Take our ink-stained hands and join us at the OldStand, where Jon McMillan goes to remind everyone what an honest-to-goodness music magazine is supposed to look like CONTINUE READING OLDSTAND: ROLLING STONE, MARCH 10, 1988»
Posted on March 31, 2008 in OldStand (10 comments)
Tags: Bob Dylan | Bruce Springsteen | The Rolling Stones | U2
You don't often see music critics on late night television. Maybe with good reason. Last night Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot, longtime Chicago writers and hosts of Sound Opinions, did a pretty good job on Conan. DeRogatis dissed the Dead... CONTINUE READING JIM DEROGATIS, GREG KOT, AND CONAN HATE THE DOORS»
Posted on February 12, 2008 in Video (17 comments)
Tags: Amy Winehouse | Conan O'Brien | Dave Matthews Band | Grammys | Greg Kot | Jim DeRogatis | Kanye West | The Doors | U2
Sundance is flickering along as we speak, and plenty of the films being screened have a rock 'n' roll bent. And a rap bent, if you consider Diddy a rapper. Bernard Shakey, aka Neil Young -- yes, that Neil Young... CONTINUE READING SUNDANCE ROCKS (IN 3-D)»
Posted on January 23, 2008 in Video (7 comments)
Tags: Anvil | Clap Your Hands Say Yeah | Crosby Still Nash And Young | Diddy | Neil Young | U2
Londoners attending the Mencap's Little Noise Sessions charity gig at Union Chapel knew something was afoot when the room started buzzing about the "special guests" opening the night, and Jo Whiley's intro must've sent 'em through the roof. According to... CONTINUE READING NEW LIVE U2 - "WAVE OF SORROW"»
Posted on November 26, 2007 in Video (2 comments)
Tags: U2
Chart topping, Grammy-winning The Joshua Tree hit stores twenty years (and eight months) ago and twenty million sales later, U2's got a bunch of deluxe editions in time for Christmas. There's a remastered CD, double 12", deluxe remastered CD with... CONTINUE READING U2'S "WAVE OF SORROW" PREMIERES ON FACEBOOK»
Posted on November 16, 2007 in Video (16 comments)
Tags: U2
Every week, we dig in the archives for videos that we find noteworthy, memorable, or just unbelievably stupid. And then, Jon McMillan breaks 'em down for you. This week: a young Silvio Dante and friends fight the power -- and win. CONTINUE READING VIDEO HANGOVER: ARTISTS UNITED AGAINST APARTHEID - "SUN CITY"»
Posted on October 2, 2007 in Video, Video Hangover (15 comments)
Tags: Brett Michaels | Bruce Springsteen | Hall And Oates | Lou Reed | Miles Davis | Steven Van Zandt | The Ramones | U2
That silly looking Beatles flick we checked in February is finally getting ready to plop, featuring 30 Beatles tunes (not including the film's namesake, oddly) sung by the cast to narrate a psychedelic, Vietnam-era tale. What we did not know... CONTINUE READING BONO IS DR. ROBERT»
Posted on September 6, 2007 in Video (6 comments)
Tags: The Beatles | U2
We pulled this together just in time for your lunch break. Make it a long one. In memory of Tom Snyder, who passed yesterday at the age of 71. From 1973-1982, the coveted post-Carson slot on NBC belonged to the... CONTINUE READING TOM SNYDER'S GREATEST ROCK MOMENTS»
Posted on July 30, 2007 in Video (19 comments)
Tags: Iggy Pop | KISS | Plasmatics | Public Image Ltd. | The Clash | The Sex Pistols | Tom Snyder | U2
Reader Gunnar writes:I just wanted to say that I enjoyed the "year in mash-ups" by team9 very much. thank you for that!!!! the "silent saints" impressed me so much, i love the knife and i love this kind of mash-up-blasphemy,... CONTINUE READING "SILENT SAINTS" ON A BERLIN TRAIN»
Posted on February 2, 2007 in Video (0 comments)
Tags: Spank Rock | team9 | The Knife | U2
Bono tends to trade in platitudes these days, but the savvy U2ers know just how to spin it, assembling a montage of music icons mouthing the words to "Window In The Skies," making even the band's rounded edges (and generic... CONTINUE READING NEW U2 VIDEO - "WINDOW IN THE SKIES"»
Posted on December 18, 2006 in Video (37 comments)
Tags: U2
Do albums matter as much as singles anymore? We like to think so. But 2006 was a great year for indie acts representing with a hot track. We wanted to figure a way to celebrate the year in music with... CONTINUE READING MYSPLICE.06 - THE YEAR IN MASH-UPS»
Posted on December 13, 2006 in MP3 (32 comments)
Tags: Clipse | Cold War Kids | CSS | Diana Ross | Gnarls Barkley | Green Day | Hot Chip | Junior Boys | Lily Allen | Lupe Fiasco | Midlake | Peter Bjorn And John | Spank Rock | team9 | The Beatles | The Cure | The Flaming Lips | The Knife | Thom Yorke | U2 | Wolfmother | Yeah Yeah Yeahs
We obviously picked the wrong Modest Marr gig to go to this week. Last night, folks at the Bowery Ballroom were treated to a rendition of corporate America's hottest viral video. Herewith, Johnny Marr as Jim Dubois and David Cross... CONTINUE READING JOHNNY MARR & DAVID CROSS COVER BANK OF AMERICA'S "ONE"»
Posted on November 19, 2006 (35 comments)
Tags: David Cross | Ethan Chandler | Johnny Marr | Modest Mouse | U2
The music mavens at the venerable Time magazine have compiled their list of the "ALL-TIME 100" albums -- unranked and broken down by decade. We're not sure what's better: that only five albums of the past five years are among... CONTINUE READING TIME'S ALL-TIME 100 ALBUMS»
Posted on November 14, 2006 in Shit List (74 comments)
Tags: A Tribe Called Quest | AC/DC | Aretha Franklin | Bob Dylan | Bob Marley | Brian Wilson & The Beach Boys | Courtney Love | David Bowie | Elvis Presley | Eminem | Fleetwood Mac | Frank Sinatra | Garth Brooks | Hole | James Brown | Jimi Hendrix | Johnny Cash | Joni Mitchell | Kanye West | Led Zeppelin | Little Richard | Lucinda Williams | Madonna | Metallica | Michael Jackson | Miles Davis | Neil Young | Nirvana | Oasis | Otis Redding | Outkast | Paul Simon | PJ Harvey | Prince | R.E.M. | Radiohead | Ray Charles | Robert Johnson | Sly & The Family Stone | Talking Heads | The Beatles | The Clash | The Eagles | The Sex Pistols | The Stone Roses | The Velvet Underground | The Who | U2 | Van Morrison | Willie Nelson
Check out Bank Of America banking center manager Ethan Chandler's "stunningly misguided" (iFilm) performance at a corporate conference, post-MBNA merger. Does this change your Bono vs. Stipe vote? Remember, both have versions of this tune floating around. Cringe. UPDATE: After... CONTINUE READING NEW BANK OF AMERICA VIDEO - "ONE"»
Posted on November 10, 2006 (65 comments)
Tags: Ethan Chandler | U2
Today, Slate revisits a topic that has sparked many a debate in the past twenty years. Their subheading, "Who Was The Best Rock Band Of The '80s?" is dangerous in its assumptions, but everyone loves pairing these two off in... CONTINUE READING BONO OR STIPE?»
Posted on November 9, 2006 (83 comments)
Tags: R.E.M. | U2
Some of the finest names in corporate rock are offering their songs for a cause greater than themselves or their rankings in Q polls. Acts like Arctic Monkeys, Franz Ferdinand, U2, Coldplay, Sting, Jack Johnson, and Kaiser Chiefs are collaborating... CONTINUE READING RUMBA FOR DISASTER RELIEF»
Posted on October 17, 2006 (7 comments)
Tags: Arctic Monkeys | Coldplay | Radiohead | U2
From the new 20th anniversary Q Magazine:Larry Mullen Jr. wishes he wrote: The Chemical Brothers - "Block Rockin' Beats" Adam Clayton wishes he wrote: Soul II Soul - "Back To LIfe" Edge wishes he wrote: Oasis - "Wonderwall" Bono wishes... CONTINUE READING SONGS U2 WISH THEY WROTE»
Posted on October 5, 2006 (53 comments)
Tags: Oasis | U2
NME.com confirms what we mentioned a few weeks ago. U2 will release a Greatest Hits out in late November. Unlike previous stocking stuffers The Best of 1980-1990 and The Best of 1990-2000, this will be just one disc and will... CONTINUE READING U2 RELEASES GREATEST HITS (AGAIN)»
Posted on October 3, 2006 (14 comments)
Tags: U2
In case you missed it... ... CONTINUE READING GREEN DAY & U2 - "THE SAINTS ARE COMING"»
Posted on September 27, 2006 (64 comments)
Tags: Green Day | U2
The Saints Are Coming. And they look a lot like Bono and Billie Joe. For Monday Night Football's pre-game show, Green Day played "Wake Me Up When September Ends" (just a few more days Billie!) and were joined by U2... CONTINUE READING U2, GREEN DAY REOPEN SUPERDOME»
Posted on September 26, 2006 (8 comments)
Tags: Green Day | U2
I heard something disturbing on TV the other day. It was a commercial for the movie Scoop. "From the director of Match Point" was the pitch. Jeez, I know he made some lousy flicks in the last twenty years, but... CONTINUE READING M NIGHT SHYAMALAN VS. WOODY ALLEN»
Posted on July 26, 2006 (25 comments)
Tags: Kanye West | Pearl Jam | U2
FYI -- Eligibility "year" is 10/1/04 to 9/30/05. That's why no Ariel Pink! Mariah, Kanye, and John Legend are today's happy campers, with eight nods each. But here are the categories you might care (to argue) about: RECORD OF THE... CONTINUE READING 48TH GRAMMY NOMINATIONS»
Posted on December 8, 2005 (32 comments)
Tags: Coldplay | Franz Ferdinand | Grammys | Gwen Stefani | Kanye West | The White Stripes | U2
Winners from last night's 2005 mtvU Woodie Awards ceremony:Woodie of the Year (Artist of the Year): My Chemical Romance The Breaking Woodie (Best Emerging Artist): Motion City Soundtrack Left Field Woodie (Most Original Artist): mewithoutYou Best Video Woodie -- Live... CONTINUE READING MAKING US NOSTALGIC FOR R.E.M.»
Posted on November 3, 2005 (55 comments)
Tags: Fall Out Boy | Muse | U2
I did some converting/trimming to that Floyd video torrent. Enjoy: Pink Floyd - "Money (Live 8 7/2/05)" (MP3 link expired, though better ones are floating around) You can get a righteous MP3 of U2's "One" here or here (via Mr.... CONTINUE READING PINK FLOYD (AND U2) LIVE 8 MP3S»
Posted on July 3, 2005 (47 comments)
Tags: Pink Floyd | U2
In tsunami-related rock news...UK concert promoters are trying to put together a massive Live-Aid-style benefit concert to take place at Millennium Stadium in Wales on 1/22 and 1/23. Coldplay, Franz Ferdinand, U2, and the Darkness have reportedly been approached to... CONTINUE READING FAMOUS HELPING PEOPLE»
Posted on January 6, 2005 (11 comments)
Tags: Brian Wilson | Franz Ferdinand | The Beach Boys | U2
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As we pass saturation point for press coverage of Montreal, Portland, Brooklyn and et cetera, it seems Lawrence, Kansas is poised for its coming turn in the music media trend piece carousel. At least from what we're hearing; this marks...
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