Just today people were talking about big money bets coming in for Speech Debelle to win the Mercury Prize, and what do you know, the British rapper rode Ladbrokes' 4/1 odds and the votes of the Mercury High Council Of... CONTINUE READING SPEECH DEBELLE WINS 2009 MERCURY PRIZE»
Posted on September 8, 2009 in , , , (23 comments)
Tags: Bat For Lashes | Friendly Fires | Jools Holland | Kasabian | Lisa Hannigan | Mercury Prize | Micachu And The Shapes | Ryan Adams | Speech Debelle | The Gossip
"Cruel Intentions" is Simian Mobile Disco's Temporary Pleasure dance track with the Gossip's Beth Ditto. Just a few days ago we heard the duo go "Off The Map" with Jamie Lidell. Before that Yeasayer's Chris Keating helped James Ford and... CONTINUE READING NEW SIMIAN MOBILE DISCO (FEAT. BETH DITTO) - "CRUEL INTENTIONS"»
Posted on August 4, 2009 (4 comments)
Tags: Beth Ditto | Edward Sharpe And The Magnetic Zeros | Simian Mobile Disco | The Gossip
The Gossip's "Heavy Cross" video came complete with sparkly outfits and shadowy modern dancers. This time the outfits are more shiny than sparkly and the folks dancing are wearing roller skates on their feet and balloons on their heads. As... CONTINUE READING NEW GOSSIP VIDEO - "LOVE LONG DISTANCE"»
Posted on July 31, 2009 in (1 comments)
Tags: The Flaming Lips | The Gossip
When we posted the Hannah Blilie-centric Music For Men album art, a few folks thought it didn't feature enough Beth Ditto. The trio more than make up for that lack in the glammy, glittery video for "Heavy Cross." (Would be... CONTINUE READING NEW GOSSIP VIDEO - "HEAVY CROSS"»
Posted on June 15, 2009 in (32 comments)
Tags: The Gossip
We've heard the Rick Rubin-produced Gossip carry a "Heavy Cross," but this new, plodding Music For Men track feels like the real burden. Maybe it's the transition to something bigger? Lift with your knees at HypeM.... CONTINUE READING NEW GOSSIP - "DIMESTORE DIAMOND"»
Posted on June 4, 2009 in (0 comments)
Tags: Crystal Stilts | The Gossip
When posting the Gossip's "Heavy Cross," we suggested the trio's Rick Rubin-produced fourth album Music For Men had its own heavy cross to bear, i.e. whether or not the Grammy man's slightly tweaked sound and the band's new Columbia label... CONTINUE READING THE GOSSIP'S MUSIC FOR MEN ALBUM ART»
Posted on May 11, 2009 in (10 comments)
Tags: The Gossip
Rick Rubin couldn't save the music business. So let's see what he can do for the Gossip. The blog-sanctioned arm of daceable punk has been wheezing its last wheeze for awhile, creating an interesting situation for its players: move into... CONTINUE READING NEW GOSSIP - "HEAVY CROSS"»
Posted on April 27, 2009 (9 comments)
Tags: The Gossip
The Gossip help us celebrate "the gorgeousness and subtle doom of the fall" with late-night, smoky "1000 Things." Guitarist/Grouper fan Brace Paine adds "there will be more demos/practice tapes on the way to tide you over until our new record... CONTINUE READING NEW GOSSIP - "1,000 THINGS" (DEMO) »
Posted on October 27, 2008 (1 comments)
Tags: The Gossip | The Shins
Echoing Slate's out-of-date Portland exposé from this past fall, MTV's followed the momentum of their Brooklyn 2008 piece with a feature on PDX. What we learn: There are a lot of bands who live there, it's still relatively cheap, it... CONTINUE READING MTV LETS US KNOW PORTLAND HAS BANDS, BASEMENTS, RAIN, TREES»
Posted on July 16, 2008 in (45 comments)
Tags: Colin Meloy | Eat Skull | M. Ward | Menomena | The Decemberists | The Gossip | The Thermals | Valet | White Rainbow | YACHT
The Gossip and the Dresden Dolls both performed during the True Colors tour stop at Radio City in NYC Monday night, but this Palmer/Ditto duet comes from the afterparty, where shit gets wild and the ukuleles come out. "Creep" is... CONTINUE READING AMANDA PALMER, BETH DITTO, AND A PUPPET COVER RADIOHEAD»
Posted on June 19, 2007 in (9 comments)
Tags: Radiohead | The Dresden Dolls | The Gossip
Now that the Gossip are all big and famous (in the UK anyway), having only one vid for their hit "Listen Up" just won't do. Beth stayed mostly in the bedroom on the first one, but this time she's dancing... CONTINUE READING THE GOSSIP "LISTEN UP" AND GET NAKED»
Posted on May 30, 2007 (25 comments)
Tags: The Gossip
Stick thin Pirates Of The Caribbean starlet Keria Knightley has joined the chorus of women praising the Gossip's Beth Ditto for her proud, full-figured flaunting. She told Metro (via BWE):When she (Beth Ditto) was performing she started taking all her... CONTINUE READING THE GOSSIP ABOUT KEIRA KNIGHTLEY'S BODY ENVY»
Posted on May 2, 2007 (42 comments)
Tags: Keira Knightley | The Gossip
In case you don't know, NME's reigning Queen Of Cool Beth Ditto is proud of her body -- and fierce in the face of those less accepting. When Topshop offered The Gossip a prestigious(?) shot at performing instore for the... CONTINUE READING THE GOSSIP'S CONFUSING GIG SELECTION»
Posted on March 26, 2007 (27 comments)
Tags: The Gossip
Go go Gossip girl. Beth Ditto is the first bird to top NME's annual "Cool List." The Brit rag's 2005 countdown placed Alex Turner at #1; the Arctic Monkey's dropped 31 points (the science behind this is complicated). But don't... CONTINUE READING NME LOVES GOSSIP, DOESN'T CARE ABOUT KANYE WEST»
Posted on November 21, 2006 in , , , (46 comments)
Tags: Arctic Monkeys | Kanye West | Lily Allen | The Gossip | The Horrors
