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‘Voice’ Coaches Cee Lo Green, Blake Shelton Set For ‘Footloose’ Soundtrack
Mon Aug 8 2011 by Robbie Daw
Twenty-seven years ago, box office smash Footloose turned Kevin Bacon into a star, while the big screen musical-drama's soundtrack spawned hits in the forms of Kenny Loggin's title song, Deniece Williams' "Let's Hear It For The Boy," Bonnie Tyler's "Holding Out For A Hero" and Mike Reno and Ann Wilson's "Almost Paradise." Those pop classics remain on the upcoming movie remake's soundtrack, so head below to find out who's singing them!
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How Much Did Daft Punk’s ‘87 Ferrari Sell For In That Japan Charity Auction, Anyway?
Tue Apr 26 2011 by Robbie Daw
EMI has issued a press release that features some results of its charity auction for Japan disaster relief, in which the label says over 200 artists participated by donating personal items and memorabilia. Altogether, the label says its roster helped raise $940,000 for the Red Cross to use in supporting those affected by last month's earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan. Head below to see just how much Chris Martin's jacket, Katy Perry's cupcake trampoline (!!) and Daft Punk's 1987 Ferrari featured in Electroma went for.
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Win The ‘Vampire Diaries’ Season One Soundtrack/DVD!
Thu Oct 7 2010 by Idolator Staff
Attention all Vampire Diaries and music fans: we're giving away a Season One prize pack to one lucky person this week! So, if you thirst for vampire drama — and you dig Sky Ferreira's new hit "Obsession" and Goldfrapp's "We Radiate" — just follow the instructions below and that lucky person could be you. More »
MTV’s VMA Video Of The Year: A Look Back At The 1990s
Thu Sep 9 2010 by Erika Brooks Adickman
With MTV's VMAs just three days away, we've almost cracked the code on our predictions for who will take home the title of 2010's Video Of The Year. As our VMA retrospective moves on to the 1990s, we’ve noticed that while some vids received the recognition they deserved, others were over looked thanks in large part to Will Smith. Jump below for another surprising look at the winners and losers from '90-'99—do you remember who beat out Nirvana’s “Smells Like Teen Spirit” in 1992?
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The Smashing Pumpkins’ New Album To Be Something Of A Free-For-All
Wed Sep 16 2009 by Maura
Billy Corgan just announced that the forthcoming Smashing Pumpkins album, Teargarden By Kaleidyscope, will be a 44-track (!) endeavor that will be released piecemeal over the coming months beginning in October—the songs will be released as four-track EPs, 11 in total. And for those of you who don’t really care about packaging and won’t be acquiring physical copies, the music will be completely free. No opt-ins, no mailing-list signups, no talking orangutans! Billy explains after the jump. More »
Smashing Pumpkins Speak On Their New Little Drummer Boy: “Things Are Going Well”
Wed Jun 10 2009 by Maura
Earlier this week, speculation that the Smashing Pumpkins had found a brand-new, pretty young drummer–19-year-old Oregonian Mike Byrne of the mathy outfit Moses, Smell The Roses–made its way around the Internet, with a couple of errant Tweets and MySpace messages from Byrne and his Pacific Northwest associates fueling the flames. The band’s official site has decided to put rumor mill to rest, and let people know just why, exactly, Byrne has flown the coop to “pumpkin camp” for the next few weeks: More »
La Búsqueda De La Música Mexicana: Part 2
Tue Jun 9 2009 by Kate Richardson
Amigos, it’s been two months since our first expedition south of the border in search of Mexican music. Now that we’ve shaken off the mezcal hangover, it’s time to return to Mexico lindo y querido to have a look-see at two smart alt-rock bands that defy the multiple Mexican stereotypes I (impressively, no?) have managed to disseminate in this very brief introduction. More »
Smashing Pumpkins’ (Alleged) New Drummer Was About A Year Old When “Gish” Came Out
Mon Jun 8 2009 by Maura
Billy Corgan’s Internet-wide search for a new drummer has apparently ended, and according to Smashing Pumpkins fan blog Hipsters United a (pretty) young man has emerged victorious: Mike Byrne, the 19-year-old drummer/”demoralizer” for the Oregon band Moses, Smell The Roses. There’s been no formal announcement yet, but Byrne did say that he was “off for another couple of weeks at pumpkin camp” on his MySpace page yesterday, and Moses collaborator Ben Spees referred to him as the “drummer of the future” on Twitter. That’s practically a confirmation, right? More »
Billy Corgan’s Long, Slow Heel Turn Continues
Thu Apr 16 2009 by Maura
Billy Corgan has turned a snippet of the Smashing Pumpkins‘ alt-rock staple “Bullet With Butterfly Wings” into a spoken-word bit that will serve as the intro to this Sunday’s Total Nonstop Action Wrestling pay-per-view Lockdown, which will feature a bunch of matches confined to a six-sided cage. (Yes, the lyrics have been altered to fit the cage’s dimensions.) Honestly, the most surprising thing about this development is finding out that Kevin Nash is somehow still able to move around a wrestling ring, despite tearing his quads approximately 53 times over the course of his career. The promo—and a recut video for the song featuring wrestlers appearing in the PPV—after the jump.
