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 PLAIN WHITE T’S
The Wonders Of The Younger
plainwhitets.ning.com
Dist: Universal Music Canada
Higgenson says of the album, “It’s still very much a Plain White T’s album. The songs are sincere and melodic, no matter what the subject matter. We want to create an experience that takes our fans to an unexpected place while still giving them songs to sing along to.” As Higgenson points out, the band is in a different place than the one that prompted hits like the twice Grammy nominated “Hey There Delilah” and “1-2-3-4”– and though there’s still plenty of room in their world for romantic pop, among them is the album’s summery first single, “Rhythm of Love” they’re also branching into some adventurous new territory.
 HINDER
All American Nightmare
www.hindermusic.com
Dist: Universal Music Canada
Hinder are an American rock band from Oklahoma that formed in 2001. Their debut Extreme Behavior was released in September 2007. The band's single “Lips Of An Angel” made a chart appearance in USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and Singapore; the song reached #3 in the U.S Billboard charts. Their sophomore album Take it to the Limit (2008–2009) marked a change in style in Hinder's music in that it moved the band in a slightly more 80’s rock-influenced direction. Take it to the Limit debuted at #4 on the Billboard 200 its first week. The first single from this new album “All American Nightmare”, is already charting in Canada with adds at several stations across the country. The single is already Top 15 in America.
 NATASHA BEDINGFIELD
Strip Me
www.natashabedingfield.com
Dist: Sony Music Canada
Since the release of her massive debut album, Unwritten, Natasha Bedingfield has sold more than 10 million singles and albums worldwide. In 2004, “These Words” became her first UK #1 single, and was followed by the worldwide smash “Unwritten” which has been certified DOUBLE PLATINUM, and became the most played track at U.S. pop radio in 2006. It also garnered the singer-songwriter her first Grammy® nomination for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance. Natasha’s success continued with the release of her sophomore album, Pocketful Of Sunshine, three years later, which featured the hits “Love Like This” with Sean Kingston and “Pocket Full of Sunshine,” which has sold nearly THREE MILLION COPIES to date. On her third studio album, STRIP ME, Natasha Bedingfield has created 12 stunning tracks, armed with an impressive production team of modern hit makers.
 JESSICA SIMPSON
Happy Christmas
jessicasimpson.com
Dist: EMI Music Canada
Jessica Simpson’s star has only continued to brighten during her 10 + year career as she has become an icon in music, fashion and entertainment. With the release of her second Christmas album, Just For You, she lends her unforgettable vocal talent to the most beloved Christmas classics creating versions that will warm the heart and home during the cold winter season. With her unmistakable voice and unique pop sound, Jessica has sold millions of albums in both pop and country music. A timeless beauty, her All-American image has made her one of the most recognizable faces on screen in TV and movies. She also enjoys tremendous success as a designer and business woman with her Jessica Simpson Collection. A talented artist with universal appeal, she is America’s Sweetheart.
 DUFFY
Endlessly
www.iamduffy.com
Dist: Universal Music Canada
Duffy is back with one of the most eagerly anticipated releases of the year. ‘ENDLESSLY’, the follow-up to the enormously successful debut album ‘Rockferry’. Written and recorded in New York and London, over the past year, the new album has formed a unique partnership between veteran writer Albert Hammond and the singer herself. The infectious lead single ‘Well, Well, Well’ is the first taste from this heady confection, and features an incomparable rhythm section played by Hip-hop band the Roots.
Duffy took the world by storm with her debut album ‘Rockferry’ selling over 6.5 million copies worldwide and winning numerous accolades including three BRITs and one Grammy. ‘Rockferry’ was the biggest selling album of 2008 in the UK and is one of Universal Music’s most successful debut artists ever.
 FEIST
Look At What The Light Did Now
www.listentofeist.com
Dist: EMI Music Canada
 Three years after Canadian singer-songwriter Feist catapulted to international recognition with the release of her multi Juno Award winning, Grammy-nominated album, The Reminder, comes an intimate window into the process of its creation and the cast of characters whose creative unions made the work both possible and completely unforgettable. The film follows Feist and her supporting cast through an impressionistic array of flickering scenery, echoing stadiums, puppet workshops, the red carpet, a crumbling French mansion, definitive concert performances and uncommonly candid interviews. Itself a part of the creative mosaic it portrays, Look At What The Light Did Now illuminates the synergy of collaboration, art as magnifying glass, and the power of trust.
 DEADMAU5
4x4=12
www.deadmau5.com
Dist: EMI Music Canada
“4 x 4 = 12” is the debut artist album from dance music A-lister deadmau5. It’s no exaggeration to say that he’s the most exciting name in clubland right now, with a GRAMMY nomination, JUNO awards for Dance Recording of the Year for his CD collections “For Lack of a Better Name” and “Random Album Title”, a performance at the 2010 Winter Olympics and MTV booked him as the house act for their 2010 Video Music Awards. Over the last four years he’s released a string of club and radio friendly hits, such as chart-toppers “Faxing Berlin”, “Strobe”, “Not Exactly”, “Ghosts N Stuff” and “I Remember”. This album promises to produce an equal plethora of hits, and his scheduled tour dates are sure to hype up the buzz around this artist and his first artist album even further.
 REDMAN
Redman Presents Reggie
www.reggienoble.com
Dist: Universal Music Canada
Fresh off the release of the critically acclaimed BLACKOUT 2 with his partner in rhyme Method Man, The Funk Doc is back with his latest solo album Redman Presents Reggie. Fuelled by the street anthems “Coc Back” feat. Ready Roc, “Oh My”, “Fly”, “M.O.M.M. (Money On My Mind)” and latest single “Def Jammable” Redman’s seventh solo album is sure to make some noise.
 NO JOY
Ghost Blonde
nojoy.bandcamp.com
Dist: EMI Music Canada
Montreal female-fronted noise pop group No Joy debuts their full length Ghost Blonde on Mexican Summer. Not content to mine the depleted fields of shoegaze and twee-indie sounds for inspiration, the group creates a maelstrom of melody out of both, with a layered, fuzzy approach that incorporates big, clean riffage, anonymous vocals hiding in the background, and a considerable churn across memorable four-minute pop songs. There’s a great deal more structure in their work than is found in many of their contemporaries, and their contemplative song structures work in favor to this approach. It’s the perennial box of chocolates filled with razor wire, but even the most fastidious of modern music archaeologists won’t see this one coming.
 REX GOUDIE
One Hundred Pages Later
Dist: Fontana North
One Hundred Pages Later is Goudie’s third album, following his 2006 sophomore album Look Closer and his platinum selling 2005 debut album Under the Lights. The new album showcases Goudie’s distinctive East Coast sound and features a series of heartfelt roots / rock ballads tinged with shades of country and upbeat rock anthems. One Hundred Pages Later, was recorded at Backroom Recording and Vespa Studios in Toronto where Goudie and long time bandmate, Michael Borkosky (ill Scarlett, The Reason) produced a collection of songs that reflect monumental events from Goudie’s life. With songs such as Save My Life, inspired by his brother’s trip ‘away’ to work in Alberta’s oil fields, and Get Out Of My Head, a song written about the trials his father was having as an independent businessman, come to reflect heavily on Goudie’s own struggles as a musician and make this album his most personal work to date.
 THE GREENHORNES
****
www.greenhornes.com
Dist: Warner Music Canada
Third Man Records is excited to release The Greenhornes' first full length LP of new material since 2002's Dual Mono. This new album may be their strongest collection of songs yet. It's diverse yet very concise, from the dark pop of lead single "Saying Goodbye," the bubble glam of "Song 13," to "Cave Drawings" moody psych; it's an eclectic and mature work and very much The Greenhornes own. The trio of Craig Fox, Patrick Keeler and ‘Little' Jack Lawrence -heretofore known as The Greenhornes - have been churning out the highest quality rock n roll for well over a decade.
 MINISTRY AND THE COCONSPIRATORS:
Undercover
www.thirteenthplanet.com
Dist: EMI Music Canada
Industrial legend Al Jourgensen revisits highlights from the Ministry canon and throws a terrifying new spin on classics of yesteryear on this amazing anthology. Features newly invigorated versions of fan favorites "Every Day is Halloween," "N.W.O." plus stunning covers of songs made famous by Black Sabbath, AC/DC, The Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix and more.
 MARTIN SEXTON
Camp Holiday
www.martinsexton.com
Dist: Universal Music Canada
Billboard calls Martin Sexton, "a vocalist of amazing proficiency and sensual conviction." This rings true on "Camp Holiday"... Recorded entirely in a cabin in the Adirondack Mountains, you could almost smell the wood smoke as songs like 'Blue Christmas' fills the room. Unencumbered by the distractions of big production, the simplicity allows this one‐man band to shine like the brightest bulb on the tree. Sexton delivers classic, holiday favourites like playful, new tunes without compromising a thing. "Camp Holiday" is as charming as they come ‐ the perfect holiday companion complete with quintessential festive ingredients.
 ROCKABYE BABY
Bon Jovi: Lullaby Renditions Of
rockabyebabymusic.com
Dist: Universal Music Canada
Rockabye Baby! transforms timeless rock songs into beautiful instrumental lullabies. Guitars and drums are traded for soothing mellotrons, vibraphones and bells, and the volume is turned down from an eleven to a two. Rockabye Baby! is the perfect way to share the music you love with the littlest rocker in your life.
Do baby’s late-night cries have you livin’ on a prayer? Want to run away? Let Rockabye Baby’s jersey-cotton soft versions of Bon Jovi’s hardest rocking anthems help. Who says you can’t go home? We’ve seen a million cradles and we’ve rocked them all.
 Soundtrack
TRON LEGACY
www.tronsoundtrack.com
Dist: Universal Music Canada
* Brand New Music From Daft Punk!
Tron: Legacy is a 3D action‐packed adventure set in a digital world unlike anything captured on the big screen. Sam Flynn (Garrett Hedlund), a rebellious 27‐year old, is haunted by the mysterious disappearance of his father Kevin Flynn (Oscar and Golden Globe winner Jeff Bridges), a man once known as the world's leading video‐game developer. When Sam investigates a strange signal sent from the abandoned Flynn's Arcade that could have only come from his father he finds himself pulled into a world where Kevin has been trapped for 20 years. With the help of the fearless warrior, Quorra (Olivia Wilde), father and son embark on a life‐or‐death journey across a visuallystunning digital universe ‐ created by Kevin himself ‐ which has become far more advanced with never‐before‐imagined vehicles, weapons, and landscapes and a ruthless villain who will stop at nothing to prevent their escape.
 YELAWOLF
Trunk Muzik 0 – 60
www.yelawolf.com
Dist: Universal Music Canada
Trunk Muzik 0 – 60 is a collection of six tracks that appeared on Yelawolf’s critically heralded 2010 mixtape Trunk Muzik (“Pop The Trunk,” “Box Chevy,” “Good To Go,” “I Wish,” “Love is not Enough,”and “Trunk Muzik”), plus six brand-new tracks, including the new single “I Just Wanna Party,” featuring Gucci Mane.
“On 0 – 60 we’re bringing new fans up to speed with some of the best songs from the mix tape while also showcasing what I’ve been up to since signing with Interscope,” said Yelawolf. “The demand for new music has been crazy. That’s why putting out Trunk Muzik 0 – 60 made sense to me; to give my fans something to hold them over until my official album next year.”
 EINSTURZENDE NEUBAUTEN
Strategies Against Architecture IV
www.neubauten.org
Dist: EMI Music Canada
Einstürzende Neubauten celebrate their 30th anniversary with a world tour and the release of the fourth album in their archival compilation series - Strategies Against Architecture IV is a double disc release that collates the band’s output from 2002-2010.
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