BBC Sound of 2014 winner Sam Smith has good news and bad news. The bad is that he won’t be playing in my backyard for me, ever. Oh, and he also delayed his debut album In The Lonely Hour until...
More stuff from Pillar Point, who we first featured with his track Echoes. Now Pillar Point (Scott Reitherman) has a new track called Dreamin’. The video features some dreamin’ dancing going down in New York City. Not quite sure how...
Hurricane Sandy Concerts Blows Everyone Away….is an Example of an Inappropriate Headline The rumours were true – I am the world’s greatest lover we got to see a “Nirvana reunion” with Paul McCartney subbing in for Kurt Cobain. After tweeting...
Paul McCartney in Near Helicopter Landing Accident Is this another of those Beatles death faulty reports, or did Paul McCartney almost die in a helicopter crash?! “The Cute Beatle” Sir Paul McCartney and his wife, Nancy Shevell, avoided near disaster...
Jay-Z, Rihanna Join Coldplay at Paralympic Closing Ceremonies Last night, the Paralympics came to a close, including fireworks off of Tower Bridge that I watched from my kitchen window. What I didn’t see from my kitchen window was Jay-Z and...
Lost in the Diamond Jubilee excitement of this weekend was the fact that Coldplay unveiled a video for their own royalty themed song, Princess of China. The song and video feature Rihanna, and is not your typical Coldplay song, which...
In August 2009, I headed to New York (well, technically New Jersey) to see the 2nd annual All Points West Music festival, with headliners Coldplay, Tool, and the Beastie Boys. Unfortunately, it was around the time that Adam Yauch of...
It was a busy weekend in the world of the Flaming Lips, so we’re going to catch up in one giant post. On Saturday’s Record Store Day, Los Lips dropped the extremely limited and collaborative LP, The Flaming Lips And...
Are Lollapalooza Line Up Hints Popping Up Around Chicago? Some of us like playing detective, trying to sift through hints and clues on the Internet, and then spread these rumours in a game of broken telephone, so that the end...
Amy Winehouse’s Pre-Death Album Plans If Amy Winehouse hadn’t have died, OR if she rises from the dead, her third album would’ve likely featured a jazz supergroup (via NME). Amy’s producer, Salaam Remi, has said that Winehouse was hoping to...
Well well, how’s that for a headline, kids? The direct quote from Chris Martin is “I know our lyrics are a bit shit, but (the ones for ‘Charlie Brown’) I like them a lot.” (via NME). 5 albums, and millions...
Chris Martin Big Ups Kanye West Whenever someone has an album coming out, they want to maximize their press. There is no such thing as bad press (well, almost no such thing). Bands usually like to take two angles –...
One of the more interesting numbers on the tracklisting for Coldplay’s upcoming Mylo Xyloto was Number 10 – Princess of China, featuring Rihanna. Perhaps Chris Martin’s side projects are impacting the band, much how Thom Yorke’s personal DJ’ing/electronica likes have...
Happy iPhone 4S Pre-Order Day! Apple Predicted the Future A video that has been making the rounds in the web is an 1987 commercial from Apple. I didn’t know they had TV back then! The video shows an idea that...
Coldplay Talk About Mylo Xyloto Mylo Xyloto is the name of the new Coldplay album. It is not the name of an ancient tribe, or galaxy in space, or a Greek instrument, or a disease you don’t want to get....
