Archives: February, 2009

Arizona's War On Rap Continues
Never Let It Be Said That Bono Isn't Up On Current Events
MC Hammer And Vanilla Ice To Bump Into Each Other Onstage Tonight
Lily Allen Won't Let "The New York Times" Into Her House Ever Again
The Jonas Brothers Are Virtually In Your Lap
DMX: I'm A Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Jail
"American Idol" Has To Pray Just To Make It To The End Of Its Hour
Is Feb. 27 Too Early To Declare Your Favorite Albums Of The Year So Far?
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'OK!' Apologizes For Using Lily Allen Photos
Diddy Tantric Twitter Watch
No Roca El Jukebox: Rowe Packing Up For Mexico This Summer
Ticketmaster Is Not Having A Great Week, But Neither Are Ticket Buyers
Axl Rose Types "Get In The Ring" Into AOL's Keyword Box
Everybody Hates Radiohead
To Be Fair, Not All Christians Have Insane Ideas About Music
Is Diddy Really Microblogging His 36-Hour Tantric Sex Session Right Now?
Things Just Aren't Getting Better For DMX
Jamie Foxx Gets Drunk With A Little Help From His Friends
Faith No More Bassist: "We Are Beginning To Appreciate The Fact That We Might Have Actually Done Something Right"
Internet Readies Its Nelson Muntz Impressions As News Of RIAA Layoffs Breaks
"American Idol": How Many Of Last Night's Contestants Could Have Used A Hug?
Now You Can Give The Atlanta Braves A Beat
Damon Albarn And Graham Coxon Give It Another Go
Randy Bewley, R.I.P.
Another One Bites The Dust
The Beatles' New Revolution
Yummo
Def Leppard, Cheap Trick, And Poison Team Up For The Tour Of The Century
Ticketmaster CEO: Concert Tickets Held Back From The Public Are "The Vast Majority Of The Best Seats In The House"
The Pirate Bay Has A Neo-Nazi In Its Closet
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Venice Is Sinking - "Ryan's Song" Video
Want To Buy The House That Punk Built?
The Idolator Q & A: Ne-Yo
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EMI Suing Seeqpod and Favtape
Get Well Soon, Buddy Miller
Finally, An Opportunity To Post About The Band (And Not The City) Phoenix
Barenaked Ladies Lead Singer Rides His Big Ship Into The Sunset
U2 Triangulates The Rock Charts
Anderson Cooper Thinks 50 Cent And The Republicans Are Losers
"NME" Awards Show Little Consensus, Lots Of Interest In American Politics
Today's Most Dubious Statement From The Microblogging Arm Of A British Music Tabloid
Damon And Graham Reunite On Stage, Play A Blur Song, Make American Anglophiles Even More Jealous
Please, Please Let Adam Lambert Channel Celine Dion Tonight
Kim Ki O: The Best Synth Duo From Istanbul You'll Hear This Month
Dubious Roger Friedman Claim Of The Day
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Pylon Guitarist Suffers Heart Attack
Ready To Feel Old?: "Things Fall Apart" Turns Ten
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50 Cent's 'Before I Self-Destruct' Delayed Again
The Murder City Devils To Sweat It Out In The Desert
Maybe It's Time To Cross Ireland Off "Places I'd Like To Live"
"Rockville, CA" Not Quite Up To "Empire Records" Standards
Josh Freese Is Serious About Taking You To P.F. Chang's
Happy Birthday, Plastic Bertrand
Tinted Windows Pile In The Van
INXS To J.D. Fortune: "You're Not Fired, You Quit"
The Black Lips Dig In
Faith No More Reuniting; Book Your Plane Tickets Now
Where The Guy Who Masterminded The "Sexy Music Might Lead To Teen Sex" Study Is Coming From
Nicole Scherzinger Is Very Excited That Peter Gabriel Didn't Win The "Best Original Song" Oscar
Eminem Focuses His Ire On His Paltry Digital Royalties
Happy Shrove Tuesday: Here's A Song About Pancakes
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Bill Wyman on Ticketmaster / LiveNation Merger
Why Tech Pundits Should Just Shut Up About The Music Business And Maybe Do Some Research For Once In Their Lives
Jermaine Dupri Bounces Back... Right Into Your Cup Of Morning Coffee
Depeche Mode's "Wrong" Video Is Right Freaky
Yeah Yeah Yeahs Embrace Their Destiny
Is Bruce Springsteen The Jack Johnson Of 2009?
James Franco Journeys To The End Of Taste
Flo Rida Does Not Change His Default Settings
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Rebuilding Daptone Records
Seven-Word Reviews Of Seven New Pop Songs
Importing Terror: Now There Is A Russian "HSM"
Handicapping The Upcoming Ticketmaster/LiveNation Hearings
"American Idol" Wild Card Round Explained (Sort Of)
Sony Decides That Now Is The Time To Launch A New Physical Format
Anti-Vocoder Lobby Going Just A Bit Too Far In Guyana
"WSJ" Tries To Make Irving Azoff Look Like LBJ
The White Stripes Quash Excitement About A Reunion By Actually Reuniting
Los Angeles Station's Switch Designed To Woo The 12-Year-Old Pop Fan
Raheem DeVaughan Must Be A Lot Of Fun At Karaoke
Leonard Cohen Hits The Interstate
Universal Music Group Australia Leaks The U2 Album
Lil Wayne's "Rebirth" Gets Pushed Back
Rickey Wright, R.I.P.
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LAPD Investigates Leaked Rihanna Photo
TV On The Radio: Looking For The Union Label
Wrapping Up Pet Shop Boys Week With My Five Favorite Tracks
Kelly Clarkson Is Back To Burning Brightly
Existential Questions Brought Up By Lazy Press-Release Xeroxing
The Dove Awards: As Lousy As You Might Expect Christian Music's Grammys To Be
Two-Hit Wonder Flo Rida Owns Charts, Reminds Us He Exists
Montage Music's "Reorganizing" Is Making Me Worry For The Road Hammers
Copyfighters: Yep, They're Still Jerks, For The Most Part
Today In Musician-Related Booze News: Jimi's Vodka Gets Unplugged, Kid Rock's Beer Gets Thumbs-Up
At What Point Does The Fake Announcement For "Rock Of Love: Danzig" Cross The Line From Plausible To "Too Crazy Even For VH1"?
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'American Idol' Finalists: The Blue-Eyed Soul Patrol
Touch And Gone: What It Means
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On Heavy Metal Parking Lot
Diddy To Try The Whole "Releasing Records" Thing One More Time
The Brits Take Some Inspiration From The Hood Internet
"American Idol" Almost Makes Us Feel Bad For Tatiana
The Pirate Bay Trial Gets Hacked
Bernard Butler: Blur Reunion More Embarrassing Than The Black Kids Album
Micachu And The Shapes Pucker Up
Survey Says: You Stink
Brandon Flowers At The Center Of Yet Another Special-Guest Maelstrom
Music Videos: Now Only $99
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Randy Jackson Calls This Year's 'American Idol' Contestants "Most Talented Bunch"
Touch And Go Records Going Catalog-Only?
Kanye West Welcomes Us To The Heartbreak Of Not Being First With An Idea
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The Roots to Write 200 Songs for Jimmy Fallon's Late-Night Talk Show
It's Dre Day (And Everybody's Celebratin')
U2 Tone Down The Tempo
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MC Hammer Reality Show to Hit A&E
Internet Radio Gets Semi-Saved
"American Idol" Puts The Fate Of 12 Semifinalists In Your Hands (Sort Of)
The Long, Slow Death Of The Times Square Virgin Megastore Begins Tomorrow
The Pet Shop Boys Are Always On Our Mind
The Brit Awards Will Make You Care About Duffy One Way Or The Other
Hard Rock Park To Rise From The Sand Again?
The Supa Sexxy Charlie Wilson Disc Is Finally For Sale
J.D. Fortune Was Apparently Not What INXS Needed
Punk Band No One Has Heard Of Just Hit The Publicity Jackpot
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Brit Awards Happening Now
Josh Freese Is Going To Redefine "Value-Added"
Flo Rida Owns Us All
Touch & Go Closing Distribution Arm, Laying Off Staff
The Clique Girlz: Purveyors Of "Food Porn"
This Post Is Not A Pipe Bomb
Flight Of The Conchords Take A Spin Through The Past
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Ben Sisario's Obituary of Estelle Bennett
M.I.A. Might Get In Bed With The Oscars
Sasquatch! Lineup Is All About The Rock Revivalism
Thursday Send Critics Racing For The Lyric Sheets
No, Presidents Do Not Have Any Sway Over The Pop Charts
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'American Idol' Update
The Yeah Yeah Yeahs Learn Their Letters And Numbers
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Kanye West Endorses The Fray's "Heartless" Cover
Ticketmaster Stockholders Sue For A Cut Of Those Fees
Scott Weiland's Fashion Line: Now Anyone Can Be A Headache-Inducing Album Cover For Halloween
Just Add Y's
Sirius XM Gets Liberated
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Daptone Records Robbed
Men At Work Singer Very Serious When Asking, "Who Can It Be Now?"
Inside The Grammy Pressroom: Despair, DSL, And Bodacious Bananas
Idolator Presents: A YouTube Tribute To Presidents' Day
Mandy Moore Is Still Squeaky Clean
Zuzana Smatanová Takes Eastern Bloc Piracy To A Whole New Level
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Continuum's 33 1/3 Series
Morrissey Throws His Arms Around His Malaise
The Jonas Brothers Will Never, Ever Get Old
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M.I.A. Gives Birth
Chris Brown Apologizes
Nine Inch Nails To Celebrate 20 Years By Touring With Jane's Addiction, Taking Hiatus
"Viva La Vida" Goes Global
Miley Cyrus Not Having The Best Couple Of Days
Fall Out Boy Will Let You Ford Their River
At The Pirate Bay Trial, No One Wins
UK Paper Spends 3,099 Words Reminding People That TV Sells Records
William Safire Writes A Mash Note To Mash-Ups
Dept. Of Potentially Sacrilegious Stunts
Missy Elliott Rechristens Herself As "Issymay Elliot-Yay"
Fever Ray Takes The Plunge
Yoko Ono Orders The World Back To Bed
Mickey Mouse And Minnie Mouse Engage In Some (Creepy) "Digital Love"
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Heads of State Show Recap
U2 Get In On The '90s Revival
Estelle Bennett, R.I.P.
Less Music, More Hugh Jackman Wackiness At The Oscars
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Madonna's Nude Photo Sells for $37K
Which Singers Should Be Turned Into Claymation Cupids?
Oh, This Should End Well
Admit It: There's No Better Musical Valentine Than A Well-Executed Cover Song
"American Idol" Producers Still Think Show's Viewers Are Idiots
Slipknot: Sore Winners
An Horse Drive Me Crazy With Their Name, Entertain Me With Their Music
The "Classic" Korn Lineup Is Now 50% Christian Rockers
Sorry, Everybody: Looks Like "Guitar Hero" And "Rock Band" Won't Save The Music Industry, Either
Five People Who Are Probably Not The New Lead Singer Of Velvet Revolver
Miley Cyrus' Trapper Keeper World
Joe The Engineer's Glossary Of Recording Terms, Part I
The Felicia Barton-Adjusted "Idol" Top 36: Bigmouths Strike Again
"Shhhh-it!": Idolator's Super-Secret Music Interview Talks Shop
Seven "Love Songs" That Are Probably (OK, Definitely) Inappropriate Mixtape Fodder
Chris Brown's Radio Spin: Some Stations May Be Dropping Him Without Dropping A Press Release
The Bizkit's Back: Fred And Wes Kiss And Make Up
"American Idol" Hastily Edits Felicia Barton Into The Top 36
The Yeah Yeah Yeahs Compete In Their Own Quickfire Challenge
The Crassest Pro-Indie Argument You Will See All Day
Madonna Finances Her Divorce On The Road
The Joy Formidable Is Giving It All Away
Ozzfest Goes Dark For 2009
Artists Take Refuge In Late Night
Borders To Have A Really Big Sale On CDs (In Preparation For Decimating Its Inventory)
Chrisette Michele: Grammy Winner, Ne-Yo Collaborator
Congrats, Lady GaGa: You're More Annoying Than Katy Perry Now
Grammys To Angry LeRoi Moore Fans: "We Only Memorialized Him For People Who Were Invited To The Show"
Is Radio Runnin' Scared From Chris Brown? Not Really
Finally, An "American Idol" Episode With (Just A Little) More Singing Than Drama
Lil Wayne Unsurprisingly Much Wittier Than Woody Paige
Help Someone Ruin Their Life, P-Funk Style!
How To Spot A Fake Scalped Ticket: Commas, Fonts, And Bad URLs
Date Matt Pinfield
Bruce Springsteen, Blogger
"Vibe" Tightens Up
Eminem: Not Quite As Popular As Flo Rida, But Still Setting Records
The Academy Of Country Music Loves Brad Paisley
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Santogold Becomes Santigold
Sorry, Mexico. I Still Love Your Music
Ayo Blogger Idiots... You Know "Saturday Night Live" Is Screwing With You, Right?
The Live Nation And Ticketmaster Announcement: PR Speak, Ahoy
Your Guide To This Week's Three Big Ramones Memes
Ticketmaster-Live Nation Two-Headed Monster Comes Closer To Existing
DJ Khaled: Not Dead
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Muzak Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy
Ted Nugent Throws His Love Grenade Into Your iPod
Miley Cyrus Believes Casual Racism Is Just Part Of God's Plan
"Hamster On A Piano" Eats Popcorn, Inspires Copyfight
Dillinger Escape Plan Know Your Anger, Know Your Dreams
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Rihanna Postpones Kuala Lumpur Concert
MTV And Snoop Dogg Cut Out The Middleman
Death Cab For Cutie Wishes Black People Could Be As Soulful As Indie Rock
Justin Timberlake Just Kidding About Being In The Restaurant Business
JJ Fad Set To Get Supersonic All Over Again
Bono Apparently Knows What Side His Soda Bread Is Buttered On
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Counting Down to the Ticketmaster / LiveNation Merger
"Saturday Night Live" Makes Yet Another Decent Band Sound Like Ass
Maybe The Grammys' Performance-Heavy Strategy Actually Worked?
Lil Kim's Inclusion On "Dancing With The Stars" To Inspire Lots Of Head-Scratching, Awkward "Cha Cha" Puns
Lily Allen Knows What Your Problem Is
Trent Reznor: Always Thom Yorke's Bridesmaid
Blossom Dearie, R.I.P.
Wrigley Suspending Chris Brown's Bubblegum Ad Campaign
"Opulent Party Attended By Millionaires" Does Not = News
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Dave Matthews Band Saxophonist Left Out of Grammys' 'In Memoriam' Montage
The Pussycat Dolls Try To Hitch Their Wagon To The Oscar Train
Chris Brown Goes To, Gets Out Of Jail
Live-Blogging The 2009 Grammys: Where The Winners Don't Count As Much As The Ability To Bring In Ratings
2009 Grammy Award Winners
The Pre-Grammys: Justice And MGMT Win "Most Bloggable" Award (Sort Of)
Kristen Wiig's Bjork Much More Tolerable If You Close Your Eyes
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TotalMusic is Done
Tom Brumley, R.I.P.
Terrible Songwriters Decide To Cash In On The Recession
Tough Break, Summer Festivals: My Concert Dollar Is Going To Slow Jams Live
Etta James: Cool With Beyoncé, Still Trying To Warm Up To The Man In The White House
Wynonna Deserves Better Than "Kath & Kim"
Leave Springsteen Alone: One Scientific Reason Why No One Should Be Outraged Over The Super Bowl Backing Tapes
Joe Satriani Will Not Be Flying Into Coldplay's Airspace This Sunday
Lil Wayne Is Making A List, Checking It Twice, And Giggling A Lot
Your Grammy Picks: Please Share Them
U2 Move The PopMart To Space?
This Week's Top 12: Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, And Justin Has The Blues
Heavy Lies the Crown: Clarkson Still Tops, But Slim Shady Is Poised to Pounce
Katy Perry And The Pussycat Dolls Continue To Warp The Minds Of America's Youth
Pepsi Will Not Let You Escape Will.I.Am
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Courtney Holt and MySpace Music
The Top Five Quotes From Axl Rose's Big "Billboard" Interview
The Pet Shop Boys Get A Lift From The Girls Aloud Masterminds
Vladimir Putin Gets Bjorn Again At A Really Private Show
Doves Shake Off The Rust, Return To Re-Win The Hearts of Anglophiles
When Weezy Met Mrs. Katie
Blink-182 To Reunite... As Grammy Presenters
A Robot Roundtable On The Grammys
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LL Cool J To Star in 'NCIS' Spinoff?
Etta James Not As Much Of A Beyoncé Fan As Some Would Have You Believe
Catfights, Spotlights, And Lots Of Tears In Hollywood
Bruce Springsteen Makes Ticketmaster CEO Grovel, Apologize, And Generally Feel Like Crap
Lux Interior, R.I.P.
Big Boi Has His Very Own Ringtone