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Exclusive: Nasser Loves Whitney

by Beats, Jambalaya, Mix It Up • Tags: , , , , , , ,

As you might have noticed if you follow us on Twitter and/or Facebook, we are totally devastated from the death of the legendary Whitney Houston. Not only because she made a great contribution to the world of music, but also because we are music aficionados and we care a lot about this kind of music as we believe it has, not only an artistic impact but also a cultural one all over the world. Whitney is one of the greatest forces of that change and the progress of pop – a genre we love. At any rate, we know that you are about done right now with hearing “I Will Always Love You” blasted all over the media – A cover song that is originally Dolly Parton’s. For Micheal Jackson it was “Billie Jean” and for Amy Winehouse it was “Rehab.” And, as you might expect from Loft965.com, we are not ones to stop at the big hits only. So, we decided to compile a playlist for all the songs and remixes in Whitney Houston’s career that might go forgotten right now just like we did for Michael Jackson. Here it is. We hope you enjoy it.

 

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Stop Internet Censorship!

by Politik • Tags: , , , , , , ,

Now that they took down Megaupload, it’s time for action. We’re all here having a good time posting, reposting, sharing, tweeting, emailing, uploading, retweeting and rejoicing. But, the corporate demagogues are out to get the people again. Read more here about the dirty world of internet censorship and help keep the world wide web a place for freedom to run wild. Click here. 

Video Premiere: “Shady Love” by Scissor Sisters Vs. Krystal Pepsy

by Beats, Clip, Queen Of The Night, Yankee Panky • Tags: , , , , , , ,

This is totally out of the Scissor Sisters’ ballpark, but it is a little jumpy. Not our cup of tea really, although we love when Jake Shears’ vocals come in. But, we don’t like the direction nor do we think the band should continue this way. Let’s hope the new album packs a punch with some premium glam rock and alternative twists, like we are used to.

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Again: Music For December: Yoyode

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by Beats, Jambalaya, Mix It Up • Tags: , , , , ,

To close off the year with a bang or two, we introduce to you Yoyode. The new compilation that will bring you some hefty hits, cathartic end-of-year tracks and new sounds for the future. Now over-looming concept here just the tracks that can usher in a new year without making it blatantly timely or too ceremonial. The numbers range from big hits from household names, to track we had to dig real deep to find. It starts of with a lovely instrumental notes and then takes twists and turns that will hopefully be to your liking. Enjoy bringing in the new year with this one!

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Introducing… Lianne La Havas

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by Beats, Brit Brit Brit, Intro • Tags: , , , , , , ,

 

Watch out for the new beats of 2012. Lianne La Havas is a great new talent that sounds and feels like a merger between Corinne Bailey Rae and Norah Jones without the pretense. Her sound is raw and sombre. She takes bluesy folk into a contemporary dimension, very much in the Ane Brun sense. She is a child of the Instagram generation. The young (only 21) damsel has just signed to major label Warner Music and she will be making waves next year, although she has garnered quite a following on Twitter and Facebook. More to come from this lovely newcomer.

Again: Music For October: Iberone

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by Beats, Jambalaya, Mix It Up • Tags: , ,

This is the one some of you have been waiting a long time for. After too many a-dosage of pop and soul, the sombre and more acoustic sister has reared its head. Iberone is for the sullen boys and girls. An ode for the Autumn times. The tracks are more rock-based and folk-tinted. The girls of here take music very seriously and pen their lyrics in detail and emotion. It’s one of those mixes you play when you are doing something on the computer or cooking a friend or loved one a big bowl of pasta and/or uncorking a bottle of Pinot Noir. Sit back and absorb some of the most beautifully-moody melodies.

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Video Premiere: “Hello Hello” by Bic Runga

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by Beats, Clip, Yankee Panky • Tags: , , , , ,

The stupendous Bic Runga is back after a long break from the  music industry with this cute, yet loud number. She’s gone all rock on this one, but we hope it’s just the buzzy first single as we love the mellow Runga on “I’m Leaving” and “Say After Me.” At any rate, the new album will be out soon and its called Belle.

Rihanna announces new album title!

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by Beats • Tags: , , , , , , ,

Rihanna is releasing albums so fast that sometimes its hard to distingiush which song came from which record off the top of our heads. The album is set to debut in November, the same day Michael Jackson’s Immortal and Mary J. Blige’s My Life II are slated to be released. But, something tells us that she will be topping the charts. Oh, and it’s called Talk That Talk.

 

Loft965.com is 3 years old!

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by Uncategorized • Tags: , , , , , , , ,

Three years ago today we launched Loft965.com onto the internet. It has been a whirlwind of a trip ever since and is still going strong. Instead of going on rants about how great it is and all, we decided to just give a synopsis by numbers through the history of the blog and what it has become.

10,002 posts (not including drafts and deleted ones)

3,035,507 individual visitors (including the first few months before the official launch)

2 online awards (one this year, one last year)

#65 most- read music blog on Wikio (we’ve been on a long vacation, still not bad at all)

#27 most-read music blog worldwide! (Last month’s ratings on Technorati, whoa!)

12,647 comments (approved, non-discriminatory and on-topic ones)

15,716 tags (including misspelled ones, lol)

56 categories (enough for us, we thinks)

2,165 followers on Facebook (check it here)

1,340 + 585 followers on Twitter (check it here, too and here)

9 artist interviews (more to come soon!)

2 staff members (sometimes three, depending on the mugaga)

332,311th most-checked website in the US (according to Alexa, this includes everything online not just blogs)

402 websites linking in to us (according to Alexa, again)

477,268th most-checked website globally (love this one!)

25-34 is the age range of our visitors (obv)

0 number of kids they have (double obv)

5,490th most-RSSed blog worldwide! (generally, not music-specific)

1 countries we are banned in (cause we’re danja! Especially proud of this one)

38 online compilations (clickitty click)

100% goodness (we thinks)

We can’t think of any more we’d like to divulge at this moment. At any rate, these are just some quirky insights on the website’s progress. As always we promise to keep up the work we are doing in catering to your daily music needs. Send us feedback via email, Twitter or comments. We love you, appreciate you and embrace you. Keep on coming by the thousands on daily basis and we promise to deliver. Much love from the sky somewhere over New York!

Tori Amos’s new album “Night Of Hunters” has leaked in full!

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by Beats, Yankee Panky • Tags: , , , , , , ,

We went out on the town last night and heard from a fellow toriphile that Tori Amos’s eagerly-awaited, highly-anticipated new album Night Of Hunters has leaked in full online. Of course, we couldn’t sleep until we listened to the whole thing, so we settled for YouTube. At any rate, the album’s out and it surely will impress. Click here to be forwarded to another unaffiliated blog to investigate the leak! 

Loft965.com is about to turn 3!

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by Blog Related • Tags: , , , , , , ,

Yes, Loft965.com is about to complete its third year in operation. The little blog that started with a public sneer, yet reached the global sphere will celebrate its inception on September 15th, 2011. For this occasion we plan to give you gifts and create a strategy for the fourth year. We promise you a better, bigger and bolder year ahead of us. In celebration and because we have been receiving some great love, we need you to get involved!

Please send in your Loft965.com wishes, letters, pictures, stories, videos, quotes and whatever else in commemoration of this occasion. We already have a few, we’ll post the best of the best on here. Also, the best entry will receive a Loft965.com goodie bag with wonderful things! The submissions can be anything from one-liners, to tribute pictures, to essays and vlogs. 

Send in your submission to: admin@loft965.com

Thank you!

 

 

Loft965.com is the 29th Most-Read Music Blog in the World!

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by Blog Related • Tags: , , , , , , ,

This little blog from Kuwait is going great places! Technorati has given us branding new ratings and they are the highest this blog has ever gotten. We haven’t updated you lately on the blog, but we figured we’d wait until our 3rd anniversary this September! But, this piece of fantastic  news came our way and we couldn’t resist but divulge. Loft965.com has nestled comfortable in the Top 50 range for quite a while now with the other music blogs, but this month we took a leap higher. According to the most highly respected rating system for blogs online Technorati.com, these are our ratings as of now:

#29 Most-Visited Music Blog Worldwide

#120 Most-Visited Celebrity Blog Worldwide

#312 Most-Visited Entertainment Worldwide

#2585 Most-Visited Blog Worldwide

This has, of course, turned our month around and gave a stamp of approval to our efforts unlike anytime before. This is a great step forward for us. The music industry is taking notice by the influx of email offers we receive daily and our readership keeps increasing. Thank you for visiting us as always and we promise to give you the freshest in music.

Our 2011 Accolades as on now:

Top Music Blog from Technorati.com

Top Authority from TopicsBest.com

Authority Music aBlog from Wikio.com

Much thanks and appreciation. We have you keep coming b y the tens of thousands like you have and never hesitate to drop us some feedback, commentary or a little note. Also, don’t forget to follow us on Twitter and Facebook! Join our community and be forever updated with the the beats that will soundtrack your life.

Thanks again and we hope you are having a monumental summer, as busy as it was for us, we are trying to make the best of it and also to ensure we fill it with festive music for you. There’s more to come from this little blog and we hope you join us for the entirety of the journey. Your participation is intrinsic for the succes of this site and it is never forgotten. Cheers to the freakin’ weekend!

 

 

Cher works with Lady Gaga on new song!

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by Beats, Yankee Panky • Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Cher has just finished a track off of her future album and its a collaboration with RedOne. The track, which is called “The Greatest Thing,” was co-written by Lady Gaga allegedly. This news came via Twitter and no word has come out yet on whether this song will make it on the album or not.