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After lecturing at the Library of Congress last month, former Byrds member Chris Hillman says he could envision himself one day teaching a college class. Having been a member of three successful bands, the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer seems uniquely qualified. "I could do it," he tells Spinner, ...
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Frank Sinatra
Nat King Cole
Saturday night at Chicago's Metro, Julian Plenti , the alter ego of Interpol lead singer Paul Banks , introduced his first solo record, 'Julian Plenti Is...Skyscraper.' Since the record itself clocks in at 37 minutes, Plenti bolstered his 45-minute set with a couple of covers and extra ...
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Pixies
Interpol
Artist: Jason Boesel Song: 'Hand of God' Album: 'Hustler's Son' Sounds Like : Ryan Adams , M. Ward Download: 'Hand of God' (MP3) [Get Winamp] [Download Help]
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Following his impromptu white-flag appearance at Joe Perry's solo show in New York last week, Aerosmith lead singer Steven Tyler says he is taking time off from the band, but insists it's no big deal. A rep for Tyler tells the press that the lead singer's hiatus from Aerosmith won't be ...
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Aerosmith
Steven Tyler
At New York's Nokia Theater Friday night, the Who lead singer Roger Daltrey was royally ticked off by a heckling fan for shouting over the personal storytelling interludes of his 'Use It Or Lose It' show. The 65-year-old rocker was enjoying the intimate setting of his solo outing, using the ...
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The Who
Pete Wentz
When the house lights dropped at Camera Obscura 's show at Atlanta's Variety Playhouse Friday night, an eerie hush fell over the crowd. There was no deafening here-they-come applause; just silence, as if the band needed quiet in order to come onstage. It was an odd feeling, but appropriate. ...
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Alexandra Patsavas, the music supervisor for the ' Twilight ' films, doesn't want to pick a favorite when it comes to the 15 tracks on the ' New Moon ' soundtrack. "Oh gosh, that's like asking a mother to pick her favorite child," Patsavas tells Spinner. After a long pause, she admits, "I'm ...
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Twilight
New Moon
Radiohead
Death Cab for Cutie
Grizzly Bear
Miley Cyrus
At Permanent Records in Greenpoint, Brooklyn on Friday night, tUnE-YaRdS , the moniker of New England native Merrill Garbus, performed her impressive genre-bending one-woman show for a rapt, head-bobbing crowd eager to see what all the fuss was about. Garbus was making a pit stop between her ...
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Artist: Bassnectar Songs: 'Cozza Frenzy' feat. Seasunz Album: 'Cozza Frenzy' [ iTunes ] Sounds Like : Major Lazer , Chemical Brothers Download: 'Cozza Frenzy' feat. Seasunz (MP3) [Get Winamp] [Download Help]
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Artist: Fever Ray Video: 'Seven' Highlight: More of the other-worldy weirdness we've come to expect from the Knife 's Karin Elisabeth Dreijer Andersson.
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If you called a Native American "Redbone" at the Thanksgiving table, you might get a drumstick upside the head. But in the late 1960s, when American Indians were reclaiming cultural pride alongside other minorities, two brothers sharing Cherokee, Apache and Shoshone blood defiantly took the ...
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Pride
Lady GaGa is going to perform for the Queen in London. We weren't aware that she was a fan. [ Angry Ape ] Check out NPR's 'Most Important' records of the decade list. [ NPR ] Rosanne Cash sits down for an intimate performance in the KCRW studio. [ KCRW ] John Mayer and pint-sized pop star ...
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Lady GaGa
John Mayer
Any album with a title that openly mocks President Obama needs a cover that's equally subversive, and Jello Biafra 's artwork for 'The Audacity of Hype' certainly delivers. The former Dead Kennedys frontman opted for a version of Shepard Fairey's famous "HOPE" picture and replace Obama's image ...
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Dead Kennedys
Nirvana
Krist Novoselic
Soundgarden
Strokes frontman Julian Casablancas is currently "camping out" in Los Angeles. As part of his excursion, he's doing a month-long residency of shows, playing every Friday at the Broadway Palace Theater. It turns out there's a lot of history at the venue. "I don't think there's ever been a rock ...
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Michael Jackson
The Strokes
Jack Penate is your token rock fan-turned-star. "I fought for about an hour over Chris Martin 's guitar way back when Coldplay first started. He threw it in the crowd and I didn't get it," Penate tells Spinner during a recent Interface taping in our Los Angeles studios. He also got handpicked ...
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Chris Martin
Coldplay
Missy Elliott
Actor/director Zach Braff gave Grammy-nominated English pop star Imogen Heap plenty of exposure in America when he used 'Let Go,' a former Frou Frou song, in his break-out film ' Garden State ,' so she thought she might return the favor. "I wrote the song 'Wait It Out' for this Zach Braff film ...
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Imogen Heap
Zach Braff
Cameron Diaz
The young John Lydon was so brilliant, author Greil Marcus argued Thursday night during a presentation at Columbia University, that the iconic Sex Pistols singer, now 53, should be forgiven for appearing in British butter commercials. "I think John Lydon did so much to make the world a richer, ...
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The Sex Pistols
The Swell Season provided fans with an extra special performance last night in Los Angeles, Calif. when funny man Jason Segel joined the musicians on stage. Segel, who played piano, performed an original song accompanied by the Swell Season. When Segel asked Marketa Irglova how to write a ...
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Jason Segel
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
"The only thing that Katy [Perry] asked for in return for featuring on our single was a massive portion of greasy chips." --Nathaniel Motte Half of electro-rock group 3OH!3 revealed the ' I Kissed a Girl ' singer's thing for the king of the junk foods. "Apparently the grease is her secret ...
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Katy Perry
There are many ways to tell a story -- words, music, film, paint -- and artists no longer have to choose just one. Case in point, the "multi-dimensional" indie release 'Out of Our Minds' by Melissa Auf der Maur , who grew up in Montreal before '90s rock stardom swept her away to play bass for ...
