Archive for December, 2010

In between their gig as house band for Jimmy Fallon’s Late Night, and doing the odd show here and there, not to mention the band’s dual album output this year, it’s not really a surprise that the group found time to do a quick film soundtrack.
The band, led by drummer/producer Questlove, scored the new film [...]

Pink Floyd has won a Court of Appeal battle that has raged on for many months against its record label EMI over online royalties. Back in March, it was reported that the band had won their case at the English High Court, barring the record company from selling single downloads from their concept albums. EMI [...]

Members of the Libertines, Babyshambles, Super Furry Animals, and the Arctic Monkeys have teamed up for an upcoming album under the name The Bottletop Band. You can check out the group’s new site at http://www.bottletopband.com/.
The group includes Super Furry Animals’ Gruff Rhys, Arctic Monkeys’ drummer Matt Helders, the Libertines’ Carl Barât, Babyshambles’ bassist Drew McConnell, [...]

The Muppets used to be a bit more relevant back before I was born, however, they seem to be making a comeback, post-Jim Henson. One of the most notable aspects of the Muppets back when they made countless movies, and did their hourly show, was that they’d always get the biggest stars and musicians to [...]

It seems rock might continue this new fad of going Broadway – recent news indicates that the Decemberists’ bookish front man Colin Meloy might be writing a musical for the famous New York district. And who’s interested in producing it? None other than the director of Green Day’s Broadway show American Idiot , Michael Mayer.
So [...]

The Beastie Boys have a lot in the works recently. After Adam “MCA” Yauch’s recent battle with cancer, the Boys decided to delay their new album, Hot Sauce Committee Part 1, instead deciding to push forward with it’s follow up, Hot Sauce Committee Part 2 (which has an almost identical track listing to Part 1). [...]

As Gorillaz masterminds Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett have noted recently, there is a new Gorillaz album on the horizon, and Albarn had recently mentioned he’d like it to be out by Christmas. It seems like that will indeed be the case, and here’s the best part: It’s going to be FREE!
Recently speaking to Australia’s [...]

Music Radar has rated the 30 best lead singers of all time.
Let’s quickly cut to the chase: they rated Axl Rose as number 1. Hmmmm. It’s sort of a shame, considering that while most lists are usually way off, this one sort of makes us cringe overall. And this is why: they set up a [...]

After filling in for a sick actor for a few shows of Green Day’s American Idiot Broadway show, Green Day’s lead singer Billie Joe Armstrong will be reprising his role as St. Jimmy for around 50 shows in 2011. During the week of shows that he performed this year, the ticket sales had risen almost [...]

The Foo Fighters are returning to the stage in early 2011 with a new album in tow. The album is currently being recorded in front man Dave Grohl’s garage and is being produced by none other than Butch Vig, the producer of Nirvana’s seminal album Nevermind.
Grohl notes that he got the idea for the recording [...]