At the time of its release, internet rumor had it that Collaborations was a “taster” project–that is, a sampler to whet listeners’ appetites for Scott’s long-awaited third solo album, due in summer of 2007. But Collaborations doesn’t play like something you’d listen to once before throwing your napkin (or, more accurately, your earbuds) down. […]
If you’re a died-in-the-tie-dye fan, you’ve probably already heard a tape of this show and will be pleased to know that here it sounds amazing; the entire three hour performance is included, mixed and mastered off of original 16-track live master recordings. If you’re not already a Deadhead, Live at the Cow Palace: New […]
“Taste of Chaos” has compiled a second Best Of collection from the bands on its tour. Yet, “taste” of chaos is an understatement - it’s a mouthful.
However, the record might bite off more than it can chew giving this double disc album its greatest strength and strongest vice.
The beauty and, surprisingly, the downside of […]
Almost from the onset of her long career, Rickie Lee Jones (music) has been both a musical chameleon and rogue champion of genre exploration.
Not content to continue down the familiar female singer/songwriter path that she traveled on her first two releases, Jones, not unlike Joni Mitchell, began to explore jazz, free-form song structures and […]
LA-based chanteuse Eleni Mandell channels classic American influences in her latest album, Miracle Of Five, calling to mind the songwriting of Billie Holiday delivered in Ella Fitzgerald’s haunting voice. Featuring Wilco lead guitarist, Nels Cline, the album shows Eleni’s sultry side with subtle jazz influences. Stand out track “Girls” takes the […]
The always-ambitious Fall Out Boy played three shows in three cities in three time zones yesterday! All to promote the band’s new album, Infinity On High, which arrived in stores on Tuesday. The MTV-sponsored free gigs began appropriately enough at the TRL studios in Times Square first thing in the morning, where the band […]
Reunited rock trio the Police are expected to announce a 30th anniversary world tour during a news conference in Los Angeles on Monday, the day after the group opens the
Grammy Awards.
The 11 a.m. PST press conference and “special announcement” by frontman Sting, drummer
Stewart Copeland and guitarist Andy Summers will take place at the Whisky […]
Jazz singer/pianist Norah Jones’ first album in three years opened at No. 1 on the U.S. pop charts Wednesday, but its first-week sales were less than half those of its predecessor, according to Billboard.
Observers had hoped that “Not Too Late” would provide some rare good news for the ailing music business given Jones’ broad […]
Smashing Pumpkins have announced the title and release date of their new album.
Billy Corgan’s reformed rock heroes will release the follow-up to MACHINA/The Machines Of God in July.
The band’s first album in seven years is called Zeitgeist, according to a posting on the Pumpkins’ MySpace page.
There is still some confusion around the make-up of the […]
The marketing plan for Lupe Fiasco’s debut album, “Lupe Fiasco’s Food & Liquor,” was briefly derailed after tracks were leaked well ahead of its intended June release date, forcing the Chicago rapper to retool the project and put it out in September. But he is having the last laugh.
Fiasco is up for three Grammy […]
Pop singer Nelly Furtado, rock band Billy Talent and hip-hop artist k-os have each picked up five nominations for the Juno Awards, Canada’s version of the Grammys.
Furtado, who will host the event on April 1 from Saskatoon, was nominated for best single (”Promiscuous”), album and pop album (”Loose”), artist of the year, and in the […]
The new Toshiba gigabeat S series utilize 1.8″ hard disk drives for storing audio, video, photos and even recorded television programs. With an easy-to-use interface, superb multimedia capabilities and a large, vivid 2.4″ LCD display, you can now effortlessly select, download, manage and enjoy multimedia content from anywhere at anytime. Content management is made […]
The latest in SanDisk’s audio line, the SanDisk SDMX7-2048 Sansa c250 2 GB MP3 Player is a flash-based player that provides you with everything you need to play your favorite music, enjoy your best photos, and listen to your preferred FM radio stations. This MP3 player is rich in functionality yet still totally affordable, […]
If you’re looking for a great little MP3 player, stop here! Enjoy 8GB of internal memory with the Sansa e280 MP3 Player 8GB from Sandisk. The Sansa e200 Series MP3 players are the flagship products of SanDisks audio line. Created by the leaders in flash memory, this flash-based player provides everything you need for […]
