Avengers Assemble

The new trailer for The Avengers has arrived! Check it out below. I’m happy with it, especially how the Hulk looks. It’s surreal to see all the characters together in one movie.

Music News

A lot of music news these days:

New Album by Coldplay out on October 24th

Coldplay is the U2 of this generation. They have been putting out solid music for over a decade now with their last album being one of the best ever. I can’t wait for this new album to come out. The only reservation I have for it is that Rihanna is on one of the songs.

Here is the cover and tracklisting:

1. Mylo Xyloto
2. Hurts Like Heaven
3. Paradise
4. Charlie Brown
5. Us Against The World
6. M.M.I.X.
7. Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall
8. Major Minus
9. U.F.O.
10. Princess Of China
11. Up In Flames
12. A Hopeful Transmission
13. Don’t Let It Break Your Heart
14. Up With The Birds

Here is Coldplay on Jimmy Kimmel playing one of their new songs “Charlie Brown” (which will be one of their all time classics… the music is brilliant):

 

 

New Christmas Album by Michael Buble

I’m starting to think that this album will one of the “essential” Christmas albums to own (along with Josh Groban, Andrea Bocelli, etc. – a post on this later). I was worried about his cover of Mariah’s “All I Want for Christmas is You” but after watching the video below I’m not worried at all)

Here is the tracklisting:

1. It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas
2. Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
3. Jingle Bells [featuring the Puppini Sisters]
4. White Christmas [duet with Shania Twain]
5. All I Want For Christmas Is You
6. Holly Jolly Christmas
7. Santa Baby
8. Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
9. Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)
10. Silent Night
11. Blue Christmas
12. Cold December Night
13. I’ll Be Home For Christmas
14. Ave Maria
15. Mis Deseos/Feliz Navidad” [duet with Thalia]

Special Edition Bonus Tracks
Winter Wonderland
Frosty the Snowman
Silver Bells [featuring Naturally 7]

Here are a couple behind the scenes videos which sound amazing. Having David Foster helping you out doesn’t hurt either…

Bad Commercial and Good Commercial

Bad Commercial:

 

Good Commercial:

God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen

Here’s a shameless plug:

From the forthcoming Christmas CD (untitled as of yet – Oct/Nov 2011):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kM6wb20gMw&hd=1

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Michael Buble Christmas Album

This has me excited. I’ve been hoping he would do one for a while now… ever since he mentioned he wanted to do one on Glenn Beck. He said that he wanted it done in the style of Bing Crosby.

Beauty as a Song

No need for explanation, just watch and listen to the entire piece:

The Hobbit Production Diary #3

I absolutely love these Diary posts by Jackson. December 2012 can’t come soon enough.

Two best parts:

1.) At 9:10 into the video: Bombur playing air guitar and drums. Laughed out loud on that one.

2.) At 13:09. AWESOME.

Bono and The Edge on Letterman

What a great performance by the duo a couple nights ago! They played Stuck in a Moment acoustically. Bono was in fine form and so was the Edge…

Music Spotlight

A couple artists/bands to look into:

1.) Gabe Dixon:

If you are a fan of Billy Joel (Gabe’s music is piano based pop and his voice sounds very much like Billy Joel) then you will absolutely love this guy. His solo album “One Spark” comes out on August 23rd. The first single off the album is called “My Favorite” and it is a really solid song (it’s a song about him and his wife). Check out the video below:

2.) Sleeping at Last:

Wow, I can’t believe I haven’t heard about these guys until now. Their stuff is absolutely beautiful. Definitely look them up on grooveshark or youtube. You won’t be disappointed. If you like Radiohead, Sigur Ros, etc. then you’ll dig this.

This is a song by them called “Quicksand”. You can’t tell me that you’re not moved by this:

Behold Thorin

Thorin Oakenshield my friends with Orcrist

“If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world. But, sad or merry, I must leave it now. Farewell.” (last words of Thorin)