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Terrific Twitter Trio of the Week
Sat, 15 Aug 2009 03:43:04 | By Eric Nowels
Lots of musicians tweet -- but all that Twitters is not gold.That's why you'll want to check out SPIN.com every Friday to see whose tweets we're reading this week -- then update your TweetDeck! (Obligatory Self-Promotion: …while you're at it, be sure to follow @SPINmagazine!)Who: Grizzly Bear's Ed Droste...
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Jersey Budd challenges Liam Gallager to a fight
Wed, 30 Sep 2009 10:24:41 | By Music-news.com
Absolute Radio DJ Sarah Champion hung out with man of the moment, Jersey Budd at the station�s first birthday at Regent�s Street festival. They spoke about Noel Gallager touring with Kasabian, fighting Liam Gallager and Lily Allen throwing the towel in.Singer/ songwriter Jersey Budd, who critics predict will be the...
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Lily Allen Quits Music For Good?
Thu, 24 Sep 2009 07:25:35 | By Dave Parrack
Lily Allen may have quit music for good, although I’m having trouble verifying the source of this claim. Digital Spy quotes her as having stated as much on her new It’s Not Alright blog, but (as usual) they haven’t linked to the actual source of the quote.Allen recently started...
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b. 2 May 1985, Hammersmith, London, England. The daughter of noted UK actor and comedian Keith Allen and film producer Alison Owen, she burst onto the UK music scene in summer 2006 with her hit single ‘Smile’ and sparkling debut album Alright, Still.
Allen’s parents separated when she was only four, but she remained in London and settled with her mother in the borough of Islington. She began writing lyrics in her early teens, and it was after a family holiday to Ibiza that the 15-year old Allen began to take her first steps towards a performing career (she had already appeared on the big screen with a minor role in the 1998 movie Elizabeth). It was while in Ibiza that she met Manchester-based drum ‘n’ bass producers Future Cut, who were impressed enough by the teenager’s lyrics that they agreed to record some backing tracks. An abortive contract with Warner Music marked a false start, before Allen signed with Regal Records in 2005. Despite pressure from her record company to conform to their plans to market her as a pop starlet, the independently minded Allen used the community website MySpace to build up a fanbase. A growing number of people downloaded her demo tracks, leading to glowing profile pieces in the online and printed press. The national station Radio One jumped on the bandwagon at the start of 2006, repeatedly playing the track ‘LDN’, leading to a limited edition vinyl only release in April. Allen’s debut album was released on vinyl at the start of July, two weeks ahead of the CD version, with publicity surrounding the artist now reaching hysterical levels. ‘Smile’ shot to the top of the UK singles chart at the same time, having generated strong download-only sales in the week prior to its physical release. The track would later ascend into the US top 40 as well. Alright, Still attracted generous praise from the UK music press, who were uniformly seduced by the seductive, summery reggae pop sound and witty, razor sharp lyrics about break-ups (‘Smile’), the ups-and-downs of clubbing (‘Knock ’Em Out’, ‘Friday Night’), urban life (‘LDN’), and wayward younger brothers (‘Alfie’).
In 2009, Allen returned with It's Not You, It's Me, boasting a less cheeky, more mature sound. While a few fans were alienated, most gravitated to her purer pop songs, and the reviews on both sides of the Atlantic were again raves. In March, two singles ('F*** You' and 'The Fear') debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 the same week.