Paris Hilton showed up for Prince’s set at Club 3121 at the Rio in Las Vegas on April 20th. Prince noticed the heiress in the audience and decided to mock the wannabe pop singer by inviting her onstage to sing: “A ‘delighted’ Hilton scampered onto the stage and the ‘Purple Rain’ singer handed the wanna-be-pop […]

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As much of a waste of time and, well, yes, energy, as the Live Earth concerts will be, at least Spinal Tap is playing, lending the appropriate amount of satire and irony to the giant photo op. The reunited mock-metal trio will play in London’s Wembley Arena with original Spinal Tap director Rob Reiner in […]

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A complacent, general snobbery has shunned Trent Reznor’s brand of industrial angst for years now, having relegated the sound over to the black-clad fruitcakes that show up at Korn shows. It’s difficult to straddle fame and integrity for any length of time, and Reznor’s allowed too many people to have a say in his business […]

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Jet By Day frontman David Matysiak has moved to Omaha, Nebraska, so, invariably, he has hooked up with that scene’s incestuous pool of talent and formed Coyote Bones. The band’s debut record is coming out on CoCo Art, an upstart art/music/film collective that Matysiak started himself. Coyote Bones’ debut, Gentleman on the Rocks, features help […]

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I wonder what Paul Weller in his heyday with The Jam would have said if someone had told him he’d one day sell out to Cadillac. I know it’s ubiquitous for bands to allow their songs to be licensed for commercials these days, but that doesn’t give it any more credibility. It’s still a complete […]

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Conrad Keely has posted another lengthy screed on trailofdead.com, discussing his dramatic move from Austin to New York City and his band’s future: “Are we breaking up anytime soon? No. Sorry to disappoint you. That means, for all those people who’ve asked for our autographs, they won’t be worth anything for a long time yet, […]

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It’s not exactly surprising that Neil Hannon has been tapped to write a musical for the London stage, as his songwriting lends itself well to flowery and theatrical arrangements. NME reports that the piece for The National Theater will be an adaptation of Arthur Ransom’s 1930 novella Swallows and Amazons. Hannon just recently contributed to […]

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