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Fricke’s Picks: Black Angels

Even by the nonstop-rock standards of 2008’s SXSW festival, it was weird to see a band that seems to live on ultraviolet light, out in broad daylight, making rippling-tremolo drone on the lawn of a downtown Austin restaurant. But local tripsters the Black Angels bring the aura of mid-1966 — the drilling guitars of early Velvet Underground shows, the raga inflections of late-show Fillmore jams, the acid-prayer stomp of Austin avatars the 13th Floor Elevators — everywhere they go, including the levitations on their second album, Directions to See a Ghost (Light in the Attic). Mid-Eighties echoes of Spacemen 3 and the Jesus and Mary Chain also roll through the scoured-guitar sustain and Alex Maas’ rocker-monk incantations. But he knows what time it is. “You say the Beatles stopped the war,” Maas sings in “Never/Ever.” “They might’ve helped to find a cure/But it’s still not over.” Even so, this medicine works wonders.

Published: 2008-04-23 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News, Fricke's Picks

The Cure Shoot Documentary, Thom Yorke Worries About the Climate, McDonalds Enters the Record Biz

The Cure are starting work on a career-spanning documentary to celebrate the band’s 30th anniversary in 2009. It’s shaping up to be a busy next two years for Robert Smith, as his band releases a new, double-disc album in October, as well as double-disc reissues of classic albums Wish and Disintegration in 2008. In this video, Thom Yorke says new British Prime Minister Gordon Brown better cut carbon dioxide emissions or risk being pummeled by “a ton of bricks,” as opposed to the equally heavy but less-intimidating ton of feathers. Check out the new video for Mastodon’s “Sleeping Giant.” McDonald’s is pulling a Starbucks and entering the music industry with a 10-city tour that features Ne-Yo, Kenna and maybe the guys in this commercial. What better way to say “Happy Birthday” than with a card that plays Tim McGraw or the Barenaked Ladies out of a magical, battery-operated speaker? Eager to not have a similar fate as Paris Hilton, rapper Eve showed up to court four days early as per the terms of her DUI probation. Photo: Hale/Getty

Published: 2007-07-21 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News, Afternoon News Roundup

Black Kids: Artist to Watch 2008

As we approach the end of our Artists to Watch days here at Rock Daily, we’re tossing a spotlight on Black Kids, the Jacksonville, Florida buzz band who write freewheeling indie-rock tunes that’ve earned them comparisons to Arcade Fire and the Cure. Click here to listen to their “I’m Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How to Dance With You” and to find out more about the quintet. To check out the rest of our Artists to Watch coverage, complete with videos and key tracks, click here.

Published: 2007-11-28 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News, Artist to Watch, Breaking

Starbucks Announces James Taylor CD/DVD Release, Tom Waits Judges Songwriting Contest, The Shins Add Tour Dates

Starbucks’ Hear Music label continues its trend of signing music royalty with plans to release James Taylor’s live CD/DVD One Man Band this holiday season. The set will feature Taylor’s recent greatest-hits-filled concerts from the Colonial Theatre in the Berkshires, as well as the stories that inspired the songs. Phil Collins (evidently not the Phil Collins) spent the last three years compiling footage of Smiths fans from Colombia, Indonesia and Turkey singing karaoke to cuts from Morrissey and gang’s 1987 album The World Won’t Listen. The fruits of the flmmakers’ labors will debut this fall at the Dallas Museum of Art’s tribute to the Smiths. Also on display: Letters a teenage Morrissey wrote to music magazines. Tom Waits, Frank Black, the Cure’s Robert Smith and the Strokes’ Julian Casablancas are among the talented wordsmiths that will judge this year’s International Songwriting Competition. Universal’s DRM-free MP3s are more like DRM-lite MP3s: The songs will still be watermarked to see who’s sharing the files on peer-to-peer networks. The Shins have announced additional autumn U.S. tour dates that’ll keep them on the road through the end of October. Full dates after the jump. 10/5 - Berkeley, CA (Greek Theatre) 10/6 - Santa Barbara, CA (Santa Barbara Bowl) 10/7 - Los Angeles, CA (Greek Theatre) 10/9 - Mesa, AZ (Mesa Amphitheater) 10/10 - Albuquerque, NM (University of New Mexico’s Popejoy Hall) 10/17 - Atlanta, GA (Boisfeuillet Jones Atlanta Civic Center) 10/18 - Charleston, SC (The Plex) 10/19 - Raleigh, NC (Progress Energy Center) 10/20 - Norfolk, VA (The NorVa) 10/22 - Columbia, MD (Merriweather Post Pavilion) 10/23 - New York, NY (Terminal Five) 10/24 - New York, NY (Terminal Five) 10/27 - Las Vegas, NV (Vegoose Festival) 10/28 - Las Vegas, NV (The Joint at Hard Rock Hotel) Photo: Cardy/Gett

Published: 2007-08-14 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News, Afternoon News Roundup

The Cure Deliver A Devilish Good Time at Tour Opener in Virginia

While pale, expressionless Robert Smith look-alikes skulked around Fairfax, Virginia’s Patriot Center at Friday night’s Cure show, the man himself appeared almost jovial as the band kicked off its North American tour. Click here for more photos from the Cure’s tour opener in Virginia Smith flashed the crowd a demonic schoolgirl grin often, did a bit of goofy dancing and even poked fun at his own stamina, mock-panting after pulling off high and long-held notes on both “From the Edge of the Deep Green Sea” and “The End of the World.” Although he wasn’t feeling festive enough to accept a peck from guitarist Porl Thompson (back for his third time around with the group) as they played the intro to “A Forest,” the frontman expressed the maximum level of giddiness appropriate for a career malcontent. The keyboard-less line-up of Smith, Thompson, bass player Simon Gallup and drummer Jason Cooper plowed through desolate material, such as “Prayers for Rain,” “A Strange Day” and “One Hundred Years” with the right amount of glum force, but concert-goers seemed more into cheery pop rather than the group’s moodier material from Disintegration or Pornography. “The Lovecats,” “Close to Me,” “Why Can’t I Be You?” and the similarly dance-party-themed “Freakshow” (from the band’s upcoming, as-of-yet untitled double disc) moved the crowd like nothing else. After the three hour, three encore set finally wrapped up just after midnight, Smith, who said barely a word all night, looked to be stifling a huge smile as he declared the first night of the tour “fucking excellent,” and his pale-faced army wholeheartedly agreed. [Photo: Joel Didriksen/KingPinPhoto.com for RollingStone.com]

Published: 2008-05-12 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News, Live Shows, More News

Daughter Harlow is Joel Madden's true love

At a concert Wednesday night in New York's Queen's College, Good Charlotte rocker Joel Madden, 29, proudly exclaimed his love for his daughter Harlow Winter Kate, 3 months, to a crowd of 1,700 listeners. You know, no matter how many beautiful girls there are in this audience, I must confess that three months ago, I had a little baby girl, and she's my one and only true love. Before I left on tour -- we've been on tour about a month now -- I used to sing songs to [Harlow] every day. And there's a band she really likes, it's called The Cure. Big Cure fan. So I've learned all their songs and we'll sing one tonight. This is called 'Love Song.'Harlow's mom Nicole Richie, 26, was also amongst the crowd and Joel pointed her out during the song Keep Your Hands Off My Girl. Source: People.com

Published: 2008-04-17 Provider: Celebrity Baby Blog Keywords: Celebrity Dads, News, Quotable quotes

Joel Madden shares Harlow's favorite tunes

Joel Madden may have been DJ'ing in the Hamptons this Memorial Day Weekend but his thoughts -- and his priorities -- were 3,000 miles away in California.  Although the idea of spending his summer in the beachside hot spot would at one time have been appealing, his mindset changed after welcoming Harlow Winter Kate, his 4 ½-month-old daughter with Nicole Richie.  I'm a dad now. I'd be staying if I didn't have the girls at home. That's why I'm going home.It should come as no surprise that Harlow would have eclectic musical tastes, for it is something Joel and Nicole worked to foster even while their daughter was still in utero.  She "kicks her legs" when she hears a song she likes, and according to Joel that list runs the gamut -- from Disney to classical, to even his own band Good Charlotte.  He added,And she likes her granddad [Lionel Richie]'s music. She likes old stuff. She's a Cure fan ... She likes The Cure.Source:  People; Photo by Flynet.

Published: 2008-05-26 Provider: Celebrity Baby Blog Keywords: Celebrity Dads, News, Quotable quotes