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Boredom Gets Kaiser Chiefs Working on New Album
Inspiration comes from many sources, be it heartbreak (see Beck 's 'Sea Changes' or Bob Dylan 's 'Blood On The Tracks'), death ( Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds ' 'Murder Ballads') or even simple tributes to fallen heroes ( Radiohead 's 'Harry Patch (In Memory Of)'). But for Kaiser Chiefs it's ...
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Bonnaroo Announces Stacked 2010 Line-Up
Bonnaroo Announces Stacked 2010 Line-Up
spinner.com — After a full day of announcing artists one at a time on social networking sites like Twitter... and MySpace , Bonnaroo has finally unveiled its full 2010 line-up. It's a good thing they only unveiled it only in spurts at first -- the full line-up is so stacked and top-heavy it's hard to take it ... Bonnaroo Announces Stacked 2010 Line-Up
Bonnaroo Announces Stacked 2010 Lineup
After a full day of announcing artists one at a time on social networking sites like Twitter and MySpace , Bonnaroo has finally unveiled its full 2010 line-up. It's a good thing they only unveiled it only in spurts at first -- the full line-up is so stacked and top-heavy it's hard to take it ...
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Galactic Resurrect 'TRL'
While MTV may have recently removed the word "music" from its logo, New Orleans' Galactic is resurrecting that network's abandoned "Total Request Live" ("TRL") show, albeit in their own funky way. Galactic's TRL stands for "Throwdown Request Live" and the band launched the series recently with ...
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George Clinton's Son Dies From Liver Disease
Funk mastermind George Clinton is in mourning over not one but three big losses in recent months. Most immediately, Clinton's 50-year-old son, George Clinton Jr., passed away from liver disease on February 1. Junior sang backup on many P-Funk cuts and had been working with his own band, GCIII, ...
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The Chum Bucket: 'Crisis of Conformity' on 'SNL' + More
Ever wondered what all those aging '80s punks are up to now? [ Buzzgrinder ] Rammstein has come up with the most effective method of crowd control: flamethrowers. [ Times ] Taylor Swift gets the infograph treatment. [ Idolator ] Huffington Post takes a look at the spiritual legacy of Bob ...
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Litte Boots Prepares to Release 'Hands' in the U.S.
Almost a year after she put the finishing touches on her debut album in Los Angeles, British electro-pop chanteuse Little Boots is dropping that effort, 'Hands,' stateside. "We just wanted to do America properly," Little Boots, aka Victoria Hesketh, tells Spinner. "So many people just go ...
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Veneno: A Treasure From the '70s Andalusian Underground Unearthed
It's said that only a thousand people bought the Velvet Underground 's debut album when it was first released in 1967 -- but every one of them started a band. Veneno may be the Andalusian Velvet Underground, at least in that regard. Coming a decade later, Veneno's lone album didn't bear ...
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Potent Quotables: Posh's 'Sexy' Ring Tone
"I'll be at the gym and suddenly I've got Right Said Fred playing and I'm so mortified." -- Victoria Beckham The former Spice Girl has fallen victim to one of her soccer star husband's (hilarious) pranks. Unfortunately for her, she can't get rid of ' I'm Too Sexy ' because she's admittedly ...
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Hot Chip Relearn 'One Life Stand' for the Stage
With recording and all the related tasks completed for Hot Chip 's new album, 'One Life Stand,' the band faced just one more task before hitting the road this month: learning how to play the songs. "We had to learn how the actual sequences go," multi-instrumentalist Al Doyle tells Spinner. ...
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MGMT Reveal New Album Details
MGMT are set to release their second album, 'Congratulations,' on April 13, with a few special guests, Spin reports. The record features Royal Trux's Jennifer Herrena helping out on vocals, Spaceman 3 principle Sonic Boom producing and the group's live band contributing as well. They also ...
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Celeb Doppelganger: Ke$ha and Debbie Gibson
Celeb Doppelganger: Ke$ha and Debbie Gibson
spinner.com — Ke$ha (left) and Debbie Gibson (right) It was the ' Tik Tok ' singer's golden locks and... smoky eyes at this year's Grammy Awards that reminded us of Ms. 'Electric Youth' herself. While Gibson's teen-dream image was far cleaner than her ... Celeb Doppelganger: Ke$ha and Debbie Gibson
Ringo Starr Honored With Hollywood Walk of Fame Star
The famed Capitol Records building at the corner of Hollywood and Vine has frequently been at the epicenter of Beatle-mania over the last four decades. Monday night saw the phenomenon in full swing once again as Vine Street was closed down and Beatles fans jammed in front of the label home to ...
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Paul Weller Crowned NME 'Godlike Genius'
It's been a long time coming but Paul Weller - former leader of the Jam , lynchpin of the Style Council and all-round Modfather - is to be honoured by weekly music magazine NME when they crown him Godlike Genius at this year's Shockwaves NME Awards on Feb. 24. Speaking of the nomination, ...
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The Flaming Lips Set To Take Class
Students wanting to get a lesson from the Flaming Lips ' Steven Drozd (pictured) now have a date to circle in their diaries. As previously reported on Spinner , the multi-instrumentalist is set to teach at the newly institutionalized Academy of Contemporary Music at the University of Central ...
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Everybody Hurts Shifts 150,000 Units in Two Days
'Everybody Hurts'? Everybody buys, it seems. The Simon Cowell-helmed charity cover version of R.E.M. 's 1993 single "Everybody Hurts" looks to have struck a chord with the British people, racking up an estimated 150,000 sales in its first two days of release. Official midweek sales figures are ...
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Ortolan, 'Sticky Situation' -- Free MP3 of the Day
Artist: Ortolan Song: 'Sticky Situation' Album: 'Time on a String' [ iTunes ] Sounds Like : Tilly and the Wall , Regina Spektor Download: 'Sticky Situation' (MP3) [Get Winamp] [Download Help] Next MP3
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Rage Against The Machine to Play Free Victory Gig
It's only the beginning of February yet the battle for last year's Christmas number one slot seems like such a distant memory. Well, it's soooo 2009, isn't it? Of course, the more razor-minded reader will recall Rage Against the Machine 's convincing victory over the Simon Cowell-sponsored Joe ...
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The White Stripes Claim Air Force Lifted Their Song Without Permission
The White Stripes are not happy with Uncle Sam this week. The object of their displeasure? An ad campaign for the United States' Air Force Reserve that launched during Sunday's Super Bowl broadcast. The 30-second advertisement uses what sounds like an instrumental re-recording of the White ...
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Hot Chip, 'One Life Stand' -- Video of the Day
Artist: Hot Chip Video: 'One Life Stand' Highlight: The electropop rockers go circle-dancing in a spinning room, with some fish-eye effect for added measure.
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