YouTube Live: War Child Concert’s All-Star Finale

By Joe Marvilli on June 18th, 2009

All-star collaborations have a long history of either being really great or really cheesy. The show’s success or failure depends on which musicians are collaborating, what song they’re playing, and whether the concert has enough weight to handle the superstars sharing the stage. Thankfully, the War Child gig at the O2 Shepherds Bush Empire this [...]

Watch: Bono, Brandon, and Chris, oh my!

By Alex Young on February 24th, 2009

Last week, O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire in London played host to a benefit concert in support of the newly released War Child: Heroes, and to probably no one’s surprise the event proved as jaw-dropping as the music found on the compilation album it was celebrating. Take the below performance for example. From the onset, it’s [...]

Stream: War Child: Heroes

By Alex Young on February 11th, 2009

Earlier this month, we told you about the second stellar compilation project of the new year (Dark Was the Night being number one). Entitled War Child: Heroes, the 16-track benefit album seeks to raise proceed for victims of war by inundating listeners with so many awesome covers that you, me, and everyone else would be [...]

Check out: War Child Heroes: Awesome covers by awesome artists

By Drew Litowitz on January 28th, 2009

The other day, news surfaced that David Bowie was back in Berlin working on new material. At the end of our news article, we stressed that if the aforementioned information is false, we will have to stick to listening to Bowie sing back up for TV on the Radio. Well, TV on the Radio has [...]

Check Out: Lily goes “Straight to Hell”

By Alex Young on January 21st, 2009

If you’re a longtime reader of CoS, you’ll know we love The Clash. We also really dig Lily Allen, especially when she chooses to go brunette. So when word came late yesterday that the lovely Brit covered Mr. Strummer and Co.’s classic number, “Straight to Hell”, let’s just say, we were really intrigued. First things [...]