Weekend Rock Question: What Album Are You Most Anticipating in 2013?
January 4th, 2013 No comments »
It's difficult to look ahead in the music world Album release dates are often announced only six or so weeks in advance and things shift around all the time sometimes for years (We're looking at you Dr Dre) This isn't the case for movies Right now Hollywood is mapping out...
The Roots, Talib Kweli Added to Prince Tribute Concert at Carnegie Hall
January 4th, 2013 No comments »
The Roots Talib Kweli the Blind Boys of Alabama and more will pay tribute to the songs of Prince at a March 7th benefit show at Carnegie Hall in New York The concert marks the ninth year that Michael Dorf owner of City Winery has pulled the benefit together to...
Flashback: The Pixies Reunite at Coachella in 2004
January 4th, 2013 No comments »
For many years it was virtually impossible to imagine any sort of Pixies reunion Charles Thompson (ak/a Black Francis a/k/a Frank Black) informed his bandmates that he quit via fax in 1993 shortly after they wrapped up a dispiriting slog across America opening for U2 on the Zoo TV tour...
Irving Azoff’s Live Nation Exit Leaves Many Questions Unanswered
January 4th, 2013 No comments »
Days after announcing his surprise resignation as Live Nation Entertainment's executive chairman powerful Eagles and Christina Aguilera manager Irving Azoff revealed his frustration that he couldn't use his position to lower ticket prices kill service fees and create a long-planned online market to bundle tickets with T-shirts and downloads "It...
The xx Coming Back to America
January 4th, 2013 No comments »
The xx kick off another round of US touring in support of September's Coexist album January 24th in New York City The band's Romy Madley Croft tells Rolling Stone when the UK group comes back for this second round of dates they've got some changes in store including more of...
Coachella Drops Strong Hint the Rolling Stones Are Headlining
January 4th, 2013 No comments »
Coachella organizers posted an image of a large round stone at the Empire Polo Grounds on the fesival's official Facebook page seeming to confirm widespread reports that the Rolling Stones will headline the festival this year The Stones themselves listed Coachella 2013 in the tour section of their mobile app for...
Kurt Cobain Film ‘Will Be This Generation’s ‘The Wall’,’ Director Hopes
January 4th, 2013 No comments »
Director Brett Morgen hopes the Kurt Cobain film he's been working on for years "will be this generation's The Wall" he told NME in an interview describing the ambitious scope of the project Courtney Love and the Cobain estate tapped Morgen to make a film examining the life of the late Nirvana frontman and the project has started to come...
Amy Poehler and Tina Fey Prepare for Golden Globes
January 4th, 2013 No comments »
With the Golden Globes less than two weeks away hosts Amy Poehler and Tina Fey are busy preparing – by cracking jokes in ornate sequined dresses "We've been to [the Golden Globes] before and it's a very kind of sloppy loud party And that seemed like our kind of thing" says Fey...
R. Kelly Records Song for Survivors of Newtown Shooting
January 4th, 2013 No comments »
R Kelly has written and recorded a new track paying tribute to the survivors of the Sandy Hook school shooting in Newtown Connecticut Rap-Up reports "I Know You Are Hurting" is an uplifting gospel-tinged track that features choirs of children and adults though Kelly cedes the spotlight to the kids...
T.I. Rolls Hard on ‘Fallon’
January 4th, 2013 No comments »
TI took a hard-hitting turn last night on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon delivering his song "Ball" with no frills beyond the thick gold rope around his neck Clad in a gray sweatshirt and baseball cap the Atlanta rapper flung his rhymes with enough physical force to carry him back...