Tony Awards 2011

Friday, June 10th, 2011

The countdown is on for this years Tony Awards – the ceremony date is set for June the 12^th.

The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre recognizes – as the name clearly states – achievement in live Broadway Theatre. It has a long history as it was founded in 1947. This year the ceremnoy will be held at the Beacon Theatre and not as usual at the Radio City Music Hall in New York City. The first time Broadway, film and TV star Neil Patrick Harris hosted the American Theatre Wing’s Tony Awards ceremony, he earned an Emmy Award for his efforts.

Nominated this year for best play: Good People, Jerusalem, The Motherf**ker with the Hat and War Horse. Up for best musical are: The Book of Mormon, Catch Me If You Can, The Scottsboro Boys& Sister Act.

You can check all nominees right here, and – of course – follow the action on Television or via STREAMIUM. The Tonys will air on CBS on June 12, live from the Beacon Theatre in NYC at 8 p.m./7 central GMT.

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Electronic Festivals This Summer

Thursday, June 9th, 2011

Is there anything better than dancing around in flip flops to some fat beats, clutching a cool beverage? To make sure you can do so, we’d like to introduce some amazing electronic festivals to you.

Barcelonas Sonár Festival is one of the biggest festivals in Electronic Music. Starting on the 16^th, it will make the masses dance for three full days. The finest of Djs and Bands will be playing day and night, including legendary Annie Mac of BBC Radio One, Dizzee Rascal, Atmosphere and Steve Aoki. Its gonna be splendid! You can check the full programme here.

Germany’s Melt Festival is also a number one address for a great mix of Indie and Electronica. This years line up is spectacular. Boys Noize, Crystal Castles, Cut Copy,  Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros… just to name a few! Save the date: 15^th – 17^th of July!

All these tickets are going fast (as always) so make sure you give yourself some leeway! Also make sure you tune into Sonár’s own Radio Station on your STREAMIUM for an extra dose of elecronica!

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New Releases in June

Tuesday, June 7th, 2011

So whats new this month? We have a small overview of new releases for ya!

Arctic Monkeys have just put out their record named ‘Suck it and See.’ Critics have already formed opinions, saying the Monkeys have matured. Heavy riffs and more obscure lyrics replaced the sharp power pop and well-observed storytelling of the band’s earlier output … might this be considered one of the albums of the year 2011?!?

Jason Beck aka Chilly Gonzales invented himself anew with ‘The Unspeakable: Chilly Gonzales’, it is out as of the 10^th of June! This guy loves to surprise us and for this one, he has returned to rap or – as his fans call it – art rap!

Also Rock band The Melvins are back with some new shenanigans in the shape of a live album. Swing on down to your local record shop to pick up a few for you and your friends to support some ageing rock stars!

Death Cab for Cutie’s new album is also out: Codes and Keys is the first album in three years by Washington’s favourite Indie Band. Its their 10^th studio album so these guys know what they are doing!

For new releases, you should check out German Radio Station Byte.Fm – they have a show on Friday afternoon called „Neuland“ where they introduce all new records – this Friday it’s songs by Chilly Gonzales from 1 pm. Tune in!

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Bands touring NOW

Wednesday, June 1st, 2011

Take That have started their massive ‘Progressive Live’ UK Tour, playing four or five dates in each city – and they’re all sold out! Just to give you an impression how famous these guys are over there… Theres more dates all over Europe to follow, playing in Denmark, Germany, Italy… best check all dates via here.

Another gem from the UK: Florence and the Machine will be playing the US as of next week, covering most of the States until late July.

Bruno Mars & Janelle Monae are bringing it on:  Their Hooligans in Wondaland Tour is their joint venture, you can obviously catch them live.

Rihanna is also on her ‘Loud’ Tour with special guests Cee Lo Green and J. Cole, all exact dates are to be found right here. There also had been rumours that Rihanna is getting back together with Ex lover Chris Brown, the tabloids reported last week.

For more gossip you should check out Heat Radio from the UK. This station is concerned with all things gossip, fashion and the latest pop music – what a great mix!

Tags: Concert, Live, Performance, Pop
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Happy Birthday, Bob Dylan!

Tuesday, May 24th, 2011

Robert Allen Zimmerman aka Bob Dylan was born May 24, 1941. Looking back at his career of 50 years and a Pulitzer Prize special citation for “his profound impact on popular music and American culture, marked by lyrical compositions of extraordinary poetic power.”

We think the situation requires a big HAPPY BIRTHDAY! At an age when most of his contemporaries have more or less given up on songwriting, he still produces first-rate albums and turned himself into a living legend.

Make sure you catch him on tour this June. He is covering pretty much all of Europe as of the 16^th of June, including Israel, England, Ireland, Norway, Germany and Sweden.

If you wanna celebrate with him, check the BBC for details. Both BBC 2 and BBC 6 will do full coverage on Dylans Birthday. You can tune in via your STREAMIUM.

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Born, Destroyed, Gone – Album Releases in May

Saturday, May 21st, 2011

Time for a catch up on new releases!

Lady Gaga’s got something new up her sleeve for all her little monsters: Born This Way is scheduled for a worldwide release on May 23 and its gonna be huge! We can’t wait to see all the ideas for costumery, videos and last but not least songs by the GaGa.

Also Ben Harper, known for solid singer songwriter stuff, is forking out a new record. Give Till It’s Gone is coming out on the 17^th. It is Harper’s 10th studio album and he will immediately hit the road to support the disc and will headline a couple of festivals

Moby is also onto something good: Destroyed is available as of now and has hit the stores on May 16^th. He is touring from now until mid August, covering pretty much all of Europe. In case you want in on the action you better hurry!

Also released on the 16^th: Friendly Fires ‘Pala’ which had been announced all over the blogs for weeks now… these guys are touring as well, see their website for all the details you need to catch those hip Brits!

This week we’d like you to check out Lady GaGa Monster Radio to celebrate the new album in style! Just follow the link for gagalicious tunes!

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Hot Releases in May

Friday, May 13th, 2011

This has been all over the blogs, probably one of the most anticipated albums of the year: the Beastie Boys are back, delivering the second part of the Hot Sauce Committee! We had a listen already and it is so 1992! Really reminisces of early Beasty Boys days like ‘Check your head’.

Also masters of neo folk, the Fleet Foxes have got a new record out. The name is ‘Helplessness Blues’ and it is very … folky! Surprise! We do like it a lot, its the perfect soundtrack for a summery road trip!

Also Mrs. J-Lo aka Jennifer Lopez has got a question in mind. ‘Love?’ is the name of the album and it will be in stores in the second half of May. Talkin bout R’nB… Do you remember Lucy Pearls and Tony! Toni! Toné?

Well, Mastermind Raphael Saadiq, who invented those two bands, is the most talked about Neo-Soul-Artist of our times and his new Album ‘Stone Rollin’ is coming out this month. This truely is a great piece of music and should not be missed out on!

Good way to enjoy all of your newbies this month on full blast is to stick them onto your STREAMIUM-Harddrive and crank it!

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Festivals in May

Thursday, May 5th, 2011

Alright, here we have some fun festivals for May – first one up is the Hang Out Music Festival. Its going down in Gulf Shores, US and has some dead good bands lined up.

Foo Fighters, Paul Simon, The Flaming Lips, plus Amos Lee, A Thousand Horses Bassnectar, Beats Antique, Cas Haley, Cee Lo Green, Civil Twilight, G Love & Special Sauce and so on and so forth. Sounds good? Check all details here.

This music is too soft for you? We can do harder! Rock on the Range is an annual rock festival featuring some of the most popular bands in hard rock, alternative rock, and metal today, with a classic band usually headlining the show. The festival is held at two venues; Columbus Crew Stadium in Columbus and Canad Inns Stadium in Winnipeg, US.

This year you can expect a supreme line up. A Perfect Circle, Avenged Sevenfold, Black Label Society, Bullet For My Valentine, Danzig, Disturbed, Fu Manchu, KoRn,  Staind, Stone Sour … anything a Metal heart could wish for.

If you fancy a bit of Metal on your STREAMIUM, search for it with the Genre search. We love that function, it is super useful. In case you find some good metal stations for our ‘Station of the Week’, give us a tweet @Streamiumtweets.

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New Releases: April part 2

Friday, April 22nd, 2011

So here we go with all fresh releases for the second half of April – as we promised before!

Have you heard of tUnE-yArDs? This woman is a blast. She released her second album named ‘Who Kill’ just this week and the great thing is: Every soundbit on the album is produced by her. A one-girl-show. Check it out, its between Low-Fi, World Music and Indie.

Gorillaz just released their new album ‘The Fall‘ on CD– even though its spring! This album has been produced solely on an Ipad which sounds pretty amazing. It was first released before Christmas to a limited number of fans via the web– now the official CD is out! We can’t wait to hear what they came up with! Check it out via their website for a pre-listening!

Rock & Roll Hall Of Famer and legendary bassist Bootsy Collins, known worldwide for pioneering funk music with James Brown and Parliament Funkadelic, will release his first new album in five years, ‘Tha Funk Capitol of the World,’ April 26^th and he’s out presenting it in June all through the US.

Again, this is a lot to catch up on. Check out Yes Indie from Bangkok, we really like this station. Find it by searching for Yes Indie on your STREAMIUM.

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