Don’t be surprised to find the reviews a little skewed this week. I never thought I’d be compiling The Strokes and Chris Brown together under the worst of the week, but critics have done a pretty equal job trashing on both albums. The reviews look better as we venture into the world of Swedish rock and some oldie-but-goodie tracks that will bring you back to the 1980s.
You could be forgiven for assuming that you’d never hear about Kid Rock again unless he committed some heinous crime (the best way for stars to get back in the limelight!), but the rocker and bad-fashion guru has somehow managed to hold on to enough of a fan base to keep his name relevant. Relevant enough to perform on Vh1′s Super Bowl Fan Jam tonight, February 3, at least.
Fantastic.
Coachella has made a name for itself as one of the best music festivals in the world; each year an impossible -to-beat wish list of popular and obscure acts converge to throw a music fan’s dream party. The show returns on April 15, 16 and 17 of this year, and while a full line-up has yet to be confirmed, the rumor mill is already running. According to Billboard, two acts that may show up this year are Duran Duran and The Strokes.
You have to love a freebie from a classic! Duran Duran who are somehow still around and going strong have announced the free release of lead single All You Need Is Now today, December 8, exclusively via iTunes.
The band has made the song available one week earlier than expected due to the increasing demand among their devoted fanbase. The 9-track digital album All You Need Is Now, produced by the Grammy Award-winning Mark Ronson, is due out December 21.
Nice to know Duran Duran continue to rock on (well, maybe not ‘rock’), because they’ve made a lot of great music over the years, and it looks like the new wave legends are marking a return to the sound that made them music superstars.
The four original members of Duran Duran (John Taylor, Roger Taylor, Nick Rhodes and Simon Le Bon) have returned with album #13, the nine-track All You Need Is Now.
Rhodes tells Spinner: “It’s the best record we’ve made in over two decades.”
The David Bowie tribute album is shaping up to be quite a must-have for 2010. The new album from LA-based Manimal Vinyl remains sans title, but the 28-song track-listing is out, reports strangeglue.com, and it features a superb collection of artists covering Bowie’s music.
Check below to see a complete track-listing for the Bowie tribute.
The Green Room is a weekly video podcast, available on the Zune Marketplace, which provides behind-the-scenes footage of artists on tour. Featuring musicians such as Peter Bjorn and John, Adele, Common, Asher Roth and Duran Duran, the video podcast is based on exclusive interviews full of anecdotes and commentary.
Access is free if you download Zune’s 131MB of software. The Green Room has a great line up for this summer with artists such as …Trail of Dead, Mos Def and Little Steven. Check out the full schedule and a Seun Kuti preview and after the cut:
Isn’t is fun getting all those embarrassing stories off your chest for a prize? In tune with the Holiday spirit and to support that kind of cathartic behavior, we have two prizes instead of one to give-away! Duran Duran has offered up a copy of their album Red Carpet Massacre for our runner up. How sweet is that?
So without further ado our runner up is:
Cassandra with her story “The Fart” which received 36% of the votes in our poll. Congratulations Cassandra! We all appreciate you and Simon releasing a bit of air mid-flight. Nicely done!
And the winner of the numbered, limited edition, red vinyl, two-disc set, in custom gatefold packaging, Duran Duran Red Carpet Massacre vinyl is…
