Archive for June, 2012
Chris Brown Releases Drake Diss Track
June 30th, 2012
Two weeks after the wild nightclub brawl that left at least eight people injured Chris Brown has released a remix of Chief Keef's track "I Don't Like" featuring a freestyle verse with a few words taking aim at Drake The rhymes include references to the primary mode of destruction in the brawl...
Jennifer Lopez and Enrique Iglesias Team Up for Tour
June 30th, 2012
Enrique Iglesias co-wrote Jennifer Lopez's current single "Dance Again" and now the two longtime friends are taking the next step in a musical collaboration They will be co-headlining a tour that kicks off July 14th in Montreal and wraps up September 2nd in Orlando "Jennifer and I have known each other...
The Stone Roses Return to Manchester
June 30th, 2012
Four songs into the Stone Roses’ homecoming reunion show last night frontman Ian Brown looked out over the 75000-strong crowd in Manchester’s Heaton Park and nonchalantly declared "As you see we’ve still got it " In truth the crowd had been convinced of the band’s continuing worth and relevance...
Rockers Rally Against Low Wages and New Walmart Store in Los Angeles
June 30th, 2012
"I’m thinkin' 'bout burnin' the Walmart down" Steve Earle sings in a video uploaded to his website this week During the clip the songwriter urges fans to attend Saturday’s March Against Low Wage Jobs in Los Angeles a rally expected to unite some 10000 protestors against Walmart’s planned construction of...
WikiLeaks Releases ‘Beat the Blockade’ Benefit CD
June 29th, 2012
WikiLeaks announced today that they are releasing their first CD Beat the Blockade According to a statement the disc features "12 cool and inspiring songs about the struggles of WikiLeaks Julian Assange Bradley Manning and Anonymous" The tunes were donated by politically charged artists such as English rapper Dan Bull...
Weekend Rock Question: What Is the Best Linkin Park Song of All Time?
June 29th, 2012
Linkin Park released Living Things their first studio album in two years earlier this month Like their previous two albums it was produced by Rick Rubin and member Mike Shinoda Industry experts expect it to debut at Number One on the Billboard 200 next week though Maroon 5's new disc...
Lauryn Hill Pleads Guilty to Tax Evasion
June 29th, 2012
Lauryn Hill pleaded guilty in a New Jersey courtroom on Friday to evading federal taxes on $18 million earned between 2005 and 2007 the Associated Press reports The singer faces a maximum one-year sentence for each of the three counts Hill declined to speak after the hearing but her attorney...
Adele Pregnant With Her First Child
June 29th, 2012
Adele's indefinite hiatus from music might be lasting a little longer The singer just announced that she is pregnant with her first child on her official website "I'm delighted to announce that Simon and I are expecting our first child together" she wrote "I wanted you to hear the news direct...
Metric’s Emily Haines Talks New LP, Collaborating With Lou Reed
June 29th, 2012
"I'm just as fucked up as they say" Metric's Emily Haines sang at Los Angeles' El Rey Theater on June 20th hitting the packed crowd with the provocative line that opens the Canadian indie crew's fifth album Synthetica "It's become a rallying cry" Haines tells Rolling Stone speaking from a...
M83 to Score Next Tom Cruise Movie
June 29th, 2012
French electronic artist Anthony Gonzalez who records as M83 is set to score the upcoming sci-fi film from Tron Legacy director Joseph Kosinski Indiewire's the Playlist blog reports Oblivion which stars Tom Cruise is a fitting aesthetic match-up for M83 over the past decade Gonzalez's act has developed a rousing...