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Pasture Of Muppets: Inside the Metallica Reviews Scandal | Listening Post from Wired.com

Agents of Metallica managed another internet debacle last week, caused this time by preposterous demands that journalists who attended a listening party for the upcoming Metallica album pull their subsequent reviews. Only one publication refused: The Quietus.

Jeremiah's Vanishing New York: A Blondie on the Bowery

"I'm not okay with what happened to the whole city. It's a drag. Look at the ****ing Fillmore,....

Legendary rockers Kings X set to release 15th album

The other night on 'The Late Show' I heard Paul Shaffer and his band cover the song "We Were Born to Be Loved" by beloved grunge pioneers King's X. It's not the first time Shaffer's performed it, he seems to be a fan, as KX bassist Doug Pinnick tells it...

David Byrne to tour with "electric gospel" album

David Byrne has completed a new album (of "electric gospel") for released before 2009 and has booked a North American tour on which he is planning to play at least 40 percent old Talking Heads material.

Music Videos That Cost More Than You and Your Families

The title says it all. I was looking for something to write about today and I ended up with a million other things to compare. The superlatives Most and Best can be applied to any godamn thing here on earth and that's tough for anyone making a sensible list of things to speak about. But I try to veer away from another topic as this blog really doesn't talk much about other things than music - which we are going to do today. To be quite honest though, I'm starting to rethink the coverage of this blog. Make it a bit more extensive perhaps. I'm liking it here much.

TunesDay: The divine stupidity of Dick Valentine

What makes Electric Six work so wonderfully is that the stupidity belies a real cleverness, both in lyrics and music. They write great tunes and they perform them really well. They know their way around the rock canon. And their deadpan style helps, too. So today TunesDay honors the fine art of brain-pickled fun by naming E6 our Band of the Week.

Beatles and iTunes At Last?

Ars Technica is reporting that the Beatles and Apple have signed a reported $400 million dollar deal to bring the entire Beatles Catalog to iTunes. From the article: 'As of today there is no time frame as to when the catalog will appear online, but it seems to just be a matter of time.

Oscar: the best moment of the night

Once was never going to win best film, but the win for best song seemed like the most genuine moment of the night. I like to think that a lot of the people in that crowd realized what I did - that as big and bold and lavish and exciting as their industry is, it s mostly lost touch with the most important quality of all, honesty.

Maharishi Mahesh Yogi dies

Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, a guru to the Beatles who introduced the West to transcendental meditation, has died at his home in the Dutch town of Vlodrop, a spokesman said Tuesday. He was thought to be 91 years old.

Music Review: Shahram & Hafez Nazeri The Passion Of Rumi

What's amazing is that there has actually been any sort of connection established that establishes even the tiniest beachhead of understanding amidst all this mutual recrimination. In the last few years there has been a growing fascination among people in the West for the poetry of the Persian Sufi mystic Mawlana Jalal ad-Din Balkhi Rumi, most commonly referred simply as Rumi. With modern Iran being home to the land once known as Persia it is only fitting that Iranian musicians have created a mu

Britney Spears Obit, Already in Progress

So the lovely and talented Britney Spears has reached that beautiful moment in a young celebrity's life when the media decides they need to draft your obituary. Yes, it seems the AP has concluded that Ms. Spears' mortality is sufficiently imminent they need to prepare for the story. Of course, drafting an obit in advance is an industry-wide practice, but for a 26-year-old?

The Resurrection of Psychedelic Pioneer Roky Erickson

"I first heard Roky and the Elevators in Houston. I said, 'Well, that's it.' It had a fierce background in R&B and blues, an enjoyably frightening intensity. And then Roky Erickson, one of the finest rock singers since Little Richard [and] Jerry Lee Lewis. His voice was so cutting and fierce and manic. In terms of out-and-out-wildness, it doesn't get any better." Billy Gibbons (You're Gonna Miss Me documentary, 2005)

Grady's Big Ben Richardson: Making It Count

Grady delivers a kick in the pants so hard that it will leave your ears ringin' while you're begging for more. "Who breaks out the double guitar like that these days?" Gordie Johnson does my friend, but bassist Big Ben Richardson's not about to let Mr. Johnson have all the fun. Here, Big Ben tells us why Michael Bubl can have his cake, so long as Mr. Big gets to stomp his foot and make it count, large and loud.

Real heroes refuse to shut up and sing

'The US vs. John Lennon' chronicles the egregious lengths the US gov't went to in order to silence an artist who had the audacity to speak out. Of course, Lennon came from an age when artists did that sort of thing, and he wasn't the only one to get on the authorities' nerves. But we don't live in that world anymore...

OiNK Raid: What Risks Are Downloaders Taking? - News Story | Music, Celebrity, Artist MTV News

A message on OiNK's home page from the law-enforcement entities behind Tuesday's raids hints that more bad news could be coming for OiNK fans, as "a criminal investigation continues into the identities and activities of the site's users."