Archive for the ‘Music’ category
Bon Iver Collaborating with Alicia Keys
February 3rd, 2012
Bon Iver's Justin Vernon has announced plans to collaborate with Alicia Keys on a project he hopes will include many other female singers "I have a big idea to do an American songbook of the greatest women singers There are so many Casey [Dienel] from White Hinterland Bonnie Raitt Alicia"...
Jack White, Beck, Bon Iver to Headline Sasquatch Festival
February 3rd, 2012
Jack White Beck and Bon Iver will headline the 11th annual Sasquatch Music Festival at the Gorge Amphitheatre in George Washington this Memorial Day Weekend The festival will also include performances by the Shins Feist the Roots Tune-Yards Wild Flag Spiritualized St Vincent the Walkmen Girl Talk Tenacious D Explosions...
New Madonna Single Debuts on Clear Channel Stations
February 3rd, 2012
Madonna's new single "Give Me All Your Luvin" will debut at 9 am this morning simultaneously across Clear Channel's various media outlets including its satellite and terrestrial radio stations and its iHeartRadio mobile app The video for the song which was teased on American Idol last night will also be...
Decemberists Withdraw Support of Susan G. Komen Foundation
February 2nd, 2012
The Decemberists have withdrawn their fundraising support for the Susan G Komen for the Cure Foundation after the organization's decision to stop providing funding for Planned Parenthood The rockers have realigned themselves with Planned Parenthood's Breast Health Emergency Fund since Komen withdrew funding for breast cancer examinations on Tuesday Komen claimed...
Dave Grohl Producing Rock Star Sitcom
February 2nd, 2012
Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl has signed on to executive produce a new half-hour comedy for FX starring comedian Dana Gould The show to be written by Gould will be about a rock band on the verge of stardom which must go into therapy in order to keep themselves from...
Exclusive: Listen To Todd Rundgren’s Remix of Lindstrom’s ‘Quiet Place to Live”
February 2nd, 2012
Click to listen to Lindstrøm's 'Quiet Place to Live (Todd Rundgren Remix)' Norwegian producer Hans-Peter Lindstrøm has created remixes of songs by countless artists including LCD Soundsystem Best Coast and Roxy Music But the tables were recently turned on him when Todd Rundgren agreed to remix Lindstrøm's original track "Quiet Place To...
Police: Leslie Carter Died from Drug Overdose
February 2nd, 2012
A police report filed this afternoon concludes that Leslie Carter died from a drug overdose The occasional singer and sister of pop singers Aaron and Nick Carter was found dead in her home in upstate New York on Tuesday Though initial autopsy reports proved inconclusive today's report noted that the ...
Drummer Bill Ward Threatens to Quit Black Sabbath
February 2nd, 2012
The Black Sabbath reunion has hit another speed bump Last month Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi announced that he was diagnosed with lymphoma forcing to band to move their recording sessions to London and reportedly pull out of a planned Coachella headlining slot Now drummer Bill Ward has issued a long...
Bruce Springsteen to Rock Grammys
February 2nd, 2012
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band have joined the lineup of live performers at the 54th Annual Grammy Awards at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on February 12th The rocker is part of a slate of performers that already includes Adele Foo Fighters Paul McCartney Coldplay and Rihanna...
Van Halen Play Big, Bold and Brash at Private L.A. Show
February 2nd, 2012
Van Halen's rise to rock godliness in the late Seventies and early Eighties came at a time of excess in all aspects of music from big blowouts in the industry to well-chronicled decadence by musicians That spirit was brought back to life – albeit in a much more PG mostly...