Archive for January 12th, 2011
Exclusive: Perry Farrell Opens Up About Dave Sitek Joining Jane’s Addiction In The Studio
January 12th, 2011
Perry Farrell says that the next Jane's Addiction LP — tentatively titled The Great Escape Artist — sounds unlike anything else the group has ever created "It's a strange mixture of that post-punk Goth darkness that Jane's had with what's going on today with groups like Muse and Radiohead" he...
Bright Eyes Crank Guitars, Drop Rasta Knowledge on New Album
January 12th, 2011
Conor Oberst went into the new Bright Eyes album with a guiding principle Less is more "On [2007's] Cassadaga all the sonic real estate was occupied" says Oberst "That one felt like it was left in the oven too long As we were making this record we tried to remind...
Digest: Kylie Minogue Announces Tour Inspired by ‘Spider-Man’; Paramore Singer Shares New Demo
January 12th, 2011
Kylie Plans Extravagant Tour Inspired by 'Spider-Man' Kylie Minogue has announced that a "technologically advanced and extravagant stage" inspired by Julie Taymor's Spider-Man Turn Off the Dark will be the focal point of her upcoming Les Folies world tour The show will include ten dancers eight acrobats and 30 ...
Duran Duran Go Back to the Eighties With Mark Ronson
January 12th, 2011
The first time Mark Ronson met Duran Duran he would've loved to work with them — the only problem was that he was just a kid "I was way into them" says Ronson 35 whose mother was friends with the band "I found out that [bassist] John Taylor was going...
Is 50 Cent Using Twitter to ‘Pump and Dump’ Stock?
January 12th, 2011
Last weekend 50 Cent used his Twitter account to hype up the stock for H&H Imports a small Florida-based company that includes TV Goods a smaller company that markets products in informercials among its holdings Sales of the penny stock increased by 290 percent following the endorsement resulting in a...
Listen: New Decemberists Album ‘The King is Dead’
January 12th, 2011
Click to listen to The Decemberists "The King Is Dead" The Decemberists have set aside the sprawling multi-part epics they're known for in favor of concise pop tunes and guest appearances from Gillian Welch and REM's Peter Buck on their sixth album The King is Dead (out January 18; pre-order...
Lily Allen’s New Rings Spark Marriage Speculation
January 12th, 2011
Seems Lily Allen didn't waste any time getting to the altar On Tuesday — just two weeks after news broke that she was engaged to her business owner beau Sam Cooper 32 — the British singer 25 posted a picture of her freshly manicured left hand on her blog PHOTOS See what...
Digest: Miley Cyrus Video to Become a Movie; Timbaland Reaches Out to Demi Lovato
January 12th, 2011
Miley Cyrus Video to Become MovieThe video for Rock Mafia's song "The Big Bang" which features Miley Cyrus and Gossip Girl actor Kevin Zegers is going to be expanded into a feature-length film It's hard to tell from the video exactly what the plot could entail but it seems to...
25 Things You Don’t Know About Steven Tyler
January 12th, 2011
Steven Tyler 62 (catch Tyler on American Idol on Fox Wednesdays and Thursdays at 8 pm) talks to UsMagazinecom 1 I have swum with dolphins 2 I've met the president and hugged the first lady 3 I sang four songs from Abbey Road to Paul McCartney 4 I danced with the devil on several...
Video: Vampire Weekend and Black Keys Fight It Out on ‘Colbert Report’
January 12th, 2011
The Black Keys and Vampire Weekend frontman Ezra Koenig stopped by The Colbert Report last night to help Stephen Colbert fill out his Grammy ballot Since both bands are up for Best Alternative Music Album he challenged them to a "sell-out-off" in which the musicians showed off...