2013

HIGH QUALITY

De svenska country rockarna Bournon Boys slog igenom under 2012 med singlarna Hillbilly Heart och Rock n' Rolling Man, och släppte sitt debutalbum våren 2013.<br/>Bourbon Boys frontas av och är uppbyggt kring låtskrivaren och sångaren Pär Hulkoff och består till stor del av samma medlemmar som svenska hårdrocksbandet Raubtier. De har snabbt byggt en stor och trogen fanbase med både Raubtier-fans och nya mer country/rock-intresserade fans.<br/><br/><br/>"This new album Hail to the Chief is a homage to the music I and we together hold dear and true. Spanning from pure countrymusic to rootsy rock'n'roll, we wanted to refine and re-define the essence of what is Bourbon Boys. I have never been so proud of an album in my entire life. <br/><br/>We have seen the inside of many a smoky clubstages around Europe, and many of the songs that are included on this album have been tested before a live audience before we recorded them. We wanted to make an album that was true to the legacy of real and substantial music. With authentic sounds. Every song on this album is a heartfelt and honest composition, dealing musically with the challenge of the groove and lyrically with the hardships of living.<br/><br/>The production is beyond top of the line. I believe true magic was created under Mr. Jonas Kjellgrens sensitive surveillance, as he managed to capture that mystical nerve that a band of brothers that has bled upon the road together earns.<br/>I am damn proud, and I hope y'all will enjoy what we have created."<br/>Sincerely<br/>//Hulkoff, Bourbon Boys

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"Avenged Sevenfold are THE sound and face of hard rock and metal in the new millennium." <br/>- REVOLVER<br/><br/>Avenged Sevenfold's sixth studio album Hail To The King. Produced by Mike Elizondo, Hail To The King is the follow up to the band's 2010 release, Nightmare, which debuted at Number One on the Billboard Top 200 Album Chart, Hard Rock Chart and Digital Chart. <br/><br/>Avenged Sevenfold's 5th studio album, Nightmare, was also produced by Mike Elizondo and earned the band it's highest ever debut on the Billboard album chart when it took the Number One spot and spawned three Number One, hit-singles "Nightmare", "So Far Away" and "Welcome To The Family". "Nightmare" broke radio records and was the most played current song at Rock Radio for all of 2010.

The self-titled set is the artist's first visual album. BEYONCÉ is infused with 14 new songs and 17 visually stunning, provocative videos shot around the world from Houston to New York City to Paris, and Sydney to Rio de Janeiro, all before the album's release. <br/><br/>"I see music," says Beyoncé about her decision to create a visual album. "It's more than just what I hear. When I'm connected to something, I immediately see a visual or a series of images that are tied to a feeling or an emotion, a memory from my childhood, thoughts about life, my dreams or my fantasies. And they're all connected to the music."<br/><br/>Facebook exclusively premieres Part One of "Self-Titled," a mini doc feature that gives a glimpse into the entire project. It details her mind-set and artistic vision throughout the making of BEYONCÉ. By embracing an ever-evolving digital landscape, she creates an innovative, fully immersive, multiplatform experience for the first visual album of her career, completely changing the way her fans will consume music.<br/><br/>Not one to stand on past achievements, this is an artist who thrives on evolving, challenging herself and raising the bar. This creative process gave Beyoncé power over her music and provided an opportunity to control how the music is heard. She is not playing by the rules and breaking what is expected, preferring to put music out as an entire body of work.<br/><br/>Beyoncé, wearing multiple hats as writer, producer and director, put together a genius team of artists, songwriters, producers and video directors for her visual album that include JAY Z, Timbaland, Justin Timberlake, Pharrell Williams, Drake, The Dream, Sia, Ryan Tedder, Miguel, Frank Ocean, Hit Boy, Ammo, Boots, Detail, Jake Nava, Hype Williams, Terry Richardson, Melina Matsoukas, Jonas Åkerlund, Ricky Saiz, Pierre Debusschere, @lilinternet, Noah "40" Shebib, Francesco Carrozzini, Caroline Polachek, Ed Burke, Bill Kirstein and Todd Tourso. <br/><br/>She recorded all over the world for a year and a half but the initial recording started after the writers and producers gathered under one roof in The Hamptons, New York's beach enclave, in the summer of 2012 to live together, work together and to immerse themselves into her world and into her head. The fans that have grown up with the performer, mature and seasoned enough to relate to the content and the shared experiences, inspire the music, with themes that explore love, loss, fear, anger, honesty, happiness, sexuality and confidence. <br/><br/>For the videos, some of which she co-directed, she preferred to work with a more care-free formula. Shot primarily during her successful "Mrs. Carter Show World Tour," the videos were veiled in secrecy, even though they were filmed in open places, including a beach in Brazil, the streets of NYC, on the famed Cyclone Rollercoaster in Coney Island, New York, downtown Los Angeles, a chateau in Paris, a roller skating rink in Houston, Texas where she skated as a child, and a beautiful church in South America. She mixed up the creative, going for big and small and set out on shoots eager to capture the spontaneity and honesty in every moment. The videos are visually stimulating, charged with visionary cinematography and clever storytelling. They capture every side of who she is, complete with vulnerability and imperfections.<br/><br/>BEYONCÉ is an explosive sonic and visual communiqué to music fans from an artist who has earned the right to do things on her terms. "I just want to give my album to the people I love and respect and hope that they feel the same thing I felt when I made the music," said Beyoncé.

Med sitt album "Jag har katten" har Caroline af Ugglas gjort sin egen "Exile On Main Street". Liksom Rolling Stones legendariska dubbel, som spelades in i Keith Richards hyrda villa på Rivieran, är skivan inspelad hemma hos Caroline i Kungsängen utanför Stockholm. - Fast på kortare tid och med renare leverne, säger Caroline och skrattar. Under en dryg vecka bodde alla musiker ute hos Caroline och maken och producenten Heinz Liljedahl. Mellan tio på förmiddagen och två på natten spelade de in. Det fungerade. Resultatet är en nyfiket krängande och svängande CD full av spännande musikaliska infall som Sven Lindvalls tuba, ett svängigt Stones-gung, orientaliskt färgade stråkar eller Jonas Kullhammars tvärflöjt och liksom Stones klassiker har musiken stadiga rötter i röjig rock, smart pop, livsbejakande gospel och sugande soul.<br/><br/>Förutom järngänget - Mattias Torell, gitarr, Sven Lindvall, bas, David Nyström, keyboards och Andreas Dahlbäck, trummor - medverkar Jonas Kullhammar på sax och flöjt och Nils Jansson, trumpet. Erik Arvinder står för snygga stråkarr och Magnus Frykberg har bidragit mede loopar<br/>och extra trummor.

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