Liz Phair Defends Lana Del Rey
[5 Feb 2012 at 10:03am]
Liz Phair has certainly inspired us – her 1993 debut Exile in Guyville is one of our 500 Greatest Albums of All Time – and now we have inspired her Rolling Stone reached out to the singer-songwriter/provocateur to share her thoughts on Lana Del Rey who has been as intensely loved and loathed by fans...
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Drake Rep Responds to 'Marvin's Room' Lawsuit
[4 Feb 2012 at 9:21am]
A spokesperson for Drake has responded to the lawsuit filed against the rapper over royalties for the song "Marvin's Room" As Rolling Stone reported yesterday a woman who says she is Drake's ex-girlfriend is claiming that she was wrongfully excluded from sharing co-writer royalties for the song "This claim is entirely without merit...
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Skrillex Drops the Bass in Manhattan
[4 Feb 2012 at 8:54am]
There is a lot to recommend about a Skrillex show Sonny Moore's pure rock charisma an exceptionally well-designed light show the raw enthusiasm of the dance-happy fans But the main attractions are the drops in which the dubstep star hits the crowd with a heavy plunging bass line accompanied by...
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Week in Review: The Stars of 'The Voice' Return to TV
[3 Feb 2012 at 4:55pm]
The latest issue of Rolling Stone goes behind the scenes of The Voice NBC's white-hot singing competition featuring Christina Aguilera Adam Levine Cee Lo Green and Blake Shelton We posted an excerpt of Brian Hiatt's cover story in which the four stars speak openly about working together despite having little...
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Black Sabbath Pledge To Carry on Without Drummer Bill Ward
[3 Feb 2012 at 3:00pm]
Black Sabbath have responded to drummer Bill Ward's open letter pledging to leave the band unless he is presented with a "signable contract" In a statement on Facebook Ozzy Osbourne Tony Iommi and Geezer Butler indicated they they will carry on with their new album and reunion tour without him...
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Weekend Rock Question: Who Should Play Next Year's Super Bowl Halftime?
[3 Feb 2012 at 2:50pm]
This weekend Madonna will join the ranks of an elite group of superstars including Michael Jackson U2 the Rolling Stones the Who Paul McCartney Bruce Springsteen Prince Diana Ross and Tom Petty who have performed at the Super Bowl halftime show While many of the biggest names in music have played...
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Drake Sued by Ex-Girlfriend Over 'Marvin's Room'
[3 Feb 2012 at 1:50pm]
Drake is being sued by a woman who says she is the voice on the other end of the phone call in his hit song "Marvin's Room" Ericka Lee who says that she is the rapper's ex-girlfriend has filed a suit claiming she was excluded from sharing co-writer royalties for...
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Adam Lambert to Sing With Queen
[3 Feb 2012 at 1:20pm]
Adam Lambert is reportedly singing with Queen replacing the American Idol winner's own late idol Freddie Mercury Lambert broke the news to the UK's Daily Star "The intention is to pay tribute to Freddie and the band by singing some fucking great songs" he said "It's to keep the music alive...
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Megaupload Busted as Piracy War Heats Up
[3 Feb 2012 at 12:00pm]
Possibly the biggest anti-piracy bust of all time took place on January 20th when a global sting operation led by the FBI and the Department of Justice brought down the file-sharing giant Megaupload – and arrested its founder the 38-year-old German hacker and playboy Kim Dotcom "I defy anyone to...
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Why Bon Iver Isn't Playing the Grammys
[3 Feb 2012 at 11:30am]
Bon Iver frontman Justin Vernon says his band turned down an offer to play the upcoming Grammy Awards telecast because they were not comfortable with the required collaborative appearance "We kind of said 'fuck you' a little bit" the singer told Billboard The problem said Vernon was not the musicians with...
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Don Cornelius' Son Speaks Out on Father's Death
[3 Feb 2012 at 7:55am]
Soul Train creator Don Cornelius' son Tony Cornelius has spoken out on his father's apparent suicide earlier this week "The family is saddened as we mourn the loss of Don Cornelius" he said in a statement to CNN "At this time we respectfully ask that you allow our family and...
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Bon Iver Collaborating with Alicia Keys
[3 Feb 2012 at 7:50am]
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"...
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Jack White, Beck, Bon Iver to Headline Sasquatch Festival
[3 Feb 2012 at 7:45am]
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...
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New Madonna Single Debuts on Clear Channel Stations
[2 Feb 2012 at 11:00pm]
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...
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Decemberists Withdraw Support of Susan G. Komen Foundation
[2 Feb 2012 at 5:00pm]
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...
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Dave Grohl Producing Rock Star Sitcom
[2 Feb 2012 at 3:55pm]
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...
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Exclusive: Listen To Todd Rundgren's Remix of Lindstrom's 'Quiet Place to Live"
[2 Feb 2012 at 3:00pm]
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...
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Police: Leslie Carter Died from Drug Overdose
[2 Feb 2012 at 2:19pm]
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 ...
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Drummer Bill Ward Threatens to Quit Black Sabbath
[2 Feb 2012 at 12:25pm]
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...
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Bruce Springsteen to Rock Grammys
[2 Feb 2012 at 11:50am]
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...
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Van Halen Play Big, Bold and Brash at Private L.A. Show
[2 Feb 2012 at 11:20am]
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...
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Frances Bean Cobain Claims Courtney Love Killed Her Pets
[2 Feb 2012 at 10:55am]
Courtney Love caused the deaths of two of her daughter's pets according to newly published details from Frances Bean's deposition in a restraining order she sought against her mother in 2009 According to the deposition a cat died after it became entangled in piles of fabric papers and trash and one...
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Artist-Musician Mike Kelley Dead of Apparent Suicide
[2 Feb 2012 at 10:40am]
Renowned contemporary artist Mike Kelley who had close and lifelong ties to the experimental rock world was found dead of apparent suicide on Tuesday at his home in South Pasadena California He was 57 Kelley grew up in Detroit and attended the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor where he co-founded...
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Leslie Carter Autopsy Inconclusive
[2 Feb 2012 at 9:35am]
An initial autopsy report on the death of Leslie Carter the sister of singers Aaron Carter and former Backstreet Boy Nick Carter was inconclusive the Chautauqua County Coroner's Office announced today The 25-year-old mother and occasional singer was found dead yesterday in her home in upstate New York where she...
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'American Idol' Recap: Portland Comes Alive
[2 Feb 2012 at 9:30am]
Welcome back the eleventh season of American Idol and the eleventy billionth round of auditions I am slightly (completely) irrationally excited that Idol is visiting my hometown of Portland Oregon I am even more excited that Seacrest has bothered to learn how to properly pronounce the state (It's "Or-y-gun" if...
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