Music

By John S I’ve never been a big fan of Kanye West. I generally think he’s overrated,* and I find his antics off-putting. None of his big singles—“Jesus Walks,” “Through the Wire,” “Gold Digger”—ever really resonated with me; I didn’t really think they were bad, but I never went out of my way to listen t...

By Sharrod Largely comprised of up-tempo, club-destined tracks, the 13 song set kicks off to a cracking start with the Swizz Beats produced ‘I Can Transform Ya’. Featuring Lil’ Wayne, the track– one of the album’s lead singles – sees Brown enlist rapper-like delivery in detailing how he can change t...

By Anne Although as one of the judges on American Idol proclaimed two seasons ago when Archuleta finished second – “David, you could sing the phone book” – his 90-minute, one encore show Sunday night at the Wells Fargo Center was anything but songs from the Yellow Pages.

It was 10 years ago that Beyoncé Knowles announced herself to the world, with the Destiny’s Child hit Independent Women. Since then the 28-year-old singerhas made the decade’s best single, delivered the greatest live show on earth, sung for President Obama and emerged as our last true st...

By Urban Myths(umyths@yahoo.com) Country star Keith Urban sings a happy song Urban called Bell last year in the wee hours of the morning Australian time, when he was up changing the baby's diaper, Bell says. Urban had a list of radio stations he should call, including Froggy, and he sounded very happy, Bell says.

By MZ Yep, that’s 50 “Mr. I Made First Week Sales The End All Be All” Cent extolling on the artistic merits of BISD.  Of course he also essentially said “It doesn’t matter what I sell because I’m already rich and it just gives me more to perform, which will make me money regardless if people in the crow...

By Bol The TIs must have realized this was gonna happen, right? Pushing the album release date up should be standard protocol at this point. They should list a phony release date, then drop the album a week before that, just to throw people off. That’s probably what Jay-Z did. That crafty son of a bitc...

By Daytrippin' TV alert: A Paul McCartney Thanksgiving special will air on ABC at 10 pm on November 26 featuring excerpts from “Good Evening New York City” as well as original footage from The Beatles Shea Stadium concert. Paul McCartney’s new live CD/DVD, Good Evening New York City, was released on Nove...

By Gerard McGarry Now, we're obviously fans of Leona here on Unreality Shout - I've read brilliant reviews penned by RandomEnigma and Jay-D lately. Unfortunately, Happy gives me mixed feelings. With Leona, the voice is a given. It will always be flawlessly crystaline and beautiful, even on the high notes. Bu...

By tFT It was the youthfulness that drew me in at the start and the gradual growth over Heavier Things and Continuum that kept me around, but with Battle Studies Mayer seems to have caught up with his own age and is playing to his own internal audience, and it’s a shame I feel a touch left behind.

By Imko Jennifer Lopez co-hosted on KIISS FM with DJ Skee yesterday night and here’s the interview. I have to give a big upp to Nadia from LovelyLopez who captured the audio […] Jennifer Lopez co-hosted on KIISS FM with DJ Skee yesterday night and here’s the interview. I have to give a big upp to Nadia...

By Karen photo credit: cote Another batch of music headlines you might’ve missed this week. Find out who made music history, who creeped us out, who is green with envy and who is being sued for $400 billion dollars. Yikes. [toplist] [title]Taylor Swift Gets Revenge[/title] photo credit: amanda chr...

By Kaiser These are photos from last week, as Amy Winehouse was leaving a doctor’s office. Many sites theorized that Amy had gone in for lip injections, and I could see it. Her lips are usually pretty full, but they look a lot bigger in these photos. Add to that her recent breast implants [...]

By thisismax Glamour: Are you referring to the [Chris Brown] incident? Glamour: Justin Timberlake said it sounds a little more grown-up—do you agree with that comment? Glamour: On to your charity work: What in your own life inspired you to start the Believe Foundation?

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By noreply@blogger.com (vmars08) I can't help but feel that David must be tired from taking so many epic journeys as I listen to "What Child Is This," another gorgeous track. Boy wonder continues to put those amazing pipes to work by singing the foreign language songs "Riu Riu Chiu" & "Ave Maria," the latter of which is ju...

By Maura Friend-of-Idolator Michaelangelo Matos has a pretty spot-on review of Alicia Keys’ snoozy first single from her forthcoming pushed-back album The Elements Of Freedom in The Stranger; in the writeup he writes about how his sister saw the deadly serious arteeeste Keys in concert in 200...

By Jimmy Herald.ie posted their review of Green Day's show in Dublin. Over the course of two and a half hours, the true star of the show was Billie Joe -- Green Day's very own peroxide-decorated Bono. He's small, he's funny looking, but he's also one cool son of a gun.

By worsethandeadly Timbaland makes such crazy things happen. He gave former Mouseketeer Justin Timberlake street cred. He made Fallout Boy cool again, if only for four minutes and sixteen seconds. And he makes me put up with lyrical abominations I would never tolerate if his songs weren’t so damn catchy. Here a...

By JT LED ZEPPELIN: SHADOWS TALLER THAN OUR SOULS The Albums, Concerts, Memorabilia, and Biography of the Gods of Rock (It Books; On Sale: October 6, 2009; Hardcover; $50.00) What can you say about Led Zeppelin that hasn’t been said a thousand times before? Yes, Zeppelin is

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By oucampus On September 14th, 2006, I saw Paramore perform at the Bottleneck in Lawrence, Kansas.  Hayley Williams, lead singer, was 17 and the band was still promoting the release of their first CD “All We Know Is Falling.”  There were around 50 people at the show, and it was one of the most memorable co...

By Jess more on emmy’s nod Six-time Grammy champ Justin Timberlake scored three Emmy nominations today....justin to present at the emmy’s JUSTIN TIME Justin Timberlake plans to bring it on into...emmy #2 coming soon ? Singer and frequent “Saturday Night Live” guest Justin Timberlake was... Related pos...

By Shaun She struck gold with the ball-busting R’n’B power ballad ‘No Air’, a collaboration with the then-unhated Chris Brown, but Jordin Sparks has yet to really make herself a staple of the modern music scene. Her self-titled debut album landed somewhere just above average, and her other two si...

Because he's a ka-jillionaire whose product is mostly shoveled by Wal-Mart and is therefore in no position to sell out anyway, I don't know why it surprised me that Toby Keith , that big ol' hunk of American angus, opened his Friday-night Sprint Center show with a seven-minute Ford commer...

By sliderulesports If you’re a Dallas Cowboys football fan, there can be only one conclusion: Superbowl baby!  With T.O. gone and now Jessica out of the picture, there are no more obstacles between Tony Romo and his inevitable Cowboy greatness.  Right?

By programming@binside.tv (http://www.binside.tv) 2009 BET AWARDS REVIEW (Janet Jackson, Beyonce, Lil' Wayne, Drake, Jay-Z Ne-Yo) The 2009 BET Awards was retooled to be dedicated to Michael Jackson's memory. However, many viewers are outraged that the show did not give a proper tribute to the greatest...

  USA Rancid rocker Bret Michaels, best known for his insult-to-civilization VH1 series, "Rock of Love," opened the show with a rousing musical number. Why? I have no idea. I'm guessing that until Sunday the closest Michaels had gotten to Broadway was a ...

Above, Neil Young's 'Fork in the Road,' a tribute (of sorts) to the 1959 Lincoln Continental he turned into a hybrid. By Patrick Varine Neil Young's electric work has earned him a permanent place in music as the Great Ragged Guitar Player. ...

By Nick Schager Googly-eyed Disney muppet Miley Cyrus makes her inevitable big-screen debut in Hannah Montana: The Movie, and the nicest thing one can say about the film is that at least it's not The Suite Life of Zack & Cody: The Movie. A tweener saga that's been crafted mainly with focus-group tests...

Tuesday's performances on American Idol saw Matt Giraud do Carrie Underwood's hit single "So Small". Matt is quite the performer and pulled out all the stops to make a good impression on the judges and I am sure he hopes America as well. ... High praise for Matt Giraud on American Idol WZZM

By Caryn Ganz “Circus” “Piece of Me” “Radar” “Ooh Ooh Baby” “Hot as Ice” “Boys” “If U Seek Amy” “Me Against the Music” “Everytime” “Freakshow” “Get Naked” “Breathe on Me” “Touch of My Hand” “Do Something” “Slave 4 U” “Toxic” ” … Baby One More Time” “Womanizer”

THE Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience, now playing in cinemas, promises to transport audiences to the centre of trio’s dynamic and fun performances. The concert was shot using Disney Digital 3D and will be shown using digital projection which ...

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By Glen Boyd Bruce Springsteen's third album with the E Street Band this decade -- and his second in just under two years -- is, on an initial listen at least, something of a mixed bag. On the positive side, Working On A Dream also represents what could be the most stylistically varied collection of new so...

By Rob Rockitt In a time when Aerosmith’s lineup was decimated by the band’s drug usage, Steven Tyler labored ahead with Jimmy Crespo and Rick Dufay on guitar. Aerosmith is: Steven Tyler - Vocals Jimmy Crespo - Lead Guitar Tom Hamilton - Bass Joey Kramer - Drums Rick Dufay - Guitar

Rating: 2 Stars Artist: Johnny Cash Review: This set of heavily doctored Johnny Cash tunes almost succeeds as musical comedy. Pete Rock adds an electronic shuffle in an otherwise faithful sendup of "Folsom Prison Blues," and the result is pleasantly goofy. And producer Philip Steir (No D...

By Rosepetals1984 Having said that, I found the album to be a strong, cohesive debut overall with some hits and misses. David delivered on his promise to have a cohesive, self-descriptive debut album with a range of appeal; the problem might lie more in what some audiences were expecting versus what people t...

 United States - The show aspired to be one of the biggest spectacles Utah had ever seen, as frontman Chris Martin said himself during the show. While it ultimately fell ... Chris Martin worries about legacy of Coldplay Melbourne Herald Sun all 2 news articles

Kanye West announced long ago that mere hip-hop superstardom was not enough for him — he wanted to be "the number one artist in the world." So it's no surprise that his untrammeled egotism has led him well beyond the usual limits of his genre. With Kanye largely abandoning rapping in favor of d...

By Evan Sawdey Well, the thing about The Best Damn Thing is that a lot of critics really liked it. But there’s this one particular review that had an interesting statement: you did Let Go and then the more introspective Under My Skin and now you’re ...

By Maura Johnston Pro: Right, but it's a play on "upping the ante." What would you have rather seen, something like USHER LOWERS THE BRA? Con: This is the paper that brought us HEADLESS BODY IN TOPLESS BAR. Shouldn't we demand higher standards? USHER UPS THE PANTY [NYP]

By mj America’s Got Talent Picks a Winner MTV com DUH! USA Today The talent show boss has become obsessed with the Hollywood smile since making it big in the US with American Idol. ‘America’s Got Talent’: WINNER! America’s Got Talent: Episode 317 (season finale) TV Squad

By Mary Colurso -- Birmingham News Review rating: Three out of five stars Overheard in downtown Birmingham at 11:10 p.m. Saturday, near Richard Arrington Jr. Boulevard and 24th Street North: AP Fergie (born Stacy Ann Ferguson) isn't afraid to evoke Michael Jackson with one glittery glove.... Review rating: Three out of five st...

By Bol Notice how he shouts out Nas and Kelis at the end of this. THE KOOL HERC. Not about Kool Herc per se. But he starts out talking about breakdancing, before he trails off into how he's the best man, he did it. BUSY BEE SHOUT OUT ...

 France - So much so that he has claimed to be the best rapper alive. Now with the release of "Tha Carter III," Wayne attempts live up to his own hype, ... Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III HipHopDX On 'Carter III,' Lil' Wayne perfects the art of the brag Boston Globe Lil’ Wayne - Tha Carter III DJBooth.net

By Madonnasworld Before "Hard Candy," Madonna had never before opened her legs for an album cover. Two decades ago, her patchouli-scented belly adorned the sleeve of the intimate "Like a Prayer," and in 2005 she showed a bit of derriere for the disco-nostalgic "Confessions on a Dance Floor." She played wit...

April 16 (Bloomberg) -- Mariah Carey strikes one of her trademark sultry poses on the cover of her new CD ``E=MC2.'' Wrapped only in an oversized feather ... Mariah Carey: E=MC2 Toronto Star Mariah hits the high notes, strips down music The Post Online Mariah Carey Review - E=MC2 UGO

By nguirado One of the more decent Noelia pictures available on the web. Americans have Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, Fergie, Jewel, Miley Cyrus, Madonna (the queen) and many other pretty talented, pretty pop singers to produce light duty, ...

MUSIC REVIEW: Jay-Z's `American Gangster' is solid  MO - Jay-Z has never suffered from a lack of ambition, but what he takes on for his new album "American Gangster" (Roc-a-Fella) is a lot, even for him. ...

CD Review: 50 Cent Hopes Hype Will Sell Repetitive New Record  CA - Sep 20, 2007 But years before reality-show infamy consumed him and made him a laughing stock, Flav had it right when he and Chuck D. counseled all hip-hop loyalists ...