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Alex Chilton, Big Star Frontman, Dead At 59 Thursday, March 18, 2010 @ 8:37AMCult rock icon Alex Chilton, leader of the influential 1970s power-pop band Big Star, died on Wednesday in a New Orleans hospital at age 59.
News : SXSW Spotlight: The xx Thursday, March 18, 2010 @ 8:33AMWhile this week might be Spring Break for college kids bound for Cabo, it’s arguably the holiest week for music lovers—that’s right, it’s South By Southwest . To help prep for your SXSW experience, FILTER is bringing you a taste of the Austin festival’s must-see musicians each day this week in the form of excerpts, interviews, and even a tattoo giveaway. So take some time out from mapping your ...
R.I.P., Alex Chilton Thursday, March 18, 2010 @ 8:22AMLast night the festive atmostphere here at South by Southwest was interrupted when news broke that Alex Chilton had died. As part of the Box Tops and Big Star, the Memphis artist made a massive impact on pop music. He went on to influence a generation of bands, including two of my all-time favorites (and maybe yours), The Replacements and R.E.M.
Tony Sachs: Remembering Alex Chilton: Icon And Iconoclast Thursday, March 18, 2010 @ 8:19AMI had the opportunity to meet Alex Chilton a few months ago, at the afterparty for a Big Star gig in Brooklyn. We stood no...
Prosecutors clear G-Dragon on obscenity complaint Thursday, March 18, 2010 @ 8:12AMG-Dragon on the cover of his 'Heartbreaker' album. (Photo courtesy of YG Entertainment) G-Dragon, leader of K-pop group Big Bang, is off the hook. The pop star was cleared by prosecutors in the obscenity complaint filed against him in connection with his first solo concert last December, where critics said he performed songs that were "inappropriate" especially since teenagers were among his ...
Dear Abby: Readers share loved ones’ final wishes Thursday, March 18, 2010 @ 8:09AMDear Abby: I’m writing to encourage “Wants to Do Right by Mama” to honor her mother’s final wishes. Several years ago, I sat down with my parents and we talked about their wishes for when they die. We discussed everything from the distribution of their assets to the type of funerals they want. Mom and Dad have already written their obituaries for the newspaper. Mom listed all the songs to be ...
Teens' queen sure stacks up Thursday, March 18, 2010 @ 8:00AMMUSIC: Lady Gaga. Sydney Entertainment Centre, March 17.
Alex Chilton top 10: All you need to know about the late Big Star and Box Tops star Thursday, March 18, 2010 @ 7:47AM1. As a teenager Chilton formed the Box Tops, and topped the charts with The Letter in 1967. Their other hits included Soul Deep and Cry Like a Baby.
Influential singer, guitarist Alex Chilton dies in New Orleans Thursday, March 18, 2010 @ 7:38AMPaul Westerberg and the Replacements spoke for countless artists and diehard fans when they wrote a song called "Alex Chilton" in 1987. "Children by the millions sing for Alex Chilton when he comes 'round/They sing, 'I'm in love, what's that song?/ I'm in love with that song.'
Stooges make cut for hall of fame Sunday, March 14, 2010 @ 9:36AMDETROIT (AP) — Iggy Pop was starting to feel like the Susan Lucci of rock ’n’ roll.
Patty Loveless brings her old-style mountain music to town Sunday, March 14, 2010 @ 9:28AMIf Patty Loveless were a revisionist, she could paint a pretty good country-western story. She grew up in a Kentucky town called Butcher Hollow. She's not only cousin to Crystal Gale and Loretta Lynn, she's a coal miner's daughter. She married as a teen and divorced 10 years later. And she remembers as a child going 40 miles south to Elkhorn City, on the Virginia state line, as often as she could.
Meet the legends of rock 'n' roll at Worcester Art Museum exhibit Sunday, March 14, 2010 @ 9:14AMIf you missed Woodstock, the Palladium or Altamont, you can still see the legends of rock 'n' roll grinding their pelvises, burning their guitars, pumping their fists and sneering and snarling at the Worcester Museum of Art in a new exhibit, "Who Shot Rock & Roll."
Things to Do in the River Bend Sunday, March 14, 2010 @ 8:16AMSUNDAY, March 14 Broadway Tonite!: 3 p.m., Hatheway Hall, Lewis & Clark College. Performance of Broadway hits. $22 at the door; $20 in advance; (618) 468-4222 or MetroTix.com.
ABBA? Yes. Lawrence Welk? No. Twenty-five years on, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame enshrines musicians of (almost ... Sunday, March 14, 2010 @ 7:32AMJimmy Cliff, Genesis, the Hollies and the Stooges are among the other honorees who will be inducted Monday, March 15, in New York City. If everyone from jazz icon Miles Davis to pop superstar Madonna is already in, who is the Rock Hall leaving out?
Secret's out on who rules 'Idol' Sunday, March 14, 2010 @ 6:54AMIf you're old enough to vote or drink, if you don't spend your free time on 'American Idol' message boards and squeal at the site of 'Twilight' hottie Robert Pattinson, you may be confused about what went ...
Ex-Beulah frontman finally delivers debut; Broken Bells rings Sunday, March 14, 2010 @ 6:51AMMiles Kurosky — “The Desert of Shallow Effects” (Majordomo/Shout Factory): When lauded indie rockers Beulah called it a day with a final show in Battery Park in New York in August of 2004, it was universally assumed that frontman and main songwriter Miles Kurosky would quickly return with a solo record. After all, Beulah wasn’t even a year removed from releasing “Yoko,” a disc that appeared on ...
Hawksley Workman: A lover-fighter blooms into an engaged truth-teller Sunday, March 14, 2010 @ 6:42AMHawksley Workman used to get a kick out of telling little white lies. For his 1999 debut, For Him and the Girls, he wrote letters to a fictional girl in the form of classified ads in a Toronto weekly. His second, (Last Night We Were) The Delicious Wolves, released in 2001, came with a delightfully fake bio, including boasts of his tap-dancing prowess, which duped the usually astute British music ...
Listening Post /Brief reviews of select releases Sunday, March 14, 2010 @ 6:02AMCountry/roots
Lodi musicians to celebrate accordionist's life Friday, March 12, 2010 @ 4:41AMWhen one of the nation's most well-known jazz accordionists neared his 90th birthday, his friends planned a concert in Lodi to honor him.
Reporter's Notebook: Students collect supplies for Haiti Friday, March 12, 2010 @ 4:37AMOn Friday, the lobby of St. Joseph School in Mechanicsburg was filled with an excess of school supplies. The walls were lined with boxes overflowing with rulers, crayons, binders, filler paper and paint.
Slash - Slash Denies Jackson Track Friday, March 12, 2010 @ 4:24AMSlash has denied he played on Michael Jackson's 'Black or White' and has branded the song "gay".The former Guns 'N' Roses guitarist worked with the late 'King of...
Night Life Friday, March 12, 2010 @ 4:02AMDANCING DeSarge Danceworld: Arg Tango at 7:10 p.m. Sundays. Technique at 7:10 p.m., Ballroom at 8 p.m. Mondays. Salsa at 8 p.m. Tuesdays. Free Beginner Ballroom class at 7:30 p.m. Wednesdays. Swing at 8 p.m. Thursdays. Hustle at 7:10 p.m., open dance session 8 to 9:30 p.m. Fridays. Classes are $12; open dance is $5. At 632 Amersale Dr., Suite 104, Naperville. Call 630-355-1188 or visit ...
‘Godspell’ plays at St. Bernadette Friday, March 12, 2010 @ 3:58AMUPPER DARBY —- As area Christians to prepare for Easter during this Lenten season, a local theatre group is getting a jump start on the celebration of Jesus’ life, death and Resurrection.
‘Shutter Island’ soundtrack casts eerie spell Friday, March 12, 2010 @ 3:58AMCHRIS WALKER /MCTRobbie Robertson supervised the soundtrack for Martin Scorsese's "Shutter Island."Shutter Island: Music from the Motion Picture Various artists (Rhino) The Martin Scorsese thriller “Shutter Island” comes with a thrilling soundtrack. Instead of commissioning an original score, Scorsese turned...
Why poetry and pop are not such strange bedfellows Friday, March 12, 2010 @ 3:32AMWhat is it about Yeats that is so attractive to rock stars, and why does Auden have the crowd moshing at the Forum? Graeme Thomson meets the musicians turning poetry into pop One day in 2005, Mike Scott decamped to his music room armed only with a long-cherished dream and a copy of WB Yeats's greatest hits, a brick-like anthology of the late poet's collected works. For a fortnight, the leader of ...
The Magnetic Fields is getting 'Real' Friday, March 12, 2010 @ 3:30AMIf you like you pop music with smarts and your doses of reality harsh, then the Magnetic Fields' latest, "Realism" is the record for you.
For Scottish band, this is Promised land Friday, March 12, 2010 @ 3:25AMAt one point during a show last month in a small, beer-soaked Nashville dive, Adam Thompson buried the microphone in his chest and sang over it, directly into the audience. He didn't need it anymore. It had become a relic from minutes earlier, when bands once used microphones.
The Chieftains and other Irish bands perform for St. Patrick's Day Friday, March 12, 2010 @ 3:13AMThe Chieftains and other Irish bands will be rocking on Saint Patrick's Day and beyond. We've got a list of bands, dates and venues here.
The Top 10 Dumbest Ke$ha Lyrics Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 7:18PMSigh… Although there are plenty of music artists out there reinventing the wheel with their talent we can’t really say Ke$ha supports this theory. With a sorority anthem for the hit, “TiK ToK,” she became one of the record breaking artists in regards to digital sales and also managed to stay on top of the [...]
First Friday Roundup Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 7:05PM2010 RFP, various artists
'American Idol's' Haeley Vaughn loves Miley Cyrus -- was that her downfall? Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 6:15PMHaeley Vaughn repeatedly said during "American Idol" that she wanted to be pop-country. So why did she do Miley Cyrus' "The Climb?"Because she loves Miley. "Miley Cyrus is one of my ... oh my gosh, I love her ... My favorite show is 'Hannah Montana' just because I love Miley Cyrus so much. That's a really big inspiration for me," says Haeley in her post-"American Idol" elimination interview ...
Haeley Vaughn: 'Being on Disney would be awesome' Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 5:55PMEven as reporters grilled her Friday about how it felt to get voted off American Idol, Haeley Vaughn came across as a nice kid with her head on straight. "More experience and more time working on my vocals would be good," she said.
A New Global Sound: Synth, Soul and Sample Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 5:53PM“Whatcha Say” is one of several great songs on Jason Derülo’s sugary self-titled debut album, which was released this week.
The Trippy ’60s in a Guggenheim Time Machine Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 5:53PMOn Thursday Animal Collective and Mr. Perez took over the Guggenheim Museum, from floor to ceiling, with an event called “Transverse Temporal Gyrus” that was virtually song-free.
'Idol' finalist John Park: 'Simon's not that mean of a guy' Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 5:38PMShania Twain may have been a fan, but when it came down to the votes, America agreed with American Idol's judges and sent John Park back to his college a cappella group. USA TODAY caught up with Park, 21, in a conference call the day after his elimination.
Music Review: Buzzcocks - A Different Kind Of Tension (Special Edition) Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 5:37PMThe final entry of Mute's great Buzzcocks reissue series.
'American Idol' Castoff Haeley Vaughn Says Miley Cyrus Is An 'Icon' Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 5:37PM"American Idol" castoff Haeley Vaughn said Miley Cyrus is an "icon." "I'm a really big fan of Disney and Disney Channel, so hopefully there's something there that I can work on," she said.
'Buffy' star James Marsters talks 'Twilight,' reprising Spike Wednesday, March 3, 2010 @ 6:00PMJames Marsters, who played the bleached blond vampire Spike on Joss Whedon's "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and its spinoff "Angel," approves of the new breed of vampires that have taken over pop culture, especially the ones in Stephenie Meyer's "Twilight" novels."I like them man. They got my niece to read," Marsters says on a conference call to promote his guest starring role on "Caprica." "She ...
Saturday, March 6 Wednesday, March 3, 2010 @ 5:49PMIf Cymbals Eat Guitars ’ classic-minded indie rock flatters established tastes and Freelance Whales ’ homespun twee oozes Jason Reitman-like quirk, Brooklyn’s Bear in Heaven is this hype-heavy bill’s sonic wildcard.
Ivanka Trump fetes jewelry line at luxe NYC party Wednesday, March 3, 2010 @ 5:33PMNew York--Ivanka Trump officially launched her eponymous jewelry line in style Monday night with a party that drew fashion and jewelry industry members alike to a Manhattan penthouse to get a glimpse of the designs, which the company is making available to select retail jewelers worldwide.
Baritone goes sky-high to get rid of heights fear Wednesday, March 3, 2010 @ 5:27PMStar baritone Dmitri Hvorostovsky is fearless when reaching for musical heights. But the Russian singer says he's always been scared of physical heights - even on stage sets.
Vocal coach valued by the talented, profane, slightly insane Wednesday, March 3, 2010 @ 5:25PMOn a recent Sunday afternoon, at an hour of the day when most nightclubs are shuttered and silent, Joe’s Pub was the setting for an amazing alternative cabaret show. The sun was blazing outside; but inside, it may as well have been one o’clock in the morning.
Lady Gaga, Cyndi Lauper on anti-AIDS mission Wednesday, March 3, 2010 @ 5:18PMLady Gaga has paid tribute to pop icon Cyndi Lauper as they join forces to raise HIV and AIDS awareness among women.
Rammstein rocks into town Wednesday, March 3, 2010 @ 4:57PMTALLINN - If you are a music devotee and a great fan of German rock group “Rammstein,” then you have the perfect opportunity to be present at one of their greatest concerts, which will take place on Feb. 24, at Saku Arena in Tallinn.
BritBeat's Beginnings Wednesday, March 3, 2010 @ 4:51PMGlenbrook South graduates Christopher Getsla and Danny Leavitt are packing their bags and going on a cruise. The men are Paul and George in the Chicago-based band, BritBeat.
Rep review: 'Xanadu' serves up silly fun Wednesday, March 3, 2010 @ 4:50PMThe unabashedly hokey, girl-meets-boy plotline is about a struggling young sidewalk artist in Venice, Calif., who yearns to open a roller disco, and who is visited by a blond muse with roller skates and feathered hair from ancient Greece.
American pop-sensation Akon in Bollywood's "Ra.One" Saturday, February 27, 2010 @ 9:14PMNevada, Feb 27: American singer-songwriter Akon is reportedly appearing in Bollywood big-budget action film "Ra.One", starring megastar Shahrukh Khan.
Making Mischief Along With the Melodies Saturday, February 27, 2010 @ 9:09PMAssessing new releases by Paul Motian, Freeway and Xiu Xiu.
Cadence Saturday, February 27, 2010 @ 8:56PMLocal pop rockers, Cadence, just released their debut EP, "The Distance," on Feb. 19 and are on their way to finding their niche in the Chippewa Valley scene. Guitarist Derek Hageness is currently in his fourth year here at the University of Wisconsin-Stout and is optimistic about the bands future.
Alaska artist Ray Troll's prehistoric panoramas share center stage at Seattle exhibit Saturday, February 27, 2010 @ 7:46PMRay Troll has something going on right now that happens to very few Alaska artists -- a big show at a big museum in a big city in the Lower 48.