Not that Jane’s Addiction was ever a bastion of good taste, but at least Dave Navarro had a forum in which to play guitar with a band that didn’t completely suck (on its first two and a half records, anyway). Ever since his brief stint in the Red Hot Chili Peppers, though, Navarro has fancied […]

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No surprise here. Spector has trashed practically everyone he’s ever worked with. The guy’s a bitter fruitcake, hermetically sealed in his own narcissistic cocoon of insanity, evidenced by his sweet defense of “She kissed the gun” in his trial for the murder of B-movie actress Lana Clarkson. An upcoming biography of Spector by author Mick […]

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Ben Folds is apparently a big Dresden Dolls fan. According to Spin.com, Folds randomly emailed the band “cofessing his love” for the duo, and now Amanda Palmer is recording her solo debut in Folds’ Nashville, TN studio. “When I told him I’d gladly squat there to make my solo record, he offered to produce it. I didn’t […]

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On what authority I am unaware, but Punknews.org is claiming that Crass frontman Steve Ignorant is planning a night of “love, music, film, performance, and anger” as he and a full band are set to perform Crass’ classic The Feeding of the 5000 album over two nights this November 24th and 25th at London’s Shepard’s Bush […]

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Billboard has had an advance listen to Interpol’s forthcoming third LP, entitled Our Love to Admire, which is due out July 10th via Capitol. The first single is “The Heinrich Maneuver”, which Billboard characterizes as “a peppy kiss-off to an ex-love now residing on the opposite coast.” Other tracks find the band on “familiar footing” […]

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‘Control’, the biographical film based on the life of Ian Curtis, will be screened at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, according to NME. Directed by long-time Joy Division collaborater Anton Corbijn, the film chronicles the final years of the doomed singer, who committed suicide on May 18, 1980. The script is based on the book […]

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[kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.youtube.com/v/RkKec9eb3CQ” width=”425″ height=”350″ wmode=”transparent” /] Amy Winehouse looked like an absolute monster on Leno the other night with her hair beehived into oblivion. The missing tooth only added to her trashy vamped-up persona. She seemed sort of out of it, spacing out with a completely blank stare, occasionally throwing in some doo-wop dancing, but […]

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