The emancipated daughter of Courtney Love and a guy named Kurt will sing her first song (on record) with the aforementioned folks with a track called "My Space" for Amanda Palmer's new project Evelyn Evelyn. ... CONTINUE READING FRANCES BEAN TO MAKE VOCAL DEBUT WITH AMANDA PALMER, ANDREW W.K., "WEIRD AL" & GERARD WAY»
Posted on February 4, 2010 (1 comments)
Tags: Amanda Palmer | Frances Bean | The Mary Onettes
Out on the comeback trail, Courtney Love talks about being the Joan Rivers of the Golden Globes goth crew, asks big questions about "universally despised" Ed Hardy, and notes Celebrity Rehab's no place to detox. Neither are backstage video interviews.... Courtney Love Is A Mess '">CONTINUE READING DUH AFICIONADO MAGAZINE: COURTNEY LOVE IS A MESS »
Posted on January 20, 2010 in (0 comments)
Tags: Courtney Love | Hole | No Age
Courtney Love lost guardianship of Frances Bean and then lost her shit on Facebook. Now it seems like she's again lost the part of the brain that tells you certain ideas are no good. Today Love announced the first Hole... CONTINUE READING HOLE IS BACK, SORT OF»
Posted on January 6, 2010 in , (18 comments)
Tags: Courtney Love | Hole | Micko Larkin | The Replacements | Weezer
Maybe it was these tough economic times -- the sinking music industry, everyone downloading shit for free, rising unemployment. Or perhaps folks just are getting stir crazy from lack of fresh air, sitting in front of their laptops/4-tracks while their... CONTINUE READING THE 14 BEST BAND BEEFS OF 2009»
Posted on December 22, 2009 in , (50 comments)
Tags: Alice Cooper | Beck | Black Lips | Cat Stevens | Chris Cornell | Coldplay | Courtney Love | Ed O'Brien | Eminem | Fiery Furnaces | Get Up Kids | Jay Reatard | Joe Satriani | Lily Allen | Mariah Carey | Miley Cyrus | Nick Mason | Pink Floyd | Psychedelic Horseshit | Radiohead | Ryan Adams | Soundgarden | The Cure | The Flaming Lips | Trent Reznor | Vampire Weekend | Wavves | Weezer
In a deleted Facebook rant, Courtney Love called her daughter "clearly deluded" for wanting to move out and live with grandma: "I don't care really, I hate to sound cold, but any kid of mine who pulls this shit has... CONTINUE READING COURTNEY LOVES TRASHES FRANCES ON FACEBOOK»
Posted on December 18, 2009 (16 comments)
Tags: Courtney Love | Frances Bean Cobain | Hole
The Cali courts have granted guardianship over 17-year-old Cobain to Kurt's mom and sister, both for Bean's personal and financial well-being after an extended period of conduct by Courtney which met the legal standard for pretty much bonkers. More at... CONTINUE READING COURTNEY LOVE LOSES LEGAL CONTROL OF FRANCES BEAN»
Posted on December 14, 2009 (10 comments)
Tags: Courtney Love | Frances Bean Cobain | Kurt Cobain | Smith Westerns
Love's relocated to NYC claiming people on her L.A. staff "enlisted off-duty, gun-wielding cops to stage bogus 'raids' on her Malibu home" in an attempt to pilfer Kurt Cobain's fortune. There's so much more. ... CONTINUE READING COURTNEY LOVE'S PHONES AND COMPUTERS BUGGED, SAYS COURTNEY LOVE»
Posted on October 29, 2009 (3 comments)
Tags: Courtney Love | Hole | Kurt Cobain | Nirvana | Thao Nguyen
NAME: Caribou PROGRESS REPORT: Mixing his still-untitled followup to 2007'sAndorra. Recorded at home in London. "I'm not able to make music based on what people like. It's a very selfish pursuit, in a way," Caribou's Dan Snaith says. And for... CONTINUE READING PROGRESS REPORT: CARIBOU»
Posted on October 14, 2009 in (7 comments)
Tags: Caribou
Rock Band seemed a lock to own fake-guitar-gamer discourse with their Beatles installment, but they didn't count on Guitar Hero's classy Cobain maneuvering. Still, the battle for most ridiculous mock-musician timesuck springs eternal: Meet Lego Rock Band, the video game... CONTINUE READING IGGY, BOWIE GET LEGOFIED FOR LEGO ROCK BAND»
Posted on October 7, 2009 in , (12 comments)
Tags: David Bowie | Iggy Pop | Rock Band
Last night Carnegie Hall hosted the biggest assortment of megastars this side of the Orpheum for a (RED)NIGHTS charity show, benefiting the Global Fund's efforts against the African AIDS epidemic. The night was billed as "Hal Willner Presents: An Evening... CONTINUE READING ANTONY, BONO, COURTNEY, SCARLETT, RUFUS & FRIENDS @ CARNEGIE HALL, NYC 10/4/09»
Posted on October 5, 2009 in , (7 comments)
Tags: Alberta Cross | Bono | Courtney Love | David Bowie | Fred Armisen | Gavin Friday | Jim White | Lady Gaga | Laurie Anderson | Lou Reed | Lydia Lunch | Rufus Wainwright | Scarlett Johansson | Shane MacGowan | U2
Who to believe, who to believe. As you know, Guitar Hero 5 features a playable Kurt Cobain avatar which you can unlock to have the Nirvana icon cover Bush, stunt like Flavor Flav, and roll over in his grave. Everybody's... CONTINUE READING COURTNEY, DAVE, KRIST, ACTIVISION FIGHT OVER GUITAR HERO'S CONTROVERSIAL KURT CARTOON»
Posted on September 10, 2009 in , (78 comments)
Tags: Courtney Love | Dave Grohl | Guitar Hero | Krist Novoselic | Kurt Cobain | Nirvana
Not to mention Bush, Megadeth, and Public Enemy. Last week we reported that the Nirvana frontman has been licensed as a videogame character, complete with Daniel Johnston t-shirt. Frances Bean's rent isn't gonna pay itself, ya know? The game, Guitar... CONTINUE READING UNLOCKED KURT COBAIN SINGS BON JOVI IN GUITAR HERO 5»
Posted on September 2, 2009 in (68 comments)
Tags: Bon Jovi | Guitar Hero | Megadeth | Nirvana | Public Enemy
Seemingly pissed that the "overpriveliged bratty" Gossip Girl "bitch" has a Love-y look and plays in a band, Courtney spewed nonsensical and typographically challenged invective @taylorxmomsen, a Twitter handle that doesn't exist. At least she picked on a 16 year... CONTINUE READING COURTNEY LOVE TELLS TAYLOR MOMSEN TO SHUT THE FUCK UP »
Posted on July 31, 2009 in (7 comments)
Tags: Acrylics | Boredoms | Courtney Love | Gossip Girl | Hole | Taylor Momsen
Courtney's a "long-lost sister" (and a "nutbag"), but Melissa advises holding up on billing Nobody's Daughter a Hole LP: Auf Der Maur got a call to sing on Love's solo album, and she said yes! But that's it. "It's gonna... CONTINUE READING MELISSA AUF DER MAUR SAYS "HOLE REUNION" GREATLY EXAGGERATED»
Posted on June 22, 2009 (0 comments)
Tags: Courtney Love | Hole | Melissa Auf Der Maur
It's tough not to rubberneck at the diarrhetic car crash that is Courtney Love's online presence, but between Ryan Adams-feud updates and too many typoed etcs., we've also been checking the pulse on her long overdue Nobody's Daughter LP. Advance... CONTINUE READING COURTNEY LOVE REVIVES HOLE»
Posted on June 17, 2009 in (28 comments)
Tags: Courtney Love | Hole | Melissa Auf Der Maur
As far as Courtney's Internet rants go, this latest one is fairly straightforward. It's even got punctuation. Anyway, she's still pissed at Ryan Adams, who she claims stole Frances Bean's trust fund. With MySpace at Courtney's disposal, not even Ryan's... CONTINUE READING COURTNEY LOVE DOES NOT APPROVE OF RYAN ADAMS/MANDY MOORE UNION»
Posted on May 7, 2009 in (32 comments)
Tags: Courtney Love | Green Man Festival | Jarvis Cocker | Kathleen Hanna | Mandy Moore | Max Silvestri | Ryan Adams
On Friday night, the Smashing Pumpkin took a break from rehearsals to join Mavis Staples at WTTW's Chicago Tonight 25th Anniversary Benefit. The pair sang "For What It's Worth," "Will The Circle Be Unbroken," and "I'll Take You There." SmashingPumpkins.com... CONTINUE READING BILLY CORGAN ACCIDENTALLY CELEBRATES RECORD STORE DAY»
Posted on April 20, 2009 in (23 comments)
Tags: Billy Corgan | Courtney Love | Marnie Stern | Mavis Staples | Record Store Day | VEGA
Music biz microblogging can be sure silly, with its potential for overblown beefs and identity theft. But it's hard to get mad at @LilyRoseAllen's cryptic concert ticket hunts or @METALFACEDOOM reviewing the new Eminem video. Yesterday we were retweeted by... CONTINUE READING WE GOT THE TWEET: THE STREETS TWEET AN EP»
Posted on April 16, 2009 in , (7 comments)
Tags: The Streets
Last night's Chris Isaak Hour featured Billy Corgan and his now departed bandmate Jimmy Chamberlin in a predictably petulant Q&A intercut with sweet acoustic performances to remind us why we still care about the Smashing Pumpkins. Along with their touring... CONTINUE READING PISSY PUMPKINS UNPLUG ON CHRIS ISAAK HOUR»
Posted on April 3, 2009 in , (35 comments)
Tags: Bat For Lashes | Billy Corgan | Chris Isaak | Courtney Love | Jimmy Chamberlin | Kurt Cobain | Lollapalooza | Nirvana | The Decemberists | The Smashing Pumpkins
Twitter users were outraged last week when the service shut down @CWalken, a popular but totally fake celebrity account. Indeed it's way too easy to be duped by fake profiles. (So easy!) Not that folks care -- Tina Fey disowned... CONTINUE READING WE GOT THE TWEET: THE IMPOSTERS»
Posted on April 1, 2009 in (23 comments)
Tags: 50 Cent | Ben Gibbard | Courtney Love | Dave Grohl | Morrissey | Perry Farrell | Robyn Hitchcock | Tom Waits
Microblogging service Twitter has signed up countless celebrities in recent months, and among them are some of our favorite musical artists: Trent Reznor! Colin Meloy! Ed Droste! Diddy! Stereogum Tweets too! But who can keep up with all that lunch... CONTINUE READING WE GOT THE TWEET: THE WEEK'S 50 BEST ROCK STAR TWITTERS»
Posted on March 24, 2009 in , , (50 comments)
Tags: Akron Family | Amanda Palmer | Beach House | Calvin Harris | Coldplay | Damien Jurado | Dave Matthews | Dave Navarro | Diplo | Glass Candy | Islands | Jane's Addiction | Lost | Mandy Moore | Neil Diamond | Nick Thorburn | Peter Bjorn And John | Q-Tip | Robin Pecknold | Saul Williams | Solange | Sonic Youth | SXSW | Ted Leo | Thom Yorke | Tricky | Yoko Ono
In a sycophantic MySpace post by Courtney Love's "Head Administrator of her Myspace," we're told why Nobody's Daughter was delayed, that it will sound like "TRUE PERFECTION!," and that the followup to America Sweetheart has "30 million dollars in sponsorships,... CONTINUE READING COURTNEY LOVE'S NEW ALBUM SPONSORED BY PROMINENT MENSTRUAL COMPANY»
Posted on January 5, 2009 (4 comments)
Tags: Courtney Love | Hole | The Blood Arm
It seems like only yesterday we were prematurely evaluating Black Mountain's latest, but the thousands of posts in our database since then suggest otherwise. In fact it's been a whole year, and a pretty good one what with launching Videogum... CONTINUE READING STEREOGUM'S 50 MOST DISCUSSED POSTS OF 2008»
Posted on December 30, 2008 (28 comments)
Tags: Franz Ferdinand
In his latest column for the Seattle Weekly, the Nirvana bassist reveals the behind-the-scenes drama surrounding his band's classic, head-smashing performance of "Lithium" at the '92 VMAs. It includes unpleasantries exchanged between Axl Rose and Kurt & Courtney, "Rape Me,"... CONTINUE READING KRIST NOVOSELIC ON THAT TIME HIS BASS CAME CRASHING DOWN ON HIS HEAD»
Posted on November 20, 2008 (1 comments)
Tags: Jarvis Cocker | Krist Novoselic | Nirvana
Breaking up is the worst, and I imagine revisiting the pain by collaborating with an ex-flame on a song about breaking up is especially the worst-y. Ry's nothing if not open with his emotions, though, and also he's been linked... CONTINUE READING RYAN ADAMS DUETS WITH EX-FIANCéE FOR ITUNES»
Posted on November 10, 2008 (1 comments)
Tags: Dirty Projectors | Leona Naess | Ryan Adams | The Decemberists
