By Michael Lopez
It’s been a good week for Juanes and Jesse y Joy. Not only did they earn some nominations for this year’s Premio Lo Nuestro Awards, they’re up for some Grammy gold too. Several Tr3s faves scored nods from the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences, as did mainstream acts like Fun., Frank Ocean and Mumford & Sons.
As far as the Latinos are concerned, El Rockero and J y J picked up the most buzz. They’re both up for Best Latin Pop Album against artists like Fonseca, Kany Garcia and Ricardo Arjona. Romeo Santos earned a nod in the Tropical Album category (which surprisingly omitted Prince Royce’s Phase II).
Elsewhere in the Spanish-speaking world, Ana Tijoux, Campo and Carla Morrison (who just snagged a Latin Grammy) picked up nominations in the Best Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative category and Gerardo Ortiz has...
It’s been a good week for Juanes and Jesse y Joy. Not only did they earn some nominations for this year’s Premio Lo Nuestro Awards, they’re up for some Grammy gold too. Several Tr3s faves scored nods from the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences, as did mainstream acts like Fun., Frank Ocean and Mumford & Sons.
As far as the Latinos are concerned, El Rockero and J y J picked up the most buzz. They’re both up for Best Latin Pop Album against artists like Fonseca, Kany Garcia and Ricardo Arjona. Romeo Santos earned a nod in the Tropical Album category (which surprisingly omitted Prince Royce’s Phase II).
Elsewhere in the Spanish-speaking world, Ana Tijoux, Campo and Carla Morrison (who just snagged a Latin Grammy) picked up nominations in the Best Latin Rock, Urban or Alternative category and Gerardo Ortiz has...
- 12/7/2012
- by Carolina Moreno
- Huffington Post
As is the case with any outdoor music festival -- or anything else held in the city of Chicago -- sometimes the actual meat of any particular goings-on can be overshadowed by the weather that serves as its backdrop.
As it happened last year when a series of downpours soaked Lollapalooza to the bones, the 2012 edition is sure to be at least partially defined by the incredibly oppressive heat. Temperatures Friday, the festival's opening day, hit 95 degrees, the hottest temperature Chicago has seen in August in six years, leaving the 100,000 concertgoers who packed in Grant Park on the mega-fest's first day caked in sweat.
(Scroll down to view 2012 Lollapalooza festival photos.)
Ah yes, the six-digit crowd, the other story that tends to threaten on-stage happenings at Lolla. This year, the sold-out festival's organizers appear to have managed to squeeze even more people into the gates. Lines for nearly everything are atrocious,...
As it happened last year when a series of downpours soaked Lollapalooza to the bones, the 2012 edition is sure to be at least partially defined by the incredibly oppressive heat. Temperatures Friday, the festival's opening day, hit 95 degrees, the hottest temperature Chicago has seen in August in six years, leaving the 100,000 concertgoers who packed in Grant Park on the mega-fest's first day caked in sweat.
(Scroll down to view 2012 Lollapalooza festival photos.)
Ah yes, the six-digit crowd, the other story that tends to threaten on-stage happenings at Lolla. This year, the sold-out festival's organizers appear to have managed to squeeze even more people into the gates. Lines for nearly everything are atrocious,...
- 8/4/2012
- by The Huffington Post
- Huffington Post
While Tron: Legacy disappointed some, the score by Daft Punk was not one of the reasons. Daft Punk was the perfect choice to bring the video game world of The Grid to life and accented the visual style of the movie perfectly. For his highly buzzed follow up film, Joseph Kosinski has selected another electronic musician to bring a unique score to his vision. French musician Anthony Gonzalez, known as the founder of the band M83, will provide original music for Kosinski's Oblivion. I think...
- 6/29/2012
- by Alex Maidy
- JoBlo.com
Director Joseph Kosinski made his mark in commercials and if you look back through his spots, including this Gears of War "Mad World" ad, you'll notice that he's always had great grasp of sound on top of his impressive visual style. His first feature film, Disney's Tron: Legacy, certainly has its detractors, but the one thing most people seem to be able to agree on is that they at least enjoyed the innovative score by Daft Punk. And for Oblivion, Kosinski's next project, the director has once again gone with an electronic act to compose the music, only this time it's M83. The Playlist reports that the French band fronted by Anthony Gonzalez has been tapped to score the upcoming science fiction epic starring Tom Cruise. The film puts Cruise in a very Wall-e-esque situation on deserted Earth before the arrival of a beautiful stranger begins his quest to save...
- 6/29/2012
- cinemablend.com
M83 will score Tom Cruise's forthcoming blockbuster Oblivion. The French electronic act, led by Anthony Gonzalez, will team up with Tron: Legacy director Joseph Kosinski to provide music for the big budget Universal production, reports The Playlist. "I've wanted to do soundtracks for so long, and starting with such an ambitious project, especially in the sci-fi category, means a lot to me," Gonzalez told the website. "I'm not afraid to do my first soundtrack on a big Hollywood movie, with a big budget and a lot of pressure. I like challenges and it excites me more than frightens me. "I can't wait to hear my music played by amazing musicians, and an orchestra and brass and maybe choirs. It's a chance to create something big and I'm ready for it." Oblivion sees Cruise take on (more)...
- 6/28/2012
- by By Simon Reynolds
- Digital Spy
It seems that the French electronic pop project of Anthony Gonzalez, M83, will be composing the entirety of the score to the upcoming space odyssey, Oblivion, according to reports from The Playlist. Joseph Kosinski, who also directed Tron: Legacy, will be helming the film. You might recall that Tron had a soundtrack composed by another prominent French electro outfit, Daft Punk. Tom Cruise and Morgan Freeman are set to star with former Bond girl Olga Kurylenko.
- 6/28/2012
- by Ben Pittard
- GetTheBigPicture.net
For only his second feature, Joseph Kosinski is pretty lucky in the musical department. After electronic rock gods Daft Punk provided the tunes to Tron: Legacy, he’s got another massive band to lead his next sci-fi feature. And this time, hopefully the music won’t be the only successful element.
The Playlist reports that M83 will be scoring Oblivion, the Universal tentpole that is deep into shooting with lead Tom Cruise. With a more poppy sound than their French Legacy-scoring brethren, it’ll be interesting to see if they shift their style up at all for this feature. Many complained that Daft Punk’s Tron score felt too much of just that and not an original album as hyped up. But having loved that soundtrack, along with this band — especially after last year’s Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming – my anticipation is definitely increased. Check out frontman Anthony Gonzalez...
The Playlist reports that M83 will be scoring Oblivion, the Universal tentpole that is deep into shooting with lead Tom Cruise. With a more poppy sound than their French Legacy-scoring brethren, it’ll be interesting to see if they shift their style up at all for this feature. Many complained that Daft Punk’s Tron score felt too much of just that and not an original album as hyped up. But having loved that soundtrack, along with this band — especially after last year’s Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming – my anticipation is definitely increased. Check out frontman Anthony Gonzalez...
- 6/28/2012
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
True story: I was driving around earlier today with (you guessed it) M83's "Midnight City" blasting on the car stereo, howling, "The city is my church!" at the passing roadside and wondering why no big-shot Hollywood directors have ever approached me about adapting this (I think) exceptionally exciting part of my everyday routine into a big-budget science-fiction epic adventure film.
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I've had no official offers yet, but it looks like Tron: Legacy director Joseph Kosinski is at least on the right track. As announced this afternoon via an exclusive interview with indiewire.com, M83 auteur Anthony Gonzalez has signed on to score Oblivion, Kosinski's new film starring Tom Cruise as a soldier turned alien fighter (what else), out next April.
"I've wanted to do soundtracks for so long, and starting with such an ambitious project, especially in the sci-fi category,...
| Related… Review: M83 Move Hearts, Bodies In First Visit To Detroit |
I've had no official offers yet, but it looks like Tron: Legacy director Joseph Kosinski is at least on the right track. As announced this afternoon via an exclusive interview with indiewire.com, M83 auteur Anthony Gonzalez has signed on to score Oblivion, Kosinski's new film starring Tom Cruise as a soldier turned alien fighter (what else), out next April.
"I've wanted to do soundtracks for so long, and starting with such an ambitious project, especially in the sci-fi category,...
- 6/28/2012
- by Brett Warner
- Filmology
Scheduled for an April 26, 2013 theatrical release, the first official synopsis has been released by Universal Pictures for Tom Cruise’s Oblivion – an original and groundbreaking cinematic event from the director of Tron: Legacy and the producer of Rise of the Planet of the Apes.
On a spectacular future Earth that has evolved beyond recognition, one man.s confrontation with the past will lead him on a journey of redemption and discovery as he battles to save mankind. Jack Harper (Cruise) is one of the last few drone repairmen stationed on Earth. Part of a massive operation to extract vital resources after decades of war with a terrifying threat known as the Scavs, Jack.s mission is nearly complete. Living and patrolling the breathtaking skies from thousands of feet above, his soaring existence is brought crashing down when he rescues a beautiful stranger from a downed spacecraft. Her arrival triggers a...
On a spectacular future Earth that has evolved beyond recognition, one man.s confrontation with the past will lead him on a journey of redemption and discovery as he battles to save mankind. Jack Harper (Cruise) is one of the last few drone repairmen stationed on Earth. Part of a massive operation to extract vital resources after decades of war with a terrifying threat known as the Scavs, Jack.s mission is nearly complete. Living and patrolling the breathtaking skies from thousands of feet above, his soaring existence is brought crashing down when he rescues a beautiful stranger from a downed spacecraft. Her arrival triggers a...
- 6/28/2012
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
This is awesome. It was Joe Kosinski who took a risk getting Daft Punk to score Tron Legacy, but the results were superb, a great score that I still find myself listening to today. Now he's mixing it up again with his next sci-fi feature, Oblivion, due out early next year starring Tom Cruise as "one of the last few drone repairmen stationed on Earth." Thanks to an news on The Playlist, Kosinski has secured French electronic band M83 to score the movie, with frontman Anthony Gonzalez leading the way. As a fan of M83 myself, this is great to hear, especially knowing their sound and how it will play into the world Kosinski has created. So the trend of hiring bands and up-and-coming musicians as composers continues, this time with a focus on Gonzalez and M83. The Playlist has some great quotes about how this all came together. Gonzalez...
- 6/28/2012
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
For his first feature film, Joseph Kosinski embraced the challenge set forth to him by Disney. Not only did he bring a unique visual eye to the blockbuster "Tron: Legacy" he eschewed a traditional score for a set of brand new compositions from Daft Punk, a pairing that proved to be a stroke of inspiration. Now gearing up his next effort, the sci-fi tale "Oblivion," Kosinski has once again chosen another exciting act to help tell his tale.
French electronic act M83 have been selected to score "Oblivion," and as fans of the band already know, their music has been widescreen-ready from minute one. Fronted by Anthony Gonzalez, M83 have built a steady fanbase and critical acclaim with their unique and powerful larger-than-life compositions that swell both the heart and ears all at once. Breaking out with Before The Dawn Heals Us, M83 have delivered six albums that have seen their sound continue to evolve,...
French electronic act M83 have been selected to score "Oblivion," and as fans of the band already know, their music has been widescreen-ready from minute one. Fronted by Anthony Gonzalez, M83 have built a steady fanbase and critical acclaim with their unique and powerful larger-than-life compositions that swell both the heart and ears all at once. Breaking out with Before The Dawn Heals Us, M83 have delivered six albums that have seen their sound continue to evolve,...
- 6/28/2012
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
Photo by Zachary Swickey
By Zachary Swickey
Yesterday morning all of those lucky enough to attend Cali’s Coachella Music Festival (myself included) were awakened by the blistering sun for one last time as the second weekend of the fest drew to a close. It’s a no-brainer why it’s one of the most desirable festivals with such impeccable professionalism and a wealth of top-tier diverse acts; however, some artists aren’t getting the media attention they deserve for their amazing performances, like Radiohead openers, Other Lives.
My only beef with Coachella is not that it’s not good enough – far from it – it’s that the festival creates such an amazing stack of artists that it’s impossible to see everyone you want while also discovering new music (even two weekends isn’t enough honestly). For example, Avicii was spinning in the Sahara tent for a few thousand...
By Zachary Swickey
Yesterday morning all of those lucky enough to attend Cali’s Coachella Music Festival (myself included) were awakened by the blistering sun for one last time as the second weekend of the fest drew to a close. It’s a no-brainer why it’s one of the most desirable festivals with such impeccable professionalism and a wealth of top-tier diverse acts; however, some artists aren’t getting the media attention they deserve for their amazing performances, like Radiohead openers, Other Lives.
My only beef with Coachella is not that it’s not good enough – far from it – it’s that the festival creates such an amazing stack of artists that it’s impossible to see everyone you want while also discovering new music (even two weekends isn’t enough honestly). For example, Avicii was spinning in the Sahara tent for a few thousand...
- 4/24/2012
- by MTV News
- MTV Newsroom
Getty Leslie Feist of the band Feist performing last weekend at Coachella
If you’re one of the 75,000 or so people heading out to Indio, California, today for the second weekend of the annual Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, here are a few tips that might improve your musical experiences. If you’re not going, here’s what you might be missing – or not.
Last Sunday’s much-buzzed-about holographic projection of the late Tupac Shakur on stage with Snoop Dogg...
If you’re one of the 75,000 or so people heading out to Indio, California, today for the second weekend of the annual Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, here are a few tips that might improve your musical experiences. If you’re not going, here’s what you might be missing – or not.
Last Sunday’s much-buzzed-about holographic projection of the late Tupac Shakur on stage with Snoop Dogg...
- 4/20/2012
- by Jim Fusilli
- Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal
After spotting Perry at his Coachella set, M83's Anthony Gonzalez offers to write singer's next album.
By James Montgomery
Katy Perry and M83's Anthony Gonzalez
Photo: Getty Images
M83's Anthony Gonzalez has taken his widescreen electronica on the road with the likes of Kings of Leon and the Killers. He's recorded a double-disc answer to the Smashing Pumpkins' Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness and has even seen his work show up in the occasional Miley Cyrus song.
But after his set at the Coachella festival this past weekend (yes, there were artists besides Holo-Tupac that performed), he's really dreaming big: He wants to make Katy Perry's next album.
"I think I saw Katy Perry dancing [to] 'Midnight City' yesterday night," Gonzalez wrote on his Facebook page following his performance. "Katy, let me write your next album!"
For the uninitiated, "Midnight City" is the fantastic single...
By James Montgomery
Katy Perry and M83's Anthony Gonzalez
Photo: Getty Images
M83's Anthony Gonzalez has taken his widescreen electronica on the road with the likes of Kings of Leon and the Killers. He's recorded a double-disc answer to the Smashing Pumpkins' Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness and has even seen his work show up in the occasional Miley Cyrus song.
But after his set at the Coachella festival this past weekend (yes, there were artists besides Holo-Tupac that performed), he's really dreaming big: He wants to make Katy Perry's next album.
"I think I saw Katy Perry dancing [to] 'Midnight City' yesterday night," Gonzalez wrote on his Facebook page following his performance. "Katy, let me write your next album!"
For the uninitiated, "Midnight City" is the fantastic single...
- 4/18/2012
- MTV Music News
1. Pj Harvey: Let England Shake (Vagrant/Island)
A great concept album, a statement about England's proclivity for war and how it has costs both (more or less) countable -- lives, injuries -- and unquantifiable: shattered psyches and tainted national morality. That Harvey is able to do this not in essays but in songs, including some of the best in her long and distinguished career, is an achievement that has eluded many. I wrote about this album at greater length in a review early this year.
2. Dum Dum Girls: Only in Dreams (SubPop)
There are a lot of bands doing the updated '60s girl sound thing, but none more compellingly than this one. Because without good songs, a sound is merely a signifier of taste, an empty vessel. Leader Kristen Gundred Aka Dee Dee writes excellent songs, then plays them with a sonically riveting style.
3. Mimi Goese & Ben Neill:...
A great concept album, a statement about England's proclivity for war and how it has costs both (more or less) countable -- lives, injuries -- and unquantifiable: shattered psyches and tainted national morality. That Harvey is able to do this not in essays but in songs, including some of the best in her long and distinguished career, is an achievement that has eluded many. I wrote about this album at greater length in a review early this year.
2. Dum Dum Girls: Only in Dreams (SubPop)
There are a lot of bands doing the updated '60s girl sound thing, but none more compellingly than this one. Because without good songs, a sound is merely a signifier of taste, an empty vessel. Leader Kristen Gundred Aka Dee Dee writes excellent songs, then plays them with a sonically riveting style.
3. Mimi Goese & Ben Neill:...
- 12/28/2011
- by SteveHoltje
- www.culturecatch.com
You don’t cure a packrat by moving him into a bigger house, and Anthony Gonzalez of M83 shouldn’t be given three years to layer (and layer) his hooky songs with synthesizers, drum fills, and vocal flourishes galore. By Gonzalez’s own admission, the synth-pop maestro doesn’t know when to stop tinkering, and on the double album Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming, the arrangements build and burst and build again without ever filling the space left by M83’s 2008 breakout album Saturdays=Youth. Morgan Kibby, who lent her vocals to some of Saturdays’ best tracks, returns here ...
- 10/18/2011
- avclub.com
AudioPlayer.setup("http://www.nerve.com/files/players/audio/player.swf", { width: 350 }); The Five Bands You Can Hear On the New M83 Album (Besides M83) Like Toto and The Smashing Pumpkins? M83 does. By Michael Edison Hayden Every so often a pop album crystallizes an underground movement in a way that everyone — not just scenesters and music nerds — can love. M83's Hurry Up, We're Dreaming mixes emotional urgency with layers of synthesizers, addressing the widespread desire to escape into childhood memories. Shedding the more obvious cues of his vintage-obsessed peers, M83's Anthony Gonzalez evokes the music we all grew up on, while somehow managing to sound like something fully-realized and brand new. Here's a rundown of some of the album's best nostalgia-inspiring moments: 1. "Reunion" / "Regret" by New Order (1993) In 1993, if you heard the opening guitar hook to "[...]...
- 10/17/2011
- by Michael Edison Hayden
- Nerve
From Feist, Björk and Laura Marling, to Noel Gallagher, Roots Manuva and Tom Waits – plus a promising debut by one David Lynch, director – our writers run you through the most anticipated releases of the season
BJöRK: Biophilia
(One Little Indian)
Usually with each new Björk album comes the often wishful mutterings of it finally representing her "return to pop", as if she's about to recreate Debut, move back to London and start dating Goldie again. Needless to say, Biophilia – an album prefaced by an elaborate iPad app and thematically encompassing the entire universe – isn't loaded with singles. Björk chooses instead to flit between the beautiful ("Cosmogony"), the downright creepy ("Hollow") and, in "Mutual Core", the world's first song about tectonic plates set to a ravey mesh of bleeps and whooshes. Lyrically, it finds Björk musing on both the universal and the personal in a way she's only hinted at before,...
BJöRK: Biophilia
(One Little Indian)
Usually with each new Björk album comes the often wishful mutterings of it finally representing her "return to pop", as if she's about to recreate Debut, move back to London and start dating Goldie again. Needless to say, Biophilia – an album prefaced by an elaborate iPad app and thematically encompassing the entire universe – isn't loaded with singles. Björk chooses instead to flit between the beautiful ("Cosmogony"), the downright creepy ("Hollow") and, in "Mutual Core", the world's first song about tectonic plates set to a ravey mesh of bleeps and whooshes. Lyrically, it finds Björk musing on both the universal and the personal in a way she's only hinted at before,...
- 9/3/2011
- by Kitty Empire, Luke Bainbridge, Hermione Hoby, Michael Cragg, Tim Jonze
- The Guardian - Film News
By Zachary Swickey
“Wow” was the first thing that came to mind upon my first listening to The White Sea’s debut five-song Ep. It is clear the work has been meticulously crafted with sweeping soundscapes that will swallow you whole. The schizophrenic nature of the wide-ranging pop sound is a large part of its appeal. One moment you will be dancing and shouting along to “Ladykiller” (which is killer indeed), and you’ll be grinning along to the bouncing charm of “Overdrawn” the very next. But who is White Sea?
White Sea is the Alaska-born Morgan Kibby, who lists cheese, wine and analog synths as some of her favorite things and even used to have the rad job of restoring art. On her blog, she muses on the things that inspire her and truly connects with fans on a creative level, often providing short anecdotes and updates. Kibby’s...
“Wow” was the first thing that came to mind upon my first listening to The White Sea’s debut five-song Ep. It is clear the work has been meticulously crafted with sweeping soundscapes that will swallow you whole. The schizophrenic nature of the wide-ranging pop sound is a large part of its appeal. One moment you will be dancing and shouting along to “Ladykiller” (which is killer indeed), and you’ll be grinning along to the bouncing charm of “Overdrawn” the very next. But who is White Sea?
White Sea is the Alaska-born Morgan Kibby, who lists cheese, wine and analog synths as some of her favorite things and even used to have the rad job of restoring art. On her blog, she muses on the things that inspire her and truly connects with fans on a creative level, often providing short anecdotes and updates. Kibby’s...
- 7/27/2011
- by MTV News
- MTV Newsroom
M83's album "Saturdays=Youth" went hand in hand with Cut Copy's "In Ghost Colours" when they came out in 2008, and both were on common rotation that spring and summer for me in New York. The latter went ahead and already dropped another '80s, pop and house-influenced set earlier this year, so I'm pleased that the former has a follow-up as well. M83 -- also known as French mastermind Anthony Gonzalez -- will release a new album "Hurry Up, We're Dreaming" on Oct. 18. And how: this fifth studio set will be a double-disc, with 22 tracks total. The first to arrive...
- 7/20/2011
- Hitfix
Live to Dance with Paula Abdul today announced the six dance acts who will
compete in the next live semi-final episode on Wednesday, Jan. 19 (8:00-9:00 Pm,
Et/Pt) on the CBS Television Network. The winner of America's vote for the next spot
in the finals will also be revealed during the live show.
During the last episode, six dance acts competed against each other live in the
first semi-final episode with two acts advancing- The Vibe, chosen by the experts, and
one chosen by America, who will be revealed during next week's show. After a total of
three semi-final episodes, the six dance acts that have advanced will compete against one
another in one final round. Following the final performances, America will vote for the
winner of Live To Dance, which will be announced live during the season finale, on
Wednesday, Feb. 9 (8:00-9:00 Pm, Et/Pt...
compete in the next live semi-final episode on Wednesday, Jan. 19 (8:00-9:00 Pm,
Et/Pt) on the CBS Television Network. The winner of America's vote for the next spot
in the finals will also be revealed during the live show.
During the last episode, six dance acts competed against each other live in the
first semi-final episode with two acts advancing- The Vibe, chosen by the experts, and
one chosen by America, who will be revealed during next week's show. After a total of
three semi-final episodes, the six dance acts that have advanced will compete against one
another in one final round. Following the final performances, America will vote for the
winner of Live To Dance, which will be announced live during the season finale, on
Wednesday, Feb. 9 (8:00-9:00 Pm, Et/Pt...
- 1/16/2011
- by noreply@blogger.com (realitytvnews)
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