Archive for November 18th, 2009
Tour Tracker: Michael Buble, Bebel Gilberto and Four Tet
November 18th, 2009
Michael Bublé promises to spread Crazy Love throughout the U.S. starting in March 2010, Brazilian singer Bebel Gilberto returns to the States for another tour and Four Tet plot out February club shows in support of their first album in four years, There Is Love in You. Full dates for all three treks below.
Michael Buble
Mar. 10 – Orlando, FL
Mar. 12 – Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Mar. 13 – Tampa, FL
Mar. 14 – Atlanta, GA
Mar. 16 – Philadelphia, ...
The Man on the “Moon”: Q&A With “Twilight Saga” Director Weitz
November 18th, 2009
Rolling Stone witnessed the awe-inspiring power of Twilight last year, when we dared to ask whose fans were more passionate: those of Robert Pattinson or the Jonas Brothers? Then we dropped a Q&A with Pattinson that had Twihards going … Twiberserk?
With the follow-up flick The Twilight Saga: New Moon out this week, we caught up with the sequel’s director Chris Weitz, who’s well known in these parts for his adaptations of The Golden Compass ...
Video Sites Announce New Music Features: Hulu Adds Artist Pages, Vevo Sets Launch
November 18th, 2009
Norah Jones, whose new album The Fall was released yesterday, is about to become a Web-music guinea pig. EMI has teamed with video-streaming site Hulu — itself a partnership between NBC, ABC and Fox — to establish artist pages for the major label’s roster. Jones is the first to get her very own Hulu page, which will house all of the Grammy winner’s music videos and a selection of live performances, as well as interviews ...
New Music Report: Blakroc
November 18th, 2009
This week’s New Music Report lasers in on the self-titled debut from supergroup Blakroc, a collaboration between the Akron blues-rock duo the Black Keys and a cast of guest rappers that includes Ludacris, Mos Def, RZA and Pharoahe Monch. It’s not a disc of Limp Bizkit rap-rock though — it’s more like something you’d expect from the Roots. On “On the Vista,” the Keys lay down free-floating psych grooves while Mos Def delivers what sounds ...
Wes Anderson’s Fantastic Fox Tale
November 18th, 2009
Photo: Greg Williams
Whenever Wes Anderson directs a movie, Rolling Stone pays attention: this is, after all, the guy who made one of the best film soundtracks of all time for his breakthrough, Rushmore. Peter Travers praises Anderson’s latest, Fantastic Mr. Fox, as “an adventure in pure imagination that plays to the smart kid in all of us” in his three-and-a-half-star review. And now we’ve got an interview with Anderson and Jason Schwartzman, who voices Fox’s ...
Charlotte Gainsbourg, Beck Team in Trippy “Heaven Can Wait” Video
November 18th, 2009
We thought Lars von Trier’s Antichrist would be the strangest thing we saw this year that starred Charlotte Gainsbourg. Turns out, we were wrong. Up top is the new video for “Heaven Can Wait,” the first from Gainsbourg’s collaborative album with Beck, IRM. Beck co-stars in the clip, a two-and-a-half minute montage that seems to incorporate and visualize all the abstract, offbeat imagery he’s documented about his native Los Angeles in his 15-year career.
The ...
Nick Jonas’ Administration to Debut at Grammy Nominations Concert in Los Angeles
November 18th, 2009
Photo: Venturelli/WireImageNick Jonas & The Administration, the youngest of the Jonas Brothers’ new side project, will make their live debut at “The Grammy Nominations Concert Live!!” in Los Angeles on December 2nd. To demonstrate Jonas solidarity, Kevin and Joe will lend some brotherly support by introducing the band at its first-ever performance, at Club Nokia. Nick Jonas will join previously announced performers the Black Eyed Peas, Maxwell and Sugarland at the Grammys noms show, where ...
Vampire Weekend on the Birth of New “Contra” Single “Cousins”
November 18th, 2009
Last month, Vampire Weekend gave fans new tune “Horchata” gratis. Yesterday, they released their official first single from Contra (due January 12th), the frenetic, bouncy “Cousins.” VW’s Rostam Batmanglij and Chris Baio recently sat down with Rolling Stone to discuss the genesis of the song and its live debut south of the border.
” ‘Cousins’ is a song that we recorded in Mexico City. It’s got probably the most demanding bass part Chris [Baio] has ...
Aerosmith on Steven Tyler: “He Doesn’t Act Like a Sober Person”
November 18th, 2009
Photograph by Frank White
Last week, Steven Tyler surprised Joe Perry at a New York solo gig and announced onstage he wasn’t quitting Aerosmith. In new interviews with Rolling Stone, members of the group say that they not only still plan on hiring a new singer — but they are concerned that Tyler may have returned to some of his bad habits. “He doesn’t act like a sober person,” says Aerosmith guitarist Brad Whitford. “I’m not ...
On the Charts: Bon Jovi Put “The Circle” Around Number One
November 18th, 2009
The Big News: It took 23 years for a Bon Jovi album to debut atop the Billboard Top 200, a feat the group finally accomplished with 2007’s Lost Highway, but it only took two years to do it a second time — the Jersey band’s return to rock The Circle debuted at Number One on this week’s charts. According to Nielsen SoundScan, The Circle sold 163,000 copies in its first week, 27,000 copies more than ...