This Week in Tweets (w/e 2010-02-28)
- My Top 3 Weekly #lastfm artists: Firewater (46), Burning Spear (28) and Prince Buster (24) http://bit.ly/drRMsz #
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New Wicked Cool Press Release
The below is a new press release from Wicked Cool regarding the forthcoming album by The Contrast “God of Malfunction”.Little Steven behind the board for energetic Brit-band The Contrast
Official Press release – February 25 2010:
The Contrast’s ‘God of Malfunction’ (Wicked Cool/ April 13): Twelve More of “The Coolest Songs in the World”
The Contrast “could be the first great 21st century power-pop band” (Houston Post, 4.10.08), and they offer further proof on ‘God of Malfunction,’ their 6th album and first for Little Steven Van Zandt’s Wicked Cool Records, out April 13.Little Steven has been the energetic Brit-band’s champion since 2002, when he touted their track “Mystery #1″ as the “coolest song in the world’ on his “Underground Garage” radio show. In fact, during 2007, Steven put together a compilation of his favorite Contrast tracks for Wicked Cool and called it “Perfect Disguise – Introducing The Contrast.” Now, with Van Zandt as Executive Producer on a studio album for the first time, The Contrast were bolder, and ‘God of Malfunction’ delivers twelve of the best, jangly, guitar-driven, power pop gems of the band’s career.
Their spirit is perfectly captured by the album’s first single, “Coming Back to Life,” with its memorable chorus: “We are strange, getting stranger // We won’t change, we’ll screw the danger // Coming back to life.”
See a video clip of “Coming Back To Life” here:
The band’s distinctive Rickenbacker jangle and chime is back, along with other vintage guitar and keyboard sounds, enhanced this time by cello,theremin, mellotron, treated electric piano & Eno-esque ambient textures – “whatever it takes,” says Glasgow-born lead singer/songwriter/guitarist David Reid.
Says Little Steven: “This is The Contrast’s most creative and ambitious work to date.”
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For more information on The Contrast, Wicked Cool Records and Little Steven Van Zandt, please contact Diana D’Angelo (ddangelo@shorefire.com) or Chris Taillie (ctaillie@shorefire.com) at Shore Fire Media
http://www.shorefire.com/clients/wickedcool/
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First Superman comic sells for $1m
A rare copy of the first comic book to feature Superman sold for $1m (£640,000) yesterday, smashing the previous record for a comic.
The 1938 edition of Action Comics No1 was sold by a private seller to a private buyer. Neither released their name.
via First Superman comic sells for $1m | Books | guardian.co.uk.
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This Week in Tweets (w/e 2010-02-21)
- My Top 3 Weekly #lastfm artists: The Contrast (64), Heaven 17 (58) and Madonna (35) http://bit.ly/drRMsz #
- It looks so different without snow on the ground. I had completely forgotten what it could look like. #
- Now here's a turn up for the books http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2010/feb/18/spoon-metacritic-britt-daniel #
- April 13th can't come quick enough http://thecontrast.net/news/preview/ #
- vote for The Contrast's Coolest Song in the World at http://beta.fuzztopia.com/Default.aspx #
- I mean this in the nicest possible way, but this office building stinks! #
- Sassafrassarassum Rick Rastardly! #
- Totally off beer now. Huzzah! #
- shoulders can be the most painful things #
- Sick of snow. … And cats, all cats are bastards. #
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God of Malfunction Promo video
THE CONTRAST “Coming Back To Life” from GOD OF MALFUNCTION promo video
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Coming Back To Life
Here is a preview of the delights that will be available on April 13th. This is track 2 of the new 12 track CD from The Contrast.- Coming Back To Life
‘God of Malfunction’ is set for release on April 13, 2010 on Wicked Cool. The coolest song chosen will be available for purchase on March 1st. Brrr, it’s getting exciting now…
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She’s a Disaster
Here is a preview of the delights that will be available on April 13th. This is track 9 of the new 12 track CD from The Contrast.- She’s a Disaster
‘God of Malfunction’ is set for release on April 13, 2010 on Wicked Cool. The coolest song chosen will be available for purchase on March 1st. Brrr, it’s getting exciting now…
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Good Luck Charms
Here is a preview of the delights that will be available on April 13th. This is track 7 of the new 12 track CD from The Contrast.- Good Luck Charms
‘God of Malfunction’ is set for release on April 13, 2010 on Wicked Cool. The coolest song chosen will be available for purchase on March 1st. Brrr, it’s getting exciting now…
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The Contrast New Album Preview and Competition
The release date for the new album by The Contrast “God of Malfunction” is fixed for April 13th and here at thecontrast.net I can exclusively reveal that there will be competition run by Little Steven’s Underground Garage to choose which song from the album will be the Coolest Song in the World on February 26th. The Contrast have a long history of securing the Coolest Song in the World title but this time around there are three possible candidates and the listener will get to vote for the one that they want to be the CSITW.Excellent stuff, and in order to support this thecontrast.net will make the three songs available at 00:00 GMT on 18/02/2010. That’s like nearly today you know…
The songs in question are “Good Luck Charms”, “She’s a Disaster”, and “Coming Back to Life”. In order to vote you need to go to Fuzztopia.com, log in (or register if you are not already a member) and vote. There are already snippets of the songs on the site and there are full versions available on Wicked Cool’s MySpace page and as I say here on thecontrast.net we will be making the tunes available for streaming only a few hours.
‘God of Malfunction’ is set for release on April 13, 2010 on Wicked Cool. The coolest song chosen will be available for purchase on March 1st. Brrr, it’s getting exciting now…
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