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ANNIE; Anniemal; Big Beat/679 Recordings
Monterey County Weekly; Jul 7, 2005; ; 414 Words The Norwegian pop star Annie is hitting America in a big way--Anniemal is finally getting a proper US release. Sounds of Annie have been simmering and trickling across the Atlantic since her UK debut last year; her first US single, "Heartbeat," has long been dubbed the #1 song of the year (since
Living - Play: BEN KWELLER Sha Sha (679 Recordings).(Features)
Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England); Jul 28, 2002; 288 Words WHEN Counting Crows frontman Adam Duritz tells the world that you're his flavour of the month, you know you've made it. So step forward Ben Kweller, once one half of grunge duo Radish. Okay, his singing voice is either naive (if you're a fan) or woefully tuneless (if you're not) but he writes
The Futureheads The Futureheads (679 Recordings) *****.
The Evening Standard (London, England); Jul 9, 2004; 364 Words Byline: DAVID SMYTH AN unfortunate side-effect of the invention of the CD has been the arrival of the filler-heavy 70-minute album. Be thankful, then, for Sunderland quartet the Futureheads who, like The Strokes and The Libertines, have produced a debut that lasts barely half an hour, and which
The Earlies The Enemy Chorus (679 Recordings)
Belfast Telegraph; Feb 16, 2007; ; 400 Words The fragility of the band's first record, These Were The Earlies is replaced with a full-blown artistic maturity on The Enemy Chorus. For the uninformed The Earlies make genre-fusing music that brings together towering Beach Boy harmonies together with multi-layered atmospheric soundscapes. Wrongly
The Streets - Grand Don't Come Free (679 Recordings) ** CDs OF THE WEEK
Evening Standard - London; May 4, 2004; ; 334 Words ON his second album, Mike Skinner, the mouthy wideboy from Brixton via Birmingham who calls himself The Streets, is still queueing for burgers, necking pills and drinking Tennents Super in the morning. But he also weaves a sensitive story of love found and lost around the finely observed scuzzy
DISCS: URBAN HHHHI Various Artists Run the Road 679 RECORDINGS
The Independent on Sunday; Jan 23, 2005; ; 298 Words This is a near-perfect lovers' and bluffers' guide to the squawked rhymes and sputtering boombox rhythms of "grime", that most contemporary of subgenres. Lady Sovereign's "Cha Ching", followed by Kano's anthemic "Ps and Qs", scale the towerblock heights of tracks created by Dizzee Rascal and The
Discs Etc: Music CDs POP HHHHH Willis Come Get Some 679 RECORDINGS
The Independent on Sunday; Sep 28, 2003; ; 378 Words Because it will appeal equally to the eclectic warriors who buy CDs regularly and the Norahniks who might pick up a couple of albums a year while they're in Asda, what we have here can be summed up in three words that will be music to the industry's ears: Huge Crossover Potential. Which means one
The Streets - Grand Don't Come Free (679 Recordings) **; CDs OF THE WEEK.
The Evening Standard (London, England); May 4, 2004; 346 Words Byline: DAVID SMYTH ON his second album, Mike Skinner, the mouthy wideboy from Brixton via Birmingham who calls himself The Streets, is still queueing for burgers, necking pills and drinking Tennents Super in the morning. But he also weaves a sensitive story of love found and lost around the finely
DISCS: ROCK - Death From Above 1979 You're a Woman, I'm a Machine 679 RECORDINGS
The Independent on Sunday; Feb 27, 2005; ; 306 Words The idea of a rock duo is firmly established since the rise of The White Stripes, but rarely have two people rocked as hellishly hard as Sebastien Grainger and Jesse F Keeler. Where Jack and Meg only use guitar (and never bass), Seb and Jesse only use bass (and no guitar), and the results are as
Dow plunges 679 to fall to lowest level in 5 years
AP Online; Oct 9, 2008; ; 700+ Words ...trading Thursday, sending the Dow Jones industrial average down 679 points _ more than 7 percent _ to its lowest level in five years...meanwhile, is off 655 points, or 41.9 percent, since recording its high of 1,565.15. U.S. stock market paper losses...
MUSIC: THE FUTURE LOOKS BRIGHT; INTERVIEW FREE OF MAJOR LABEL TIES, THE FUTUREHEADS SAY THEY'VE NEVER BEEN HAPPIER AS THEY RELEASE THEIR NEW ALBUM.(Features)
The Mirror (London, England); May 9, 2008; 700+ Words ...their major label, Warner's subsidiary 679 Recordings, dropped them. For some bands it would...and trust. "If we'd had to stay on 679 for a third album it would have been...had. We were out of our comfort zone recording in the desert and in those circumstances...
Star Tippi is topping the bill
Evening Times; Jul 12, 2002; ; 560 Words ...it's a good example. For anyone else it's probably best avoided. BEN KWELLER SHA SHA (679 Recordings) AFTER the success of The Streets, 679 are clearly putting their faith in slightly eccentric solo performers. Pitching himself as a...
Time for changes; music matters The Futureheads got dropped by their label and considered quitting. But now they are back, with a new single, a new album and their own bespoke record label. Guitarist Ross Millard tells Gavin Allen how they came back from the brink.(Features)
Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales); May 2, 2008; 700+ Words ...album, commercially or critically, so their record label 679 Recordings gave them the bullet. "We were disappointed but not...months ago would have split," he says with pride. If 679 wanted proof that The Futureheads had it in them to better...
echo live: Sounding board.(Features)
South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales); Apr 28, 2008; 700+ Words ...album, commercially or critically, so their record label 679 Recordings gave them the bullet. "We were disappointed but not...which at your own gig you don't have to do." If 679 wanted proof that The Futureheads had it in them to better...
HUSTLER
New Nation; Sep 1, 2008; ; 700+ Words ...s Best UK hip-hop act award last year and leaving 679 Recordings - a subsidiary of Warner Music - it's been a hell of...Can you clear up what happened with your former label 679 - were you dropped or did the contract expire? My contract...
BOX OFFICE: MUSIC
The Independent on Sunday; Mar 6, 2005; 360 Words ...Hush (Def Jam) 8 (-) FUTUREHEADS Hounds of Love (679 Recordings) 9 (-) USHER Caught Up (LaFace) 10 (5) GAME...Domino) 8 (3) BLOC PARTY Silent Alarm (Wichita Recordings) 9 (7) ATHLETE Tourist (Parlophone) 10 (-)TONY...
Rock CDs
The Sunday Telegraph London; Sep 18, 2005; ; 650 Words ...on this musically stripped-down yet emotionally bloated recording which promise more than the expected meagre pickings - the...disappointment more acute. Various Artists: Run The Road 2 (679 Recordings, pounds 12.99). Recent efforts to spruce up the roughneck...
Album review:Mystery Jets:Smashing debut for the indie sprog rock from Eel Pie Island
The Scotsman; Mar 3, 2006; ; 700+ Words MYSTERY JETS: MAKING DENS **** 679 RECORDINGS, GBP 10.99 IF YOU hadn't already heard of Mystery Jets, the sacred law of NME tour averages suggests that you soon would...
Album Review:Plan D:Tales of the mean streets make uneasy listening
The Scotsman; Jun 23, 2006; ; 700+ Words PLAN B: WHO NEEDS ACTIONS WHEN YOU GOT WORDS, 679 RECORDINGS, GBP 10.99 *** BEN DREW is a supremely disaffected young songwriter from the Forest Gate estate in East London, who firmly...
Music's millionaires make a more altruistic investment: What our critic said about some of this year's big albums: Get Behind Me Satan; Devil's Playground; Employment; Yes!; Thunder, Lightning, Strike; Last Chance Disco; Rocket DIY; Frances the Mute
The Scotsman; Dec 23, 2005; ; 700+ Words ...drummer Seb Rochford setting the lightning pace. A blast. KING CREOSOTE: ROCKET DIY FENCE RECORDS and KC RULES OK 679 RECORDINGS ALL hail the reigning monarch of Fife's fabulous Fence Collective. Two full albums in one year was no strain for...
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