HANNAH MONTANA: THE MOVIE (SOUNDTRACK) by various artists
Rating: 4/5
Reviewer: Nadia Philip (10)
Miley Cyrus is as talented singing as herself and as her alter ego, Hannah Montana. She performs on 12 of the 18 songs; the other singers are Taylor Swift, Steve Rushton (who has a great voice), Rascal Flatts and her dad, Billy Ray Cyrus. Best songs: Hoedown Throwdown and Butterfly Fly Away.
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Five readers will each win a copy of the Hannah Montana movie soundtrack. To enter SMS the word MONTANA with your name, surname and address to 34922 by 5 pm on 7 May 2009. Each SMS costs R2.
WHEN THE WORLD COMES DOWN by The All-American Rejects
Rating: 4/5
Reviewer: Jared Orlin
If the name All-American Rejects doesn’t mean anything to you yet it soon will. This is the US rockers’ third album and, yes, it lives up to the high expectations. The punchy first single, Gives You Hell, is the best track but don’t overlook the down-tempo Damn Girl and Mona Lisa. When the Wind Blows is a slightly mournful but equally riveting track.
THE FRAY by The Fray
Rating: 3/5
Reviewer: Jared Orlin
Critics have largely called The Fray’s self-titled second album boring and monotonous. There’s no power-packed obvious single such as How to Save a Life on their 2005 album of the same name. Sure, they sound like Coldplay, but a cheap version. Except for You Found Me and Never Say Never the album is likely to be too boring for mainstream tastes. Might appeal to alternative-rock fans though.
MUSIC NEWS
Green Day will soon release the much-anticipated follow-up to their 2004 album, American Idiot, which earned them two Grammy Awards. The band, made up of singer-guitarist Billie Joe Armstrong, bassist Mike Dirnt and drummer Tré Cool, are known for reviving pop rock in the late ’90s and are now set to release their eighth studio album, 21st Century Breakdown, on 15 May. The first single, Know Your Enemy, is now on radio.
WEBSITE OF THE WEEK
www.onehitwondercentral.com
Some artists are only as great as their one famous hit - you hear it all over the place then never hear from the artist again. This site features almost all the one-hit-wonders you can think of. It’s brilliant browsing for anybody who fell in love with an oldie but can’t recall the name of the band.
