25.08.
Blonde Redhead tauschen düsteren Dreampop-Song gegen E-Mail Adresse. Dabei handelt es sich um ein Synthie-Stück namens „Not Getting There“, das mit der zarten Frauenstimme der japanischen Gitarristin Kazu Makino an Bands wie School Of Seven Bells oder Zola Jesus erinnert.
Die New Yorker Band gründete sich 1993 und benannte sich nach einem Song der No-Wave-Band DNA. Schnell zog das Trio die Aufmerksamkeit des Sonic Youth -Schlagzeugers Steve Shelley auf sich, der 1995 ihr selbstbetiteltes Debütalbum produzierte. Außerdem arbeitete die...
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Die Verhandlungen zwischen Apple und einigen Networks über die Ausleihe von TV-Episoden für 99 Cent stehen teilweise kurz vor dem Abschluss. Schon im September könnte ein entsprechendes Streamingangebot in Kombination mit einer neuen Apple-TV-Version angekündigt werden.
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Der schwedische Songwriter José González hat sich während des Entstehungsprozesses seines zweiten Albums " In Our Nature " von einem Filmteam begleiten lassen - zu Hause, auf Tour und im Studio.
Die Persönlichkeit des schwedischen Künstlers, der Versuch, sich selbst zu vestehen und der kreative Prozess des Songwritings stehen im Mittelpunkt der Dokumentation "The Extraordinary Life of José González". Drei Jahre lang hat González sich filmen lassen: In einer Mischung aus Video-Tagebuch, Konzertmitschnitt,...
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Der schwedische Songwriter José González hat sich während des Entstehungsprozesses seines zweiten Albums " In Our Nature " von einem Filmteam begleiten lassen - zu Hause, auf Tour und im Studio.
Die Persönlichkeit des schwedischen Künstlers, der Versuch, sich selbst zu vestehen und der kreative Prozess des Songwritings stehen im Mittelpunkt der Dokumentation "The Extraordinary Life of José González". Drei Jahre lang hat González sich filmen lassen: In einer Mischung aus Video-Tagebuch, Konzertmitschnitt,...
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Die englische Dark Metal-Formation Cradle Of Filth veröffentlicht diesen November ihr neues Album
"Darkly, Darkly, Venus Aversa". Um ihre Fans schon mal fürs Headbangen warm zu machen, verschenkt das Quartett jetzt den neuen Song "Lilith Immaculate". Den Track könnt ihr Euch »hier gegen Abgabe der E-Mail-Adresse kostenlos herunterladen.
Mit "Darkly, Darkly Venus Aversa" bringt die Formation um Frontmann und Namensgeber Dani Filth ihr neuntes Studioalbum auf den Markt. Es ist der Nachfolger ihres 2008...
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Am 20. September stehen die Universal-Acts Ich+Ich und Patrice auf Einladung von bigFM beim "Gegen Rechts"-Konzert in der Stadthalle Bitburg auf der Bühne. Mit dem Konzert will der Sender "ein deutliches Zeichen gegen Ausländerfeindlichkeit setzen".
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Meistergitarrist Eric Clapton meldet sich Ende September mit einem neuen Studioalbum zurück. Schlicht und einfach "Clapton" wird das neue Werk heißen, dass ihn zurück zu seinen Wurzeln bringt. Mr. Slowhand lebt hier wieder den Blues und hat sich dafür viele gute Gäste ins Studio hegolt. Alle Informationen gibt es hier.
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Filed under: News, UK
Beatles fans in Liverpool have united in a bid to save Ringo Starr's home from demolition.
The Save Madryn Street (SMS) campaign is to launch at the city's Hard Day's Night Hotel on Tuesday (Aug. 25), led by local Ringo impersonator Max Frudd, the BBC reports.
The Victorian terraced house in Toxteth, where the drummer spent the early years of his life, is one of hundreds in the so-called Welsh streets set to be bulldozed, as reported in Spinner.
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Filed under: News, UK
A corner of Brook Street, in London's Mayfair, is being turned into a prime destination for music history enthusiasts. Twenty-five Brook Street already hosts a museum dedicated to 18th century composer George Frideric Handel, who lived in the house for 36 years.
Now, the curators of the Handel House museum are letting music lovers look around the flat at No. 23 next door which, for around a year from 1968 to 1969, was home to Jimi Hendrix, the BBC reports.
The two-floor space will be open to the public for 11 days, during which fans can explore the site of the...
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Filed under: News, UK
As they prepare for their first-ever concert in Moscow as part of their '360 Degree' world tour, U2's singer Bono and Russian president Dmitry Medvedev met for tea on Tuesday, Aug. 24, at the politician's holiday mansion near the Black Sea resort of Sochi, reports the Daily Telegraph.
The meeting proved to be something of a mutual love-fest with the pair praising each other in way that could easily be misconstrued as a form of courting. Speaking of the singer's philanthropic work in raising awareness of the problems facing Africa such as the spread of HIV/AIDS...
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Filed under: News, Holy Hell, I Fought the Law
International pop star George Michael is looking at possible jail time after his latest misadventure -- crashing his car into a London store while heavily intoxicated. The Associated Press reports that Michael pleaded guilty to driving "while unfit" as well as possession of a personal amount of marijuana, in a London courtroom on Tuesday. The judge banned him from driving for six months and cautioned the singer that he could still face possible jail time when he returns for sentencing on Sept. 14.
The accident, which took place on July 4...
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Shortly after tweeting, "Check 106 and park today. I'mmmm baaacckkk," Chris Brown hit BET's "106 & Park" stage to discuss his BET Awards Michael Jackson tribute, the rumored tour with Usher and to teach his fans how to dougie.
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The Vampire Weekend cover girl speaks, Phish plot a fall tour, Swizz Beatz renames his album and more.
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MGMT's latest video for title track "Congratulations" finds band members Andrew VanWyngarden and Ben Goldwasser walking through a desert with a decomposing creature.
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MGMT's latest video for title track "Congratulations" finds band members Andrew VanWyngarden and Ben Goldwasser walking through a desert with a decomposing creature.
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Lauryn Hill made her official stateside comeback on Saturday (Aug. 21) on day-one of this year's Rock the Bells festival in San Bernardino, Calif.
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Iron Maiden beenden den Rekordaufenthalt von Unheilig auf Platz 1 der deutschen Charts.
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A ruling by Haiti's electoral council that disqualified hip-hop star Wyclef Jean from running for the presidency is final and cannot be appealed, a council lawyer said on Tuesday
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Country icon Toby Keith was so prolific in writing for his new album, the forthcoming "Bullets in the Gun," he actually took two songs off the album that he felt were potential singles. "When I finished cutting the tracks, I felt like I had six or seven singles," Keith, who drops "Bullets in the Gun" -- his follow-up to 2009's chart-topping "American Ride" -- on Oct. 9, tells Billboard.com.
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After no solo males had arrived with two career-opening No. 1s on Pop Songs between 1992 and 2009, two have achieved the feat this year.
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Filed under: Hip-Hop News, Side Gig, FashionThe Boombox Music Blog: Stephen Lovekin, Getty Images Common is no stranger to the fashion world, revealing to The BoomBox this past June that he was interested in designing and producing accessories such as belts and ties. But the Chi-town native is taking it one step at ... Read mo
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Filed under: Hip-Hop, Hip-Hop NewsThe Boombox Music Blog: Jerritt Clark, Getty Images This past Sunday (August 22), New York City's B.B. King Blues Club & Grill played home to the 2010 Underground Music Awards, which highlights the best unsigned and independent artists within the urban music scene. The ... Read mo
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Bob Dylan is set to release "The Witmark Demos," the ninth volume of his "Bootleg Series," on Oct. 19 via Columbia Records.
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Common has joined forces with Diesel's Only The Brave fragrance to celebrate the next faces of hip-hop.
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Filed under: Hip-Hop, Hip-Hop News, Don't Call It a ComebackThe Boombox Music Blog: Koch Records Queens MC AZ has announced that he's prepping a reissue of his undeniably classic LP 'Doe or Die' for release on the record's 15th anniversary. In a recent interview with HipHopDX, the 'Rather Unique' rapper revealed that the album will ... Read mo
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Nick Cannon told gossip blogger Perez Hilton yesterday (Aug. 23) that the question of whether Mariah Carey is pregnant is "extremely personal" and that he won't reveal anything until his wife is ready.
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Filed under: News, Movies, New Music
When Slipknot headlined the 2009 version of the Download festival, the band made sure a camera crew was in tow. Their performance was captured by 30 cameras -- and over 80,000 fans ate it up. Now hat performance is coming to DVD under the name '(sic)nesses.'
'(sic)nesses' features the 18-song set, including 'Dead Memories' and 'Disasterpiece.' Other DVD features include a 45-minute film directed by M. Shawn 'Clown' Crahan that captures Slipknot on the road on the back of 'All Hope Is Gone,' plus videos for 'Psychosocial,' 'Dead...
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Filed under: Humor, Country News
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There's a song on Trace Adkins' new album, 'Cowboy's Back in Town,' which he can personally relate to ... in a very comical way! Trace didn't write 'Hold My Beer' (it was penned by Casey Beathard, Monty Criswell and Ed Hill) but the irreverent lyrics about a redneck wedding actually trigger a distant memory of his second wedding, during which a very drunk preacher was having a lot of trouble seeing which one was the bride and which one was the groom!
"My second marriage, the guy that married us in Tahoe was drunk --...
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Filed under: Hip-Hop, Hip-Hop NewsThe Boombox Music Blog: Jason Kempin, Getty Images Russell Simmons spends a lot of his time fighting injustice nowadays. As a resident of downtown Manhattan with property literally right across the street from Ground Zero, Simmons has been particularly appalled at the ... Read mo
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Filed under: Hip-Hop, Hip-Hop News, Say What!The Boombox Music Blog: Johnny Nunez, WireImage Old school Def Squad rapper Keith Murray recently threw out some outlandish stories and claims in a video that has been circulating today. In the clip, a noticeably amped up -- and probably very drunk -- Murray wants everyone ... Read mo
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Filed under: Country News, Movies and TV
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John Rich is coming to a television near you tomorrow, August 25, when he co-hosts the fourth hour of NBC's 'Today' show with Hoda Kotb. Regular co-host Kathie Lee Gifford is off this week, so Blake Shelton and Martina McBride took over co-hosting duties on Monday and Tuesday, respectively. Trisha Yearwood will take the co-host's chair on Thursday and Josh Turner will round out the week as co-host on Friday.
What sets John a bit apart from the other co-hosts is that the 'Today' show is just one of his television...
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New York - Der US-Komponist George David Weiss ist im Alter von 89 Jahren gestorben. Er schrieb einige der größten Ohrwürmer der vergangenen Jahrzehnte, darunter «Can't Help Falling in Love» für Elvis Presley, «The Lion Sleeps Tonight» für die Band Tokens und «What a Wonderful World» für Louis Armstrong. [...]
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Filed under: Hip-Hop, Hip-Hop News, ExclusiveThe Boombox Music Blog: Overok Rapper Kingpen Slim is gearing up for the release of 'Beam Me Up 2,' the follow-up to his 2009 mixtape project, 'Beam Me Up.' Before the effort drops on August 31, get familiar with the D.C. area emcee if his music seems foreign. Listen to ... Read mo
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Filed under: Country News
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Lilith Fair, the traveling tour of female-led acts created by Sarah McLachlan and Terry McBride in 1997 and revived this year after a ten-year hiatus, had its share of troubles this summer, ultimately canceling several dates due to poor ticket sales. But while the tour had difficulty in the U.S., Sarah is moving full-speed ahead with plans to take the show halfway around the world for a series of shows in Australia.
The Court Yard Hounds, comprised of sisters Martie Maguire and Emily Robinson, joined Sarah for several Lilith Fair dates...
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Russia's rock-music-loving president hosted U2 frontman Bono at his resplendent residence near the Black Sea resort of Sochi on Tuesday, and praised him for writing music "that unites generations."
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Nick Jonas and his grandfather recently proved that superstardom won't protect against an embarrassing trip – or two, in this case.
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Accumulated career pressures and private challenges drove Fantasia to attempt to take her life two weeks ago, the singer told "Good Morning America" on Tuesday.
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Filed under: Concerts and Tours, News, New Music, Exclusive
It's only been about a year since A.A. Bondy released the album 'When the Devil's Loose,' but the folk-leaning singer-songwriter is thinking about taking some musical risks on his next project.
"We started pushing towards this other place that hopefully we'll be able to accomplish," Bondy tells Spinner. "I think we will in some small way, but I don't want to do it in a small way. I kind of just want to get it all the way, get in up to your knees. Hopefully we'll get our heads underwater."
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Filed under: Hip-Hop, Hip-Hop News, What's Beef?The Boombox Music Blog: Joe Raedle, Getty Images Wyclef Jean's bid to run for president of Haiti was denied last Friday (Aug. 20) when his name did not appear on the official list of approved candidates. The 40-year-old musician has not taken the ruling lightly, and in ... Read mo
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Filed under: Music News, Videos For a show that depicts the swanky lifestyle of Hollywood's A-list, music supervisors on HBO's 'Entourage' are sure to always hand pick the hottest tracks from the hip-hop and dance world. Multi-talented up-and-comer Jared Evan was the latest to be ... Read more Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comm
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Beauty queens weren't the only ones taking the stage at the Miss Universe 2010 pageant last night (Aug. 23).
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Ich erreiche sie irgendwo zwischen Ulm und Stuttgart, auf dem Weg zu einem Radio-Interview. Judith Holofernes hat da schon mehrere Wochen Promo-Arbeit hinter sich, doch sie lässt keinerlei Anzeichen von Müdigkeit erkennen und redet bereitwillig über das Leben in Berlin-Kreuzberg, ihrem Heimatbezirk, und über das neue Wir-sind-Helden-Album Bring mich nach Hause (Reklamation/Sony), das am Freitag erscheint. Es ist das erste Helden-Album seit drei Jahren – die Bandpause war wohl auch deshalb so lang, weil Judith Holofernes und Pola Roy, Schlagzeuger der Band, im Sommer 2009 ihr zweites...
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London - Kult-Regisseur Jim Jarmusch («Down by Law») nimmt sich Zeit für Rock-Legende Iggy Pop (63), über den er einen Dokumentarfilm drehen wird - und das mit Muße und Geduld.[...]
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The London home of composer George Frideric Handel is holding an exhibition about its other famous resident - Jimi Hendrix.
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Filed under: Hip-Hop, Hip-Hop NewsThe Boombox Music Blog: Jo Hale, Getty Images Darryl "D.M.C." McDaniels, better known as one of the founding members of Run-D.M.C., is all about giving back. The 46-year-old recently co-founded Camp Felix -- a summer camp intended to provide a getaway for foster kids in ... Read mo
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Diddy may rule Bad Boy Entertainment with an iron fist but at home he's a regular Mr. Softy.
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Gleeks can now wear their love for their favorite show: a new "Glee" fashion apparel line has debuted exclusively at Macy's, with t-shirts, tops and hoodies inspired by the smash musical series.
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Filed under: News, New Music
Bob Dylan is set to return once again this fall with a batch of old demo recordings, satiating the singer's faithful fans with another look into his early stabs at songwriting. Due Oct. 19, 'The Witmark Demos: 1962-1964' will be the ninth installment in Dylan's critically acclaimed 'Bootleg Series.' The title of this compilation refers to one of Dylan's first two publishers, M.Witmark and Sons, with the material being recorded all before he was 24.
The collection spans two discs and contains a whopping 48 tracks, with early versions of 'Mr. Tambourine...
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2008 standen Vince Clarke und Alison Moyet wieder gemeinsam als Yazoo auf der Bühne. Das Livecomeback verewigt die kommende Reconnected Live Doppel-CD. Seit ein paar Tagen feuert ein Videotrailer mit passenden Rückblenden und alten Videoausschnitten das Ganze an. Yazoo – Reconncted Live 2010 Im Sommer 2008 vereinigten sich Yazoo nach 25 Jahren für eine Tour. [...]
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