It's Pronounced sha-DAY!

Sade are out with a new album entitled Soldier of Love. (that is correct, Sade are a group) Fronted by Nigerian native Helen Folasade Adu, Sade rose to prominence in the late 80's with their unique sound that blends Soul, Jazz, R&B and Funk. So, with pronunciation and proper verb usage aside, here is the title track off of her new album. You should check it out becasue... I mean... it's Sade!

Soldier of Love

Bonnaroo's Line-Up Announced!

The other day, Bonnaroo announced their line up for this years installment, June 10-13 2010 in Manchester, TN. While years in the past have made me wish I had the money and the chance to fly down and watch some of my favorite bands perform one after the other (2006 had Radiohead, Death Cab for Cutie, and Bright Eyes!!!), this years isn't making me too zealous. Here's a link to the Bonnaroo mainpage, and here are a list of the currently announced bands:

Dave Matthews Band • Kings of Leon • Stevie Wonder • Jay-Z • Tenacious D • Weezer • The Flaming Lips with Stardeath and White Dwarfs perform “Dark Side of the Moon” • The Dead Weather • Damian Marley & Nas • Phoenix • Norah Jones • Michael Franti & Spearhead • John Fogerty • Regina Spektor • Jimmy Cliff • LCD Soundsystem • The Avett Brothers • Thievery Corporation • Rise Against • Tori Amos • The National • Zac Brown Band • Les Claypool • John Prine • The Black Keys • Steve Martin & the Steep Canyon Rangers • Jeff Beck • Dropkick Murphys • She & Him • Against Me! • The Disco Biscuits • Daryl Hall & Chromeo • Jamey Johnson • Clutch • Bassnectar • Kid Cudi • Baaba Maal • Kris Kristofferson • Medeski Martin & Wood • The xx • GWAR • Dan Deacon Ensemble • Tinariwen • Wale • Deadmau5 • The Melvins • Gaslight Anthem • Miike Snow • The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band • Dr. Dog • They Might Be Giants • Punch Brothers • Isis • Blitzen Trapper • Blues Traveler • Miranda Lambert • Calexico • OK Go • Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue • Martin Sexton • Lotus • Baroness • Dave Rawlings Machine • Mayer Hawthorne and the County • Japandroids • Jay Electronica • Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros • Ingrid Michaelson • The Dodos • Manchester Orchestra • The Temper Trap • Cross Canadian Ragweed • Big Sam’s Funky Nation • Carolina Chocolate Drops • Needtobreathe • Tokyo Police Club • The Entrance Band • Local Natives • Brandi Carlile • Mumford & Sons • Rebelution • Diane Birch • Monte Montgomery • Julia Nunes • The Postelles • Lucero • Here We Go Magic • Hot Rize • Neon Indian • B.O.B

A simple way to share an online mix

This is nothing new, just something interesting I think should be better known. 8tracks is a mixtape-streaming site where you can create your own mixes for others to listen to, or where you can just browse through pages and pages of mixes. Who knows, maybe your new favorite band is just a mixtape away!

Seriously, what the fuck

The South African Afrikaans band Die Antwoord. I have no clue if this is serious or not, but what the fuck!

Time to begin my Animal Collective drinking game...

It's that time of year where almost every music blog or magazine or whatever posts their Best of lists. Here is Spin magazine's top 40 albums of 09, courtesy of stereogum.com. Here are their top ten. What have you heard/have you liked/have you loved/have you hated?

10 The Dead Weather - Horehound
09 Drake - So Far Gone
08 Florence And The Machine - Lungs
07 Mos Def - The Ecstatic
06 Bat For Lashes - Two Suns
05 Girls - Album
04 Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest
03 Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
02 Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It's Blitz!
01 Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion

California English, Pt 2: Electric Bugaloo

You know that Animal Collective-esque Vampire Weekend track you've been dying to hear? Well, get a load of this: California English, Pt. 2 is the b-side to VW's newest single "Cousins." Althought the vinyl version of these two songs somes out December 15th (just in time for the last few days of Hannukah!), the full LP Contra comes out January 12, 2010.

Reunions, or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Zombie Bands

Today, Something Corporate announced they will play their first show together since a brief three song set in 2006. A Youtube video has the four members holding up signs saying March 2010, Bamboozle Left, See you then!

This announcement is following a year filled with reunions: Blink 182, Pavement, Sunny Day Real Estate, The Starting Line, Phish, Blur, and, everyone's favorite Pearl Jam wannabe, Creed. All these bands who seemed to nothing more than a memory, nothing more than left for dead, are back.

Sometimes, these reunions become one-off shows (Sublime), other times they turn into full-blown tours and new albums. A break, or what every band now seems to refer to as a "hiatus," is becoming more of simply that, a break.

I remember when Blink-182 went on an "indefinite hiatus" back in 2005: I thought they were done. Stick a fork in them, and all that jazz. But all they needed was a rest and time to remember why they make music in the first place.

As much as I love Something Corporate, I doubt I will be able to make it to California in March to see them perform again. I hope they elaborate on this reunion and make it more than just a performance.

I'm curious to know your opinions on reunions and what you hope for when a beloved band seems to come back from the dead?