Archive for March 22nd, 2012
Whitney Houston Drowned with Cocaine in Her System, Autopsy Reveals
March 22nd, 2012
Whitney Houston's official cause of death was accidental drowning according to an initial report from the LA County Coroner released Thursday but a heart condition and cocaine use were also contributing factors The autopsy report reveals that Houston suffered from atherosclerotic heart disease or a hardening of the arteries The amount...
David Bowie’s ‘Ziggy Stardust’ Gets 40th Anniversary Reissue
March 22nd, 2012
David Bowie's landmark 1972 album The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars will be reissued in a special 40th anniversary edition on June 5th The record which was Bowie's fifth and features such enduring classics as "Five Years" "Moonage Daydream" "Starman" and "Ziggy Stardust" will...
KISS Still Sore Over Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Exclusion
March 22nd, 2012
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 2012 induction ceremony will be held in Cleveland Ohio on April 14th and this year class includes Guns N' Roses the Beastie Boys and the Red Hot Chili Peppers One band that won't be there however is KISS who haven't been voted in...
My Bloody Valentine to Reissue Catalog
March 22nd, 2012
Iconic shoegaze band My Bloody Valentine will finally reissue its influential back catalog on May 7th In addition to expanded packages of 1988's Isn't Anything and 1991's Loveless the quartet's four cherished EPs will be collected for the first time with rarities non-LP tracks and unreleased material as the two-CD...
Jack White: ‘Absolutely No Chance’ of White Stripes Reunion
March 22nd, 2012
Jack White has told NME that there is "absolutely no chance" that he will ever reform the White Stripes "I'm not the kind of person that would retire from baseball and come out of retirement the next year" says White "I mean if we went to all the trouble of...
Bob Weir, the National Team Up for Politically-Minded Webcast
March 22nd, 2012
Grateful Dead guitarist Bob Weir has teamed up with members of the National – Aaron Dessner Scott and Bryan Devendorf – for a collaborative night of music and voter education On Saturday the musicians will congregate at Weir's TRI Studios in San Rafael California for the Bridge Session a live...
Paul McCartney to Release ‘Ram’ Box Set
March 22nd, 2012
Paul and Linda McCartney's 1971 classic Ram will be reissued across several formats including a deluxe box set on May 22nd "This is an album that is part of my history – it goes back to the wee hills of Scotland where it was formed" McCartney said in a statement...
Diplo and the Search for the Perfect Beat
March 22nd, 2012
Diplo is at a studio in Burbank California searching for inspiration raising a two-word prayer to the heavens "Justin Bieber Justin Bieber" the 33-year-old DJ and producer chants rubbing his neck thoughtfully In 24 hours he's set to begin a four-day studio session with the Canadian teen-pop phenomenon bouncing song...
Exclusive Premiere: Grace Potter and the Nocturnals, ‘Never Go Back’
March 22nd, 2012
Click to listen to Grace Potter and the Nocturnals' 'Never Go Back' Black Keys frontman Dan Auerbach stepped in to produce one track and co-write three songs on Grace Potter and the Nocturnals' upcoming album The Lion the Beast the Beat set for a June 12th release on Hollywood Records The...
Barry Manilow Talks Touring While Recovering from ‘Major’ Surgery
March 22nd, 2012
Barry Manilow kicked off a series of concert dates recently in Moline Illinois but he isn't calling it a tour After years of grinding it out on the road the singer doesn't believe that performing two weekends out of the month qualifies as touring But his current jaunt will take...