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Single Minded: New Tracks From Nikki Sixx, Cartel, M.I.A., Rilo Kiley and Swizz Beatz featuring Coldplay

Every Tuesday Single Minded highlights new tracks hitting stores (or the Web) this week. On Fridays, come back for rarities, remixes, mash-ups and more. Nikki Sixx, “Life is Beautiful” [Heroin Diaires MySpace] Mötley Crüe bassist documents destructive power of heroin in a song that recalls Papa Roach — making it the first anti-drug single to ever inspire drug use. Cartel, “Lose It” [Cartel’s Official Site] Recorded while the band was locked in a bubble, cruelly cut off from the rest of the world. Unlike every other emo band, who just think they are. M.I.A, “Boyz” [M.I.A. Official Site] Every so often, the blogs get one right. Also, boasts visual effects by Strong Bad. Rilo Kiley, “Silver Lining” [Rilo Kiley MySpace] Finally, a new Dido single! Swizz Beatz feat. Coldplay, “Part of the Plan” [Swizz Beatz MySpace] Further proof that the caliber of rock/rap collaborations has dipped precipitously. Hot Tip: We hear Chris DeBurgh isn’t doing a whole lot these days. Photo: Winter/Getty

Published: 2007-08-22 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News

NEW MUSIC BURSTS FROM BAND'S BUBBLE

ROCK 'n' roll is a zoo, but the animals have always been free-range. At least until now. Atlanta-based punk pop band Cartel has agreed to be caged in a 40-by-40- foot Fiberglas "bubble" planted at the tip of Pier 54 on the Hudson, where they will...

Published: 2007-05-29 Provider: New York Post Keywords: bubble, Pugh, space, Cartel, Sanders, band, until, days, record, turn, walk, based, bunk, fans, kind, music

Paris Hilton Goes To Jail, Cartel’s Bubble Bursts, Ruff Ryders CEO Busted For Drugs

After enduring a series of jokes make at her expense at the MTV Movie Awards, Paris Hilton checked herself in early to jail late last night.Hilton turned herself in at the Men’s Central Jail in downtown L.A. at 11:15 p.m. and was booked at 11:38, Us Weekly reports. The body of missing Ra Ra Riot drummer John Pike has been found. The twenty-three-year-old musician disappeared after leaving a party near the beach in Fairhaven, MA early Saturday morning. Pike’s body was found on the beach near around 4 pm yesterday afternoon, about 200 yards from where his cell phone was discovered. You know that bubble on New York City’s Westside Highway in which Cartel is recording its new album for a show on MTV? Yeah, well it burst. The bubble wasn’t designed, apparently, to handle the light drizzle we experienced in the city last night, and early this morning the bubble’s front wall shattered. It was only a matter of time before Pete Wentz and his girlfriend, Ashlee Simpson, decided to work together. Wentz reportedly collaborated with Ashlee on one song, set to appear on her new album. Martin Scorsese’s new Rolling Stones documentary, Shine A Light, will appear in theatres on September 21st. The film is said to include lots of footage from the Stones’ Beacon Theatre dates last year where guest performers included Jack White, Buddy Guy, and Christina Aguilera. Because what the world really needs is another biopic, a film based on Michelle Phillips’ memoir California Dreamin’: The True Story of the the Mamas and the Papas is in the works. “It’s not something I can really talk about in detail,” Phillips said. “But I will say this — it will happen, and it will happen in a good way. The gears are all churning.” Writer and friend of the band Marshall Brickman, is reportedly attached. Ruff Ryders CEO Darrin “Dee” Dean and an associate were arrested in New York last week. The cops initially s

Published: 2007-06-04 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Morning News Roundup