Pendulum

LIZ Stringer's music is bewitching. Within a minute, you find yourself spellbound by its sparse, atmospheric charms.

Her yearning vocals offering tenderness yet commanding your attention.

An old-fashioned Springsteen-style storyteller with a soulful, mature voice, Stringer has soldiered on from impressive first album Soon for a neat follow-up.

Pendulum is rich, diverse and sombre. Among the goodies here are the tender balladry of All I Have for You Tonight; the gloom of Baby Jane, its sorrowful tale weaving seamlessly with the ache of pedal steel, strings and banjo; Over the Sea's dramatic acoustic blend, providing the perfect backdrop to vivid imagery ("I dreamt last night of the beautiful birds/taking me high and away from the world"); and the uptempo country groove of You Say So Many Things.

A stripped back, unpolished production lends Pendulum its charm.

It's as if you're there in the room with the singer, under a spell. It's a breath of fresh aura.

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Artist: Saint Etienne: mp3 download    Genre(s):  Rock: Pop-Rock Pop Dance: Pop Electronic     Discography:      Tales From Turnpike House (CD 1)    Year: 2006    Tracks: 12      Tales From Turnpike House (CD 2) - Up The Wooden Hills    Year: 2005    Tracks: 6      Smash The System: Singles and More (CD 2)    Year: 2001    Tracks: 17      Smash The System: Singles and More (CD 1)    Year: 2001    Tracks: 17      Interlude    Year: 2001    Tracks: 12      Sound Of Water    Year: 2000    Tracks: 10      How We Used To Live    Year: 2000    Tracks: 5      The Misadventures Of Saint Etienne    Year: 1999    Tracks: 20      Places To Visit    Year: 1999    Tracks: 6      Good Humor    Year: 1999    Tracks: 11      Built On Sand    Year: 1999    Tracks: 14      Xmas '98    Year: 1998    Tracks: 2      Fairfax High    Year: 1998    Tracks: 11      Valentines Day 97    Year: 1997    Tracks: 4      Continental    Year: 1997    Tracks: 13      Casino Classics CD 2    Year: 1996    Tracks: 10      Casino Classics CD 1    Year: 1996    Tracks: 9      Xmas '95    Year: 1995    Tracks: 3      Too Young To Die: The Singles 1990-1995    Year: 1995    Tracks: 14      I Love To Paint    Year: 1995    Tracks: 12      Tiger Bay    Year: 1994    Tracks: 12      You Need A Mess Of Help To Stand Alone    Year: 1993    Tracks: 11      So Tough    Year: 1993    Tracks: 15      Foxbase Alpha    Year: 1991    Tracks: 15 Like most bands formed by quondam euphony journalists, Saint Etienne were a highly conceptual radical. 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Coldplay's new album is already living the life.

"Viva La Vida" will debut at No. 1 on The Billboard 200 album chart with over 720,000 copies sold in its first week, the second-best opening week of 2008, according to the trade magazine's Web site. Lil Wayne's "Tha Carter III" was the top album debut of the year after it sold a spectacular 1 million copies earlier this month.

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College Students Tap Acts from NC State, Portland State & Georgia Perimeter
to Perform alongside Wyclef Jean and Other College Favorites at mtvU Campus
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NEW YORK, April 7, 2008 -- mtvU, MTV's 24-hour college
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competition, as well as mtvU "Campus Invasion Music Festival '08." mtvU
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Wyclef Jean, The Bravery, Flo Rida, Cobra Starship and the other rapidly
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of Famous Men and We Are Only Fiction will now compete for the chance to be
crowned the grand prize winner, collecting $10,000 in cash, free Palm
Centro smartphones, service contracts from AT&T and a chance to host mtvU's
"Dean's List," the definitive top ten weekly college music countdown.

Several weeks ago, mtvU extended an invitation to unsigned college
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all day music festivals can catch exclusive live performances,
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Broadcast to more than 750 college campuses and via top cable
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world's leading creators of programming and content across all media
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1917

   
Artist: 1917

   Genre(s): 
Metal: Death,Black
   

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Discography:


   
 Genesis and Horror

   Year: 2002   
Tracks: 8

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