Who thought it would be possible¦ Well, thanks to the world wide web,it now is. YOU are cordially invited into the First-Ever world wide listening party for R.E.M.â„¢s new album Accelerate. As per the Press Release, March 10th, 2008 “ Seattle, WA and Burbank, CA I found out Warner Bros. Records teamed up with a leading social music discovery service called iLike to stream the rock band„¢s 14th studio album on the internet six days before the album„¢s release on April 1st, 2008. (That„¢s today.. so make sure you hit it up after reading this¦ :) www.iLike.com/R.E.M.) Plus, waiting for you will be an exclusive video message introducing and discussing the album.

Not only is this available in iLikes website, www.ilike.com, but it is on hand thru the iLike Sidebar desktop plugin for iTunes and Windows Media Player! WHAT!!! That means you can go to www.iLike.com/download, and grab the plug-in and play the album and video right thru your iTunes. Also, because this website is so cool, that means, there„¢s going to be tons of other web-streams offered, plus new artists worth listening to.. Finally a place to discover new music! And if you think that’s cool just wait!
There„¢s also amazing apps you can download and put on your Facebook, Bebo, hi5 and even for your iPhone!

The whole premise of iLike is their Post Once, Publish Everywhere, via their Universal Artist Dashboard. Band members are able to post content, reaching their fans across multiple platforms with links to iTunes, Amazon.com, and other retailers.

So, with all that said, who likes R.E.M.??? Their 11 song CD runs about 34 minutes, and is intense and relevant, with songs inspired by the WTO riots in Seattle, the Hurricane Katrina disaster, and other topical themes, according to Ali Partovi, CEO of iLike. Accelerate is said to be a statement for R.E.M. and ties Together the bands vision of turning old dreams into a new reality. iLike is excited and honored to be a part of the first-ever World wide listening party, and the fact that it is a band like R.E.M., sets the bar.

So, head on over to www.iLike.com/R.E.M. to listen to the album,

(dont forget you only have the rest of today) and check out www.iLike.com/forartists, to see what iLike can do for you! There are great multimedia blogging tools other free services for artists. Lemme know what you think
Chenoa@pimphop.com

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Chenoa Em