Archive for November 25th, 2009
Fricke’s Picks: Blues from India
November 25th, 2009
Gary Lucas is a modern guitar miracle, an alchemical soloist with monster technique and a rare collaborative touch. He is especially good with master voices; his work with Captain Beefheart and the late Jeff Buckley is a master lesson in aggressive invention and supportive electricity. That empathy is half the pleasure of Lucas’ Indo-blues venture, Rishte (World Village), with British-born Indian vocalist Najma Akhtar. The other half is the sharp, soaring way she threads his ...
Adam Lambert Slithers in a Club in “For Your Entertainment” Video
November 25th, 2009
Adam Lambert grabbed headlines for his racy rendition of “For Your Entertainment” on Sunday’s American Music Awards, and now the American Idol star is giving fans a more PG-13 version of that performance in the song’s video, which debuted on Adam Official. Lambert, his spiked shoulder pads and his cadre of dancers take to a grimy subterranean nightclub for title track from his debut album, and it’s easy to see how the AMAs performance riffed ...
Fall Out Boy, Anthrax Members Unite in The Damned Things
November 25th, 2009
Photo: Mike Coppola/FilmMagic
There’s another new supergroup of sorts on the horizon: two members of Fall Out Boy are using their time away from the band to provide riffs and beats for a new heavy metal side project called the Damned Things. FOB guitarist Joe Trohman and drummer Andy Hurley have teamed with Anthrax’s Scott Ian and Rob Caggiano, Every Time I Die’s Keith Buckley and bassist David Karon in the new band, which Ian describes ...
Adam Lambert Argues “I’m Not a Babysitter” on “The Early Show”
November 25th, 2009
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Adam Lambert defended his controversial American Music Awards performance on The Early Show this morning, telling host Maggie Rodriguez the AMAs were filled with content that wasn’t kid-friendly. “I think it’s up to the parents to discern what their child is watching on television. Lady Gaga smashing whiskey bottles, Janet Jackson grabbing a male dancer’s crotch, Eminem talking about how Slim Shady has 17 rapes under his belt — there was a lot of ...
News Ticker: Beyonce, Coldplay, iTunes, Creed
November 25th, 2009
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Beyoncé ended her British “I Am …” tour with a promise to be back next year with a new album, and producer Rodney “Darkchild” Jerkins tweeted he is indeed working on tracks for the superstar’s next LP, Billboard reports.
Coldplay bassist Guy Berryman has started a side project called Apparatjik with Mew’s Jonas Bjerre and A-Ha’s keyboardist Magne Furuholmen and producer Martin Terefe, Spinner reports. The group plans to release its debut November 30th, and ...