny Lang is and has been the next big thing to the world of Blues Rockers. Hey the guy was born to perform. Lang will continue to shock people with his talent, and will continue to write platinum selling records. This past weekend I witnessed one of the best Rock shows I have ever seen,and that's why I dedicate this weeks news to Mr. Jonny Lang.

Turn Around

Check out "Turn Around" on his 2006 release. Have a great week.
Drew D

R&N -- 6/22/08 -- GOSPEL SUNDAY!

GOSPEL TAKES ON HEART AWARENESS

What up world?!?!? Hope everyone got a Word today and re-energized and spiritually healthy for the week. Speaking of health, Bobby Jones is kicking off his Power to End Stroke Gospel Tour beginning June 28th, 2008.


From 3-5pm take part in the Power to End Stroke Healthfair. The HealthFair will include free medical screenings, nutrition and fitness demonstration.
The concert will proceed at Concord Baptist Church in Dallas, will feature celebrity guest Black Entertainment Television Host, Dr. Bobby Jones of Bobby Jones Gospel with Celebrity guests, local choirs, soloist, groups and guest speakers to attend.

STILL STANDING

Sooooo I've been waitin on some kinda tour right???? So is it safe to say it's begun already???? Me think so. These are the dates so far. I might be caught at the H-town show...who knows. And you guys check out the Good in The Hood vid. utter Hilarity Clinton! lol

Jun 20 2008
7:00P
St. Mark Baptist Church
Little Rock, Arkansas
Jun 21 2008
7:00P
Unity Christian Fellowship International
Alexandria, Virginia
Jun 27 2008
7:00P
Spiritual Encounter New Light Church
Houston, Texas
Jun 28 2008
7:00P
San Diego County Fair - Del Mar Fairgrounds
San Diego, California
Jul 6 2008
8:00P
Essence Festival
New Orleans, Louisiana
Jul 11 2008
7:00A
Embassies of Christ Kingdom Ministries
Gary, Indiana
Jul 12 2008
7:00P
Dwntwn Canton, Kreskge Block
Canton, Ohio
Jul 13 2008
6:00P
Straight Gate Church
Detroit, Michigan
Jul 18 2008
7:00P
Lifestyle Community Pavillion
Columbus, Ohio
Jul 19 2008
7:00P
Kings Dominion
Richmond, Virginia
Sep 4 2008
7:00A
Heineken Music Hall
Amsterdam

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