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First Listen: Jordin Sparks “Battlefield”
26 years after Pat Benatar warned us that “Love is a Battlefield”, here comes “American Idol” Season 6 winner Jordin Sparks to basically tell us the same thing.
“Battlefield” is the first single from Jordin’s sophomore album, which is scheduled to arrive in stores sometime in July. This is the latest in a glut of “Idol”-related releases. Elliott Yamin’s album came out last week, Ruben Studdard and LaKisha Jones arrive next week, Daughtry debuted his (their?) […]
New Release of the Week 5/12/09: Green Day
They’re ba-a-ack!
After a five year layoff, America’s favorite punks have returned with yet another “rock opera” sort of album, called 21st Century Breakdown. First single Know Your Enemy is already burning up the charts (it’s currently the #1 modern rock single in the country), and this release has the potential to be huge (or at least what passes for huge in the music biz circa 2009). Strangely, Green Day’s record company isn’t putting this one […]
First (OK, Second) Listen: Daughtry’s “No Surprise”
After selling a kajillion copies of his debut album, Chris Daughtry and his namesake band are back. “No Surprise” is the first single from their new album, which is due in July. Daughtry premiered the song on “American Idol” last night (which I didn’t watch…go Celtics), and it’s exactly what you’d expect. A big, hooky rocker that sounds a LOT like Nickelback (the comment section here says Chad Kroeger co-wrote, which wouldn’t surprise me at […]