http://cache.gawker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/idolator.com.png http://idolator.com http://idolator.com http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/idolator/excerpts/~3/9bvLc4D2svw/what-use-are-best-of-lists-anyhow http://idolator.com/5100904/what-use-are-best-of-lists-anyhow Tue, 02 Dec 2008 17:00:00 EST Dan Gibson http://idolator.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5100904&view=rss&microfeed=true As has been mentioned in several recent year-end wrapup posts, the merits of putting together arbitrary listings of the year's "best" musical phenomena are somewhat negligible beyond their ability to...http://idolator.com/5100904/what-use-are-best-of-lists-anyhow http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/idolator/excerpts/~3/EsR5b3Z0PAk/ http://idolator.com/5101074/ Tue, 02 Dec 2008 16:45:00 EST Maura Johnston http://idolator.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5101074&view=rss&microfeed=true Notes on the rider that accompanied Van Halen's most recent reunion tour: David Lee Roth's dressing room had to be full of sugar-free Red Bull, but rug-free (so he could practice martial arts...http://idolator.com/5101074/ http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/idolator/excerpts/~3/7O7IFBV5SHI/kid-rock-unclear-on-the-meaning-behind-the-word-punishment http://idolator.com/5101059/kid-rock-unclear-on-the-meaning-behind-the-word-punishment Tue, 02 Dec 2008 16:15:00 EST Maura Johnston http://idolator.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5101059&view=rss&microfeed=true Was it really more than a year ago that Kid Rock got in a scrap at a Waffle House that resulted in him having to go for anger-management training and perform some community service? It was, and Kid...http://idolator.com/5101059/kid-rock-unclear-on-the-meaning-behind-the-word-punishment http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/idolator/excerpts/~3/xA5ibA2PrpM/the-bee-girl-tries-to-pollinate-the-celebrity-press http://idolator.com/5101055/the-bee-girl-tries-to-pollinate-the-celebrity-press Tue, 02 Dec 2008 15:45:00 EST Maura Johnston http://idolator.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5101055&view=rss&microfeed=true The New York Post nearly redeemed itself last month when it tracked down Heather DeLoach, a.k.a. "the Bee Girl from that Blind Melon video," n.k.a. a 25-year-old aspiring actress who lives in...http://idolator.com/5101055/the-bee-girl-tries-to-pollinate-the-celebrity-press http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/idolator/excerpts/~3/C-ieg6vTKVg/the-used+mp3-marketplace-its-not-a-joke-anymore http://idolator.com/5100935/the-used+mp3-marketplace-its-not-a-joke-anymore Tue, 02 Dec 2008 15:00:00 EST Maura Johnston http://idolator.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5100935&view=rss&microfeed=true One of the running gags those of us who follow the music world for a living has had focused on the idea of the used-MP3 store. "Ha ha!" we laughed. "This is when we know that people are really trying...http://idolator.com/5100935/the-used+mp3-marketplace-its-not-a-joke-anymore http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/idolator/excerpts/~3/SioW-B_7WEA/ray-winstone-to-join-steven-soderberghs-guided-by-voices+singing-professionals http://idolator.com/5100975/ray-winstone-to-join-steven-soderberghs-guided-by-voices+singing-professionals Tue, 02 Dec 2008 14:30:00 EST Maura Johnston http://idolator.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5100975&view=rss&microfeed=true Last month, we told you about Cleo, Steven Soderbergh's musical about the life of Cleopatra that will supposedly star Catherine Zeta-Jones, Hugh Jackman, and the songs of Guided By Voices. (Also it's...http://idolator.com/5100975/ray-winstone-to-join-steven-soderberghs-guided-by-voices+singing-professionals http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/idolator/excerpts/~3/nNUkz3ALJA8/live-nation-and-blockbuster-team-up-to-frustrate-ticket-buyers http://idolator.com/5100943/live-nation-and-blockbuster-team-up-to-frustrate-ticket-buyers Tue, 02 Dec 2008 13:45:00 EST Dan Gibson http://idolator.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5100943&view=rss&microfeed=true From the "Who actually purchases tickets in a store these days?" department, Live Nation has signed an agreement with Blockbuster to house ticket outlets in 500 Blockbuster locations "strategically...http://idolator.com/5100943/live-nation-and-blockbuster-team-up-to-frustrate-ticket-buyers http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/idolator/excerpts/~3/qQWxoBN57Yk/lily-allen-shows-off-newish-song-emi-shows-off-newish-youtube-strategy http://idolator.com/5100905/lily-allen-shows-off-newish-song-emi-shows-off-newish-youtube-strategy Tue, 02 Dec 2008 13:00:00 EST Maura Johnston http://idolator.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5100905&view=rss&microfeed=true Yesterday, charming blogabout Lily Allen debuted "The Fear," the lead single off her forthcoming album It's Not Me, It's You. The song is a brighter version of a track she previewed on MySpace back...http://idolator.com/5100905/lily-allen-shows-off-newish-song-emi-shows-off-newish-youtube-strategy http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/idolator/excerpts/~3/6COm01G8tmA/what-should-the-suits-blame-the-economy-or-the-leaks http://idolator.com/5100865/what-should-the-suits-blame-the-economy-or-the-leaks Tue, 02 Dec 2008 12:00:00 EST Dan Gibson http://idolator.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5100865&view=rss&microfeed=true The hand-wringing over Kanye West's and Guns N' Roses' disappointing sales figures last week has begun, and lots of fingers seem to be pointing toward the economy, the decline of the music industry...http://idolator.com/5100865/what-should-the-suits-blame-the-economy-or-the-leaks http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/idolator/excerpts/~3/SREGZK1hnFI/ http://idolator.com/5100859/ Tue, 02 Dec 2008 11:45:00 EST Maura Johnston http://idolator.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5100859&view=rss&microfeed=true The 2009 installment of Bonnaroo will take place June 11-14, 2009, and tickets go on sale this Thursday. Following the lead of K-Mart and Stagecoach, the Bonnaroo organizers are offering a lay-away...http://idolator.com/5100859/ http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/idolator/excerpts/~3/nwfE2Ge3rL0/ http://idolator.com/5100836/ Tue, 02 Dec 2008 11:30:00 EST Dan Gibson http://idolator.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5100836&view=rss&microfeed=true The occasionally reliable NME is reporting that Britney Spears' Circus has so far sold 24,000 copies, leaving the album in third place out of the gate. The Killers are hanging on to second place n...http://idolator.com/5100836/ http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/idolator/excerpts/~3/thGJtlW_WQI/the-macarena--the-song-that-will-never-go-away http://idolator.com/5100815/the-macarena--the-song-that-will-never-go-away Tue, 02 Dec 2008 11:00:00 EST Dan Gibson http://idolator.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5100815&view=rss&microfeed=true Los Del Rio's "Macarena," despite being one on the most irritating songs ever created and a constant curse on the ears of anyone who is forced to attend multiple elementary school dances each year,...http://idolator.com/5100815/the-macarena--the-song-that-will-never-go-away http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/idolator/excerpts/~3/lI6hcQ8V5ks/soulja-boy-keeps-opening-mouth-inserting-self+branded-shoe http://idolator.com/5100814/soulja-boy-keeps-opening-mouth-inserting-self+branded-shoe Tue, 02 Dec 2008 10:30:00 EST Maura Johnston http://idolator.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5100814&view=rss&microfeed=true Continuing his elaborate metacommentary on the 21st century couched in saying really stupid shit to the press, Soulja Boy gave a new slew of bon mots to former Idolator guestblogger Jeff Weiss for...http://idolator.com/5100814/soulja-boy-keeps-opening-mouth-inserting-self+branded-shoe http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/idolator/excerpts/~3/t0IwVP22GWM/the-record-business-celebrates-the-bad-kind-of-black-friday http://idolator.com/5100788/the-record-business-celebrates-the-bad-kind-of-black-friday Tue, 02 Dec 2008 10:00:18 EST Maura Johnston http://idolator.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5100788&view=rss&microfeed=true If anyone in the music business was hoping that the one-two punch of a holiday weekend and big-name releases would magically convince people to pay for music one last time, they may want to pour...http://idolator.com/5100788/the-record-business-celebrates-the-bad-kind-of-black-friday http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/idolator/excerpts/~3/Yp9cINfZr6E/introducing-akon-pops-newest-sad+sack-balladeer http://idolator.com/5100782/introducing-akon-pops-newest-sad+sack-balladeer Tue, 02 Dec 2008 10:00:00 EST Dan Gibson http://idolator.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5100782&view=rss&microfeed=true Our look at the closing lines of reviews of the week's biggest new music continues with a look at reactions to Akon's Freedom, which arrives in stores today: • "Some songs tend to drag on...http://idolator.com/5100782/introducing-akon-pops-newest-sad+sack-balladeer http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/idolator/excerpts/~3/NfDjb34HrmI/britney-spears-to-take-her-circus-on-tour http://idolator.com/5100772/britney-spears-to-take-her-circus-on-tour Tue, 02 Dec 2008 09:15:00 EST Maura Johnston http://idolator.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5100772&view=rss&microfeed=true This morning, Britney Spears was on Good Morning America to celebrate the release of her "comeback" album Circus and her 27th birthday, as well as preview her just-announced tour; above, she performs...http://idolator.com/5100772/britney-spears-to-take-her-circus-on-tour http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/idolator/excerpts/~3/8OnDpZ1wAac/the-creed-reunion-is-almost-a-go http://idolator.com/5100534/the-creed-reunion-is-almost-a-go Mon, 01 Dec 2008 16:00:00 EST Mike Barthel http://idolator.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5100534&view=rss&microfeed=true Scott Stapp! Scott Stapp! The name like music to the ears of any red-blooded American. And now, it looks like that Creed reunion is actually going to happen! Scott Stapp: wife abuser, sex tape...http://idolator.com/5100534/the-creed-reunion-is-almost-a-go http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/idolator/excerpts/~3/kVcJ3VDvktw/system-overload-how-not-to-get-ahead-in-music http://idolator.com/5100506/system-overload-how-not-to-get-ahead-in-music Mon, 01 Dec 2008 15:00:00 EST Mike Barthel http://idolator.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5100506&view=rss&microfeed=true "Doing traditional PR for independent artists is really difficult, and handling PR on a national level is the most challenging and one of the most discouraging tasks I have ever undertaken," writes...http://idolator.com/5100506/system-overload-how-not-to-get-ahead-in-music http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/idolator/excerpts/~3/o2OkZlKFrIs/annie-tosses-island-records-aside-like-its-yesterdays-gum http://idolator.com/5100485/annie-tosses-island-records-aside-like-its-yesterdays-gum Mon, 01 Dec 2008 14:45:10 EST Maura Johnston http://idolator.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5100485&view=rss&microfeed=true After seeing her album Don't Stop put into endless turnaround despite it leaking over the summer, the Norwegian retro-popper Annie has announced that she's leaving Island Records: "I think it's a...http://idolator.com/5100485/annie-tosses-island-records-aside-like-its-yesterdays-gum http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/idolator/excerpts/~3/DsC7xo962TI/ http://idolator.com/5100461/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 14:30:00 EST Mike Barthel http://idolator.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5100461&view=rss&microfeed=true OG musicbloggers from Chromewaves, Largehearted Boy, Fluxblog, and Said the Gramophone, along with Ryan Catbird and Matt LeMay, are launching a group blog called (somewhat confusingly) MBV. There's...http://idolator.com/5100461/ http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/idolator/excerpts/~3/QTVlXSyPFU8/will-video-games-save-the-music-industry-dream-on http://idolator.com/5100414/will-video-games-save-the-music-industry-dream-on Mon, 01 Dec 2008 14:00:00 EST Mike Barthel http://idolator.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5100414&view=rss&microfeed=true "Can Guitar Hero Help Save the Music Industry?" asked a post to the New York Times' "Freakonomics" blog recently. And while our natural inclination is to yell "we hope so," it's worth examining the...http://idolator.com/5100414/will-video-games-save-the-music-industry-dream-on http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/idolator/excerpts/~3/HktT3fjLTaw/stephen-king-takes-a-shine-to-girl-talk-and-al-green http://idolator.com/5100147/stephen-king-takes-a-shine-to-girl-talk-and-al-green Mon, 01 Dec 2008 13:00:00 EST Maura Johnston http://idolator.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5100147&view=rss&microfeed=true Last year, Stephen King could only pick seven albums that he liked from the year's offerings, but 2008 has apparently been kinder to King's ears: Not only was he moved to pick a full top 10, he...http://idolator.com/5100147/stephen-king-takes-a-shine-to-girl-talk-and-al-green http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/idolator/excerpts/~3/1cYu-e7J1zI/ http://idolator.com/5100403/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 12:45:00 EST Maura Johnston http://idolator.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5100403&view=rss&microfeed=true The British music magazine Word has a cute Advent calendar of sorts on its Web site; every day brings a new chestnut from YouTube. [Word]http://idolator.com/5100403/ http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/idolator/excerpts/~3/9qpCGgeXai4/the-new-who-britneys-comeback-is-on-the-record-now http://idolator.com/5100182/the-new-who-britneys-comeback-is-on-the-record-now Mon, 01 Dec 2008 12:00:00 EST Mike Barthel http://idolator.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5100182&view=rss&microfeed=true It looked for a moment at the beginning of Britney: For the Record that she might be making the full transition into this decade's Courtney Love—that she might show us how the sausage was made,...http://idolator.com/5100182/the-new-who-britneys-comeback-is-on-the-record-now http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/idolator/excerpts/~3/xiTw9NUaQck/george-michael-tries-to-go-back-to-last-christmas http://idolator.com/5100234/george-michael-tries-to-go-back-to-last-christmas Mon, 01 Dec 2008 11:30:00 EST Maura Johnston http://idolator.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5100234&view=rss&microfeed=true He's retired from touring (well, after he plays a couple of shows to the big-money audiences in Dubai, anyway), but George Michael is apparently still interested in putting out new music; today he...http://idolator.com/5100234/george-michael-tries-to-go-back-to-last-christmas http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/idolator/excerpts/~3/7QKWLDde--s/is-best-buy-already-over-promoting-chinese-democracy http://idolator.com/5100341/is-best-buy-already-over-promoting-chinese-democracy Mon, 01 Dec 2008 11:00:00 EST Maura Johnston http://idolator.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5100341&view=rss&microfeed=true While flipping through the Best Buy circular that came with this weekend's New York Times, I noticed something kind of odd: There wasn't one mention of Guns N' Roses' Chinese Democracy anywhere...http://idolator.com/5100341/is-best-buy-already-over-promoting-chinese-democracy http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/idolator/excerpts/~3/bBP0Dp3k8W8/bruce-springsteen-plays-in-the-clover-patch http://idolator.com/5100322/bruce-springsteen-plays-in-the-clover-patch Mon, 01 Dec 2008 10:30:00 EST Maura Johnston http://idolator.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5100322&view=rss&microfeed=true ARTIST: Bruce Springsteen TITLE: "My Lucky Day" WEB DEBUT: Nov. 28, 2008 ONE-LISTEN VERDICT: There's something about an upbeat, hopeful Bruce Springsteen song that gets my heart going, even...http://idolator.com/5100322/bruce-springsteen-plays-in-the-clover-patch http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/idolator/excerpts/~3/xt8R6a6oKQw/britney-spears-you-cant-look-away-just-admit-it http://idolator.com/5100296/britney-spears-you-cant-look-away-just-admit-it Mon, 01 Dec 2008 10:00:00 EST Maura Johnston http://idolator.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5100296&view=rss&microfeed=true Our look at the closing lines of the biggest new-music reviews brings us to Circus, the new album by pop supernova Britney Spears: "Those two ballads and 'Unusual You' are the album’s only...http://idolator.com/5100296/britney-spears-you-cant-look-away-just-admit-it http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/idolator/excerpts/~3/bdpAyLa_9n4/american-idol-the-anemic-audition-turnout-takes-its-toll http://idolator.com/5100235/american-idol-the-anemic-audition-turnout-takes-its-toll Mon, 01 Dec 2008 09:45:00 EST Maura Johnston http://idolator.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5100235&view=rss&microfeed=true The American Idol franchise has been flailing, with gently deflating ratings and fewer people showing up for the audition cattle calls, so the powers that be over at 19 Entertainment have decided to...http://idolator.com/5100235/american-idol-the-anemic-audition-turnout-takes-its-toll http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/idolator/excerpts/~3/8yzxOGVDFjU/pop-culture-is-never-gonna-give-the-rickroll-up http://idolator.com/5100281/pop-culture-is-never-gonna-give-the-rickroll-up Mon, 01 Dec 2008 09:30:00 EST Maura Johnston http://idolator.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5100281&view=rss&microfeed=true A few news items that you might have missed while sleeping off your cranberry-sauce-and-stuffing coma: • Ne-Yo is going to bring his grown sexiness to the next Marilyn Manson album. [Hollywood...http://idolator.com/5100281/pop-culture-is-never-gonna-give-the-rickroll-up http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/idolator/excerpts/~3/TUMHHxPtnAg/idolator-presents-the-totally-not-made-up-tale-of-chinese-democracy http://idolator.com/5098990/idolator-presents-the-totally-not-made-up-tale-of-chinese-democracy Wed, 26 Nov 2008 14:00:00 EST Jess Harvell http://idolator.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5098990&view=rss&microfeed=true A.K.A the secret story of how you almost didn't get to hear the new Guns N' Roses album, after all. As told to Jess Harvell by Axl himself. (No, I swear.) W. Axl Rose was relaxing one...http://idolator.com/5098990/idolator-presents-the-totally-not-made-up-tale-of-chinese-democracy http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/idolator/excerpts/~3/SgD7RENSV3E/win-fall-out-boy-tickets http://idolator.com/5099780/win-fall-out-boy-tickets Wed, 26 Nov 2008 13:55:00 EST http://idolator.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5099780&view=rss&microfeed=true Idolator is giving away tickets to stops on Fall Out Boy's club tour, which is winding around the country up until the Dec. 16 release of Folie A Deux. This weekend, we'll be giving away tickets to...http://idolator.com/5099780/win-fall-out-boy-tickets http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/idolator/excerpts/~3/-wstFJfMA3I/goth+punk-barbie-proves-that-even-the-most-punk+rock-fifth+grade-girls-arent-safe-from-mattels-oppressive-standards-of-femininity http://idolator.com/5099176/goth+punk-barbie-proves-that-even-the-most-punk+rock-fifth+grade-girls-arent-safe-from-mattels-oppressive-standards-of-femininity Wed, 26 Nov 2008 13:45:00 EST Maura Johnston http://idolator.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5099176&view=rss&microfeed=true Dressed in a black and red goth glam ensemble, Hard Rock Goth Punk Barbie® features a short ruffled skirt, fish net stockings, fingerless gloves and a lace up corset accented by a silver "spider"...http://idolator.com/5099176/goth+punk-barbie-proves-that-even-the-most-punk+rock-fifth+grade-girls-arent-safe-from-mattels-oppressive-standards-of-femininity http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/idolator/excerpts/~3/PSP8CXs1V2E/making-your-thanksgiving+week-tv-watching-so-much-more-musical http://idolator.com/5099273/making-your-thanksgiving+week-tv-watching-so-much-more-musical Wed, 26 Nov 2008 13:30:00 EST Michaelangelo Matos http://idolator.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5099273&view=rss&microfeed=true Thanksgiving only seems like a dowdy holiday. Turkey, football, family, autumn leaves buried beneath incipient slush—all wonderful, none especially flamboyant. (Well, maybe the football...http://idolator.com/5099273/making-your-thanksgiving+week-tv-watching-so-much-more-musical http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/idolator/excerpts/~3/Vtsops5oxsE/cutting-to-the-chase-with-uncut http://idolator.com/5099136/cutting-to-the-chase-with-uncut Wed, 26 Nov 2008 13:00:00 EST Michaelangelo Matos http://idolator.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5099136&view=rss&microfeed=true Uncut came along as a more postmodern younger brother to Mojo's starry-eyed '60s fetishism, so it makes sense that its album of the year honors go not to Fleet Foxes, which places second, but an...http://idolator.com/5099136/cutting-to-the-chase-with-uncut http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/idolator/excerpts/~3/ZZTgY8OJnN4/ http://idolator.com/5099282/ Wed, 26 Nov 2008 12:45:00 EST Maura Johnston http://idolator.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5099282&view=rss&microfeed=true Chicago noise-rock legends the Jesus Lizard will reunite for next May's The Fans Strike Back edition of the All Tomorrow's Parties festival, which takes place in Somerset, UK; also on the bill are...http://idolator.com/5099282/ http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/idolator/excerpts/~3/dcwqfgIonpE/cold-blood-kisses-my-love http://idolator.com/5099242/cold-blood-kisses-my-love Wed, 26 Nov 2008 12:30:00 EST Lucas Jensen http://idolator.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5099242&view=rss&microfeed=true San Francisco funk ensemble Cold Blood were contemporaries of Bay Area greats Tower of Power and supposedly got their first break from Janis Joplin. Driven by the powerful vocals of Lydia Pense, the...http://idolator.com/5099242/cold-blood-kisses-my-love http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/idolator/excerpts/~3/-Sev19vs310/the-wah+wah-in-tv-show-themes-a-survey http://idolator.com/5099202/the-wah+wah-in-tv-show-themes-a-survey Wed, 26 Nov 2008 12:00:30 EST Michaelangelo Matos http://idolator.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5099202&view=rss&microfeed=true This post began innocuously enough a few months ago, when I was visiting my friends Jessi and Eric in Portland. Jessi had gotten into watching Match Game reruns every morning, and she showed me a...http://idolator.com/5099202/the-wah+wah-in-tv-show-themes-a-survey http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/idolator/excerpts/~3/HItr6wl0aqc/the-script-get-a-little-bit-choked-up http://idolator.com/5099110/the-script-get-a-little-bit-choked-up Wed, 26 Nov 2008 12:00:00 EST Chuck Eddy http://idolator.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5099110&view=rss&microfeed=true Though these Dubliners somewhat amusingly claim to merge rock (or rather, whatever wimpy music silly Irish people erroneously classify as rock) with “hip hop lyrical flow,” their self-titled...http://idolator.com/5099110/the-script-get-a-little-bit-choked-up http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/idolator/excerpts/~3/ZVADA74zY40/warner-music-group-making-money-by-making-less http://idolator.com/5099180/warner-music-group-making-money-by-making-less Wed, 26 Nov 2008 11:30:00 EST Lucas Jensen http://idolator.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5099180&view=rss&microfeed=true The report on Warner Music Group's earnings is typical doom-and-gloom for the most part, even though there is hope amongst the negativity. WMG beat Wall Street expectations and actually increased...http://idolator.com/5099180/warner-music-group-making-money-by-making-less http://feeds.gawker.com/~r/idolator/excerpts/~3/4ZqKlef07Xc/idolators-bands-on-the-run-the-heligoats-open-up-the-books http://idolator.com/5099152/idolators-bands-on-the-run-the-heligoats-open-up-the-books Wed, 26 Nov 2008 11:00:00 EST Lucas Jensen http://idolator.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5099152&view=rss&microfeed=true A few months ago, I wrote a piece about how hard it was for artists to make money on the road, given then-high gas prices. Since then, gas prices have gone down, but I don't expect them to stay that...http://idolator.com/5099152/idolators-bands-on-the-run-the-heligoats-open-up-the-books