Your daily dose of national music news for Friday, October 16, 2009…Looks like Lady Gaga isn’t letting the whole canceled-tour-with-Kanye-West thing keep her down” She’s hitting the road anyway.In news that will make most of middle-America shake with joy, Garth Brooks is unretiring!A-Ha has broken up. I know this comes…
Your daily dose of national music news for Thursday, October 15, 2009…Leona Lewis took a right hook to the dome–for literacy–when a “fan” punched her in the head at a book signing.Care to know what the Editors are up to in London? Check out their very own Google Earth.Sufjan Stevens…
When it comes to lives shows, it’s hard to beat Sean Tillman. Why? Does he have dynamic singing skills and dance moves? Uh, no, not really—but he tries. And it’s the effort he puts into making his stage persona, Har Mar Superstar, real that makes it great. Surely, somewhere deep…
Your daily dose of national music news for Wednesday, October 14, 2009…Sorry kids: Pavement won’t record any new material when they reform and tour next year.L.A. punk pioneer Brendan Mullen has died.Carly Simon is suing Starbucks for failing to properly promote her album This Kind of Love on its Hear…
Your daily dose of national music news for Tuesday, October 13, 2009…The lovable lunk-heads from Anvil are hoping for an Oscar nomination for their documentary “Anvil: The Story of Anvil.” Hopefully it will go better than their music career did.Julian Casablancas says he and his The Strokes bandmates are halfway…
Your daily dose of national music news for Monday, October 12, 2009…Soulja Boy was arrested for obstruction of justice while filming a music video at an abandoned house.Amy Winehouse figured the best way to get a fresh start on her music career was with breast augmentation. Here’s a novel idea:…
Your daily dose of national music news for Friday, October 9, 2009…U2 would like their own version of Rock Band, just like The Beatles. Would you get more points for preening like Bono?Do you want to be on the new Does It Offend You Yeah? album? All you need to…
Your daily dose of national music news for Thursday, October 8, 2009… Have you ever sat around, wishing you could buy a tuft of Elvis’ hair? Well now is your chance! What’s the deal with London getting all the band residencies lately? The Pixies kicked off their residency by playing Doolittle…
Your daily dose of national music news for Wednesday, October 7, 2009…Peter Hook admitted he’s forged Ian Curtis’ signature on Joy Division memorabilia he sold. He says it was partly as a “joke.” Not funny Hooky. Not funny.The “emo haircut” is dead?Jay Reatard’s band has quit. Wow, how much of…
Your daily dose of national music news for Tuesday, October 6, 2009…In a story that can’t help but make you smile, 85-year-old Margaret Priebe went to her first Metallica concert. She was introduced to them nine years ago and has listened to them and Ozzy while recovering from cancer.I know…
Your daily dose of national music news for Monday, October 5, 2009… Liam Gallagher has joined a British campaign to save honeybees. He said if it weren’t for honey, he would “have a rough voice.” Maybe he needs to save an insect that can help him carry a tune? Elvis’ grandson…
Your daily dose of national music news for Friday, October 1, 2009… How sad: The Kanye West/Lady Gaga tour has been canceled. I hear someone tried to tell ‘Ye the tour was canceled, but was interrupted by Taylor Swift. Flava Flav is shopping a series where he goes back to high…
Two-man rock groups generally fall into one of two types of rock: blues and hard-rock. Then there is Maryland’s Wye Oak, a duo that is far from the blazing guitar work of Jack White and Dan Auerbach. The band deftly blends elements of folk, country and indie-rock into a style unique to…
Your daily dose of national music news for Thursday, October 1, 2009… The Black Keys are coming out with a hip-hop record? Don’t worry, they guys got guest MCs. An interview with Michael Jackson has surfaced where he talks about not wanting to go to a strip club with Madonna where…
I’ve been really impressed the couple of times I’ve seen DJ Sober spin before shows. His song selection is impeccable and he reads the crowd really well. Newcomers and the people out on the patio made their way inside as The Party’s DJ Sober was spinning a nice mix of…
Your daily dose of national music news for Wednesday, September 29, 2009…It now only takes Eddie Vedder 30 minutes to write a song? That story isn’t as cool as coming up with his lyrics for Ten while surfing.Wolfgang’s Vault will release 1,000 of it’s live shows for purchase starting November…
Your daily dose of national music news for Tuesday, September 28, 2009… The Yoko Ono Plastic Ono Band will perform on gabfest The View on Wednesday. Anyone else worried she’s going to come between Whoopi and Joy and split the girls up? U2 has yet to make a profit on its 360…
Your daily dose of national music news for Monday, September 8, 2009… Austin City Limits has released its TV schedule for this season. Unfortunately, we’ll only get to see three of them in between the constant telethons on KERA… The Faces are reuniting for a one-off charity concert. Marilyn Manson has been diagnosed…
Your daily dose of national music news for Friday, September 25, 2009… Chris Cornell is donating memorabilia to the new Hard Rock Cafe on the Las Vegas strip. Items not included: pride and self-respect. He lost track of them when he recorded Scream. Lily Allen has decided to hang up…
Your daily dose of national music news for Thursday, September 24, 2009… Mackenzie Phillips really loved her father, John Phillips of The Mamas and The Papas–so much so, she claims to have had an affair with him for 10 years. But, hey, uh, it was consensual. So you shouldn’t judge. Nothing…
Your daily dose of national music news for Wednesday, September 23, 2009… DJ Whoo Kid says Eminem’s Relapse 2 will be “more maniacal” than Relapse. I wonder who will be the target of his wrath: Mariah Carey or his ex-wife? I realize that when a pet dies it’s a very sad thing…
Your daily dose of national music news for Tuesday, September 22, 2009… Turntablist extraordinaire Roc Raida has passed away. Indie rock “It-couple” Zooey Deschanel and Ben Gibbard tied the knot this weekend. Thanks for breaking my heart, Zooey. What’s the best way to calm an anxious mistress? Well, if you’re former…
