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Album Review: Gossip – Music for Men

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Articles about Gossip

South by Southwest reveals 2012 music schedule

By Alex Young on January 16th, 2012

Best Coast, M. Ward, ASAP Rocky, and hundreds more added to the fold.

Gossip’s Beth Ditto and Simian Mobile Disco collaborate on upcoming EP

By Megan Caffery on December 15th, 2010

Indie rock meets electronica. This could get interesting.

Bonnaroo 2010 adds Ween, Umphrey’s McGee, Galactic

By Alex Young on March 4th, 2010

This should help.

Gossip returns to the US for a brief tour this April

By Allison Franks on February 19th, 2010

Beth Ditto and Co. hit the road following Coachella.

Cat Power, Norah Jones, Gossip added to Lilith Fair 2010

By Alex Young on January 21st, 2010

Kate Nash, Beth Orton, Lights, and La Roux too.

Rammstein, Kiss, Muse lead Rock am Ring & Rock im Park 2010

By Alex Young on December 4th, 2009

Kasabian, Editors, Bullet For My Valentine, and Rise Against also confirmed.

Watch: Gossip – “Love Long Distance”

By Will Hines on August 10th, 2009

Gossip is so many things: controversial, powerful, individual. I wouldn’t classify them as retro, though. As a result, the 80′s-themed video for Music For Men‘s second single, “Love Long Distance”, is absolute genius in its old-school, think-outside-the-box execution. You may know about Beth Ditto’s penchant for vinyl catsuits. As the first drumbeats kick in and the keytar [...]

Gossip announces U.S. headlining tour

By Will Hines on July 22nd, 2009

While it might not have been our favorite release of 2009, it’d probably be fair to assume that the material off the Gossip‘s most recent LP, Music for Men, will be captivating on the road. After all, last we checked the supercharged Beth Ditto is still in the band! So, it comes as awesome news [...]

Album Review: Gossip – Music for Men

By Jason Petros on July 8th, 2009

Gossip’s first major label studio album, Music for Men, is a beverage made with natural sugar, lacking the sickening sweetness of other propulsive dance friendly music; but still containing the familiar, and expected, carbonated sting. Produced by bearded wizard, Rick Rubin, the album is sparser than most dance records, leaving more than enough room for [...]

Gossip really wants you to hear its new album even though it won’t technically be released for four more months

By Allison Franks on June 19th, 2009

After creating almost a decade’s worth of killer music, the garage rock/queercore/dance rock threesome known as Gossip has finally signed with a major music label (Columbia Records) for its new record, Music For Men. Filled with fast-paced dance numbers, raucous guitar riffs and front-woman Beth Ditto’s signature howl, the rip-roaring tunes of the 12-track effort [...]