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
When we've spoken about the various Strokes side projects and Lonely Island appearances, Nikolai Fraiture's Nickel Eye has tended to get short shrift. It's not that we don't like the guy -- his vacant stare and bone structure is kinda... CONTINUE READING NEW NICKEL EYE (FEAT. WALE) - "BRANDY OF THE DAMNED (MARK RONSON REMIX)"»
Posted on February 27, 2009 (4 comments)
Tags: Black Lips | Mark Ronson | Nickel Eye | Nikolai Fraiture | Rain Machine | The Strokes | Wale
Did you watch Britney Spears' For The Record "documentary" a few weeks ago? The pop star came off sad and confused like a character in a Christopher Guest movie ("People shave their heads all the time..."), but hey -- she... CONTINUE READING LILY ALLEN COVERS "WOMANIZER"»
Posted on December 13, 2008 in (26 comments)
Tags: Andrew Bird | Britney Spears | Green Man Festival | Lily Allen | Mark Ronson
Mark Ronson is very serious about his love for Kaiser Chiefs. He memorialized this by commissioning Lily Allen to sing a cover of KC's "Oh My God" for his Versions record. Now he's one-upped himself by taking a production credit... CONTINUE READING NEW KAISER CHIEFS - "NEVER MISS A BEAT"»
Posted on August 29, 2008 in (5 comments)
Tags: Bat For Lashes | Here We Go Magic | Kaiser Chiefs | Luke Temple | Mark Ronson | SXSW
Got room for more beef? It is a statistical fact that one of every three music flame wars involves Noel Gallagher. In support of this postulate, please enjoy Mark Ronson's retort to Noel's "learn three chords ... and go write... CONTINUE READING MARK RONSON FEELS THE NEED TO RESPOND TO NOEL GALLAGHER»
Posted on August 18, 2008 in (8 comments)
Tags: Coachella | Mark Ronson | Noel Gallagher | Oasis | The Killers
By Scott Lapatine & Amrit Singh It wasn't always smooth, but it was definitely memorable: Lollapalooza's top-heavy booking panned out this year, giving each night a bit of magic and each day an air of anticipation. Day Last didn't exactly... CONTINUE READING LOLLAPALOOZA 2008: SUNDAY IN PHOTOS»
Posted on August 4, 2008 in (18 comments)
Tags: Black Kids | Blues Traveler | Chromeo | Girl Talk | Gnarls Barkley | Grandaddy | Jason Lytle | Lollapalooza | Mark Ronson | Nine Inch Nails | Saul Williams | SXSW | Trent Reznor
Amy Winehouse and Rihanna performed, Foo Fighters and Kanye West won, and the show was "was largely free of surprises" according to AP. Sounds like the Grammys, but alas, we're talking about the Brit Awards. At least instead of will.i.am,... CONTINUE READING 2008 BRIT AWARDS LIKE 2008 GRAMMYS, BUT WITH MORE MIKA»
Posted on February 20, 2008 in (5 comments)
Tags: Adele | Amy Winehouse | BRIT Awards | Foo Fighters | Kanye West | Mark Ronson | Paul McCartney
We just told you about Mark Ronson's newest video treatment for his cover of Radiohead's "Just." Well, whereas that video had a bunch of Mark's, we now have a bunch of "Just"'s. Make sense? To sort it out some, we... CONTINUE READING MARK RONSON "JUST" REMIXES»
Posted on January 30, 2008 (6 comments)
Tags: DJ Premier | Mark Ronson | Radiohead | The Go! Team | The Loving Hand
Even though he's been fab-from-birth, it wasn't 'til Ronson "covered" Radiohead back in '06 that heads outside the NYC/London/Tom-Kat-wedding DJ scene turned. First just a single, then included on Exit Music: Songs With Radio Heads and given a video, setting... CONTINUE READING NEW MARK RONSON VIDEO - "JUST"»
Posted on January 28, 2008 in (11 comments)
Tags: Mark Ronson | Radiohead
After listening to this you might think, well isn't this more a "remix" rather than a 'newly updated song' as the 25th Anniversary Thriller boxset would have you believe? There's three ways to establish you'd be wrong, shamon: 1) That's... CONTINUE READING NEW MICHAEL JACKSON (FEAT. KANYE WEST) - "BILLIE JEAN '08"»
Posted on December 20, 2007 in (17 comments)
Tags: Jack Black | Jimmy Fallon | Kanye West | Mark Ronson | Michael Jackson
A couple weeks ago we told you about David Byrne, Kim Gordon, and Marissa Nadler's year-end lists in Artforum. The list-giving season continues, so here are a slew of additional artists-on-artists top 10s. We've come to discover that artist lists... CONTINUE READING VARIOUS ARTISTS'S 2007 BEST OF LISTS»
Posted on December 14, 2007 in , (24 comments)
Tags: Black Lips | Carrie Brownstein | Devendra Banhart | Interpol | John Darnielle | Mark Ronson | Mountain Goats | Paul Banks | Sam Fogarino | Sleater-Kinney | Sondre Lerche
The tagline for this one could read: "When rehab and video recording schedules conflict!" No confirmation that Amy's ongoing issues are to blame, but it's fair to assume the tabloid 'n' narcotic nonsense surrounding Wino's life these days made nabbing... CONTINUE READING NEW MARK RONSON (FEAT. AMY WINEHOUSE) VIDEO - "VALERIE"»
Posted on September 11, 2007 in (9 comments)
Tags: Amy Winehouse | Mark Ronson | The Zutons
You've been waiting patiently all weekend, so let's get this thing going. Welcome to this year's MTV Video Music Awards, this year featuring three whole awards dedicated to videos! We've been hypnotized by John Norris's amazing new wig, Kanye's plastic-looking... CONTINUE READING LIVEBLOGGING THE 2007 VMAS»
Posted on September 9, 2007 (214 comments)
Tags: 50 Cent | Britney Spears | Fall Out Boy | Foo Fighters | Justin Timberlake | Kanye West | Mark Ronson | MTV Video Music Awards | Rihanna | Sarah Silverman | Timbaland
The promo campaign on this year's DYLAN box set has been a Zimmerman's delight of goodies. The site's had cute little extras, pics, etc., but make room for two more. First and foremost, we finally have the clip corresponding to... CONTINUE READING NEW BOB DYLAN VIDEO - "MOST LIKELY YOU GO YOUR WAY (AND I'LL GO MINE) (MARK RONSON RE-VERSION)"»
Posted on September 7, 2007 in (11 comments)
Tags: Bob Dylan | Mark Ronson
Last week a call went out over Craigslist...Seeking Bob Dylan Fans for his new music video We are seeking 2 types of talent for this video… - Men and women in their 20s-40s who are fans of Bob Dylan. Prefer... CONTINUE READING STUCK INSIDE OF BROOKLYN WITH THE REMIX BLUES AGAIN»
Posted on August 16, 2007 (9 comments)
Tags: Bob Dylan | Mark Ronson | Wyclef Jean
So, collectors of iconic-artists-career-works-repackaged treatment, you have not one but TWO choices as to how to spend your money this fall: Do you go with DYLAN: The 3-CD, 51-song set (regular or deluxe i.e. in cloth cases) spanning five decades,... CONTINUE READING MARK RONSON RE-VERSIONS BOB DYLAN»
Posted on July 31, 2007 (18 comments)
Tags: Bob Dylan | Mark Ronson
The McCarren Pool continued its reign as the finest spot to be in NYC on a summer Sunday yesterday, JellyNYC bringing together Dan Deacon fans and slip 'n' slide riders of all shapes and sizes to the emptied, concrete construct... CONTINUE READING DAN DEACON/ERASE ERRATA/MARK RONSON/THE OCTOPUS PROJECT @ MCCARREN PARK POOL, BROOKLYN 7/8/07»
Posted on July 10, 2007 in (8 comments)
Tags: Dan Deacon | Erase Errata | Mark Ronson | Peelander-Z | The Octopus Project
The clip tease we saw last week didn't paint the whole picture; consider this Who Framed Mark Ronson?, with an animated Lil as Jessica Rabbit and live-action Ronson as Bob Hoskins (who in turn is in with Jamie T). More... CONTINUE READING NEW MARK RONSON (FEAT. LILY ALLEN) VIDEO - "OH MY GOD"»
Posted on June 21, 2007 in (23 comments)
Tags: Kaiser Chiefs | Lily Allen | Mark Ronson
Though most artists looking for something to cover are best advised to steer clear of the Smiths songbook, we've always felt Mark Ronson's horny gamble on "Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before" is a winner (turns... CONTINUE READING NEW MARK RONSON (FEAT. DANIEL MERRIWEATHER) VIDEO - "STOP ME"»
Posted on June 12, 2007 in (5 comments)
Tags: Mark Ronson | Samantha Ronson | The Smiths
Motown-obsessed DJ/producer guy Mark Ronson swung by Annie Mac's BBC Radio 1 show recently armed with a five-minute mix chock-full of ADD music geekery. The 'minimix' samples nearly 40 tunes in just over five minutes, stringing snippets of original songs... CONTINUE READING NEW MARK RONSON - "ANNIE MAC MINIMIX"»
Posted on May 22, 2007 in (9 comments)
Tags: Amy Poehler | Mark Ronson | Saturday Night Live
For many a scenester on this side of the Atlantic, 'it' is cool if Pitchfork says so. Funny to think that, on the other side of the ocean, it's a nod from (or at least association with) Mark Ronson that... CONTINUE READING COOL MARK RONSON NOT DOWN WITH PITCHFORK»
Posted on April 26, 2007 in (39 comments)
Tags: Mark Ronson
Mark Ronson's been taking heat for his awesome cover of "Stop Me If You Think You've Heard This One Before," but Moz and Marr are on board. He wrote on MySpace (via NME):when i recorded the original demo of "stop... CONTINUE READING THE SMITHS APPROVE OF RONSON'S "STOP ME"»
Posted on April 10, 2007 (11 comments)
Tags: Johnny Marr | Mark Ronson | Morrissey | The Smiths
The press tour is shifting into high gear for Arctic Monkeys, getting closer to unleashing their Favourite Worst Nightmare on fans excited by the killer first single "Brianstorm" (that includes us, though second leaked track "505" isn't quite as exciting)... CONTINUE READING ARCTIC MONKEYS SLING SHITE AT RADIO 1, HIP HOP, MARK RONSON»
Posted on April 5, 2007 in (14 comments)
Tags: Arctic Monkeys | Mark Ronson
Or should we say "New Mark Ronson"? The producer/wedding DJ put together a glockenspiel-and-Motown remix of Lily's cut for his forthcoming full-length Version. (P4K assumes it's the same version that'll be one of two bonus tracks on the US release... CONTINUE READING NEW LILY ALLEN - "SMILE (VERSION II REVISITED)"»
Posted on January 11, 2007 in (6 comments)
Tags: Lily Allen | Mark Ronson | The Smiths
We haven't touched the creepiest nuptials in Italian history 'cause, well, they're a creepy couple -- and, honestly, 'cause it had nothing to do with music. Until now! We were cruising People's Tom & Katie Wedding Blog (you know, like... CONTINUE READING TOM & KATIE & MARK»
Posted on November 20, 2006 (17 comments)
Tags: Mark Ronson | The Boy Least Likely To | TomKat