- Artist: Towers of London
- Label: Towers Of London/TVT
- Album: How Rude She Was
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07/19/2011
Tenacious D, M.I.A., Dead Weather Bring Swagger To Outside Lands
Band of Horses, Modest Mouse, Matt & Kim help close out San Fransico fest.
By Marc Hawthorne, with additional reporting by Kyle Anderson
M.I.A.
Photo: Jeff Kravitz/ FilmMagic
With the Beastie Boys out of the picture due to Adam Yauch's cancer, the title of main attraction was up for grabs on the final day of the Outside Lands Music & Arts Festival in San Francisco.
Tenacious D, Jack Black and Kyle Gass' jokey acoustic metal duo, replaced the Beasties as the main-stage headliner on Sunday night, but it wasn't entirely clear if the majority of people who showed up in Golden Gate Park were there to see the D (even despite the chants of "We want D!" prior to their set). The band appeared to have a sense of humor about its fill-in status, selling a shirt at the festival that spoofed the Beastie Boys' Check Your Head album cover and warned, "Check Your Headliner."
Audience members particularly fond of phallus and Satan jokes — or maybe just the ones who saw Tenacious D in the Pick of Destiny — would probably go ahead and give the "main attraction" honor to the headliners, who were playing two days after Black's 40th birthday. In addition to performing songs like "Tribute," "Wonderboy" and "F--- Her Gently," the duo (which had an ace backing band behind them) acted out several skits, including one that played on Black's recent milestone and featured a stunt double doing flips and cartwheels. (Gass then temporarily quit the band when Black wouldn't admit to the crowd that he wasn't actually responsible for the athletic feats.) Black's best stunt of the night was all his own, however, when he closed the night by stripping down to his underwear and throwing his shirt and pants into the audience.
A few vocal audience members during Band of Horses' set at the nearby Sutro stage definitely gave their votes to frontman Ben Bridwell and company, offering up chants of "Main stage! Main stage!" during the hourlong set. The group's countrified indie rock was downright explosive, and Bridwell seemed to be just as impressed with the performance as his fans were. Sporting lots of hair and beards, the South Carolina outfit tore through an excellent selection of songs from 2006's Everything All the Time — including Outside Lands' unofficial theme song, "Weed Party" — and 2007's Cease to Begin, as well as a cover of Gram Parsons' "A Song for You."
Plenty of fans of would have also awarded the highlight crown to the Dead Weather, Jack White's stunningly cool quartet that also includes singer Alison Mosshart from the Kills. Buoyed by White's muscular guitar-playing and a crack set of tunes from their recently released debut, Horehound, the band tore through their set with reckless abandon while still looking cool. It helped that even though they played in the middle of the afternoon, the cloud cover and slight chill from the Bay breeze turned the festival's second-largest stage into a dangerous after-hours juke joint. The climax had little to do with the songs, as the group took a brief moment to jam while Mosshart sultrily smoked a cigarette sitting on the side of the stage. Nobody indulged in a vice with more rock and roll swagger better all weekend than the Dead Weather's singer.
Speaking of swagger, M.I.A. had a convincing campaign judging from the bodies convulsing during her bass-heavy workout on the main stage. Modest Mouse had a much harder sell earlier in the day, when they delivered a set that leaned closer to band favorites rather than fan favorites and included almost no banter from enigmatic leader Isaac Brock. It's a formula that Modest Mouse has used in the past in festival settings, but it's difficult to tell if the band is being contrarian or if adamantly playing by its own rules is a survival technique. Either way, it meant that megahit "Float On" was nowhere to be found, though songs like "The View," "Dramamine" and "Paper Thin Walls" sounded good on the big speakers.
It's safe to assume nobody shelled out a hundred bucks just to see Matt & Kim play the Panhandle stage at 3 in the afternoon, but the Brooklyn duo certainly performed as if most of the people watching them did. With beach balls and audience members bouncing, Matt Johnson and Kim Schifino spent most of their 40 minutes smiling and blasting through their keys-and-drums songs, slowing down only to explain why drummers shouldn't wear big earrings and asking the sun to come out so their solar-powered stage wouldn't run out of juice. Schifino even crowd-surfed before she and Johnson closed their set with a low-fi cover of Europe's "The Final Countdown" and their own "Daylight," which recently received some good airtime thanks to Bacardi.
In addition to the music, the second-annual Outside Lands — which is produced in part by Superfly Productions, the same folks behind Bonnaroo — offered plenty of other diversions, including a salon, pitching and batting cages, the Today Is So Yesterday Lounge featuring an oxygen bar, and a "Beatles Rock Band" lounge. And it being the Bay area and all, there was a wine tent and food options included heirloom watermelon, soju cocktails and portobello skewers offered by local businesses. All that combined with 72 hours worth of experimental rock, crowd-pleasing pop and euphoric R&B made for three days worth of San Francisco-style bliss.
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For The Record: Quick News On Britney Spears, Brandy, J-Kwon, Kurt Cobain, Ying Yang Twins, Distillers, Poison & More
Britney Spears (file)
Photo: ABC/Virginia Sherwood
Britney Spears yelped in pain when she injured her knee at her Onyx Hotel Tour stop in Moline, Illinois, last week, and now MP3s of her cries are floating around on various fan sites, including EverythingBritney.net and WorldofBritney.com. Snippets of the minute-length audio clip include the singer saying, "I just went down ... Oh my god ... it hurts! You don't even ..."
Brandy's as-yet-untitled fourth album is slated for a June 22 release. The album's first single, "Talk About Our Love," co-written and produced by Kanye West, who is also featured on the track, is expected to surface at radio next week. ... The day after being released from a Massachusetts jail, Bobby Brown stood before a family court judge once again on Friday to answer her questions on how he plans to make future child-support payments to the woman whose complaint to the court put him in jail for a day on Wednesday. Brown had paid the $63,500 he owed in order to get out of jail, but April's payment is due on Thursday. If he misses that one, ex-girlfriend Kim Ward can file another contempt-of-court complaint and the process may start all over again. ...
Former Poison frontman Bret Michaels is going country. Michaels is reportedly close to signing a deal with a Nashville indie label and intends to record a countrified version of the hair-metal band's 1988 power ballad "Every Rose Has Its Thorn." ... Now that "Jersey Girl" has hit theaters, Jennifer Lopez has plans to return to the small screen, this time to liven up "Will & Grace." She's shooting her guest part next week for the NBC sitcom's one-hour season finale, which will air April 29. ...
Outkast's Big Boi, Ween, J-Kwon, Jason Mraz and Me'Shell Ndegeocello have been added to Atlanta's Music Midtown 2004 lineup. The music festival takes place April 30 to May 2. ... A Mosrite Gospel Mark IV guitar that belonged to Kurt Cobain is being auctioned off April 17 at the 27th Annual Dallas Guitar Show and Music Fest. The solid-bodied axe comes in its original case, which has been whitewashed, though the words "Nirvana" and "F--- Elvis" are still visible. ...
Following the lead of the Ramones and Aerosmith, the Distillers have recorded a version of the "Spider-Man" theme for the "Spider-Man 2" video game, expected to hit stores in late June. ... New Era has launched a line of limited edition "59Fifty" baseball hats custom designed by a range of celebrities. Director Spike Lee and hip-hop personality Bobbito launched their hats in recent weeks. Coming soon are customized lids from Cam'ron, Fabolous, Fred Durst, Dizzee Rascal, Danny Masterson and others. Each issue is limited to 288 hats; they're available in boutiques in New York and Los Angeles and also online (www.59fiftyat50.com). ...
The next single from "salt shakers" the Ying Yang Twins is the crunk jam "What's Happnin!," featuring Trick Daddy. The video for the song was filmed over the weekend in Atlanta. ... Rob Zombie, Fat Joe, Cypress Hill, Ghostface Killah and Dead Prez guest star on Revolutions, the X-ecutioners' follow-up to Built From Scratch, due in May. The turntablist ensemble will hit the road in June, with dates to be announced soon. ...
"So Stupid," a bootleg song which samples a Kylie Minogue radio interview, was yanked from an unofficial Kylie Web site after the radio station threatened legal action. In the interview, the Aussie chanteuse snapped at a batch of stupid questions, including one about whether or not she's ever had plastic surgery. ... Scream-o quartet From Autumn to Ashes have parted ways with guitarist Scott Gross. This Day Forward's Vadim Taver is filling in until the band finds a permanent replacement. ...
Hair-metal supergroup Brides of Destruction, featuring Mötley Crüe bassist Nikki Sixx and L.A. Guns guitarist Tracii Guns, will embark on the month-long Honeymoon From Hell Tour, beginning April 30 in Clifton Park, New York. The trek supports the band's debut, Here Come the Brides, which dropped March 9. ... Between 1989 and 1992, the pioneering British metal band Venom existed with only two original members, guitarist Mantas and drummer Abaddon. For Venom's upcoming, yet-untitled disc, founding bassist/vocalist Cronos has returned, but the other two dudes have bailed. The band's new guitarist is a guy named Mykus, and Antton, who joined in 2000, will play drums. ...
Seal will launch a three-week tour on April 16 in Lake Tahoe, Nevada; dates run through May 7 in Gulfport, Mississippi. The outing will correspond with the expanded reissue of Seal's IV album as a DVD-A with surround-sound mixes of the songs, plus three music videos. ... Pixies guitarist Joey Santiago will release Smitten, the second album by his side project the Martinis, on June 8. The band also features singer Linda Mallari, bassist Paul Delisle and drummer Josh Freese. Tracks include, "Flyer," "You Are the One" and "People of the World." ... Southern California metalcore band Atreyu will release their second full-length album, The Curse, on June 29. Atreyu will perform on the second stage of this year's Ozzfest, and will be playing with new bassist Marc McKnight, who replaced Chris Thomson in early March. ...
03.25.2004
Bobby Brown is scheduled to be released on Thursday (March 25) from the Massachusetts jail holding him for missing several child-support payments. Brown paid the $63,000 he owed but is ordered to stand before Judge Paula Carey on Friday for further inquiry into how Brown plans to make future payments, since his reason for not making the earlier payments was that he had no job or assets. ...
Hilary Duff has pulled out of her deal to develop a sitcom for CBS. According to Duff's spokesperson, producers Nina Wass and Gene Stein ("Less Than Perfect") failed to come up with a script the singer/actress liked. ... Howie Day was arrested early Thursday in Madison, Wisconsin, for allegedly using physical contact to stop a woman from leaving his tour bus and another from calling the police. After being jailed on charges of disorderly contact, criminal damage to property and intimidation of a victim, Day was released on $850 bail. The singer, who is touring with the Barenaked Ladies, was ordered to appear in court on April 1. ...
Aretha Franklin was released from Sinai-Grace Hospital on Wednesday, five days after she was admitted for a severe allergic reaction to antibiotics. The legendary singer released a statement thanking her doctors and the many friends who supported her, including Chaka Khan, Clive Davis, and Ron and Lee Maten. Franklin went home just in time to celebrate her 62nd birthday with friends and family, "taking it real easy," on Thursday. ... Marc Anthony has responded to tabloid reports about his broken marriage to Dayanara Torres and alleged relationship with Jennifer Lopez with a heated personal message on his Web site. "Let me start by saying that even having to write this letter goes against everything that I believe in, for I have always cherished and protected my privacy," the letter begins. The singer later adds, "The specifics about my marriage and who I was with while I was separated is nobody's business. But I would like to make clear that the fact that the demise of my marriage is being blamed on infidelity is laughable." About Lopez, he writes, "The fact that Jennifer Lopez has been unjustly dragged into this is wrong. In no way, shape or form did she have anything to do with the rupture of my marriage. I want to make that 100 percent clear." ...
Ex-Nirvana bassist Krist Novoselic has written a book called "Of Grunge & Government: Let's Fix This Broken Democracy!," which is scheduled for release in September. The book, part memoir, part political dissertation, will be published by Akashic Books/RDV Books. Novoselic is currently actively involved with various political organizations including Music for America, which encourages young people to vote. ... Korn have released a remix of their latest single, "Y'All Want a Single," with commentary from Howard Stern on www.korn.com. The embattled disc jockey has used the anti-record and radio industry track as something of an anthem in recent weeks, as he has been waging a war against the FCC and Clear Channel, which pulled Stern's morning radio show off its stations last month. ...
Kim Mathers, Eminem's ex-wife, was back in a Macomb County Jail Tuesday after dropping out of a court-mandated drug-treatment program. Mathers was released from jail to the program on March 1 but left well short of her 90-day term. The sentence stems from her guilty plea to drug and traffic charges. ... Downhill Battle, the group that organized the "Grey Tuesday" online protest in support of Danger Mouse's The Grey Album, have launched a virtual record label for outlawed music. BannedMusic.org will offer peer-to-peer network downloads of albums targeted by the RIAA and publishing companies for not having been legally cleared. The site is currently offering The Grey Album, the Metallica/ Jay-Z mash-up The Double Black Album and a mix-CD history of sampled music. ...
Bassists who are miffed about not being called to audition for Metallica can seek solace in being invited to try out for Disturbed. Of course, the two audition sessions are open, so everyone's invited, but that's beside the point. The first audition will be in Los Angeles on Saturday at a rehearsal studio called the Swinghouse and the second will be in Chicago on April 4 at the club Oasis One Sixty. The band's former bassist, Fuzz, left in December because of personality conflicts. ... Courtney Love's glass coffin from her "Mono" video, in which she arises from a fairytale-like beauty sleep, is being auctioned off on eBay. The highest bidder will also be the proud owner of the pink "sugar" satin pillow, flower wreath, and pink assorted flowers which were inside. ...
In January, Elvis Costello started shopping around a book proposal, and his witty write-up has paid off. Costello now has a two-book deal in place with Simon & Schuster, which said in a statement that he "resisted the rewards for writing a traditionally scurrilous and scandalous biographical memoir" and will instead focus on a work of semi-fiction, due next year, that takes its cue from the styles, themes and characters found in his lyrics. His second book, "How to Play the Guitar, Sing Loudly and Impress Girls ... or Boys," would be a "work of comic philosophy" about taking a more punk approach to learning music. ... Mudvayne — Chad Gray, Greg Tribbett, Ryan Martinie and Matt McDonough (no stage names this time around) — are working on their third album in a rented ranch in northern California. The band will appear on Sunday's episode of HBO's "The Sopranos," in a scene where AJ attends a Mudvayne concert. ...
Following in the footsteps of Culture Club, ABBA and Billy Joel, George Michael and his former musical mate Andrew Ridgeley are fielding offers from producers wanting to do a musical about their '80s group Wham! ... System of a Down have recruited Bad Acid Trip, political rapper Saul Williams and Hella drummer Zach Hill to open up their Armenian Genocide awareness benefit on April 24 in Los Angeles. ...
A retooled lineup of punk pioneers MC5, featuring Michael Davis, Wayne Kramer and Dennis Thompson along with a rotating cast of special guest musicians, will hit the road for a tour this spring. Dates will be announced shortly, but confirmed collaborators include Evan Dando, Mark Arm of Mudhoney and Marshall Crenshaw. Meanwhile, "Sonic Revolution," a documentary on the band's history and influence, will be released on DVD on July 6. ... The first single from the Roots' upcoming Okayplayer compilation will be "Take It Back" from rapper Skillz. The collection, due in May, includes new music from artists affiliated with the Philly hip-hop group. ...
Lou Reed will be one of several artists presenting new fiction works at "Where's My Democracy?," a reading supporting the political-action committee Downtown for Democracy, in New York Thursday night. Other readers include authors Dave Eggers, Jonathan Safran Foer and Colson Whitehead. ...
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Rapper John Forte, Whose Sentence Was Commuted By Bush, Plans To Continue Music
Former Fugees producer wants to 'justify' the support he's received while in prison for drug charges.
By Gil Kaufman
John Forte
Photo: Transparent
John Forté plans to make the most of his second chance. Following the announcement earlier this week that the former Fugees collaborator and solo hip-hop artist was one of 16 people to be pardoned or have their sentences commuted by outgoing President Bush, Forté is preparing to re-enter society after serving seven years of a 14-year sentence for possession of 31 pounds of liquid cocaine with intent to distribute.
One of Forté's lawyers, Aarti Tandon, told MTV News that contrary to earlier reports, her client had not been pardoned but had his sentence commuted, which means he does not have to serve the rest of it. Though Forté cannot currently be reached by phone or e-mail to discuss his feelings about the commutation, Tandon said he is elated and looking forward to getting back in the music game.
"I have spoken with him, and he is pleased and very grateful to President Bush for commuting his sentence," Tandon wrote. "Mr. Forté is humbled by his life experiences. He will use his early release to return to his family, re-enter the world of music, work with at-risk youth to deter them from drugs and crime, and continue his educational program at the London School of Economics."
Forté — who studied violin at the prestigious Phillips Exeter Academy in New Hampshire as a youth — co-wrote and produced two songs on the Fugees' Grammy-winning 1996 smash, The Score. Two years later, he released his debut, Poly Sci, on which Fugees member Wyclef Jean has an executive-producer credit. He released his second album, I, John, while in prison in 2002.
Tandon said that Forté's commutation came as a result of more than five years of campaigning by his lawyer, Michael Nussbaum, herself and a number of others, including singer Carly Simon. Forté is a friend of Simon's son, singer/songwriter Ben Taylor.
Tandon said Forté understands the lengths those who support him have gone to secure his release, and "he intends to justify fully the confidence shown in him." While in prison, Forté has been organizing music groups and Save Our Youth events; working as a G.E.D. tutor; leading classes in philosophy, writing and re-entry into society; taking correspondence courses and writing music that he intends to record upon his release. He was also admitted to a correspondence program with the London School of Economics for a degree in politics and international relations.
Forté is slated to be released on December 22.
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07/18/2011
The Shins Kick It Old-School With Kinks-y Pop
Albuquerque pop group seeks sincerity on new Oh, Inverted World.
By Chris Nelson
The Shins
Photo: David Ondrick
Some people think the world runs according to a grand scheme. Shins singer/guitarist James Mercer is convinced there's a plan — but he believes it runs counter to all common sense.
"Sometimes it feels like this perfect reverse logic runs everything," said Mercer, whose guitar-pop band released its full-length debut, Oh, Inverted World, on Tuesday. "It's as though everything were exactly the opposite of what it should be. That's when you get really frustrated with things — you know, situations where someone is attracted to the exact person they shouldn't be attracted to. It can be applied to a lot of things, like politicians — the better liar is really the person people love the most." Mercer knows a thing or two about the topsy-turvy.
His band — which manages a Kinks-y and Zombie-ish pop sound without devolving into the strictly retro — has its roots in the indie-rock outfit Flake, which formed in Albuquerque, New Mexico, in 1992. They mutated into Flake Music, while Mercer formed the Shins as a side project in 1997 to concentrate on melodic tunes. When members of Flake Music left town, Mercer was left with a Shins line-up consisting of precisely the same folks who played in Flake way back when, only on different instruments.
While Flake preferred disjointed group collaborations, Mercer completes his Shins tunes before presenting them to bandmates Marty Crandall (keyboards), Neal Langford (bass) and Jesse Sandoval (drums).
"I work pretty hard at that — I like the transitions in good songs," said Mercer, 30, citing the Beatles' "Girl" from Rubber Soul (1965) as an example of perfect subtlety. "One of my favorite moments in songs is when they switch from verse to chorus." Mercer's interest in traditional pop songcraft is evident throughout Oh, Inverted World, where a melody might conjure either a hopeful sunrise or a damp, melancholy evening. The oddly titled "Know Your Onion!" jumps with crisp, lo-fi inspiration. "The Celibate Life" draws its strength in part from jangly guitar and harmonica as well as Sandoval's anxious, understated drumming on what sounds like a shoe box.
On "Caring Is Creepy" the band could be first cousins to '80s Brit hitmakers the Smiths. "In this generation, or at least the people I hang out with, there seems to be this aversion to any sort of real feelings," Mercer said of the track. "To give a sh-- is the opposite of cool. I guess that's where the title phrase came from." The Shins spent the early part of this year garnering acclaim at the South By Southwest and Noise Pop festivals. Later this month, they'll hit the East Coast for some dates with the Red House Painters. Mercer is planning a summer move to Portland, Oregon, while his bandmates will remain in Albuquerque. Although he's still a big fan of his hometown, he has struggled with its lack of a strong rock-music community.
"After touring the whole country with Modest Mouse, I realized that Albuquerque is pretty unique," he said. "You can be in a neighborhood in Portland and it feels like you're in Milwaukee, and the same goes for New York. Albuquerque is a poor city, with an Hispanic majority, which is the cool thing about it."
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Tom Waits, Sarah McLachlan, Cake Sing For The Kids
Barenaked Ladies, Billy Bragg also appear on compilation of children's music to raise money for VH1's Save the Music Foundation.
By Gil Kaufman
Tom Waits
Photo: Marina Chavez
Tired of Teletubbies? Ragged on Raffi? Maybe you're just plain sick of kids' music that only kids can enjoy.
If so, don't be snowed by the title of the new children's music compilation For the Kids. True, the just-released disc features artists such as Cake, Barenaked Ladies, Sarah McLachlan, Guster, John Ondrasik (Five for Fighting) and Tom Waits singing a mix of original songs, "Sesame Street" classics and toddler standards. But it works just as well in mom's office as it does in the rumpus room.
Released by Nettwerk America Records, the album is a fundraiser for the VH1 Save the Music Foundation, the five-year-old initiative aimed at restoring music programs in public elementary and middle schools.
Though VH1 Save the Music has been helped by royalties from the series of VH1 Divas Live albums, For the Kids is the first album created specifically to raise funds for the program. "We wanted to have a CD that would be great for kids and that parents could enjoy as well," said Bob Morrison, executive director of the foundation. "The challenge was to find contemporary artists doing songs that were great for kids."
Some, like Cake, decided to put their unique spin on such "Muppet Show" classics as "Mahna Mahna," turning the silly song into a guitar-rocking, funky South-of-the-Border jam. Barenaked Ladies' Ed Robertson and Steven Page are natural Bert and Ernie manqué on their cover of the "Sesame Street" song "La La La La Lemon."
For several of the artists, the album was a chance to uncork original songs inspired by the births of their own kids, who no doubt rock a bit more than the average toddler. Former Del Fuego and current kiddie song superstar Dan Zanes gets his zydeco on in "Wonderwheel" from his Family Dance album, and Toad the Wet Sprocket singer Glen Phillips sings of the joys of being a play-at-home dad on a song he wrote especially for the album, "Have a Little Fun."
Like Semisonic singer Dan Wilson — whose wistful acoustic fantasy "Willie the King" envisions a world where moms and dads don't cry anymore — John Ondrasik of Five for Fighting was inspired to write an original tune using memories of childhood innocence.
In Ondrasik's case, it was the birth of his son, Johnny, that led to the creation of "The Hoppity Song," a pointedly silly romp.
When Sixpence None the Richer found out their first choice was already taken, they were thrown for a loop.
"We were envious that Sarah [McLachlan] took 'The Rainbow Connection,' " said Sixpence singer Leigh Nash. "We were at a loss and it took us a while to find a new song." Nash discovered her band's contribution on a CD of children's lullabies from the 1930s. "We were going to do 'Teddy Bear Picnic,' which is one of my favorite songs from that era," she said. "But it turned out to be too much of a stretch and, well, the lyrics are kind of creepy."
On that same CD they found a song they'd never heard of called "Goodnight Children Everywhere," which they arranged to create the sweeping majesty of an animated Disney classic. Other tracks on the album made sense for more personal reasons.
"I think Darius [Rucker's] version of 'It's All Right to Cry' was a particularly nice touch from someone who is a relatively new father," Morrison said of the Hootie & the Blowfish singer's take on the 1972 song from Marlo Thomas' celebrated Free to Be ... You and Me album.
Morrison says that to date, VH1 Save the Music has donated $21 million worth of musical instruments to 900 public schools.
For the Kids track list:
- Cake - "Mahna Mahna"
- Barenaked Ladies - "La La La La Lemon"
- Sarah McLachlan - "The Rainbow Connection"
- Guster - "I've Got to Be Clean"
- Dan Zanes - "Wonderwheel"
- Glen Phillips - "Have a Little Fun With Me"
- John Ondrasik - "The Hoppity Song"
- Billy Bragg w/Wilco - "My Flying Saucer"
- Darius Rucker - "It's All Right to Cry"
- Ivy - "Sing"
- Remy Zero - "Bright Eyes"
- Dan Wilson - "Willie the King"
- Bleu - "Snow Day"
- Raine Maida and Chantal Kreviazuk - "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star"
- Sixpence None the Richer - "Goodnight Children Everywhere"
- Tom Waits - "Bend Down the Branches"
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