Ray Collins, Original Mothers of Invention Singer, Dead of Heart Attack
December 27th, 2012 No comments »
Ray Collins the guitarist who helped found the Mothers of Invention with Frank Zappa died on Monday after being admitted to the hospital a week earlier for cardiac arrest the New York Times reports He was in his mid-70s While the Mothers of Invention helped pave the way for avant-garde rock...
Soul Singer Fontella Bass Dead at 72
December 27th, 2012 No comments »
St Louis-based R&B singer Fontella Bass – best known for her 1965 hit "Rescue Me" – died Wednesday after a heart attack KSDK reports She was 72 Born in St Louis in June 1940 Bass first reached ears earlier in 1965 with the successful single "Don't Mess With A Good Thing"...
Report: Britney Spears Will Be Pushed Out at ‘X Factor’
December 27th, 2012 No comments »
Britney Spears will reportedly be fired from The X Factor after just one season judging the talent competition sources tell Us Weekly Spears joined the show in May along with fellow newcomer Demi Lovato but an insider says the pop star "will get the boot" adding "Producers wanted her for...
Pearl Jam Play ‘In the Moonlight’ With Josh Homme
December 27th, 2012 No comments »
Pearl Jam gave members of their Ten Club fan club a nice stocking-stuffer this holiday season releasing two recordings from 2011's PJ20 music festival including this live version of blues-y alt-rocker "In the Moonlight" which finds the band teaming up with Queens of the Stone Age's Josh Homme Along with...
Spike Lee Calls ‘Django Unchained’ ‘Disrespectful’
December 27th, 2012 No comments »
Although he hasn't seen the movie director Spike Lee tells Vibe that Quentin Tarantino's new Civil War-era Western Django Unchained is "disrespectful to my ancestors" Lee whose latest film Red Hook Summer deals with race and class in the South Brooklyn neighborhood said he has no plans to see Django Unchained He elaborated on his dissatisfaction on Twitter...
Drake Chastises Walgreens, Macy’s Over Use of ‘YOLO’
December 27th, 2012 No comments »
You only live once but royalty payments are forever Drake has chastised Walgreens and Macy's on Instagram for selling clothing emblazoned with "YOLO" "Walgreens you gotta either chill or cut the cheque" the Canadian singer and rapper wrote underneath a photo of baseball caps with "YOLO" printed on them...
‘Blue Movie’ by Companion – Free MP3
December 27th, 2012 No comments »
Artist CompanionSong "Blue Movie" Album Companion "'Blue Movie' was inspired by a vision I had of someone turning colors in the light of a TV sleeplessly perched on a motel bed in a dark room waiting for the morning to come as their partner slept peacefully through the night" Companion's Pepi...
Pet Shop Boys, ‘Memory of the Future (Ulrich Schnauss remix)’ – Song Premiere
December 27th, 2012 No comments »
Pet Shop Boys' Elysium single "Memory of the Future" rode blissfully arpeggiated keys that twinkled and glistened but on this remix from experimental German DJ Ulrich Schnauss the British synth-poppers enter a deeper lower groove that hypnotizes with lush textures and pulsating layers of blips "We've always liked Ulrich Schnauss's...
Janet Jackson Engaged
December 26th, 2012 No comments »
Janet Jackson is engaged to boyfriend Wissam Al Mana reports Us Weekly The 46-year-old singer and her 37-year-old Qatari billionaire fiancé will reportedly marry this spring in Qatar This will be Jackson's third marriage after splitting with James DeBarge and René Elizondo Jackson also parted ways with Jermaine Dupri in...
My Bloody Valentine Finished With New Album
December 26th, 2012 No comments »
My Bloody Valentine announced on their Facebook page on Monday that they have completed their new record "On [December 21st] we finished mastering the new album!" the alt-rockers wrote The new LP is their first since 1991's Loveless though they released the EPs 1988-1991 compilation earlier this year 500 Greatest Albums...