NEW MUSIC: Albums Releasing This Week (Oct. 2nd)

Check out the new music releasing Tuesday, October 2nd.

Balmorhea	Stranger
Beth Orton	Sugaring Season
Blake Shelton	Cheers, It's Christmas	[Christmas album]
Boys Noize	Out Of The Black
California Wives	Art History
Cher Lloyd	Sticks & Stones
Chris Rene	I'm Right Here
Dark Dark Dark	Who Needs Who
Diana Krall	Glad Rag Doll
Flying Lotus	Until the Quiet Comes
Gangi	gesture is
Heart	Fanatic
How to Dress Well	Total Loss
Iris Dement	Sing The Delta
Jackie Evancho	Songs From The Silver Screen
John Cale	Shifty Adventures In Nookie Wood	[Of Velvet Underground]
Kendrick Lamar	Good Kid, m.A.A.d City
Marillion	Sounds That Can't Be Made
Matt & Kim	Lightning
MellowHype	Numbers
Miguel	Kaleidoscope Dream
Moon Duo	Circles
Muse	The 2nd Law
Papa Roach	The Connection
Rupa And The April Fishes	Build
Sun Airway	Soft Fall
Taken By Trees	Other Worlds
The Mountain Goats	Transcendental Youth
The Piano Guys	The Piano Guys
The Tragically Hip	Now for Plan A
The Vaccines	Come Of Age
The Wallflowers	Glad All Over
Three Days Grace	Transit Of Venus
Tift Merritt	Traveling Alone
Tilly & The Wall	Heavy Mood
Tori Amos	Gold Dust
Ultraísta	Ultraísta	[Radiohead producer Nigel Godrich's band]
Van Morrison	Born To Sing: No Plan B
Why?	Mumps etc

Source: Metacritic.com

Muse's Front Man Uses Baby's Heartbeat on New Song

Muse's sixth studio album the 2nd Law will be released next week.

Matt Bellamy says of  the recording, "It was totally spontaneous, two days before the baby's arrival, and Kate (Hudson) was in hospital, with this... strap thing, which I had no idea about, and suddenly we could hear everything. It was incredibly emotional.  So being a musician... "I recorded it on my mobile phone. And weeks later, I was in the studio, and it came back to me, this incredibly rarefied recording."

 The result, Follow Me, is the sixth song on 2nd Law, the sixth album from the chart-toppers who have, to date, sold 5 million records, and are celebrated as one of the world's great live bands too. 

What do you think?  I like Muse, so I am excited to hear the new record.  Putting his baby's heartbeat in a song? Aw! What a proud Papa!

Source: Huffington Post UK

MTV EMA's

A few days ago, rock royalty ran riot in Madrid for the MTV European Music Awards...

Acts such as Thirty Seconds to Mars (above), Lady Gaga, Katy Perry, Rihanna & Ke$ha dominated. Thankfully they have specific 'Best World Stage Performance' 'Best Push Act' & 'Best European Act' categories, or you may think it was the normal MTV Music Awards!!

The actual event was hosted by Eva Longoria (not sure why.....) and Justin Beiber was the online host.

Here's a list of the nominees and winners

Best Alternative - WINNER Paramore (as above) NOMINEES Gorillaz, Arcade Fire, Gossip, Vampire Weekend

Best Song - WINNER Lady GaGa - Bad Romance NOMINEES Eminem/Rihanna - Love the way you lie, Katy Perry/Snoop Dogg - Carlifornia Gurls, Rihanna - Rude Boy, Usher - OMG

Best Live Act - WINNER Linkin Park NOMINEES Bon Jovi, Kings of Leon, Lady GaGa, Muse

Best Pop - WINNER Lady GaGa NOMINEES Miley Cyrus, Rihanna, Katy Perry, Usher

Best New Act - WINNER Ke$ha NOMINEES Justin Beiber, Plan B, Jason Derulo, B.o.B.

Best Female - WINNER Lady GaGa NOMINEES Katy Perry, Miley Cyrus, Rihanna, Shakira

Best Male - WINNER Justin Bieber NOMINEES Kanye West, Usher, Eminem, Enrique Iglesias



Best HipHop - WINNER Eminem NOMINEES Kanye West, Lil Wayne, Snoop Dogg, T.I.

Best Rock - WINNER Thirty Seconds to Mars NOMINEES Ozzy Osbourne, Linkin Park, Muse, Kings of Leon

Best Video - WINNER Katy Perry/Snoop Dogg - Carlifornia Gurls NOMINEES Lady GaGa / Beyonce - Telephone, Plan B - Prayin, Thirty Seconds to Mars - Kings and Queens, Eminem/Rihanna - Love the way you lie


Best Push Act - WINNER Justin Bieber NOMINEES Alexandra Burke, B.o.B., The Drums, Hurts, Jason Derulo, Ke$ha, Mike Posner, Professor Green, Selena Gomez & The Scene

Best World Stage Performance - WINNER Tokio Hotel NOMINEES Gorillaz, Green Day, Thirty Seconds to Mars, Katy Perry, Muse

Best European Act - WINNER Marco Megoni (Italy) NOMINEES Inna (Romania), Enrique Iglesias (Spain), Dima Bilan (Russia), Afromental (Poland)

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