Nicki Minaj Proves Why Parents Should Treat Their Kids Well

Nicki Minaj’s tell-all documentary, My Time Now, aired on MTV on Sunday night. She told even more in the new issue of Rolling Stone.In the documentary she discussed her crack addicted father and child abuse, and being raised by her grandparents for quite some time. In the article she talked…

Roger Waters at US Airways Center Last Night

Roger Waters November 27, 2010 US Airways Center British rocker Roger Waters performed Pink Floyd’s album The Wall with style at the US Airways Center last night. It was, indeed, a “show,” as much a theatrical exercise as a musical one.Since it’s safe to say that at least most of…

Why Nick Mason Rejected Pink Floyd Reunion

, according to Spinner.It’s not that Mason, Pink Floyd’s drummer, didn’t want to support Palestinian refugee children, but rather that he was displeased with the choice of venue that was made for the event. Pink Floyd members David Gilmour and Roger Waters ended up playing the Hoping For the Children of Palestine…

Avoid This on Black Friday: New Michael Jackson Video Game

Hopefully you’ve prepared yourself for this year’s lamest Christmas gift. According to Paste, Ubisoft just dropped a Michael Jackson video game available for Nintendo DS and PSP.As if there weren’t enough terrible video games that revolve around dancing already. Yet this one might take the cake. Michael Jackson: The Experience…

Mark Your Calendars: Festival Announcements Galore

While music festival season is pretty much wrapped up for the year up, there’s still plenty to get excited about since next year’s festivals are being planned.Announcements have been rolling out one after another this past week. Big news has broken about dates, headliners and lineups for the biggest shows…

Lollapalooza to Go International in Chile

Lollapalooza has expanded to Chile, according to Billboard.Perry Farrell’s music festival will be going down at O’Higgins Park in Santiago, Chile for the first time on April 2 and 3, 2011. This will be the first time that Lollapalooza has ever gone international. Presumably Chile got the honor in part…

From Print: Blogs Teased in Our 11/18 Issue

This week, New Times ran a list in our print publication highlighting some of the most interesting posts published at Up On The Sun over the past week. Here are links to those posts.Has My Chemical Romance also abandoned the Sound Strike boycott of Arizona?Which song by local band Gospel…

New Album From the Strokes on Its Way to Being Complete

The Strokes have finally finished a long awaited album, according to SPIN.While the mixing and mastering still has yet to be done, the recording process itself has been completed.After working out their differences and deciding to go forth with making a new album, they worked with Beck and White Stripes…

Now on iTunes: The Beatles Catalog

Stop the world. Apple has announced that the Beatles catalog is finally available on iTunes, according to Billboard. I love when Christmas comes early.After plenty of rumors went around yesterday about what Apple’s big announcement regarding iTunes was going to be, practically everything under the sun that the Beatles ever…

The Aggrolites at Sail Inn Last Night

The AggrolitesNovember 12, 2010 Sail Inn Despite the chilly autumn air outside, the Aggrolites warmed up the Sail Inn with the sounds of summer last night. It was one of those shows where everyone checked their worries at the curb, knowing the Aggrolites’ feel-good vibe would make caring about anything else…

New Gorillaz Album Recorded on an iPad… Yes, Really

In between dates on an extensive international tour, Damon Albarn has been recording a new Gorillaz album on his iPad, according to NME.Albarn said he hopes he has “made a completely different kind of record.” In an effort to be the first to release an iPad-made album, he hopes to…

New Michael Jackson Album: Completely MJ?

Lots of people are eagerly awaiting Michael Jackson’s posthumous record Michael, which will be released December 14.So am I.But after listening to a pre-released single, “Breaking News,” I have my doubts that the recording was untouched after Michael passed away. It sure doesn’t sound like the song is 100 percent…

Glastonbury Going Green… But Who’s Playing?

Worthy Farm, home to the Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts in the UK, now boasts what festival organizer Michael Eavis calls “the best solar power system in the country,” according to NME.The cluster of 1,116 solar panels that is fixed on top of the cowshed at Worthy Farm is…