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  • New Kanye Album Due By Year's End?

    In addition to crafting tracks for Jay-Z's upcoming album, "Blueprint III," Kanye West is plotting the release of his own as-yet-untitled Def Jam album, according to his management.
  • The Mars Volta, N*E*R*D Join Voodoo Experience

    The Mars Volta, N*E*R*D, TV On The Radio, Irma Thomas, the Butthole Surfers, Fishbone and Ben Jelen have joined the lineup for the 2008 Voodoo Experience, to be held Oct. 24-26 at New Orleans' City Pa...
  • Kanye, Aguilera Join MTV VMA Lineup

    A year after vowing never to perform on the MTV Video Music Awards again, hip-hop star Kanye West will close the show's 25th annual ceremony in Hollywood on Sunday, joining a lineup that includes Chri...
  • Label Deal In Doubt, Jackson Hits The Road

    After the disappointing showing of her latest album, "Discipline," Janet Jackson is again raising questions about her relationship with Island Def Jam.
  • Cornell, Timbaland Prepare To 'Scream'

    Chris Cornell's new Timbaland-produced album, "Scream," will arrive Oct. 14 via Suretone/Interscope.
  • Rolling Stone’s Top Stories

    • Heart Lash Out at McCain Campaign • Let There Be Rock: AC/DC Return • The 25 Funniest Web Videos • Random Notes: Bruce Springsteen, Rage • 50 Cent: “I Have to Rei...
  • Rewind: The Week in Rock Daily

    Photo: Getty The RNC could easily have stood for Rage’s National Convention, as Rage Against the Machine brought their trademark chaos to the Republican gathering with a convention-opening near...
  • The 25 Funniest Videos on the Web

    As a compendium to the current issue, RollingStone.com presents the “25 Funniest Videos on the Web,” a collection of the most hilarious and outrageous Internet video creations currently av...
  • Grateful Dead to Play Another Show for Barack Obama

    It’s official. Sources tell Rock Daily that the Grateful Dead will play a fundraiser for Barack Obama on October 13 at Penn State. The band, including Bob Weir, Bill Kreutzmann, Phil Lesh and Mi...
  • Random Notes: Bruce Springsteen, Rage and the Week in Rock

    Photo: Brad Fedie for RollingStone.Com This week was all about rallying the troops, as Bruce Springsteen lead a bunch of biker types on a run through “Wooly Bully” during his set at the Ha...
  • The Mountain Goats Team With Kaki King for New EP

    How's about a little Mountain Goats news, straight from Mr. Darnielle himself? Take it away, John!"The new Mountain Goats EP-- the one I mentioned a few weeks back, with the limited gatefold vinyl and...
  • Clap Your Hands Play Tuesdays, Warm up for New LP

    Each and every Tuesday night from September 16 through October 21, at a handful of locales in the greater Mid-Atlantic region, peppy indie popsters Clap Your Hands Say Yeah will take the stage to act...
  • Arbouretum Kick Off Joint Tour With Pontiak

    Photo by Natasha Tylea Thrill Jockey brethren Arbouretum and Pontiak kick off a tour tonight (September 5) in support of the July release of Kale, their split 12" collection of originals and John Cale...
  • Rex the Dog Delivers Debut Album With Knife Remix

    With his array of vintage synths buzzing behind him, master remixer Rex the Dog has put the finishing touches on his debut LP, The Rex the Dog Show. The disc collects some new jams from Rex, slides th...
  • Stars Like Fleas Line Up Tour

    Brooklyn's Stars Like Fleas are itching to get back out there and continue the slow, steady pan they began with this spring's release of their Ken Burns Effect LP. So they're hitting the road for a la...
  • Scorched Jimi Hendrix guitar sells for £280,000

    The rock legend torched his 1965 Fender Stratocaster at the end of a show at the Astoria in Finsbury Park, north London, in March 1967. The stunt sent roadies rushing to put out the flames and left He...
  • Metallica Changes Their Mind: Album Leaks Are Welcome Now

    The drummer of rock band Metallica has welcomed an internet leak of their new album, ahead of its release next week. Speaking on San Francisco radio station Live 105, Lars Ulrich said: "If this thing...
  • FotC Make Comedy The New Rock And Roll

    Comedy duo the Flight of the Conchords figure heavily in the nominations for the 2008 Vodafone New Zealand Music Awards. Now working stateside on the second season of their HBO sitcom, the Grammy-winn...
  • Rage Against the Machine sing Bulls on Parade accapella

    After being denied access to the stage at the Ripple Effect festival, a day-long event held today on the MN State Capitol's Upper Mall to promote non-partisan progressive politics in the shadow of the...
  • Amazon Takes On Wikipedia With Editable Music Wiki

    Wikipedia is an undeniably helpful resource for researching bands, with fairly accurate data that tends to be updated in near real time. Amazon hopes the same sort of thing will happen on its new Soun...
  • The Gorgeous Colours - Means to an End

    You’ve probably heard me moaning about the state of the Irish music scene on a couple of occasions but of late several bright chinks of light have started to appear . Now you can add the Gorgeous Co...
  • Final Fantasy - Many Lives - 49 MP

    Final Fantasy - Blue Imelda As you've no doubt heard, Blocks are set to release two Final Fantasy EPs - Spectrum, 14th Century , a collection of new original material, and Plays to Please , a raft of&...
  • Final Fantasy - Blue Imelda

    Final Fantasy - Blue Imelda As you've no doubt heard, Blocks are set to release two Final Fantasy EPs - Spectrum, 14th Century , a collection of new original material, and Plays to Please , a raft of&...
  • Ronnie Lane - One for the Road

    Robyn - Konichiwa Bitches from Robyn (2008) Charlie Parker - My Little Suede Shoes from Talkin’ Bird (1999) Billy Pilgrim - Lady of the Mist from Bloom (1995) Jeff Beck - Thelonius from Blow by Blow...
  • Jeff Beck - Thelonius

    Robyn - Konichiwa Bitches from Robyn (2008) Charlie Parker - My Little Suede Shoes from Talkin’ Bird (1999) Billy Pilgrim - Lady of the Mist from Bloom (1995) Jeff Beck - Thelonius from Blow by Blow...
  • 1. Radiohead

    A Mix To Get Rid of That Blah Feelingby It's hard to Find a FriendIn Memoriamby The Lemur BlogJuly/August re-capby Real Horrorshow Tunes, Droogies!Thom & Johnny / Electric Ladyland Studios (6-4-20...
  • 2. Lykke Li

    Dada Life remixes Lykke Li's "Dance, Dance, Dance"by Welikeit.indieFIVE for THURSDAY (uge 36)by DATA SAPIENSIn Memoriamby The Lemur BlogI Like The Way Tears Fit My Cheekby Hello VegetablesS...
  • 3. MGMT

    Quick Contest: Virgin Festival Packages Giveawayby Allan’s World MusicTop 10 Songs of the Summer to Fallby Glitter & Gold - Dance MusicJohn McCain Defends His Love of Abbaby It's hard to Find a F...
  • 4. Kanye West

    new kanye west!by damien is listening to...New Kanye Album SOON (December)by We All Want Someone To Shout ForExclusive Download: LX-iRby antlerdartsThanksgivingby The Tape100 @ 100! Celebrating our...
  • 5. Bloc Party

    In Memoriamby The Lemur BlogJuly/August re-capby Real Horrorshow Tunes, Droogies!Review: Bloc Party - Intimacy [Wichita Atlantic, 2008]by The Panic ManualWhat's With All This Doom and Gloom???by A Der...
  • Gnarls, Kanye, White Stripes, Death Cab Win Early VMAs

    Big wins from artists you enjoy! Big, technical award wins. The 2008 VMAs air this Sunday night, with a more depressing list of performers (reportedly Britney, definitely the Jonas Brothers) and nomin...
  • New Kanye On The Way

    Via MTV UK: Mr. West will offer the new track "Love Lockdown" for download on Monday, with a full length promised before the year's over. Education-themed album title TBA. (Thanks, Will).
  • Ola Podrida Cover Okkervil River

    It's not "Singer Songwriter" as covered by a singer songwriter, nor is it "On Tour With Zykos" as covered by Zykos, but Ola Podrida's cover of "Calling And Not Calling My Ex" provides just reason to c...
  • Out's 100 Greatest, Gayest Albums Of All Time

    Out Magazine asked the questions "What makes an album great? And perhaps even more critical for this list, what makes a great album gay?" and then got some help. As they note: To create our list of t...
  • Let's Hope Liz Phair Has A Manager

    Because someone needs to be getting fired over this.
  • PDDNM: Kitsune + Krames

    One more blurb about the last People Don't Dance No More boat party of the summer with GILDAS + MASAYA from Kitsune, and KRAMES this Saturday night. The remaining advance tickets are are here but are...
  • PSA: Boat Fashion!

    One last outdoor freakout before we head back to the cold, dark recesses of the New York disco night... People Don't Dance No More is excited to close out our summer boat parties with a very special s...
  • I'm Turning Myself Into A Demon

    Apparently these girls are called First Aid Kit and have just signed to the Knife's Rabid Records. Regardless, this is something very special....
  • Noisy in My Head

    Gregory and the Hawk - Voice Like A Bell This is the sound of waking up to clarity, of coming to terms with a good decision. This is the sound of knowing when things are finished -- when it's time to...
  • A lion amongst all the jackals

    At the risk of stating the obvious, this one's all about the rhythm. The notes are just window dressing to that syncopated beat, which is familiar but new. Takka Takka - Everybody Say. It's tempting t...
  • Music Review: Hawthorne Heights - Fragile Future

    Saying goodbye to a band mate and tossing out a lawsuit proves Hawthorne Heights moving on with their lives. A lot has been going on for Ohio’s screamo act Hawthorne Heights since their last rel...
  • Music Review: The Beatles - Revolver

    Revolver the Beatles album that changed the world. When the Beatles played at Candlestick Park in San Francisco on August 29, 1966, it proved to be their last ever official live performance. The fact...
  • Music Review: The Chemical Brothers - Brotherhood

    A fun but almost entirely unnecessary compilation from the dance pop gods. The Chemical Brothers have been filling up clubs with sweaty people for quite some time, first bursting on to the scene as Th...
  • Music DVD Review: The Rolling Stones - Shine A Light

    A rather bleak documentary, but an undeniably entertaining one as well. Shine A Light is Martin Scorsese's documentary of The Rolling Stones' performance at the Beacon Theater in New York City...
  • Triclops! : 'Out of Africa'

    Of the mp3s that flood my inbox daily, most seem to offer your characteristic indie-friendly sound from some group of self-described up-and-comers, who (upon moving to Brooklyn within the past year) h...
  • Video Classics: 'American Girl'

    To honor WNEW's legendary Firecracker 500, every day we are highlighting the music that populated the 1991 and 1996 lists, with classic videos, live performances and little-known facts about the songs...
  • Rock 101: Punk

    Not everyone is a rock expert, so here is your weekly Thursday primer on the events and happenings that shaped Rock and Roll from J.A. Bartlett of the Hits Just Keep On Comin'... By 1975, rock had bec...
  • A.M. Nuggets: The Grateful Dead To Tour In 2009

    Ok not exactly the Grateful Deal, but the Dead - what remaining members Phil Lesh, Bob Weir, Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann have called themselves in the years since Jerry Garcia's death. Word has it th...
  • Time to Hit the Books, WNEW Style

    The worst thing about the last day of school in June is that it is inevitably followed by the first day of school in September. For many kids, today's the inescapable day when it's time to get back to...
  • #1: I Kissed A Girl

    I Kissed A Girl by Katy Perry From the Album: One Of The BoysAverage Customer Review: Download: $0.89 (Ranking is updated hourly. Visit the Bestsellers in MP3 Songs list for authoritative informati...
  • #2: Viva La Vida

    Viva La Vida by Coldplay From the Album: Viva La Vida Or Death And All His FriendsAverage Customer Review: Download: $0.89 (Ranking is updated hourly. Visit the Bestsellers in MP3 Songs list for au...
  • #3: So What (Main Version) [Explicit]

    So What (Main Version) [Explicit] by P!nk From the Album: So What [Explicit]Average Customer Review: Download: $0.99 (Ranking is updated hourly. Visit the Bestsellers in MP3 Songs list for authorit...
  • #4: Crush (Main Version)

    Crush (Main Version) by David Archuleta From the Album: CrushAverage Customer Review: Download: $0.99 (Ranking is updated hourly. Visit the Bestsellers in MP3 Songs list for authoritative informati...
  • #5: I'm Yours

    I'm Yours by Jason Mraz From the Album: We Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things.Average Customer Review: Download: $0.89 (Ranking is updated hourly. Visit the Bestsellers in MP3 Songs list for authorita...
  • Heart, John Mellencamp, Jackson Browne and Van Halen vs. McCain/Palin. Do any artists support the Republicans?

    Blasting through the Republican convention hall is the 1977 hit "Barracuda" by rock band Heart. It's a shout-out to Sarah Palin. When she played basketball in high school, the soon-to-be Republican...
  • SU2C

    I keep talking about this song, and I probably won't stop, because it means so much to me.  When I first heard it, i knew Ingrid was singing about an ended relationship and a broken heart. Even k...
  • Give The Smiths 11 Minutes Of Your Time .......

    I have been steadily digitizing my albums. Tonight this one was on deck. This is a vinyl rip from a record that has been played more times than I can remember. The single I hope you are listening to n...
  • Music tastes link to personality

      "The general public has held a stereotype of heavy metal fans being suicidally depressed and of being a danger to themselves and society in general. But they are quite delicate things."  ...
  • Zakk Wylde & Dimebag?

    Damageplan features 2 greats in one song, Zakk Wylde sat in on one song, and it's great, so thought I would share it with you heavy lovers out there -> Damageplan had only one album,...
  • The Ting Tings: Sassy Electro-Pop

    The Ting Tings' debut album, We Started Nothing, has propelled the British duo to worldwide fame on the strength of some of the catchiest pop songs in recent memory. The British duo layers together sy...
  • The Gits' Mia Zapata Resurrected In Film

    Kerri O'Kane's new film The Gits succeeds as a documentary—she makes the viewer fall in love with her subject—and then some. Working with sparse footage from the 1980s and '90s, O'Kane sti...
  • Tony Bennett On Piano Jazz

    The quintessential American crooner, Tony Bennett is known around the world for his mellow tenor and swinging bel canto style. Bennett talks about his love of painting, his favorite songwriters and th...
  • Mozart's 'Idomeneo,' Busting Opera's Boundaries

    Heading home from the Trojan War, a heroic leader makes a dangerous pact with Neptune that jeopardizes the entire community. It's Mozart's innovative Idomeneo in a production by the Bavarian State Ope...
  • Radiohead: Live In Concert

    Hear the band recorded live in concert, from one of the year's most memorable tours. Radiohead ended its run of U.S. cities this summer with a dazzling spectacle of sight and sound at the Santa Barba...
  • Dollars to Pounds: Tribal Gathering

    It’s not every day you get sent an album featuring Coldplay, Hot Chip, Yusef Islam, A-ha, The Go! Team, Will.I.Am and Gabon’s Babongo Tribe. Okay, it’s never happened before, so I feel compelled...
  • Prancehall's Bass Odyssey, Part 29

    "Take a dollop of Fresh Prince, mix in a generous helping of Cassette Playa, add a pinch of Hadouken!, crush in the fashion section of Super Super magazine... Voila! That should be enough to make thos...
  • Video: Some New Jenny Lewis Songs Accompanied By Skits

    Is Acid Tongue FADER 35 coverstar Jenny Lewis' Jenny Family Band moment? We were kind of hoping it would be after seeing the lineup of friends and family scheduled to appear in some form on the record...
  • FADER 56: High Places Feature

    Before seeing them this Saturday at the East Village Radio festival, read T Cole Rachel's feature story on Brooklyn, New York's High Places from FADER Number 56.
  • NYC: East Village Radio Festival

    While doing our weekly radio show The Let Out in the cozy, mirrored studio at East Village Radio, we routinely bump into friends, artists, readers, listeners and crazy people. We talk shit, play recor...

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