New Music Releases: Smashing Pumpkins
Posted on May 25, 2010 @ 05:58PM - Add a comment
Billy Corgan is back with another Smashing Pumpkins album, Teargarden by Kaleidyscope 1: Songs for a Sailor, and says the album “harkens back to the original psychedelic roots of The Smashing Pumpkins; atmospheric, melodic, heavy, and pretty,” although he does have a new lineup for the band that includes guitarist Jeff Schroeder, drummer Mike Byrne and bassist Nicole Fiorentino. “Each song we've recorded is like its own movie,” says Corgan, who has offered up the album up for free song-by-song on the band’s website. “Hopefully when you put all 44 songs together they'll create a bigger journey that can only be seen when you have all the pieces to the map.” Of course, die-hard fans can purchase the limited edition box set, which is packaged in a silk-screened wooden box….
True Blood: Music from the HBO Original Series, Volume 2 includes new tracks from Beck, Lucinda Williams with Elvis Costello and Robbie Robertson….
Stone Temple Pilots are back with their first album since 2001. The album is self-titled and Don Was produced some tracks…
Jack White’s wife, model Karen Elson, releases her debut album, entitled The Ghost Who Walks and produced by White….
The latest offering from Hank Williams III is called Rebel Within…..
John Prine’s new album, In Person & On Stage, features guest appearances from Emmylou Harris and Josh Ritter…
Be Yourself: A Tribute to Graham Nash’s ‘Songs For Beginners’ features contributions from Fleet Foxes’ Robin Pecknold, Brendan Benson, and Nash’s daughter Nile Nash….
The SNL skit-turned-film MacGruber offers up a soundtrack that features tracks by Michael Bolton, Toto, The Black Keys and The Hives…
The soundtrack for Sex and the City 2 features new tracks by Jennifer Hudson, Alicia Keys and Leona Lewis....
Widespread Panic’s latest offering, Dirty Side Down, includes a cover of Vic Chestnutt’s “This Cruel Thing”….
We Like The Like!
Posted on May 21, 2010 @ 04:10PM - Add a comment
The supercute gals in The Like hit the road this week, to promote their upcoming sophomore album, Release Me, which will be out on June 15th.
The gals recorded with gear from the ‘60s, and production contributions come from an impressive bunch, including boardsman du jour Mark Ronson and Phantom Planet’s Alex Greenwald.
“Before Mark, we recorded everything nitpicky and perfect, track by track,” says drummer Tennessee Thomas. “But on those great 60’s records, the mistakes were some of the best parts of it.” Of holing up with Mark in Brooklyn for six days she said, “He shouted at us—it was chaos a lot of the time—but it absolutely brought us together as a band.”
The Like has been a band since 2001, when the original trio of musical offspring—their dads are producer Mitchell Froom, Elvis Costello drummer Pete Thomas and A&R man Tony Berg—were all just in their teens.
The Los Angeles trio made a name for themselves with three self-released EPs—cleverly entitled I Like the Like, ...And the Like, and Like It or Not—and opening slots for Maroon 5 and Phantom Planet. They instantly won over legions of cool girls from coast to coast, thanks to their soothing pop-rock tunes and singer-guitarist Z Berg’s charming vocals. She has said her songs are about “who I’m dating or what I’m reading.”
Charlotte Froom is no longer in the band, and this year they announced the addition of two new members: keyboardist Annie Monroe and bassist Laena Geronimo.
Now, the gals follow up their 2005 full-length debut, Are You Thinking What I'm Thinking?, with Release Me and hit the road with the English lads in The Futureheads.
Michael J. Fox Brings Rock Legends Out To Party & Raise Money To Cure Parkinson's
Posted on Nov 22, 2009 @ 12:03PM - Add a comment
Michael J. Fox may have Parkinson's but the man knows how to party. His annual A Funny Thing Happened on the Way To Cure Parkinson's benefit Saturday night brought out the legends of rock who tore it up with their performances.
PHOTOS: Rock Royalty Helps Michael J. Fox Raise Funds To Cure Parkinson's
Steven Tyler, Gregg Allman, Roger Daltrey and Elvis Costello all jammed with Michael on stage in a ballroom at NY's Waldorf Astoria Hotel. Denis Leary returned as the wildly funny MC, and Michael's actress wife Tracy Pollan spoke from the heart about how important it is to find a cure to this insidious disease.
Steven Tyler Fell Off A Concert Stage This Summer!
Fox was diagnosed with Parkinson's in 1991. His Michael J. Fox Foundation For Parkinson's Reasearch has rasied millions of dollars for the cause.
VIDEO: Fox Jokes With David Letterman
