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Dylan's New 'Bootleg' to Feature Unearthed Live Show

Tue, 09/07/2010 - 18:05
Bob Dylan's forthcoming Bootleg Series Vol. 9: The Witmark Demos will come with a notable bonus, if you buy the set from Amazon: A previously unknown live recording of Dylan. Taped May 10th, 1963 at Brandeis University's First Annual Folk Festival, the tape sat in the archives of Rolling Stone ...
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Eddie Vedder, Vampire Weekend Cover Springsteen

Tue, 09/07/2010 - 18:05
Vampire Weekend, Eddie Vedder Cover Springsteen Jimmy Fallon and the cast of Glee, who covered "Born to Run" during the Emmys' opening skit, have company: Vampire Weekend took on the Born in the U.S.A. track "I'm Goin' Down" at a concert in Vancouver, while Eddie Vedder offered a faithful take ...
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More Top Stories: Tom Waits, Jane's Addiction

Tue, 09/07/2010 - 15:05
Tom Waits Photo Book Out October 29th Over three decades, photographer Anton Corbijn has shot hundreds of portraits of Tom Waits. On October 29th, 200 of those photographs will be showcased in Waits/Corbijn 1977-2010, paired with lyrics from throughout Waits' career. [Twenty Four Bit] Jane's Addiction to Play Tony Hawk ...
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Linkin Park to Play the VMAs

Tue, 09/07/2010 - 15:05
Linkin Park will perform their new single "The Catalyst" on this year's MTV Video Music Awards, broadcasting live from Los Angeles, September 12th, with Chelsea Handler as host. "After two years of working on our new album, we're looking forward to sharing our first live performance of new music with ...
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Slash, Pumpkins, Travie McCoy Rock Sunset Strip

Tue, 09/07/2010 - 15:05
Standing behind a podium, delivering a speech is not where you normally picture Motley Crue's Nikki Sixx, Motorhead's Lemmy or Jerry Cantrell of Alice in Chains, but the rockers took turns doing just that on Thursday. The three were at the L.A. House of Blues to honor their comrade in ...
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More Top Stories: The Beatles, Radiohead, Bjork

Mon, 09/06/2010 - 21:05
Beatles' Catalog Posted on Digital Service A subscription-based digital music service called Zaptunes is currently offering users the Beatles' remastered catalog, even though the Beatles still have not authorized downloads of their music. Zaptunes claims they have a deal, but EMI is reportedly already drawing up legal papers to prevent ...
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'Glee' Stars See Little Money From Hit Albums

Sun, 09/05/2010 - 21:05
Glee's stars are reportedly unhappy with the royalties that Sony Music, the label that releases the show's chart-topping soundtracks, is paying the cast. Three discs featuring highlights from the Fox series have hit Number One on the Billboard 200 in the past year alone--The Power of Madonna, Showstoppers and Journey ...
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A Fine Madness: The Latest Issue of Rolling Stone

Sat, 09/04/2010 - 19:30
The following is an excerpt of an article from the September 16, 2010 issue of Rolling Stone. This issue is available tomorrow on newsstands, and Friday, September 3rd online via Rolling Stone's premium subscription plan. Photos: Inside Don Draper's world: Go behind the scenes on the Mad Men set In ...

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TV on the Radio's Dave Sitek on His Poppy New Disc

Fri, 09/03/2010 - 20:30
In this exclusive video, TV on the Radio's Dave Sitek brings us into the L.A. studio where he recorded Maximum Balloon, his funky, Eighties-pop-influenced project, in stores September 21. Sitek called on friends including Karen O, David Byrne, and TVOTR band mates Kyp Malone and Tunde Adebimpe to sing over ...
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New Songs and Videos: Kanye and Bieber, Arcade Fire

Fri, 09/03/2010 - 19:05
Taylor Swift - New Music - More Music Videos Taylor Swift: "Mine" (Video) Taylor Swift revealed a time-traveling new music video for "Mine," the first single off her new album Speak Now, due out October 25th. [Taylor Swift] Kanye West, Raekwon, and Justin Bieber: "Runaway Love" Remix "G.O.O.D. Friday" came ...
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'Idol' Producer Still Wants Elton John as Judge

Fri, 09/03/2010 - 19:05
The revamped judges panel for American Idol's coming season should be announced in early September, but conflicting messages about the lineup are still coming from within the show. Aerosmith's Steven Tyler and current judge Randy Jackson are apparently locked in for two of the three seats, but executive producer Nigel ...
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D'Angelo Hits Studio With Producer Mark Ronson

Fri, 09/03/2010 - 16:05
Is D'Angelo's James River the neo-soul Chinese Democracy? The follow-up to 2000's multi-platinum Voodoo has been under construction for years. Billboard reports that producer Mark Ronson is going into the studio with the reclusive singer, but can't say how close the album is to completion. "I know he's been working ...
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Jimmy Fallon, 'Glee' Cast Spoof Springsteen at Emmys

Fri, 09/03/2010 - 14:30
Last night at the Emmy Awards, host Jimmy Fallon led a group that included Tina Fey, Mad Men's Jon Hamm and castmembers from Glee in a funny, Glee-style rendition of Bruce Springsteen's "Born to Run." This wasn't the first Springsteen-inspired song-and-dance for the Glee kids: Earlier this year the show ...
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Santana Unveils New Covers Disc in Vegas

Thu, 09/02/2010 - 20:05
Carlos Santana knows the power of a good guest vocalist: His 1999 album Supernatural, which paired the guitarist with a youthful cast of star singers, sold 28 million copies. His forthcoming Guitar Heaven (out September 21st) tweaks the formula, teaming Santana with singers to cover a healthily diverse mix of ...
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Kanye West Debuts 'Monster,' With Jay-Z and Bon Iver

Thu, 09/02/2010 - 20:05
Kanye West delivered on his "G.O.O.D. Friday" promise last week by unveiling a brand new song called "Monster," featuring Jay-Z, Nicki Minaj, Rick Ross and Bon Iver. The all-star track is the first from a five-song EP called Watch the Throne that Kanye and Jay-Z recorded. "Everyone knows I'm a ...
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Apple to Announce iTunes for the Web Next Week?

Thu, 09/02/2010 - 17:05
Apple has scheduled a music-themed event on Wednesday in San Francisco, and while the company hasn't (of course) announced what new products they'll unveil, tech blogs like Engadget and Mac Rumors are (of course) speculating on what Apple might have in store. The big news will likely be iTunes.com, a ...
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U2, Damien Rice Perform in New Irish Music Documentary

Thu, 09/02/2010 - 17:05
U2, Damien Rice and the Swell Season's Glen Hansard will appear in the second installment of the documentary series Music of Ireland —Welcome Home and Welcome to America , which Bono's Elevation Group will present this fall on PBS stations. The Cranberries' Dolores O'Riordan, Sinead O'Connor and the Virgin Prunes' ...
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Tupac Movie to Focus on Rapper's Final Day

Thu, 09/02/2010 - 15:30
The long-gestating Tupac Shakur movie may finally begin production this November, now that director Antoine Fuqua (Training Day) has brought on Oscar-nominated screenwriters Stephen J. Rivele and Chris Wilkinson to pen a new script. Wilkinson tells Vulture that the film, originally written in a documentary style, will not be a ...
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Soundgarden Bassist Denies He Was Homeless

Thu, 09/02/2010 - 15:30
Soundgarden bassist Ben Shepherd has admittedly had a rough stretch -- including a bad break-up with his fiancée and an addiction to drugs and alcohol -- since the band broke up over a decade ago. Spin recently suggested that a "broke" Shepherd was essentially homeless prior to Soundgarden's recent reunion. ...
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Katy Perry On Track to Grab No. 1 From Eminem

Thu, 09/02/2010 - 14:05
Katy Perry will most likely score her first Number One album next week, says Billboard . Teenage Dream, her second disc, is on pace to sell between 170,000 to 200,000 copies as it debuts, more than enough to take the top spot away from the summer's biggest album, Eminem's Recovery. ...
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