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My Coachella: The Black Lips

The Black Lips faced some heavy competition for attention on Coachella’s opening night, with Jack Johnson on the Main Stage and Fatboy Slim in a nearby dance tent, but the garage band wasn’t worried. “You either want to dance, you want to chill, or you want to rock,” says guitarist Cole Alexander, whose band is known for wild eruptions of noise, nudity and the sharing of fluids. “I think people are going to want to rock.” Guitarist Ian Saint Pe adds: “If you want to see someone make love to their guitar like Jack Johnson, or if you want to see someone beat the shit out of their guitars like us, you have your choice. We’re in America. It’s a free country.” Rock Daily sought more answers. Coolest thing about your own set: Alexander: “We have fun. I don’t know that we’re the best musicians, but it will be the most entertaining.” Saint Pe: “We’ll actually luck out because [fans] will be all be drunk and tired, so it will sound good no matter what.” Best part of playing in a desert tent: Alexander: It’s kind of like a rodeo or a tee-pee. Best Coachella drug (or cocktail): Alexander: “I like Robitussin.” Drummer Joe Bradley: “I’ll have a scotch and soda, the old man drink. It’s a good one.” Saint Pe: “Vicodin and beer.” Singer-bassist Jared Swilley: “I like Moroccan hash, but it’s hard to get in the states.” Best backstage perk: Bradley: “We’re going to be networking – a.k.a. meeting girls.” Saint Pe: “We just saw Steven Tyler. He walked right by our trailer.” Bradley: “He was eating somethin’ and it sounded like someone was clappin from his lips.” Saint Pe: “You just look around and tell me there’s no God. We have to find a new dream now, because we’re living ours. All we ever wanted was to travel and play music and make a living at it. Life’s feeling alright. The next step is finding a new dream. Best Prince stories: Alexander: “There is a movie Purple Rain that my mom took me to when I was just a baby. And she breast-fed me during

Published: 2008-04-26 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News, Coachella

In the Studio: Of Montreal

For Of Montreal’s previous disc, Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer? Kevin Barnes wrote freaked-out synth-pop tunes that explored the depression he felt when he became a father and moved to his wife’s native Norway. “When I think about it now, I really wasn’t prepared for adult reality,” he says. He’s since moved back to Athens, Georgia, to cut the band’s ninth record (Barnes records by himself, assembling a group to tour), but he’s not feeling much better. “Every day, I wake up, I never know if I’m going to want to slit my wrists or go jogging,” he says. “It affects the music.” “Softcore” is a falsetto-voiced funk jam, “Paradigm Kisses” devolves into a dark explosion of guitar noise and “Our Last Summer as Independents” is a love song he wrote for his wife, Nina. But the weirdest cut might be “Plastis Wafer,” about an incestuous brother and sister. “I always joke how each album is a parallel to a Prince record,” he says. “This one is my Sign ‘o’ the Times, Lovesexy and The Black Album all together.” Related Stories: • Of Montreal Album Review: Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer? • Of Montreal video for “Grolandic Edit” • Of Montreal’s Artist Page on RollingStone.com [Photo: Jim Newberry]

Published: 2008-03-21 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News, In the Studio

Foo Fighters Offer Pre-Sale Tickets With Digital Purchase, Daft Punk Reveal Live-Album Details, Ronnie Wood Says He Broke Up Pete Doherty and Kate Moss

The Foo Fighters are offering fans who (legally) download their new album Echoes, Silence, Patience, and Grace before the release date a chance to get concert tickets before the on-sale date. Dave Grohl’s gang has linked up with iTunes for the promotion, which will also include the immediate download of the band’s new single “The Pretender” and a bonus track called “Seda.” Those who preorder the album via Apple’s digital service will be given a password for Ticketmaster.com that would allow them to scoop up Foo tickets before the general public. Daft Punk, fresh off playing the concert of the summer, have revealed the details of their live album Daft Punk Alive 2007, out November 20th. The set will include twenty-seven songs from their hit-filled Paris concerts this summer. A bonus second disc will include five additional songs from the encore. Trying to ward off the worldwide compact-disc struggle, HMV Canada will lower the prices on CDs by 33 percent. The Rolling Stones’ Ronnie Wood admitted that it was he — and not drugs, endless arrests or constant bickering — that was the catalyst for Kate Moss breaking up with Pete Doherty. Says Wood on advising Moss, “Someone had to do it.” MySpace, feeling the pressure from their boss Rupert Murdoch and their competitor Facebook, might finally allow musicians to sell their tunes directly on their music page.

Published: 2007-08-28 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News, Afternoon News Roundup

Live Earth: Wall-to-Wall Coverage This Weekend at RollingStone.com!

Perhaps you’ve heard that Live Earth is tomorrow. (We’ve mentioned it a time or two here.) So get ready: Beginning at 8 AM EST tomorrow, we’ll be liveblogging Bravo’s eighteen-hour telecast and offering an array of constantly updated photo galleries of all the events. Also coming this weekend: backstage reports from Live Earth London and New York; write-ups of Live Earth concerts around the world from the international editions of Rolling Stone; guestblogging from Taking Back Sunday, who are performing at Giants Stadium; in-the-trenches video footage of Live Earth’s biggest fans; and on Monday, a special edition of Rob Sheffield’s Pop Life column on the whole shebang. Check back at RollingStone.com/LiveEarth and you won’t miss a thing. For those of you just now joining us, check out Nunatak, the band of scientists playing Live Earth Antarctica, then read all about the controversy surrounding the scheduling of Live Earth D.C. and grab the lineups for all the shows here. Feeling caught up? Good.

Published: 2007-07-06 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News, Live Earth

Boston Guitarist Says Mike Huckabee Ripped Him Off With 'Feeling'

Boston guitarist Tom Scholz sent a letter to Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee asking him to stop using "More Than a Feeling" in his campaign.

Published: 2008-02-15 Provider: VH1 Keywords: Artist, Boston, Album, VH1, X2, Anonymous, Ringtones, Virtually, Feeling, Movies, Singer, Icons, Radio, Band, Brad, Delp, Died, Hair, More, News, Rock, Than, 70s, A-Z, For, on, TV, A,

Jo O'Meara announces that she's expecting a son, talks pregnancy in Hello

Ex S Club 7 singer Jo O'Meara, who is expecting her first child in May, sat down with Hello! magazine for an interview and photoshoot this week. The 28-year-old Brit revealed that she's expecting a son and has split with the baby's father, and discusses her controversial Celebrity Big Brother role and subsequent breakdown. Click below for the photo and interview highlights. Jo, who is perhaps better known at this point for her part in the racially-motivated bullying of actress Shilpa Shetty on the UK's Celebrity Big Brother, maintains that she is not a racist and that her portrayal on the show was the result of selective editing. The change in public opinion of her, after having been in the extremely successful band S Club 7, was too much for Jo to take -- she ended up overdosing on pills and alcohol, but luckily was discovered by a friend in time. I didn't leave my house for a long time, I was too scared. [My] recovery has been a slow process. I don't really know how to explain a breakdown unless you've actually been through one. It was kind of a case of one step forward, two steps back. From October to Christmas, I started feeling a lot more positive about stuff. Then when the New Year came, I thought: 'You know what, I'm not going to go in to 2008 like this.' Everything I've been through in the past year has made me realize that I'm strong. Adding to her strength was the realization that a new life was forming and responsibility was a requirement. Jo took the news of the pregnancy in stride, committed to change. The pregnancy was a surprise, but I was really pleased about it straight away. I did five tests to make sure. I feel really content. Expecting this little one has given me a new lease of life. It's kind of completed me in a way. I feel like everything is a new start for me. I've got a new baby coming, I've got a new home. I'm ready to pick myself up and start again at the bottom and work myself up. Jo tells Hello! that although she dated her baby's fat

Published: 2008-03-23 Provider: Celebrity Baby Blog Keywords: It's a boy!, News, Pregnancy Photos, Quotable quotes

Update: Shane Filan and wife Gillian expecting second child

Update: Shane has posted the following message to his fans on Westlife's Official Page,Hi everyone, You've probably all heard the news by now, but I wanted to let you know personally that Gillian and I are having another baby! I can't even begin to describe how amazing we're both feeling right now -- as you can imagine, we're completely over the moon and Nicole is very excited at the thought of having a little brother or sister to play with. The baby is due in September, so quite a while to go yet, although I'm sure it'll fly by really quickly. Gillian's bump is growing by the day and she's extremely happy and healthy.  I look forward to introducing the new member of the Filan clan to you later in the year! Love Shane.Continue reading below for the original post.Originally posted March 7th: Shane Filan, of the Irish pop group Westlife, and his wife Gillian, 28, have announced that they are expecting their second child in September. The new baby will join big sister Nicole, 2 ½. A thrilled Shane, 28, tells the Daily Mirror,I can't believe I'm going to become a pop papa for the second time. We're going to be off from the band for a year from the summer so it seems like the perfect time to add to our family. I'm absolutely over the moon and it's going to be incredible to have two children. We didn't want to leave it too long to give Nicole a little brother or sister so it's perfect timing. Gillian is an amazing woman and I feel so proud to be having another child with her. It's going to be hectic in the Filan household with two little ones running around but we really can't wait. With the band taking a year off it is going to give me the chance to get really stuck in and be a great dad. I'll be able to give Gillian all the help she needs. All our friends and family are thrilled. Now we are just looking forward to whatever the future brings.Source: Daily Mirror Thanks to CBB readers Sylvana and Angela.

Published: 2008-03-14 Provider: Celebrity Baby Blog Keywords: Celebrity Dads, Expecting, News, Quotable quotes

Kevin Bacon says he's proud to be a father and a 'househusband'

We recently reported on how actress Kyra Sedgwick finds balance with her family and her career.  Her husband and fellow actor Kevin Bacon, 48, shares his perspective on their busy life -- and talks about how they keep it all together. With his acting and music careers, he jokes that he doesn't have time for vacations and is proud to be a 'househusband.' I've never played golf in my life. I just wear an apron, scrub the toilets. With Kyra's recent success as the star of the TNT drama The Closer, she lives in Los Angeles while the show is in production, and Kevin lives in New York City with their kids, Travis, 18, and Sosie, 15.  Kevin says that he has been more than happy to take care of them: In the first year, I stayed home more so the kids would have someone there. It actually affected her more than me. She was feeling so concerned about leaving them. I think it would have been really difficult for her if I hadn't stayed. Knowing I was home, she could really throw herself into the show. Kevin and Kyra's son Travis is a rising star in his own right; his punk-rock band toured 30 cities this summer.   Kevin says that Travis is "smart, he's compassionate and he's well-adjusted. And he's going off to college." As for Sosie, while she may be interested in becoming an actor like her parents, Kevin says it's still up in the air. She enjoys acting, but we don't encourage any kind of professional life until 18. I don't want to push her into being a child actor. Kevin's latest film Death Sentence opened on August 31st.  He also runs a charity web site, SixDegrees.org.  Sources: OC Register and Monsters and Critics 

Published: 2007-09-07 Provider: Celebrity Baby Blog Keywords: Celebrity Dads, Ha ha, News, Quotable quotes, Kevin Bacon, Kyra Sedgwick, Sosie Bacon, The Closer, TNT, Travis Bacon