ACDC "Black Ice" Announced!
August 18, 2008, New York, NY- Columbia Records announced today the October 20 release of AC/DC's widely-anticipated Black Ice, the band's first studio album in eight years. Black Ice features 15 new tracks from brothers Angus and Malcolm Young, Brian Johnson, Cliff Williams, and Phil Rudd. The album was produced by Brendan O'Brien at the Warehouse Studio in Vancouver, BC.

"Rock 'N' Roll Train," the album's first single, will debut on August 28th. The video will premiere in September. And the band is set to kick off its first world tour since 2001 in late October.

Black Ice will be sold in the U.S. exclusively at Wal-Mart and Sam's Club retail locations at the special price of $11.88. Online, the CD will be available with free shipping and handling via the band's website, www.acdc.com. It will also be sold at Walmart.com and Samsclub.com.

Black Ice is currently available for pre-order at www.acdc.com and Walmart.com.

COLUMBIA RECORDS ARTISTS HIGHLIGHTS 8/29
ACDC
The brand new single "Rock N Roll Train" was released to radio this week! Listen to it on acdc.com and acdcrocks.com

Black Kids
"I'm Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How To Dance With You" has been chosen as the iTunes single of the week! Download it for free here
The band has been selected as a "Who's Next" artist on Yahoo Music

Boys Like Girls
Check out an interview with the band and performance video on AT&T's Blue Room
There are videos up from the 2008 VMA Summer Tour at Six Flags with Boys Like Girls and Metro Station on MTVu

John Legend
The new video for "Greenlight" featuring Andre 3000 is featured as a Video Of The Day on AOL Music

Mary Mary
Their single "Get Up" is currently featured on the Hot Music section of Gospel City

Metro Station
The band is featured as a "Who's Next" artist and also have a "New Now" video up this week on Yahoo Music
Watch Part 2 of the Metro Station Tour Diary on MTV.com

Raphael Saadiq
Raphael Saadiq's brand new single "Love That Girl" premiered Wednesday on Yahoo Music! The video was also featured as Video of the Day on AOL's Spinner.
The final installment of the album preview for "The Way I See It" is up this week on OkayPlayer

Terrence Howard
His new video for the single "Sanctuary" was featured as a Video of the Day as well as being in the Top 11 Video Countdown on AOL Music
The "Shine Through It" Listening Party is now running on imeem's homepage from August 26 to September 2!

The Ting Tings
"Shut Up And Let Me Go" is in rotation all this week on the homepage of Youtube
Check out the new widget for the Ting Tings by Nabbr!
The band participated in a Resonate Session on Buzznet this week. Go to the site for an exclusive acoustic performance by Katie and Jules.

Valencia
The brand new album, "We All Need a Reason To Believe," is currently the #2 Alternative album on iTunes!
A Listening Session is now up AOL's Spinner
The band hosted a chat on Absolute Punk this week that was the most successful the site has ever had!
Check out the site and see why it lasted until 4am!
There is a video contest with Valencia up on Buzznet. Check it out and enter!
The first installment of the Valencia tour blog is up on the homepage of Alternative Press!

Wild Sweet Orange
Watch an interview with Wild Sweet Orange that is in rotation on the homepage of Youtube all week!
COLUMBIA RECORDS ARTISTS HIGHLIGHTS- 8/22
ACDC
Check out the "Rock N Roll Train" clip From the video shoot on Youtube

Annuals
The debut single "Confessor" was featured on the homepage of AOL's Spinner

Black Kids
The new Black Kids video for "Look At Me (When I Rock Wichoo)" is featured on the Homepage of Spin.com
Stereogum also featured the new video on their site this week!

Glasvegas
Brooklyn Vegan announced the band's upcoming US Tour Dates on their site this week

John Legend
John Legend's new single "Greenlight" is featured as RollingStone's Song of the Day on their daily blog. Yahoo! Music picked up the feature and placed it on their homepage!

Mary Mary
The new signle "Get Up" is featured on the Hot Music section of GospelCity.com

Raphael Saadiq
Check out Raphael on the music homepage of imeem this week
Raphael was featured on AOL Black Voices' Black Music Notes on their entertainment homepage
Raphael Saadiq's "The Way I See It" album preview continues this week on Okayplayer.com. After previewing "Love That Girl" and "Staying In Love" over the last 2 weeks, we released "Oh Girl" this week with a homepage feature. Check out some of the amazing feedback the album has been getting!
An interview is featured on the Music homepage of Kiwibox.com
An exclusive interview with Raphael is featured on the homepage of this week on DJBooth.net

Terrence Howard
Terrence's video for "Sanctuary" premiered this week on Essence.com.
A Homepage feature of the brand new video "Sanctuary" immediately following the Essence premiere is on Concrete Loop.

Three 6 Mafia
"That's Right" featuring Akon and Jim Jones Video is featured on MySpace Music as well as a big box video premiere feature on MySpace Music Videos

The Ting Tings
The Ting Tings have been nominated for an MTV VMA for Video of the Year! Check out the coverage on MTV.com as well as Buzznet!
An interview and feature with the band is up on Pop Matters.

Valencia
Valencia's album premiere is featured on the homepage of Myspace this week! They can also be seen in two slots on the music homepage. The Exclusive Album premiere occupies the #1 slot in the big feature and the Video for "Holiday" is featured today, too alongside labelmates Bow Wow and Does It Offend You, Yeah.
AbsolutePunk.net hosted one of their most successful chats ever this week with Valencia. The chat ran to 4,600 posts and lasted until 4am!

 

COLUMBIA RECORDS ARTISTS HIGHLIGHTS- 8/15
Myspace
Columbia Records now has 3 out of 4 "Featured Video" spots and other features currently running on the homepage of Myspace Music!

The Avett Brothers
This week the band was featured on the homepage of Billboard.com

Black Kids
A video interview with the band is now up on Prefixmag
An All Access interview feature can be found on Mania TV
A Black Kids playlist is featured on the Music Homepage of Imeem

Bow Wow
Bow Wow's new video "Marco Polo" is featured on the homepage of Myspace Music. It has already been viewed over 160,000 times
The "Marco Polo" video was featured this week on The Boom Box

Boys Like Girls
There is an amazing review of the song "Thunder" up on Billboard.com

Brandi Carlile
A great interview with Brandi is up on Ourstage

Does It Offend You, Yeah
Their video for "Dawn Of The Dead" is currently a featured video on the homepage of Myspace Music
Check out IGN.com and play their Does It Offend You, Yeah video game

Michelle Williams
An interview with Michelle is featured on the Pop Music section of Kiwibox.com
Michelle is featured in the "Sizzling Sound's of Summer" article on Glam.com

Mary Mary
The single "Get Up" is featured on the homepage of Singer's Room and received 6337 listens in just 2 days

Newton Faulkner
Check out Newton's guitar contest on Youtube and get more information on his official site

The Offspring
A recap of their Secret Show in Anaheim on 8/3 is up on the homepage of Myspace Music. There is also some great video footage of the event

Raphael Saadiq
Part 2 out of 4 preview of his new album and an exclusive interview are now up on Okayplayer

Terrence Howard
An album feature is up on AOL Black Voices
Terrence is featured on the homepage of the Smooth Jazz Network

Three 6 Mafia
Be the first to watch Three 6 Mafia's new video "That's Right" featuring Akon and Jim Jones premiering exclusively on AOL Music

The Ting Tings
The Ting Tings were all over RDRD LBL this week! From Monday-Wednesday they were the Featured Artist on the site. On Thursday, the Song of the Day was the "That's Not My Name" remix by LA Riots
A video interview with the band is is up this week on PrefixMag

Valencia
Valencia's video for "Holiday" was both a featured video on the Myspace Music homepage, as well as rotating on the main Myspace page!

COLUMBIA RECORDS ARTISTS HIGHLIGHTS- 8/8
ACDC
UK fan casting contest is up and running on the official site

Adele
Adele is the top feature on the New section of "I Heart Music" at Clear Channel

Black Kids
MTV News covered the band's set at Lollapalooza

Bow Wow
Starting Wednesday, Bow Wow was featured on the main page of AOL Music
The new video for "Marco Polo" is now on the homepage of Yahoo Music

Lollapalooza
Check out the official Lollapalooza Kyte player where artist video blogs and live clips from each day of the festival are uploaded. They are on the festival's Myspace page

Metro Station
Metro Station is a featured artist this week as part of the Soundtrack of Your Summer tour promotion on Buzznet

MGMT
There is coverage of the band's set at Lollapalooza up on MTV News
A video of the band is on the front page of MOG

Michelle Williams
An exclusive interview can be found on the Entertainment homepage of CosmoGirl

Miranda Cosgrove
"Stay My Baby" is currently one of the Top 10 videos on YouTube

POD
An All Access event featuring the band is now up on Mania TV

Raphael Saadiq
Raphael is featured on the iLike homepage this week
Okayplayer.com will be previewing Raphael Saadiq's upcoming release with a new feature track every week for the next month.  Check out this week's homepage feature for "Love That Girl".

Terrence Howard
Album cover and interview featured on the site Concrete Loop

The Ting Tings
A review of their LA show and a story about the band is up on MTV.com

COLUMBIA RECORDS ARTISTS HIGHLIGHTS- 8/1
Adele
Announcement of her upcoming Webster Hall show this fall was posted on Brooklyn Vegan

Black Kids
An interview with the band as well as a full CD listening party is now up on AOL's Spinner
An interview the band did with MTV is on Stereogum
An great review of "Partie Traumatic" is on PopMatters

Bob Dylan
Check out the brand new official website: BobDylan.com

John Mayer
John's cover of "Free Fallin" is the Video of the Day at Paste Magazine

Mew
There was a ton of blog coverage on Mew's new video diary about their upcoming album. Check out one posting at Prefix Magazine.

MGMT
Reviews and photos of the band's free show with The Ting Tings at McCarren Park Pool last weekend can be found on Brooklyn Vegan.

Miranda Cosgrove
"Stay My Baby" had a premiere in People Magazine
There is a behind the scenes feature about "Stay My Baby" on Tiger Beat

Michelle Williams
The "We Break The Dawn" video jumped to #4 on AOL Music's Top 11 Chart as of 8/1
An exclusive interview with Michelle is on the homepage of Pop Culture Madness
There is a glowing album review on Kiwibox.com

The Offspring
A Myspace secret show was just announced to take place in Anaheim, CA. Show details can be found here

Raphael Saadiq
"Oh Girl" featured on the music blog Concrete Loop
"The Way I See It" is featured on the music homepage of Kiwibox.com
"Love That Girl" is being featured on SingersRoom and has received 51,241 listens as of 8/1

Terrence Howard
"Sanctuary" is featured on the homepage of Artist Direct
"Love Makes You Beautiful" is on the homepage of SingersRoom and has received 23,944 listens as of 8/1

Three 6 Mafia
"Lolli Lolli" has entered the Top 11 Video Chart at #8 this week on AOL Music

The Ting Tings
The band is featured on the "Who Is Next" section of Yahoo Music
Reviews and photos of the band's free show with MGMT at McCarren Park Pool last weekend can be found on Brooklyn Vegan and KEXP blog
A live, streaming show is up on the blog, "The Independent Ear" on IFC
An interview with the band is up on Prefix Magazine

Valencia
Information about the Valencia/ Columbia Records contest can now be found at Alternative Press
There is now a Buzznet group for "We All Need a Reason To Believe"

Wild Sweet Orange
A full CD listening party of "We Have Cause To Be Uneasy" is on AOL's Spinner
There is an album review, video and widet available on We Heart Music
An album review is now up on the LA section of MetroMix

Wyclef
There is an exclusive interview on Babble. So far, the interview has received 1387 views with an average user rating of 4.8 out of 5
COLUMBIA RECORDS ARTISTS HIGHLIGHTS- 7/25
AC/DC
No Bull teaser is up on the Official Site

Adele
"19" is featured in the "Under The Radar" section of BlogCritics.org

Black Kids
Interview with the band is up on AOL/Spinner
"Hit the Heartbrakes" was featured as the Song of the Day on Yahoo Music
The band was featured on GenArt Pulse
A few of the "Partie Traumatic" album reviews on different websites:
Paste Magazine
Stereogum

Michelle Williams
Exclusive Interview on homepage of InChiCity

Miranda Cosgrove
Behind the scenes feature of "Stay My Baby" on MTV.com

Three 6 Mafia
Check out some of the great blog coverage of the band's video shoot this past weekend with Akon and Jim Jones:
Bossip
TheYBF.com
Madnews.com

The Ting Tings
The band was the Artist of the Day on Buzznet. They also had a "Behind Closed Doors" interview with Katie

Tye Tribbett
Tye was the lead feature on Essence.com's newsletter this Wednesday. Check out the interview here.
An e-card was sent out to BlackGospel.com database of 83k gospel subscribers with streaming audio, contest, exclusive interview, buy link and more

Valencia
Contest launched in preparation for the release of "We All Need a Reason to Believe" on the Columbia Records site.
Launched a Myspace community page for the album release this week on Myspace
Tour video now up on Buzznet
Interview with the band is now up on High Beam Review
Absolute Punk has both an interview with the band as well as a glowing review of "We All Need a Reason to Believe"

COLUMBIA RECORDS ARTISTS HIGHLIGHTS - 7/22
Black Kids
Their debut album Partie Traumatic is in stores today!
Spin Magazine give it 4 out of 5 stars.
Check out their US tour featured in Paste Magazine

Boys Like Girls
Video for "Thunder" featured as a first look on TRL

Coheed and Cambria
Neverender Went On Sale last week. VIP tickets for all four nights sold out in 46 seconds - http:www.coheedandcambria.com.

John Legend
Album preview of "Evolver" from early listening session at Vibe.com.

John Mayer
Video of John Mayer performing "Waiting on the World to Change" on Yahoo!Music.

MGMT
The Making of MGMT's Electric Feel Video piece launched on AOL Spinner. We will be launching a blog campaign to music and film sites to support the premiere as well.

Three 6 Mafia
Three 6 Mafia are currently featured on the Artist Direct. You can read their interview here.

Valencia
The Daily Chorus review of We All Need a Reason to Believe gives it a score of 10/10.
HighBeam gives it a score of 9/10.
COLUMBIA RECORDS ARTISTS HIGHLIGHTS - 7/14
Adele
Adele is featured on Buzznet.com performing "Right as Rain".

Black Kids
Check out Black Kids featured on the Homepage of Indie 911. Learn more about Black Kids at their Indie 911 page.

Boys Like Girls
Boys Like Girls "Thunder" as the # 7 Top Video on MySpace! The video was featured starting last Thursday and has over 263,000 views so far. http://music.myspace.com

Coheed and Cambria
Neverender announced on their official site - http:www.coheedandcambria.com.

Jakob Dylan
Jakob Dylan 's New Video premieres today on AOL Music Main and Spinner. AOL Music is currently the No. 1 music site with a monthly audience of more than 23 million.

Metro Station
Metro Station Shake It is the # 7 most watch video worldwide across the SONYBMG labels on YouTube - over 608,00 views this week.
Soundtrack of Your Summer iMeem group has over 1600 members. The playlist has been viewed over 132,00 times so far - http://www.imeem.com/soundtrackofyoursummer

Michelle Williams
Michelle was featured on iLike's homepage. iLike has 250mm monthly page views and 25mm total registered users
Home Page Feature and exclusive interview on AllHipHop.com. Read article here - http://allhiphop.com/stories/alternatives/archive/2008/07/08/20201874.aspx.

Raphael Saadiq
Raphael Saadiq was featured on the home page of TheFader.com. A small crew from The Fader Magazine went out to LA, last weekend, to catch up with Raphael at his studio. They were able to speak to him about his recording process. You can watch the video here
COLUMBIA RECORDS ARTISTS HIGHLIGHTS - 7/2
Adele
Adele's "New Now" Performance is now Live on Yahoo Music.

Black Kids
Get an EXCLUSIVE download of "I'm Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How To Dance With You". Embed and share the widget with your friends!

Jim Jones
Part 2 of his documentary featuring Rick Rubin.

John Mayer
Exclusive live videoPopEater.com.

MGMT
Video was featured on Kanye's blog.

Three 6 Mafia
Album review of "Last 2 Walk." It received 4 out of 5 spins. DJBooth.net
Three 6 Mafia Release Week Daily Video Blogs on Kyte channel.

The Ting Tings
"Shut Up and Let Me Go" was featured over the weekend by Kanye West on his Blog, Kanyeuniversecity.com