U2 frontman Bono is back in action with his ONE Campaign, and he has a message to the USA – do not forget about foreign aid.

“Irish rocker and anti-poverty campaigner Bono will appeal to Democrats and Republicans during a visit to Washington this week to spare U.S. development assistance programs from cuts as Congress tries to avert the looming “fiscal cliff” of tax hikes and spending reductions early next year.”

The U2 lead singer’s visit comes as the Obama administration and congressional leaders try to forge a deal in coming weeks to avoid the economy hitting the “fiscal cliff” – tax increases and spending cuts worth $600 billion starting in January if Congress does not act. Read more here.

1) Hurricane Love – Only Human
2) The Wrecking – View From The Top
3) Kongos – Come With Me Now
4) Kris Orlowski – Mountains
5) Dylan Gardner – Mona Lisa
6) Dynasty Electric – Eyes Wide Open
7) The Unlikely Candidates – Follow My Feet
8) Katy Glorioso – Lights

Kings favorite Burning Jet Black released a new video this month for the track ‘No Soul‘. Their last video for the track Magazine Girl already garnered 60,000+ YouTube streams. The band consist of members of the Los Angeles based band The Whiskey Saints and fans of The Black Keys and The Doors will fall in love with this band.
Contact: david@burningjetblack.com

Although cassette tapes are deemed useless to most people researchers at IBM are trying to keep this 60-year old technology relevant for at least the next decade and they are getting help from rising energy costs, which are forcing companies to look for cheaper alternatives to stacks of power-hungry hard drives.

Evangelos Eleftheriou and his colleagues at IBM Research in Zurich, Switzerland, have developed a cassette just 10 cm by 10cm by 2cm that can hold about 35 terabytes of data, the equivalent of a library with 400 kilometers of bookshelves.

“It is really the greenest storage technology,” Eleftheriou told Reuters. “Tape at rest, consumes literally zero power.” Check out the rest of the article here.

Buzz Track: Fine
We Are Voices, a Kansas City indie act, will release their second full length album, called “Tread Lightly”, on December 11th. The self released record received considerable amount of press. The band has upcoming dates in Kansas City, St Louis, and Omaha. For fans of Coldplay and Snow Patrol.
Contact: eric@wearevoices.com