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Featured Blog Posts – January 2010 Archive (27)

Martin's Blog-by-Blog from the Grammy Awards

Hey Gang,

I'm going to be blogging live and direct from the Grammy awards ceremony this Sunday, Jan 31st starting at 4:30 pm PST right here on CherrytreeRecords.com. Don't miss the Grammy's thru a Cherrytree lens. Should be a fun time this year. Congratulations and good luck to all of our talented nominees.

Best,
Martin

PS - My blogs will not be on Twitter. Just CherrytreeRecords.com

Added by Martin on January 30, 2010 at 3:30pm — 6 Comments

Martin's Live Blog-By-Blog Commentary from The Grammys

Martin will be posting his live blog-by-blog commentary direct from The Grammys exclusively here on the CherrytreeRecords.com Forum. Tune in this Sunday evening.

Lady Gaga, LMFAO, Robyn, Space Cowboy, Martin 'Cherry Cherry Boom Boom' Kierszenbaum, Tony Ugval, Robert 'Hitmixer' Orton and Red One are all nominated. Check out the full Cherrytree… Continue

Added by Cherrytree on January 29, 2010 at 9:00pm — No Comments

Artist La Roux, Interviewed!

"Elly Jackson is one-half of the uber-brilliant British electropop duo La Roux. And she’s generally the only one you ever hear from or see (her music partner, Ben Langmaid, doesn’t perform; guess he’s sort of a shut-in?). But that’s cool, because Elly is pretty awesome. And chatty!"

NewNowNext caught up with Elly Jackson of La Roux during her… Continue

Added by La Roux on January 29, 2010 at 4:23pm — No Comments

Artist Artist You Need To Know: Far East Movement

MTV.com have posted a one-take-exclusive clip of Far East Movement performing 'Girls On The Dance' floor on the front page of their website. You can check out that video below or you can head over to MTV.com… Continue

Added by FAR EAST MOVEMENT on January 27, 2010 at 5:30pm — 1 Comment

25th Annual International Dance Music Awards

Congratulations to our artists for their nominations in the 25th Annual International Dance Music Awards. Check out the nominations below:

Best Underground Dance Track

-In for the Kill - La Roux - Cherrytree/Interscope/Polydor

Best Alternative/Rock Dance Track

-Bulletproof - La Roux - Cherrytree/Polydor

Best… Continue

Added by Cherrytree on January 27, 2010 at 1:00pm — 1 Comment

Artist Heaven 17 and La Roux for BBC 6 Music Live

Heaven 17 and La Roux teamed up to perform some of their songs together for BBC 6 Music Live at the Maida Vale studios in London. Check out the first of the performances now over on the BBC… Continue

Added by La Roux on January 27, 2010 at 10:26am — No Comments

Artist All hail the red-haired individualist, La Roux

"But there also is a futuristic quality to La Roux's music, especially onstage, where Jackson's urgent vocals can sound as if they're coming from an especially soulful robot--she's described her voice as "falsetto in the ghetto"--and her stage presence, capped by a scarlet mane that strives to outdo… Continue

Added by La Roux on January 26, 2010 at 7:27pm — No Comments

Artist Win Backstage Passes to meet Far East Movement

WIN Backstage passes to meet the Far East Movement at the Winter X Games this Thursday (Jan 28th) for the FREE SHOW presented by BEATS at Belly Up Aspen.

Email [email protected] with the title “FM X GAMES” and inside the email include your “Full Name, City, State”.

**A… Continue

Added by FAR EAST MOVEMENT on January 26, 2010 at 1:46pm — 2 Comments

Artist World Behind My Wall EP Available Online Now

The World Behind My Wall EP is available digitally today, see below for track list details and purchase links.

iTunes Tracklist

1. World Behind My Wall (Video Version)

2. Lass uns Laufen (Video Version)

3. World Behind My Wall (Akustik Version)

4. World… Continue

Added by Tokio Hotel on January 26, 2010 at 9:57am — 4 Comments

9/10 Review of 'The First Days of Spring' on Stereo Subversion

"Second albums can be somewhat crucial, especially to a band that has already garnered some attention. Critics can speak of the “sophomore slump,” where a band with a decent debut leaves fans disappointed, be it because of too much evolution too quickly, or just a mailed in, re-hash of the original formula. Of course, sometimes bands get it right, and Noah and the Whale leaves little room for argument that they have done just that on The First Days of Spring."

Check out the… Continue

Added by Noah and the Whale on January 25, 2010 at 2:47pm — No Comments

Martin's Vinyl Vault Playlist for 21st, 23rd and 24th January

"Martin's Vinyl Vault" playlist for Thu. Jan. 21st, Sat. Jan. 23rd & Sun Jan. 24th. This week's theme: 80's 12 inches.

Jane Child

I Don't Wanna Fall in Love

12" Remix

1989

Warner Bros

Klymaxx

Meeting in the Ladies Room

Extended Version

MCA Records

1984

Billy Ocean

Loverboy

Extended Club Remix

Jive Records

1984

Love and Rockets

Ball of Confusion

12" Mix

BigTime… Continue

Added by Cherrytree on January 24, 2010 at 5:12pm — No Comments

Cherrytree Radio This Weekend

This weekend we have a very special schedule for Cherrytree Radio.

Tonight (Friday), we'll have two episodes of DDUB's R&B Back Rub, so tune in from 8pm to hear those. Right after DDUB at 10pm we'll have Space Cowboy's new French Continental Show.

Saturday continues are normal but on Sunday at 6am we'll have the rebroadcast of this weeks Morning Orchard (with special guest Natalia Kills,) from 8AM IN THE MORNING to 9PM AT NIGHT will be DDUB's R&B Back Rub Marathon!… Continue

Added by Cherrytree on January 22, 2010 at 6:45pm — 3 Comments

Love of an Orchestra Premiere on NewNowNext

Noah and the Whale's "Love of an Orchestra" will premiere this Sunday night on NewNowNext Music.

Here is the list of videos for the NewNowNext Music show airing on Sunday, 24th January at midnight.

1. Editors "Papillon"

2. Muse "Resistance"

3. N.A.S.A. "Spacious Thoughts"

4. Gossip "Heavy Cross"

5. OK GO "This Too Shall Pass"

6. Noah & the Whale "Love of an Orchestra"

7. Plasticines "B****"

8. Chromeo "Night By Night"

9. Dan… Continue

Added by Cherrytree on January 22, 2010 at 4:13pm — No Comments

Artist Tokio Hotel in NYLON - February 2010

No Reservations

"By '07 Tokio Hotel were playing a concert of a half million at a concert near the Eiffel Tower. "We were shocked" admits Bill. "It was a huge moment""

Tokio Hotel are featured in the February issue of Nylon, check out the full article below.…

Continue

Added by Tokio Hotel on January 21, 2010 at 1:30pm — 17 Comments

Artist Vote for Keane at the BRIT Awards!

On Monday it was announced that Hopes And Fears has been nominated for the Best British Album of 30 Years award at this year's Brit Awards. The winner will be decided by an online vote - please click here and vote for Keane. Registration is quick and easy and then you just hit the 'vote' button to make your voice…

Added by Keane on January 21, 2010 at 1:04pm — 1 Comment

Artist La Roux Announced for 2010 Lillith Tour

Lillith Fair website has announce today that Cherrytree artist La Roux has been added to the line up of their 2010 Lillith Website. Dates will be announced soon but the list of cities on the tour are below:

Atlanta, Austin, Boston, Calgary, Charlotte, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Detroit, Edmonton, Hartford, Houston, Indianapolis, London, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, Montreal, Nashville, New York, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Portland, Raleigh, Salt Lake City, San Diego, San… Continue

Added by La Roux on January 21, 2010 at 12:30pm — No Comments

Important Announcement from Cinema Bizarre

Cinema Bizarre have posted an important announcement about the band, you can read the message below.

Added by Cinema Bizarre on January 21, 2010 at 9:42am — 25 Comments

Space Cowboy Presents His New Radio Show on Cherrytree Radio: The French Continental Hour

Le grand debut! @SpaceCowboy Presents "The French Continental Hour" on CherrytreeRadio.com. Space Cowboy takes us thru the hottest trax in clubs around the world every week at the following times:

Thur 9pm
Fri 10pm
Sat 1pm.

Rated PG-13. Haha! All PST times.

Added by Martin on January 20, 2010 at 3:37pm — No Comments

Artist Keane Nominated for Best British Album of 30 Years

Keane have been nominated for Brits Album of 30 Years, for their debut album Hopes and Fears, which was released on 10th May 2004.

In 2004 Island Records released the best-selling British album of the year, Hopes and Fears, garnering two Brit Awards, Q Award for Best Album of the Year and winning Tim Rice-Oxley an Ivor Novello for “Composer of the Year”. The album was also voted one of the “Best British Albums” in a Q Magazine/HMV poll in 2008, the first of two Keane albums to… Continue

Added by Keane on January 20, 2010 at 12:15pm — No Comments

Cherrytree Artist Brit Award Nominations

This years BRIT Awards will be hosted on February 16th and three of Cherrytree Records artists are nominated. La Roux has been nominated as British Breakthrough Act and British Single with 'In For The Kill,' Lady Gaga has been nominated for International Female Solo Artist, International Breakthrough Act and International Album with 'The Fame' and Keane has been nominated in BRITs Album of 30 Years for 'Hopes and… Continue

Added by Cherrytree on January 19, 2010 at 8:00am — 3 Comments