TOUR TRACKER: THE MARS VOLTA, DEERHUNTER AND LUCINDA WILLIAMS
The Mars Volta keep the prog alive through September, Deerhunter take you to the Microcastle and Lucinda Williams tours the West Coast. Full dates for all three treks, after the jump. The Mars Volta September 12 - Columbus, OH @ Lifestyles Communities Amphitheater September 14 - Boston, MA @ Orpheum Theater September 15 - Providence, RI @ Lupo’s September 17 [...]
Continue reading...WARNER MUSIC WANTS “GUITAR HERO,” “ROCK BAND” TO PAY HIGHER LICENSING FEES
Saturday, August 9, 2008
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While CD sales have plunged, music video games like Guitar Hero and Rock Band have been massively successful — so now record companies want a bigger piece of the gaming pie. Warner Music Group has begun demanding the makers of music-based video games pay more for song licenses. The company’s chief executive, Edgar Bronfman, compared [...]
Continue reading...METALLICA GETTING “MANDATORY” XM STATION
Saturday, August 9, 2008
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Metallica will soon have their very own station on XM satellite radio station. “Mandatory Metallica” will hit satellite receivers starting August 16th and feature the band’s entire catalog as well as rare live recordings from the group’s personal archives. All four members of the band will serve as hosts during the station’s six-week run, which [...]
Continue reading...OASIS PAY TRIBUTE TO JOHN LENNON ON NEW ALBUM
Friday, August 8, 2008
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Oasis’ Gallagher brothers’ love of the Beatles is no secret, and on one track off their new album Dig Out Your Soul, the band will pay tribute to John Lennon directly. The ballad “I’m Outta Time” will reportedly feature an audio extract of a John Lennon interview. “Liam has so much passion for the subject,” [...]
Continue reading...NEWS TICKER: COHEED AND CAMBRIA, LIVE NATION, THE WEAVERS, AKON
Friday, August 8, 2008
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Prog rockers Coheed and Cambria are planning to record a prequel album based on their series of albums that inspired lead singer Claudio Sanchez’s comic book series The Amory Wars. Live Nation posted a second quarter income of $1.2 million. Despite the increase, numbers were still down from over the same quarter last year, but huge [...]
Continue reading...VELVET REVOLVER’S MCKAGAN DENIES BAND HIRED LANGDON AS FRONTMAN
Friday, August 8, 2008
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Velvet Revolver’s Duff McKagan has denied reports that Spacehog’s Royston Langdon is set to become the band’s new singer: “He’s fucking awesome, at this point I’d have to say no.” McKagan added, “We just have to make sure it’s the right guy,” saying the band has grown closer since they parted ways with Scott Weiland [...]
Continue reading...TOUR TRACKER: TRICKY, RON SEXSMITH AND BEACH HOUSE
Friday, August 8, 2008
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Tricky plays his first U.S. dates in five years, Ron Sexsmith comes south of the Canadian border and Beach House plot an end-of-summer run. Click the jump to see all three full sets of tour dates. Tricky September 4 - New York, NY @ The Fillmore At Irving Plaza September 5 - Philadelphia, PA @ The Trocadero September [...]
Continue reading...RICK ROSS, LIL’ KIM PARTIES END IN VIOLENCE
Friday, August 8, 2008
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A pair of rappers both hosted ill-fated parties this week. Yesterday was the second annual Rick Ross Be Out Day in Miami. The event took place in the city’s Carol City park, giving the local community a day of food and music and providing local children with back-to-school necessities, all sponsored by Ross himself. Everything [...]
Continue reading...JENNY LEWIS PREMIERES NEW SONG VIA TELEPHONE NUMBER
Friday, August 8, 2008
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Want to hear Jenny Lewis’ new song “Acid Tongue”? All you need is a touchtone phone. Lewis is going tele-viral for the title track of her second solo album Acid Tongue, allowing fans to call a (toll-free!) phone number 888-717-2243. Again, that’s 888-717-ACID. The listening experience on our phone falls somewhere between a blown-out boombox [...]
Continue reading...JAY-Z PREVIEWS NEW OASIS-INSPIRED TRACK AT KANYE WEST’S MSG SHOW
Thursday, August 7, 2008
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Jay-Z made a special appearance last night at Kanye West’s concert at Madison Square Garden, premiering a Kanye-produced track called “Jockin’ Jay-Z.” The song still seems to be in its embryonic stage, but the track’s subject matter is mapped out by the opening line. “That bloke from Oasis said I couldn’t play guitar, somebody should [...]
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Saturday, August 9, 2008
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