New update to site:

Well we're finally doing it. After much thought and hurrah about how we should have a discgraphy list, and history of the band on each band page. We are finally doing it. It's going to be a slow process, but we're determined to add a little something extra to Crosswired and our site.

So check our band pages out now.

Xwired Message Board

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Writers Vault

Updated: Janine Macdonald has a new poem up on her writer's page. Check out her latest poetry, You ask, Faith and The World at her page.

Her new script "The perfect crime" is now up on the website.

Are you a writer interested in putting your folio online? E-mail us at xwiredonline

New Bios:

we've been busily trying to organise our band pages to make them more informative to all our music lovers.

In recent times we have slowly been adding new bios to the pages, and we now have added bio pages for D12, Bad English, Billy Currington, The O.A.O.T.S and Keane, and much more

Up coming gigs:

South by Southwest Festival
womadelaide
East Coast Blues and Roots Festival

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Charts

Check out the latest music and movie charts from the U.S, U.k and Australia
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Dire Straits-Brothers In Arms

Have you ever found yourself listening to an album that you first bought years ago, and haven't listened to in a while? Did the memories of why you love the band, and the album just come rushing back? This happens to me every once in a while. Take Kiss' Creatures Of The Night or AC/DC's Back In Black.

This time around it was Dire Strait's Brothers In Arms. I have had this album since I was eight years old in some form or another. Listening to this CD tonight, the memories just came flooding back. Not just the memories of "Money For Nothing" - the very bad video-clip that was very good at the time, but the memory of how much I love this album. I remember when I first bought it on cassette, I played it over and over and over again until my dad threatened to throw the cassette in the bin if I continued to do so.
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Miranda Lambert-Crazy Ex-Girlfriend

Miranda Lambert burst onto the music scene four years ago, as one of the finalists from Nashville Star. Since then she has not looked back. Her debut album, Kerosene, peaked at #1 on the U.S country charts and showed the world what she was made of. Her sophomore album continues from there.
Yet again, Miranda pulls no punches with tracks such as “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend”, and “Gunpowder And Lead” about hell-raising and revenge.
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Lindsey Lohan-A Little More Personal

I’m never too sure as to what to expect from Lindsey Lohan, but it wasn’t hard to guess in listening to her sophomore album, that this was an attempt for her to break away from the Disney Mold that had been super imposed on her.
It’s a good attempt to do so, and in the process allows the singer to also deal with the angst of her father. The first track, “Confessions Of A Broken Heart” sets the scene, as she tries to deal orally with the stormy relationship she has with her father. She picks that up again, in “My Innocence”, when she states that he took it away.
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Shrek The Third

An important aspect of any film is the music incorporated into it. It’s often carefully selected to suit the mood or theme of the movie. The music selected helps to make it work, or in some cases bomb. Shrek The Third mixes the old with the new, as well as throwing in some impressive covers.

The Eels kick off the soundtrack with “Royal Pain”. A cute little ditty that has bounce, it’s delivered in E’s recognizable raspy voice. It’s not the first time that the Eels have appeared on a Shrek soundtrack. In fact, apart from Eddie Murphy, they are the only band that has appeared on every soundtrack. This time they appear twice, also performing “Losing Steak”, which is another stellar performance.
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Megadeth-That One Night: Live in Buenos Aires

That One Night: Live in Buenos Aires was recorded in Argentina in 2005, where Megadeth are considered Demi-Gods. Coming out just before the release of their new album, United Abominations, its sole purpose may have been to give Megadeth fans a taste of what was to come.

One of the defining aspects of this concert at Obras Sanitarias stadium is that Mustaine announced during the show that the rumored demise of Megadeth was indeed false. However, it would not be the same band that would soldier on and release United Abominations. The band would part ways with bassist Jimmy Macdonough, recruiting Former White Lion axeman James Lomenzo to take his place.
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