Deftones have officially decided to head back into the studio to re-record their follow-up to Saturday Night Wrist. The band was set to release Eros in early 2009 until bassist Chi Cheng was seriously injured in a car accident on Nov. 4, 2008. The band announced on their official Web site that they “realized that [...] [...more]
Is this the end? If you’re a follower of Stephen King, you know that human civilization isn’t likely to collapse under the heel of a cataclysmic war, environmental disaster or errant space debris—nothing so dramatic or special effects driven. Instead, human life will most likely be snuffed out by something we can’t see—a virus. In [...] [...more]
April Fools was in full effect this year. I fell victim to an official-looking post by Björk on her Web site, saying she has accepted the position of lead vocalist for legendary Led Zeppelin. The post went on to say Björk has “put forward her wish that they only cover with her songs from album [...] [...more]
Modest Mouse will be releasing a new video directed by the late Heath Ledger for the song “King Rat,” a bonus track off their 2007 album We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank. Ledger and Modest Mouse frontman Isaac Brock met in Australia through a mutual friend and spawned the idea that fortunately came [...] [...more]
As he continues to distance himself from his estranged sister, Jack White has recently added yet another side project to his list of musical monikers. White unveiled new band The Dead Weather at a private Nashville gig earlier in March. Although White was named the #17 “Greatest Guitarist of All Time” (I would have to [...] [...more]
The King of Pop will make his return to the stage for the first time since 2001. Michael Jackson announced an open-ended run of performances commencing at London’s O2 Arena on July 9. Jackson will begin with 10 scheduled performances and continue as long as demand dictates. This unique statement of world domination isn’t the [...] [...more]
Google can go fuck itself. I realize I write that at great personal peril. They have spy cameras everywhere—on Earth, Mars and now their eyes are underwater. And they’ve found something. Or not. Over 2,000 years ago, Greek philosopher Plato wrote of an island, a doomed technological utopia named Atlantis. He introduced the mysterious place in [...] [...more]
As expected, M.I.A. delivered her baby just hours after her Grammy appearance. In a message on her Myspace blog, she said she got home from the Grammys ready to party, but instead went into labor at 2 a.m. What a buzz kill! She notes the baby is healthy, despite enduring some unhealthy-looking stage mannerisms on [...] [...more]
Since the 51st Grammy Awards have already happened and you’ve witnessed MIA perform at nine months pregnant. You may have seen MIA’s OB/GYN anxiously standing side-stage, as the baby was also due that day. You may or may not have also seen the gentlemen of Coldplay in attendance, who were likely “served” by Mr. Joe [...] [...more]
Apparently this Taylor Swift girl is pretty popular. My only recollection of her is the image of her sprawled out on a bed, singing about tear drops on her guitar, promoting an upcoming concert at an Indian casino in Northern California. I thought it was strange to see a 16- or 17-year-old girl promoting a [...] [...more]
