Gil Scott-Heron and Jamie XX

Tracklist:
1. I’m New Here
2. Home
3. I’ve Been Me (Interlude)
4. Running
5. My Cloud
6. Certain Things (Interlude)
7. The Crutch
8. Ur Soul and Mine
9. Parents (Interlude)
10. Piano Player
11. NY Is Killing Me
12. Jazz (Interlude)
13. I’ll Take Care Of U

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In February 2010, Gil Scott-Heron released “I’m New Here”, his first album in thirteen years. In August 2009, as a member of The xx (and producer) Jamie xx released his debut album “xx”.

Jamie xx’s reworking of 13 tracks from the Gil Scott-Heron “I’m New Here” sessions, is now released an up for the taking! :)

Some Jay Brannan

Jay Brannan - Goddamned

1 Can't Have It All 3:57
2 Half-Boyfriend 4:07
3 American Idol 3:45
4 Death Waltz 3:54
5 At First Sight 3:49
6 Housewife 3:30
7 Goddamned 5:43
8 Home 3:50
9 Bowlegged & Starving 3:57
10 On All Fours 4:27
11 String-a-long Song 4:52

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Jay Brannan is a Texas born singer, actor, and songwriter. After finding homes all over the country to live in, and briefly attending University of Cincinnati’s acting school, he decided to plant his feet down in New York City.

Brannan was cast in 2003 for the movie Shortbus, directed by John Cameron Mitchell. He contributed the song Soda Shop to the film’s soundtrack, which he stated was his “first professionally recorded track”.

Relatively new to the music world, he has released several songs on iTunes and on his myspace page, has become extremely popular thanks to his YouTube profile, and has been keen on maintaining a self-produced, low-key website.

His songs hold many of the same universal themes other artists acclaim to, but with a more fresh, realistic, sometimes vulgar, understanding. This has made him a hero to other gay men and general audiences alike.

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Not what you'd expect from a man in a suit

Indie/Folk/Electronica

Movement in a Storm (2010)
Tracklist

01. Give You Away (3:41)
02. Crying for Hollywood (4:12)
03. First In Line (4:36)
04. Foreign Shore (2:20)
05. On Your Own (4:18)
06. Sing Me A Song (4:19)
07. My Fears (4:19)
08. My Fears Wild Goose at Night (2:48)
09. Ray Gun (4:22)
10. Taller Song (6:51)








Like many music lovers of his generation, James Yuill has a passion for both the emotional songwriting and atmospheres of artists such as Nick Drake, Radiohead and Sufjan Stevens and the visceral beats and dynamic rhythms of Justice, Chemical Brothers and Aphex Twin. Unlike anyone else however, Yuill has fused these seemingly disparate influences into a magical sound of his very own, something that hasn’t gone un-noticed; he is quickly becoming an influential part of London’s popular “folktronica” scene.

Since the UK release of Turning Down Water For Air this past October 2008 on revered independent label Moshi Moshi Records (Bloc Party, Hot Chip, Au Revoir Simone), Yuill has garnered a huge amount of critical attention, including features in NME, Dazed and Confused and Clash Magazine, who featured him as “Best Newcomer 2008.” UK radio also jumped on board, with DJs including Huw Stephens, Colin Murray, Zane Lowe and John Kennedy all championing him on air.

A hectic live schedule including SXSW, Radio One Big Weekend, Latitude Festival, Club NME and numerous sweaty, dark venues across the globe, has added to the tangible buzz around James Yuill. Seeing him live is a truly unique experience: one minute you’re drawn in to the tender simplicity of his voice and acoustic guitar, the next minute your head’s spinning and your feet are moving to the dazzling array of beats and effects pumped out by James’s laptop and boxes of tricks - not bad for a one man show that fits neatly into a reconditioned guitar case.

Radio Ready

RnB/Pop

Jason DeRulo (2010)

1. Whatcha Say
2. Ridin' Solo
3. In My Head
4. The Sky's The Limit
5. What If
6. Love Hangover
7. Encore
8. Fallen
9. Blind
10. Strobelight (Bonus)
11. Queen Of Hearts (Bonus)
12. What Cha Say (Acoustic)






It might seem that Jason DeRulo came out of nowhere, but the young sensation has gathered experience in recent years winning talent competitions and appearing onstage in musical productions form the age of 5 and writing for artists like Diddy, Cassie and Pitbull from 16, Jason Derulo has actually been doing big things off the radar for a while now. With his self-titled debut comes his time to shine, but will he be able to prove himself as more than just another one-hit wonder?

Overall, while Jason Derulo’s self titled album may not be particularly groundbreaking, it contains a bevy of radio-ready songs playing off the formula that has been so successful for him in recent times, which should please fans. JR Rotem’s production makes the album stick together considerably well, but listeners might grow tired of hearing the same synths and snares on every song. With quite a few great pop songs and nothing on the album that can truly be labeled as “bad”, Derulo has done well on his debut to distance himself from the stigma of being a “one hit wonder” - whether he can go above and beyond this is something that remains to be seen, however. (411mania)

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Electro/Indie/Pop

Walking On A Dream(2009)

Tracklist:
1. Standing On The Shore
2. A Dream
3. Half Mast
4. We Are The People
5. Delta Bay
6. Country
7. The World
8. Swodfish Hot Kiss Nite
9. Tiger By My Side
10. Without You








Here is the debut album from Empire Of The Sun – an electro- psychedelic project led by Luke Steele, the enigmatic wunderkind behind Australia’s The Sleepy Jackson and Pnau’s Nick Littlemore. Exotic, lavish, larger-than-life, Empire Of The Sun brings together these two unlikely collaborators from Australian pop. ‘Walking On A Dream’ is a bold, visionary and brilliant album, which manages to sound exhilaration contemporary, audaciously forward-looking, yet also curiously archaic all at once.