Monday, February 8, 2010 4:48PM - By Jeffrey Hyatt
The Air Force Reserves versus The White Stripes. Who ya got?
In a statement posted on the Third Man Records website, The White Stripes have charged the Air Force Reserves with copyright infringement regarding the song “Fell In Love With A Girl,” which the Stripes, their label and their management claim was used without permission whatsoever for a TV advertisement that aired during the Super Bowl.
Click below for Third Man’s statement.
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Sunday, February 7, 2010 5:43PM - By Jeffrey Hyatt
By the time Pete Townshend hit the last chords of “Won’t Get Fooled Again” it should have been perfectly clear The Who had every intention of making their 12 minutes in the Super Bowl halftime spotlight a rock n’ roll, good time for all. Just as Townshend mentioned in January, the Super Bowl set-list was a mash-up of Who classics: “Pinball Wizard,” “Baba O’Riley,” a snippet of “See Me, Feel Me” from Tommy, “Who Are You” and “Won’t Get Fooled Again.”
It was about as safe a set-list The Who could have put together. In any other situation there might be more grumbling here, but for the corporate behemoth that is the Super Bowl – it all worked out rather nicely.
Now, let’s get to the highlights….
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Friday, February 5, 2010 5:47PM - By Jeffrey Hyatt
As Super Bowl XLIV looms closer, we’re not only wondering if it’ll be the New Orleans Saints or the Indianapolis Colts who claim the championship trophy, but whether or not The Who are going to kick ass during the halftime show.
Joining The Who for Super Bowl Sunday will be Carrie Underwood, performing the “The Star Spangled Banner,” and Queen Latifah, who will sing “America The Beautiful” during the Super Bowl XLIV pregame show.
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Thursday, February 4, 2010 6:33PM - By Jeffrey Hyatt
Weezer, Cowboy Junkies and The Donnas are just a few of the artists donating exclusive songs to a new download series entitled The Right Track: Tunes To TargetCancer.
The series is being launched by TargetCancer, a non-profit organization devoted to helping fund research into rare and lesser-known cancers. In addition to these exclusive pay-what-you-wish downloads ($.99 minimum), TheRight Track will sponsor a series of concerts and events, with 100% of proceeds from all its initiatives going directly to research funding.
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Thursday, February 4, 2010 2:27PM - By Jeffrey Hyatt
Not sure how many upcoming albums have computer-animated preview trailers to whip up the anticipation, but Plastic Beach from the Damon Alban/Jamie Hewlett project Gorillaz surely does; an orchestral trailer that may or may not provide clues as to what fans can expect from the long-awaited new album.
Set for release on March 8, Plastic Beach features a top-notch lineup of guest: Mos Def, Bobby Womack, Lou Reed, Snoop Dogg and De La Soul, to name a few, plus Clash duo Mick Jones and Paul Simonon performing together on the title track. Plastic Beach is the first new album for Gorillaz since 2005’s Demon Days.
Check out the Plastic Beach trailer below!
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Wednesday, February 3, 2010 4:27PM - By Jeffrey Hyatt
Forget the The Who’s halftime show at the Super Bowl this upcoming weekend, the big news is that the legendary rock band are planning to perform Quadrophenia in full at their Teenage Cancer Trust show at the Royal Albert Hall.
The gig is set for March 10 and will be the finale of the ten-night event, which also includes Noel Gallagher’s first solo shows since Oasis disbanded.
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Wednesday, February 3, 2010 12:22PM - By Jeffrey Hyatt
One of the big storylines coming out of Sunday night’s 52nd Grammy Awards was Taylor Swift’s underwhelming duet with Stevie Nicks on Swift’s “Today Was a Fairytale” and “You Belong with Me” sandwiching the Fleetwood Mac hit, “Rhiannon.” The wave of criticism following Swift’s mediocre performance quickly morphed into an intense backlash against the singer; her winning Album of the Year definitely irked plenty of music fans.
All this negativity directed at the young singer has Scott Borchetta, the head of Swift’s record label, really pissed off. Check below to read his rather intense comments regarding the Grammy incident and subsequent backlash, courtesy of the Tennessean.
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Tuesday, February 2, 2010 7:09PM - By Jeffrey Hyatt
Interesting note at The Playlist regarding Johnny Depp and word that the actor is headed to the director’s chair to shoot a documentary about his friend, and legendary guitarist, Keith Richards. The duo originally met while filming the third flick in the Pirates of the Caribbean series; Richards played Capt. Jack Sparrow’s father.
Depp has admitted to crafting his performance as Captain Jack Sparrow in the Pirates movies on the iconic Richards.
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Tuesday, February 2, 2010 5:14PM - By Jeffrey Hyatt
It’s a bummer Neko Case’s stellar Middle Cyclone didn’t win a Grammy Sunday night for either Best Contemporary Folk Album or Best Recording Package. In an alternate universe Case would be battling it out for Record of the Year and Album of the Year, but this is the Grammys we’re talking about, and we’d literally have to be living in an alternate universe for the Recording Academy to show any type of enlightened thinking.
Somewhere on the red carpet, in the midst of ready-made Grammy nominees like Beyonce and Taylor Swift, Spinner caught up with Case to ask how she felt being part of the awards show.
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