Archive for March 20th, 2012
Doomtree Build Collective Hip-Hop Force
March 20th, 2012
Doomtree MC Mike Mictlan stood on a beaten wooden stage at Austin’s Beauty Bar on Sunday the club’s closing night; he delivered the impassioned lines of "Team The Best Team" while the other four mic wielders in the group formed a semi-circle behind him stomping out the song’s deliberate beat...
Tour Alert: Jack White Extends His Solo Dates
March 20th, 2012
Jack WhiteIn anticipation of his first solo album Blunderbuss – out April 24th – former White Stripes frontman Jack White has announced a handful of American headlining dates for the month of May These shows come as an addition to his list of appearances at several major festivals including the...
Winter Music Conference: 10 Acts to Watch
March 20th, 2012
The elite of electronic dance music have been congregating at the Winter Music Conference in Miami for the past 26 years but this year's festival promises to be the biggest one yet thanks to the genre's rise in mainstream popularity The event's climax is the massive three-day Ultra Music Festival...
Machine Gun Kelly Tempers His Rage on ‘Half Naked’ EP
March 20th, 2012
Machine Gun Kelly is more vulnerable than his "wild boy" persona lets on The Cleveland Ohio rapper whose clamorous live sets and fanbase of "ragers" have branded him a contender for hip-hop's resident rocker reveals a softer side on his Half Naked & Almost Famous EP his first...
Marilyn Manson, Johnny Depp to Cover Simon’s ‘You’re So Vain’
March 20th, 2012
Marilyn Manson's upcoming Born Villain LP will feature a guest appearance by his friend Johnny Depp who collaborates with the macabre rocker on a cover of Carly Simon's "You're So Vain" The album due May 1st will be released on Manson's own Hell Etc label in conjunction with Cooking Vinyl/Downtown...
Exclusive Album Premiere: Zeus, ‘Busting Visions’
March 20th, 2012
Click to listen to Zeus's album 'Busting Visions' Toronto's Zeus play a rootsy melodic brand of rock that earned the band consideration for Canada's Polaris Music Prize upon the release of their 2010 debut Say Us They've been issuing a steady stream of singles leading up to the release of their...
Flaming Lips Collaborate With Famous ‘Fwends’ on Record Store Day Exclusive
March 20th, 2012
The Flaming Lips have teamed up with a variety of artists including Ke$ha Bon Iver Yoko Ono My Morning Jacket Nick Cave Erykah Badu and Chris Martin of Coldplay for The Flaming Lips and Heady Fwends a limited edition double album that will be released exclusively through retailers participating in...
Playlist: The Ting Tings’ ‘Sounds From Nowheresville’ Inspirations
March 20th, 2012
The Ting Tings' second album "dips into ska Eighties electro and power ballads" Frontwoman Katie White offered up a playlist of songs that influenced her and bandmate Jules de Martino while they recorded the new set "Hey Ladies" Beastie Boys Paul's Boutique is the best album of the Beastie Boys for...
Michael Jackson Secret Video Lawsuit Settled
March 20th, 2012
A pair of attorneys have settled a lawsuit against the owner of a private jet company who secretly recorded their conversations with Michael Jackson as they flew from Las Vegas to Santa Barbara California Jeffrey Borer owner of the now-defunct XtraJet had attempted to sell the video – which contains...
‘Mad Men’ Pulls Dusty Springfield Song from Season Premiere
March 20th, 2012
Mad Men creator Matthew Weiner has pulled Dusty Springfield's 1967 hit "The Look of Love" from the show's fifth season premiere after television critics complained that the tune was not released until six months after the events of the episode took place "We have replaced this song with one more...