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Weekly Music News Brief, February 11

11 02 2008

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February 11, 2008

2008 GRAMMY AWARDS

HERBIE HANCOCK WINS ALBUM OF THE YEAR – BEATS OUT KANYE, AMY WINEHOUSE, FOO FIGTHERS, VINCE GILL

TROUBLED SINGER AMY WINEHOUSE WINS FIVE AWARDS – INCLUDING ‘BEST NEW ARTIST’, RECORD AND SONG OF THE YEAR FOR “REHAB”

KANYE WEST WINS FOUR GRAMMYS – DESPITE LOSING COVETED ‘BEST ALBUM OF THE YEAR’ AWARD

BARACK OBAMA BEATS CLINTON – WINS ‘BEST SPOKEN WORD’ AWARD

COMPLETE LIST OF 2008 GRAMMY AWARD WINNERS

GRAMMY LIVE PERFORMANCE REVIEWS

WATCH: KANYE AND DAFT PUNKS’ PERFORMANCE

WATCH: THE BEATLES GRAMMY TRIBUTE

WATCH: AMY WINEHOUSE’S SATELLITE GRAMMY PERFORMANCE

WATCH: TINA TURNER AND BEYONCES’ PERFORMANCE

WATCH: THE FOO FIGHTERS PERFORMANCE

CHINESE CELLPHONE USERS TUNE IN TO MUSIC – HIGHEST USE PERCENTAGE IN THE WORLD

TIMBALAND CREATING FIRST-EVER ‘MOBILE ALBUM’ – SIGNS DEAL WITH VERIZON WIRELESS, ALBUM ONLY AVAILABLE TO V-CAST SUBSCRIBERS

SCOTT WEILAND CHECKS INTO REHAB, YET AGAIN

CHER TO PLAY 200 SHOWS IN VEGAS OVER NEXT THREE YEARS – $60 MILLION DEAL

RADIOHEAD PISSED – EX-LABEL EMI TO RELEASE GREATEST HITS ALBUM TO COINCIDE WITH START OF WORLD TOUR. RADIOHEAD: “WE WON’T BE DOING ANY PROMOTION FOR THAT, OBVIOUSLY.”

TRAVIS STAR HOSPITALIZED AFTER FALL AT GIG

FANS LAUNCH PETITION FOR LED ZEPPELIN TOUR

BONNAROO ANNOUNCES INITIAL 2008 FESTIVAL LINEUP
ERIC BURDON, WAR REUNITING FOR SHOW AT LONDON’S ROYAL ALBERT HALL

BILLY JOEL TO BE THE LAST ARTIST TO PLAY AT NEW YORK’S SHEA STADIUM

MARTIN SCORSESE PLANS FILM ABOUT BOB MARLEY, NOW THAT STONES FILM IS DONE

DYLAN’S EX-GIRLFRIEND BLASTS HIM IN HER BIOGRAPHY, A FREEWHEELIN’ TIME

GREEN DAY’S BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONG TO FANS: STOP FILMING MY GIGS!

UNIVERSAL MUSIC THINKS VIDEO GAME, HALO, HAS SPARKED RESURGENCE IN GREGORIAN CHANT – PUTS ADS IN RELIGIOUS PUBLICATIONS TO SIGN MONKS TO LABEL

DR. DRE SEEKING DEATH ROW DOCUMENTS FOR UNPAID ROYALTY DISPUTE

JACK JOHNSON’S NEW ALBUM, SLEEP THROUGH THE STATIC, BLASTS TO #1 ON UK CHARTS

LISTEN: EX-PAVEMENT FRONTMAN, STEPHEN MALKMUS & THE JICKS – SONG FROM REAL EMOTIONAL TRASH, DUE MARCH 4

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN BOXED SET INFO LEAKED

THE WHO MULL WORKING WITH T-BONE BURNETT ON NEXT ALBUM

NEIL YOUNG’S WIFE, PEGI YOUNG, TO RELEASE DEBUT ALBUM IN MARCH

LOU REED COLLABORATES ON SPOKEN WORD ALBUM

DOLLY PARTON ADMITS BREASTS MORE FAMOUS THAN HER

RESTRAINING ORDER FOR BRITNEY SPEARS’ MANAGER

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Sigur Ros “Heima”

4 02 2008

Sigur Ros is one of my favorite bands, period. Hopefully you have heard of them. If not, I hope you will give them a chance. Their music is mellow, but equally gorgeous.

They are from Iceland and I first heard them through their album Agaetis Byrjun which was released in 1999. Their two albums after that, ( ) and Takk, really blew me away. I mostly listen to their music with headphones late at night when writing, when laying in bed or when I simply need to decompress from life.

What I love most about their Sigur Ros is even though they are a four-piece, there is such an orchestral quality to their music. I also love the fact that their singer Jon Birgisson sings in Icelandic and Hopelandic (an invented language with no vocabulary or grammar). What I love about this is that I have never tried to search out any translation to his lyrics. Every song of their’s means something unique to me as I am interpreting his lyrics according to my mood at the time of listening. It is truly a moment where music transcends language. Music, the ultimate communicator…

To the point, they just released a documentary film entitled, Heima, and it is a wonderful piece of film making. They filmed it in 2006 in their native Iceland, playing in small villages, in houses for friends and family and at big open air concerts in the vast countryside. Beautiful film…

Here are three video clips from the documentary. If you are interested in checking out their albums, I’d recommend you start with ( ) – their untitled album released in 2002. If you are a fan, this documentary is a absolute must!

Sigur Ros – From “Heima”

“Heima”