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| Posted: 01 Dec 2011 07:23 PM PST 'X Factor' Top 7 Results: An Astronomical Double Elimination I suppose it was only a matter of time before Astro, aka the Astronomical Kid, got axed from "The X Factor," since he'd become the show's resident villain ever since his onstage tantrum on that notorious night when he was in the bottom two. Arrogance and swaggadocio may play well in the hip-hop game (see: [...] |
| Posted: 01 Dec 2011 05:02 PM PST Britney Spears' Top 10 Wildest Looks Can you believe it? Britney Spears turns 30 years old December 2! And what better way to celebrate the all-grown-up pop icon's big birthday than to look back at some of her wildest ensembes? From bare midriffs to barely-there lingerie, Britney has rocked some of the most memorable looks in pop music during her decades-spanning [...] |
| Posted: 01 Dec 2011 03:26 PM PST Bono Tells 'Ellen' He Hates His Girly Singing Voice Ever since they captured international attention three decades ago, a curmudgeonly minority has complained about U2's music, frequently citing Bono's allegedly whiny voice. Today we learned that shockingly, the U2 frontman actually sympathizes with his detractors. Appearing on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" via satellite to raise awareness of World AIDS Day, Bono admitted that he [...] |
| Posted: 01 Dec 2011 02:37 PM PST The Killers Celebrate Christmas the Cowboy Way All those Black Friday presents get unwrapped on December 25th, but for fans of the Killers, the band has made it an annual tradition to celebrate Christmas on December 1st. Since 2006, Brandon Flowers and his Vegas crew have posted genre-bending Xmas-themed music videos in the name of charity, since today is World AIDS Day. |
| Posted: 01 Dec 2011 02:37 PM PST Britney Spears's 30 Most Memorable Moments December 2 is a big day in the life of Britney Spears. It's her 30th birthday. She's not a girl and she IS a woman, y'all. In her twenties, Britney experienced some big highs--and even bigger lows--but now her career and personal life seem to be back on track. So to celebrate both her 30th [...] |
| Posted: 01 Dec 2011 01:49 PM PST Hanson's Beer Joins List of Strangest Musician-Endorsed Alcoholic Products Having recently announced they'll be unleashing their own brand of beer, Hanson have unwittingly made their first culturally relevant move in 13 years: They're now part of the ever-expanding musicians-shilling-alcohol universe. It only makes sense for rockers and rappers (and still-soldiering '90s boy bands) to attach their name to a brand of booze. |
| Posted: 01 Dec 2011 12:14 PM PST Unfair Warning: Van Halen Were No-Shows at the Grammy Nominations This week was supposed to be mark Van Halen's triumphant return: The group, with David Lee Roth back up front, recently signed a shiny new record contract with Interscope, Eddie Van Halen made the Top 10 on Rolling Stone's Greatest Guitarists list, and the band was scheduled to finally confirm their first studio album together [...] |
| Posted: 01 Dec 2011 12:14 PM PST Talking Shop with John Jeremiah Sullivan If you're a fan of music writing—or any kind of writing, really—you should pick up John Jeremiah Sullivan's Pulphead (Farrar, Straus And Giroux). It's a collection of reported essays he's published in GQ, Harper's, the Oxford American and other publications. It's also great. In the last two weeks, I've read new collections by music-writing Paul [...] |
| Posted: 01 Dec 2011 10:33 AM PST Today Is the Last Day of Napster's Life The relationship between music and the Internet is in a constant state of evolution as the record labels struggle to survive in the face of free streaming, decreased albums sales, and illegal downloading. Just a day after Spotify -- potentially the record industry's greatest digital bridge for reconnecting its product with the consumer -- announced [...] |
| Posted: 01 Dec 2011 09:41 AM PST Trent Reznor's 'Dragon Tattoo' Score Is Longer Than the Film 'The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo' film will hit theaters on December 21, which means we're also just three weeks away from the follow-up of Trent Reznor's Oscar-winning 'The Social Network' score. The Nine Inch Nails frontman previously promised to unveil all the soundtrack information tomorrow, but a few key details have emerged. |
| Posted: 01 Dec 2011 07:09 AM PST The 10 Weirdest Grammy Nods: Seth McFarlane, Val Kilmer, Eddie Vedder and More As expected, Adele, Kanye West, Bruno Mars, Radiohead, and Bon Iver all scored multiple nods at last night's Grammy Nominations concert, but as with all Grammy Awards, there were a bunch of nominees that no one could have predicted. Last year, it was Woody Allen, Cyndi Lauper, and a 40-year-old Beatles song that were the [...] |
| Posted: 01 Dec 2011 07:09 AM PST The Rock's Backpages Rave: Rickie Lee Jones at the Royal Festival Hall Rob Steen and I share the conviction that Rickie Lee Jones' 1981 sophomore album Pirates is one of the greatest records ever made; her debut wasn't too shabby either. Rob watched Jones perform both of them last week in London, then penned this impassioned encomium——Barney Hoskyns, Editorial Director, Rock's Backpages First, a health warning: if [...] |
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