Stream: John Mayer - Half of My Heart ft Taylor Swift

There's a duet between John Mayer and Taylor Swift on John's new album Battle Studies, and you can stream it in full here. Woo!

Stream:


Also, listen to some more clips from Battle Studies here:


and here:

Preview: X Factor 2009 Live Finals, Week 5

MOVIE WEEK this week on X Factor. Here are the songs all the acts are singing tonight.

Stacey: 'Son Of A Preacher Man' - Dusty Springfield

Lucie: This Is Me - Demi Lovato

Joe: 'Circle Of Life' - Elton John

Lloyd: 'Stand By Me' - Ben E. King

Danyl: 'Purple Rain' - Prince

Jamie: 'Crying' - Roy Orbison

Olly: 'Twist And Shout' - The Isley Brothers/Top Notes

John and Edward: Ghostbusters Theme - Ray Parker Jr.

Watch: Muse, o2 Dublin, 6 November 2009

Here's as much of the show that is on youtube so far. If you missed the show, why don't you watch Muse's Irish date at Dublin's O2 Arena last night. It used to be the Point Theatre, you know? The quality varies per video, but at least it'll give you a taste of the gig last night. Do note though, I went for length of song over quality of the video!

(I'll update this with any more I see when/if they are uploaded to youtube!)

Intro & 'Uprising':


'The Resistance':


'New Born':


'Map of the Problematique':


'Supermassive Black Hole':


'Guiding Light':
(Not uploaded yet...)

'Interlude':


'Hysteria':


'United States of Eurasia':


'Feeling Good':


'Unintended':


'Undisclosed Desires':
(not uploaded yet)

'Starlight':


'Plug In Baby':


'Time is Running Out':


'Unnatural Selection':


'Exogenesis Symphony Part I: Overture':
(Not uploaded yet)

'Stockholm Syndrome':


'Knights of Cydonia':

Setlist: Muse, O2 Dublin, 6 November 2009

I was at this gig in the O2 in Dublin last night, so I should have a live review up pretty soon of Muse's fantastic performance last night. But for now here's Muse's setlist from their only Irish date this year.

Setlist:
Uprising
The Resistence
New Born
Map of the Problematique
Supermassive Black Hole
Guiding Light
Interlude
Hysteria
United States of Eurasia
Feeling Good
Unintended
Bass and Drum Instrumental >
Undisclosed Desires
Starlight
Plug In Baby
Time is Running Out (Foxy lady riff tease outro)
Unnatural Selection
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Exogenesis Symphony Part I: Overture
Stockholm Syndrome
Man With a Harmonica >
Knights of Cydonia

Blogs What I Like: Simply Zesty

Simply put, Simply Zesty is one of the best blogs in Ireland. It may well be the best. Actually, it's one of the best blogs worldwide. If you're anyway interested in social media (Facebook, Twitter, etc.), blogging, search engines, or actually getting more from your internet experience, then this is the blog for you.

Simply Zesty is an Online PR & Social Media company, but one with a marvellous front-end to back up a similarly stellar back-end. They have many clients including telecomunications giants Vodafone, and will be running a "Future of Social Media" Conference next month. They are at the forefront of online marketing, and are a marvellous company.

But it's the blog that I keep revisiting. Full of insightful posts, ones which are incredibly useful to use bloggers, as well as those who just use twitter and facebook to chat to their mates. Some of my favourite posts are their "What is Google Wave" video, Turn Tweetdeck into a search engine, 30 Tips for Writing a Great Blog, and the Ultimate Guide to Facebook.

At the moment, Simply Zesty is Niall Harbison and Lauren Fisher. They're due to expand in the near future, and will probably expand exponentially after that. It's definitely one company I'd love to work for. But I love their blog even more.

Check it out here:
http://www.simplyzesty.com/

Download: Gemma Hayes - Live at Union Chapel, 8 September 2008 Bootleg

Facebook is a useful tool for chatting with your mates and sharing photos. It's also useful if you want something posted on here. Yesterday I asked using the Swear I'm Not Paul Facebook page what artist would my readers like a bootleg of. Andrew McG was the first to reply. He sent me off in search of a Gemma Hayes live show. Here is what I found. This is from Union Chapel in London from the 8th of September 2008. It was recorded by someone who goes by the name of Powermonkey, and is just over 100MBs as a bunch of zipped/rarred .mp3s. You can download a sample song via zshare, and also the entire thing via Megaupload.

Also, click on the pictures above and below for full-size images which you can use as covers - for those of you who still burn everthing to CD.

Setlist:
1] This Is What You Do
2] Happy Sad
3] Nothing Can
4] Home
5] In Over My Head
6] Farewell To The Pressure Kids (Broken Social Scene cover)
7] Chasing Dragons
8] Back Of My Hand
9] Intro >
10] Oliver
11] Something In My Way
12] Easy On The Eye
13] Out Of Our Hands
14] Evening Sun

Sample:
Gemma Hayes - 'Farewell to the Pressure Kids'

Download:
Full Show



And here's what 'Back of My Hand' looked like live that night:

Stream: Julian Casablancas - Phrazes for the Young

Okay, okay, it's no Is This It, but were you really expecting it to be that good? Strokes singer Julian Casablancas released his new album Phrazes for the Young (complete with stupid spelling) in the US today. Thus you can stream the full album before you go off and download the mp3s. If you were looking forward to it as an avid Strokes fan, you probably have it already though.

Stream the full album here:
http://www.spinner.com/new-releases#/1