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Amy Winehouse — Back To Black

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By Phil Villeneuve (CHARTattack) December 12, 2006 9:24 am
All twenty-something pop superstars should dream of being half as good as Amy Winehouse. Back To Black, the follow up to her Mercury Prize nominated album Frank, is one of the best pop albums of 2006. Winehouse writes all the songs and at times plays guitar on BTB — a funk-soul album with a vintage '50s and '60s girl group pop feel. And although...
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I Read The News Today... For July 28, 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) July 28, 2011 2:36 pm
Fucked Up recently performed David Comes To Life's "Queen Of Hearts" with Cults' Madeline Follin at Seattle's Capitol Hill Block Party. It was the first time they'd ever done the song properly live, since Follin appears on the studio version of the tune, but hasn't appeared on stage with the band to do it live yet. Morrissey apparently...
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I Read The News Today... For July 27, 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) July 27, 2011 3:01 pm
Stereogum's released a compilation of artists doing songs from The Strokes' Is This It album to celebrate the LP's 10th anniversary. And you know what? It's a thousand times better than Spin's Nirvana Nevermind covers disc. Montreal's The New Cities are set to release a new album dubbed Kill The Lights on Sept. 13. Some of its songs were co-...
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I Read The News Today... For July 25, 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) July 25, 2011 4:22 pm
Have you ever wondered what your favourite metal band's logo means? Now you know, thanks to The Grid. While everyone rushed to comment on Amy Winehouse's death this weekend, it was... Russell Brand who made the most sense. Kanye West and Jay-Z are now apparently known as The Throne, and are heading out on tour in support of their Watch The Throne...
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Twelve Reasons Amy Winehouse Was Cool

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) July 25, 2011 1:49 pm
Amy Winehouse's death on Saturday at age 27 has been met with a mixture of shock and complete lack of surprise all over the interwebs. While Winehouse's problems with drugs and alcohol were well-documented, no one knows her cause of death just yet. An autopsy was performed on her body today, but the coroner has stated that her cause of death...
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Amy Winehouse Dies At 27

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) July 23, 2011 12:32 pm
Amy Winehouse has died at her London, England apartment. The Press Association reports the 27-year-old was found dead around 4 p.m. GMT (about 11 a.m. EST), and her cause of death is unknown at the current time and being treated as "unexplained."Winehouse was seen on earlier this week when she appeared at a show her 14-year-old goddaughter Dionne...
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I Read The News Today... For June 21, 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) June 21, 2011 12:23 pm
Cancer Bats are working on the follow-up to last year's Bears, Mayors, Scraps & Bones, which they say should feature plenty of Sabbath-esque riffs. And, y'know... screaming. That, too. Anet Mook, singer for '90s indie rockers Cay, died earlier this month after she was hit by a bus in Amsterdam. Her funeral was held last Thursday.Your mom...
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I Read The News Today... For June 2, 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) June 2, 2011 3:48 pm
It's not every day you pick up Bono hitchhiking, like Edmonton Oiler right winger Gilbert Brule did. Kittie are touring the U.S. this summer. Appropriately, their website still looks like it's from 2001. Edmonton singer/songwriter Eamon McGrath is taking his tunes on the road this summer. If the upcoming Holy Ship! cruise isn't your thing, maybe...
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I Read The News Today... For May 30, 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) May 30, 2011 3:46 pm
Somebody call 911! Sean Kingston was critically injured yesterday evening while jet skiing in Miami... he apparently crashed his water craft into a bridge. We want him to get better, but how do you not notice something like a bridge is right in front of you? Supertramp are playing Vancouver this Thursday! Their date got moved to accomodate the...
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I Read The News Today... For May 27, 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) May 27, 2011 4:10 pm
Scream — the Washington, D.C. punk band Dave Grohl was in before he joined Nirvana — are set to release a seven-song EP dubbed Scream's Complete Control Sessions. It was recorded at Grohl's Studio 606 in February and features the band's original lineup. It's out on 10-inch vinyl and digital download Aug. 16.They tried to make Amy Winehouse go...
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I Fought The Law... For The Week Ending March 4, 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) March 4, 2011 4:22 pm
Christina Aguilera will never get any more bad girl than she was early Tuesday morning, when she was arrested for public intoxication and boyfriend Matthew Rutler was nabbed for driving under the influence. Aguilera apparently so drunk she "was unable to care for herself" and was taken into custody. She wasn't charged, though. —TMZ Blake Fielder-...
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I Read The News Today... For Jan. 24, 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) January 24, 2011 3:55 pm
Well, here's one heck of a delicious sounding tour that's going to be one hot mess of sloppy guitar rock. Black Lips and Vivian Girls are hitting the road together from late February to April. —Pitchfork Winnipeg singer/songwriter Christine Fellows will release her new Femmes De Chez Nous album on Feb. 1 through Six Shooter. The bilingual release...
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I Read The News Today... For Jan. 6, 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) January 6, 2011 3:26 pm
Damon Albarn is scoring a short film called The Boy In The Oak. It's a film adaptation of the book of the same title that was recently released by his sister, Jessica Albarn. Jude Law will narrate the movie. —The Playlist Amon Amarth want you to grow your best viking beard to win a prize pack that includes a lock from vocalist Johan Hegg's beard...
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I Read The News Today... For Nov. 23, 2010

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) November 23, 2010 3:27 pm
American girls! You'll be able to start swooning over Jacob Hoggard and his chest tattoos when Hedley release their The Show Must Go album on Dec. 7 south of the border. It's the first album they've put out in the States. Nickelback and Theory Of A Deadman won SOCAN Music Awards for radio airplay last night. Wait... they were in the same room? You...
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I Read The News Today... For Sept. 27, 2010

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) September 27, 2010 11:49 am
The Juicebox Recording Company recently got a bunch of acts like Junior Battles, The Roman Line and Shit Hawk to record covers of some of the label's favourite punk rock songs. They're all available on a free compilation that you can download through the Juicebox site now. Attention, hipsters: This Movie Is Broken, the movie kind of about Broken...
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I Read The News Today... For Sept. 20, 2010

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) September 20, 2010 12:05 pm
This ought to leave you teenage ladies crying into your pillow: Kings Of Leon's Caleb Followill is engaged to model Lily Aldridge. Now maybe they can focus on making babies and Kings Of Leon can stop making shitty records (aka go away forever). —US Weekly Megadeth's Dave Mustaine has signed on to co-manage London, Ont.'s Baptized In Blood. —...
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I Read The News Today... For Sept. 9, 2010

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) September 9, 2010 11:23 am
Arts & Crafts will reissue Captured Anthems For An Empty Bathtub, which will contain the two EPs by Kevin Drew and Charles Spearin's pre-Broken Social Scene band K.C. Accidental, on Oct. 26. It'll be available in double-LP and CD formats, as well as a digital download. —Arts & CraftsHedley will release a live CD/DVD, Go With...
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I Read The News Today... For Aug. 31, 2010

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) August 31, 2010 12:22 pm
Caribou will release a live album of their 2009 All Tomorrow's Parties New York festival set on double limited-edition vinyl. It'll only be available at their upcoming shows, and will also come with a bonus DVD. —caribou.fm Alexisonfire will release an iTunes Originals album on Sept. 28, which features tunes recorded during their...
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I Read The News Today... For Aug. 5, 2010

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) August 5, 2010 12:57 pm
The Parkas didn't even break up a year ago, and they've already announced a reunion show. It'll take place Aug. 13 at Toronto's El Mocambo with Ben Gunning and Gospel Of Marmelade.The Promise: The Making Of Darkness On The Edge Of Town, a new documentary about Bruce Springsteen, will premiere at this year's Toronto...
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I Read The News Today... For July 15, 2010

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By CHARTattack Staff July 15, 2010 12:10 pm
Amy Winehouse's album will reportedly be out by January at the latest. Hey, have you also heard I'm the Queen Of England?! —Metro Rush have released an iPhone and iPod Touch application. It'll cost you a mere $2.99 U.S. ($3.11 Canadian) —Blabbermouth We Were So Turned On, a David Bowie tribute album featuring A Place To...
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