Police drummer Stewart Copeland told Billboard that he wants to bend the reunion rules the band agreed upon for its tour, only for its headlining Bonnaroo show. The rules, as I understand them, ban additional musicians and back-up singers, which I applaud. Why Copeland wants to break them for Bonnaroo is a mystery. Does he […]

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Billboard reports that the Anti- label is putting out a benefit CD/DVD for Healing the Divide’s Tibetan Health Initiative, featuring Tom Waits, Philip Glass, and Anoushka Shankar. The concert was held back in 2003 at New York’s Avery Fisher Hall. Waits played with Greg Cohen and the Kronos Quartet, and he makes up the bulk […]

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I hate it when people describe music in terms of food with all the musical “ingredients” and a “dash” of this or that nonsense. It’s lazy and lame. And sometimes even creative writers like Andre 3000 stoop to the cliche. MTV News recently spoke with the more flamboyant half of Outkast with a headline as […]

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David Yow singing three part harmonies? Well, I doubt it sounds like a barbershop quartet. First of all, it’s David Yow, ex-leader of The Jesus Lizard, which guarantees nothing close to normal. And, secondly, the forthcoming Qui album is on Ipecac, which also guarantees weirdness. Yow joined Qui after hanging out like a creepy old […]

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INXS is planning to record another album with its gimmicky contest winning lead singer from that embarrassing stint on CBS’ Rock Star: INXS. Since the requisite ‘Michael Hutchence is rolling over in his grave’ sentiments have long passed, it’s sort of becoming troublesome that the band still finds a need to continue beyond the strapped-for-cash […]

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All five members of Seaweed are reuniting to play Seattle’s Bumbershoot Festival on September 2, 2007, according to a blog on Seaweed’s Myspace page: “The band is shockingly thrilled to get back together and play in front of our friends and fans once again. All members have returned except they are now playing with long-time […]

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Mod legends from two waves have reportedly joined forces, as former Jam leader Paul Weller and on/off Blur guitarist Graham Coxon are rumored to have recorded at least three songs together. A UK tabloid is claiming the material could come out as early as this summer, though there is no confirmation from either musician’s respective […]

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