Previously on Viva La Vida: Commenter Jenn mentions Coldplay played "Lovers In Japan" for the Jimmy Kimmel show, which doesn't even air until tonight. Holy Hoffs-Drawlar funeral parlor, Jenn. We dug around on YouTube some and found more of Coldplay's... CONTINUE READING COLDPLAY "CHINESE SLEEP CHANT"S ON KIMMEL ... FROM THE FUTURE»
Posted on June 4, 2008 in Video (18 comments)
Tags: Coldplay | Jimmy Kimmel
Freely and leakily, the sounds of Viva La Vida... are taking shape. Today brings us more of what is on the album, alongside news of what is not on the album -- i.e. Coldplay's collaboration with Kylie Minogue. Reason cited:... CONTINUE READING NEW COLDPLAY - "LOVERS IN JAPAN" (ACOUSTIC VERSION)»
Posted on June 3, 2008 in Video (15 comments)
Tags: Coldplay
Oh and also the ringing endorsement of Jay-Z for being "next in line for the biggest band in the world, period." Most of that info we gleaned from a little profile on the band in this Sunday's New York Times.... CONTINUE READING COLDPLAY ENJOY CHAI LATTES IN SOHO, BITES OF SALMON AT WOODY ALLEN CONCERTS, AND CONFETTI AT THE MTV MOVIE AWARDS»
Posted on June 2, 2008 in Video (14 comments)
Tags: Brian Eno | Coldplay | Grammys | Jay-Z
Apparently and allegedly this premiered during the David vs. David American Idol showdown that we know about thanks to media coverage of how American Idol's ratings are in the crapper. (We'll watch tonight though! Maybe.) Apple enthusiast Chris Martin, lead... CONTINUE READING CHRIS MARTIN CONTINUES TO ACT UPON HIS LOVE FOR THE WORD "APPLE"»
Posted on May 21, 2008 in Video (3 comments)
Tags: Coldplay
Yesterday we showed you Coldplay's video for "Violet Hill." Not content with just one clip for the Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends single, the Brits have turned in an alternative take directed by Mat Whitecross that... CONTINUE READING NEW COLDPLAY VIDEO - "VIOLET HILL" (ALTERNATE VERSION)»
Posted on May 16, 2008 in Video (27 comments)
Tags: Coldplay
It's finally here! The video you've been waiting for since yesterday, when first we were teased by the sartorial splendor that is the Coldplant. The clip, shot on location in Italy, has a few closely related conceits running through it:... CONTINUE READING NEW COLDPLAY VIDEO - "VIOLET HILL"»
Posted on May 15, 2008 in Video (32 comments)
Tags: BLK JKS | Coldplay | SXSW
Yes, the new Coldplay album so far is not sucking. Congrats everybody! But the videos will continue to take themselves seriously. In this preview clip for the "Violet Hill" video, Chris Martin and The Other Guys don their dusty and... CONTINUE READING CHRIS MARTIN TEASES "VIOLET HILL" VID WITH A NEW LOOK, BUT WE DON'T KNOW HIM FROM ADAM»
Posted on May 14, 2008 in Video (18 comments)
Tags: Coldplay
Although it's not any sort of epic transformation, the half-the-title-track to Viva La Vida or Death Will Come Before This Album Title Is Over, posted earlier this week, is at least a good cut and successful rut-buster. Who knows what... CONTINUE READING COLDPLAY WILL VIVA LA VIDA IN YOUR TOWN, PROBABLY»
Posted on May 9, 2008 in Tour Dates (8 comments)
Tags: Coldplay
Hate 'em or hate 'em, you guys love talking about Coldplay. EMI's bragging that 2 mililion people downloaded the first free single "Violet Hill," so feel good, you're not the only ones hate-listening. And Chris Martin knows this: On the... CONTINUE READING NEW COLDPLAY - "VIVA LA VIDA"»
Posted on May 7, 2008 (53 comments)
Tags: Coldplay
This is the sound of Coldplay trying to grow some balls. The long awaited introduction to Eno-fied Coldplay comes today, via previously announced FREE MP3 (for just one week, because major labels can't have a good idea without saddling it... CONTINUE READING NEW COLDPLAY - "VIOLET HILL"»
Posted on April 29, 2008 in MP3 (99 comments)
Tags: Coldplay
Coldplay's Brian Eno- and Markus Dravs-produced Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends is out 6/17 and everyone's really excited you guys. Kraftwerk even covered Coldplay's "Talk" at Coachella (this is a joke, relax). Chris Martin and The... CONTINUE READING COLDPLAY ANNOUNCE FREE "VIOLET HILL" MP3, FREE SHOWS»
Posted on April 28, 2008 (28 comments)
Tags: Coldplay
Coldplay are releasing their lengthily titled fourth album Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends in June. There are ten tracks produced by Brian Eno (!) and Markus Dravs. We have the tracklist. But first, a British survey's... CONTINUE READING COLDPLAY'S VIVA LA VIDA OR DEATH AND ALL HIS FRIENDS WILL PROBABLY PUT YOU TO SLEEP»
Posted on April 11, 2008 (60 comments)
Tags: Chris Martin | Coldplay
As far as rivalries go, Kanye and Jay-Z's possessiveness over Chris Martin (cite as always "Big Brother"'s "Told Jay I did a song with Coldplay, next thing I know he's got a song with Coldplay / Back in my mind... CONTINUE READING NEW KANYE WEST (FEAT. CHRIS MARTIN) VIDEO - "HOMECOMING"»
Posted on April 1, 2008 in Video (6 comments)
Tags: Chris Martin | Coldplay | Kanye West
For better and worse, '07 was the year of 'Ye. Knowing the man -- and we all know Kanye -- he's not gonna slow down just 'cause the calendar shifted. In fact, there are three lusciously b&w, "Vogue"-style stills at... CONTINUE READING KANYE WEST & CHRIS MARTIN'S "HOMECOMING" VIDEO PREVIEW»
Posted on March 7, 2008 (5 comments)
Tags: Chris Martin | Coldplay | Kanye West
Your RSS readers are overfed with XMas jams. (Stereogum -- always part of the problem! -- has been decking the halls and whatnot for six weeks.) We got yuletide mail from Queens of the Stone Age, The Killers, Blitzen Trapper,... CONTINUE READING CHRISTMAS WISHES FROM COLDPLAY, BELLE AND SEBASTIAN, OTHER BRIT POPSTARS»
Posted on December 24, 2007 in MP3, Video (3 comments)
Tags: Belle And Sebastian | Coldplay | Goldfrapp | Lightspeed Champion
Coldplay try damn hard (and usually unsuccessfully) to be epic in their tunes, although they've effortlessly achieved grandiosity in their breathtaking qualitative nosedive (assuming they've ever had redeeming qualities to burn, which may or may not be true). Regardless, we're... CONTINUE READING COLDPLAY EXCITEDLY REVEAL THEIR "PLAGIARIST'S PARADISE"»
Posted on October 8, 2007 (60 comments)
Tags: Coldplay
It's back to school time, but Graduation's in the air (okay, stop the groaning, we'll stop the puns). You know hip-hop non-listeners haven't paid this much attention to a rapper since, well, Kanye himself dissed George W. during that Hurricane... CONTINUE READING PREMATURE EVALUATION: KANYE WEST - GRADUATION»
Posted on August 31, 2007 in Premature Evaluation (60 comments)
Tags: 50 Cent | Coldplay | Daft Punk | Kanye West | Steely Dan
While others are filling in the dorms and hitting up the mall for sweet back to school savings, 'Ye's bracing for his much hyped Graduation day (9/11). Inescapable as he's been of late, West had one more big PR party... CONTINUE READING NEW KANYE WEST (FEAT. CHRIS MARTIN) - "HOMECOMING"»
Posted on August 29, 2007 in Video (24 comments)
Tags: 50 Cent | Coldplay | Kanye West
Last week Miss Lavigne dropped by Jo Whiley's Live Lounge and delivered a song that sounds suspiciously like Coldplay's "The Scientist"! (Zing!) In Avril's hands, one of Coldplay's best ballads is rendered truly tepid, and dare we say ... a... CONTINUE READING AVRIL LAVIGNE COVERS COLDPLAY»
Posted on July 13, 2007 (35 comments)
Tags: Avril Lavigne | Coldplay | Garbage | Grizzly Bear | The National
Concrete Blonde officially called it quits last July, clearing the way for silken voiced siren Johnette Napolitano to focus on a solo record, which sees release this May on Hybrid. The Concrete brunette offers up ten original cuts and two... CONTINUE READING JOHNETTE NAPOLITANO COVERS COLDPLAY»
Posted on May 18, 2007 in MP3 (13 comments)
Tags: Coldplay | Concerete Blonde | Johnette Napolitano
With Mute Math's "Typical" getting so much YouTube love for being shot in reverse, we thought we'd put together a list of our all time favorite backwards music vids. They're all pretty cool -- duh, they're backwards! -- but we... CONTINUE READING BEST BACKWARDS MUSIC VIDEOS OF ALL TIME»
Posted on March 28, 2007 in Video (74 comments)
Tags: Coldplay | God Lives Underwater | Jack Johnson | Mute Math | The Pharcyde
Depending on which article you read from Mr. Paltrow's Mexico City press conference, Chris is either an egomaniacal self promoter, or a rabidly insecure Hollywood husband. So, nothing new really. But we thought it'd be fun to share! First up,... CONTINUE READING CHRIS MARTIN GIVES GOOD PRESS»
Posted on March 5, 2007 (37 comments)
Tags: Chris Martin | Coldplay
Reader D writes:I'm not sure if you guys covered this the first time you wrote up Chris Martin being on Extras, but any chance you or your other Stereogum minions will get their mitts on the "Tea for the Tillerman"... CONTINUE READING CHRIS MARTIN COVERS CAT STEVENS»
Posted on February 5, 2007 in Video (11 comments)
Tags: Cat Stevens | Coldplay | Extras | Ricky Gervais
Billboard reports on the details for the third, education-themed installment of Kanye's solo career:Kanye West is hard at work on his next album, "Graduation," tentatively due in late 2007 via Def Jam. The artist tells Billboard the likely first single... CONTINUE READING KANYE ENLISTS CHRIS MARTIN, JON BRION FOR GRADUATION»
Posted on January 19, 2007 (27 comments)
Tags: Chris Martin | Coldplay | Jon Brion | Kanye West
We have to hand it to Coldplay Chris. Not only does he take a constant beating from people like, well, everybody, but he weathers the barrage like a pro. And it seems like every time he steps into the limelight... CONTINUE READING CHRIS MARTIN COVERS THE KILLERS, THE BAND & DYLAN»
Posted on November 28, 2006 in Video (21 comments)
Tags: Bob Dylan | Coldplay | Lily Allen | The Band
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