The Pretenders' Newest Album: Break Up The Concrete"<br /><br />SANTA MONICA, CA – July 23, 2008 – Shangri-La Music is proud to announce the newest album by one of rock’s seminal bands with the release of The Pretenders’ Break Up The Concrete out October 7th. The album, the ninth in the band's illustrious career and its first in 6 years, has band leader Chrissie Hynde collaborating with a new group of musicians. Recorded in 10 days the result is a stripped down roots album, pure and raw, which highlights Hynde's timeless vocal sound.<br /><br />While the music for Break Up The Concrete may have its origins in rock’s beginnings, the marketing of the album has Shangri-La Music boldly embracing the present and future. Starting today, the label is launching a massive MP3 Countdown campaign where each week a new song will be available for free download through a different media partner. This week’s song, “Boots of Chinese Plastic,” will be available through AOL's Spinner.com. In subsequent weeks downloads will be available through Apple QuickTime's site, ClearChannel.com, CMT.com, iLike, iMeem, MP3.com/Download.com, MSN Windows Media, Vh1 Classic, Yahoo and CBS Radio Online. Fans will be able to find where the next free MP3 will be available by going to www.thepretenders.com. Says Shangri-La’s Jeff Ayeroff, “The oldest and most basic form of exposing music is through word of mouth and the newest way is through the internet. This campaign combines both word of mouth and the muscle of 11 major online media partners and will allow people to hear how truly great this album is. Anyone who hears any of the tracks on Break Up The Concrete is going to tell everybody about it.”<br /><br />Backing up Hynde on the album is a band that has no problems conjuring the true spirit of rock’s earliest days. Classic leads by guitarist James Walbourne, the twang of pedal steel from Eric Heywood, and backed by a concrete foundation laid by the rhythm section of bassist Nick Wilkinson and legendary drummer Jim Keltner, this band allows Hynde to show off her best vocal work and songwriting since the early days of The Pretenders. http://www.imeem.com/pretenders Delta 0 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Pretenders http://www.imeem.com/pretenders/video/JnBUKzN4/the-pretenders-video-audition-music-video/ Fri, 23 Jan 2009 04:29:50 -0000 <div><a href="http://www.imeem.com/pretenders/video/JnBUKzN4/the-pretenders-video-audition-music-video/"><img width="100" height="75" border="0" src="http://srv0204-03.sjc3.imeem.com/g/v/5c3d4111124af1c017e5ae513e706ca9_00010.jpg" title="Click to play this video"/></a></div> XAc_bUauUT Happy New Year; just wanted to pass on a video message from Chrissie about this fun contest we are doing with PETA and YouTube and we want you to audition.<br />It’s for our Official “Boots of Chinese Plastic” fan video! So check out the clip and go to:<br /><br /><a href="http://links.imeem.com/24Y7IaLsd_" title="http://www.thepretenders.com/petacontest.html">http://www.thepretenders.com/petacontest.html</a><a href="http://www.imeem.com/tag/peta" rel="tag"></a><a href="http://www.imeem.com/tag/la" rel="tag"></a><a href="http://www.imeem.com/tag/of" rel="tag"></a><a href="http://www.imeem.com/tag/audition" rel="tag"></a><a href="http://www.imeem.com/tag/fan" rel="tag"></a><a href="http://www.imeem.com/tag/chinese" rel="tag"></a><a href="http://www.imeem.com/tag/boots" rel="tag"></a><a href="http://www.imeem.com/tag/contest" rel="tag"></a><a href="http://www.imeem.com/tag/chrissie" rel="tag"></a><a href="http://www.imeem.com/tag/music" rel="tag"></a> Pretenders Video Audition http://www.imeem.com/pretenders/blogs/2009/01/23/eufZMx1l/the-pretenders-video-audition Fri, 23 Jan 2009 04:25:37 -0000 7DZ3J2D1WM Pretenders http://www.imeem.com/pretenders/video/RK6IO_OI/pretenders-boots-of-chinese-plastic-music-video/ Tue, 11 Nov 2008 19:57:36 -0000 <div><a href="http://www.imeem.com/pretenders/video/RK6IO_OI/pretenders-boots-of-chinese-plastic-music-video/"><img width="100" height="75" border="0" src="http://srv0204-06.sjc3.imeem.com/g/v/0615c593633777998fcdbab33c875db7_00010.jpg" title="Click to play this video"/></a></div> paBFZJw4tO Listen to "Almost Perfect" from their forthcoming album Break Up The Concrete here!<br /><br /><a href="http://links.imeem.com/230961tSS" title="http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/betterlivingthroughmp3/938/mp3s-the-pretenders-break-up-the-concrete">http://new.music.yahoo.com/blogs/betterlivingthroughmp3/938/mp3s-the-pretenders-break-up-the-concrete</a> Pretenders New Music http://www.imeem.com/pretenders/blogs/2008/09/03/6Nx1gwP5/check-out-the-new-pretenders-mp3-download Wed, 03 Sep 2008 15:52:46 -0000 _0LzSj8qYJ Pretenders http://www.imeem.com/pretenders/music/7ngK1H3E/the-pretenders-dont-cut-your-hair/ Fri, 08 Aug 2008 20:53:43 -0000 <div><a href="http://www.imeem.com/pretenders/music/7ngK1H3E/the-pretenders-dont-cut-your-hair/"><img border="0" src="http://icons-p3.imeem.com/7ngK1H3E.jpg" title="Click to play this song"/></a></div> P79dbzAPRc