No other band on Earth presents music to their fans quite like Umphrey’s McGee. The progressive jam band recently announced its second annual UM Bowl in Chicago. The event is a one-of-a-kind concert in which fans, via live text-messaging, call the shots on song choices and special collaborations in four…
First there was word about Mumford & Sons playing at the upcoming Canned Beer Festival, and now there are rumors spreading about the Foo Fighters. This week seems to be full of false local rumors about awesome musical performances in Chandler, which is both disappointing and quite a shame.Toward the…
Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark director Julie Taymor has finally had enough of the Broadway show’s complications and has chosen to step down from her position, according to Rolling Stone.For the time being, Taymor will still be the director and co-writer of the show, but she will no longer be…
“Fierce Creatures is a wonderful band from Fresno, California, and they’ve got a great ear for melody and good music,” said Ade Kassim, who designed the flier.Indie folk band Fierce Creatures will be joined by local talents Small Leaks Sink Ships and Kid Sampson.”Small Leaks Sink Ships and Kid Sampson…
Lady Gaga has revealed to Neil Strauss that her apartment used to be covered in cocaine and cockroaches, according to NME.American and Kittian author Neil Strauss’s upcoming novel, Everyone Loves You When You’re Dead: Journeys Into Fame and Madness, has included exclusive Gaga excerpts in his book. Gaga had a…
Miley Cyrus is continuing to prove that she’s into older men, according to the Fab Life.Cyrus seems to be having a fling with Kings of Leon bassist Jared Followill. They’ve been doing an awful lot of texting lately, according to a source that’s close with Kings of Leon.The source said,…
, according to MTV News.Gaga says she wants to stand on her own two feet this time around, although many people think it’s safe to jokingly say that she practically collaborated with Madonna on the hit single “Born This Way,” anyway.”I’ve already collaborated with my favorite female in the business,”…
Renowned actress Gwyneth Paltrow is negotiating a record deal with Atlantic Records, according to Monsters and Critics.The label is in talks with Paltrow to make a country pop album. After all, she seems to be a hot reborn star in the performance market right now, having recently made appearances on…
As we all know by now, our all-American main man Charlie Sheen is “bi-winning.” He’s attempting to leave drug use behind, although he’s still down to get crazy with porn starts. Who can blame him? Has the country’s classier, older, and male version of Ke$ha gone absolutely nuts? Well obviously;…
Boston punk rock band the Street Dogs have appropriately chosen to go with a Celtic theme on the flier for their upcoming gig at the Rogue Bar.Joining the band for awesome pre-St. Patrick’s Day festivities will be fellow Boston bands the Have Nots, Lenny Lashley Gango of One, and The…
, according to Paste.The project began when an Englishman named Richard Newman decided to reach out for singers, musicians and producers via Twitter to make a cover song together in honor of his two year Twitter anniversary.Just a few short days later, Tw1tterband pulled off a pretty solid cover of…
Mark Burnett has yet another reality show in the works. The upcoming singing competition called The Voice is coming to NBC. Adam Levine of Maroon 5 and Cee Lo Green of Gnarls Barkley and independent fame will be the judges, according to Entertainment Weekly.Christina Aguilera has also been negotiating with…
Young the Giant The Rhythm Room March 1, 2011 Young the Giant brought a fascinating, unconfined performance to the Rhythm Room last night. The group formerly known as the Jakes completely let loose and had a great time on stage. Plus, they managed to keep their show almost as casual…
delivered a killer performance at the US Airways Center last night.Linkin Park fans couldn’t seem to get enough of the local show, which was part of the A Thousand Suns World Tour. They also tweeted about openers Circa Survive and Paper Tongues quite a bit as well.Read on to see…
Check out what fans had to say about the show as they sounded off on Twitter.@codieearly: Streetlight Manifesto has such a crazy crowd right now.@lolmel: Streetlight Manifesto kicked major ass, btw. I love ska concerts so much. #ska #ska #ska…
Thanks to 107.7 The End posting clips on SoundCloud, you can now sample all 10 tracks on the Strokes’ upcoming album Angles in 30-second snippets, according to Consequence of Sound.The album hasn’t leaked yet, but the Strokes made “You’re So Right” available yesterday, making it the second song they’ve released…
This new hit of hers might be a little too similar to Madonna’s hit “Express Yourself.” In the “Born This Way” video, Gaga’s rockin’ Madge’s classic lengthy high ponytail hairdo. Lady Gaga portrays herself as a strong, powerful woman just as Madonna has always done, plus she’s channeling the 80s…
An organization called Epilepsy Action got YouTube to take down Kanye West’s new music video for his song “All of the Lights,” according to Stereogum.After receiving numerous calls about people being affected by epilepsy after watching Kanye’s video, Epilepsy Action took a stand and made some phone calls themselves. It is…
It’s hard to decide which is more awesome: This flier or the names of the bands that are performing. Based on the flier, Japanther’s upcoming show at the Trunk Space seems like it’s going to be a damn good time.The New York duo will also be joined by the bands…
Ozzy was to drunk to board the plane that was going to take him to Japan for a tour, so Sharon took one for the team and lied to get concert promoters to pipe down.”Everybody felt really bad. They excused him,” Sharon said.This incident occurred when Ozzy’s drug and alcohol…
, according to Rolling Stone.Qaddafi’s sons Muatassim and Seif al-Islam al-Qaddafi hired the afformentioned artists for their consecutive New Year’s parties. Mariah Carey was paid $1 million to perform four songs at the party, which they held in St. Barts.It is being considered by the general public that by doing…
New Jersey band Streetlight Manifesto is the whole package — all the raucous fun we’ve come to expect from Jersey without the orange tans and irritating accents. Yes, the seven-piece band plays ska punk, a genre that’s irritating almost by default, but they do it so flawlessly that even people…
