Archive for February, 2009

CoS Giveaway! HBO Box Set!

By on February 13th, 2009

Let’s face it. This week has pretty much sucked. With the creation of Live Nation Entertainment, the bankruptcy of Sirius XM, and the lack of a Rothbury lineup – ok, so maybe we set ourselves up on that one – there hasn’t been much to smile about recently. Thankfully, we can always rely on television, [...]

Listen: Little Boots

By on February 13th, 2009

Little Boots, née Victoria Hesketh , has found herself on the receiving end of Web 2.0′s version of the Best New Artist Grammy. So much blogger hype (I realize the irony here) before a full-length LP has surfaced and the poor woman is already being hailed as the next big thing. Yet, can she possibly [...]

Coheed and Cambria explores orgins on album number five

By on February 13th, 2009

Coheed and Cambria is one of those bands that seem to defy logic, sleep, and well, a life. After all, for the better part of six months now, the New York rockers have been going at it full steam, splitting their time between the concert extravaganza that was Neverender, the subsequent box set, and Slipknot’s [...]

Watch: Ingrid Michaelson – “Breakable”

By on February 13th, 2009

Seeing as that tomorrow is Valentine’s Day, perhaps it’s only appropriate that Ms. love song herself, Ingrid Michaelson, is out with a brand new video. Ironically however, “Breakable”, a song off 2007′s Girls and Boys, isn’t something you’ll want to be playing for you significant other this time tomorrow. But hey, it’s catchy and pleasant, [...]

Ultra Music Festival picks Black Eyed Peas for Phase III

By on February 13th, 2009

Despite one Florida music festival canceling its 2009 plans, and another scrambling to fill the resulting voids, Miami’s Ultra Music Festival is still very much a go. In fact, thanks to the recently announced phase III portion of this year’s lineup, the two-day event, scheduled to take place March 27th through the 28th in Bicentennial [...]

Aerosmith is in for a big year…

By on February 13th, 2009

If you take a close look at Aerosmith‘s career, it’s a tad eccentric. They’ve gone from zeroes to heroes almost every decade, pummeling the market with hits and taking a fall somewhere down the line. Some might argue they bit the dust shortly after 1998′s Armageddon, and especially with 2001′s abysmal Just Push Play, though [...]

Ozzy too busy for Ozzfest…

By on February 13th, 2009

For 13 years, Ozzfest has been a staple summer event for metal heads. Yet with Ozzy Osbourne, the festival’s figurehead, busy with other engagements, including work on the currently untitled follow-up to 2007′s Black Rain and his new television series, The Osbournes: Reloaded, plans for the 2009 edition of the festival have been scrapped, according [...]

Court of the Ginger King: An Open Letter on Open Mic Nights

By on February 13th, 2009

It’s been a few weeks since we’ve heard of the ol’ Ginger King, and even I was getting a lil’ worried. Good thing I’m just paranoid and the bitter guy is still around, huh? So, what’s he up to now? Aside from finishing classes, busying himself with daily irritations, and watching too many Stanley Kubrick [...]

Yeah Yeah Yeahs crack open the details of It’s Blitz!

By on February 13th, 2009

Way back in November, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs told the world that they were working on a new album, explained that said album was going to be “different,” and revealed, courtesy of an in-the-studio photo that Karen-O wanted to be Minnie Mouse. Three months later, the album has taken on the name It’s Blitz! and [...]

Mötley Crüe, Alice in Chains, and Korn will Rock the Range in 2009

By on February 12th, 2009

Other than your Coachellas and Bonnaroos of the world, no 2009 lineup has been more anticipated than that of Rock on the Range. After thrilling rock heads in 2007 with a debut lineup featuring the likes of Velvet Revolver, Evanescence, and Papa Roach, only to return one year later with an equally stellar bill, highlighted [...]