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Saturday, February 15, 2014

Nicki Minaj doesn't really apologise, but comes close enough for Spin

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Nicki Minaj decided to use Malcolm X to promote her new single. Spin explains how: Nicki Minaj has come under fire not for her new video ...

Tiny royalty cheques

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There's a post over on Aux TV which gathers some of the tiny royalty cheques that some artists have recently received . Some of them a...
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Twittergem: Foals

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Band dedicate show to audience stood in front of them RT @NME : Foals dedicate Valentine's Day set to London crowd http://t.co/VnvI05DTt...

Morrissey, Cliff and Tom Bloody Jones: The Men Of A Certain Age tour

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The news that Morrissey has announced dates with Tom Jones and Cliff Richard isn't really as surprising as people seem to think. Firs...
Friday, February 14, 2014

Circulation figures for NME stuck on repeat

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As I type this, Today on Radio 4 are effectively using the latest NME sales figures as a chance to have run a eulogy. And the figures are ...
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Thursday, February 13, 2014

Jordan Catalano as Ringo Starr

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Apparently Liam Gallagher is still grimly pressing on with his joyless Beatle film project and, oh, is he setting his sights high : Gallagh...
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Beibs don't reign in Indianapolis

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Indianapolis International Airport set out to get some lovely artwork for one of the concourses. "I know" they thought, "let...

Nuevatrovaobit: Santiago Feliu

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Santiago Feliu, the Cuban Nueva Trova singer songwriter, has died . Feliu started playing the guitar at the age of five. As a small child,...
Wednesday, February 12, 2014

Won't someone please think of George Michael?

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Hundreds of homes. Thousands of people. Numerous businesses. Wildlife across the country. All these have been affected by flooding, but th...

Harry Styles as Lennon, with Lennon as Jesus

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If you're ever in need of a working example of "the second time as farce", you can now reach for the outrage that has greeted ...
Tuesday, February 11, 2014

Hanna movie gets UK distribution

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The Punk Singer, the movie about Kathleen Hanna, is getting a proper UK distribution. Dogwoof have picked up UK rights : "We’re very...

Shirley Collins: I think you safely can call this a comeback

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Shirley Collins hasn't played live for 35 years - she's suffered from dysphonia , which effectively scuppered her folk career. Had...
Monday, February 10, 2014

Spotify invent new 'bloke talking about music' format

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Spotify - which, conventional wisdom insists, is a success because it allows you to listen to music in a radio-style without someone wafflin...

Prince: The returns

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2007: Prince does a large scale comeback, distributing a new album for free with the Mail On Sunday. Everyone's invited. Result: Littl...
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Sunday, February 09, 2014

This week just gone

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The most-read stories from February 2009 (now, officially, five years ago): 1. RIP ELO's Kelly Groucutt 2. Former INXS lead singer ap...
Saturday, February 08, 2014

Panic! At the venue

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Panic At The Disco had to cut short their Atlanta gig last night, when the venue's floor started to collapse . 11Alive have the story: ...

Coyne calls Beck a dick; Beck's kind of a dick about it

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Beck and The Flaming Lips went out on tour together, and Beck thought they were having a good time. But then... well, then things turned sou...
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Friday, February 07, 2014

Embed and breakfast man: Aggi Doom

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Now is precisely the wrong time to be discovering Aggi Doom, as they played their last gig a couple of weeks back . Put your arms around...
Thursday, February 06, 2014

Rajars: Grimshaw climbs

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The latest audience figures, out this morning, show that Nick Grimshaw's Radio One breakfast audience is growing , and closing the gap w...
Wednesday, February 05, 2014

It turns out being drooled over by Robin Thickie is a career move

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So, you thought being in Robin Thickie's Not Raping Can Be So Confusing video would be a dead end for Emily Ratajkowski. Well, how wrong...
Tuesday, February 04, 2014

Who lost the Superbowl?

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It wasn't Denver. Even before the Super Bowl show, Bruno Mars was a highly successful young performer – he wouldn’t have been invited o...

Bono almost notices his positon

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Bono was talking to Zane Lowe : Bono has suggested that U2 are "on the verge of irrelevance". He's right, but what he doesn...
Monday, February 03, 2014

Pete Seeger: The local angle

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Toledo's local paper, The Blade, knows what its readers are interested in : PETE SEEGER, 1919-2014 Folk singer, activist dead at 94, ...

Miley Cyrus has a request: 'Don't look at my arse'

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I think this is an attempt at a rebooty from Miley : Singer wants audience to focus on her singing not her rear It's true, Miley Cyrus ...
Sunday, February 02, 2014

Taylor Swift experiences invasion

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Last night was the first night of Taylor Swift's Red tour in the UK. It was all spoiled though, when a shambling idiot appeared on sta...

Kevin Cummins attempts to turn back the tide

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Talking on 6Music, Kevin Cummins has said that people shouldn't take photos at gigs . Oddly, Cummins is paid to take photos at gigs (a...

Twittergem: The Anchoress

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There's going to be an Anchoress video shoot. How would one prepare for that, Catherine AD? Video prep morning. Or as I like to call it...

This week just gone

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What people read the most for January: 1. Alfie Boe humiliates people who forget to switch their phone off 2. MTV asks why rock gigs are ...
Saturday, February 01, 2014

Skinny Puppy demand their fee

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Having discovered that their music was being used in Guantanamo as part of - remind me, what's the current sanitised phrase for 'tor...

A second shot at obscurity

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Revenge is a dish best served well past its sell-by date, apparently : A TALENTED singer, who was once dropped from a hit girlband by Louis...
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