Gossip Girl returns 9/14, but you knew that because you love Gossip Girl and reading about Gossip Girl on blogs. (Season 3 spoilers here.) Thurston Moore also loves Gossip Girl. Last month we reported that an upcoming episode features Sonic... CONTINUE READING THURSTON MOORE TALKS GOSSIP GIRL»
Posted on September 3, 2009 (7 comments)
Tags: Chace Crawford | Ed Westwick | Fool's Gold | Gossip Girl | Kings Of Leon | Sonic Youth | Taylor Momsen | Thurston Moore
Their looks may have become a problem (or at least the envy of Chris Martin and Thom Yorke), but KoL's songs still speak to many, including Pharrell, Mark Ronson, Linkin Park, JT, and Ms. Li, all of whom remix the... CONTINUE READING KINGS OF LEON REMIX ALBUM FEATURES LYKKE LI, JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE»
Posted on August 26, 2009 (1 comments)
Tags: Justin Timberlake | Kings Of Leon | Lykke Li | Mark Ronson | Weezer
Chances are you either hate Kings Of Leon, or you were born in the UK. Wherever you're from, the Followill clan clearly are good enough in the studio to capture the imagination of discerning lovelies like Lykke Li and Natasha... CONTINUE READING NEW KINGS OF LEON VIDEO - "NOTION" »
Posted on June 2, 2009 in (86 comments)
Tags: Faith No More | Kings Of Leon | Reading | The Mary Onettes
Kings Of Leon covers, are they the new Britney covers? Well, no, because there is no irony implied by these Followill followers. Europeans take the boys very seriously. Lykke's interpretation of Because Of The Times' renegade parenting anthem first surfaced... CONTINUE READING LYKKE LI COVERS KINGS OF LEON IN A SNUGGIE»
Posted on April 17, 2009 in , (13 comments)
Tags: Carson Daly | Kings Of Leon | Lykke Li | The Fresh And Onlys
No matter how much people on this side of the Atlantic adore Kings Of Leon (debatable), they should know that Europeans hear the band very differently. It's one thing to like the Followills, but it's quite another to like the... CONTINUE READING BAT FOR LASHES COVERS KINGS OF LEON»
Posted on April 13, 2009 in (20 comments)
Tags: Bat For Lashes | Kings Of Leon
The Chicago Tribune has confirmed Lolla's big three anchors at the fest going down August 7-9 in Chicago's Grant Park. If only it was 1990 this year. (UPDATE: Kings Of Leon, too.)... CONTINUE READING DEPECHE MODE, BEASTIE BOYS, JANE'S ADDICTION HEADLINING LOLLAPALOOZA 2009»
Posted on March 6, 2009 (24 comments)
Tags: Beastie Boys | Depeche Mode | Hey Marseilles | Jane's Addiction | Kings Of Leon | Lollapalooza | U2
Tonight the British music industry packaged their self-image for all to YouTube. The nominations were very Duffy with a side of Coldplay, and Duffy wound up being the main dish, but poor Chris Martin & Band couldn't follow their three-statue... CONTINUE READING THE 2009 BRIT AWARDS LOOKED LIKE THIS»
Posted on February 18, 2009 in , (41 comments)
Tags: BRIT Awards | David Hasselhoff | Duffy | Estelle | Iron Maiden | Katy Perry | Kings Of Leon | Kylie Minogue | Lady Gaga | Pet Shop Boys | The Ting Tings | The Walkmen | Tom Jones | U2
Remember the 50th Annual Grammy Awards? Alicia Keys duetting with the ghost of Sinatra? Will.i.am rapping nonsense? Album of the Year River: The Joni Letters??? It's easy (and fun!) to make fun of the Grammys, but last year they really... CONTINUE READING RADIOHEAD, LIL WAYNE NOMINATED FOR ALBUM OF THE YEAR GRAMMY»
Posted on December 3, 2008 (64 comments)
Tags: Alison Krauss | Band Of Horses | Beck | Daft Punk | Death Cab For Cutie | Gnarls Barkley | Grammys | Hot Chip | Justice | Kanye West | Kings Of Leon | Lollapalooza | M.I.A. | Metallica | MGMT | My Morning Jacket | Ne-Yo | No Age | Radiohead | Robert Plant | Robyn | The Raconteurs | Weezer
Jared Followill on Animal Collective: "They're really big on instruments." Check out all his picks (She & Him and M83, too) at NYTimes.com. ... CONTINUE READING KING OF LEON SHARES HIS PLAYLIST»
Posted on November 10, 2008 in (1 comments)
Tags: Animal Collective | Esau Mwamwaya | Kings Of Leon | The Decemberists | The Very Best
In a Blender piece this summer, Kings of Leon commented that they had never had a decent music video. "Sex On Fire" wasn't the triumph they were hoping for, so ambitions have been scaled back a bit on clip number... CONTINUE READING NEW KINGS OF LEON VIDEO - "USE SOMEBODY"»
Posted on November 5, 2008 in (23 comments)
Tags: Kings Of Leon | Passion Pit | Popo
In recent weeks there's been a lot of talk in these parts about Kings Of Leon's "Sex On Fire" and accompanying inexplicable video along with the Followill's good looks and the album art's two looks. Blow-dried hair and anxious riffs... CONTINUE READING PREMATURE EVALUATION: KINGS OF LEON - ONLY BY THE NIGHT»
Posted on September 10, 2008 in (85 comments)
Tags: Kings Of Leon | Passion Pit | SXSW | The Mae Shi
Judging from the comments on Kings Of Leon's "Sex On Fire" video, it's clear some of you think the Followill boys, their carefully coiffed hair, good Southern gene, are themselves works of art. Well, Leon lovers, now you can get... CONTINUE READING KINGS OF LEON'S ONLY BY THE NIGHT ALBUM ART»
Posted on September 8, 2008 in (28 comments)
Tags: Kings Of Leon | SXSW | The Thermals
When it comes to reviews of the new Kings Of Leon track, there shall be none greater than commenter orton1227's, which read: "'Sex On Fire'??? Sounds like they wrote a song about their struggles with STDs." And when it comes... CONTINUE READING NEW KINGS OF LEON VIDEO - "SEX ON FIRE"»
Posted on August 27, 2008 in (80 comments)
Tags: Kings Of Leon
The Followills tell NME: "It's difficult when you make a new record and you wanna play all the new songs live, but with technology these days, there'll be someone out there with a recorder and it kinda spoils it for... CONTINUE READING KINGS OF LEON THINK YOU'RE RUINING THEIR CONCERTS»
Posted on August 19, 2008 (31 comments)
Tags: Amanda Palmer | Coachella | Kings Of Leon
This is it, the final photo blowout from the inaugural All Points West fest. If you didn't spend your weekend on the internet/in line for a ferry over to Liberty Park, you can see some photos from Friday, a... CONTINUE READING ALL POINTS WEST: SATURDAY & SUNDAY IN PHOTOS»
Posted on August 11, 2008 in (9 comments)
Tags: All Points West | Animal Collective | Arcade Fire | Bell Orchestre | Ben Harper | Cat Power | Emily Haines | Kings Of Leon | Metric | Secret Machines | The Roots | The Virgins
According to NME, Kings Of Leon are one of the bands making America cool again, but "Sex On Fire," the first single off the Followill boys's forthcoming fourth album Only By the Night, is all about getting hot. (Please kill... CONTINUE READING NEW KINGS OF LEON - "SEX ON FIRE" »
Posted on August 7, 2008 (108 comments)
Tags: Kings Of Leon | Modest Mouse
The Followill clan's stopped having sex with models long enough to record a new album, titled Only By The Night. The fuzz-bassy first track's up and ready for download at their site for the price of one email address. The... CONTINUE READING NEW KINGS OF LEON - "CRAWL"»
Posted on July 28, 2008 in (19 comments)
Tags: Kings Of Leon
As revealed yesterday, the inaugural APW Festival -- AKA Jersey Coachella -- will indeed feature two nights of Radiohead. And one of Jack Johnson, which we predicted. (JJ's also playing Coachella and Bonnaroo; there is no escape, friends.). All Points... CONTINUE READING JACK JOHNSON JOINS RADIOHEAD FOR APW, JERSEY'S SUMMER MUSIC FEST»
Posted on February 21, 2008 in (46 comments)
Tags: All Points West | Cat Power | Jack Johnson | Kings Of Leon | Radiohead | Rodrigo Y Gabriela | Underworld
For the rock fan that has everything and is looking for new and exciting ways to piss his/her money away, we direct you to Christie's auction house in NYC where you can play your part in a story that's making... CONTINUE READING ROCK SHIRTS IN THE $4,000 OR "NO REALLY IT'S UP TO YOU" VARIETY»
Posted on November 20, 2007 (4 comments)
Tags: Kings Of Leon | Led Zeppelin | Radiohead
The circumstances surrounding this one are a little murky, but here's what we gather: At some point, someone in camp Leon commissioned a remix album for Because Of The Times, and Kenna (along with Virginia Beach compatriot Chad Hugo) got... CONTINUE READING NEW KINGS OF LEON - "MY PARTY (KENNA & CHAD HUGO REMIX)»
Posted on August 29, 2007 in (11 comments)
Tags: Chad Hugo | Kenna | Kings Of Leon | The Neptunes
Sometimes you have great intentions of diligence and punctuality, and sometimes your airline decides to be late, sloppy, and in love with sitting on the runway. The terra blue chips and (congratulations!) 36 channels of DirectTV didn't quite make... CONTINUE READING LOLLAPALOOZA '07: SUNDAY IN PHOTOS»
Posted on August 7, 2007 in (20 comments)
Tags: Amy Winehouse | Chk Chk Chk | Juliette Lewis | Kings Of Leon | Lollapalooza | Modest Mouse | Perry Farrell | Peter Bjorn And John | Rodrigo Y Gabriela | Smoosh | The Cribs | TV On The Radio | VHS Or Beta
This year's 'Roo is Saturday heavy -- today we get Franz, Hold Steady, Regina, Dr. Dog, and a band called Police your parents loved -- but the tame opening day brought some stuff worth writing home about, including local boys... CONTINUE READING BONNAROO: FRIDAY 6/15/07»
Posted on June 16, 2007 in (29 comments)
Tags: Aziz Ansari | Bonnaroo | Cold War Kids | David Cross | Hot Chip | Kings Of Leon | Lily Allen | Nick Kroll | Rage Against The Machine | Sam Champion | The Roots | Tom Morello | Warren Haynes
Superlatives get tired quick, but here goes ... Saturday may have been the greatest single day festival experience we've had yet. Staving off the 106º temps and sun with a mix of sunscreen and adrenaline, we marched across the Coachella... CONTINUE READING COACHELLA: SATURDAY'S BEST OF THE REST»
Posted on April 29, 2007 in (18 comments)
Tags: Arcade Fire | Coachella | Cornelius | Girl Talk | Kings Of Leon | The Decemberists
