Lollapalooza 2011 Lineup
Great Lineup! So many great bands! My favourites are Eminem, Muse, Foo Fighters, White Lies, Two ...
5 Ways to Find Your Next Favorite Band
People who are interested in new music beyond their old, time-worn favorites or the standardized mix of oldies and chart-toppers found on the FM dial have probably tried Pandora, Last.fm, and YouTube by now. Those are indispensable tools for any music fan these days, but they're not the only games in town, when it comes to pleasing your ears with new sounds.
Check out these five ways to discover music, listed in alphabetical order. Some are brand new, while others have been hiding in plain sight all along.
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Jay-Z’s Music Recommendations
By now, you've probably heard about or seen Life + Times, Jay-Z's super-fresh lifestyle blog. The new site basically functions as a Hova-run online magazine — interviews with the coolest of the cool, musings about super-sweet swag and, most importantly, some Jigga-approved MP3s.
But exactly how on-point are SC's cyber selections? We took a closer look at some of Life + Times' choice tracks to see if Jay can keep up with the digital Joneses. (Spoiler: We like what we found!)
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Wu-Tang Clan announce June UK tour – ticket details
Wu Tang Clan have announced a UK tour for June.
The hip-hop collective will play five UK dates, with the tour beginning with two shows at London's HMV Forum on June 11 and 12. It runs until June 15, when the group headline Manchester Academy.
The group released their fifth studio album '8 Diagrams in 2007.
Wu Tang Clan will play:...
9 Out Of 10 For New Foo Fighters Album!
Check out Spin's great review of the Foo Fighters new album "Wasting Light":
Enter the Foo: Your favorite grungy uncle asserts arena dominance
Spin Rating: 9 of 10
First Dave Grohl learned to fly. Then, in "Times Like These," he learned to love and live again. Grohl's latest lesson? "Learning to walk again," as he puts it near the end of the seventh Foo Fighters album. That back-to-basics aspiration is no coincidence: After scaling the uppermost heights of modern-rock stardom -- Grammy Awards, stadium shows, occasionally drumming for Paul McCartney, and a side project with a dude from Led Freaking Zeppelin -- Grohl built a recording studio in his San Fernando Valley garage last year and hired Nevermind producer Butch Vig to oversee Wasting Light, which includes a guest appearance by Nirvana's Krist Novoselic and heralds Pat Smear's full-fledged return to the Foo fold. The thing should come wrapped in flannel....
Linkin Park's Chester Bennington is celebrating his 35th birthday today! All the best!
Here are some pics and videos:
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