Day in Pop Report for 03/31/2010
Wanna hear the new Christina Aguilera single? The wait is over... you can now go to christinaaguilera.com to hear the new single, "Not Myself Tonight," off her new album Bionic which hits stores June 8th, 2010!Jaime Escalante transformed a tough East Los Angeles high school by motivating struggling inner-city students to master advanced math, became one of America's most famous teachers and inspired the movie "Stand and Deliver." He died Tuesday at age 79 after battling cancer for several years more Attention "Twilight" fans: Stephenie Meyer has a new book coming out. Little, Brown Books for Young Readers will release "The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner" on June 5. more Lady GaGa is reportedly in negotiations with movie bosses to record the next James Bond theme tune. Film chiefs are said to be keen to land the "Poker Face" hitmaker to perform the lead track for the forthcoming 007 movie, which will be directed by Sam Mendes. more After two weeks on "Dancing With the Stars," Shannen Doherty is leaving the ballroom. The actress was the first celebrity eliminated from the new season of the hit ABC show. more It doesn't take much to get the Eminem rumor mill churning, and the rapper did just that on Tuesday (Mar. 30) with a mysterious post on his Twitter account. "Some big news is coming. Soon." read the simple message. more A judge is sending a man arrested outside a school attended by Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck's daughter to a state mental hospital. more Actor Rip Torn pleaded not guilty Tuesday to burglary and firearms charges stemming from his January arrest inside a Connecticut bank after hours. more Check out Talib Kweli at the Digiwaxx -The Blast SXSW event in Austin, TX performing the Reflection Eternal tracks "Back Again", "In This World" and "Strangers (Paranoid)" off of the upcoming album "Revolutions Per Minute"! During the set, Kweli is also joined on stage by some high energy B-Boys and B-Girls! Watch it here Michael Jackson's father has said he plans to bring a case against the late pop star's doctor for wrongful death. Joe Jackson's lawyer, Brian Oxman, told Reuters news agency that the amount of prescription drugs given to the star amounted to second-degree murder. more Jennifer Lopez confirmed rumor that she sealed a record deal with Island Def Jam. The singer spoke to HitFix during an interview on Monday, March 29 for her upcoming movie "The Back-Up Plan". more Following report earlier this month suggesting that Justin Bieber will sing on "American Idol", TV Guide provided more info about the Canadian singer's upcoming performance. According to the publication, he indeed will not make a live appearance but tape the gig. more When Madonna needed inspiration for her latest fashion collection, she didn't have to look far. The pop icon teamed up with her 13-year-old daughter Lourdes to create Material Girl, an affordable juniors' clothing line that debuts at Macy's this fall. more Glasvegas star Caroline McKay has quit the group. The drummer's bandmates have confirmed the news in a statement, admitting they're "really sad" about her departure. more Janet Jackson has been named the headliner of this summer's Essence Music Festival in New Orleans, Louisiana. The reclusive pop superstar will close the opening night of the weekend event on July 2. more What if you're not only addicted to sex but addicted to having sex behind Sandra Bullock's back with women dressed as Nazis who are so heavily tattooed that you can only assume that the tattooist used their body to aimlessly doodle on during a phone conversation? Is there a suitable treatment for that addiction? There is! And that's why Jesse James has just checked himself into rehab. more
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The Chemical Brothers are set to release their seventh studio album, Further, on June 8, 2010 on Freestyle Dust/ Astralwerks. This album is the band's first to be released with corresponding films made specifically to match each of the 8 audio tracks. The films will be included on an iTunes LP and special edition DVD.It starts with what sounds like an alien Morse code transmission; Earth bound signals bouncing off the side of orbiting space debris. Snatches of voices found out in the ether cut through the machine fog, drifting across burbling analogue equipment lovingly kept working long after supposed sell-by date. By the time the click and thump of snare and bass drum arrive, the sounds are all-encompassing, swirling around you with dizzying, disorientating effect. Noises come untethered by constraints of volume, seemingly leaping from the speakers with a life of their own. For a band used to dealing in psychedelics, this time around The Chemical Brothers have really pushed the proverbial envelope.
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Nas and Damian Jr. Gong Marley have announced the official tour dates for their groundbreaking "Distant Relatives Tour," set to kick off May 21st in Arcata, CA. The tour will follow the May 18th release of their highly-anticipated collaborative studio album, Distant Relatives (Universal Republic), and will include performances at Bonnaroo, June 11th and Gathering of The Vibes, August 1st. The pair recently performed at the annual music festival SXSW in Austin, TX, as well as WMC's Ultra Music Festival in Miami this past weekend. They will also make one more special performance on May 2nd at West Palm Beach, FL's Sunfest before kicking off the tour.
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Semi Precious Weapons' full-length garage glam debut, You Love You, will be released this June on Geffen. Helmed by producer Jack Joseph Puig (Green Day, Beck), the album runs the rock 'n roll gamut, from the driving riffs of "Sticky With Champagne" and howling self-titled anthem "Semi Precious Weapons" to the Meatloaf inspired piano ballad "Leave Your Pretty to Me." You Love You is a fitting soundtrack to the filthiest, sweatiest summer parties you can handle! If things have been feeling a little too clean stateside, don't get used to it... Semi Precious Weapons will bring a much-needed dose of filthy glamour to the US next month, headlining 4 club shows in Los Angeles, Chicago, New York and Boston during a brief break between Japanese and European Monster Ball treks with Lady Gaga. Who needs sleep anyway?
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Lonestar will perform an exclusive live concert during the QVC Presents Q Sessions Live broadcast on March 31 at 6:00pm ET / 5:00pm CT / 4:00pm MT/ 3:00pm PT. The special live performance will include several of the group's greatest hits such as "Amazed" and "I'm Already There" as well as selections from Lonestar's forthcoming album, Party Heard Around The World, due out April 27th on Saguaro Road Records. During the broadcast, QVC viewers will have the chance to pre-order the album – nearly a month before street date – and receive a special bonus disc at no additional cost, created especially for QVC featuring 6 of the band's #1 country single hits.
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"Brandy and Ray J: A Family Business" premieres on April 11th. In their new 11, one-hour episode series, both Brandy and Ray J will expand their roles in the family business. Brandy will step back into the music scene and team up with famous producer Timbaland for a new album all the while raising her seven year-old daughter Sy'rai and working through the fall out from her 2006 car accident. We'll also see Ray J stepping out of his notorious bad boy image and collaborating with Rodney Jerkins and other popular R&B heavyweights. Father, Willie will continue to sing and coach his famous children while being the original voice of reason. And the matriarch of the family, Sonja, will strive to keep her famous family on the right track, while passing the family business down to her two superstar children.
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After successful theatrical-length festival screenings at the AFI Fest, Seattle International Film Festival and Mill Valley Film Festival among others, Icons Among Us: jazz in the present tense is slated for its DVD and Video On Demand release May 11 via IndiePix Films and FilmBuff. Crafted from the four-part series continually airing on the Documentary Channel, the documentary feature film examines the world of modern day jazz through the eyes of today's brightest talent. Featuring live footage and interviews, the film includes many current jazz icons including Terence Blanchard, Bill Frisell, Ravi Coltrane, Esperanza Spalding, Robert Glasper, the Benevento-Russo Duo, Matthew Shipp, Brian Blade & the Fellowship Band, the Dirty Dozen Brass Band and Medeski Martin and Wood.
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Multi-platinum recording artist Mika has released a brand new song as part of the Kick Ass soundtrack. Produced by red-hot producer RedOne (Lady Gaga, Little Boots), the song is the title track to the film, based on the popular Icon comic book series. Filled with pulsating waves of synths, a driving dance beat and Mika's brilliant signature vocals, "Kick Ass" is yet another pop masterpiece from the multi-platinum singer/songwriter. The soundtrack hits stores today, March 30th. "Kick Ass" is the first new Mika song since the release of his sophomore album, The Boy Who Knew Too Much, in the fall of 2009. Since then, the incredible album has sold over a million copies worldwide, cementing Mika's status as one of pop music's global success stories. He was also recently nominated for a Brit Award, in the category of Best British Male Solo Artist, and contributed vocals to a star-studded Haiti benefit cover of the REM classic "Everybody Hurts" alongside Mariah Carey, Susan Boyle, Jon bon Jovi, Kylie Minogue and more. The track is available for purchase online now.
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"Heaven" is the new maxi-single and video from "Can't Stop Not Knowing", the current EP by Milwaukee-band, The New Loud. The track listing for the release features the single version of "Heaven" mixed by Mark Trombino (Jimmy Eat World , Rilo Kiley, Drive Like Jehu) alongside remixes by dub legend Mad Professor . "Heaven" is available now digitally and as a limited edition clear vinyl 12-inch available exclusively through the band's webstore. A video for "Heaven" has also been released, and continues The New Loud's collaboration with director / "Funny or Die" writer and producer, Jack Packard. In the video for "Heaven", The New Loud literally gets face to face with the viewer. Through use of slow-motion long portraits, Packard takes his subjects past the point of their 'camera faces' in order to find true expression and real emotion. Shot on location throughout Milwaukee and Chicago, the video assembles a cast of fellow musicians, local actors as well as some of the band's friends and fans. Live band footage was shot at Milwaukee's historic Turner Hall Ballroom. Look out for The New Loud's full-length album, Measures Melt, coming this summer.
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autoKratz new album 'Animal' hit stores this week and they have announced some US Tour Dates this Spring. Plus more music to come with a new track KICK, produced by Primal Scream & Kasabian studio luminary JAGZ KOONER, featuring Primal Scream guitarist ANDREW INNES. 'KICK' EP will be available for free download on autokratz.com on April 28th. In the last 3 years autoKratz have developed a reputation for being one of the finest live acts in electronic music. They have recently taken their exhilarating show yet further, starting 2010 with a brand new set up. Now joined by drummer Robin Rigoulet, the 3 piece will take to the road from the Spring for club shows and festivals across the globe.
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Josh Kramon has booked a couple of upcoming southern California shows. His new album, Say It Now, is about being honest with who you are and living your life true to yourself so that at the end each day you're left with no regrets. Touching on the spiritual, but also the joys of the material world, this is a set of songs that is both introspective and celebratory, a paean to living and surviving in these perilous times. In other words, carpe diem… Seize the day. Just what Josh Kramon has done on Say It Now. "I think that the ultimate challenge in life is stripping away the layers of illusion to get to that one ultimate truth and part of the reason that I made this record was to strip away some of that illusion to get closer to the truth." Kramon recorded the songs which make up the new album in his home studio, recreating much of what he loved about the records he listened to growing up as a kid in L.A. Those influences include classic-rock like the Beatles, Bob Dylan, The Band and the Stones, as well as '70s singer-songwriters Bruce Springsteen, James Taylor and Jackson Browne, with elements of James Brown funk, Curtis Mayfield soul, OG hip-hop acts De La Soul, LL Cool J and Dr. Dre and even the lilt of old-school reggae from Bob Marley and Jimmy Cliff thrown in.
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WIDEawake-Deathrow Entertainment LLC is excited to announce "It's All About U" will be the first single released from "It's About Time" by recording artist, Danny Boy. The album is set to hit shelves, April 20, featuring songs produced by DJ Quick and Devante. Danny Boy is best known for his vocals on such hits as "I Ain't Mad At Cha," "What'z Ya Phone #," "Picture Me Rollin," and "Heaven Ain"t Hard 2 Find" from Tupac's multi-platinum selling album "All Eyes On Me" as well as "Toss it Up" and "I Can't Get Enough" from the Gridlock'd Soundtrack.
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