Archive for March 12th, 2012
Linkin Park’s Mike Shinoda Live Tweets Jay-Z Gig at SXSW
March 12th, 2012
Jay-Z performed a special concert at the SXSW festival in Austin tonight that was live-streamed through YouTube as an Amex Sync Show The setlist was determined mainly by requests made over Twitter so the show was basically a nonstop hit parade featuring smashes like "Empire State of Mind" "99 Problems"...
Justin Bieber Gives Singer Carly Rae Jepsen a Boost
March 12th, 2012
When Justin Bieber was in his native Stratford Ontario for the holidays last December one song on the radio caught his ear Carly Rae Jepsen's "Call Me Maybe" a sugary dance-pop tune (think Taylor Swift meets Robyn) about hoping for a call back from a crush After hearing the song...
Radiohead Show Picketed by Westboro Baptist Church
March 12th, 2012
Radiohead received an ugly reception this weekend in Kansas City Missouri when the anti-gay group Westboro Baptist Church protested their show As Radiohead At Ease reports the hate group picketed outside the group's concert with vitriolic signs slamming the British rockers with homophobic slurs and insisting that God was "their enemy"...
Mark Ronson Discusses Recording New Song With Katy B for Global Olympic Ad Campaign
March 12th, 2012
Mark Ronson and athletics haven’t always mixed well A year after moving from London to Brooklyn the DJ artist and Grammy-winning producer managed to head in the wrong direction at a relay race during fourth-grade field day He spent the final three years of elementary school saddled with the nickname...
Exclusive: Regina Spektor Premieres Cover Art
March 12th, 2012
Singer-songwriter Regina Spektor wanted the cover for her forthcoming album What We Saw from the Cheap Seats her sixth to have a look that "seemed fun and tangible like you could feel like it's been touched by people and drawn on "I didn't want it to be a real font" Spektor...
Emo Kids Targeted in Wave of Iraq Murders
March 12th, 2012
At least 14 young people have been stoned to death in Baghdad in the past three weeks in what appears to be a deliberate campaign by Shi'ite militants against kids wearing clothing and hairstyles associated with the emo subculture in the Western world The subculture is widely perceived in Iraq...
Dave Matthews Unplugs for Charity
March 12th, 2012
Los Angeles sees a lot of parties and intimate performances but John Varvatos' annual Stuart House benefit held at his West Hollywood store and the surrounding street is a special one Held in the daytime with a kids' tent it creates an incredibly relaxed atmosphere one that makes for some...
Exclusive Stream: The Hives Return With ‘Go Right Ahead’
March 12th, 2012
Click to listen to The Hives' 'Go Right Ahead' The Hives have been mostly silent over the past five years but the Swedish rockers are ready to make their comeback in June with the release of Lex Hives their fifth studio album "Go Right Ahead" the first single from the album...
Barenaked Ladies Announce Tour With Blues Traveler, Cracker and Big Head Todd
March 12th, 2012
Barenaked Ladies will be joining forces with Blues Traveler Cracker and Big Head Todd and the Monsters for Last Summer on Earth a package tour kicking off this July in Toledo Ohio The four bands will play more than 30 arenas and amphitheaters across North America through the middle of...
God Street Wine Reunite for NYC Shows
March 12th, 2012
Following a decade of dormancy God Street Wine are reuniting for the second time in three years for a run of shows in New York City this August with additional possibilities being discussed Much ado was made about God Street Wine's 2010 reunion when they sold out New York's Gramercy Theatre...