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INTERVIEW

 Inside Gaga's 'Delicious' Tour 

Lady Gaga talks new album The Fame Monster and The Monster Ball concerts

Oct 22, 09 10:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - Lady Gaga's upcoming tour is more than just a series of concerts—it's a pop-electro opera, "a truly artistic experience that is going to take the form of the greatest post-apocalyptic house party that you've ever been to," she tells Rolling Stone. The Monster Ball launches Nov.... More »

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entertainment • music • celebrity • album release • concert tour • Jay-ZTV • Lady Gaga • new album

 Boyle Breaks Pre-Order Record 

Debut album for Britain's Got Talent star is selling fast

Oct 22, 09 8:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - Susan Boyle's popularity shows no signs of dying down: The Britain's Got Talent runner-up is releasing her first album Nov. 23, and it has already broken Amazon's record for most pre-orders, the New York Daily News reports. "Although it's normal to see early enthusiasm for artists who... More »

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entertainment • music • celebrity • album release • Amazon.com • album sales • Susan Boyle • Britain's Got Talent • women's issues • new album

MUSIC REVIEW

Flaming Lips Back to Bizarre With Embryonic 

'Sprawling' double album should please longtime fans

Oct 12, 09 1:14 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Flaming Lips are no stranger to reinvention, having transformed “from garage-punk misfits into a splendorous, kaleidoscopic rock outfit,” then later “into a sophisticated, sincere symphonic-pop troupe bestowed with increasing commercial acclaim.” The release of Embryonic marks another sea change—and it’s the band's... More »

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entertainment • music • album release • music review • Jay-ZTV • Flaming Lips

MUSIC REVIEW

 Paramore's Latest 
 One of Year's Best 

Group is a welcome 'throwback' and—thanks to Hayley Williams—soars

Oct 6, 09 10:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - Paramore’s third album will likely enter the charts at No. 1—and it deserves to. Not only is it “the group’s best record yet,” Brand New Eyes is “one of 2009’s most exhilarating releases,” writes Jonah Weiner for Slate. “That sense... More »

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entertainment • music • album release • music review • Avril Lavigne • Blink-182 • Jay-ZTV • Paramore • Hayley Williams

 New Jackson 5 
 Tracks Drop in Nov. 

New single 'That's How Love Is' available online now

Oct 6, 09 12:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Jackson 5 may well be back on the charts this November with the release of I Want You Back! Unreleased Masters, a collection of never-before-heard material and alternate versions of beloved tunes. One of the new songs, “That’s How Love Is,” can be heard on... More »

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Universal Music Group • album release • Michael Jackson • Michael Davis • Jackson Five • Motown • unreleased song • Berry Gordy

music REVIEW

 Built to Spill 
 Back in Top Form 

Formerly great indie rockers make a triumphant comeback in There Is No Enemy

Oct 5, 09 5:52 PM CDT
(Newser) - Built to Spill went from producing “some of the most ambitious and resonant indie rock ever made” in the 1990s to “merely existing” in the 2000s. With its "unexpectedly terrific” new release There Is No Enemy, the band offers “an improbable late-career reawakening and heartening... More »

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entertainment • music • album release • music review • Jay-ZTV • Built to Spill • Doug Martsch

MUSIC REVIEW

 Girls' Debut 
 'Dizzily 
 Powerful' 

Up-and-coming band 'getting a ton of blog love' for 'heartbreaking' debut

Sep 25, 09 1:27 PM CDT
(Newser) - The frontman of the pop duo Girls has a backstory that’s “epically sad and squalid and ultimately triumphant,” but you don’t need to know his history to recognize Girls' debut, Album, as “a dizzily powerful piece of work,” writes Tom Breihan for Pitchfork.... More »

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entertainment • music • pop music • album release • music review • Beach Boys • Jay-ZTV • Girls • Christopher Owens • Chet White

ALBUM REVIEW


 Pearl Jam's Backspacer 
 More of Same 

Despite controversy over Target release, album is praiseworthy—not groundbreaking

Sep 17, 09 1:56 PM CDT
(Newser) - Pearl Jam “plays it tight, short and fast on its ninth studio album, Backspacer (Monkeywrench), out Tuesday,” writes Greg Kot for the Chicago Tribune. In its first self-released album, the band steamrolls through 11 songs in just 37 minutes—but it’s 37 minutes of “... More »

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entertainment • Pearl Jam • Eddie Vedder • album release • Target • music review • Jay-ZTV

music review

 Kid Cudi's Debut 
 'Ridiculously 
 Intriguing' 

Rap's up-and-coming name follows in the footsteps of Kanye West, Andre 3000

Sep 15, 09 1:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - The premise of Kanye West protégé Kid Cudi’s Man on the Moon: The End of the Day is that he’s “not on the same planet as other rappers. The truth is that he’s not in the same genre,” writes Julian Benbow for the... More »

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Kanye West • hip-hop • rapper • album release • rap music • music review • Jay-Z • Jay-ZTV • Kid Cudi

music review

 Beatles Remasters 
 Pack a Wallop 

CDs showcase Fab Four as they were meant to be heard

Sep 8, 09 1:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Beatles just got better: every one of their original albums and a batch of collected singles has been remastered, boosting the quality to the level “the Beatles themselves would have heard and intended,” writes Matt Hurwitz in the Washington Post. The stereo CDs remind us that the... More »

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music • Paul McCartney • John Lennon • CDs • Beatles • George Harrison • album release • Ringo Starr • rock music • music review • album • remastering • Jay-ZTV

 Jay-Z at Work on
 'Experimental' Album 

Says it will be his most eclectic

Sep 4, 09 7:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - Jay-Z's new album, Blueprint 3, doesn't drop until next week, but he's already looking ahead to the next one. The rapper, also known as Shawn Carter, tells MTV he's working on his most eclectic album yet. "It's not gonna be a No. 1 album," he says. "That's... More »

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entertainment • album release • rap music • Jay-Z • Shawn Carter • Jay-ZTV

album review

 Whitney 'Sublime' 
 After 7 Years Away 

'The Voice' is still there, with help from industry giants

Aug 26, 09 11:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - It’s been seven years since Whitney Houston’s last album, and many younger listeners probably know her better for her recently-troubled life than for her series of huge hits. But her new album, I Look to You, marks a triumphant return, writes Jim DeRogatis in the Chicago Sun-Times. “... More »

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entertainment • music • pop music • album release • music review • Whitney Houston • Jay-ZTV • women's issues

MUSIC REVIEW

 Dance the Night 
 Away With Handclap 


Band has high-profile guests and a fun vibe that runs a bit too long

Aug 14, 09 2:51 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Phenomenal Handclap Band gets a leg up on its self-titled debut from buzzworthy guests like TV on the Radio and the Dap-Kings—but one of the unfortunate consequences is that “there's a feeling of anonymity to the band,” writes Paul Thompson for Pitchfork. Nonetheless, when it comes... More »

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music • album release • Dap-Kings • music review • TV on the Radio • Jay-ZTV • Phenomenal Handclap Band

ALBUM REVIEW

 Hip-Hop's 
 Next Big Thing 
 'Fine, Fresh, Serious' 

Sure, her life wasn't all hard, but don't write her off as a rapper

Aug 6, 09 1:43 PM CDT
(Newser) - “Even in a ‘post-race’ world, street sells,” writes Amy Granzin for Pitchfork. That would explain why some looked at Speech Debelle—the once-homeless UK rapper turned Mercury Prize nominee and "hip-hop's next big thing"—and spun “a tiny bit of flash into blinding... More »

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entertainment • music • hip-hop • rapper • album release • rap music • music review • Jay-ZTV • Speech Debelle

 With New CD 
 and Makeover, 
 Houston Has Liftoff 

Diva is ready for her comeback

Jul 15, 09 1:26 PM CDT
(Newser) - Whitney Houston “tumbled but she didn’t crumble,” music legend Clive Davis said last night at a London listening party for the diva’s latest. I Look To You is the first album in 7 years for the 45-year-old, reports the Mail. The crowd gave Houston—seemingly over... More »

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entertainment • music • celebrity • album release • comeback • Whitney Houston

MUSIC REVIEW

 Jack White's 
 New Band 
 Opens Strong 

Jack White's latest effort confirms his reign as king of the blues-rockers

Jul 13, 09 1:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - Jack White’s rise to stardom in the postmillennial world of the struggling blues rocker is “remarkable,” and he continues to “honor the blues’ authenticity” while also exploiting its “capacity for mythology” with his third project, writes Stuart Berman for Pitchfork. On Horehound, the Dead Weather—... More »

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entertainment • music • album release • blues • music review • White Stripes • Jack White • Jay-ZTV • The Dead Weather • Alison Mossheart • The Kills • Raconteurs • Queens of the Stone Age

MUSIC REVIEW

 Album No 
 Twin Peaks, 
 But Very Lynchian 

Music has fine moments, but often 'is no more than the sum of its parts'

Jul 9, 09 2:19 PM CDT
(Newser) - Music has always been an integral part of David Lynch’s films: “Blue Velvet wouldn’t be Blue Velvet without Dennis Hopper’s lipstick-smeared face bearing down on Kyle MacLachlan to Roy Orbison’s ‘In Dreams,’” writes Mike Powell for Pitchfork. So it makes sense that... More »

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entertainment • album release • music review • Twin Peaks • Jay-ZTV • David Lynch

MUSIC REVIEW

 Drake Album 
 'Compulsively 
 Listenable' 

Lyrics, though awkward, manage not to be petulant

Jun 29, 09 5:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - Somehow, rapper Drake recorded an album concerned mostly with “the stresses and travails of fame, even if he recorded the damn thing when he wasn’t famous in any meaningful way”—and then became famous thanks to said album, writes Tom Breihan for Pitchfork. Though he’s “... More »

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entertainment • rapper • album release • rap music • Rihanna • Lil Wayne • album • Jay-ZTV • Drake

Hank Williams' Grandkid Jumps Outside Country Box

Second album has a twang, but don't typecast her: She likes Radiohead, too

Jun 12, 09 12:47 PM CDT
(Newser) - Holly Williams is a descendant of country legends—Hank Williams was her grandfather, Hank Williams Jr. her father—but she’s no “cowboy hat-wearing country girl,” she tells the Telegraph. The singer and boutique owner, who admires artists from Dolly Parton to Radiohead, releases her second album Tuesday,... More »

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music • country music • Hank Williams • album release • Jack White • Jay-ZTV • Holly Williams • Kings of Leon


 Whitney's 
 Comeback 
 Album Out 
 Sept. 1 

Akon, will.i.am are helping out

Jun 4, 09 1:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - Whitney Houston is releasing an album Sept. 1, and she's getting a little comeback help from today's R&B/hip-hop kings. The untitled Arista record is rumored to include collaborations with will.i.am, Sean Garett, and Akon, Billboard reports. During the run-up to the big release—her last effort was... More »

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entertainment • music industry • album release • Akon • Will.i.am • Whitney Houston

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