From Martina McBride's Twitter:Oprah was fun. Glad they didn't show the "crack house" where I used to live! Not literally a crack house..but it kinda looked like one!Martina had to later explain to her fans that she was talking about the house she first moved into as an adult, not the one she grew up in.It could be a big week for Martina - she's nominated for Female Vocalist of the Year at the
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MUST-SEE SHOW: 11/23 Jay Reatard @ BrilloboxThis is worth going to if only to see what all the fuss is about. I've been reading about this guy nonstop over the past couple years, but for some reason, I thought he was a teenager. Turns out he's 29. A few weeks ago he tweeted that his entire band quit on him. Hopefully they'll have their shit together by the time the Brillobox show rolls
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Emo/punk icons Say Anything are back with a new album. Singer Max Bemis is excited.Yes! This is the best reaction we've ever had to anything hahahaha Thank you guys! Album stream: www.myspace.com/sayanythingI haven't personally checked it out yet; I've been busy with the new Weezer and Tegan & Sara CDs... reviews to come soon!http://twitter.com/maxbemis
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Bassist Tim Nordwind (right) and his bandmates OK Go has been one of the more underappreciated rock bands of the past several years. Their excellent last release, Oh No, was overshadowed by its equally excellent videos for “A Million Ways” and “Here it Goes Again” (the treadmill video), the latter of which won a Grammy Award.In January, they return with the Of the Blue Colour of the Sky, a
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Panic! At The Disco are working on a new record. And they've reclaimed their lost exclamation point!It's amazing how fast a band can fall off the radar. They've lost two of their members. We'll see if the new album (blink-182's Mark Hoppus is contributing) puts them back in the spotlight.Panic! singer Brendan Urie was tweeting about domestic life this week:i believe my dog Bogart's favorite movie
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This video is a few weeks old but I just ran across it. Kid Cudi is proving himself to be a weirdo, and that's a great quality for a rapper to have. His latest song "Pursuit of Happiness" is a trippy collaboration with indie rock bands MGMT and Ratatat.He played the song live on Letterman with Ratatat last month.
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I had a chance to catch country singer Miranda Lambert live a couple weeks ago, and it was a great show. She's a badass. She's a bit too rowdy for country radio, unfortunately, and sometimes her tweets bear that out.I forgot my pistol. A girl's gotta have a side arm.....Miranda's new song "White Liar" is a good one, go check it out.http://twitter.com/Miranda_Lambert
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{Originally published here}The American Music Awards have always been the red-headed stepchild of award shows, playing second (or even third) fiddle behind the Grammys and the MTV Video Music Awards. I've made fun of them many times over the years for some of the ridiculous things they do, but this one takes the cake.The American Music Awards have just released their nominations for 2009, and get
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Michael Jackson's new single "This is It" was released on his website at midnight this morning. The mid-tempo track was originally recorded during sessions for the Dangerous album. It's a decent song, with a groove reminiscent of some of his '80s work. His voice blends nicely with those of his brothers, who were brought in to add backing vocals to the track."This is It" is actually the same song
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This week, regrettably, Miley Cyrus canceled her Twitter account. Not even desperate tweets from her dad could change her mind.Like all of us, John Mayer was broken up about this:I can't help but find myself asking the question "What would Miley have tweeted about this?"John Mayer is a prolific tweeter. He tweets several times, every single day. Dude doesn't have anything better to do, I
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Some of these are guilty pleasures. Some are bona fide classics. They are my favorite 30 songs of the past decade.These may not necessarily be the best songs of the past 10 years – just the ones I enjoyed the most. Feel free to suggest your favorites.Click the "YouTube" link after each blurb to see the music video in a new window.Who needs love when you have music? Brazil's Cansei de Ser Sexy
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Former Soul Coughing frontman (sorry, Mike, I'm still going to introduce you that way) Mike Doughty was a busy tweeter this week:"Yes, as it happens, I do believe my job has more societal worth than that of a professional Donkey Kong player."I'm not sure if Mike is quoting someone else or just being witty himself, but who really cares? This is really just an excuse to mention that Doughty's new
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photo credit: Leigh RightonMUST-SEE SHOW:10/7 Japandroids @ Garfield ArtworksI saw this duo at Pitchfork and they blew me away with their ferocious sound. They also noted that since they had a limited amount of time, they were not providing their usual amount of onstage banter, which is usually "fucking amazing," they said. So be prepared for unforgettable banter at this show.ALSO WORTH ATTENDING
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I've been spending a lot of time recently combing through Pitchfork's list of the top 500 songs of the decade, but one thing that has annoyed me is that I can't find a site that actually lists all 500 songs on one page. I'm tired of having to scroll through page after page. So, I'm doing it myself.Here's the complete list, republished merely as a reference. Go to www.pitchfork.com to see the full
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Lots of drama happening on Courtney Love's Twitter page this week. It was reported that on the new Guitar Hero game, you can choose Kurt Cobain as your character, and using that character you can sing anything, from Bon Jovi to 3 Doors Down.When Courtney heard about this, she flipped out, claiming she hadn't approved Kurt's likeness to be used to sing other band's songs. The CEO of Guitar Hero
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I was thrilled to see Cobra Starship break into the top 10 this year with "Good Girls Go Bad." I first heard Cobra Starship a few years back, and from that moment I've been surprised at their lack of mainstream success. To me, their songs have always been much more catchy and fun than those of similar bands like Fall Out Boy, Panic at the Disco, etc. How can you not love a band with song titles
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The big news this week was Kanye West interrupting Taylor Swift's acceptance speech at the VMAs, which had artists everywhere flipping out.Everyone from Katy Perry to Jordin Sparks tweeted their disapproval, but the best came from P!nk, who kept it short and sweet:Kanye west is the biggest piece of shit on earth. Quote me.The best thing about this incident is that it has inspired the awesome new
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What do the following two tweets have in common?Billy Ray Cyrus:You can't loose something you don't haveIngrid Michaelson:"i like mcdonalds and lose women"-quote from a brit making fun of us americans.Incorrect word usage! I'm not a grammar nazi, but I love Twitter because it allows us to see which celebrities can actually spell and form proper sentences. I never thought that "lose" and "loose"
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CONCERT REVIEW: Black Eyed Peas & Tim McGraw Point State Park, PittsburghSeptember 10, 2009The NFL's free kickoff concert was held in Pittsburgh tonight, with the Black Eyed Peas and Tim McGraw showing why each is a master of their respective genre.Generally I'm not impressed with hip hop concerts, because they usually spend too much time screaming, "Throw your hands in the air!" and not enough
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Last night Tegan and Sara posted a serious of tweets about their unruly neighbors:The people upstairs r having a rave. Swear to god. Its 230am on a Thursday. Its so loud if u were here I'd have to shout for you to hear me.Then later:Hope the police come and arrest all the people there. And they get evicted. AND that the music playing is never heard on the earth again.Then later:OMG. they are
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