D-Sides by Gorillaz

The latest, two-disc album from one of Damon Albarn's bands contains remixes and demos. [Rock, Alternative]

Published: 2007-11-27 Provider: Metacritic

Ministry's Al Jourgensen Also Planning To Close The Lid On Lard, Other Side Projects

Ministry frontman Al Jourgensen is cutting a path to his retirement, which involves final albums for his many bands.

Published: 2007-09-25 Provider: VH1 Keywords: Ministry, Artist, Album, VH1, Aggravation, Interviews, Jourgensen, Metallica, Ministrys, Greatest, Planning, Projects, Artists, Grammys, Carpet, Little, Movies, Photos, Priest, Videos, Close, Judas, Mania, Metal, Other, Radio, 2007, Also, Anti, Hard, Lard, Less, More, News, Rock, Side, 100, A-Z, Lid, Red, The, Al, of, on, To, TV, +,

Arctic Monkeys - Arctic Monkeys Turner Leads Mojo Nominations

ARCTIC MONKEYS frontman ALEX TURNER is leading the nominations at Britain's Mojo Magazine Awards - with his original band and his side project THE LAST SHADOW PUPPETS ...

Published: 2008-05-01 Provider: Contact Music

Coachella Day Two: Mark Ronson, Cold War Kids, Hot Chip, Kate Nash and More

“Things could be much worse,” sang Cold War Kids frontman Nathan Willett as a sizable hometown California crowd assembled in front of the main stage in the height of the Saturday heat, and he meant it. The band finished up “We Used to Vacation” with guitarist Jonnie Russell slapping a cymbal with a yellow maraca, tested out some new material and performed their stellar cover of “Hang Me Up to Dry,” with Willett breaking away from the mike to pound away at his keyboard. Meanwhile at the Gobi tent, Bonde de Role was stirring up a Brazilian dance party, dropping rhymes over the music from Grease’s “Summer Nights” and filling in for any language gaps with “bah bah bah”s and “chi chi cha”s. An hour later and a tent away, Kate Nash and a tight four-piece band wowed a massive crowd that ranged from teenage girls to muscle-bound men. Perched a keyboard decorated with a drape of red fabric, Nash gently tipped out of her chair with excitement, crooning witty tracks like her single “Foundations” in her endearing British accent and ending nearly every song with mini rave-ups that transformed her neat little tunes into something refreshing and wild. An even bigger (and more aggressive) crowd was busy cramming itself into the Sahara tent for British electro outfit Hot Chip. Despite the 100-degree temperatures, singer Alexis Taylor emerged in a shirt, tie and light-colored jacket to the sounds of “Shake a Fist,” as the group gave the song a clubby overhaul, packing the track with loopy keyboards. Crazed fans climbing the sides of the tent gyrated madly as the band delivered nearly an hour of melodic, smart dance music. At the exact same time, just a day after singer Serj Tankian performed a solo Coachella set, his System of a Down bandmates Daron Malakian (singer-guitarist) and John Dolmayan (drums) debuted their new band, Scars on Broadway. Few outside the obsessive SOAD fan co

Published: 2008-04-27 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News

Billie Joe Armstrong Revives Side Project Pinhead Gunpowder in L.A.

Billie Joe Armstrong can still DIY when he wants to. His side project Pinhead Gunpowder hadn’t played a gig since 2001, but the punk-pop quartet roared back to life this week in a quick tour of SoCal club dates. On Monday, the Green Day singer-guitarist was back to basics at the top of a three-band bill of melodic loudfastrules at the Troubadour in West Hollywood. Ticket price at the door: $7. With a beanie pulled over his bleached hair, Armstrong strolled onto the stage like one of the roadies, a Red Stripe in one hand and a guitar in the other. It was only the band’s 19th show in seventeen years, but the room was packed with fans who sang and crowd-surfed to “At Your Funeral,” the new “Westside Highway” and a cover of Diana Ross’ “Theme From Mahogany (Do You Know Where You’re Going To),” shifting the lilting Seventies ballad into punk-rock overdrive. Armstrong pulled fans up to watch from the stage, but also told them to put away the digital cameras. “YouTube can’t own everything,” he said. “There’s also something called memories.” [Photo: Kevin Estrada]

Published: 2008-02-05 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News

Pink Floyd Lands the Cover!

Finally! After a long and storied career, Pink Floyd will grace the cover of Rolling Stone. Trust us: It was worth the wait. The cover story tackles the band’s long, tumultuous history, from the acid-drenched Syd days to the Dark Side of popularity to the disintegration of the band, in what is the most complete retrospective of the band to ever fill our pages. Be sure to check in all week for Floyd-themed goodies, like our synching of Dark Side and Oz, culminating with the Pink Floyd issue, which hits stands this Friday. Please, God of Thunder, put the make-up back on!: Gene Simmons apparently gets some unfortunate facelift surgery. Antony pleads to his fans not to download mp3s of his concerts. You better listen, he has ruffians like Lou Reed and Elton John in his posse. Prince Edward Island (that’s in Canada) might offer $150,000 to Aerosmith to get the rockers to perform there this summer. Rather than writing about New Hampshire or South Dakota, Sufjan Stevens is spending his days exploring new musical genres. In what will likely result in billion dollar lawsuits from the both the Grammys and the Oscars, YouTube announces its inaugural awards ceremony. What’s a Monday without Lily Allen gossip? Today, it’s Lily vs. Kate Moss. Elvis Costello wants our money, and judging by the list of eleven reissues he’s releasing, he’s gonna get it.

Published: 2007-03-19 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Daily News: In Brief

System Of A Down Guitarist Says Scars On Broadway Is No Side Project

System of a Down's Daron Malakian only has one band these days: Scars on Broadway.

Published: 2008-02-19 Provider: VH1 Keywords: Hypnotize, Artist, System, Album, Down, VH1, of, a, Guitarist, Ringtones, Broadway, Nominees, November, Playlist, Grammys, Project, Lonely, Movies, Photos, Videos, Metal, Radio, Scars, 2005, Best, Ever, News, Rock, Says, Side, Spot, Week, 100, A-Z, com, Day, New, Top, 03, 15, Is, No, on, TV,

LET THEM HEAR CAKE

The list of bands able to cover Black Sabbath, Kenny Rogers and the Muppets on the same album while maintaining a coherent musical style can be counted on very few fingers. But Cake - which did just that on its recent ?B-Sides and Rarities"...

Published: 2007-12-09 Provider: New York Post Keywords: band, Cake, McCrea, political, Mahna, rock, terms, tour, Sunshine, Unlimited, fits, genre, listen, songs, music

The Killers - Sawdust

Artist: The Killers Review: This b-sides-and-rarities comp is split between glammy synth-pop like "Sweet Talk" and straighter, heavier rock like "Leave the Bourbon on the Shelf." The cover of Joy Division's "Shadowplay" should have stayed in the vaults, but it's hard to deny Brandon Flowers' melodic gifts, which fuel catchy uptempos like "Under the Gun" and "Where the White Boys Dance," an eerie thing that sounds like it could have come from some great lost post-punk band. Rating: 3 Stars

Published: 2007-11-20 Provider: Rolling Stone

The Killers - Sawdust

Artist: The Killers Review: This b-sides-and-rarities comp is split between glammy synth-pop like "Sweet Talk" and straighter, heavier rock like "Leave the Bourbon on the Shelf." The cover of Joy Division's "Shadowplay" should have stayed in the vaults, but it's hard to deny Brandon Flowers' melodic gifts, which fuel catchy uptempos like "Under the Gun" and "Where the White Boys Dance," an eerie thing that sounds like it could have come from some great lost post-punk band. Rating: 3 Stars

Published: 2007-11-14 Provider: Rolling Stone

Single Minded: Radiohead, Reggae, Female MCs and More

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. Radiohead, Live at the BBC 2008 [Live] In a follow-up to their remix contest, Radiohead will be letting lucky fans run the soundboard for their upcoming tour. S-M is looking forward to treating New York City to two nights of all-bass Radiohead. Various Artists, 4-Volume Women of Rap Compilation [Mixtape] Eighty-five tracks, and not a reference to lip gloss among ‘em. You get Queen Latfiah pre-Oscar nom, Lauryn Hill pre-insanity and Lady of Rage pre-…whatever Lady of Rage did after this. Various Artists, Just the Versions [Reggae Mix] 12 consecutive reggae B-sides, which is more dub than you can shake a stick at. Though if you’re going to listen to 12 consecutive reggae B-Sides, shaking those sticks is probably not what you had in mind. Various Artists, The Funky Side of Rock & Roll [Mixtape] White rock bands take on funk and emerge more-or-less unscathed. Unlikely highlight: the Osmonds barreling through a song called “Crazy Horses,” which we’re fairly sure is about the apocalypse. One sign of the apocalypse? The Osmonds performing a funk song. Various Artists, Ethiopia’s Revolutionary ’60s [Guided Tour] A history of Ethiopian music in the ’60s fleshed out with embedded, full-length songs. Unlike retrospectives of American music from the ’60s, you don’t have to suffer through “Born to be Wild.”

Published: 2008-04-04 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News, Single Minded

Beck’s “Odelay” Goes Deluxe, Lily Allen and Jamie Lynn Spears Announce Pregnancies, The Band and Burt Bacharach Score Lifetime Achievement Grammys and More

On January 29th, Beck will release a double-disc deluxe version of his 1996 album Odelay that includes sixteen B-sides and compilation tracks that haven’t seen U.S. release before, as well as two never-before-released songs from the album’s original sessions produced by the Dust Brothers: “Inferno” and “Gold Chains.” The second disc also includes remixes by Aphex Twin, Mario Caldato Jr. and U.N.K.L.E., plus “Burro,” a Spanish-language rendition of “Jackass” recorded with a mariachi band. Lily Allen and her boyfriend, Chemical Brothers’ Ed Simons, have confirmed they are expecting their first child. Allen’s rep told Us Weekly, “As the pregnancy is at such an early stage, the couple will be making no further comment, but they are obviously thrilled by the news,” and added that Allen’s follow-up to this year’s Alright, Still, “will be released as planned next year.” ‘Tis the season for pregnancy announcements: Sixteen-year-old Jamie Lynn Spears, Britney’s little sis and star of Nickelodeon’s Zoey 101, is reportedly expecting her first child with boyfriend Casey Aldridge. In a statement, Nickelodeon said, “We respect Jamie Lynn’s decision to take responsibility in this sensitive and personal situation.” After the news became public, the Christian publisher planning to release a parenting-themed title penned by mom Lynne Spears next year said the book is “delayed indefinitely … delayed, not canceled.” But at least one person doesn’t think the baby news is true: Britney told paparazzi, “My sister’s not pregnant!” while out shopping last night. Metallica are adding more international festival dates to their early summer itinerary, fueling speculation that the follow-up to 2003’s St. Anger will be released around then. The band has scheduled dates in Poland and the Netherlands at th

Published: 2007-12-19 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News, Morning News Roundup