Neil Young is in the final stages of mixing his new album, which he recorded with U2 producer Daniel Lanois in a Los Angeles house earlier this year. Following a longtime tradition, Young only recorded around the peak of the full moon. "We cut a couple of solo acoustic songs, …
Friday night in Northampton, Massachusetts, Interpol found themselves back in the kind of college club where they launched their careers. At Pearl Street, a venue with wood-boarded floors, tall Victorian-style windows covered with sheets and makeshift bleachers tucked into one corner of the room, the New York rockers kicked off …
Boyle’s label, Sony, is targeting an October streetdate for the as-yet-untitled album.
Everybody’s gone Ustream crazy today, people. First it was Taylor Swift updating us on what she did this summer. And now we have the above image, a screen grab from Katy Perry’s Ustream chat with artist Will Cotton.
Behind Perry and Cotton we can see the album artwork for Perry’s upcoming sophomore full-length, Teenage Dream, which Cotton painted. The image is a re-creation of Perry’s cotton-candy cloud video for “California Gurls,” the lead single from Teenage Dream.
You can watch (or rewatch) Perry’s chat at her Ustream page. Check below for Perry’s “California Gurls” video and be sure to check out the behind-the-scenes video about the making of “California Gurls.” Teenage Dream is due out August 24th.
Katy Perry went the extra mile for the unveiling of her “Teenage Dream” album artwork today (July 21), revealing a 6×6 canvas painting of the cover to her fans watching live on Ustream.
One question has been on the lips of our great nation this summer: What is up with Taylor Swift? After pretty much running 2009, during which she saw a million faces and lightly rocked them all, T-Swiz has been taking it easy this summer, largely keeping her name out of the headlines.
So it was awfully polite of the pop-country princess to hop on Ustream to chat with fans and give us all an update on what’s going down in Taylor Town.
The video chat, which was broadcast last night, seems to be shot in Taylor’s Stevie-Nicks-In-Training room, with candles burning and dark, purple drapes hanging in the background.
Taylor updates her fans on how her summer is going, how she’s liking living on her own. Most important, Taylor talks about her new album, Speak Now, which is scheduled to be released October 25.
Check out the Ustream chat and Taylor’s “You Belong With Me” video, both below.
+ Watch Taylor Swift’s Ustream chat, here
Swift shared the news with her fans on Ustream and said that the album’s first single, entitled “Mine,” will be released around mid-August.
Serj Tankian “wanted to achieve a whole different sound” on his third solo album, “Imperfect Harmonies,” mixing rock, electronic, orchestral and jazz elements into its 11 songs.
When Rolling Stone's Neil Strauss caught up with Lady Gaga for our cover story (on sale at newsstands now), the pop superstar revealed that though she's currently on a massive arena tour behind The Fame Monster, she's already at work on its follow-up: "Some artists take years. I don't. I …
A desire to work with a specific producer, Ben Mink, drove Heart to record its forthcoming new album, “Red Velvet Car.”
With his solo debut, former Live frontman Ed Kowalczyk says he’s “Alive” again after suffering a “creative malaise” in the wake of the band’s dissolution last year.
Get your juiced-up (or not) bicep into prime fist-pumping position. OK, good. Now crank your self-tanner to electric tangerine, put on some Filthy Couture (or Ed Hardy — duh) and get ready to listen to the most beat-the-beat-worthy soundtrack of the summer: the Jersey Shore Soundtrack, inspired by the Jersey Shore’s finest self-proclaimed guidos and guidettes (plus Angelina!)
Check out the Jersey Shore track list, featuring Akon, LMFAO, Tiesto, David Guetta, Paul Oakenfold, Kid Sister, Taio Cruz, Ludacris and more, and listen to the full-length album here, before its official release on Tuesday, July 20. Plus, watch the Jersey Shore cast in Enrique Iglesias’ “I Like It” video, featuring Pitbull. And don’t miss the premiere of Season 2 of the “Jersey Shore” Thursday, July 29 at 10/9c.
+ Jersey Shore Soundtrack Tracklist
1. Enrique Iglesias ft. Pitbull “I Like It”
2. Taio Cruz ft. Ludacris “Break Your Heart” (Mixin Marc and Tony Svejda Edit)
3. LMFAO “Get Crazy”
4. Lil Jon ft. 3OH!3 “Hey”
5. Deadmau5 ft. Rob Swire “Ghosts N Stuff”
6. David Guetta & Chris Willis ft. Fergie & LMFAO, “Gettin’ Over You”
7. Steve Aoki (ft. [[[zuper blahq]]]) “I’m In The House”
8. Tiesto vs. Diplo “Come On”
9. Paul Oakenfold “Pump It Up”
10. Richard Vission & Static Revenge starring Luciana “I Like That”
11. Kid Sister ft. Nina Sky “Look Out Weekend”
12. Girlicious “Drank”
13. Lil Jon ft. Pitbull “Work It Out”
14. Midi Mafia “Last Call”
15. Die Atzen “Disco Pogo”
16. Bonus Track: DJ Pauly D “Beat Dat Beat (It’s Time To)”
One of the more surprising moments during the 2010 BET Awards was El DeBarge performing a medley of ’80s hits by former family group DeBarge. Now the singer/songwriter is hoping to parlay that moment into a successful comeback bid with his first album since 1994.
Usher is taking advantage of the upward streak he’s on with his current album, “Raymond V. Raymond,” by releasing another album titled “Versus” on August 24th.
Linkin Park will release its TK studio album “A Thousand Suns” (Machine Shop Recordings/Warner Bros.) on Sept. 14, the band announced today on its official website.
In 1996, Enrique Iglesias, already a Latin star, was shuttled by helicopter to a live show hosted by romantic station KLVE Los Angeles. As the chopper hovered over Westlake Park, Iglesias looked down in surprise at the crowd of approximately 150,000 that waited below.
Ryan Leslie enamored old and new fans alike last night (June 23) during the first of two back-to-back performances at New York City’s Bowery Ballroom.
+ Radiohead have almost wrapped up their follow-up to In Rainbows. Guitarist Ed O’Brien calls the album, “genuinely exciting…it’s very different from what we did last time.” (MTV News)
+ Eminem appeared on E!’s The Soup with host Joel McHale and revealed his latent Sex And The City passion. (Idolator)
+ Ex-Metro Station member Trace Cyrus (who is also brother to some girl named Miley) fired some tweeted shots in the direction of High School Musical’s Ashley Tisdale, writing she was, “the worst person I’ve met in my life.” (JustJaredJr)
+ Speaking of the Cyrus clan, Miley performed in a rather controversial ensemble (shocker) at the MuchMusic Awards. She was joined onstage by Justin Bieber during her performance of “Party In The U.S.A.” (CelebBuzz)
+ Taylor Swift is trying to bring high-waisted bathing suits back in style, which they haven’t been since the 1950’s. (TMZ)
Crystal Bowersox has already started recording material for her debut album, and so far, at least one collaborator is highly impressed with what she’s bringing to the table.
One morning last fall, musician Dave Stewart woke up with an idea for a new song. But unlike any of his past material, the tune was about inspiring those struggling with cancer.
