Copyright 2007 RAAR FM Fri, 29 Aug 2008 02:04:34 GMT Fri, 29 Aug 2008 02:04:34 GMT http://www.raarfm.com Weblog RAAR FM nl-nl http://www.raarfm.com http://www.raarfm.com/musicnews/snow_patrol_returns_with_new_single 'Take Back The City' will be the new single of Snow Patrol and will be released on October 13th. The brand new single comes with a spectacular video shot in East London courtesy of acclaimed video director Alex Courtes, who also produced the video for the White Stripes 'Seven Nation Army'. The band's fifth studio album, 'A Hundred Million Suns' was recorded through Summer 2008 in Hansa Studios in Berlin (where Bowie recorded 'Low', 'Heroes' en 'Lodger') and at Grouse Lodge deep in the Irish countryside. The album has been produced by long time producer Jacknife Lee (Bloc Party, REM, U2). Snow Patrol release their brand new album 'A Hundred Million Suns' on October 27th 2008. Cinr , News http://www.raarfm.com/musicnews/snow_patrol_returns_with_new_single#comments http://www.raarfm.com/musicnews/snow_patrol_returns_with_new_single Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:51:21 GMT http://www.raarfm.com/musicnews/chemical_brothers_vs_soulwax_free_download Soulwax has just recently remixed "Hey Boy, Hey Girl". You might have heard this huge bomb on S.W.'s Urban Night Grooves last Tuesday. This remix is featured on the Chemical Brothers new best-of album called "Brotherhood". It will be in stores next week. Can't get enough of "Hey Boy, Hey girl 2008"? Get this free download over here, you lucky bastard! Cinr , News http://www.raarfm.com/musicnews/chemical_brothers_vs_soulwax_free_download#comments http://www.raarfm.com/musicnews/chemical_brothers_vs_soulwax_free_download Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:46:30 GMT http://www.raarfm.com/news/franz_ferdinand_-_lucid_dreams Franz Ferdinand - Lucid Dreams We've been waiting for over 2 years, but it was all worth waiting. Cinr , Hot en Massive Tune http://www.raarfm.com/news/franz_ferdinand_-_lucid_dreams#comments http://www.raarfm.com/news/franz_ferdinand_-_lucid_dreams Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:26:28 GMT http://www.raarfm.com/news/raar_fm_@_lowlands_reviews Lowlands 2008 kicked ass! Here are some reviews of the concerts. Please note that these reviews are written by drunk, stoned and f*cked-up RAAR FM crew-members. :) Cinr , Nieuws http://www.raarfm.com/news/raar_fm_@_lowlands_reviews#comments http://www.raarfm.com/news/raar_fm_@_lowlands_reviews Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:30:09 GMT http://www.raarfm.com/musicnews/download_a_new_coldplay_track_for_free Coldplay have made a new song, 'Death Will Never Conquer', available to download from their website, Coldplay.com. The song, recorded during session for recently released new LP 'Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends', has been played by the band on their current world tour - with drummer Will Champion taking on vocal duties. Download the song now from Coldplay.com. Cinr , News http://www.raarfm.com/musicnews/download_a_new_coldplay_track_for_free#comments http://www.raarfm.com/musicnews/download_a_new_coldplay_track_for_free Tue, 19 Aug 2008 15:18:10 GMT http://www.raarfm.com/musicnews/emi_screw_up_lily_allens_2nd_album_release? Remember Smile, Alfie and LDN? Those were all amazing chart-hits from new-comer Lily Allen 2 years ago. Her first album "Alright, still..." was one of the biggest selling albums of 2006. Lily was the number 1 hot chick and her pictures were everywhere on internet. A second album was already in the making early this year and her fans couldn't wait to buy it. So what did EMI, her record company, do? Fire most of the people involved in the project and totally screw up the whole release. It's already mid-August and people are starting to forget Lily, or they just don't care anymore. Even Lily herself doesn't know what's going on with her own record label and release date of the album. Wake up and smell the coffee EMI, you've signed one of the biggest stars of the last 10 years and even she doesn't know what's going on with her own release!! How bad can that be? We hope from the bottom of our buttocks that her album will be as great, or even better, than "Alright, still..." and that she will only receive positive reviews. Cinr , News http://www.raarfm.com/musicnews/emi_screw_up_lily_allens_2nd_album_release?#comments http://www.raarfm.com/musicnews/emi_screw_up_lily_allens_2nd_album_release? Mon, 18 Aug 2008 16:35:27 GMT http://www.raarfm.com/news/lutzenkirchen_-_3_tage_wach Lutzenkirchen - 3 Tage Wach This tune has been on our playlist for over 3 months and finally this trashy uberhit gets the credit it deserves. Cinr , Hot en Massive Tune http://www.raarfm.com/news/lutzenkirchen_-_3_tage_wach#comments http://www.raarfm.com/news/lutzenkirchen_-_3_tage_wach Mon, 18 Aug 2008 13:19:32 GMT http://www.raarfm.com/news/raar_fm_@_lowlands This weekend, some of the RAAR FM crew (and lovely groupies) will be joining the Lowlands Festival in the Netherlands. The Netherlands is a small state in the north of the larger country Belgium. Cinr , Nieuws http://www.raarfm.com/news/raar_fm_@_lowlands#comments http://www.raarfm.com/news/raar_fm_@_lowlands Thu, 14 Aug 2008 15:40:17 GMT http://www.raarfm.com/musicnews/radiohead_score_for_choke Radiohead have written the score for forthcoming film 'Choke' - a movie based on a book of the same name by Chuck Palahniuk, who wrote 'Fight Club'. The Oxford band wrote a song for the final credit sequence of the film, which will be released in November, then agreed to score the rest of the film after seeing a working version of it. The film's director, Clark Gregg, asked Radiohead to get involved because he knew that the writer had been listening to the band's classic 1992 single 'Creep' repeatedly while writing 'Choke'. A final release date for the film and soundtrack is yet to be announced. Update 14-08-08: The band claims they only contributed one song for this flick. The song 'Reckoner' of  their last album 'In Rainbows' is set to run over the closing credits. Cinr , News http://www.raarfm.com/musicnews/radiohead_score_for_choke#comments http://www.raarfm.com/musicnews/radiohead_score_for_choke Tue, 12 Aug 2008 16:35:06 GMT http://www.raarfm.com/musicnews/upcoming_single_releases_august-september Watch out for these singles to hit the Samoan cd-stores within a couple of weeks! Alan Braxe feat Killa Kela en Fallon - Nightwatcher (Show Me) Alicia Keys - Superwoman Alphabeat - Boyfriend Annie - My Love Is Better Biffy Clyro - Mountains Chicane vs Natasha Bedingfield - Bruised Water Cold War Kids - Something Is Not Right With Me CSS - Move Cyndi Lauper - Into The Nightlife Daniel Powter - Next Plane Home David Holmes - I Heard Wonders Dirty Pretty Things - Plastic Hearts Does It Offend You, Yeah? - Dawn Of The Dead Duffy - Stepping Stone / Serious Estelle - Pretty Please Flobots - Handlebars Foals - Olympic Airways Fratellis - Look Out Sunshine Friendly Fires - Jump In The Pool Gabriella Cilmi - Save The Lies Grace Jones - Corporate Cannibal Gym Class Heroes feat The Dream - Cookie Jar Hot Chip - Hold On Hot Club De Paris - My Little Haunting Infadels - A Million Pieces Joe Lean en The Jing Jang Jong - Lucio Starts Fires Ladyhawke - Dusk Til' Dawn Ladytron - Runaway Little Jackie - The World Should Revolve Around Me Lykke Li - Breaking It Up Metros - Talk About It Mogwai - Batcat Mystery Jets - Half In Love With Elizabeth N*E*R*D - Sooner Or Later Oasis - The Shock of The Lightning OneRepublic - Mercy  Paul Weller - All I Wanna Do Portishead - We Carry On Presets - Talk Like That REM - Man-Sized Wreath Robin Thicke - Magic Roots Manuva - Again And Again Saint Etienne - Burnt Out Car Shapeshifters - Chime Sharleen Spiteri - It Was You Sigur Ros - Innni Mer Syngur Vitleysingur Steve Mac - Paddy's Revenge Subways - I Won't Let You Down The Automatic - Steve McQueen The Cure - Hypnagogic States The Feeling - Join With Us We Are Scientists - Impatience Weezer - Troublemaker Young Knives - Dyed In The Wool Zutons - What's Your Problem Cinr , News http://www.raarfm.com/musicnews/upcoming_single_releases_august-september#comments http://www.raarfm.com/musicnews/upcoming_single_releases_august-september Tue, 12 Aug 2008 10:28:14 GMT http://www.raarfm.com/musicnews/yoko_ono_scores_dance_hit Yoko Ono has scored her forth number one dance hit on the Billboard Chart. Her new version of her late husband John's anthem 'Give Peace A Chance' has topped the American based dance chart this week. Yoko has done it before. She was number one in May 2003 with 'Walking On Thin Ice', number one in November 2004 with 'Everyman Has A Man Who Loves Him/ Every Woman Has A Woman Who Loves Her' in November 2004 and number one with 'No No No' earlier this year. Yoko recorded the new version of 'Give Peace A Chance' so that it would be adopted by a new generation of clubbers, music fans and DJs. 'I thank you with all my heart and send you much love', Yoko said on news of her latest hit. Cinr , News http://www.raarfm.com/musicnews/yoko_ono_scores_dance_hit#comments http://www.raarfm.com/musicnews/yoko_ono_scores_dance_hit Tue, 12 Aug 2008 10:21:23 GMT http://www.raarfm.com/musicnews/soul_icon_isaac_hayes_dies_at_65 Soul singer Isaac Hayes who, along with Al Green, James Brown and Stevie Wonder, was one of the dominant black artists in the early 1970s, died in Memphis on Sunday. He was 65. His friend and former manager, Onzie Horne, told Reuters he spoke to Hayes' wife, Adjowa, who confirmed that Hayes had died. Hayes, who once told Reuters that he was a "health fanatic," was reportedly found unconscious near a running treadmill at his home. He was rushed to a hospital where he was pronounced dead. The cause of death was not known. In early 2007, Hayes suffered a stroke. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee enjoyed two distinct musical careers, first as a session musician, songwriter and producer at the Memphis soul label Stax Records, where he worked primarily with Sam and Dave; then as a solo artist whose lushly orchestrated albums were some of the first concept works by a black artist. "He was a real powerhouse in music," Don Cornelius, the founder of the "Soul Train" TV series, told Reuters. "He took black music to another level, made it more classic." The deep-voiced performer was the first black composer to win the Oscar for best song, with 1971's "Theme from 'Shaft,'" an irresistibly urgent mix of wah-wah guitars and hi-hat cymbals spiced by the famous line, "They say this cat Shaft is a bad mother-/Shut your mouth!" Hayes, born August 20, 1942, in Covington, Tennessee, was raised by his grandparents after being orphaned. He joined Stax in 1963, and often subbed for the label's primary keyboardist, Booker T. Jones. He eventually teamed with lyricist David Porter to write and produce songs for the soul duo Sam and Dave, including "Soul Man" and "Hold On! I'm A Comin'." Hayes told Reuters in 2005 that he came up with the introductory horn line for the latter tune while Porter was in the bathroom. He yelled at his collaborator to hurry up, and so Porter barreled out with pants around his ankles, yelling the words that would become the song's title. With his shaved head, dark shades, extravagant clothing and plentiful jewelry, Hayes was groomed as a star by Stax executives. He released his debut album, the poor-selling "Presenting Isaac Hayes," in 1968. He broke through the following year with "Hot Buttered Soul," which contained just four songs but sold over a million copies. Chastened by his unsuccessful debut, Hayes took artistic control of the follow-up. Even though he was a successful songwriter, three of the four tunes were covers that he reinvented, including an 18-minute version of Jimmy Webb's "By the Time I Get To Phoenix." Hayes' work on director Gordon Parks' urban crime drama "Shaft," a project he had hoped to star in, was the first of many forays into movie soundtracks. He got in front of the camera for the 1974 cult classic "Truck Turner" and kept busy with film work. He had a cameo role in an episode of "The Bernie Mac Show," whose star died on Saturday. Hayes left Stax in a dispute over royalties in 1975, the year the faltering label went bankrupt. He filed for bankruptcy shortly thereafter and lost all his songwriting royalties. In his later years, Hayes reached a new audience by supplying the voice for Chef, the libidinous sage on the cartoon series "South Park." But he left the show a few years ago because he disagreed with its attacks on Scientology, the religious movement to which he belonged. Stuart , News http://www.raarfm.com/musicnews/soul_icon_isaac_hayes_dies_at_65#comments http://www.raarfm.com/musicnews/soul_icon_isaac_hayes_dies_at_65 Mon, 11 Aug 2008 14:32:29 GMT http://www.raarfm.com/news/all_37_raar_week_32_special_broadcast Because we just love all our listeners, we will bring you an extra broadcast of RAAR FM's chart "All 37 Raar" this Monday from 15.00 until 18.00 CET. Check out the chart over here Cinr , Nieuws http://www.raarfm.com/news/all_37_raar_week_32_special_broadcast#comments http://www.raarfm.com/news/all_37_raar_week_32_special_broadcast Sun, 10 Aug 2008 19:52:36 GMT http://www.raarfm.com/news/everlast_-_folsom_prison_blues Everlast - Folsom Prison Blues Everlast, the most halal white hip-hop artist around, surprises us with a monster track called "Folsom Prison Blues". Cinr , Hot en Massive Tune http://www.raarfm.com/news/everlast_-_folsom_prison_blues#comments http://www.raarfm.com/news/everlast_-_folsom_prison_blues Sun, 10 Aug 2008 13:36:31 GMT http://www.raarfm.com/news/raarfm_distantieert_zich_van_politiek_spel_hlbf Eerder deze week heeft RAAR FM zich verbaast over de negativiteit van de Homo LesBische Federatie Nederland (HLBF) omtrent onze anti "homo top 100". Deze door ons gecreëerde lijst diende als aanklacht en knipoog tegen de belachelijk stereotype "homo 100" van radiozender 3 FM. Wij als muziekliefhebbers bedachten daarom een lijst die tegenwicht moest bieden aan deze homo 100. RAAR FM , Nieuws http://www.raarfm.com/news/raarfm_distantieert_zich_van_politiek_spel_hlbf#comments http://www.raarfm.com/news/raarfm_distantieert_zich_van_politiek_spel_hlbf Fri, 08 Aug 2008 15:41:29 GMT