Archive for September, 2010

Cut Copy reveals details of forthcoming album, gives a shout-out to Ariel Pink

Thursday, September 30th, 2010

It’s a mantra for many a band seeking inspiration: back to the stacks, back to the stacks, back to the stacks. The Australian trio Cut Copy, whose free-spirited break-out album, “In Ghost Colours,” finely plumbed the depths of ’80s electropop,…

Album: Carl Barât, Carl Barât (Arcady)

Thursday, September 30th, 2010

If one compares the occasional raggedy magic of Babyshambles with the more prosaic virtues of Dirty Pretty Things, there’s no denying that Carl Barât lacks some of Pete Doherty’s insouciant outlaw charm.

Party Music

Thursday, September 30th, 2010

Two things happen when you slap a Coup album on the turntable. First, you will dance. Your hips will start moving, your feet will start tapping a bass beat and your arms will rise up, moving in time to the sick rhythm rising from the speakers.

Dr. Dre Jokes About Album Delay in Headphones Ad

Thursday, September 30th, 2010

Dr. Dre and basketball star LeBron James hit the gym and receive a few good-natured barbs in a new commercial for Monster’s Power Beats headphones.

Live Nation board is “a circus”

Thursday, September 30th, 2010

Mark Lacter: In assessing the merger of Ticketmaster and Live Nation for Los Angeles magazine last year, I wrote that “ego and…

Kenny Chesney’s new album headed to No. 1

Thursday, September 30th, 2010

Country star Kenny Chesney is set to capture his sixth No. 1 album on the U.S. pop chart next week, with industry prognosticators suggesting he could sell 180,000 to 200,000 copies of “Hemingway’s Whiskey” by week’s end on Sunday.

Vick v. McNabb, baseball playoffs mean pricey tickets

Thursday, September 30th, 2010

Take two soldout teams. Add perhaps the most exciting player in pro football to one, and playoffs – flush with World Series dreams – to the other.

Live Nation Chairman Resigns At Beverly Hills Board Meeting

Thursday, September 30th, 2010

The Chairman of Beverly Hills-based concert promoter Live Nation Entertainment announced his resignation at the company’s board meeting Tuesday.

A new spin on contemporary art at Nasher’s The Record

Thursday, September 30th, 2010

I used to live in Little Italy in New York City. When someone died in my neighborhood and there was no one to come claim that person’s stuff, whole lives would be put out on the sidewalk for the trash collectors.

Oops, Maybe I Should Make A Children’s Album

Thursday, September 30th, 2010

Inspired by an 8-year-old, a Spanish heavy-metal rocker finds himself shamed into making kids music.