The fifth studio album of the Black Eyed Peas entitled “The E.N.D” has a name that would scare most fans, but Will.i.am assures us it only stands for “The Energy Never Dies”. The band is due to finish recording for the album next week in London, “October 15th”, says Will.

When asked about the album’s release, he stated that their label Universal wants it to be as soon as possible, but he also expressed some skepticism about the current market. “For the last remaining stores that sell CDs, this is the last Christmas that CDs will be in stores, it’s scary”.

Well, I’m sure Apl.de.ap, Taboo, Fergie and Will.i.am can pull it through and shake up the music industry once again.The band’s previous 2005 set “Monkey Business” has sold 4.2 million copies in the United States to date.

According to a report from Us Weekly, Joe Jonas, 19, and Taylor Swift, 18, are calling their relationship quits after several months together.

The Jonas Brother allegedly broke it off with her over the phone :| (can you believe that!). Joe’s a lot harsher than he’s usually given credit for.

The couple never confirmed their relationship to the media. However, at the MTV Video Music Awards, Swift was cited as saying “Joe is an amazing guy and anyone would be lucky to be dating him”

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Prospects March EP - Coldplay - Prospects Songs EP

What!? There were tracks left off of this years biggest rock album. With well over platinum sales “Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends” isn’t done yet, Coldplay the great English band behind this album told “6 Music” a BBC Radio show that they will be releasing an end of year EP with tid bits left over from their production of “Viva la Vida” with producer Brian Eno. The EP will be called “Prospects March” or “Prospects Songs”.

The band also intends to drop an album of all new material in November of 2009, to close the decade out with a bang, and to keep hungry fans sedate. "I've said it very quietly, as we're not allowed to announce the album. We're going to have another record ready by November 2009 to end the decade," said lead singer Chris Martin.

We here at The Ordinary Joe Blog are in anticipation for the upcoming EP and LP. They are both sure to be a success. It seems Coldplay has the Midas touch in Alternative Rock Music, and their humility and unassuming nature to this fact is sure to keep fans coming back.

Keane - Spiralling - Perfect Symmetry - Keane

One of the Ordinary Joes here, to tell you about one of the greatest english bands i've ever heard, Keane. They have released their first single off their third album entitled “Spiralling”, for free download on their official website www.keanemusic.com until August 11th.

The upcoming album is called “Perfect Symmetry”. I must admit I didn't pay much attention to their sophomore album “Under the Iron Sea”, however it was a big success selling 2.2 million copies worldwide. But, from what I remember of their first album “Hopes and Fears”, with hits like “Somewhere Only We Know” and “Everybody's Changing” that were both top 5 hits on the UK Singles Chart my anticipation is justified. Because of the success of “Hopes and Fears” in 2004, the band was nominated for the Grammy for Best New Artist but ultimately lost to John Legend, they also won two BRIT Awards in 2005 for Best British Album and British Breakthrough Act.

With every album Keane seems to change their style just a bit, attracting more and more fans from a wider spectrum. I downloaded and listened to the song myself, truly amazing. It is sure to have you swaying. “Ooo, Ooo...I'm waiting for my moment to come”. The lyrics range from “Did you wanna be a winner?” to “Did you wanna be in love?”. The lyrics seem to hold some regret but, in them we also find a flicker of hope, “Cold like some magnificant skyline, Out of my reach, But always in my Eyeline now” I'm sure Keane is gonna “rock” the alternative rock world with “Perfect Symmetry” which will be releasd on October 13th.

Bow Wow and Soulja Boy - Marco Polo - Bow Wow and Soulja Boy

Marco!!!!!!..... Polo!!!!!! Damn, these fools are clearly running out of ideas. Which fools am I talking about? Who am I? Well this is an Ordinary Joe and I'm talking about the latest summer 'jam' by teen hip hop icon Bow Wow and his guy-friend, Soulja Boy (not that they're anything more than friends). With the death of hip hop being prolonged by Doctors such as Jay-Z, Kanye West, Nas etc, Bow Wow and Mr. Boy have decided to pull the plug on Hip Hop's life support... it should die any day now.

Bow Wow's song "Marco Polo" is so subpar, I wouldn't be surprised if Bow Wow's 'ghost writer' couldn't speak English. In this song, Bow Wow brags about putting 'ice' in his G-Shock. The rest of the song was him simply rhyming words together. So he called in the reigning king of senseless rhymes Soulja Boy to take care of the second verse of the song. This robot sounding rapper's job was probably to gain the attention of the D average youthful population of the world with his record breaking simplicity to a relatively simple beat. "Sustaining ignorance is hard work" I borrowed that line from a scene of Law and Order. I guess Soulja Boy deserves every cheque he makes.

It's sad that I struggled to find anything positive to say, hopefully that'll change…Peace.