Archive for July, 2009
Rewind: The Week in Rock Daily
July 31st, 2009
Photo: Boyd/Michael Ochs Archive/Getty
Rock Daily is already on the grounds of New Jersey’s All Points West festival, ready to rock with Jay-Z, Tool, Coldplay and dozens more. We’ve already broken down the fest’s essential sets and artists to watch, so keep it locked to our APW hub for our coverage this weekend.
Pearl Jam had fans scouring the Net in a scavenger hunt for Backspacer artwork. Fans who completed the mission received a demo of “Speed ...
Kanye West Angrily Blogs About “Corny” “King of Pop” Misquote
July 31st, 2009
Photo: Wargo/WireImageEarlier this week, a satirical Website called Scrape.TV posted a (fake) story about how, with the passing of Michael Jackson, Kanye West declared himself as the new King of Pop. For those who actually scrutinized Scrape TV and saw its other headlines (”Study Finds Silver Bullets Largely Ineffective Against Werewolves,” “Satanist Group Claims Devil Getting Bad Rap”), it was apparent from the onset that West was just being made fun of for past indiscretions ...
Random Notes & The Week’s Best Live Shots: The Lips, AC/DC, More
July 31st, 2009
Photo: Metcalfe/Getty
Wayne Coyne caught a ride on an ape and Big Boi made friends with a penguin this week. Plus, Bruce Springsteen engaged in some water aerobics, AC/DC ignited some stage pyrotechnics and Kid Rock made friends with the Red Sox manager. All those pics and more in our weekly roundups of the zaniest rock photos and coolest live shots:
• Random Notes: Bruce Springsteen, Kid Rock, Kelly Clarkson and the Week in Rock
• The ...
Rockers Unite to Help Memphis Legend Jim Dickinson With Benefit
July 31st, 2009
John Hiatt, Jimmy Davis, Sid Selvidge with Jimmy Crosthwait, Amy LaVere, Shannon McNally and North Mississippi Allstars will hit the stage on August 8th at a benefit to raise money for Memphis legend Jim Dickinson. Dickinson — a songwriter, producer and session player who sat in with the Rolling Stones and Bob Dylan and helmed albums for the Replacements and Big Star — underwent triple-bypass surgery in June. In an attempt to help defray the ...
Weekend Rock List: Supergroups
July 31st, 2009
It was a big week for supergroups: Monsters of Folk debuted three songs off their upcoming album, the 7 Worlds Collide project featuring Wilco, Neil Finn and members of Radiohead plotted their next release and we caught up with the Van Halen-and-Red Hot Chili Peppers-powered Chickenfoot in London. So this weekend’s Rock List is dedicated to those bands that unite people from other bands to form an entirely new all-star band. Tell us your favorites, ...
Kings of Leon’s “Fire” Battles the Rain at the “Today” Show
July 31st, 2009
Kings of Leon brought their fiery sex to the Today show this morning, performing in a light rain that swiftly became an unfortunate downpour. Their brief set featured “Use Somebody,” “Notion” and “Sex On Fire” from the Followills’ latest album, Only By The Night. As it was live TV after all, the band wasn’t beyond a little pre-air primping (RS spied Caleb using someone’s makeup mirror to fix his hair; he pushed his bangs around, ...
Flashback: Weezer’s Rivers Cuomo Bottles Up Down Under
July 31st, 2009
The last time Weezer featured in a Flashback, we thought it was rambunctious Alternative Nation host Kennedy that stunned Cuomo into silence, but it turns out back in the mid-1990s, Rivers just didn’t like giving interviews all that much. This time around, on a Pinkerton promotional tour in 1996, Cuomo blames his uneasiness on the show Recovery on jetlag, having flown to Australia from Los Angeles. Of course, the host doesn’t really endear himself to ...
Single Minded: Jay-Z Goes Disco, Katy Perry Gets Remixed, More
July 31st, 2009
Photo: Miller/Getty Jay-Z, “99 Problems” [Light Year Remix]
It’s unlikely that Jay will opt for this disco re-structuring of this Black Album classic at his headlining slot at All Points West tonight but, hey, who knows? Remember that one time when My Bloody Valentine played that all-bluegrass set? That was weird.
Katy Perry, “Waking Up in Vegas” [Calvin Harris Remix]
OK, so the big problem with this Calvin Harris remix of Katy Perry’s recent chart-topper is that it ...
Ghostface Killah Drops Mixtape, Talks R&B LP “Wizard of Poetry”
July 31st, 2009
Photo: Nunez/WireImageGhostface Killah dropped a new mixtape on Imeem yesterday, collaborating with DJ Essence on RNB N Fish. The mixtape is a blend of newer, R&B-infused cuts that fans can expect to hear on Ghostdeini’s upcoming album Wizard of Poetry alongside newer versions of past hits like “Back Like That” and 30-second snippets of Ghostfaced-renditions of Beyoncé’s “Irreplaceable.” Also streaming at the Imeem site is “Baby” featuring Raheem Devaughn, the first single off Wizard of ...
Dave Matthews Band to Give Away Cruise to Private Island Concert
July 31st, 2009
Photo: Coffrini/AFP/GettyDepressed that John Mayer’s Mayerboat cruise has been docked while he records his new album? Dave Matthews Band might have the cure, as the Big Whiskey crew have launched a new contest that will allow some lucky fans to take a four-day cruise to a small Caribbean island to see DMB perform live. Contest entry forms are up now at the Big Dave Matthews Band Cruise Getaway Sweepstakes Website.
The small pack of winners will ...